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satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">see</font> General
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3.01.&#160;&#160;Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing
Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.</font></div>
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herein.</font></div>
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3.02.&#160;&#160;Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On August
6, 2008, the Company sold 7,956,638 shares of the Company&#8217;s Class A common stock
for a purchase price of $358,048,710 to AirTouch Cellular (&#8220;AirTouch&#8221;), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Cellco partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a Delaware
partnership (&#8220;Verizon Wireless&#8221;), pursuant to the terms of a subscription
agreement dated August 6, 2008 by and among the Company and AirTouch (the
&#8220;Subscription Agreement&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The funds received under the Subscription
Agreement were set aside to be used to consummate the redemption of the 12 1/4%
junior exchangeable preferred stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined
in Item 5.01 below), which will occur on September 5, 2008.&#160;&#160;These
shares of Class A common stock were issued, offered and sold in a transaction
exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.</font></div>
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5.01.&#160;&#160;Changes in Control of Registrant</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On August
7, 2008, the Company completed the merger (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;) with and into Rhino
Merger Sub Corporation (&#8220;Merger Sub&#8221;), a Minnesota corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Wireless, with the Company as the surviving
corporation, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
&#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;), dated July 29, 2007, a copy of which was filed as an
exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8&#8722;K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 30, 2007 and is incorporated herein by
reference.&#160;&#160;As a result of the Merger, (i) each share of the Company&#8217;s
Class A and Class B common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
effective time of the Merger (other than shares held by Verizon Wireless or any
of its subsidiaries) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive an
amount in cash equal to $45.00, without interest, (ii) each share of the
Company&#8217;s Class M preferred stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the effective time of the Merger (other than shares held by Verizon Wireless or
any of its subsidiaries) was cancelled and automatically converted into the
right to receive an amount in cash equal to $1000 plus any accrued and unpaid
dividends, without interest, (iii) the Company has requested that the NASDAQ
Global Market (the &#8220;NASDAQ&#8221;) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an
application on Form 25 to report that the shares of common stock of the Company
are no longer listed on the NASDAQ and (iv) the Company became an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Wireless.&#160;&#160;Form 25 was filed on
August 7, 2008.&#160;&#160;The source of funds for the consideration payable in
the Merger was a borrowing by Verizon Wireless under a credit facility pursuant
to a credit agreement dated as of June 5, 2008, a copy of which was filed by
Verizon Communications Inc. as an exhibit to its Current Report on Form 8&#8722;K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008 and is
incorporated herein by reference.&#160;&#160;The press release announcing the
completion of the acquisition is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8&#8722;K and is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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5.02.&#160;&#160;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, by virtue of the Merger, upon the effective time of the
merger, the directors of Merger Sub became directors of the
Company.&#160;&#160;Immediately following the effective time of the Merger, the
directors of the Company resigned and were replaced by new
directors.&#160;&#160;The new directors are Jack D. Plating, John Townsend and
Steven E. Zipperstein.&#160;&#160;Messrs. Plating, Townsend and Zipperstein are
officers of Verizon Wireless. At the time of this filing, none of the new
directors have been named to any committee of the board of
directors.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Immediately
following the effective time of the Merger, the officers of the Company were
removed and replaced by new officers.&#160;&#160;The new officers are as
follows:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Jack D.
Plating &#8211; President and Chief Executive Officer.&#160;&#160;Mr. Plating, age 55,
also currently serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer of
Verizon Wireless.&#160;&#160;He previously served as president of Verizon
Wireless' South Area. Prior to that, Mr. Plating served as executive vice
president and chief operating officer for Bell</font></div>
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Mobile, Inc., one of Verizon Wireless' predecessor companies, where he earlier
had served as President of that company's New England and Upstate New York
Region.</font></div>
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J. Melone - Sr. Vice President &amp; Chief Technical Officer.&#160;&#160;Mr.
Melone, age 48, also currently serves as senior vice president and chief
technical officer for Verizon Wireless.&#160;&#160;He previously served as vice
president of network operations for Verizon Wireless.&#160;&#160;Mr. Melone has
26 years of telecommunications experience, including operations and engineering
positions of increasing responsibility with the former Bell Atlantic. He joined
Bell Atlantic Mobile's network operations group in 1996, and in 2000 was named
staff vice president of network planning and administration when Verizon
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Townsend - Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer.&#160;&#160;Mr.
