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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;11, 2005</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.</B>
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<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"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>02-0636095</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>121 South 17<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Street<BR>
Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.<BR>
2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Steven L. Childers<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.<BR>
121 South 17<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Street<BR>
Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987<BR>
(217)&nbsp;235-3311</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(Name, Address and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B><I>Copy to</I></B><B>:</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Alexander A. Gendzier, Esq.<BR>
King &#038; Spalding LLP<BR>
1185 Avenue of the Americas<BR>
New York, New York 10036<BR>
(212)&nbsp;556-2100</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">750,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,503,750</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;)
this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares as may
be offered and issued under the plan to prevent dilution resulting from any equity
restructuring or change in capitalization of the Registrant, including, but not limited to,
spin offs, stock dividends, large non-recurring dividends, rights offering, stock splits or
similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low
sale prices of the Registrant&#146;s common stock on October&nbsp;10, 2005, as reported on The Nasdaq
National Market.</TD>
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    <TD>Previously paid. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the filing fee is being
offset by a filing fee previously paid by the Registrant upon the initial filing of the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-121086) on December&nbsp;8, 2004.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to 750,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be issued under the Registrant&#146;s 2005
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to the participants in the Plan, as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In
accordance with the instructions of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, taken
together, constitute a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities
Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s prospectus filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(4) under the
Securities Act on July&nbsp;26, 2005 (the &#147;Prospectus&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
June&nbsp;30, 2005 and the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on August&nbsp;2, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;000-51446), filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;19, 2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and 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, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement 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 other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section&nbsp;145 (&#147;Section
145&#148;) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter
be amended (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were,
are or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer,
director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The
indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation
may indemnify any persons who are, were or are threatened to be made, a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reasons of the fact
that such person was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests, provided that no indemnification is permitted
without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to
the corporation. Where an officer, director, employee or agent is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him
against the expenses which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise
have the power to indemnify him under Section&nbsp;145.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director of a
corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a
director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the directors&#146; duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful payment of
dividends and unlawful stock purchase and redemption) or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and except as otherwise provided in the Registrant&#146;s amended
and restated bylaws, none of the Registrant&#146;s directors will be liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty. In addition, the Registrant&#146;s
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws permit
indemnification of any person who was or is made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action,
suit or other proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, because of his
or her status as a director or officer of the Registrant, or service as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at
the Registrant&#146;s request to the fullest extent authorized under the DGCL against all expenses,
liabilities and losses reasonably incurred by such person. Further, the Registrant&#146;s amended and
restated bylaws provide the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on the Registrant&#146;s own
behalf and on behalf of any other person who is or was a director, officer or agent of the
Registrant or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A list of exhibits filed with this registration statement is in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index that
immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated by reference herein.
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</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(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>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 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
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>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(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>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed or furnished to the Commission by
the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, 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 <I>bona
fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(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>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 Mattoon, State of Illinois, on the 11<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
October, 2005.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Steven L. Childers</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Steven L. Childers</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints and hereby authorizes each of Robert J. Currey and Steven L. Childers his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on such person&#146;s behalf,
individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments (including any
post-effective amendments and supplements) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes such person
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 the 11<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
October, 2005.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert J. Currey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Currey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Steven L. Childers
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven L. Childers</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jack W. Blumenstein
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jack W. Blumenstein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard A. Lumpkin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. Lumpkin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Roger H. Moore
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger H. Moore</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Maribeth S. Rahe
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Maribeth S. Rahe</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws*</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate *</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan *</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of King &#038; Spalding LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of King &#038; Spalding LLP (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature pages)</TD>
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    <TD width="96"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (file No.
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2005
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
02-0636095
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
121 South 17
th
Street
Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Steven L. Childers
Chief Financial Officer
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.
121 South 17
th
Street
Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987
(217) 235-3311
(Name, Address and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to
:
Alexander A. Gendzier, Esq.
King & Spalding LLP
1185 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(212) 556-2100
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
to be Registered(1)
Share(2)
Price(2)
Registration Fee(3)
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
750,000
$
14.01
$
10,503,750
$
1,236.29
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")
this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares as may
be offered and issued under the plan to prevent dilution resulting from any equity
restructuring or change in capitalization of the Registrant, including, but not limited to,
spin offs, stock dividends, large non-recurring dividends, rights offering, stock splits or
similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low
sale prices of the Registrant's common stock on October 10, 2005, as reported on The Nasdaq
National Market.
(3)
Previously paid. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the filing fee is being
offset by a filing fee previously paid by the Registrant upon the initial filing of the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-121086) on December 8, 2004.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to 750,000 shares of the Registrant's common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), to be issued under the Registrant's 2005
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to the participants in the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In
accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, taken
together, constitute a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities
Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
the Registrant's prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the
Securities Act on July 26, 2005 (the "Prospectus");
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2005 and the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on August 2, 2005; and
(c)
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-51446), filed with the Commission on July 19, 2005.
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and 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, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement 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 other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 ("Section
145") of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter
be amended (the "DGCL"), provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were,
are or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer,
director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The
indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation
may indemnify any persons who are, were or are threatened to be made, a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reasons of the fact
that such person was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, provided that no indemnification is permitted
without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to
the corporation. Where an officer, director, employee or agent is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him
against the expenses which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise
have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director of a
corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a
director (i) for any breach of the directors' duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful payment of
dividends and unlawful stock purchase and redemption) or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and except as otherwise provided in the Registrant's amended
and restated bylaws, none of the Registrant's directors will be liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty. In addition, the Registrant's
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws permit
indemnification of any person who was or is made, or threatened to be made, a party to any action,
suit or other proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, because of his
or her status as a director or officer of the Registrant, or service as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at
the Registrant's request to the fullest extent authorized under the DGCL against all expenses,
liabilities and losses reasonably incurred by such person. Further, the Registrant's amended and
restated bylaws provide the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on the Registrant's own
behalf and on behalf of any other person who is or was a director, officer or agent of the
Registrant or was serving at the Registrant's request as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits filed with this registration statement is in the Exhibit Index that
immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated by reference herein.
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;
(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 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
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement;
(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)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed or furnished to the Commission by
the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, 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 the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered herein, 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 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 Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 Mattoon, State of Illinois, on the 11
th
day of
October, 2005.
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Steven L. Childers
Steven L. Childers
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints and hereby authorizes each of Robert J. Currey and Steven L. Childers his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on such person's behalf,
individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments (including any
post-effective amendments and supplements) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes such person
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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 the 11
th
day of
October, 2005.
/s/ Robert J. Currey
Robert J. Currey
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Steven L. Childers
Steven L. Childers
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Jack W. Blumenstein
Jack W. Blumenstein
Director
/s/ Richard A. Lumpkin
Richard A. Lumpkin
Director
/s/ Roger H. Moore
Roger H. Moore
Director
/s/ Maribeth S. Rahe
Maribeth S. Rahe
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation*
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws*
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate *
4.4
2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan *
5.1
Opinion of King & Spalding LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.4
Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages)
*
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (file No.
333-121086).