NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORP : Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K)

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 22, 2020, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of New Jersey
Resources Corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to the recommendation of the
Board's Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee (the "NCGC"), named Donald L.
Correll as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, effective immediately
following the Annual Meeting of Shareowners (the "Annual Meeting") held on that
same date.

On January 21, 2020, the Board, pursuant to the recommendation of the NCGC, (x)
approved an additional annual retainer for the non-executive Chairman in the
amount of $80,000, 50 percent of which will be paid in cash and 50 percent in
restricted stock units and (y) eliminated the additional annual cash retainer
for the Chair of the Board's Executive Committee. A summary of the Company's
2020 non-employee director compensation (the "Non-Employee Director Compensation
Plan") showing the approved changes is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and
incorporated by reference herein.

In addition, the Board granted each non-employee director of the Board their
respective annual equity retainers in the form of restricted stock units
("RSUs") as set forth in the Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan and each
non-employee director entered into a 2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
Director Restricted Stock Units Agreement (the "Non-Employee Director RSU
Agreement"), a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated
by reference herein. The Non-Employee Director RSU Agreement provides that each
RSU will vest upon the earlier of one year from the grant date and the next
annual meeting of shareowners.

The foregoing descriptions of the Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan and
the Non-Employee Director RSU Agreements are qualified in their entirety by the
terms and provisions of the Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan and the
Non-Employee Director RSU Agreement.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, of the 90,169,270 shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, 77,905,319 shares were represented, constituting a quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareowners at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

Item 1: The Company's shareowners elected the six directors nominated by the
Board for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting. James H. DeGraffenreidt,
Jr. was elected to serve until the Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareowners
or until his successor is elected and qualified, Gregory E. Aliff was elected to
serve until the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareowners or until his
successor is elected and qualified, and Stephen D. Westhoven, Jane M. Kenny,
Sharon C. Taylor and David A. Trice were each re-elected to serve until the
Company's 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareowners or until their respective
successors are elected and qualified, all by the votes set forth in the table
below:

Nominee                             For         Withheld      Broker Non-Votes
James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr.     65,950,484     687,445       11,267,390
Gregory E. Aliff                 65,964,307     673,622       11,267,390
Stephen D. Westhoven             65,858,064     779,865       11,267,390
Jane M. Kenny                    65,006,552     1,631,377     11,267,390
Sharon C. Taylor                 64,803,550     1,834,379     11,267,390
David A. Trice                   64,958,495     1,679,434     11,267,390


The terms of office of the following directors continued after the Annual
Meeting: Donald L. Correll, M. William Howard, Jr., George R. Zoffinger, Robert
B. Evans and Thomas C. O'Connor. Laurence M. Downes and J. Terry Strange retired
at the Annual Meeting.

Item 2: The shareowners approved a non-binding advisory resolution approving the
compensation of the Company's named executive officers, by the votes set forth
in the table below:

   For          Against      Abstain     Broker Non-Votes
59,750,862     6,433,792     453,275        11,267,390

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Item 3: The Company's shareowners ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, by the votes set forth in the table below:

   For          Against      Abstain     Broker Non-Votes
76,484,058     1,243,085     178,176           N/A

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number     Exhibit
     10.1            Summary of 2020 Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan
     10.2            2017 Stock Award and Incentive Plan Form of Director

Restricted Stock Units Agreement

     104           Cover page in Inline XBRL format

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