Windstream 2008 Annual Report Download - page 15

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Set forth below is certain information, as of March 9, 2009, as to shares of Windstream common stock
beneficially owned by each director, named executive officer who was serving as an executive officer at the end
of 2008, and by all directors and executive officers of Windstream as a group. Except as otherwise indicated by
footnote, the nature of the beneficial ownership is sole voting and investment power, and no shares are pledged
as security:
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
Name of
Beneficial Owners
Shares
Beneficially
Owned(1)
Unvested
Restricted
Shares(2)
Total Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Percent of Class
(if 1% or more)
Non-Management Directors
Carol B. Armitage 11,596 6,904 18,500 *
Samuel E. Beall, III 14,231 6,904 21,135 *
Dennis E. Foster 100,730 6,904 107,634 *
Francis X. Frantz 389,449 236,106 625,555 *
Jeffrey T. Hinson 17,044 6,904 23,948 *
Judy K. Jones 14,800 6,904 21,704 *
William A. Montgomery 31,454 6,904 38,358 *
Frank E. Reed 41,016 6,904 47,920 *
Named Executive Officers
Jeffery R. Gardner 429,509 888,820 1,318,329 *
Brent Whittington 67,371 228,540 295,911 *
John P. Fletcher 51,953 166,922 218,875 *
Richard J. Crane 29,290 91,076 120,366 *
Robert G. Clancy 45,491 94,665 140,156 *
All Directors and Executive Officers as a
Group 1,401,211 2,079,395 3,480,606 *
* indicates less than 1 percent
(1) Excludes unvested restricted shares and includes shares of common stock owned directly and shares held in
the person’s account under the Windstream 401(k) Plan, which are as follows: Gardner 561, Whittington 1,718,
Fletcher –0-, Crane 209, and Clancy 23,644.
(2) Unvested shares of restricted stock are deemed beneficially owned because grantees of unvested restricted
stock under Windstream’s equity compensation plans hold the sole right to vote such shares. To date,
Windstream has not granted stock options or other similar instruments that would provide the right to acquire
beneficial ownership of Common Stock.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Set forth below is certain information, as of March 9, 2009, with respect to any person known to
Windstream to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of Windstream’s voting securities, all of
which are shares of common stock:
Title of Class
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership(1)
Percent of
Class
Common Stock NFJ Investment Group, LLC
2100 Ross Avenue
Suite 700
Dallas, TX 75201
22,088,381 5.01%
(1) Based upon information contained in the Schedule 13G filed on March 10, 2009
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