Annuncio • Aug 02

Uniti Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:UNIT) completed the acquisition of Windstream Holdings II, LLC from a group of shareholders.

Uniti Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:UNIT) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Windstream Holdings II, LLC from a group of shareholders on May 3, 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, Windstream shareholders will receive approximately $430 million of cash, approximately $580 million of preferred equity in the new combined company, and common shares representing approximately 38% of the outstanding common equity of the combined company. Windstream shareholders will additionally receive non-voting warrants to acquire up to 6.9% of common shares of the combined company. Uniti expects to fund the approximately $430 million of cash consideration to shareholders of Windstream from operations, revolver borrowings and/or future capital markets transactions. Concurrently with the entry into the Merger Agreement, Uniti entered into a debt commitment letter (the “Commitment Letter”), pursuant to which Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and certain of its Affiliates and Barclays Bank PLC (the “Lead Arrangers”) have committed to provide to Uniti up to $300,000,000 under a secured bridge facility. Upon closing, Uniti shareholders will hold approximately 62% of the outstanding common equity of the combined company and Windstream shareholders will hold approximately 38% of the outstanding common equity. Upon closing of this transaction, the combined company will be led by Kenny Gunderman, Uniti’s Chief Executive Officer, and Paul Bullington, Uniti’s Chief Financial Officer. Certain key members of Windstream’s management team are expected to remain with the combined company as well. The combined company will continue to operate as Uniti under the ticker “UNIT” and be headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. Following the close of the transaction, the 5-person Uniti Board of Directors (the “Board”) will remain in place and four new directors will join the board of the combined company, with two of those directors selected by Elliott and the remaining two directors jointly selected by Uniti and Elliott. Uniti will also be obligated to pay Windstream a termination fee of $55,000,000 if the Merger Agreement is terminated (i) by Uniti to accept a Superior Proposal, (ii) by Windstream following an Adverse Recommendation Change, or (iii) in certain circumstances by either Uniti or Windstream upon failure to obtain Uniti Stockholder Approval. If the Merger Agreement is terminated by Windstream due to (i) Uniti’s failure to obtain financing sufficient to pay the Closing Cash Payment and Uniti’s other transaction expenses or (ii) Uniti’s uncured breach of certain related representations and covenants that would result in the failure of conditions to closing to be satisfied and, in each case, in circumstances where the Termination Fee is not due, then Uniti will be obligated to pay Windstream $75,000,000. Windstream reported revenue of $4 billion, net loss of $210 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $914 million in 2023. Transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals, approval by Uniti shareholders, the expiration or early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, the receipt of approvals from the Federal Communications Commission and certain state public utility commissions, the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form S-4 to register the New Uniti Common Stock in the Merger, the New Uniti Common Stock to be issued in the Merger and such other shares to be reserved for issuance in connection with the Merger shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq. Transaction has been unanimously approved by both companies’ Board of Directors. As of April 2, 2025 shareholders of Uniti Group Inc approved the transaction. Certain of Windstream’s largest shareholders, including Elliott, which is also a current holder of Uniti’s equity and debt, will be rolling substantially all of their investment value in Windstream into the combined company, a pre-closing reorganization of Uniti contemplated by the Merger Agreement and certain steps of the Pre-Closing Windstream Reorganization, including the issuance of the New Uniti Preferred Stock and the New Uniti Warrants, will have been consummated. As of June 18, 2025 Wireline Competition Bureau grants the application filed by Windstream, Uniti, and Windstream Parent (together, Applicants), pursuant to section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), and sections 63.04 of the Commission’s rules,2 requesting consent to transfer control of Windstream, Uniti, and their subsidiaries to Windstream Parent. The