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We make available, free of charge on our website, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports filed or furnished pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as practicable after we electronically file these documents
with, or furnish them to, the SEC. These documents may be accessed through our website at www.frontier.com
under “Investor Relations.” The information posted or linked on our website is not part of this report. We also
make our Annual Report available in printed form upon request at no charge.
We also make available on our website, as noted above, or in printed form upon request, free of charge,
our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and the charters for the Audit,
Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees of the Board of Directors. Stockholders
may request printed copies of these materials by writing to: 3 High Ridge Park, Stamford, Connecticut 06905
Attention: Corporate Secretary.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Before you make an investment decision with respect to any of our securities, you should carefully
consider all the information we have included or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K and our
subsequent periodic filings with the SEC. In particular, you should carefully consider the risk factors described
below and read the risks and uncertainties related to “forward-looking statements” (which we do not undertake
to update) as set forth in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” (the MD&A) section of this Form 10-K, any of which could materially adversely affect our
business, operating results, financial condition and the actual outcome of matters as to which forward-looking
statements are made in this report. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing our
Company. Additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known to us or that we currently deem
immaterial or that are not specific to us, such as general economic conditions, may also adversely affect our
business and operations. The following risk factors should be read in conjunction with the MD&A and the
consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this report.
Risks Related to the AT&T Transaction
We may not consummate the AT&T Transaction on the terms or timeline currently contemplated or at
all.
The consummation of the AT&T Transaction is subject to certain conditions, including (i) the absence of a
court or other governmental order prohibiting consummation of the transaction, (ii) the receipt of applicable
regulatory consents, (iii) the absence of a material adverse effect on the business to be acquired from AT&T
and (iv) other customary closing conditions. We can make no assurances that the AT&T Transaction will be
consummated on the terms or timeline currently contemplated, or at all. We have expended and will continue to
expend a significant amount of capital and management’s time and resources on the AT&T Transaction, and a
failure to consummate the AT&T Transaction as currently contemplated, or at all, could have an adverse effect
on our business, our results of operations and cash flows. In addition we may choose to raise all or a portion of
the financing required to complete the AT&T Transaction prior to the closing of such transaction. If we do so,
and if the AT&T Transaction is ultimately not consummated or is delayed for a significant period of time, we
could be obligated to pay significant interest expense and other costs in connection with the financing without
achieving the expected benefits of the AT&T Transaction. The trading price of our securities could be
adversely affected if the AT&T Transaction is not consummated as currently contemplated, or at all.
Our effort to combine our business and the business to be acquired from AT&T may not be successful.
The Company is devoting a significant amount of time and attention to the process of integrating the
operations of our business and the business to be acquired from AT&T, which may decrease the time that
management will have to serve existing customers, attract new customers and develop new services or
strategies. The size and complexity of the acquired business and the process of using our existing common
support functions and systems to manage the acquired business after the acquisition, if not managed and
completed successfully by management, may result in interruptions of the business activities of the Company
that could have an adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
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