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):   August 11, 2020

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.)
     
401 Merritt 7, Norwalk, Connecticut
  
06851
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

(203) 614-5600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
As previously disclosed, on April 14, 2020, Frontier Communications Corporation (the “Company”) and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively with the Company, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) 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 July 28, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order appointing a mediator to the Chapter 11 Cases and assigning certain disputed matters to mediation (the “Mediation Order”). Pursuant to the Mediation Order, the Debtors must publicly disclose certain information (the “Cleansing Materials”).
 
The descriptions in this Form 8-K of the Cleansing Materials do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete Cleansing Materials attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
 
The information being furnished in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.
  
Description of Exhibit
 
Cleansing Materials.
104
  
The cover page of Frontier Communications Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 11, 2020, formatted in inline XBRL.

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: August 11, 2020
By:
/s/ Mark D. Nielsen_
 
Name:
Mark D. Nielsen
 
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Transaction Officer