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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): September 11, 2013

NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
 
 
 
New Jersey
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
001-8359
(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 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
 
On September 11, 2013, New Jersey Resources Corporation issued a press release announcing updated net financial earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, as well as net financial earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014 (the “Press Release”). A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
The information in this Current Report 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

 
(a)
Financial statements of businesses acquired:
Not applicable.
 
 
 
 
 
(b)
Pro forma financial information:
Not applicable.
 
 
 
 
 
(c)
Exhibits:
 

        
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press Release dated September 11, 2013












SIGNATURE

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


 
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
Date: September 11, 2013  
 
 
By: /s/ Glenn C. Lockwood
 
Glenn C. Lockwood
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

















EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number
Description
 
99.1
Press Release dated September 11, 2013