<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000356309-17-000177.txt : 20171117
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000356309-17-000177
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171114
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171117
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171117

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000356309
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924]
		IRS NUMBER:				222376465
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08359
		FILM NUMBER:		171210296

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1415 WYCKOFF RD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1468
		CITY:			WALL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07719
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7329381000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1415 WYCKOFF ROAD
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1468
		CITY:			WALL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07719
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A summary of the Company's non-employee director compensation is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:72px;text-indent:-72px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:8px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:144%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Promotion of Chief Operating Officer</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Stephen D. Westhoven, formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, NJR Energy Services (&#8220;NJRES&#8221;) and NJR Clean Energy Ventures Corporation (&#8220;NJRCEV&#8221;), was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective November 14, 2017. Mr. Westhoven, age 49, joined the Company in 1990. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, NJRES and NJRCEV, from October 2016 to October 2017, and served as Senior Vice President, NJRES, from May 2010 to September 2016. </font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Fiscal 2018 Annual Incentive Plans</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">At its November 14, 2017 meeting, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee (the &#8220;LDCC&#8221;) of the Board approved several items relating to compensatory arrangements with its named executive officers (&#8220;NEOs&#8221;). 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The objectives for the 2018 OIP are to maintain line of sight for each executive officer by providing them with an understanding of their individual objectives and how they could be achieved based on areas that they impact, continue the linkage to corporate results and provide flexibility to determine awards based on qualitative performance assessments.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The performance criteria for receiving an annual incentive award under the 2018 OIP are net financial earnings (&#8220;NFE&#8221;), individual leadership and the Company&#8217;s &#8220;Commitment to Stakeholders&#8221; goals.  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Under the 2018 OIP, the target annual incentive award opportunity for the NEOs, other than the Chief Executive Officer, ranges from 40 to 70 percent of base salary and the target annual incentive award opportunity for the Chief Executive Officer is 110 percent of base salary.  Actual fiscal year 2018 cash incentive award payments under the 2018 OIP, if earned, could range from 0 percent up to 150 percent of this targeted amount for each of the NEOs.  Amounts payable under the 2018 OIP that exceeded 100 percent of the target amount could be paid in full, or in part, in the form of restricted stock units (&#8220;RSUs&#8221;) based on the Chief Executive Officer&#8217;s recommendation and subsequent approval by the LDCC or in the case of the Chief Executive Officer based on the LDCC&#8217;s determination.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In addition, under the 2018 OIP, based upon the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer, the LDCC reserves the ability to modify, based upon its qualitative assessment, any annual incentive award payable. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer, subject to LDCC approval, may recommend special recognition awards to NEOs who have made significant contributions and have demonstrated a sustained level of outstanding performance. The LDCC may approve special recognition awards to the Chief Executive Officer.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Any award payable to an NEO under the 2018 OIP is subject to the Company&#8217;s &#8220;Compensation Recoupment Policy.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Long-Term Incentive Program Awards</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Pursuant to grants made on November 14, 2017, the Board awarded (i) performance share units with performance criteria based upon the Company&#8217;s total shareholder return (&#8220;FY 2018 TSR Performance Share Units&#8221;) and with performance criteria based upon the Company&#8217;s cumulative NFE per basic share (&#8220;FY 2018 NFE Performance Share Units&#8221;) to each of the Company&#8217;s NEOs; (ii)  RSUs to each of the NEOs, other than Mr. Laurence M. Downes, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Mr. Stephen D. Westhoven, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; and (iii)  performance-based RSUs with performance criteria based upon an NFE-based performance (&#8220;PBRSUs&#8221;) goal to Mr. Downes and Mr. Westhoven (such awards, together, the &#8220;Awards&#8221;), all pursuant to the Company&#8217;s 2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Performance Share Units</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The FY 2018 TSR Performance Share Units vest, if at all, at the end of a 36-month performance period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending on September 30, 2020, based on relative Company total shareholder return versus an established comparator group.   </font></div><div style="line-height:180%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The FY 2018 NFE Performance Share Units vest, if at all, based upon the Company&#8217;s cumulative NFE per basic share over the 36-month period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending on September 30, 2020.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">On their vesting dates, the FY 2018 TSR Performance Share Units and FY 2018 NFE Performance Share Units are payable in shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) in amounts ranging from zero to 150 percent of the number of granted performance share units. Additional shares of Common Stock may be awarded on the vesting dates with respect to the computed value of dividend equivalents accrued (measured against the Common Stock) during the performance measurement periods, subject to the Company&#8217;s achievement of prescribed performance goals. If the Company&#8217;s performance does not meet the minimum threshold level, no units will vest. </font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The RSUs awarded by the Company to the NEOs will accrue dividends and may vest in three equal installments on October 15, 2018, October 15, 2019 and October 15, 2020, subject to continued employment of the NEO, in each case except under certain conditions.  The RSUs are payable in shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The PBRSUs awarded to Mr. Downes and Mr. Westhoven will accrue dividends and may vest in up to three equal installments on September 30, 2018, September 30, 2019, and September 30, 2020 if the NFE-based performance goal for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018 is achieved, and subject to their respective continued employment, except under certain conditions.  The PBRSUs are payable in shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Award Agreements</font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The foregoing descriptions of the forms of the 2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan Performance Share Unit Agreement (TSR), the 2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan Performance Share Unit Agreement (NFE), the 2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and 2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (together, the &#8220;Award Agreements&#8221;), are qualified in their entirety by the terms and provisions of the Award Agreements, which will be filed as exhibits to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ending on December 31, 2017.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.  Other Events.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Decrease in Board Size </font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The Board approved a decrease in the size of the Board from 11 to 10 members, effective concurrent with the previously announced departure of Lawrence R. Codey from the Board on January 24, 2018.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;text-indent:-96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:86.328125%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:54%;"></td><td style="width:46%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-top:2px;text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) Exhibits.</font></div></td><td 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style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:24px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">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.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:24px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Date:  November 17, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">NEW 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