Document:

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND SUE P. MOSLEY

    Exhibit
      (10)(c)(7)

     

    AGREEMENT

    

    This
      Agreement, dated January 18, 2006, is made by and between ALLTEL Corporation,
      a
      Delaware corporation (as hereinafter defined, the "Corporation"), and Sue Mosley
      (as hereinafter defined, the "Executive").

    

    WHEREAS,
      the
      Corporation recognizes that the possibility of a Change in Control (as
      hereinafter defined) of the Corporation exists and that such possibility, and
      the uncertainty it may cause, may result in the departure or distraction of
      key
      management employees of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary to the detriment
      of
      the Corporation and its stockholders; and

    

    WHEREAS,
      the
      Executive is a key management employee of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary;
      and

    

    WHEREAS,
      the
      Corporation desires to encourage the continued employment of the Executive
      by
      the Corporation or a Subsidiary and the continued dedication of the Executive
      to
      the Executive's assigned duties without distraction as a result of the
      circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change in Control;

    

    NOW
      THEREFORE,
      in
      consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the
      Corporation and the Executive hereby agree as follows:

    

    1.
      Defined
      Terms.
      For
      purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
      indicated below:

    

    (A) "ALLTEL
      Group" shall mean, collectively, the Corporation and each Subsidiary of the
      Corporation from time to time, and a "member" of the ALLTEL Group shall mean
      the
      Corporation or any of such entities.

    

    (B) "Board"
      shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation, as constituted from time
      to time.

    

    (C) "Cause"
      for termination by the Corporation of the Executive's employment shall mean
      (i)
      the willful failure by the Executive substantially to perform the Executive's
      duties with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, other than any failure resulting
      from the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any actual
      or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Termination for Good
      Reason by the Executive in accordance with paragraph (A) of Section 6, that
      continues for at least 30 days after the Board delivers to the Executive a
      written demand for performance that identifies specifically and in detail the
      manner in which the Board believes that the Executive willfully has failed
      substantially to perform the Executive's duties, or (ii) the willful engaging
      by
      the Executive in misconduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious to
      the
      Corporation or any Subsidiary, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) a breach by
      the
      Executive of any of the Executive's covenants set forth in Section 7. For
      purposes of clause (i) and clause (ii) of this definition, no act, or failure
      to
      act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted
      to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief
      that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of the
      Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

    

    (D) A
      "Change
      in Control" shall mean, if subsequent to the date of this
      Agreement:

    

    (i) Any
      "person," as defined in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange
      Act
      of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), other than the Corporation, any of
      its
      subsidiaries, or any employee benefit plan maintained by the Corporation or
      any
      of its subsidiaries, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule l3d-3
      under the Exchange Act) of (A) l5% or more, but no greater than 50%, of the
      outstanding voting capital stock of the Corporation, unless prior thereto,
      the
      Continuing Directors approve the transaction that results in the person becoming
      the beneficial owner of 15% or more, but no greater than 50%, of the outstanding
      voting capital stock of the Corporation or (B) more than 50% of the outstanding
      voting capital stock of the Corporation, regardless whether the transaction
      or
      event by which the foregoing 50% level is exceeded is approved by the Continuing
      Directors;

    

    (ii) At
      any
      time Continuing Directors no longer constitute a majority of the directors
      of
      the Corporation; or

    

    (iii) The
      consummation of (A) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation, statutory
      share exchange, or other similar transaction with another corporation,
      partnership, or other entity or enterprise in which either the Corporation
      is
      not the surviving or continuing corporation or shares of common stock of the
      Corporation are to be converted into or exchanged for cash, securities other
      than common stock of the Corporation, or other property, (B) a sale or
      disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or
      (C)
      the dissolution of the Corporation.

    

    

    (E) "Code"
      shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
      time.

