0001171843-16-013502 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., and FALCON MERGER SUB, INC. Dated as of December 3, 2016

Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 5th, 2016 • Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  December 5th, 2016
• Company
  Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.
• Industry
  Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of December 3, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and together with all exhibits and schedules hereto, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), FairPoint Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Falcon Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).