-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, C7pafhT6hzJuC9SU4vacTW+ip91FKkVw4tgXV3ec4KPKLhcT3aKwZmS3aOQTgPR8 QFLvIZ6hx2vZ5SO3QIlMCQ== 0001104659-11-002605.txt : 20110124 0001104659-11-002605.hdr.sgml : 20110124 20110124134516 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-11-002605 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110124 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110124 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110124 FILER: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-154363 FILM NUMBER: 11543364 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 521 EAST MOREHEAD ST STREET 2: STE 250 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28202 BUSINESS PHONE: 7043448150 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MJD COMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980527 S-8 POS 1 a11-4304_2s8pos.htm S-8 POS

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2011

Registration No. 333-154363

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

 

FORM S-8/A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

13-3725229

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

 

 

521 East Morehead Street, Suite 500

 

 

Charlotte, North Carolina

 

28202

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

2008 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Shirley J. Linn, Esq.

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

FairPoint Communications, Inc.

521 East Morehead Street, Suite 500

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(704) 344-8150

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

 

Jeffrey J. Pellegrino, Esq.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

75 E. 55th Street

New York, New York 10022

(212) 318-6000

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

Non-accelerated filer x

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

 

 

 

(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)

 

 

 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE:  DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) is filed by FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) and amends the registration statement filed on Form S-8 (File No. 333-154363) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2008 (the “Registration Statement”), registering shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, under the FairPoint Communications, Inc. 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”).

 

On October 26, 2009, the Company and substantially all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”).  On January 13, 2011, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Company’s Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Plan”).  The Plan became effective on January 24, 2011 (the “Effective Date”).  Pursuant to the Plan, the existing securities of the Company were cancelled and extinguished on the Effective Date, including any grants and awards under the 2008 Plan, and holders of such securities did not receive any distributions under the Plan.  Consequently, the Company is filing this Post-Effe ctive Amendment on the Effective Date.

 

Through the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment, the Company hereby deregisters any and all remaining unissued securities covered by the Registration Statement with such deregistration to be effective immediately upon the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on January 24, 2011.

 

 

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul H. Sunu

 

Name:

Paul H. Sunu

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Paul H. Sunu

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

January 24, 2011

     Paul H. Sunu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ajay Sabherwal

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

January 24, 2011

     Ajay Sabherwal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ John T. Hogshire

 

Vice President and Controller

 

January 24, 2011

     John T. Hogshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jane E. Newman

 

Director

 

January 24, 2011

     Jane E. Newman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas F. Gilbane, Jr.

 

Director

 

January 24, 2011

     Thomas F. Gilbane, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Claude C. Lilly

 

Director

 

January 24, 2011

     Claude C. Lilly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert S. Lilien

 

Director

 

January 24, 2011

     Robert S. Lilien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael R. Tuttle

 

Director

 

January 24, 2011

     Michael R. Tuttle

 

 

 

 

 

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