X0303 4 2009-05-08 0 0001062613 FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC FRP 0001347792 Lilien Robert S C/O FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 521 E. MOREHEAD STREET, SUITE 500 CHARLOTTE NC 28202 1 0 0 0 Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.70 D 25000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.7272 D 24000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.7324 D 23000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.7424 D 22000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.7722 D 21000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.7822 D 20000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 2000 1.7824 D 18000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.80 D 17000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 4000 1.8024 D 13000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.8048 D 12000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.81 D 11000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 7000 1.8124 D 4000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.8148 D 3000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 1000 1.8243 D 2000 D Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2009-05-08 4 S 0 2000 1.8324 D 0 D The Reporting Person's sale of FairPoint Communications, Inc. common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), reported herein may be matched under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with his purchase of 13,000 shares of Common Stock on November 18, 2008, at a price of $2.30. No profit was realized by the Reporting Person in connection with this short-swing transaction. /s/ Robert S. Lilien 2009-05-12