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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-__________


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;23, 2005</DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Under</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">42-1490040</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation or organization)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">115 S. Second Avenue West<BR>


Newton, Iowa 50208<BR>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address, including zip code,<BR>


of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Donald G. Henry</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">General Counsel</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">115 S. Second Avenue West</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Newton, Iowa 50208</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(515)&nbsp;787-2000</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, address and telephone number,</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">including area code, of agent for service of process)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Steven J. Dickinson</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Fredrikson &#038; Byron, P.A.</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1200 Valley West Drive, Suite&nbsp;304-4</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">West Des Moines, Iowa 50266</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(515)&nbsp;224-6706</DIV>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount to</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">aggregate offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title of securities to be registered</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">be registered (1)</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">offering price per share(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">price(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Amount of registration fee</TD>
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    <TD nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
par value per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">1,195,919</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7.497</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">8,965,611</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,055</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional
securities that may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), based on the weighted average per share exercise price
and the actual aggregate exercise price at which the options, all of which have been granted
and the exercise prices of which are known, may be exercised.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant previously paid filing fees of $91,858 in connection with the initial filing
of Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-114349) on April&nbsp;8, 2004 and additional
filing fees of $2,248 on August&nbsp;12, 2004 in connection with Amendment No.&nbsp;2 thereto. On
September&nbsp;30, 2004, the Registrant filed Amendment No.&nbsp;3 thereto, decreasing the proposed
maximum offering price, as a result of which the applicable filing fee declined to $46,012,
resulting in registration fee balance of $48,094, of which $6,895 was applied to the
registration fee in connection with an additional Registration Statement on Form S-1
(333-120591) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) on November&nbsp;18, 2004, leaving a registration fee
balance of $41,198. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(p), the entire registration fee of $1,055 set forth
in the table above is offset by reducing Registrant&#146;s registration fee balance.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) by Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement, as of their respective dates:


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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004<B>;</B></TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2005<B>; </B>and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, as
contained in Item&nbsp;1 of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November&nbsp;12,
2004 including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our amended and restated articles of incorporation provide that directors and officers will
have no liability for money damages to us or our shareholders to the maximum extent permitted by
the Iowa Business Corporation Act. The Iowa Business Corporation Act permits all monetary liability
of directors to be eliminated except for: the amount of a financial benefit received by a director
to which the director is not entitled; an intentional infliction of harm on the company or its
shareholders; an unlawful distribution to shareholders; and an intentional violation of criminal
law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our amended and restated articles of incorporation require us to indemnify, to the fullest
extent permitted by the Iowa Business Corporation Act, each current or former director or officer
of the company who was or is made a party to, or is involved in, any threatened, pending or


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of another entity. The Iowa Business Corporation Act permits
indemnification of directors for any liability except those for which the corporation may not
eliminate the monetary liability of directors, as described in the preceding paragraph, and permits
indemnification of officers on similar terms. This right to indemnification also includes the right
to be paid by us the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its
final disposition to the fullest extent authorized by the Iowa Business Corporation Act.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our amended and restated articles of incorporation bylaws authorize us to purchase insurance
for us and for any of our directors, officers, employees or agents or those of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprises, against any expense, liability or loss,
whether or not we would have the power to indemnify such persons against such expense or liability
under the Iowa Business Corporation Act.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fredrikson &#038; Byron, P.A.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fredrikson &#038; Byron, P.A. (included in their opinion
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum

