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EXHIBIT INDEX, Continued
Number and Name
10.10 Windstream Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.10 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2006).
*
10.11 Amendment No. 1 to Windstream Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan effective as of
December 29, 2006 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Corporation’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 29, 2006).
*
10.12 Windstream Corporation 2007 Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 29, 2006).
*
10.13 Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into between Windstream Corporation and its
directors and executive officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the
Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2006).
*
10.14 Form of Restricted Shares Agreement (Officers: Performance-Based Restricted Stock) entered
into between Windstream Corporation and its executive officers (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 6,
2007).
*
10.15 Form of Restricted Shares Agreement (Officers: Restricted Stock) entered into between
Windstream Corporation and its executive officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 6, 2007).
*
10.16 Employment Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2006, between Windstream Corporation and
Jeffery R. Gardner (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation’s Current
Report on Form 8-K dated November 13, 2006).
*
10.17 Form of Change-In-Control Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2006, entered into between the
Windstream Corporation and its executive officers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 13, 2006).
*
10.18 Letter Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2006, between the Windstream Corporation and
Francis X. Frantz (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Corporation’s Current
Report on Form 8-K dated November 13, 2006).
*
10.19 Share Exchange Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2006, by and among Windstream
Corporation, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VIII, L.P., Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
IX, L.P., WCAS Capital Partners III, L.P., Regatta Holding I, L.P., Regatta Holding II, L.P. and
Regatta Holding III, L.P. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Corporation’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 12, 2006).
*
14.1 Code of Ethics (Working with Integrity) of Windstream Corporation (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 17, 2006).
*
21 Listing of Subsidiaries. (a)
23 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. (a)
24 Power of Attorney. (a)
31(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
(a)
31(b) Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
(a)
* Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.
(a) Filed herewith.
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