    

    (F) "Continuing
      Directors" means directors who were directors of the Corporation at the
      beginning of the 12-month period ending on the date the determination is made
      or
      whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation's stockholders,
      was approved by at least a majority of the directors who are in office at the
      time of the election or nomination and who either (i) were directors at the
      beginning of the period, or (ii) were elected, or nominated for election, by
      at
      least a majority of the directors who were in office at the time of the election
      or nomination and were directors at the beginning of the period.

    

    (G) "Corporation"
      shall mean ALLTEL Corporation and any successor to its business or assets,
      by
      operation of law or otherwise.

    

    (H) "Date
      of
      Termination" shall have the meaning stated in paragraph (B) of Section 6
      hereof.

    

    (I) "Disability"
      shall be deemed the reason for the termination by the Corporation of the
      Executive's employment, if, as a result of the Executive's incapacity due to
      physical or mental illness, the Executive shall have been absent from the
      full-time performance of the Executive's duties with the Corporation or a
      Subsidiary for a period of six consecutive months, the Corporation shall have
      given the Executive a Notice of Termination for Disability, and, within 20
      business days after the Notice of Termination is given, the Executive shall
      not
      have returned to the full-time performance of the Executive's
      duties.

    

    (J) "Executive"
      shall mean the individual named in the first paragraph of this
      Agreement.

    

    (K) "Good
      Reason" for termination by the Executive of the Executive's employment shall
      mean the occurrence, without the Executive's express written consent, of any
      one
      of the following:

    

    (i) a
      substantial adverse alteration in the nature or status of the Executive's
      responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in
      Control;

    

    (ii) a
      reduction by the Corporation in the Executive's annual base salary to any amount
      less than the Executive's annual base salary as in effect immediately prior
      to
      the Change in Control;

    

    (iii) the
      Corporation's requiring the Executive to be based more than 35 miles from the
      location of the Executive's principal office immediately prior to the Change
      in
      Control, except for required business travel to an extent substantially
      consistent with the Executive's business travel obligations immediately prior
      to
      the Change in Control;

    

    (iv) if
      the
      Executive was based at the principal executive offices of the Corporation or
      of
      a Subsidiary, as the case may be, immediately prior to the Change in Control,
      the Corporation's requiring the Executive to be based anywhere other than the
      principal executive offices of the Corporation or Subsidiary, as the case may
      be, except for required business travel to an extent substantially consistent
      with the Executive's business travel obligations immediately prior to the Change
      in Control;

    

    (v) the
      failure by the Corporation to pay to the Executive any portion of the
      Executive's current compensation, or to pay to the Executive any deferred
      compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Corporation, within
      five days after the date the compensation is due or to pay or reimburse the
      Executive for any expenses incurred by the Executive for required business
      travel;

    

    (vi) the
      failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any compensation plan in which
      the Executive participates immediately prior to the Change in Control that
      is
      material to the Executive's total compensation, including but not limited to,
      stock option, restricted stock, stock appreciation right, incentive
      compensation, bonus, and other plans, unless an equitable alternative
      arrangement embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan has been
      made,
      or the failure by the Corporation to continue the Executive's participation
      therein (or in a substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially
      less
      favorable, both in terms of the amount of compensation provided and the level
      of
      the Executive's participation relative to other participants, than existed
      immediately prior to the Change in Control;

    

    (vii) the
      failure by the Corporation to continue to provide the Executive with benefits
      substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the
      Corporation's pension, profit-sharing, life insurance, medical, health and
      accident, disability, or other employee benefit plans in which the Executive
      was
      participating immediately prior to the Change in Control; the failure by the
      Corporation to continue to provide the Executive any material fringe benefit
      or
      perquisite enjoyed by the Executive immediately prior to the Change in Control;
      or the failure by the Corporation to provide the Executive with the number
      of
      paid vacation days to which the Executive is entitled in accordance with the
      Corporation's normal vacation policy in effect immediately prior to the Change
      in Control; or

    

    (viii) any
      purported termination by the Corporation of the Executive's employment that
      is
      not effected in accordance with a Notice of Termination satisfying the
      requirements of paragraph (A) of Section 6 hereof.