merger is expected to close in the second half of 2025. The transaction is expected to be free cash flow accretive following close and will realize additional free cash flow accretion as synergies are achieved. As of July 24, 2025, Uniti and Windstream received the regulatory approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to complete transaction. Uniti and Windstream expect the Merger to be completed after market close on or around August 1, 2025. Under the terms of the definitive merger agreement, an affiliate of Windstream will merge with and into Uniti, with Uniti surviving the Merger as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Windstream Parent, Inc.Windstream Parent, Inc. will be renamed “Uniti Group Inc.” in connection with the Merger, and its common stock is expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “UNIT” at the beginning of trading on or around August 4, 2025. The Merger is expected to be a taxable transaction to Uniti’s stockholders. Bank Street Group LLC, Barclays, Centerview Partners, and Citi are acting as co-financial advisors to Uniti. J.P. Morgan and Stephens Inc. each acted as financial advisors to Uniti’s Board and provided fairness opinions. Stephens Inc. received a fee in the amount of $2,500,000 from Uniti upon rendering its fairness opinion. Oliver Smith, Evan Rosen, Michael Kaplan, John H. Runne, Mayer J. Steinman, Michael Mollerus, Patrick E. Sigmon, Mark J. DiFiore, Hanbing Zhang, Jennifer S. Conway, Brian D. Hirsch and Jesse Solomon of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP are acting as legal counsel to Uniti. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are acting as financial advisors to Windstream. Kevin M. Schmidt, Jonathan E. Levitsky, Jennifer L. Chu, David Iozzi, Molly Stockley, Ryan Rafferty, Christopher Rosekrans, Shefit Koboci, Franklin Mitchell, Michael Bolotin, Rafael Kariyev, Benjamin Pedersen, Steven Slutzky, Ted Hassi, Kyra Bromley and Rick Sofield of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP are acting as legal advisors to Windstream. Samuel Welt and Kenneth Schneider of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP advised Oaktree Capital Management, as an equityholder of Windstream Holdings II. Jakob Rendtorff of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Represents J.P. Morgan as Financial Advisor to Uniti. Uniti has agreed to pay J.P. Morgan an aggregate fee of $7 million, all of which became payable upon the delivery of J.P. Morgan’s opinion. Innisfree M&A Incorporated has been retained by Uniti to assist with the solicitation of proxies. Innisfree will be paid a solicitation fee of approximately $150,000 and will be reimbursed for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the Special Meeting. Equiniti Trust Company acted as transfer agent for Uniti. Uniti Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:UNIT) completed the acquisition of Windstream Holdings II, LLC from a group of shareholders on August 1, 2025. In connection with the Internal Reorg Merger, prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, Windstream’s pre-Closing equity holders received (i) a number of shares of New Uniti Common Stock representing approximately 35.42% of the outstanding shares of New Uniti Common Stock, (ii) shares of preferred stock of New Uniti having an aggregate initial liquidation preference of approximately $580 million (the “ New Uniti Preferred Stock ”) and (iii) warrants of New Uniti representing approximately 6.9% of the outstanding New Uniti Common Stock immediately following the Closing on a fully diluted basis after giving effect to such warrants described in more detail below (the “ New Uniti Warrants ”). Following the Effective Time, Windstream’s pre-Closing equity holders also received approximately $370 million in cash from Uniti (the “ Closing Cash Payment ”). Uniti funded the Closing Cash Payment with cash on hand and borrowings under its revolving credit facility. Upon the closing of the Merger, Legacy Uniti stockholders received 0.6029 shares of Uniti common stock per share of Legacy Uniti common stock held at the closing of the Merger, which resulted in Legacy Uniti stockholders collectively holding approximately 62% of the outstanding common stock of the combined company. In addition, the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Uniti’s 7.50% convertible senior notes due 2027 into 137.1742 shares of Legacy Uniti common stock was changed to a right to convert such principal amount of such notes into 82.7023 shares of Uniti common stock. With the Merger complete, Uniti now intends to complete the necessary steps to combine the Legacy Uniti indebtedness and legacy Windstream indebtedness under a single organizational silo, which it expects to complete on or around August 4, 2025.

