MDU 2006 NEO Annual Award Opportunity Chart


     

    
      
        	
                Exhibit
                  10.1

              
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                MDU
                  Resources Group, Inc.

              
	
                2006
                  NEO Annual Award Opportunity Chart

              
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
                1/1/2006

              	 	 	 
	 	 	
                Base
                  Comp-

              	
                Threshold

              	
                Target

              	
                Maximum

              
	
                Name

              	
                Title

              	
                ensation

              	
                ($)

              	
                ($)

              	
                ($)

              
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                Martin
                  A. White

              	
                Chairman
                  of the Board

              	
                $750,000

              	
              	
                $187,500

              	
                $750,000

              	
                $1,500,000

              
	 	
                and
                  Chief Executive

              	 	 	 	 
	 	
                Officer

              	 	 	 	 
	 	
                MDU
                  Resources Group, Inc.

              	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                Terry
                  D. Hildestad

              	
                President
                  and Chief

              	
                $525,000

              	
              	
                $131,250

              	
                $525,000

              	
                $1,050,000

              
	 	
                Operating
                  Officer

              	 	 	 	 
	 	
                MDU
                  Resources Group, Inc.

              	 	 	 
	
                Warren
                  D. Robinson 1

              	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                John
                  K. Castleberry
                  2

              	
                President
                  and Chief 

              	
                $370,000

              	
              	
                $7,708

              	
                $30,833

              	
                $61,667

              
	 	
                Executive
                  Officer

              	
                 

              	 	 	 
	 	
                WBI
                  Holdings, Inc.

              	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                John
                  K. Castleberry
                  3

              	
                Executive
                  Vice 

              	
                $300,000

              	
              	
                $31,250

              	
                $125,000

              	
                $250,000

              
	 	
                President-Administration

              	 	 	 	 
	 	
                MDU
                  Resources Group. Inc.

              	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                Bruce
                  T. Imsdahl

              	
                President
                  and Chief 

              	
                $310,000

              	
              	
                $38,750

              	
                $155,000

              	
                $310,000

              
	 	
                Executive
                  Officer

              	 	 	 	 
	 	
                Montana-Dakota
                  Utilities

              	 	 	 	 
	 	
                Co.
                  and Great Plains

              	 	 	 	 
	 	
                Natural
                  Gas Co.

              	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                1
                  Retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial officer
                  1/3/06

              	 	 	 	 
	
                and
                  continued employment as a Special Projects Advisor until
                  2/17/06.

              	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                2
                  Annual
                  base compensation for the Chief Executive Officer of WBI Holdings,
                  

              	 	 	 
	
                Inc.
                  is $370,000. The incentive amounts are pro-rated to show 

              	 	 	 
	
                two
                  months as Chief Executive Officer.

              	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                3
                  Effective
                  March 4, annual base compensation for the Executive Vice
                  President-

              	 	 	 
	
                Administration
                  of MDU Resources Group, Inc. will be $300,000. The incentive
                  amounts

              	 
	
                are
                  pro-rated to show ten months as Executive Vice
                  President-Administration.