    

    

    (L) "Notice
      of Termination" shall have the meaning stated in paragraph (A) of Section 6
      hereof.

    

    (M) "Payment
      Trigger" shall mean the occurrence of a Change in Control during the term of
      this Agreement coincident with or followed at any time before the end of the
      12th month immediately following the month in which the Change in Control
      occurred, by the termination of the Executive's employment with the Corporation
      or a Subsidiary for any reason other than (A) by the Executive without Good
      Reason, (B) by the Corporation as a result of the Disability of the Executive
      or
      with Cause, or (C) as a result of the death of the Executive.

    

    (N)
      "Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, as modified and used in
      Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof; except that, a Person shall not include (i)
      the Corporation or any Subsidiary, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding
      securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary,
      or (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering
      of such securities.

    

    (O) "Subsidiary"
      shall mean any corporation or other entity or enterprise, whether incorporated
      or unincorporated, of which at least a majority of the securities or other
      interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of
      the
      board of directors or others serving similar functions with respect to such
      corporation or other entity or enterprise is owned by the Corporation or other
      entity or enterprise of which the Corporation directly or indirectly owns
      securities or other interests having all the voting power.

    

    2.
      Term
      of Agreement.
      This
      Agreement shall become effective on the date hereof and, subject to the second
      sentence of this Section 2, shall continue in effect until the earliest of
      (i) a
      Date of Termination in accordance with Section 6 or the death of the Executive
      shall have occurred prior to a Change in Control, (ii) the reassignment of
      the
      Executive prior to a Change in Control to any position with the Corporation
      whose job grade or classification is less than 90 (or its equivalent in the
      event the Corporation’s job classification system is changed after the date of
      this Agreement), (iii) if a Payment Trigger shall have occurred during the
      term
      of this Agreement, the performance by the Corporation of all its obligations,
      and the satisfaction by the Corporation of all its obligations and liabilities,
      under this Agreement, (iv) any date the Corporation may, in its sole and
      absolute discretion, designate which is on or after the third year anniversary
      of the date on which notice in writing is given by ALLTEL to the Executive
      in
      accordance with Section 11 that this Agreement will so terminate (hereinafter,
      the "Nonrenewal Date"), if, as of the Nonrenewal Date, a Change in Control
      shall
      not have occurred and be continuing, or (v) in the event, as of the Nonrenewal
      Date, a Change in Control shall have occurred and be continuing, either the
      expiration of such period thereafter within which a Payment Trigger does not
      or
      can not occur or the ensuing occurrence of a Payment Trigger and the performance
      by the Corporation of all of its obligations and liabilities under this
      Agreement. Any Change in Control during the term of this Agreement that for
      any
      reason ceases to constitute a Change in Control or is not followed by a Payment
      Trigger shall not effect a termination or lapse of this Agreement.

    

    3.
      General
      Provisions.

    

    (A) The
      Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the Executive as follows: The
      execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Corporation
      of the actions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
      corporate action on the part of the Corporation. This Agreement is a legal,
      valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable in
      accordance with its terms. Neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement
      nor the consummation by the Corporation of the actions contemplated hereby
      (i)
      will violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or
      other charter documents) of the Corporation, (ii) will violate or be in conflict
      with any applicable law or any judgment, decree, injunction or order of any
      court or governmental agency or authority, or (iii) will violate or conflict
      with or constitute a default (or an event of which, with notice or lapse of
      time
      or both, would constitute a default) under or will result in the termination
      of,
      accelerate the performance required by, or result in the creation of any lien,
      security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets or properties
      of
      the Corporation under, any term or provision of the certificate of incorporation
      or bylaws (or other charter documents) of the Corporation or of any contract,
      commitment, understanding, arrangement, agreement or restriction of any kind
      or
      character to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation or
      any
      of its properties or assets may be bound or affected. The Corporation shall
      not
      at any time assert that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or
      unenforceable in any respect or to any extent, irrespective of the outcome
      of
      any action, suit, or proceeding.

