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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;6, 2004</B>



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<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">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</DIV>


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


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



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.</B>

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


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>600 Telephone Avenue<BR>
Anchorage, Alaska 99503<BR>
(907)&nbsp;297-3000</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,<BR>
of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN LIANE PELLETIER AND ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.</B><BR>
(Full titles of the plans)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Leonard A. Steinberg<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.<BR>
600 Telephone Avenue<BR>
Anchorage, Alaska 99503<BR>
(907)&nbsp;297-3105</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>John G. Holland, Esq.<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Washington, DC 20004<BR>
(202)&nbsp;637-2200</B>



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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class of Securities To</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5.61</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">16,815,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,130.46</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4.50</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,500,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">570.15</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">21,315,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,700.61</TD>
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    <TD>Represents (a)&nbsp;2,250,000 additional shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) of Alaska Communications Systems Group,
Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, (b)&nbsp;550,000
additional shares of Common Stock under the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, (c)&nbsp;200,000 additional shares of Common Stock under the 1999
Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Plan and (d)&nbsp;1,000,000 shares of
Common Stock granted pursuant to the Amended and Restated Executive
Employment Agreement between Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. and
Liane Pelletier and the Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement entered into
between Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. and Liane Pelletier
(collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;). On December&nbsp;3, 1999, the Company filed a
registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-92091) with
respect to 6,021,489 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plans,
which was subsequently amended by Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form
S-8 filed on April&nbsp;3, 2002 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-92091), both such
registration statements are incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable to prevent
dilution from any future stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction are also being registered.</TD>
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    <TD>For purposes of computing the registration fee only. Pursuant to Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per
Share is based upon: (i)&nbsp;in the case of shares of Common Stock which may
be purchased upon exercise of outstanding options, the price at which the
options may be exercised; and (ii)&nbsp;in the case of shares of Common Stock
for which options have not been granted and the option price of which is
therefore unknown, the average of the high and low trading prices ($5.61)
of the Common Stock as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers&#146; Automated Quotation Service on September&nbsp;29, 2004, a date within
five trading days prior to the filing of this registration statement.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v02259exv4w1.txt">EXHIBIT 4.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v02259exv4w3.txt">EXHIBIT 4.3</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v02259exv5w1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<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;), are hereby incorporated by reference
in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">A.</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K of Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">B.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Report on Form 8-K of Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. dated and filed on February&nbsp;26, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">C.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc. for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">D.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Report on Form 8-K of Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. dated and filed on April&nbsp;29, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">E.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc. for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">F.</TD>
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    <TD>Current Report on Form 8-K of Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. dated and filed on July&nbsp;29, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">G.</TD>
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    <TD>Prospectus that was a part of the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-88753) filed on November&nbsp;18,
1999, as amended through November&nbsp;17, 1999, including the Prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;); and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">H.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
November&nbsp;17, 1999 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</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 Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this
Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</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">&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;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides
that a corporation may indemnify its directors and officers against civil and
criminal liabilities. Directors and officers may be indemnified against
expenses if they acted in good faith an in a manner reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to
any criminal action, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct
was unlawful. A director or officer may be indemnified against expenses
incurred in connection with a derivative suit if he acted in good faith and in
a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made without court
approval if such person was adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his or her duty to the corporation. The statutory
indemnification is not exclusive of any rights provided by and by-law,
agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation includes a provision
that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for
actions taken as a director, except for liability:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for breach of duty of loyalty;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional
misconduct or knowing violation of law;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends or stock
repurchases); or</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for transactions from which the director derived improper personal
benefit.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we
must indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the
fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. We are also expressly authorized to, and
do, carry directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance for our directors, officers and
certain employees for some liabilities. We believe that these


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">indemnification provisions and insurance are useful to attract and retain
qualified directors and executive officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our amended
and restated certificate of incorporation may discourage stockholders from
bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These
provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative
litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if
successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. In addition, your
investment may be adversely affected to the extent that, in a class action or
direct suit, we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors
and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving
any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is
sought.

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

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set
forth on the Exhibit&nbsp;Index and is incorporated herein by reference.

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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 the 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 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 20&nbsp;percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included as 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 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 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.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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
Securities and Exchange 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.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Anchorage, State of Alaska, on this 6th day of
October, 2004.


