EX-10.C 5 a2019q2ex10c.htm MDU RESOURCES 401 K RETIREMENT PLAN AMENDMENT 9-6-2018 Wdesk | Exhibit

INSTRUMENT OF AMENDMENT TO THE
MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
401(k) RETIREMENT PLAN


The MDU Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (as amended and restated January 1, 2017) (the “K‑Plan”), is hereby amended effective as of May 24, 2018, as follows:

 
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By replacing the table in Section D-1-2 Eligibility to Share in the Profit Sharing Feature of Supplement D-1, Provisions Relating to the Profit Sharing Feature for Certain Participating Affiliates, in its entirety, with the following:

Participating Affiliate
Current Effective Date
(Original Effective Date)2
Ames Sand & Gravel, Inc.
January 1, 2016
(July 16, 2007)
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. (excluding President)
January 1, 1999
Baldwin Contracting Company, Inc.
January 1, 1999
Capital Electric Line Builders, Inc.7
January 1, 2014
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation1
January 1, 2017
 (July 2, 2007)
Concrete, Inc.
January 1, 2001
Connolly-Pacific Co.
January 1, 2007
DSS Company
January 1, 2004
(July 8, 1999)
E.S.I., Inc.
January 1, 2008
(January 1, 2003)
Fairbanks Materials, Inc.
May 1, 2008
Granite City Ready Mix, Inc.
June 1, 2002
Great Plains Natural Gas Co.1
January 1, 2017
(January 1, 2008)

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Participating Affiliate
Current Effective Date
(Original Effective Date)2
Hawaiian Cement (non-union employees hired after December 31, 2005)
January 1, 2009
Intermountain Gas Company1
January 1, 2017
(January 1, 2011)
JTL Group, Inc.5/6
January 1, 2015
(January 1, 2014)
Jebro Incorporated
November 1, 2005
Kent’s Oil Service4
January 1, 2007
Knife River – North Dakota Division, a Division of Knife River Corporation – North Central
January 1, 2016
(January 1, 2007)
Knife River Corporation – Mountain West
May 1, 2018
(January 1, 2015)
Knife River Corporation – North Central
January 1, 2016
(January 1, 2007)
Knife River Corporation – Northwest (the Central Oregon Division, f/k/a HTS)
May 1, 2010
(January 1, 1999)
Knife River Corporation – Northwest (the Southern Oregon Division)

January 1, 2012

Knife River Corporation – Northwest (the Western Oregon Division)

January 1, 2012

Knife River Corporation - South
(f/k/a Young Contractors, Inc.)
January 1, 2008
(January 1, 2007)
Knife River Midwest, LLC
January 1, 2016
(April 1, 2004)
LTM, Incorporated
January 1, 2003
MDU Resources Group, Inc.1
January 1, 2017
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
(non-union employees)1
January 1, 2017
(January 1, 2008)

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Participating Affiliate
Current Effective Date
(Original Effective Date)2
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
(union employees)
January 1, 2008
Northstar Materials, Inc.
January 1, 2016
(January 1, 2003)
OEG, Inc.3
March 7, 2011
Wagner Industrial Electric, Inc.

January 1, 2008

Wagner Smith Equipment Co.
January 1, 2008
(July 1, 2000)
WBI Energy, Inc.1
January 1, 2017
(May 1, 2012)

WBI Energy Midstream, LLC1
January 1, 2017
 (January 1, 2001)
WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.1
January 1, 2017
 (January 1, 2009)
WHC, Ltd.
September 1, 2001

1/Eligible employees only include those in salary grade levels 29-38.
2/In the event a Participating Affiliate adopts a Profit Sharing Feature on a date other than January 1, effective as of the date of participation in the Plan, the amount of any such contribution allocated to a Supplement D‑1 Participant shall be based upon Compensation, received while in the employ of the Participating Affiliate after the date of acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate.
3/Requirement to be an Active Employee on the last day of the Plan Year does not apply.
4/The following participant of Kent’s Oil Service is granted vesting service for prior years of service with Spirit Road Oils: Jose Padilla.
5/Eligible JTL Casper hourly employees (both union and nonunion), including those employees who participate in the Operating Engineers Local No. 800 & The Wyoming Contractors’ Association, Inc. Pension Trust Fund for Wyoming (JTL MEP employees.)
6/Eligible salaried employees of JTL hired after December 31, 2014 or any other JTL employee who transfers to a salaried position after December 31, 2014.
7/Eligible employees participating in a management incentive compensation plan are not eligible for a Profit Sharing Contribution.






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2.
By replacing the table in Section D-2-2 Eligibility to Share in the Retirement Contribution of Supplement D-2, Provisions Relating to the Retirement Contribution Feature for Certain Participating Affiliates, in its entirety, with the following:


Participating Affiliate
Current Effective Date (Original Effective Date)
Retirement Contribution Amount - Percentage of Compensation
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (non-bargaining)
January 1, 2011
(July 2, 2007)
5%
Cascade Natural Gas Corporation (Field Operations Bargaining Unit employees hired on or after 1/1/2007)
May 1, 2015
(July 2, 2007)
5%
Great Plains Natural Gas Co.
January 1, 2003
5%
Intermountain Gas Company
January 1, 2011
(October 12, 2008)
5%
OEG, Inc.
May 24, 2018
March 7, 2011
6%
Rocky Mountain Contractors, Inc.
(non-bargaining)
January 1, 2005
5%
WBI Energy Midstream, LLC1
July 1, 2012
(January 1, 2001)
5%

1The following participants of WBI Energy Midstream, LLC are excluded:, Grady Breipohl, Jon Forbes, Richard Guderjahn, Steven Haag, Raymond Harms, Wade Hasler, Douglas Henry, Pamela Lynn, Todd Mandeville, Marlin Mogan, and Dale Sudbrack due to participation in the appropriate pension plan replacement contribution.


3.
By replacing the following paragraph for On Electric Group, Inc. on Schedule A to the K-Plan, in its entirety, with the following:

OEG, Inc. (“OEG”) shall make a matching contribution equal to one hundred percent (100%) of each OEG employee’s participating savings contribution, up to the maximum savings contribution of two percent (2%) of compensation for each pay period. Prior to March 7, 2011, OEG did not make matching contributions for OEG employees.

Effective March 7, 2011 and as amended May 24, 2018.







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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MDU Resources Group, Inc., as Sponsoring Employer of the K-Plan, has caused this amendment to be duly executed by a member of the MDU Resources Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee on this 6th day of September, 2018.


MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE



By: /s/ Jason L. Vollmer
Jason L. Vollmer, Chairman

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