form8-k.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) April 7,
2008
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
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:
|
q
|
Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
|
|
q
|
Soliciting material pursuant to
Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
|
|
q
|
Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
|
|
q
|
Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
|
Item
8.01. Other Events.
On
April 7, 2008, MDU Resources Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
reporting positive initial results from its Bakken wells. 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
|
99
|
Press
release issued April 7, 2008, reporting positive initial results from its
Bakken wells.
|
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.
|
MDU
RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
|
|
|
|
Date April 7,
2008
|
By
|
/s/ Doran N. Schwartz
|
|
|
Doran
N. Schwartz
Vice
President and Chief Accounting
Officer
|
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
|
Description of
Exhibit
|
99
|
|