SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-11-07

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<DESCRIPTION>MDU RESOURCES 401 K RETIREMENT PLAN AMENDMENT 9-19-2016
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<div><a name="sB3F86A6F4A966ABC5D3CDEA9AE2974CB"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">INSTRUMENT OF AMENDMENT TO THE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">401(k) RETIREMENT PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">The MDU Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (as amended and restated March&#160;1, 2011) (the &#8220;K-Plan&#8221;), is hereby further amended, effective July 1, 2016, unless otherwise indicated, as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:18px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:-30px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">By adding the following new entry to Schedule B:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:18px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">Concrete, Inc. shall make supplemental contributions on behalf of its Davis-Bacon Employees in such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy the Prevailing Wage Law&#8217;s required fringe cost to the extent that the sum of the employer Matching and Profit Sharing Contributions, if any, for a period are insufficient to satisfy the Prevailing Wage Law&#8217;s required fringe cost pursuant to Supplement G. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:18px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:18px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">Effective as of July 1, 2016.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:18px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Explanation: This amendment provides the manner in which the above Participating Affiliate is implementing the provisions of the Davis-Bacon (Supplement G) feature, effective July&#160;1, 2016, pursuant to prevailing wage legislation impacting ready-mix drivers in California.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:18px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MDU Resources Group, Inc., as Sponsoring Employer of the K-Plan, has caused this amendment to be duly executed by a member of the MDU Resources Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee on this </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">19th</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">&#32;day of September, 2016.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:36%;"></td><td style="width:63%;"></td><td style="width:1%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;paddin