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Item 2. Properties
Our principal corporate offices are located in leased premises at 3 High Ridge Park, Stamford, Connecticut
06905.
Operations support offices are currently located in leased premises at 180 South Clinton Avenue,
Rochester, New York 14646 and at 100 CTE Drive, Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612. Call center support offices are
currently located in leased premises at 14450 Burnhaven Drive, Burnsville, Minnesota 55306 and 1398 South
Woodland Blvd., DeLand, Florida 32720. In addition, we lease and own space in our operating markets
throughout the United States.
Our telephone properties include: connecting lines between customers’ premises and the central offices;
central office switching equipment; fiber-optic and microwave radio facilities; buildings and land; and customer
premise equipment. The connecting lines, including aerial and underground cable, conduit, poles, wires and
microwave equipment, are located on public streets and highways or on privately owned land. We have
permission to use these lands pursuant to local governmental consent or lease, permit, franchise, easement or
other agreement.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
We are party to various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of our business. The outcome of
individual matters is not predictable. However, we believe that the ultimate resolution of all such matters, after
considering insurance coverage, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of
operations, or our cash flows.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a) The registrant held a Special Meeting of Stockholders on October 27, 2009 (the “Meeting”).
(b) Matters submitted to stockholders at the Meeting:
(1) Adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 13, 2009, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 thereto, dated as of July 24, 2009, by and among Verizon Communications Inc., New Communications
Holdings Inc. and the Company (the “Merger Agreement”). The matter passed with the following vote:
Number of votes FOR ......................................... 182,102,556
Number of votes AGAINST.................................... 5,295,793
Number of votes ABSTAINING................................ 1,227,112
(2) Amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the
number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 600,000,000 to 1,750,000,000. The matter
passed with the following vote:
Number of votes FOR ......................................... 177,956,211
Number of votes AGAINST.................................... 9,245,127
Number of votes ABSTAINING................................ 1,424,123
(3) Approval of the issuance of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The
matter passed with the following vote:
Number of votes FOR ......................................... 181,328,959
Number of votes AGAINST.................................... 6,012,151
Number of votes ABSTAINING................................ 1,284,351
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FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES