form_8-k.htm

 
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): July 17, 2007 (July 11, 2007)
 
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
  
New Jersey
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
 
  1-8359
(Commission
File Number)
 
22-2376465
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
1415 Wyckoff Road
Wall, New Jersey
(Address of principal executive
 offices)
 
 
 
07719
(Zip Code)
 
(732) 938-1480
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.03.  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

       On July 11, 2007, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the “Company”) amended Section 4.2 of the Company's By-Laws (the “By-Laws”), effective the same day, to provide more flexibility for the Company to make required changes in the Audit Committee Charter to the responsibilities of the Board’s Audit Committee without further amendment to the Company’s By-Laws.  Prior to this amendment, the By-Laws listed the Audit Committee’s responsibilities.

Item 5.05.  Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

On July 11, 2007, the Board of Directors of New Jersey Resources Corporation (the “Company") adopted amendments to the Company's Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers’ Code of Ethics (“Code”) to modify or clarify the Company's policies regarding (1) conflicts of interest, (2) gifts, meals and entertainment and (3) securities fraud and insider trading and to make other minor non-substantive changes. A copy of the Company's amended Code is included as Exhibit 14.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is available on the Company's website at www.njliving.com.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c)   Exhibits:
 
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
3.2                                                        By-Laws of New Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through July 11, 2007.

14.1                                                  New Jersey Resources Corporation Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers Code of Conduct, as amended.

 
 
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: July 17, 2007                                                              By:    /s/ Glenn C. Lockwood    
Glenn C. Lockwood
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer

 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Number                       Description
 
3.2                                By-Laws of New Jersey Resources Corporation, as amended through July 11, 2007.

14.1                              New Jersey Resources Corporation Principal Executive Officer and SeniorFinancial Officers Code of Conduct as amended.


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