UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
 
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 9, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
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Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter
 
State or other
jurisdiction of 
incorporation or organization
 
Commission
File Number
 
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
 
 
 
Windstream Holdings, Inc.
 
Delaware
 
001-32422
 
46-2847717
Windstream Services, LLC
 
Delaware
 
001-36093
 
20-0792300
 
 
 
 
 
4001 Rodney Parham Road
 
 
 
Little Rock, Arkansas
 
72212
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
(501) 748-7000
 
 
 
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
N/A
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
 
 
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) As of January 9, 2018, Windstream Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that, effective immediately, John Fletcher will no longer serve as Chief Human Resources & Legal Officer and that such position will be eliminated. Mr. Fletcher will continue as a full-time employee until March 2, 2018 (the “Termination Date”) in the role of Senior Consultant to the Chief Executive Officer, and his base salary and benefit levels in effect as of January 9, 2018, will continue through the Termination Date. He will transition his duties to Jack Brooks, who was appointed the Company’s Chief Human Resources Officer effective as of January 9, 2018, and Kristi Moody who currently serves as the Company’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Brooks and Ms. Moody will report directly to President and CEO Tony Thomas.

As a result of his departure, Mr. Fletcher will receive certain severance benefits pursuant to the terms of a Change-In-Control and Severance Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2017, the terms of which were previously disclosed on September 1, 2017, in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.





SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
 
 
WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC.
 
WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Kristi M. Moody
 
By:
/s/ Kristi M. Moody
Name:
Kristi M. Moody
 
Name:
Kristi M. Moody
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary

January 12, 2018