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Who may vote during the Annual Meeting?
Each share of Windstream’s common stock has one vote on each matter. Only stockholders of record as of
the close of business on March 19, 2015 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to receive notice of and to vote during the
Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 605,000,385 shares of Windstream’s common stock issued and
outstanding, held by 30,007 holders of record.
How can I access the stockholder forum?
Stockholders may access our stockholder forum at www.theinvestornetwork.com/forum/WIN. The forum
provides validated stockholders the ability to learn more about our Company and submit questions in advance of
the Annual Meeting. Stockholders may also view Windstream’s proxy materials, vote online, and access the live
webcast of the meeting through the stockholder forum. To access the forum, you must have your control number
available, which can be found on your notice of internet availability of the proxy materials, proxy card or voting
instruction form.
How can I attend the Annual Meeting?
Stockholders may attend the Annual Meeting virtually via the internet at
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WIN15. In order to vote or submit a question during the meeting, you will
need to follow the instructions posted at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WIN15 and will need the control
number provided on your notice of internet availability of the proxy materials, proxy card or voting instruction form.
Broadridge Financial Solutions is hosting our virtual annual meeting and, on the date of the Annual Meeting, will
be available via telephone at 1-855-449-0991 to answer your questions regarding how to attend and participate in the
Annual Meeting virtually via the internet.
If I am unable to attend the Annual Meeting on the internet, can I listen to the Annual Meeting by telephone?
Yes. Although you will not be considered present at the Annual Meeting and will not be able to vote unless you
attend the Annual Meeting via the internet, stockholders unable to access the Annual Meeting on the internet will
be able to call 1-877-317-6789 and listen to the Annual Meeting if they provide the control number that appears on
the proxy card or the voting instructions. If you do not intend to attend the Annual Meeting, it is important to vote in
advance of the Annual Meeting.
What is the difference between a stockholder of record and a beneficial owner of shares held in street name?
Stockholder of Record. If your shares are registered directly in your name with Windstream’s transfer agent,
Computershare Investor Services, LLC (“Computershare”), you are considered the stockholder of record with respect
to those shares, and the proxy materials were sent directly to you by Windstream.
Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in Street Name. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm,
bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the “beneficial owner” of shares held in “street
name,” and the proxy materials were forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account
is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have
the right to instruct that organization on how to vote the shares held in your account. Those instructions are contained
in a “voting instruction form.”
If I am a stockholder of record of the Company’s shares, how do I vote?
If you are a stockholder of record, there are four ways to vote:
 During the Annual Meeting. You may vote virtually via the internet at the Annual Meeting
by following the instructions for attending and voting at the Annual Meeting posted at
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WIN15. All proxy cards and ballots must be received by the
independent inspector before the polls close at the meeting.