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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): December 10, 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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 10, 2007, Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. (“North Pittsburgh”) issued a press release announcing that the deadline for North Pittsburgh shareholders to elect the form of merger consideration they wish to receive in connection with the pending merger between North Pittsburgh and a subsidiary of the Company will be 5:00 p.m. New York City time on Thursday, December 27, 2007 (the "Election Deadline"), and that the companies have scheduled Monday, December 31, 2007 as the closing date for the merger. A copy of this press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.

The press release also announced that on December 5, 2007, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (the “Pennsylvania PUC”) approved the transfer of control to the Company of the North Pittsburgh subsidiaries regulated by the Pennsylvania PUC.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated December 10, 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: December 13, 2007
 
 
 
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Steven L. Childers
 
Name: Steven L. Childers
Title:  Chief Financial Officer 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated December 10, 2007
 
 
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