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): April 29, 2019 (April 23, 2019)




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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company          ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.



Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 23, 2019, Windstream Holdings, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries, including Windstream Services, LLC (collectively, the “Debtors”), filed the presentation attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with the Debtors’ motion to authorize the implementation of certain key employee incentive and retention plans.

The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 furnished herewith, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description

Windstream 2019 Financial Plan dated April 23, 2019.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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

Dated: April 29, 2019


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