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outstanding PBRSUs are omitted from this table. For informational purposes, the following table shows the
outstanding unvested PBRSUs granted to each named executive officer:
Named Executive Officers
Total Shares
Beneficially Owned
Unvested
Performance-Based
Restricted Stock
Units (PBRSUs)
Total Shares
Beneficially Owned
Including PBRSUs
Jeffery R. Gardner 1,479,819 511,813 1,991,632
Anthony W. Thomas 247,477 82,145 329,622
Brent Whittington 400,256 109,715 509,971
John P. Fletcher 346,538 82,145 428,683
Cynthia B. Nash 266,915 38,258 305,173
(4) Includes 8,100 shares held by Mr. Foster’s spouse and by account for grandchildren for which Mr. Foster
serves as custodian. These shares are deemed beneficially owned under SEC rules, but Mr. Foster disclaims
beneficial ownership.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
Set forth below is information, as of March 1, 2012, 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
Percent of
Class
Common Stock Blackrock, Inc.
40 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
33,540,092(1) 5.75%
Common Stock The Vanguard Group, Inc.
110 Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
31,801,374(2) 5.45%
(1) Based upon information contained in Schedule 13G/A filed on February 8, 2012, Blackrock, Inc. has sole
voting and investment control over these shares.
(2) Based upon information contained in Schedule 13G filed on February 10, 2012, Vanguard, Inc., has sole
voting power over 810,559 shares, sole dispositive power over 30,990,815 shares, and shared dispositive power
over 810,559 shares.
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