UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 25

NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR REGISTRATION UNDER

SECTION 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 001-32422

Windstream Corporation

New York Stock Exchange

(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)

4001 Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72212 (501) 748-7000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

(Description of class of securities)

Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:

 

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17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)

 

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17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)

 

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17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)

 

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17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)

 

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Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange.

 

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Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Windstream Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

Date: December 8, 2009						Windstream Corporation
						By:		/s/ John P. Fletcher
						Name:		John P. Fletcher
						Title:		Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel