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Officer from July 2004 to June 2005. Mr. Leach served as our Senior Vice President from February 1998 to July 2004. From October 1994 to December 2000,
Mr. Leach was our Secretary. From 1984 through September 1994, Mr. Leach served as Executive Vice President of Independent Hydro Developers, where he
had responsibility for all project acquisition, financing and development activities.
 In March 2006, Ms. Linn was appointed our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Ms Linn served as our Senior
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from September 2004 to March 2006. Ms. Linn has served as our General Counsel since October 2000, our
Vice President since October 2000 and our Secretary since December 2000. Prior to joining us, Ms. Linn was a partner, from 1984 to 2000, in the Charlotte,
North Carolina law firm of Underwood Kinsey Warren & Tucker, P.A., where she specialized in general business matters, particularly mergers and
acquisitions.
 In July 2004, Ms. Hood was appointed our Senior Vice President and Controller. Ms. Hood has served as our Controller since
December 1993 and served as our Vice President from December 1993 to July 2004. Prior to joining our company, Ms. Hood served as manager of a local
public accounting firm in Kansas. Ms. Hood is certified as a public accountant in Kansas.
In December 2005, Mr. Griffin was appointed our Treasurer. Mr. Griffin jointed the Company in January 2000 as Assistant Treasurer
and served as our General Manager of Wireless Broadband operations from December 2003 through March 2005. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Griffin
was employed by Sealand Service, Inc. as Assistant Treasurer from September 1997 to January 2000 where he was responsible for worldwide cash
management and as Director of Financial Planning for Europe from September 1995 to September 1997.
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Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our officers and directors, and persons who own, or are part of a group that owns, more than ten percent of a
registered class of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange. Officers,
directors and greater than ten percent shareholders are required by regulation of the SEC to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
Based solely on our review of Forms 3, 4 and 5 and amendments thereto available to us and other information obtained from our directors and officers
and certain 10% shareholders or otherwise available to us, we believe that no director or officer or beneficial owner of more than 10% of our common stock
failed to file on a timely basis reports required pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to 2006.
The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for Financial Professionals that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions and a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all employees,
directors and officers of the Company, its subsidiaries and its controlled affiliates. The Company has posted its Code of Ethics for Financial Professionals
and its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on its website (www.fairpoint.com). The Company intends to post any amendments to or any waivers from a
provision of its Code of Ethics for Financial Professionals or its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on its website.
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