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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2010
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Registration No. 33-54486



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 
MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
41-0423660
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

1200 West Century Avenue
P.O. Box 5650
Bismarck, North Dakota 58506-5650
 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 
MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.
1992 KEY EMPLOYEE
STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

 
Terry D. Hildestad
President
and Chief Executive Officer
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
1200 West Century Avenue
Bismarck, North Dakota 58506-5650
(701) 530-1000
Elizabeth W. Powers, Esq.
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York  10019
(212) 259-8000
 
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agents for service)


 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer
þ
 
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
 
Smaller reporting company
o

 
 


 
 
 
 

 


DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
 
MDU Resources Group, Inc. filed a registration statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 33-54486, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 1992, to register 800,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued from time to time upon the exercise of stock options granted pursuant to the 1992 Key Employee Stock Option Plan.  No stock options are outstanding, and the board of directors of the company terminated the plan effective November 12, 2009.  The company is filing this post-effective amendment to remove from registration 678,269 shares of common stock that remain unsold at the date hereof.
 
 

 
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SIGNATURES
 
The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bismarck, State of North Dakota, on the 16th day of April, 2010.
 
 
  MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Terry D. Hildestad  
    Terry D. Hildestad   
    President and  
    Chief Executive Officer  

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
Date
     
/s/ Terry D. Hildestad
Chief Executive Officer and
Director
April 16, 2010
Terry D. Hildestad
(President and Chief Executive Officer)
 
/s/ Doran N. Schwartz
Chief Financial Officer
 
April 16, 2010
Doran N. Schwartz
(Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer)
 
/s/ Nicole A. Kivisto
Chief Accounting Officer
April 16, 2010
Nicole A. Kivisto
(Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting
Officer)
 
 

 
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/s/ Harry J. Pearce
Director
April 16, 2010
Harry J. Pearce
(Chairman of the Board)
 
/s/ Thomas Everist
Director
April 16, 2010
Thomas Everist
 
/s/ Karen B. Fagg
Director
April 16, 2010
Karen B. Fagg
 
/s/ A. Bart Holaday
Director
April 16, 2010
A. Bart Holaday
 
/s/ Dennis W. Johnson
Director
April 16, 2010
Dennis W. Johnson
 
/s/ Thomas C. Knudson
Director
April 16, 2010
Thomas C. Knudson
 
/s/ Richard H. Lewis
Director
April 16, 2010
Richard H. Lewis
 
/s/ Patricia L. Moss
Director
April 16, 2010
Patricia L. Moss
 
/s/ Sister Thomas Welder
Director
April 16, 2010
Sister Thomas Welder
 
/s/ John K. Wilson
Director
April 16, 2010
John K. Wilson

 

 
 
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