Windstream 2009 Annual Report Download - page 54

SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires Windstream’s directors and executive
officers, and persons who own more than ten percent of Windstream’s Common Stock, to file with the SEC and
the NASDAQ initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of that Common Stock. To
Windstream’s knowledge, based solely upon a review of copies of reports provided by those individuals to
Windstream and written representations of those individuals that no other reports were required with respect to
the year ended December 31, 2009, Windstream believes that all of the foregoing filing requirements applicable
to its directors, executive officers, and greater-than-ten percent beneficial owners have been met.
ANNUAL REPORT
The 2009 Annual Report accompanies this proxy statement, which incorporates a copy of Windstream’s
2009 Form 10-K report, including the consolidated financial statements and the financial statement schedules
thereto.
For stockholders who elect to receive proxy materials by mail and not electronic delivery, only one copy of
this proxy statement, and the accompanying Annual Report, is being delivered to such stockholders who share an
address, unless Windstream has received contrary instructions from one or more of the stockholders. Windstream
will promptly deliver a separate copy of this proxy statement and the accompanying Annual Report to any
stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of those documents has been delivered by mail upon the
written or oral request from that stockholder to Windstream at the address provided below or by calling
[phone]. Any stockholder sharing a single copy of the proxy statement and Annual Report who wishes to
receive a separate distribution by mail of Windstream’s proxy statement and Annual Report in the future and
stockholders sharing an address and receiving by mail multiple copies of Windstream’s proxy statement and
Annual Report who wish to share a single copy of those documents in the future should also notify Windstream
at: Investor Relations, Windstream Corporation, 4001 Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72212.
AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT FEES
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) has been selected as Windstream’s independent auditors for 2010.
Aggregate fees for professional services rendered by PwC for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
were:
In thousands 2009 2008
Audit(a) $2,827 $2,677
Audit-related(b) — —
Tax(c) 220 106
All other(d) — —
Total $3,047 $2,783
(a) Audit fees includes fees for the annual audit and quarterly reviews of the consolidated financial statements
as well as services related to statutory/subsidiary audits, attestation reports required by statute or regulation,
comfort letters and consents in respect to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and accounting and
financial reporting consultations. The increase in 2009 audit fees is primarily due to audit work performed in
connection with the acquisitions of D&E Communications, Inc. and Lexcom, Inc.
(b) Audit-related fees are comprised of assurance and related services that are traditionally performed by the
independent registered public accounting firm and are not reported under “Audit Fees.”
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