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): June 13, 2012 (June 13, 2012)

NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

On June 13, 2012, New Jersey Resources Corporation (“NJR”) will deliver a presentation to members of the financial community in New York, New York. The slides to be used at the meeting are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and are incorporated by reference into Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 is not “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not deemed incorporated by reference by any general statements incorporating by reference this report or future filings into any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent NJR specifically incorporates the information by reference. By including this Item 7.01 disclosure in the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information, NJR makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD.

The following exhibits are furnished with this report on Form 8-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.

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