    

    (B) No
      amount
      or benefit shall be payable under Section 4 or Section 5 unless there shall
      have
      occurred a Payment Trigger during the term of this Agreement. In no event shall
      payments in accordance with this Agreement be made in respect of more than
      one
      Payment Trigger. Any transfer of the Executive's employment from the Corporation
      to a Subsidiary, from a Subsidiary to the Corporation, or from one Subsidiary
      to
      another Subsidiary shall not constitute a termination of the Executive's
      employment for purposes of this Agreement and shall not limit, reduce or
      terminate any of the Executive’s rights or benefits under this
      Agreement.

    

    (C) This
      Agreement shall not be construed as creating an express or implied contract
      of
      employment, and, except to the extent (if any) otherwise agreed in writing
      between the Executive and the Corporation, the Executive shall not have any
      right to be retained in the employ of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary and
      the
      Corporation and any Subsidiary may in its sole and absolute discretion at any
      time terminate the Executive's employment for any reason (but the Corporation
      shall be obligated, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to make the
      payments described in Section 4 and Section 5 if a Payment Trigger occurred
      during the term of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a Payment
      Trigger that occurs as a result of any such termination of the Executive’s
      employment). Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence or any other
      provision of this Agreement, no purported termination of the Executive's
      employment that is not effected in accordance with a Notice of Termination
      satisfying paragraph (A) of Section 6 shall be effective for purposes of this
      Agreement. The Executive's right, following the occurrence of a Change in
      Control, to terminate the Executive's employment under this Agreement for Good
      Reason shall not be affected by the Executive's Disability or incapacity. The
      Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
      of
      rights with respect to, any act or failure to act constituting Good Reason
      under
      this Agreement.

    

    4.
      Payments
      Due Upon a Payment Trigger.

    

    (A) The
      Corporation shall pay to the Executive the payments described in this Section
      4
      upon the occurrence of a Payment Trigger during the term of this
      Agreement.

    

    (B) Upon
      the
      occurrence of a Payment Trigger during the term of this Agreement, the
      Corporation shall pay to the Executive a lump sum payment, in cash, equal to
      the
      product of:

    

    (i) two
      multiplied by

    

    (ii) the
      sum
      of --

    (a) the
      higher of the Executive's annual base salary in effect immediately prior to
      the
      occurrence of the Change in Control or the Executive's annual base salary in
      effect immediately prior to the Payment Trigger, plus

    

    (b) the
      higher of the aggregate maximum amounts payable to the Executive pursuant to
      all
      incentive compensation plans for the fiscal year or other measuring period
      commencing coincident with or most recently prior to the date on which the
      Change in Control occurs or the aggregate maximum amounts payable to the
      Executive pursuant to all incentive compensation plans for the fiscal year
      or
      other measuring period commencing coincident with or most recently prior to
      the
      date on which the Payment Trigger occurs, in each case, assuming that the
      Executive were continuously employed by the Corporation or a Subsidiary on
      the
      terms and conditions, including, without limitation, the terms of the incentive
      plans, in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control or Payment Trigger,
      whichever applies, until the last day of that fiscal year or other measuring
      period.

