Sec Form 4 Filing - McEndy Kathleen A @ SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES INC - 2017-01-01

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person McEndy Kathleen A 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES INC [ SJI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) X __ Other (specify below) SVP & Chief Administrative/Chief Administrative Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 1 SOUTH JERSEY PLAZA 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 01/01/2017 (Street) FOLSOM, NJ08037 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price So.Jersey Ind., Inc. / Common Stock 01/02/2019 F 319.3832 ( 1 ) D $ 0 9,351.9218 D So.Jersey Ind., Inc. / Common Stock 01/02/2019 F 433.7499 ( 2 ) D $ 0 8,918.1719 D So.Jersey Ind., Inc. / Common Stock 03/01/2019 M 1,047 ( 3 ) A $ 0 9,965.1719 D So.Jersey Ind., Inc. / Common Stock 03/01/2019 F 278 D $ 0 9,687.1719 D So.Jersey Ind., Inc. / Common Stock 6,102.4436 I 401k

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Restricted Stock Units $ 0 01/01/2017 M 909 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) Common Stock 909 $ 0 909 D Restricted Stock Units $ 0 01/01/2018 M 3,029 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Common Stock 3,029 $ 0 3,938 D Restricted Stock Units $ 0 06/07/2018 M 1,021 ( 5 ) ( 5 ) ( 5 ) Common Stock 1,021 $ 0 4,959 D Restricted Stock Units $ 0 03/01/2019 M 1,047 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) ( 6 ) Common Stock 1,047 $ 0 3,912 D

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other McEndy Kathleen A 1 SOUTH JERSEY PLAZA FOLSOM, NJ08037 SVP & Chief Administrative Chief Administrative Officer Signatures Kathleen McEndy 03/05/2019 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Represents shares withheld to cover taxes on the 2017 time-based restricted stock units that vested on January 1, 2019 that was previously reported on a form 4 on January 4, 2019. ( 2 )Represents shares withheld to cover taxes on the 2016 time-based restricted stock units that vested on January 1, 2019 that was previously reported on a form 4 on January 4, 2019. ( 3 )Represents 2018 Annual RSU award granted pursuant to the South Jersey Industries, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. Subject to certain exceptions, 1,010 RSUs shall vest on March 1, 2019, 1,010 RSUs shall vest on January 1, 2020 and 1,009 RSUs shall vest on January 1, 2021, provided that the reporting person remains employed by the issuer. ( 4 )The Reporting Person reported the vesting of 937 restricted stock units granted to the Reporting Person on January 1, 2017 in Table I on the Form 4 filed on March 2, 2018, which is approximately one-third of the 2,725 restricted stock units that were granted to the Reporting Person on January 1, 2017. Such restricted stock units vest equally over a three year period, with the first tranche of 908 restricted stock units having vested on March 1, 2018 and reported on a Form 4 on March 2, 2018, the second tranche of 908 having vested on January 1, 2019 and reported on a Form 4 on January 4, 2019 and the last tranche of 909 restricted stock units will vest on January 1, 2020. ( 5 )Represents 2018 Special Recognition Retention Program RSU granted pursuant to the South Jersey Industries, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan. The Reporting Person reported the vesting of 511 restricted stock units granted to the Reporting Person on June 7, 2018 in Table I of the Form 4 filed on June 11, 2018, which is approximately one-third of the 1,532 restricted stock units that were granted to the Reporting Person on June 7, 2018. Such restricted stock units vest over a three year period, with the first tranche of 511 restricted stock units having vested on June 7, 2018 and reported on a Form 4 filed on June 11, 2018 , the second tranche of 511 will vest on June 7, 2019 and the last tranche of 510 restricted stock units will vest on June 7, 2020, provided that the Reporting Person remains employed by the Issuer. ( 6 )Includes accrued Dividend Equivalent Shares (referred to as "DES", as defined in the Issuer's 2015 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan) in the amount of 37.4876 shares on the first tranche of the 2018 grant of RSUs that vested on March 1, 2019. The DES were accrued from January 1, 2018 through December 27, 2018.

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