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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Newton, State of Iowa, on May&nbsp;23, 2005.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><B>IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.</B></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By <U>/s/ Alan L. Wells&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Alan L. Wells</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and President</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May&nbsp;23, 2005<B>.</B>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="59%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alan L. Wells
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and President</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Alan L. Wells
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal executive officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Craig A. Knock
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal financial and accounting</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Craig A. Knock
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward J. Buchanan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Brian P. Friedman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kevin Hranicka</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stuart B. Katz</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* By /s/ Donald G. Henry
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, General Counsel and</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Secretary</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donald G. Henry</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Attorney-in-Fact</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.</B>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fredrikson &#038; Byron, P.A.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fredrikson &#038; Byron, P.A. (included in their opinion
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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Registration No. 333-__________
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2005
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Iowa
42-1490040
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
115 S. Second Avenue West
Newton, Iowa 50208
(Address, including zip code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Donald G. Henry
General Counsel
Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.
115 S. Second Avenue West
Newton, Iowa 50208
(515) 787-2000
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service of process)
Copy to:
Steven J. Dickinson
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
1200 Valley West Drive, Suite 304-4
West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
(515) 224-6706
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Amount to
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
Title of securities to be registered
be registered (1)
offering price per share(2)
price(2)
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, $0.01
par value per share
1,195,919
$
7.497
$
8,965,611
$
1,055
(3)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional
securities that may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h), based on the weighted average per share exercise price
and the actual aggregate exercise price at which the options, all of which have been granted
and the exercise prices of which are known, may be exercised.
(3)
The Registrant previously paid filing fees of $91,858 in connection with the initial filing
of Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-114349) on April 8, 2004 and additional
filing fees of $2,248 on August 12, 2004 in connection with Amendment No. 2 thereto. On
September 30, 2004, the Registrant filed Amendment No. 3 thereto, decreasing the proposed
maximum offering price, as a result of which the applicable filing fee declined to $46,012,
resulting in registration fee balance of $48,094, of which $6,895 was applied to the
registration fee in connection with an additional Registration Statement on Form S-1
(333-120591) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) on November 18, 2004, leaving a registration fee
balance of $41,198. Pursuant to Rule 457(p), the entire registration fee of $1,055 set forth
in the table above is offset by reducing Registrant's registration fee balance.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") by Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (the "Company"), are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement, as of their respective dates:
(a)
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004
;
(b)
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2005
;
and
(c)
the description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, as
contained in Item 1 of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 12,
2004 including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation provide that directors and officers will
have no liability for money damages to us or our shareholders to the maximum extent permitted by
the Iowa Business Corporation Act. The Iowa Business Corporation Act permits all monetary liability
of directors to be eliminated except for: the amount of a financial benefit received by a director
to which the director is not entitled; an intentional infliction of harm on the company or its
shareholders; an unlawful distribution to shareholders; and an intentional violation of criminal
law.
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation require us to indemnify, to the fullest
extent permitted by the Iowa Business Corporation Act, each current or former director or officer
of the company who was or is made a party to, or is involved in, any threatened, pending or
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completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of another entity. The Iowa Business Corporation Act permits
indemnification of directors for any liability except those for which the corporation may not
eliminate the monetary liability of directors, as described in the preceding paragraph, and permits
indemnification of officers on similar terms. This right to indemnification also includes the right
to be paid by us the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its
final disposition to the fullest extent authorized by the Iowa Business Corporation Act.
Our amended and restated articles of incorporation bylaws authorize us to purchase insurance
for us and for any of our directors, officers, employees or agents or those of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprises, against any expense, liability or loss,
whether or not we would have the power to indemnify such persons against such expense or liability
under the Iowa Business Corporation Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. (included in their opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum
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offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Newton, State of Iowa, on May 23, 2005.
IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.
By
/s/ Alan L. Wells
Alan L. Wells
Chief Executive Officer and President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 23, 2005
.
/s/ Alan L. Wells
Chief Executive Officer and President
Alan L. Wells
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Craig A. Knock
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting
Craig A. Knock
officer)
*
Chairman and Director
Edward J. Buchanan
*
Director
Brian P. Friedman
*
Director
Kevin Hranicka
*
Director
Stuart B. Katz
* By /s/ Donald G. Henry
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
Donald G. Henry
Attorney-in-Fact
Exhibit Index to
Form S-8
Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. (included in their opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney.