<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000356309-22-000007.txt : 20220112
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20220112110232
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000356309-22-000007
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220110
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220112
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220112

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOWARD M WILLIAM JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001335020

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08359
		FILM NUMBER:		22525856

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		1415 WYCKOFF ROAD
		CITY:			WALL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07719

ISSUER:		

	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

	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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        <footnote id="F1">Total includes an accrual of 475.371 shares of dividends through the New Jersey Resources Corporation (NJR) Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan; value of .371 shares of NJR Common Stock was distributed in cash.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each Phantom Stock Unit is the economic equivalent of one (1) share of NJR Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Phantom Stock Units represent director fees for 2017 that were deferred pursuant to the NJR Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan and are being paid out in a lump sum as previously elected by the director.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Phantom Stock Units represent director fees for 2018 and 2019 that are deferred pursuant to the NJR Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan and will be paid out over five annual installments beginning in 2023 and 2024, respectively.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Total includes an accrual of 625.376 shares of dividends through NJR's Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Richard Reich, as attorney-in-fact for M. William Howard, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-01-11</signatureDate>
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