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MDU Resources Group, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘XML’

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 8/05/22  MDU Resources Group, Inc.         10-Q        6/30/22  100:13M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Mdu Resources Form 10-Q 06-30-2022                  HTML   3.41M 
 6: EX-10.B     Mdu Resources Director Compensation Plan 5-11-22    HTML     38K 
 5: EX-95       Mdu Resources Mine Safety Disclosures               HTML    142K 
 2: EX-31.A     Mdu Resources Certification of Chief Executive      HTML     27K 
                Officer                                                          
 3: EX-31.B     Mdu Resources Certification of Chief Financial      HTML     27K 
                Officer                                                          
 4: EX-32       Mdu Resources Certification of CEO and CFO          HTML     24K 
12: R1          Cover page                                          HTML     78K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    133K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     82K 
15: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    178K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML    105K 
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    132K 
18: R7          Basis of presentation                               HTML     29K 
19: R8          New accounting standards                            HTML     40K 
20: R9          Seasonality of operations                           HTML     26K 
21: R10         Receivables and allowance for expected credit       HTML     86K 
                losses                                                           
22: R11         Inventories and natural gas in storage              HTML     38K 
23: R12         Earnings per share                                  HTML     39K 
24: R13         Equity                                              HTML     40K 
25: R14         Accumulated other comprehensive loss                HTML     94K 
26: R15         Revenue from contracts with customers               HTML    235K 
27: R16         Business Combinations                               HTML     30K 
28: R17         Leases                                              HTML     26K 
29: R18         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     81K 
30: R19         Regulatory assets and liabilities                   HTML     90K 
31: R20         Fair value measurements                             HTML    113K 
32: R21         Debt                                                HTML     60K 
33: R22         Cash flow information                               HTML     39K 
34: R23         Business segment data                               HTML    121K 
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36: R25         Regulatory matters                                  HTML     34K 
37: R26         Contingencies                                       HTML     36K 
38: R27         Basis of presentation (Policies)                    HTML     26K 
39: R28         New accounting standards (Policies)                 HTML     30K 
40: R29         Receivables and allowance for expected credit       HTML     33K 
                losses (Policies)                                                
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42: R31         Earnings per share (Policies)                       HTML     26K 
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48: R37         Receivables and allowance for expected credit       HTML     83K 
                losses (Tables)                                                  
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50: R39         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     38K 
51: R40         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     38K 
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59: R48         Business segment data (Tables)                      HTML    113K 
60: R49         Employee benefit plans (Tables)                     HTML     56K 
61: R50         Receivables and allowance for expected credit       HTML     25K 
                losses (Details)                                                 
62: R51         Receivables and allowance for expected credit       HTML     60K 
                losses (Details 2)                                               
63: R52         Inventories and natural gas in storage (Details)    HTML     41K 
64: R53         Earnings per share (Details)                        HTML     36K 
65: R54         Equity (Details)                                    HTML     38K 
66: R55         Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Details)      HTML     65K 
67: R56         Reclassification out of accumulated other           HTML     61K 
                comprehensive loss (Details 2)                                   
68: R57         Disaggregation of revenue (Details)                 HTML    132K 
69: R58         Contract balances (Details 2)                       HTML     46K 
70: R59         Revenue from contracts with customers Remaining     HTML     36K 
                performance obligations (Details 3)                              
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72: R61         Lessor accounting (Details)                         HTML     28K 
73: R62         Goodwill rollforward (Details)                      HTML     43K 
74: R63         Other intangible assets (Details 2)                 HTML     44K 
75: R64         Future amortization expense (Details 3)             HTML     36K 
76: R65         Regulatory assets (Details)                         HTML     76K 
77: R66         Regulatory liabilities (Details 2)                  HTML     65K 
78: R67         Fair value measurements Insurance contracts         HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R68         Available-for-sale securities (Details 2)           HTML     40K 
80: R69         Fair value measurements (Details 3)                 HTML     57K 
81: R70         Fair value measurements (Details 4)                 HTML     34K 
82: R71         Short-term Debt (Details 1)                         HTML     32K 
83: R72         Long-term debt outstanding (Details 2)              HTML     55K 
84: R73         Schedule of debt maturities (Details 3)             HTML     40K 
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87: R76         Employee benefit plans (Details)                    HTML     61K 
88: R77         Ipuc (Details)                                      HTML     31K 
89: R78         Mnpuc (Details 2)                                   HTML     35K 
90: R79         Ndpsc (Details 3)                                   HTML     41K 
91: R80         Sdpuc (Details 4)                                   HTML     30K 
92: R81         Wutc (Details 5)                                    HTML     39K 
93: R82         Litigation (Details)                                HTML     30K 
94: R83         Guarantees (Details 2)                              HTML     48K 
95: R84         Variable interest entities (Details 3)              HTML     27K 
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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/22/24  MDU Resources Group, Inc.         10-K       12/31/23  161:31M
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2 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/08/19  MDU Resources Group, Inc.         8-K:5,9     5/07/19    3:123K
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