FairPoint Communications Sets Record and Meeting Dates to Approve Merger With Consolidated Communications

2/27/17

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRP), a leading communications provider, announced today that it will hold a special meeting of stockholders to approve the proposed merger with Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNSL). The special meeting will be held on March 28, 2017 at 11 a.m. ET at The Westin Charlotte, 601 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina.

FairPoint Communications’ stockholders of record at the close of business on February 17, 2017, the record date for the special meeting, will be entitled to receive notice of the special meeting and to vote their shares of common stock at the special meeting.

About FairPoint Communications, Inc.

FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRP) provides advanced data, voice and video technologies to single and multi-site businesses, public and private institutions, consumers, wireless companies and wholesale re-sellers in 17 states. Leveraging an owned, fiber-based Ethernet network — with more than 22,000 route miles of fiber, including approximately 18,000 route miles of fiber in northern New England — FairPoint has the network coverage, scalable bandwidth and transport capacity to support enhanced applications, including the next generation of mobile and cloud-based communications, such as small cell wireless backhaul technology, voice over IP, data center colocation services, managed services and disaster recovery. For more information, visit www.FairPoint.com.

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