Windstream Holdings Inc. (fka WINMQ)

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II. DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSACTION
See Section I.E. of Attachment 1, “Description of Proposed Transaction and Public
Interest Statement.” As described therein, the Applicants seek FCC permission to accomplish
this transaction in two steps, allowing the Windstream Companies to emerge more quickly from
bankruptcy protection at Step One, and deferring consideration of the proposed final ownership
structure to Step Two.

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