mdu8kacqenervest.htm
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) January 8, 2008 (January 4,
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
1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
MDU Resources Group, Inc’s. indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Fidelity
Exploration & Production Company, signed a purchase and sale agreement on
January 4, 2008 to acquire natural gas properties located in Rusk
County, Texas 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 for a purchase price
of approximately $235 million, subject to accounting and purchase
price adjustments customary with acquisitions of this type. The
effective date of the acquisition is January 1, 2008, with the expected closing
date to occur on or before January 31, 2008, conditioned upon completing a
due
diligence process, including environmental reviews, and satisfying other
standard closing conditions.
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
January 8, 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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