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): June 11, 2020
 
Frontier Communications Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-11001
06-0619596
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

401 Merritt 7, Norwalk, Connecticut 06851
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
(203) 614-5600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
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:
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
  
Trading Symbol(s)
  
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.25 par value (1)
  
FTR
  
None
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
  
N/A
  
None

(1)
On April 29, 2020, the NASDAQ Stock Market filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the common stock, par value $0.25 per share, of Frontier Communications Corporation (the “common stock”) from the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The delisting was effective 10 days after the Form 25 was filed. The deregistration of the common stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 will be effective 90 days, or such shorter period as the Securities and Exchange Commission may determine, after filing of the Form 25. Following deregistration of the common stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the common stock shall remain registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Trading of Frontier Communications Corporation’s common stock now occurs on the OTC Pink market under the symbol “FTRCQ.”

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company  ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
As previously reported, Frontier Communications Corporation (the “Company”) will host a conference call on June 11, 2020 at 5:00 P.M. Eastern Time to provide a business update. The conference call may be accessed in the Webcasts & Events section of Frontier’s Investor Relations website at www.frontier.com/ir. Management will present prepared remarks. There will not be a question and answer session. A copy of the Company’s slide presentation, which will accompany the conference call, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (“Current Report”) and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
The information being furnished under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, of this Current Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits

Exhibit No.
  
Description of Exhibit
 
Slide Presentation.

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: June 11, 2020
By:
/s/ Mark D. Nielsen
   
Mark D. Nielsen
   
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Transaction Officer