    

    

    The
      amount determined under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (B) shall
      be
      reduced by any cash severance benefit otherwise paid to the Executive under
      any
      applicable severance plan or other severance arrangement. For purposes of this
      paragraph (B), amounts payable to the Executive pursuant to an incentive
      compensation plan for the fiscal year or other measuring period commencing
      coincident with or most recently prior to the date on which the Change of
      Control or Payment Trigger, as applicable, occurs (the "applicable year/period")
      shall not include amounts attributable to a fiscal year or other measuring
      period that commenced prior to the applicable year/period and that become
      payable during the applicable year/period. For purposes of this paragraph (B),
      incentive compensation plans shall include, without limitation, the ALLTEL
      Corporation Performance Incentive Compensation Plan as in effect from time
      to
      time, the ALLTEL Corporation Long-Term Performance Incentive Compensation Plan
      as in effect from time to time, and any incentive bonus plan or arrangement
      that
      provides for payment of cash compensation, and shall exclude, without
      limitation, the ALLTEL Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan as
      in
      effect from time to time, any plan qualified or intended to be qualified under
      Section 401(a) of the Code and any plan supplementary thereto, executive fringe
      benefits, and any plan or arrangement under which stock, stock options, stock
      appreciation rights, restricted stock or similar options, stock, or rights
      are
      issued.

    

    (C) Notwithstanding
      any provision of any incentive compensation plan, including, without limitation,
      any provision of any incentive plan requiring continued employment after the
      completed fiscal year or other measuring period, the Corporation shall pay
      to
      the Executive a lump sum amount, in cash, equal to the amount of any incentive
      compensation that has been allocated or awarded to the Executive for a completed
      fiscal year or other measuring period preceding the occurrence of a Payment
      Trigger under any incentive compensation plan but has not yet been paid to
      the
      Executive.

    

    (D) The
      payments provided for in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this Section 4 shall be
      made
      not later than the fifth day following the occurrence of a Payment Trigger,
      unless the amounts of such payments cannot be finally determined on or before
      that day, in which case, the Corporation shall pay to the Executive on that
      day
      an estimate, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Corporation, of
      the
      minimum amount of the payments to which the Executive is clearly entitled and
      shall pay the remainder of the payments (together with interest at the rate
      provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount thereof
      can
      be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth day after the occurrence
      of a Payment Trigger. In the event the amount of the estimated payments exceeds
      the amount subsequently determined to have been due, the excess shall constitute
      a loan by the Corporation to the Executive, payable on the fifth business day
      after demand by the Corporation (together with interest at the rate provided
      in
      Section l274(b)(2)(B) of the Code). At the time that payments are made under
      this Section 4, the Corporation shall provide the Executive with a written
      statement setting forth the manner in which the payments were calculated and
      the
      basis for the calculations including, without limitation, any opinions or other
      advice the Corporation has received from outside counsel, auditors or
      consultants (and any opinions or advice that are in writing shall be attached
      to
      the statement).

    

    

    

    5.
      Gross-Up
      Payments.

    

    (A) This
      Section 5 shall apply if a Payment Trigger shall have occurred during the term
      of this Agreement.

    

    (B) In
      the
      event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Corporation
      or other amount with respect to the Corporation to or for the benefit of the
      Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant
      to
      the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to
      any
      additional payments required under this Section 5 (a "Payment"), is (or will
      be)
      subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest
      or
      penalties are (or will be) incurred by the Executive with respect to the excise
      tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code with respect to the Corporation (the
      excise tax, together with any interest and penalties, are hereinafter
      collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), the Executive shall be entitled
      to receive an additional cash payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") from the
      Corporation in an amount equal to the sum of the Excise Tax and an amount
      sufficient to pay the cumulative Excise Tax and all cumulative income taxes
      (including any interest and penalties imposed with respect to such taxes)
      relating to the Gross-Up Payment so that the net amount retained by the
      Executive is equal to all payments received pursuant to the terms of this
      Agreement or otherwise less income taxes (but not reduced by the Excise
      Tax).

