-----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, O89FKV3sU4HG6muf41sQxUUVgDzWC1WG3AdPKe2Qw9v3CZZBYqiAaSOAUftHU6C2 8gvLN6I5L/NWCtTeIz5EdA== 0001116679-08-000257.txt : 20080131 0001116679-08-000257.hdr.sgml : 20080131 20080131170629 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001116679-08-000257 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 425 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080131 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080131 SUBJECT COMPANY: 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: 425 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32408 FILM NUMBER: 08565222 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 FILED BY: 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: 425 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 425 1 f8k_425-013108.htm PERIOD OF REPORT: JANUARY 31, 2008 f8k_425-013108.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported )    
January 31, 2008
  

 
FairPoint Communications, Inc.
  
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
  
333-56365
  
13-3725229
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 
521 East Morehead Street,
Suite 250,
Charlotte, North Carolina
  
28202
  
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
  

Registrant's telephone number, including area code    
(704) 344-8150
  

 
N/A
  
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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):
 
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Item 8.01 - Other Events
 
On January 31, 2008, Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) and FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) executed a notice (the “Extension Notice”) as contemplated by Section 9.1(b) of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 15, 2007, by and among the Company, Verizon and Northern New England Spinco Inc., a subsidiary of Verizon (“Spinco”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 20, 2007, Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2007, Amendment No. 3 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 3, 2007, Amendment No. 4 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 16, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Spinco will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”).  Section 9.1(b) of the Merger Agreement provides that the Company or Verizon may extend the original termination date of the Merger Agreement, or January 31, 2008, for up to four consecutive 30-day periods provided that all conditions to the Merger are capable of being satisfied as of such time except for the receipt of the required regulatory approvals.  Pursuant to the Extension Notice, the date on which any party may terminate the Merger Agreement has been extended to March 1, 2008.

The Company has filed, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has declared effective, a registration statement in connection with the Merger.  The Company urges investors to read this document and other materials filed and to be filed by the Company relating to the Merger because they contain and will contain important information.  Investors may obtain free copies of the registration statement, as well as other filed documents containing information about the Company and the Merger, at www.sec.gov, the SEC’s website.  Investors may also obtain free copies of these documents and the Company’s other SEC filings at www.fairpoint.com under the Investor Relations section, or by written request to FairPoint Communications, Inc., 521 E. Morehead Street, Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28202, Attention: Investor Relations.

This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.  No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 


 
 
 

 

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.

 
  FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.  
     
     
 
By:
 /s/ John P. Crowley  
   
Name:
 John P. Crowley  
   
Title:
 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  

 
Date:  January 31, 2008

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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