0000067716-14-000010.txt : 20140213 0000067716-14-000010.hdr.sgml : 20140213 20140213103041 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000067716-14-000010 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140210 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20140213 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140213 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000067716 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400] IRS NUMBER: 410423660 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03480 FILM NUMBER: 14603583 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE CITY: BISMARCK STATE: ND ZIP: 58503 BUSINESS PHONE: 701-530-1059 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 WEST CENTURY AVENUE CITY: BISMARCK STATE: ND ZIP: 58503 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MONTANA DAKOTA UTILITIES CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850429 8-K 1 form8kitem1-01.htm 8-K Wdesk | Form8KItem1-01

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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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): February 10, 2014




MDU Resources Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
1-3480
 
41-0423660
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
1200 West Century Avenue
P.O. Box 5650  
Bismarck, North Dakota 58506-5650  
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (701) 530-1000


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ITEM 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

MDU Resources Group, Inc.'s indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, Fidelity Exploration & Production Company and Fidelity Oil Co., signed purchase and sale agreements on February 10, 2014, to acquire oil and natural gas properties located in Converse County, Wyoming, from Ballard Petroleum Holdings LLC and Maurice W. Brown Oil & Gas, LLC for a purchase price of approximately $183 million, subject to accounting and purchase price adjustments customary with acquisitions of this type. The effective date of the acquisition is October 1, 2013, with the expected closing date to occur on or before April 1, 2014, conditioned upon completing a due diligence process, including environmental reviews, and satisfying other standard closing conditions.


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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.


Date: February 13, 2014



 
MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Paul K. Sandness
 
 
Paul K. Sandness
 
 
General Counsel and Secretary
 
 
 


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