-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, IdFv2z71r/fm7KNw7mUzbYDZILkpQXrwpttyoUK7fyttUBTX7dS1sWb9eSHHlC/r ydIwtlv4S0jAWMtJik3IJA== 0000891020-03-000664.txt : 20030306 0000891020-03-000664.hdr.sgml : 20030306 20030306170518 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891020-03-000664 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030306 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20030306 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001089511 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 522126573 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-28167 FILM NUMBER: 03595028 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE STREET 2: - CITY: ANCHORAGE STATE: AK ZIP: 99503 BUSINESS PHONE: 9072973000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 TELEPHONE AVENUE STREET 2: - CITY: ANCHORAGE STATE: AK ZIP: 99503 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALEC HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990624 8-K 1 v88286e8vk.txt FORM 8-K 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): March 6, 2003 ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) DELAWARE ---------------------------------------------- (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 000-28167 51-2126573 ------------------------ --------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 600 Telephone Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99503 - ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code (907) 297-3000 -------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.) ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE A preliminary prospectus with Canadian securities regulators was filed today in connection with a proposed Canadian public offering of Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.'s directories business as described in more detail in the attached press release. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (c) Exhibits 99.4 Company press release dated March 6, 2003, announcing the filing of a preliminary prospectus with Canadian securities regulators in connections with a proposed Canadian public offering of its directories business. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Date: March 6, 2003 ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. /s/ Kevin P. Hemenway ---------------------------------- Kevin P. Hemenway Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.
EX-99.4 3 v88286exv99w4.txt EXHIBIT 99.4 EXHIBIT 99.4 ACS ANNOUNCES PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING OF ITS DIRECTORIES BUSINESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- March 6, 2003 -- Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. ("ACS") (Nasdaq: ALSK) has filed a preliminary prospectus with Canadian securities regulators in connection with a proposed Canadian public offering of its directories business through a Canadian income fund (the "Fund"). The Fund may contemplate a possible private offering of units of the income fund in the United States, exempt from the registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933. If the offering is consummated, ACS intends to use the transaction proceeds to generate additional cash and to de-leverage its balance sheet through paying down debt. Any potential transaction will be subject to a number of conditions including approval by securities regulators, lender approval, Board authorization and market conditions. The units to be offered have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the units and is issued under Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933. ABOUT ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - ACS is the leading integrated communications provider in Alaska, offering local telephone service, wireless, long distance, data, and Internet services to business and residential customers throughout Alaska. ACS currently serves approximately 336,000 access lines, 82,000 cellular customers, 70,000 long distance customers and 46,000 Internet customers throughout the State. More information can be found on the company's website at http://www.alsk.com. In addition to historical information, this release includes forward-looking statements, estimates and projections that are based on current expectations only, and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are beyond the control of ACS. Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect. Factors that could affect actual results include but are not limited to: rapid technological developments and changes in the telecommunications industries; ongoing deregulation in the telecommunications industry as a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and other similar federal and state legislation and the federal and state rules and regulations enacted pursuant to that legislation; regulatory limitations on the company's ability to change its pricing for communications services; the possible future unavailability of SFAS No. 71 to the company's wireline subsidiaries; and possible changes in the demand for the company's products and services. In addition to these factors, actual future performance, outcomes and results may differ materially because of other, more general, factors including (without limitation) changes in general industry and market conditions and growth rates; changes in interest rates or other general national, regional or local economic conditions; governmental and public policy changes; changes in accounting policies or practices adopted voluntarily or as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; and the continued availability of financing in the amounts, at the terms and on the conditions necessary to support the company's future business. These and other uncertainties related to the company's business are described in greater detail in ACS' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002. The information contained in this release is as of March 6, 2003. ACS undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of this information whether as a result of new information, future events or developments, or otherwise except as may be required by law. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----