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    <TD colspan="3">ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ David Wilson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>David Wilson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Senior Vice President, <br>Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Company hereby
severally constitutes and appoints David Wilson and Leonard A. Steinberg as the
undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned&#146;s
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to
sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments
thereto, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related
registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might and could do in person hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Liane Pelletier<BR>
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Liane Pelletier</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board,<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and President<BR>
(Principal Executive<BR>
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David Wilson<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
David Wilson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial<BR>
Officer and Principal<BR>
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ W. Dexter Paine, III<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
W. Dexter Paine, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Saul A. Fox<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Saul A. Fox</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Byron A. Mallott<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Byron A. Mallott</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Wray T. Thorn<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Wray T. Thorn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Brian Rogers<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Brian Rogers</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Charles P. Sitkin<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Charles P. Sitkin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John M. Egan<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
John M. Egan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Patrick Pichette<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Patrick Pichette</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 6, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan, Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Plan,
dated October&nbsp;6, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Employment Agreement between Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc. and Liane Pelletier (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Company&#146;s filing with the
Commission on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed on October&nbsp;23, 2003).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc. and Liane Pelletier</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP re: the shares issued under the
Plans</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte Touche LLP.</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this
Registration Statement).</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2004
Registration No. 333-[___]
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
52-2126573
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
600 Telephone Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
(907) 297-3000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN LIANE PELLETIER AND ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
(Full titles of the plans)
Leonard A. Steinberg
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.
600 Telephone Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
(907) 297-3105
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
John G. Holland, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 637-2200
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of Securities To
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate
Be Registered
Registered(1)
Share(2)
Offering Price
Amount Of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
3,000,000
$
5.61
$
16,815,000
$
2,130.46
1,000,000
$
4.50
4,500,000
570.15
4,000,000
$
21,315,000
$
2,700.61
(1)
Represents (a) 2,250,000 additional shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share ("Common Stock") of Alaska Communications Systems Group,
Inc. (the "Company") under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, (b) 550,000
additional shares of Common Stock under the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, (c) 200,000 additional shares of Common Stock under the 1999
Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Plan and (d) 1,000,000 shares of
Common Stock granted pursuant to the Amended and Restated Executive
Employment Agreement between Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. and
Liane Pelletier and the Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement entered into
between Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. and Liane Pelletier
(collectively, the "Plans"). On December 3, 1999, the Company filed a
registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-92091) with
respect to 6,021,489 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plans,
which was subsequently amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form
S-8 filed on April 3, 2002 (Registration No. 333-92091), both such
registration statements are incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to
Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable to prevent
dilution from any future stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction are also being registered.
(2)
For purposes of computing the registration fee only. Pursuant to Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per
Share is based upon: (i) in the case of shares of Common Stock which may
be purchased upon exercise of outstanding options, the price at which the
options may be exercised; and (ii) in the case of shares of Common Stock
for which options have not been granted and the option price of which is
therefore unknown, the average of the high and low trading prices ($5.61)
of the Common Stock as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers' Automated Quotation Service on September 29, 2004, a date within
five trading days prior to the filing of this registration statement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 4.1
EXHIBIT 4.3
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are hereby incorporated by reference
in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:
A.
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003;
B.
Current Report on Form 8-K of Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. dated and filed on February 26, 2004;
C.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc. for the quarter ended March 31, 2004;
D.
Current Report on Form 8-K of Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. dated and filed on April 29, 2004;
E.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30, 2004;
F.
Current Report on Form 8-K of Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. dated and filed on July 29, 2004;
G.
Prospectus that was a part of the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-88753) filed on November 18,
1999, as amended through November 17, 1999, including the Prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"); and
H.
Description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
November 17, 1999 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
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All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware ("DGCL") provides
that a corporation may indemnify its directors and officers against civil and
criminal liabilities. Directors and officers may be indemnified against
expenses if they acted in good faith an in a manner reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to
any criminal action, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct
was unlawful. A director or officer may be indemnified against expenses
incurred in connection with a derivative suit if he acted in good faith and in
a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made without court
approval if such person was adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his or her duty to the corporation. The statutory
indemnification is not exclusive of any rights provided by and by-law,
agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation includes a provision
that eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for
actions taken as a director, except for liability:
•
for breach of duty of loyalty;
•
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional
misconduct or knowing violation of law;
•
under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends or stock
repurchases); or
•
for transactions from which the director derived improper personal
benefit.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we
must indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the
fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. We are also expressly authorized to, and
do, carry directors' and officers' insurance for our directors, officers and
certain employees for some liabilities. We believe that these
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indemnification provisions and insurance are useful to attract and retain
qualified directors and executive officers.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our amended
and restated certificate of incorporation may discourage stockholders from
bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These
provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative
litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if
successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. In addition, your
investment may be adversely affected to the extent that, in a class action or
direct suit, we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors
and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
There is currently no pending material litigation or proceeding involving
any of our directors, officers or employees for which indemnification is
sought.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set
forth on the Exhibit Index and is incorporated herein by reference.
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 this 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 the 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 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 20 percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
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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) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included as 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 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 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
Securities and Exchange 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, 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 Anchorage, State of Alaska, on this 6th day of
October, 2004.
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ David Wilson
Name:
David Wilson
Title:
Senior Vice President,
Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Company hereby
severally constitutes and appoints David Wilson and Leonard A. Steinberg as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to
sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments
thereto, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related
registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might and could do in person hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Liane Pelletier
Liane Pelletier
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer
and President
(Principal Executive
Officer)
October 6, 2004
/s/ David Wilson
David Wilson
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
(Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
October 6, 2004
/s/ W. Dexter Paine, III
W. Dexter Paine, III
Director
October 6, 2004
/s/ Saul A. Fox
Saul A. Fox
Director
October 6, 2004
/s/ Byron A. Mallott
Byron A. Mallott
Director
October 6, 2004
/s/ Wray T. Thorn
Wray T. Thorn
Director
October 6, 2004
/s/ Brian Rogers
Brian Rogers
Director
October 6, 2004
/s/ Charles P. Sitkin
Charles P. Sitkin
Director
October 6, 2004
/s/ John M. Egan
John M. Egan
Director
October 6, 2004
/s/ Patrick Pichette
Patrick Pichette
Director
October 6, 2004
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
4.1
Amendment to Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan, Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Alaska Communications Systems
Group, Inc. 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Compensation Plan,
dated October 6, 2004
4.2
Executive Employment Agreement between Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc. and Liane Pelletier (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's filing with the
Commission on Form S-4 filed on October 23, 2003).
4.3
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between Alaska Communications
Systems Group, Inc. and Liane Pelletier
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP re: the shares issued under the
Plans
23.1
Consent of Deloitte Touche LLP.
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this
Registration Statement).