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WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
4001 Rodney Parham Road
Little Rock, Arkansas 72212
Telephone: (501) 748-7000
www.windstream.com
_____________________________
NOTICE OF 2013 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To be Held May 8, 2013
_____________________________
To the Stockholders of Windstream Corporation:
Notice Is Hereby Given That the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Windstream Corporation (“Windstream”)
will be held at the Capital Hotel, 111 West Markham, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 11:00
a.m. (local time), for the following purposes:
1. To elect nine directors to serve until the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly
elected and qualified or until their earlier removal, resignation or death;
2. To vote on an advisory (non-binding) resolution on executive compensation;
3. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Windstream’s independent registered public
accountant for 2013;
4. To vote on three (3) stockholder proposals; and
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any postponement or adjournment
thereof.
Only holders of Common Stock of record at the close of business on March 15, 2013 are entitled to notice of and to
vote at the Annual Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Beginning on March 26, 2013, we began mailing our stockholders a notice containing instructions on how to access
our Annual Meeting materials, including our 2012 Annual Report, Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to
vote online. The notice also included instructions on how to receive our Annual Meeting materials by mail. If you received
our Annual Meeting materials by mail, the proxy card from the Board of Directors was also enclosed.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
John P. Fletcher
Secretary
Little Rock, Arkansas
March 26, 2013
WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE VOTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
TO RECORD YOUR VOTE PROMPTLY. PRIOR TO THE MEETING YOU MAY VOTE ON THE INTERNET, BY
TELEPHONE OR BY MAIL.
Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
to be held on May 8, 2013: Windstream’s Proxy Statement and Annual Report to security holders for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2012 are also available at www.windstream.com.