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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2006
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
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: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; 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><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>02-0636095</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>121
South
17</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP>&nbsp;<B>Street<BR>
Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Consolidated Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan<BR>
Consolidated Communications 401(k) Plan For Texas Bargaining Associates</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Steven L. Childers<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.<BR>
121 South 17th Street<BR>
Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(217)&nbsp;235-3311</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copy to</I></B><B>:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px 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="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,000,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$15.69</TD>
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    <TD>Represents an estimate of the maximum number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per
share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) of Consolidated Communicated Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that
may be purchased under the Consolidated Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan and the Consolidated
Communications 401(k) Plan for Texas Bargaining Associates (together, the &#147;Plans&#148;). Pursuant
to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement shall cover an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the Plans. The shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Plans and
registered hereunder will be purchased through open-market or privately negotiated
transactions and will not increase the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices per
share of Common Stock, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June&nbsp;26, 2006. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(2) under the
Securities Act, no separate fee is required with respect to the interests in the Plans covered
by this Registration Statement.</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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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement relates to shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that may be
offered or sold to employees of the Registrant and its subsidiaries under the Consolidated
Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan and the Consolidated Communications 401(k) Plan for Texas
Bargaining Associates (collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;) through allocations to a participant&#146;s 401(k)
account. Since the shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be purchased through open-market
or privately negotiated transactions, such transactions do not involve the original issuance by the
Registrant of any shares of Common Stock or result in a change in the number of issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
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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: 6pt"><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 Plans, as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). 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: 6pt"><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 pursuant to 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>Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2005 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;28, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
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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: 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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    <TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
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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.
</DIV>

<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.
</DIV>

<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
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Item&nbsp;8(a), the shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be purchased through
open-market or privately negotiated transactions. Therefore, an opinion regarding the legality of
the securities is not required.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Item&nbsp;8(b), in lieu of the opinion of counsel or determination letter contemplated
by Item&nbsp;601(b)(5) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K, the Registrant will submit or has submitted the Plans and any
amendment to the Plans to the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has made
or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plans under Section&nbsp;401 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
</DIV>
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</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Undertakings.</B></TD>
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    <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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<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>

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<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>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<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">
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<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>

</TABLE>
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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<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">
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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">(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>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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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 this 29th&nbsp;day of June,
2006.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS<br> HOLDINGS, INC.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Name: Steven L. Childers</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Title: Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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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 Commission, 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 date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert J. Currey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Robert
J. Currey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;29, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">/s/ Steven L. Childers
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Steven
L. Childers
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;29, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">/s/ Richard A. Lumpkin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Richard
A. Lumpkin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;29, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">/s/ Jack W. Blumenstein
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Jack
W. Blumenstein
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;29, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">/s/ Roger H. Moore
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Roger
H. Moore
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;29, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">/s/ Maribeth S. Rahe
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>&nbsp;Maribeth
S. Rahe
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June&nbsp;29, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>The Plans</U>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. 401(k) Plan and the Consolidated Communications 401(k)
Plan for Texas Bargaining Associates 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 29th&nbsp;day of June, 2006.
</DIV>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2006
Registration No. 333-
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
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
02-0636095
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
121
South
17
th
Street
Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987
(Address of principal executive offices)
Consolidated Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Consolidated Communications 401(k) Plan For Texas Bargaining Associates
(Full title of the plan)
Steven L. Childers
Chief Financial Officer
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.
121 South 17th Street
Mattoon, Illinois 61938-3987
(Name and address of agent for service)
(217) 235-3311
(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
Proposed
Title of
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Securities to
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Fee (3)
Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share
1,000,000 shares
$15.69
$15,690,000
$1,679
(1)
Represents an estimate of the maximum number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per
share (the "Common Stock") of Consolidated Communicated Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") that
may be purchased under the Consolidated Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan and the Consolidated
Communications 401(k) Plan for Texas Bargaining Associates (together, the "Plans"). Pursuant
to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement shall cover an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the Plans. The shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Plans and
registered hereunder will be purchased through open-market or privately negotiated
transactions and will not increase the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices per
share of Common Stock, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 26, 2006. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(2) under the
Securities Act, no separate fee is required with respect to the interests in the Plans covered
by this Registration Statement.
(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.
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PART I
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
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
EX-23.2: CONSENT OF DELOITE & TOUCHE LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement relates to shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the
"Common Stock"), of Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") that may be
offered or sold to employees of the Registrant and its subsidiaries under the Consolidated
Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan and the Consolidated Communications 401(k) Plan for Texas
Bargaining Associates (collectively, the "Plans") through allocations to a participant's 401(k)
account. Since the shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be purchased through open-market
or privately negotiated transactions, such transactions do not involve the original issuance by the
Registrant of any shares of Common Stock or result in a change in the number of issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
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 Plans, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (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 pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005 filed with the Commission on March 28, 2006;
(b)
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2006 filed with the Commission on May 12, 2006; 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.
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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
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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.
Pursuant to Item 8(a), the shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be purchased through
open-market or privately negotiated transactions. Therefore, an opinion regarding the legality of
the securities is not required.
Pursuant to Item 8(b), in lieu of the opinion of counsel or determination letter contemplated
by Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant will submit or has submitted the Plans and any
amendment to the Plans to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and has made
or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plans under Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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.
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(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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mattoon, State of Illinois,
on this 29th day of June,
2006.
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS
HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Steven L. Childers
Name: Steven L. Childers
Title: 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 Commission, 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 date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert J. Currey
Robert
J. Currey
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 29, 2006
/s/ Steven L. Childers
Steven
L. Childers
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
June 29, 2006
/s/ Richard A. Lumpkin
Richard
A. Lumpkin
Chairman of the Board of Directors
June 29, 2006
/s/ Jack W. Blumenstein
Jack
W. Blumenstein
Director
June 29, 2006
/s/ Roger H. Moore
Roger
H. Moore
Director
June 29, 2006
/s/ Maribeth S. Rahe
Maribeth
S. Rahe
Director
June 29, 2006
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The Plans
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. 401(k) Plan and the Consolidated Communications 401(k)
Plan for Texas Bargaining Associates 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 29th day of June, 2006.
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
401(K) PLAN
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS 401(K) PLAN FOR TEXAS BARGAINING ASSOCIATES
By:
Consolidated Communications, Inc., as
Plan Administrator
By:
/s/ Vivian Schott
Name: Vivian Schott
Title: Authorized Signatory
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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 *
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
*
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (file No.
333-121086).