---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000067716-24-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MDU"
cik: "0000067716"
company_name: "MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T13:33:17.017879+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MDU Resources shareholders elect all nine directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification at annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 150.6M to 155.4M shares.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 149.4M for, 5.9M against, 0.7M abstentions.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2024 approved with 174.1M for, 6.5M against, 0.3M abstentions.
- Broker non-votes of 24.9M shares on director elections and say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000067716-24-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MDU
- cik: 0000067716
- company_name: MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000059/0000067716-24-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000059/mdu-20240514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2024 174,085,618 6,520,218 333,762
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000059/0000067716-24-000059-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation Paid to the Company's Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation Paid to the Company's Named Executive Officers 149,441,848 5,921,590 702,771 24,873,389
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000059/0000067716-24-000059-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of Nine Directors for One-Year Terms at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Proposal to Elect Nine Directors for One-Year Terms: Darrel T. Anderson 155,259,355 530,210 276,644 24,873,389 James H. Gemmel 154,697,678 1,048,891 319,640 24,873,389 Douglas W. Jaeger 155,298,422 468,109 299,678 24,873,389 Dennis W. Johnson 150,575,588 5,116,428 374,193 24,873,389 Nicole A. Kivisto 155,394,806 430,308 241,095 24,873,389 Dale S. Rosenthal 154,590,510 1,190,038 285,661 24,873,389 Edward A. Ryan 152,611,167 3,175,785 279,257 24,873,389 David M. Sparby 154,168,552 1,596,383 301,274 24,873,389 Chenxi Wang 154,454,614 1,339,613 271,982 24,873,389
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000006771624000059/0000067716-24-000059-index.htm

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