Percentuale dello stipendio del CEO	7.89%
Mandato del CEO	11.3yrs
Proprietà del CEO	0.8%
Durata media del management	5.2yrs
Durata media del Consiglio di amministrazione	1.2yrs

Data	Compenso totale	Stipendio	Utili della società
Jun 30 2026	n/a	n/a	US$990m
Mar 31 2026	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2025	US$9m	US$725k	US$1b
Sep 30 2025	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2025	n/a	n/a	US$28m
Mar 31 2025	n/a	n/a	US$62m
Dec 31 2024	US$11m	US$725k	US$91m
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$101m
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$30m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$23m
Dec 31 2023	US$5m	US$725k	-US$83m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$73m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$109m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	-US$81m
Dec 31 2022	US$5m	US$725k	-US$9m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$15m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$184m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$180m
Dec 31 2021	US$5m	US$725k	US$123m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$40m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$4m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$633m
Dec 31 2020	US$7m	US$725k	-US$707m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$672m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$698m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$72m
Dec 31 2019	US$6m	US$725k	US$8m

Nome	Posizione	Mandato	Compensazione	Proprietà
Kenneth Gunderman	President	11.3yrs	US$9.19m	0.84% € 16.4m
Paul Bullington	Senior EVP	5.2yrs	US$3.59m	0.24% € 4.6m
Michael Friloux	Senior EVP & CTO	9.8yrs	US$2.31m	0.16% € 3.0m
Daniel Heard	Senior EVP	11.3yrs	US$2.56m	0.19% € 3.7m
John Harrobin	Senior EVP & President of Kinetic	1.3yrs	US$13.01m	0.21% € 4.0m
Travis Black	Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer	5.2yrs	Nessun dato	0.036% € 710.6k
Ric Chura	Executive VP & Chief Information Officer	4.5yrs	Nessun dato	Nessun dato
Jennifer Ragsdale	EVP, Chief Administrative Officer & Chief People Officer	4.5yrs	Nessun dato	Nessun dato
Ronald Mudry	Senior Vice President of M&A	1.5yrs	US$2.67m	Nessun dato
Eric Daniels	SVP & President of Uniti Network	5.5yrs	Nessun dato	Nessun dato
Greg Ortyl	EVP & President of Strategic Accounts	5.5yrs	Nessun dato	Nessun dato
Michael Flannery	Executive VP & President Uniti Solutions	1.5yrs	Nessun dato	Nessun dato

Nome	Posizione	Mandato	Compensazione	Proprietà
Kenneth Gunderman	President	11.3yrs	US$9.19m	0.84% € 16.4m
Francis Frantz	Independent Chairman of the Board	11.3yrs	US$426.94k	0.092% € 1.8m
Harold Zeitz	Independent Director	1.2yrs	US$317.87k	0.022% € 433.7k
Scott Bruce	Independent Director	10.1yrs	US$286.77k	0.062% € 1.2m
Joseph Natale	Independent Director	less than a year	US$305.82k	0.021% € 412.6k
Jarrett Appleby	Independent Director	less than a year	Nessun dato	0.0091% € 177.2k
Mary McLaughlin	Independent Director	less than a year	US$327.96k	0.023% € 457.0k
Carmen Perez-Carlton	Independent Director	6.8yrs	US$289.23k	0.047% € 926.1k
Johannes Weber	Independent Director	less than a year	Nessun dato	0.0091% € 177.2k

Dati	Ultimo aggiornamento (ora UTC)
Analisi dell'azienda	2026/07/31 21:40
Prezzo dell'azione a fine giornata	2026/07/31 00:00
Utili	2026/06/30
Utili annuali	2025/12/31

Pacchetto	Dati	Tempistica	Esempio Fonte USA ^*
Dati finanziari della società	10 anni	Conto economico Rendiconto finanziario Bilancio	Modulo SEC 10-K Modulo SEC 10-Q
Stime di consenso degli analisti	+3 anni	Previsioni finanziarie Obiettivi di prezzo degli analisti	Rapporti di ricerca degli analisti Blue Matrix
Prezzi di mercato	30 anni	Prezzi delle azioni Dividendi, scissioni e azioni	Dati di mercato ICE Modulo SEC S-1
Proprietà	10 anni	Top azionisti Insider trading	Modulo 4 SEC Modulo 13D SEC
Gestione	10 anni	Team di leadership Consiglio di amministrazione	Modulo SEC 10-K Modulo SEC DEF 14A
Sviluppi principali	10 anni	Annunci aziendali	Modulo 8-K SEC

Analista	Istituzione
Brendan Lynch	Barclays
Timothy Long	Barclays
Matthew Griffiths	BofA Global Research

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Recent updates

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Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.05 (vs US$0.34 loss in 3Q 2023)

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New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.074 (vs US$0.11 in 2Q 2023)

Uniti Group Inc. Updates Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024

Uniti Group Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Aug 01, 2024

New major risk - Share price stability

Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share

First quarter dividend of US$0.15 announced

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First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.17 (vs US$0.082 loss in 1Q 2023)

Uniti Group Inc. Declares a Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 28, 2024

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Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.15 announced

New minor risk - Financial position

Full year 2023 earnings released: US$0.35 loss per share (vs US$0.04 loss in FY 2022)

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Uniti Group Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024

Uniti Group Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on April 12, 2024

Uniti Group Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 29, 2024

Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share at 11% yield

Uniti Group Inc. Reports Consolidated Goodwill Impairment for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2023

Uniti Group Inc. Updates Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: US$0.34 loss per share (vs US$0.66 loss in 3Q 2022)

Uniti Group Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on January 4, 2024

Uniti Group Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 02, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share at 11% yield

Uniti Group Inc. Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.11 (vs US$0.23 in 2Q 2022)

Uniti Group Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend, Payable on September 22, 2023

New major risk - Share price stability

Uniti Group Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 03, 2023

Upcoming dividend of US$0.15 per share at 14% yield

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Uniti Group Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

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President recently bought €930k worth of stock

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