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The following table shows the compensation paid to the non-employee directors of the Board during 2015:
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 ($)
Jeffrey T. Hinson, Chairman 185,000 99,994 N/A 274 285,268
Carol B. Armitage 122,000 99,994 N/A 274 222,268
Samuel E. Beall, III 107,000 99,994 N/A 274 207,268
Judy K. Jones 122,000 99,994 N/A 274 222,268
William G. LaPerch 105,000 99,994 N/A 274 205,268
William A. Montgomery 105,000 99,994 N/A 274 205,268
Michael G. Stoltz 115,000 99,994 N/A 274 215,268
Alan L. Wells 101,667 99,994 N/A 274 201,935
Dennis E. Foster (3) — — N/A — —
Francis X. (“Skip”) Frantz (4) 115,000 — 20,951 (5) 274 136,225
(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) Amount is for travel insurance available for all directors.
(3) As disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 12, 2014, Dennis E. Foster retired
from his director position effective February 1, 2015, in compliance with Windstream’s Corporate Governance
Board Guidelines concerning mandatory retirement at age 75.
(4) On April 24, 2015, Mr. Frantz resigned as a director of the Company to assume the role of Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc.
(5) Amount reflects change in pension value for the Windstream Pension Plan and Benefit Restoration Plan.