0000895813-17-000041.txt : 20170706 0000895813-17-000041.hdr.sgml : 20170706 20170706153457 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000895813-17-000041 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170703 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170706 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170706 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062613 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 133725229 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 521 EAST MOREHEAD ST STREET 2: STE 250 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 7043448150 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 521 EAST MOREHEAD ST STREET 2: STE 250 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MJD COMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980527 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gingold Peter C CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001553103 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32408 FILM NUMBER: 17951979 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. STREET 2: 521 EAST MOREHEAD STREET, SUITE 500 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 4 1 xf4_gingold.xml X0306 4 2017-07-03 1 0001062613 FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC FRP 0001553103 Gingold Peter C C/O FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 521 E. MOREHEAD STREET, SUITE 500 CHARLOTTE NC 28202 1 0 0 0 /s/ Garrett Van Osdell, Power of Attorney 2017-07-06 EX-24 2 xex24-gingold.htm

Power of Attorney

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Garrett Van Osdell of FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer, director and/or a stockholder owning more than 10% of the Company common stock, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of such substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each attorney-in-fact, or each attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to any of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

The undersigned hereby revokes any Power of Attorney granted by the undersigned prior to the date hereof to agents or employees of the Company with respect to the matters set forth in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of July, 2017.

By: /s/ Peter C. Gingold

Name: Peter C. Gingold