Townsend, age 45, also currently serves as vice president and chief financial
officer for Verizon Wireless.&#160;&#160;Previously, Mr. Townsend was finance
director for Vodafone UK Limited and has held a number of senior positions with
the Vodafone Group since joining it in 1993.&#160;&#160;&#160;Prior to joining
Vodafone, Mr. Townsend was with KPMG Peat Marwick in Birmingham, UK, and Hong
Kong.</font></div>
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T. Stefanski &#8211; Vice President &amp; Controller.&#160;&#160;Mr. Stefanski, age
43, also currently serves as vice president and controller of Verizon Wireless
and has done so since 2003.&#160;&#160;From 2000 to 2003, he was staff vice
president-strategic and financial planning.&#160;&#160;From 1998 to 2000, he was
director of finance and from 1993 to 1998, he held various financial positions
for Bell Atlantic Mobile's Philadelphia Tri-State Region. From 1990 to 1993, Mr.
Stefanski held a position in internal audit at Bell Atlantic
Corporation.&#160;&#160;Prior to that, he was with the public accounting firm of
Ernst &amp; Young.</font></div>
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P. Feldman &#8211; Vice President, Business Development.&#160;&#160;Ms. Feldman, age
50, also currently serves as vice president - business development for Verizon
Wireless. Previous at Verizon Wireless, she served as staff vice president -
tax. Ms. Feldman was assistant vice president of state tax planning for GTE
Service Corporation. Prior to joining GTE in 1987, she worked for five years in
the Tax Department of Arthur Andersen &amp; Co. in Atlanta,
Georgia.</font></div>
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5.03.&#160;&#160;Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in
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incorporation of the Company except that the provision containing the name of
Merger Sub was amended and restated in its entirety to state: &#8220;The name of the
corporation is Rural Cellular Corporation.&#8221;&#160;&#160;The articles of
incorporation of the Company are filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
Current
Report
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 6, 2008
RURAL
      CELLULAR CORPORATION
(Exact
      name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Minnesota
(State
      or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-27416
41-1693295
(Commission
      File Number)
(IRS
      Employer Identification No.)
3905
      Dakota Street S.W.,
Alexandria,
      Minnesota
56308
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
      Code)
Registrant's
      Telephone Number, Including Area Code
(320)
      762-2000
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (
see
General
Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
1
Item
3.01.  Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing
Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
The
disclosure set forth below under Item 5.01 is incorporated by reference
herein.
Item
3.02.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On August
6, 2008, the Company sold 7,956,638 shares of the Company's Class A common stock
for a purchase price of $358,048,710 to AirTouch Cellular ("AirTouch"), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Cellco partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, a Delaware
partnership ("Verizon Wireless"), pursuant to the terms of a subscription
agreement dated August 6, 2008 by and among the Company and AirTouch (the
"Subscription Agreement").  The funds received under the Subscription
Agreement were set aside to be used to consummate the redemption of the 12 1/4%
junior exchangeable preferred stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined
in Item 5.01 below), which will occur on September 5, 2008.  These
shares of Class A common stock were issued, offered and sold in a transaction
exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Item
5.01.  Changes in Control of Registrant
On August
7, 2008, the Company completed the merger (the "Merger") with and into Rhino
Merger Sub Corporation ("Merger Sub"), a Minnesota corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Wireless, with the Company as the surviving
corporation, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
"Merger Agreement"), dated July 29, 2007, a copy of which was filed as an
exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8−K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 30, 2007 and is incorporated herein by
reference.  As a result of the Merger, (i) each share of the Company's
Class A and Class B common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
effective time of the Merger (other than shares held by Verizon Wireless or any
of its subsidiaries) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive an
amount in cash equal to $45.00, without interest, (ii) each share of the
Company's Class M preferred stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the effective time of the Merger (other than shares held by Verizon Wireless or
any of its subsidiaries) was cancelled and automatically converted into the
right to receive an amount in cash equal to $1000 plus any accrued and unpaid
dividends, without interest, (iii) the Company has requested that the NASDAQ
Global Market (the "NASDAQ") file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an
application on Form 25 to report that the shares of common stock of the Company
are no longer listed on the NASDAQ and (iv) the Company became an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon Wireless.  Form 25 was filed on
August 7, 2008.  The source of funds for the consideration payable in
the Merger was a borrowing by Verizon Wireless under a credit facility pursuant
to a credit agreement dated as of June 5, 2008, a copy of which was filed by
Verizon Communications Inc. as an exhibit to its Current Report on Form 8−K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2008 and is
incorporated herein by reference.  The press release announcing the
completion of the acquisition is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8−K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, by virtue of the Merger, upon the effective time of the
merger, the directors of Merger Sub became directors of the
Company.  Immediately following the effective time of the Merger, the
directors of the Company resigned and were replaced by new
directors.  The new directors are Jack D. Plating, John Townsend and
Steven E. Zipperstein.  Messrs. Plating, Townsend and Zipperstein are
officers of Verizon Wireless. At the time of this filing, none of the new
directors have been named to any committee of the board of
directors.
