Windstream 2014 Annual Report Download - page 5

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Little Rock, Arkansas 72212
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www.windstream.com
NOTICE OF 2015 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To be Held May 14, 2015
10:00 a.m. (central time)
To the Stockholders of Windstream Holdings, Inc.:
Notice Is Hereby Given That the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Windstream
Holdings, Inc. (“Windstream”) will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. (central time). This year’s Annual
Meeting will be a virtual meeting which means that you will be able to participate in the Annual Meeting, vote and submit
your questions during the Annual Meeting via live webcast by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/WIN15.
Because the Annual Meeting this year is virtual and being conducted electronically, stockholders will not be
able to attend the Annual Meeting in person.
The Annual Meeting is being held for the following purposes:
1. To elect the ten directors listed in the Proxy Statement to serve until the 2016 annual meeting of
stockholders or until successors are duly elected or until their earlier removal, resignation, or death;
2. To vote on a non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation;
3. To approve amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Windstream to enable
stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders under certain circumstances;
4. To approve amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Windstream to eliminate super-
majority voting provisions;
5. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Windstream’s independent registered
public accountant for 2015; and
6. 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 19, 2015 are entitled to notice of and
to vote during the Annual Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Beginning on March 31, 2015, we began mailing to many of our stockholders a notice of internet availability
of proxy materials. This notice contains instructions on how to access our Annual Meeting materials, including
our Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to vote online. The notice also includes instructions
on obtaining a paper copy of the Annual Meeting materials. All stockholders who do not receive such a notice will
receive a full set of Annual Meeting materials in printed form by mail or electronically by e-mail.