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41
CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(i) Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including
our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, regarding the effectiveness of the design and
operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon this evaluation, our principal executive officer
and principal financial officer concluded, as of the end of the period covered by this report, December 31, 2005,
that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(ii) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
(a) Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting
Our management report on internal control over financial reporting appears on page F-2 and is incorporated
by reference.
(b) Attestation report of registered public accounting firm
The attestation report of KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, on management’s
assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting appears on page F-3 and is
incorporated by reference.
(c) Changes in internal control over financial reporting
We reviewed our internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2005. There has been no
change in our internal control over financial reporting during the last fiscal quarter of 2005 that materially
affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from our definitive proxy statement for the
2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after
December 31, 2005. See “Executive Officers of the Registrant” in Part I of this Report following Item 4 for information
relating to executive officers.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from our definitive proxy statement for the
2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after
December 31, 2005.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from our definitive proxy statement for the
2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after
December 31, 2005.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from our definitive proxy statement for the
2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after
December 31, 2005.