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 )  December 29, 2010

 

FairPoint Communications, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32408

 

13-3725229

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

521 East Morehead Street,
Suite 500,
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

 

As previously disclosed, on October 26, 2009, FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) (Case No. 09-16335).

 

On December 29, 2010, the Company filed a Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the “Third Amended Plan”) with the Bankruptcy Court.  In addition, among other things, the Company filed forms of the following documents with the Bankruptcy Court which supplement the Third Amended Plan: (i) a ninth amended and restated certificate of incorporation; (ii) second amended and restated by-laws; (iii) a warrant agreement; (iv) a registration rights agreement; (v) the FairPoint Communications, Inc. 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan; (vi) the FairPoint Communications, Inc. 2010 Success Bonus Plan; (vii) the FairPoint Litigation Trust Agreement; and (viii) a senior secured credit facility to be provided to the Company and FairPoint Logistics, Inc. by Bank of America, N.A., Banc of America Securities LLC and a syndicate of lenders (collectively, the “Supplemental Documents”). A copy of the Third Amended Plan and the Supplemental Documents as filed with the Bankruptcy Court are available at www.fprestructuring.com under the “Court Filings” link.

 

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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/ Ajay Sabherwal

 

 

Name:

Ajay Sabherwal

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date: December 30, 2010

 

 

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