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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): March 18, 2009 (March 13, 2009)
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
4.01. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
On March
13, 2009, the New Jersey Resources Corporation Employees’ Retirement Savings
Plan (the “Plan”) engaged Parente Randolph, LLC ("Parente") as its independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008. The decision to engage Parente as the Plan's independent
registered public accounting firm was approved by the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of New Jersey Resources Corporation
(the "Company").
During
the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 and through March 13, 2009,
the Plan did not consult with Parente with respect to the Plan regarding any of
the matters or events set forth in Item 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation
S-K.
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:
March 18,
2009 By:/s/Glenn
C. Lockwood
Senior
Vice President and Chief
Financial
Officer