Registration No. 333-141077
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PAETEC Holding Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 20-5339741 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
One PAETEC Plaza 600 Willowbrook Office Park Fairport, New York |
14450 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
PAETEC Holding Corp. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
PAETEC Corp. 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
PAETEC Corp. 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan
US LEC Corp. 1998 Omnibus Stock Plan
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement for Director
(Full title of the plan)
John P. Fletcher
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
PAETEC Holding Corp.
4001 Rodney Parham Road
Little Rock, Arkansas 72212
(Name and address of agent for service)
(501) 748-7000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Daniel L. Heard
Kutak Rock LLP
124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Tel: (501) 975-3000
Fax: (501) 975-3001
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | þ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
EXPLANATORY STATEMENTDEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-141077) filed by PAETEC Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (the Company), on March 5, 2007. The Registration Statement registered 35,636,230 shares of the Companys common stock.
Effective on July 31, 2011, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with Windstream Corporation, a Delaware corporation (Windstream), and Peach Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Windstream (Merger Sub). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on November 30, 2011, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the Merger), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Windstream.
As a consequence of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities under its existing registration statements on Form S-8, including this Registration Statement. Accordingly, and in accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in this Registration Statement, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to terminate the effectiveness of this Registration Statement, and hereby removes from registration all securities that had been registered under this Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.
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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Rock, State of Arkansas, on this 8th day of December, 2011.
PAETEC HOLDING CORP. | ||||||
By: | /s/ John P. Fletcher | |||||
Name: | John P. Fletcher | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |