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) February 6, 2008 (January 31,
2008)
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
2.03.
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Creation
of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangement of a
Registrant.
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MDU
Resources Group, Inc’s. (Company) indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Fidelity
Exploration & Production Company, completed the acquisition of natural
gas properties located in Rusk County, Texas on January 31, 2008 from
EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund IX, L.P., EnerVest Energy Institutional
Fund
IX-WI, L.P. (EnerVest, Ltd. is the general partner of both funds), and EverStar
Energy, LLC. The purchase price was approximately $235 million,
financed partially with approximately $130 million of debt issued under
Centennial Energy Holdings, Inc.’s, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, commercial paper program at rates of interest approximating
3.65%. The remainder of the purchase price was financed with
available cash.
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
February 6, 2008
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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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