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): November 15, 2013



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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Nicole A. Kivisto, Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of MDU Resources Group, Inc. (the “Company”), has been appointed Vice President of Operations for Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a public utility division of the Company, effective January 3, 2014. As a result of this appointment, Ms. Kivisto will resign as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company on that date. Ms. Kivisto indicated that she would accept her new position on November 15, 2013. Her replacement has not yet been determined.


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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: November 20, 2013


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

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