MDU Resources 2007 Earnings Guidance & Reaffirming 2006 Earnings Guidance
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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) December 5, 2006
MDU
Resources Group, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1-3480
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41-0423660
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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incorporation)
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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
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Item
8.01 Other Events.
On
December 5, 2006, MDU Resources Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
release reaffirming earnings per share guidance for 2006 and announcing earnings
per share guidance for 2007. A copy of the press release, which the Company
is
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is attached as Exhibit
99
and incorporated by reference herein.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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99
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Press
Release issued December 5, 2006, reaffirming earnings per share guidance
for 2006 and announcing earnings per share guidance for
2007.
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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.
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MDU
RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
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Date
December
5, 2006
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By
/s/
Doran N. Schwartz
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Doran
N. Schwartz
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Vice
President and
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Chief
Accounting Officer
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