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The following table shows the compensation paid to the non-employee directors of the Windstream Board
during 2011:
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Name
Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
($)
Stock Awards
($) (1)
Change in Pension
Value and Non-
Qualified Deferred
Compensation Earnings
($)
All Other
Compensation
($) (2)
Total
($)
Carol B. Armitage 88,000 79,995 N/A 170 168,165
Samuel E. Beall, III 86,000 79,995 N/A 170 166,165
Dennis E. Foster 186,000(3) 79,995 N/A 170 266,165
Francis X. Frantz 80,000 79,995 257,524(4) 170 417,689
Jeffrey T. Hinson 108,000 79,995 N/A 170 188,165
Judy K. Jones 88,000 79,995 N/A 170 168,165
William A. Montgomery 101,000 79,995 N/A 170 181,165
Alan L. Wells 80,000 79,995 N/A 170 160,165
(1) All stock award amounts in the table above reflect the aggregate fair value on the grant date based on the
closing price per share of Windstream Common Stock on the date of grant of the restricted stock, computed in
accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.
(2) Includes payments of $170.37 for travel insurance available for all directors.
(3) Mr. Foster elected to receive $60,000 of the $186,000 in Windstream common stock instead of cash.
(4) Amount reflects change in pension value for the Windstream Pension Plan and Benefit Restoration Plan.
Compensation of Named Executive Officers
The following table shows the compensation paid during all of 2011 by Windstream to Windstream’s
President and Chief Executive Officer, Windstream’s Chief Financial Officer, and Windstream’s other three
most highly compensated executive officers who were serving as executive officers on December 31, 2011.
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