UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 13, 2007

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
000-51446
 
02-0636095
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS employer identification no.)


121 South 17th Street
 
  
Mattoon, Illinois
 
61938-3987
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (217) 235-3311
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 13, 2007, North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. (“North Pittsburgh”) announced that at their annual meeting of shareholders, North Pittsburgh shareholders approved and adopted the merger agreement between North Pittsburgh and Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”). More than 94.5 percent of the votes cast on the merger proposal voted in favor of it. North Pittsburgh shareholders’ approval and adoption of the merger agreement satisfied a condition to the completion of the merger.

The Company continues to anticipate completing the North Pittsburgh transaction late in the fourth quarter of 2007or early in 2008. Syndication of the bank deal, which will finance the cash portion of the purchase price, is presently expected to launch in either the last week of November or the first part of December 2007.



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date: November 13, 2007
 
 
 
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Steven L. Childers
 
Name: Steven L. Childers
Title:  Chief Financial Officer