---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001539497-25-003175"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MDU"
cik: "0000067716"
company_name: "MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:25:48.304919+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MDU Resources enters forward sale for 10.15M shares at $19.04, borrows and sells to underwriters

## Summary
- Forward sale agreements executed Dec 3 with Wells Fargo, BofA, JPMorgan for aggregate 10,152,284 shares of common stock.
- Forward shares borrowed from third parties and sold to underwriters on Dec 5; underwriters have 30-day option for up to 1,522,842 additional shares.
- Initial forward price $19.04 per share; adjusts daily by overnight bank funding rate minus 0.75% spread; maturity Dec 6, 2027.
- MDU may elect physical, cash, or net share settlement; physical settlement will result in dilution to EPS.
- Dilution expected only when average market price exceeds adjusted forward price; treasury stock method applied until settlement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001539497-25-003175
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MDU
- cik: 0000067716
- company_name: MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000153949725003175/0001539497-25-003175-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/67716/000153949725003175/n5198_x6-8k.htm

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