NewJersey Resources Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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): September 30, 2024

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(732) 938-1480

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The information included in Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

On September 30, 2024, New Jersey Natural Gas Company (“NJNG”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Jersey Resources Corporation (“NJR”) issued and sold $75,000,000 of NJNG’s 5.49% Senior Notes, Series 2024B, due September 30, 2034 (the “Notes”) to certain institutional investors in the private placement market pursuant to a previously-announced Note Purchase Agreement, dated June 26, 2024 (the “Note Purchase Agreement”).

The Notes are secured by an equal principal amount of NJNG’s First Mortgage Bonds issued under the Amended and Restated Indenture of Mortgage, Deed of Trust and Security dated September 1, 2014 between NJNG and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, as predecessor in interest to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in its capacity as Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented and further amended and supplemented by the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 1, 2024 (the “Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture”). Accordingly, the Notes are secured ratably with NJNG’s First Mortgage Bonds in the collateral pledged to secure such bonds. NJR will not be obligated directly or contingently with respect to the Notes or the First Mortgage Bonds.

The proceeds of the Notes will be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the refinancing or retiring short-term debt and funding capital expenditures.

Interest will accrue on the Notes at 5.49% per annum and will be payable on March 30 and September 30 of each year, beginning on March 30, 2025, and ending on the maturity date of September 30, 2034.  NJNG may prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the aggregate principal amount so prepaid together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such prepayment and the make-whole amount (as such term is defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. The Notes are also subject to required prepayments upon the occurrence of certain events. The Notes are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), or under the securities laws of any jurisdiction. The Notes are subject to certain restrictions on transfer and may only be sold in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The foregoing description of the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the entire Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This filing contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. NJR cautions readers that the assumptions forming the basis for forward-looking statements include many factors that are beyond NJR’s ability to control or estimate precisely, such as estimates of future market conditions and the behavior of other market participants. Words such as “anticipates,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “may,” “should” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking information and such forward-looking statements are made based upon management’s current expectations and beliefs as of this date concerning future developments and their potential effect upon NJR. There can be no assurance that future developments will be in accordance with management’s expectations or that the effect of future developments on NJR will be those anticipated by management. Forward-looking information in this filing includes, but is not limited to, certain statements regarding the use of proceeds of the Notes.

Additional information and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from NJR’s expectations are contained in NJR’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including NJR’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other SEC filings, which are available at the SEC’s website, http:.//www.sec.gov. Information included in this filing is representative as of today only and while NJR periodically reassesses material trends and uncertainties affecting NJR’s results of operations and financial condition in connection with its preparation of management’s discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition contained in its Quarterly and Annual Reports filed with the SEC, NJR does not, by including this statement, assume any obligation to review or revise any particular forward-looking statement referenced herein in light of future events.

 

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.

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