8-K Dividend Increase


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 12, 2012 (September 11, 2012)

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)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
    
On September 11, 2012, New Jersey Resources Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared an increase in the quarterly dividend rate on the Company's Common Stock from 38 cents per share to 40 cents per share, effective with the dividend payable on October 1, 2012, to the Company's shareholders of record as of September 24, 2012.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 
(c)
Exhibits:
 


Exhibit
Number
Description
 
99.1
Press Release dated September 11, 2012







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 12, 2012   
 
 
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, 2012