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Windstream Corporation
Form 10-K, Part II
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
The term “disclosure controls and procedures” (defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) refers to the controls
and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a
company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within required time periods. Disclosure controls and procedures
include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed
by the company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to
the company’s management, including the company’s principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Windstream’s management, with the participation of the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this annual report (the “Evaluation
Date”). Based on that evaluation, Windstream’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have
concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, such disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
(b) Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, which appears on page F-32 of the Financial
Supplement, is incorporated by reference herein.
(c) Changes in internal control over financial reporting.
The term “internal control over financial reporting” (defined in SEC Rule 13a-15(f)) refers to the process of a
company that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. Windstream’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, have evaluated any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the period covered by this annual report, and they have concluded that there were no changes to
Windstream’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, Windstream’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
No reportable information under this item.
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