NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nadeem Faruqi, founding partner at Faruqi &
Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in
New York City, is investigating
the Board of Directors of Fairpoint Communications, Inc.
("Fairpoint" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:FRP) for potential breaches
of fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of the Company to
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. ("Consolidated
Communications") for approximately $1.5
billion.
The Company's stockholders will only receive 0.7300 shares of
Consolidated Communications common stock for each share of Company
common stock they own, or approximately $20.17 per share based on Consolidated
Communications' closing price on December 8,
2016.
Click here for more information: www.faruqilaw.com/FRP.
There is no cost or obligation to you.
The investigation focuses on whether Fairpoint's Board of
Directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company's
stockholders by failing to conduct a fair sales process and whether
and by how much this proposed transaction undervalues the Company
to the detriment of Fairpoint's shareholders.
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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is working together in this
investigation with Juan E.
Monteverde from Monteverde & Associates PC.
If you own common stock in Fairpoint and wish to obtain
additional information and protect your investments free of charge,
please visit us at www.faruqilaw.com/FRP or contact Nadeem Faruqi, Esq. either via e-mail at
nfaruqi@faruqilaw.com or by telephone at (877) 247-4292 or (212)
983-9330. You may also contact Juan E. Monteverde, Esq.
either via email at jmonteverde@monteverdelaw.com or by telephone
at (212) 971-1341.
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