UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 11, 2017

NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New Jersey (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	001-08359 (Commission File Number)	22-2376465 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
1415 Wyckoff Road Wall, New Jersey		07719
(Address of principal executive) offices)		(Zip Code)

(732) 938-1480

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 11, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from eleven to twelve directors and elected Maureen A. Borkowski as a director, effective September 11, 2017. Ms. Borkowski’s term as a director will expire at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareowners in January 2018. The committees of the Board to which Ms. Borkowski will be named have not been determined at this time. Ms. Borkowski will join the Board of New Jersey Natural Gas Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

In connection with Ms. Borkowski’s election to the Board, she will receive cash and equity compensation consistent with the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). A description of the Plan can be found in Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2016, and is incorporated herein by reference. Other than this standard compensation arrangement, there are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Borkowski and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Borkowski was elected as a director.

Ms. Borkowski is not a party to a transaction with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company’s press release, dated July 17, 2017, announcing the election of Ms. Borkowski is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

   (d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
10.1	Summary of New Jersey Resources Corporation Non-Employee Director Compensation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 18, 2016)
99.1	Press Release dated July 17, 2017 (furnished, not filed)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 17, 2017

NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION

By:    /s/ Patrick J. Migliaccio

Patrick J. Migliaccio

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
10.1	Summary of New Jersey Resources Corporation Non-Employee Director Compensation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 18, 2016)
99.1	Press Release dated July 17, 2017 (furnished, not filed)