Immediately
following the effective time of the Merger, the officers of the Company were
removed and replaced by new officers.  The new officers are as
follows:
Jack D.
Plating – President and Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Plating, age 55,
also currently serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer of
Verizon Wireless.  He previously served as president of Verizon
Wireless' South Area. Prior to that, Mr. Plating served as executive vice
president and chief operating officer for Bell
Atlantic
Mobile, Inc., one of Verizon Wireless' predecessor companies, where he earlier
had served as President of that company's New England and Upstate New York
Region.
2
Anthony
J. Melone - Sr. Vice President & Chief Technical Officer.  Mr.
Melone, age 48, also currently serves as senior vice president and chief
technical officer for Verizon Wireless.  He previously served as vice
president of network operations for Verizon Wireless.  Mr. Melone has
26 years of telecommunications experience, including operations and engineering
positions of increasing responsibility with the former Bell Atlantic. He joined
Bell Atlantic Mobile's network operations group in 1996, and in 2000 was named
staff vice president of network planning and administration when Verizon
Wireless was formed.
John
Townsend - Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.  Mr.
Townsend, age 45, also currently serves as vice president and chief financial
officer for Verizon Wireless.  Previously, Mr. Townsend was finance
director for Vodafone UK Limited and has held a number of senior positions with
the Vodafone Group since joining it in 1993.   Prior to joining
Vodafone, Mr. Townsend was with KPMG Peat Marwick in Birmingham, UK, and Hong
Kong.
Michael
T. Stefanski – Vice President & Controller.  Mr. Stefanski, age
43, also currently serves as vice president and controller of Verizon Wireless
and has done so since 2003.  From 2000 to 2003, he was staff vice
president-strategic and financial planning.  From 1998 to 2000, he was
director of finance and from 1993 to 1998, he held various financial positions
for Bell Atlantic Mobile's Philadelphia Tri-State Region. From 1990 to 1993, Mr.
Stefanski held a position in internal audit at Bell Atlantic
Corporation.  Prior to that, he was with the public accounting firm of
Ernst & Young.
Margaret
P. Feldman – Vice President, Business Development.  Ms. Feldman, age
50, also currently serves as vice president - business development for Verizon
Wireless. Previous at Verizon Wireless, she served as staff vice president -
tax. Ms. Feldman was assistant vice president of state tax planning for GTE
Service Corporation. Prior to joining GTE in 1987, she worked for five years in
the Tax Department of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Item
5.03.  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in
Fiscal Year.
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, by virtue of the Merger, upon the effective time of the
Merger, the articles of incorporation of Merger Sub became the articles of
incorporation of the Company except that the provision containing the name of
Merger Sub was amended and restated in its entirety to state: "The name of the
corporation is Rural Cellular Corporation."  The articles of
incorporation of the Company are filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, by virtue of the Merger, upon the effective time of the
Merger, the bylaws of Merger Sub became the bylaws of the Company, except that
the name of the Surviving Corporation is Rural Cellular
Corporation.  The bylaws of the Company are filed as Exhibit 3.2
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
No.                      Description
3.1                      Articles
of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
3.2                      Bylaws
of the Company, as amended
99.1                    Press
release of Verizon Wireless issued on August 7, 2008
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
      No.
Description
3.1
Articles
      of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
3.2
Bylaws
      of the Company, as amended
99.1
Press
      release of Verizon Wireless issued on August 7,
  2008
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized./s/
RURAL
CELLULAR CORPORATION
/s/ Margaret Feldman
Vice President, Business Development of RCC
August 6,
2008