0001562180-20-000249.txt : 20200106 0001562180-20-000249.hdr.sgml : 20200106 20200106203518 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001562180-20-000249 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200102 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200106 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HIGGINS WALTER M CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001433037 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06364 FILM NUMBER: 20511853 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES STREET 2: 1 SOUTH JERSEY PLAZA CITY: FOLSOM STATE: NJ ZIP: 08037 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000091928 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924] IRS NUMBER: 221901645 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 SOUTH JERSEY PLAZA STREET 2: ROUTE 54 CITY: FOLSOM STATE: NJ ZIP: 08037 BUSINESS PHONE: 609-561-9000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 SOUTH JERSEY PLAZA STREET 2: ROUTE 54 CITY: FOLSOM STATE: NJ ZIP: 08037 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOUTH JERSEY GAS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19700507 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ATLANTIC CITY GAS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19680301 4 1 primarydocument.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2020-01-02 false 0000091928 SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES INC SJI 0001433037 HIGGINS WALTER M 1 SOUTH JERSEY PLAZA FOLSOM NJ 08037 true false false true Chairman Common Stock 2020-01-02 4 A false 4518.00 0.00 A 47840.8674 D Common Stock 100.00 I Owned by spouse Represents annual directors Restricted Stock Award issued pursuant to the South Jersey Industries, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Restricted Stock shall vest and become free of all restrictions on January 2, 2021, provided that the reporting person remains continuously a member of the Issuer's Board of Directors. /s /Lauren Hemple, Attorney-in-Fact 2020-01-06 EX-24 2 higgpoa.txt HIGGPOA POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Edythe Nipper and Lauren Hemple signing singly, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, forms and authentication documents for EDGAR Filing Access; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms and authentication documents; (3) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (4) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (5) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney- in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact, on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys- in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed this 17th day of January 2019. /s/ Walter M. Higgins III Walter M. Higgins III Chairman of the Board South Jersey Industries, Inc.