0000950103-25-009718 Sample Contracts

RESTRICTED SHARES AGREEMENT – TIME-BASED VESTING ONLY
Restricted Shares Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

Uniti Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), grants to the Grantee named below, in accordance with the terms of the Uniti Group Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), and this Restricted Shares Agreement (the “Agreement”), the following number of Restricted Shares covered by this Agreement (the “Restricted Shares”), on the Date of Grant set forth below:

SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
Severance Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Arkansas

This Severance Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of August 1, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), is made by and between Uniti Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and [NAME] (“Executive”).

STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT by and Between
Stockholder Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

This STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 2025 (as amended or restated from time to time, this “Agreement”), is made by and among Windstream Parent, Inc. (to be renamed Uniti Group Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and certain Company stockholders listed on Schedule I that are managed, advised or sub-advised by a certain institutional investment adviser (the “Investor Adviser”) listed on Schedule I (each such stockholder an “Investor” and, collectively, the “Investors”).

WARRANT AGREEMENT between WINDSTREAM PARENT, INC., AS ISSUER and EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY, LLC, AS WARRANT AGENT AUGUST 1, 2025
Warrant Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • New York

This WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 1, 2025 between Windstream Parent, Inc. (to be renamed Uniti Group Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and its successors and assigns, as issuer, and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”).

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT by and among WINDSTREAM PARENT, INC. (TO BE RENAMED UNITI GROUP INC.) and THE PARTIES HERETO DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2025
Registration Rights Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • New York

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (together with any exhibits, appendices, annexes and schedules hereto, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of August 1, 2025, by and among Windstream Parent, Inc. (to be renamed Uniti Group Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), Elliott Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Nexus Aggregator L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Nexus Aggregator I-A L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Nexus Aggregator II L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Nexus Aggregator Offshore L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (collectively, the “Elliott Investor”), the entities affiliated with a certain institutional investor, as set forth in Annex A attached hereto (collectively, the “Institutional Investor”; together with the Elliott Investor, the “Investors”; and together with the Issuer, the “Parties”) and any Person who becomes a Party hereto pursuant to ‎‎Section 10.4. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning assigned to such

FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Indemnification Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”), made and entered into as of the [●] day of [●], 2025, by and between Uniti Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and _________ (“Indemnitee”).

RESTRICTED SHARES AGREEMENT - TIME-BASED VESTING ONLY [Non-Employee Directors]
Restricted Shares Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

Uniti Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), grants to the Grantee named below, in accordance with the terms of the Uniti Group Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and this Restricted Shares Agreement (the “Agreement”), the following number of Restricted Shares (the “Restricted Shares”), on the Date of Grant set forth below:

STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT by and among
Stockholder Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

This STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1, 2025 (as amended or restated from time to time, this “Agreement”), is made by and among Windstream Parent, Inc. (to be renamed Uniti Group Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Elliott Investment Management L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“EIM”), Elliott Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Associates”), Elliott International, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (together with EIM and Associates, “Elliott”), Nexus Aggregator L.P. (“Nexus”), a Delaware limited partnership, Nexus Aggregator I-A L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Nexus Aggregator II L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Nexus Aggregator Offshore L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (each of Elliott Associates, L.P., Nexus Aggregator L.P., Nexus Aggregator I-A L.P., Nexus Aggregator II L.P. and Nexus Aggregator Offshore L.P., an “Investor” and together, the “Investors”).

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITI GROUP INC. AND KENNETH GUNDERMAN
Employment Agreement • August 1st, 2025 • Windstream Parent, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Arkansas

This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 1, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Uniti Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Uniti”), and Kenneth Gunderman (the “Executive”).