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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): March 6, 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 8.01 Other Events.

On March 13, 2014, MDU Resources Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Fidelity Exploration & Production Company, closed March 6, 2014, on the purchase of oil and natural gas production assets in Converse County, Wyoming, in the southern Powder River Basin, with an effective date of October 1, 2013.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
 
99
 
Press Release issued March 13, 2014, announcing MDU Resources closes on Powder River Basin Acquisition
 


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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: March 13, 2014


 
MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Doran N. Schwartz
 
 
Doran N. Schwartz
 
 
Vice President and
 
 
   Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
99
 
Press Release issued March 13, 2014, announcing MDU Resources closes on Powder River Basin Acquisition





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