UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

(Mark One)

x

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from__________ to __________

 

Commission File No.: 000-09881

 

SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

VIRGINIA

54-1162807

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

500 Shentel Way, Edinburg, Virginia 22824

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(540) 984-4141

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x  No o

 

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 definition of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer o

Accelerated filer x

Non-accelerated filer o  

Smaller reporting company o


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes o

No x

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding on July 28, 2008 was

23,534,890.

 

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Explanatory Statement

 

The Company inadvertently omitted the results of voting held at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders from its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008. Accordingly, Shenandoah Telecommunications Company is filing this amendment to its Form 10-Q to include the information required under Item II, Part 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

On May 6, 2008, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the meeting, by proxy or in person, the following directors were appointed to three year terms, and one proposal, to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2008, was approved. Vote totals for each director and the one proposal were as follows:

 

 

 

 

Votes

 

Votes

 

 

 

For

 

 

Withheld

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appointment of directors to three year terms:

 

 

 

Douglas C. Arthur

 

15,220,577

 

 

3,137,584

Tracy Fitzsimmons

 

14,817,774

 

 

3,540,387

John W. Flora

 

17,684,742

 

 

673,419

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratify selection of KPMG

17,946,113

 

233,471

 

178,577

 

 

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ITEM 6.

Exhibits

 

 

(a)

The following exhibits are filed with this Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

 

10.37

Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 6, 2008, between Rapid Communications, LLC, Rapid Acquisition Company, LLC, and Shentel Cable Company, filed as Exhibit 10.37 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.

31.1

Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

31.2

Certification of Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. § 1350.

 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

/S/ Adele M. Skolits      

Adele M. Skolits, Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 3, 2008

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 


 

Exhibit No.

Exhibit  


 

10.37

Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 6, 2008, between Rapid Communications, LLC, Rapid Acquisition Company, LLC, and Shentel Cable Company, filed as Exhibit 10.37 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

31.1

Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

31.2

Certification of Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. 1350.

 

 

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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

 

 

I, Christopher E. French, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this amended quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

/S/ Christopher E. French               

Christopher E. French, President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: November 3, 2008

 

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EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

 

 

I, Adele M. Skolits, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this amended quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

/S/ Adele M. Skolits                  

Adele M. Skolits, Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 3, 2008

 

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EXHIBIT 32

 

Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

Each of the undersigned, the President and Chief Executive Officer and the Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer, of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, on the date hereof:

 

(1)        The quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the three months ended June 30, 2008, as amended by Form 10-Q/A filed on the date hereof, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)        Information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

 

 

/S/ Christopher E. French     

Christopher E. French

President and Chief Executive Officer

November 3, 2008

 

 

/S/ Adele M. Skolits             

 

Adele M. Skolits

Vice President – Finance and

Chief Financial Officer

November 3, 2008

 

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document. This certification shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to liability under that section. This certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act except to the extent this Exhibit 32 is expressly and specifically incorporated by reference in any such filing.

 

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