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        Dear Stockholder: I am pleased to invite you to join our Board of Directors, senior leadership and other associates at the Windstream 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in Little Rock, Arkansas. The attached Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement will serve as your guide to the business to be conducted. We have modified our proxy statement to make it more reader-friendly and to enhance the clarity of the information provided to you, including, most notably, a new Summary section. These improvements reflect our commitment to move beyond required disclosures and provide the information you need in a format that is easier to follow. We are particularly pleased to offer a stockholder forum for the first time this year. The forum is a stockholder-only website enabling you to learn more about our company, vote your proxy, listen to the meeting live online, and submit questions for the Annual Meeting in advance. We encourage you to visit and utilize the online forum. You can find more details on page 9. While I hope you can join me at the meeting, it is important that your shares be represented and voted, whether or not you attend in person. Please vote your shares by signing and returning your proxy or voting instruction card, using telephone or online voting, or visiting the stockholder forum. Instructions on how to vote are found on page 9. Not voting will constitute a vote AGAINST two important corporate governance proposals. Thank you for your continued investment in our business. John P. Fletcher
General Counsel and Secretary
March 25, 2014