-----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, MD2WPW0vT3HXVz5ccGc71Z4s7+D8A/1iMYsxUM/TwGTZFeBfzntxpmmygnX0pBbb ISN4oDo4bWIbpTta0FVmxA== 0001116679-05-000148.txt : 20050118 0001116679-05-000148.hdr.sgml : 20050117 20050118151007 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001116679-05-000148 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050118 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050118 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: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32408 FILM NUMBER: 05533544 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 8-A12B 1 fair8a12b.txt ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------- FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware 13-3725229 (State of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Organization) 521 East Morehead Street Suite 250 Charlotte, North Carolina (Address of Principal Executiv 28202 Offices) (Zip Code) If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. |X| If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. |_| Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-113937 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered ------------------- ------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None ================================================================================ INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. For a description of the Common Stock, reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Registration No. 333-113937) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2004, as subsequently amended by any amendments to such registration statement and by any form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with such Registration Statement, which description is incorporated herein by reference. Item 2. Exhibits. Not applicable. -2- SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. By: /s/ Shirley J. Linn ------------------------------------------ Name: Shirley J. Linn Title: Senior Vice President Date: January 7, 2005 -3- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----