Exhibit 4.3


 


$200,000,000


 


CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS FINANCE II CO.


 


6.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022


 


JOINDER TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT


 


 


October 16, 2014


 


Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC


As Representative of the Initial Purchasers


 


	c/o		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 September 18, 2014, among Consolidated Communications Finance II Co. (the “Issuer”) and Morgan Stanley &
Co. LLC, as representative of the Initial Purchasers. 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 (including by electronic transmission) 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.


 


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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


 


	 	Surewest communications, as a Guarantor
	 	By:	/s/ Steven L. Childers
	 	 	Name:	Steven L. Childers
	 	 	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


 


	 	Surewest telephone, 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]



    	 



    	 



    




	 	Surewest long distance, as a Guarantor
	 	By:	/s/ Steven L. Childers
	 	 	Name:	Steven L. Childers
	 	 	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


 


	 	Surewest televideo, as a Guarantor
	 	By:	/s/ Steven L. Childers
	 	 	Name:	Steven L. Childers
	 	 	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


 


	 	Surewest fiber ventures, llc, as a Guarantor
	 	By:	/s/ Steven L. Childers
	 	 	Name:	Steven L. Childers
	 	 	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


 


	 	Surewest kansas, inc., 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]