Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation for New Jersey Resources Corporation

Summary

This document outlines the compensation structure for non-employee directors of New Jersey Resources Corporation. It details annual cash and equity retainers for independent directors, the Lead Director, committee chairs, and committee members. Additional compensation is specified for service on subsidiary boards and for extraordinary meeting attendance. The equity retainer is based on the company's stock price at the time of grant. The Board may approve extra meeting fees in exceptional circumstances. The policy applies to directors of both the main company and its listed subsidiaries.

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Exhibit 10.7

Summary of New Jersey Resources Corporation Non-Employee Director Compensation
 
 
 
 
Annual Cash Retainer Fee (All independent directors except Lead Director):
 
$68,000
 
Annual Cash Retainer- Lead Director
 
$78,000
 
Annual Equity Retainer (in common stock equivalent)†
 
$71,000
 

Annual Retainer for Committee Chairs:
 
 
 
Audit Committee Chair:
 
$22,000
 
Executive Committee Chair:
 
$10,000
 
Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Chair:
 
$16,000
 
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee Chair:
 
$11,000
 
 
 
 
 
Annual Retainer - Committee Member:
 
 
 
Audit Committee
 
$12,000
 
Leadership Development and Compensation Committee
 
$6,000
 
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee
 
$6,000
 
 
 
 
 
Annual Retainer for Subsidiary Board Lead Director*
 
$5,000
 
Annual Retainer- Subsidiary Board Member
 
$9,000
 

In the event of extraordinary circumstances resulting in an excessive number of Board or Committee meetings beyond the typical number of meetings of a Board or Committee in a given year, the Board retains discretion to pay an additional per meeting fee of $1,500 to each attending non-employee director that is a member of such Board or Committee.
† The number of shares to be based upon the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant.
*Subsidiary Boards include New Jersey Natural Gas, NJR Energy Services, NJR Clean Energy Ventures, NJR Clean Energy Ventures II and NJR Energy Investments.
**Subsidiary Board Member Annual Retainers and any additional meeting fees are based upon each member only being compensated for one meeting when joint Boards of Directors meetings occur.