5 Shareholders Show Up For FairPoint Meeting

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — FairPoint Communications Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting wasn't a big draw for shareholders, five of whom attended.

Spokeswoman Rose Cummings says three board members were elected and Ernst & Young LLP was certified as the company's accounting firm during the 40-minute meeting Wednesday.

Chief Executive Gene Johnson gave a presentation of the company's activities during the past year and fielded questions from the shareholders.

FairPoint, based in Charlotte, N.C., has operations in 18 states with about 1.9 million access lines. Its largest holdings are in northern New England, where last year it bought Verizon Inc.'s wired telephone and Internet operations for $2.3 billion.