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DIRECTOR NOMINEES (page 16)
The following table contains information about the nine candidates who have been nominated for election to
our board of directors. Each nominee is currently a director of Windstream.
Name Age Director
Since Independent Audit
Committee Governance
Committee Compensation
Committee
Carol B. Armitage 56 2007 Ye s C
Samuel E. Beall, III 63 2006 Yes C, S
Dennis E. Foster 73 2006 Yes S
Francis X. (“Skip”) Frantz 60 2006 Yes C, FE
Jeffery R. Gardner 54 2006 No
Jeffrey T. Hinson, Chairman 59 2006 Yes
Judy K. Jones 70 2006 Yes FE
William A. Montgomery 65 2006 Yes S
Alan L. Wells 54 2010 Yes FE
C – Chairperson FE – Audit Committee Financial Expert S – Member of 162(m) Subcommittee
GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Windstream is committed to good corporate governance, which promotes the long-term interests of stockholders,
strengthens the Board of Directors and management accountability, and helps build public trust in Windstream.
Highlights include:
• 8 out of 9 director nominees are independent
• Roles of Chairman and CEO are separate
• Independent Chairman
• Director resignation policy for directors who fail to receive majority of votes cast
We are responsive to stockholder concerns. Based on stockholder approval of a proposal in 2013, we
implemented “majority of votes cast” as our general voting standard and have recommended Proposal No. 6 to
eliminate “super-majority voting” requirements. In an effort to ensure stockholder approval of this Proposal No. 6, we
have implemented measures to increase voter participation including an interactive stockholder forum and stratified
distribution of proxy materials by delivering “full set” voting materials to our larger stockholders.