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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 8, 1999
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 0-29092 54-1708481
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission (IRS Employer
Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
1700 OLD MEADOW ROAD, SUITE 300, MCLEAN, VIRGINIA 22102
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (703) 902-2800
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ITEMS 1-4. NOT APPLICABLE.
ITEM 5.
Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (the "Company") announced
today that it has extended its exchange offer of its outstanding unregistered 11
1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Senior Notes") for registered 11 1/4% Senior
Notes due 2009. The exchange offer will now expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, Monday, July 12, 1999, or such later date and time to which it may be
subsequently extended.
ITEMS 6. NOT APPLICABLE.
ITEMS 7. c) Exhibits
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated June 8, 1999, issued by the Company.
ITEMS 8. NOT APPLICABLE.
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.
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
GROUP, INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Neil L. Hazard
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Neil L. Hazard
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Date: June 8, 1999
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[Logo of Primus Telecommunications Group Inc. Appears Here]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
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Jordan Darrow
Vice President, Investor Relations
PRIMUS Telecommunications
(212) 703-0174
PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES
EXTENSION OF EXCHANGE OFFER
MCLEAN, VA, JUNE 8, 1999 - PRIMUS Telecommunications Group, Inc. (the
"Company") (Nasdaq: PRTL), a global facilities-based voice, data, and Internet
telecommunications provider, announced today that it has extended its exchange
offer of its outstanding unregistered 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009 (the "Senior
Notes") for registered 11 1/4% Senior Notes due 2009. The exchange offer will
now expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, Monday, July 12, 1999, or such
later date and time to which it may be subsequently extended.
This announcement is not an offer to exchange or a solicitation of an offer
to exchange with respect to any of the Senior Notes. The exchange offer is made
solely by the Prospectus dated May 7, 1999, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.
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