-----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, JNzdOofkcyo3bqGWVKE1QT8gouG2+f7O5kxnLbxlGwuizVhoshvkw+KW92ER05Dh mTarZ/U+yHArEkw/tweuYg== 0000020520-09-000055.txt : 20090918 0000020520-09-000055.hdr.sgml : 20090918 20090918154457 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000020520-09-000055 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090918 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090918 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090918 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000020520 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 060619596 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11001 FILM NUMBER: 091076849 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: HIGH RIDGE PK BLDG 3 CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06905 BUSINESS PHONE: 2036145600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THREE HIGH RIDGE PARK CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06905 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000619 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CITIZENS UTILITIES CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 eandyconsentcover.txt ERNST & YOUNG CONSENT UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 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): September 18, 2009 Frontier Communications Corporation - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 001-11001 06-0619596 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 3 High Ridge Park, Stamford, Connecticut 06905 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (203) 614-5600 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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): | | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) | | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) | | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) | | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR240.13e-4(c)) Item 8.01 Other Events. ------------- Frontier Communications Corporation (the "Company") is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to incorporate by reference the consent of Ernst & Young LLP, which is filed as Exhibits 23.1 hereto, into the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-158391), as set forth in such consent. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. ---------------------------------- (d) Exhibits 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 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. FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Date: September 18, 2009 By: /s/ Robert J. Larson --------------------------------- Name: Robert J. Larson Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer EX-23.1 2 eandyconsentexhib23-1.txt ERNST & YOUNG CONSENT Exhibit 23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the inclusion in Frontier Communications Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-158391) of our report dated May 7, 2009, with respect to the special-purpose combined financial statements and schedule of Verizon's Separate Telephone Operations all of which appear in the Prospectus Supplement of Frontier Communications Corporation filed on September 18, 2009 pursuant to Rule 424(b). /s/ Ernst & Young LLP New York, New York September 18, 2009 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----