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Item 7.01
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Regulation FD Disclosure.
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As previously disclosed, on April 14, 2020, Frontier Communications Corporation (the “Company”) and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries
(collectively, the “Company Parties”), filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the
“Bankruptcy Court”). The Chapter 11 Cases are being jointly administered under the caption In re Frontier Communications Corporation, et al., Case No. 20-22476 (RDD). Additional information regarding the Chapter 11 Cases is available at www.frontierrestructuring.com. Court filings and information about the claims process are available at https://cases.primeclerk.com/ftr, by calling
the Company’s claims agent, Prime Clerk, toll-free at (877)-433-8020 or sending an email to ftrinfo@primeclerk.com. The documents and other information available on such websites are not part of this Current Report and shall not be deemed incorporated herein.
Also as previously disclosed, on April 14, 2020, the Company Parties entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “Restructuring Support
Agreement”) with certain noteholders (the “Consenting Noteholders”), pursuant to which the Consenting Noteholders have agreed, subject to certain terms and conditions, to
support a financial restructuring (the “Restructuring”) of the existing debt of, existing equity interests in, and certain other obligations of the Company Parties, pursuant to a pre-arranged financial restructuring plan to be filed in the Chapter 11
Cases.
On May 15, 2020, the Company Parties filed a proposed Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) and a related Disclosure Statement (the “Disclosure
Statement”) describing the Plan and the solicitation of votes to approve the same from certain of the Company Parties’ creditors with respect to the Chapter 11 Cases.
The foregoing description of the Plan and Disclosure Statement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan
and Disclosure Statement, copies of which are furnished herewith as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 and incorporated by reference herein. Information contained in the Plan and the Disclosure Statement is subject to change, whether as a result of amendments or
supplements to the Plan or Disclosure Statement, third-party actions, or otherwise, and should not be relied upon by any party.
This Current Report is not a solicitation to accept or reject the Plan. Any such solicitation will be made pursuant to and in accordance with the
Disclosure Statement and applicable law, including orders of the Bankruptcy Court.
The information being furnished under this Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, shall not be deemed to be “filed”
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other
document filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form
8-K and the exhibits hereto contain “forward-looking statements” related to future events. Forward-looking statements contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “could,” “should,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “see,” “may,” “will,” “would,”
or “target.” Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations, beliefs, assumptions and estimates and may include, for example, statements regarding the Chapter 11 Cases and the Company’s ability to complete the
Restructuring. These statements are subject to significant risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking
statements including: consummation of the Restructuring; potential adverse effects of the Chapter 11 Cases on the Company’s liquidity and results of operations; the Company’s ability to obtain timely approval by the Bankruptcy Court with respect to
the motions filed in the Chapter 11 Cases; objections to the Company’s recapitalization process, debtor-in-possession financing facility (the “DIP Facility”), or other pleadings filed that could protract the Chapter 11 Cases; employee attrition and
the Company’s ability to retain senior management and other key personnel due to the distractions and uncertainties; the Company’s ability to comply with the restrictions imposed by the terms and conditions of the DIP Facility and other financing
arrangements; the Company’s ability to maintain relationships with suppliers, customers, employees and other third parties and regulatory authorities as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases; the effects of the Chapter 11 Cases on the Company and on the
interests of various constituents, including holders of the Company’s common stock; the Bankruptcy Court’s rulings in the Chapter 11 Cases, including the approvals of the terms and conditions of the Restructuring and the DIP Facility, and the outcome
of the Chapter 11 Cases generally; the length of time that the Company will operate under Chapter 11 protection and the continued availability of operating capital during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases; risks associated with third party motions
in the Chapter 11 Cases, which may interfere with the Company’s ability to consummate the Restructuring or an alternative restructuring; increased administrative and legal costs related to the Chapter 11 process; potential delays in the Chapter 11
process due to the effects of the COVID-19 virus; other litigation and inherent risks involved in a bankruptcy process; as well as other risk factors set forth in the Company’s
Disclosure Statement included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report, as may be amended from time to time. Forward-looking statements are also subject to the risk factors and
cautionary language described from time to time in the reports the Company files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including those in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any updates thereto in the Company’s
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. The Company has no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements and does not undertake to do so.