AirGate PCS, Inc. Announces General Counsel Resigns to Join Superior Essex Inc.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004 AirGate PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PCSA PCSA Primary Care Service Area PCSA Personal Computing Systems Architecture PCSA Power Crane and Shovel Association PCSA Peel Committee on Sexual Assault (Canada) PCSA Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa ), a PCS Affiliate of Sprint, announced today that Barbara L. Blackford, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of AirGate, is leaving the Company to become general counsel of Superior Essex Inc., in Atlanta. Thomas M. Dougherty, president and chief executive officer of AirGate PCS, stated, "We are very grateful to Barbara Blackford for her many contributions to AirGate. Her experience in corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. , securities law and transactions were instrumental in helping us develop the systems and processes needed in a post-Sarbanes Oxley public company environment. In addition to her legal skills, she has been a valuable member of our management team in leading the Company through many of the business imperatives we have undertaken in the past three years, including the recent recapitalization. While we regret her departure, she has left AirGate with a strong legal team in place and industry leading corporate governance practices. We wish her the very best in her new position with Superior Essex." The Company also announced that it has retained Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol for legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. until it can recruit a new general counsel. About AirGate PCS AirGate PCS, Inc. is the PCS Affiliate of Sprint with the right to sell wireless mobility communications network products and services under the Sprint brand in territories within three states located in the Southeastern United States. The territories include over 7.2 million residents in key markets such as Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina; Augusta and Savannah, Georgia; and Asheville, Wilmington and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. |
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