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Exhibit 4.3


 







$300,000,000


 


CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS FINANCE CO.


 


10.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020


 


JOINDER TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT


 







July 2, 2012


 







Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC


1585 Broadway


New York, New York 10036


 


Ladies and Gentlemen:


 







Reference is made to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 30, 2012 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among Consolidated Communications Finance Co. (the “Issuer”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC.  Capitalized terms used in this Joinder Agreement without definition have the respective meanings given to them in the Registration Rights Agreement.


 


The undersigned Consolidated Communications, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby agrees to accede to the terms of, and assume all of the obligations of the Issuer set forth in, the Registration Rights Agreement, as though the Company had entered into the Registration Rights Agreement on the Closing Date and been named as the “Issuer” therein.  The Company agrees that such obligations include, without limitation, (a) all of the obligations of the Issuer to perform and comply with all of the agreements thereof contained in the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligation to pay Additional Interest, and (b) the Issuer’s indemnification and other obligations contained in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that all references to the Issuer in the Registration Rights Agreement shall include the Company and that the Company shall be bound by all provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement containing such references.


 


The undersigned Guarantors hereby agree, on a joint and several basis, to accede to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and to undertake and perform all of the obligations of the “Guarantors” set forth therein as though the undersigned Guarantors had entered into the Registration Rights Agreement on the Closing Date and been named as “Guarantors” therein.  The undersigned Guarantors agree that such obligations include, without limitation, (a) all of the obligations of the Guarantors to perform and comply with all of the agreements thereof contained in the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligation to pay Additional Interest, and (b) the Guarantors’ indemnification and other obligations contained in Section 6 of the Registration Rights Agreement.  Each of the undersigned Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that all references to the Guarantors in the Registration Rights Agreement shall include the undersigned Guarantors and that the undersigned Guarantors shall be bound by all provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement containing such references.


 




  





  











  






THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


 


This Joinder Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.


 












[Signature Pages Follow]


 




 




  





  











  











IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Joinder Agreement as of the date first written above.


 


 



	 	
 CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


	 	 
	 	
By:

	
/s/ Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Name:

	
Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief


Financial Officer












 



	 	
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS


HOLDINGS, INC., as a Guarantor


	 	 
	 	
By:

	
/s/ Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Name:

	
Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief


Financial Officer












 



	 	
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS


     ENTERPRISE SERVICES, INC., as a Guarantor


	 	 
	 	
By:

	
/s/ Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Name:

	
Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief


Financial Officer












 



	 	
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS


     SERVICES COMPANY, as a Guarantor


	 	 
	 	
By:

	
/s/ Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Name:

	
Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief


Financial Officer












 



	 	
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS


     OF FORT BEND COMPANY, as a Guarantor


	 	 
	 	
By:

	
/s/ Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Name:

	
Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief


Financial Officer














  






[Signature Page to Form  of Joinder to Registration Rights Agreement]













  






 



	 	
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS


     OF TEXAS COMPANY, as a Guarantor


	 	 
	 	
By:

	
/s/ Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Name:

	
Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief


Financial Officer












 



	 	
CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS


     OF PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY, LLC,


     as a Guarantor


	 	 
	 	
By:

	
/s/ Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Name:

	
Steven L. Childers


	 	  	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief


Financial Officer







 


 


 


 


 


  
[Signature Page to Form  of Joinder to Registration Rights Agreement]