Shareholder Vote

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 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): January 20, 2021 NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION (Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter) New Jersey       001-08359       22-2376465 (State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer Jurisdiction File Number) Identification No.) of Incorporation)   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: [ ]     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))   [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class       Trading Symbol(s)       Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock - $2.50 par value NJR New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company [ ] If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [ ] Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. The Annual Meeting of Shareowners (the “Annual Meeting”) of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the “Company”) was held on January 20, 2021. At the Annual Meeting, of the 96,132,544 shares outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date, 81,739,284 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 five directors nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting. M. William Howard, Jr. was elected to serve until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareowners or until his successor is elected and qualified, and Donald L. Correll, James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr., M. Susan Hardwick and George R. Zoffinger were each re-elected to serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareowners or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below: Nominee       For       Withheld       Broker Non-Votes M. William Howard, Jr. 68,071,299 2,390,115 11,277,870 Donald L. Correll 68,233,216 2,228,198 11,277,870 James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr. 69,617,165 844,249 11,270,870 M. Susan Hardwick 70,024,026 437,388 11,270,870 George R. Zoffinger 68,522,648 1,938,766 11,270,970 The terms of office of the following directors continued after the Annual Meeting: Gregory E. Aliff, Robert B. Evans, Thomas C. O’Connor, Jane M. Kenny, Sharon C. Taylor, David Trice and Stephen D. Westhoven. Item 2 : The Company’s 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 66,955,332 2,692,974 813,108 11,277,870 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, 2021, by the votes set forth in the table below: For        Against        Abstain        Broker Non-Votes 79,602,246 1,935,442 201,596 —               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: January 22, 2021 By:      /s/ Patrick J. Migliaccio Patrick J. Migliaccio Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer