Named Fiduciaries. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall consist of at least one officer of the Company or Affiliate and certain other individuals appointed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or Affiliate who are employed by the Company or Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee Benefits Committee of MDU Resources Group, Inc., shall serve as the Committee prior to the Knife River Spinoff Effective Date.

Designation. There is hereby designated a series of Preferred Stock denominated as “Series B Preferred Stock,” consisting of 5,000,000 shares, $.001 par value per share, having the powers, preferences, rights and limitations set forth below.

Prudent Actions by Plan Fiduciaries. In addition to creating rights for Plan participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the employee benefit plan. The people who operate the Plan, called “fiduciaries” of the Plan, have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of you and other Plan participants and beneficiaries. No one, including your employer, your union or any other person, may fire you or otherwise discriminate against you in any way to prevent you from obtaining a Plan benefit or exercising your rights under ERISA.

Designation; Rank. This series of Preferred Stock shall be designated and known as “Series A Preferred Stock.” The number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be four million five hundred thousand (4,500,000) shares. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution, rank pari passu to the common stock, par value ​ per share (the “Common Stock”) and any other classes of capital stock of ​.

Rate Designation. Borrower shall designate each Loan as a SOFR Loan or a Base Rate Loan in the Request for Borrowing or Request for Conversion/Continuation given to Agent in accordance with [Section 2.6] or [Section 2.7], as applicable. Each Base Rate Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be in a minimum principal amount of ​ and, thereafter, in integral multiples of ​, unless such Advance is being made to pay any interest, fees, or expenses then due hereunder, in which case such Advance may be in the amount of such interest, fees, or expenses, and each SOFR Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be in a minimum principal amount of ​ and, thereafter, in integral multiples of ​.

Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may, pursuant to the Plan and on a form provided by the Company, name one or more beneficiaries to whom vested benefits under this Agreement shall be paid in case of Participant’s death before Participant receives all of such benefits. In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to his or her estate.

Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may designate on the attached beneficiary designation the person or persons to receive payment of Vested RSUs in the event of the Participant’s death. In the event the Participant fails to designate a beneficiary, amounts payable in the event of Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.

A Director or former Director may designate a beneficiary to receive distributions from the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 upon the death of the Director. The beneficiary designation may be changed by a Director or former Director at any time, and without the consent of the prior beneficiary, except as required under applicable law.

Each Non-Employee Director may designate a beneficiary for each outstanding grant of Restricted Stock and for payment of his Deferred Accounts in the event of his death. If no beneficiary is designated or the beneficiary does not survive the Non-Employee Director, the award shall be made to the Non-Employee Director’s surviving spouse or, if there is none, to his estate.

■Prudent Actions by Plan Fiduciaries

Beneficiary Designation. The Participant may, pursuant to the Plan, name one or more beneficiaries to whom vested benefits under this Agreement shall be paid in case of Participant’s death before Participant receives all of such benefits. In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to his or her estate.

Rate Designation. Borrower shall designate each Loan as a SOFR Loan or a Base Rate Loan in the Request for Borrowing or Request for Conversion/Continuation given to Agent in accordance with [Section 2.6] or [Section 2.7], as applicable. Each Base Rate Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be in a minimum principal amount of ​ and, thereafter, in integral multiples of ​, unless such Advance is being made to pay any interest, fees, or expenses then due hereunder, in which case such Advance may be in the amount of such interest, fees, or expenses, and each SOFR Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be in a minimum principal amount of ​ and, thereafter, in integral multiples of ​.

#Designation. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of Cumulative Preferred Stock of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Series B Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The number of shares constituting such series shall be 180,000.

Each Participant who elects to participate in this Plan may file with the Committee a notice in writing, on a form provided by the Committee, designating one or more beneficiaries to whom the distribution shall be made in the event of the Participant’s death prior to receiving the entire distribution of the balance in the Participant Account. If no beneficiary designation is made, or in the event that a beneficiary designated by such Participant predeceases the Participant, the distribution shall be made to the Participant’s estate.

Beneficiary Designation. Participants shall have the right to designate a Beneficiary to receive their benefits under the Plan should such Participant die prior to commencement of or complete distribution of benefits hereunder. The AT&T Rules for Beneficiary Designations as may hereafter be amended from time to time (the "Rules"), which Rules are incorporated herein by this reference, shall apply. For purposes of this Plan, "Beneficiary" shall mean any beneficiary designated by a Participant to receive his or her benefits under this Plan in the event of the Participant's death, or as otherwise determined under the Rules to the extent the Participant fails to designate a beneficiary.

Beneficiary Designation. The Grantee may designate Beneficiary(ies) to whom shall be transferred any rights under this Agreement which survive the Grantee’s death. The beneficiary designation form can be found at the Charles Schwab Equity Award Center website (https://www.schwab.com/public/eac/home) or obtained by contacting the Company’s Director, Compensation and Benefits. In the absence of an effective beneficiary designation in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement, the Grantee acknowledges that any rights under this Agreement that survive the Grantee’s death shall be rights of his or her estate notwithstanding any other agreements or documents (including the Grantee’s will) to the contrary.

Designation of Beneficiary. To the extent permitted by the Company, each grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the grantee’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Company and shall not be effective until received by the Company. If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary shall be the grantee’s estate.

Designation of Beneficiaries. Each participating Outside Director may file with the Plan Administrator a written designation of one or more primary beneficiaries and one or more contingent beneficiaries to whom payments otherwise due to the Outside Director at the date of his death shall be made after the death of the Outside Director. Such payments will be made in such amounts and at such times as would have been made to the Outside Director had he lived. The written designation must be received by the Plan Administrator prior to the death of the Outside Director. A beneficiary may not, under any circumstances, change the time and form of the payments. Such payments will be divided among the primary beneficiaries who survive the Outside Director in such proportion as directed in the written designation. If no primary beneficiary survives the Outside Director, such payment will be divided among the contingent beneficiaries who survive the Outside Director in such proportion as directed in the written designation. If no primary or contingent beneficiary survives the Outside Director or is designated by the Outside Director, such payments will be made to the estate of the Outside Director. At the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the A&B Board of Directors, payments to the estate of the Outside Director may be made in a lump-sum equal to the full amount of the Outside Director's deferred fee account; provided, however, that such payment will not be made later than 90 days following the Outside Director’s death. The Plan Administrator retains the sole discretion to determine when during the 90-day period the payment will be made.

OTC Markets Designation. If the OTC-Markets changes the Borrower’s designation to ‘No Information’ (Stop Sign), ‘Caveat Emptor’ (Skull and Crossbones), or ‘OTC’, ‘Other OTC’ or ‘Grey Market’ (Exclamation Mark Sign).

Designation of Subsidiaries. Parent may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary so long as # the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied with respect to such designation (treating such designation as an Investment as provided below); # such Restricted Subsidiary is not a guarantor of any Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Obligations); # such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Borrower; and # none of the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary are, immediately before such designation, included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base. The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Sixth Restatement Effective Date shall constitute an Investment by the applicable Loan Party therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Loan Party’s direct or indirect Investment in such Restricted Subsidiary and such Investment must constitute a Permitted Investment. Parent may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such designation shall constitute the incurrence or making at the time of designation of any Investments, Indebtedness, and Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and each of the same must be permitted under the terms of this Agreement.