UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 6, 2009

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BLACK HILLS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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South Dakota

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-31303

 

46-0458824

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

625 Ninth Street, PO Box 1400

Rapid City, South Dakota

(Address of principal executive offices)

57709-1400

(Zip Code)

605.721.1700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On August 6, 2009, Black Hills Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing second quarter financial results for 2009. Income from continuing operations for the second quarter 2009 was $24.6 million, or $0.64 per share, compared to income from continuing operations for the second quarter 2008 of $13.2 million, or $0.34 per share. Net income for the three months that ended June 30, 2009, was $24.6 million, or $0.64 per share, compared to net income of $22.2 million, or $0.58 per share for the same period in 2008.

 

The press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K. This information is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are furnished or filed herewith:

 

99

Press release dated August 6, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

BLACK HILLS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By: /s/ Anthony S. Cleberg

 

Anthony S. Cleberg

 

Executive Vice President

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:  August 6, 2009

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

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99

Press release dated August 6, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

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