0001062613-16-000136 Sample Contracts

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT FOR PERFORMANCE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2016

Performance Share Award Agreement • March 2nd, 2016 • Fairpoint Communications Inc • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Performance Share Award Agreement
• Filed
  March 2nd, 2016
• Company
  Fairpoint Communications Inc
• Industry
  Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

THIS PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), made and entered into this 22nd day of January, 2016, by and between FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) and «First_Name» «Last_Name» (the “Participant”).

SEVERANCE IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

Change in Control Agreement • March 2nd, 2016 • Fairpoint Communications Inc • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • North Carolina

• Contract Type
  Change in Control Agreement
• Filed
  March 2nd, 2016
• Company
  Fairpoint Communications Inc
• Industry
  Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
• Jurisdiction
  North Carolina

This Severance in Connection with a Change in Control Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made effective as of November 5, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), by and between FairPoint Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 521 E. Morehead Street, Suite 500, Charlotte, NC 28202 (the “Company”), and «Full_Name» (the “Employee”).