    

    (C) Subject
      to the provisions of paragraph (D) of this Section 5, all determinations
      required to be made under this Section 5, including whether and when a Gross-Up
      Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions
      to be utilized in arriving at the determination, shall be made by a nationally
      recognized certified public accounting firm designated by the Executive (the
      "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both
      to
      the Corporation and the Executive within 30 days after the receipt of notice
      from the Executive that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is
      requested by the Corporation. In the event that at any time relevant to this
      Agreement the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the
      individual, entity or group or Person effecting the Change in Control, the
      Executive shall appoint another nationally recognized certified public
      accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting
      firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees
      and
      expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Corporation. Any
      Gross-Up Payment, as determined in accordance with this Section 5, shall be
      paid
      by the Corporation to the Executive within five days after the receipt of the
      Accounting Firm's determination. If the Accounting Firm determines that no
      Excise Tax is payable by the Executive, it shall so indicate to the Executive
      in
      writing. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the
      Corporation and the Executive. As a result of uncertainty in the application
      of
      Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the
      Accounting Firm, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments that the Corporation
      should have made will not have been made (an "Underpayment"), consistent with
      the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event the Corporation
      exhausts its remedies in accordance with paragraph (D) of this Section 5 and
      the
      Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the
      Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of 

    Underpayment
      that has occurred and the Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Corporation
      to or for the benefit of the Executive.

    

    (D) The
      Executive shall notify the Corporation in writing of any claim by the Internal
      Revenue Service that, if successful, would require a Gross-Up Payment (that
      has
      not already been paid by the Corporation). The notification shall be given
      as
      soon as practicable but no later than ten business days after the Executive
      is
      informed in writing of the claim and shall apprize the Corporation of the nature
      of the claim and the date on which the claim is requested to be paid. The
      Executive shall not pay the claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period
      following the date on which the Executive gives notice to the Corporation or
      any
      shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to
      the
      claim is due. If the Corporation notifies the Executive in writing prior to
      the
      expiration of the 30-day period that it desires to contest the claim, the
      Executive shall:

    

    (i) give
      the
      Corporation any information reasonably requested by the Corporation relating
      to
      the claim;

    

    (ii) take
      any
      action in connection with contesting the claim as the Corporation shall
      reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation,
      accepting legal representation with respect to the claim by an attorney
      reasonably selected by the Corporation;

    

    (iii) cooperate
      with the Corporation in good faith in order effectively to contest the claim;
      and

    

    (iv) permit
      the Corporation to participate in any proceedings relating to the
      claim.

    

    

    The
      Corporation shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including
      additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with the contest
      and
      shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for
      any
      Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto)
      imposed as a result of the representation and payment of costs and expenses.
      Without limitation of the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, the
      Corporation shall control all proceedings taken in connection with the contest
      and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative
      appeals, proceedings, hearings, and conferences with the taxing authority in
      respect of the claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive
      to
      pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible
      manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute the contest to a determination
      before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and
      in
      one or more appellate courts, as the Corporation shall determine. If the
      Corporation directs the Executive to pay the claim and sue for a refund, the
      Corporation shall advance the amount of the payment to the Executive, on an
      interest-free basis, and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on
      an
      after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or
      penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to the advance or with
      respect to any imputed income with respect to the advance; and any extension
      of
      the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year
      of
      the Executive with respect to which the contested amount is claimed to be due
      shall be limited solely to the contested amount. The Corporation's control
      of
      the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment
      would be payable hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or
      contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue
      Service or any other taxing authority.

    

    (E) If,
      after
      the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Corporation pursuant
      to paragraph (D) of this Section 5, the Executive becomes entitled to receive
      any refund with respect to the claim, the Executive shall, subject to the
      Corporation's compliance with the requirements of paragraph (D) of this Section
      5, promptly pay to the Corporation the amount of the refund (together with
      any
      interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after
      the
      receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Corporation pursuant
      to
      paragraph (D) of this Section 5, a determination is made that the Executive
      shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to the claim and the
      Corporation does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest
      the denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after the determination,
      then the advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and
      the amount of the advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of
      Gross-Up Payment required to be paid.

    

    (F) Notwithstanding
      any other provision of this Section 5, to the extent that the Executive is
      entitled to a tax "gross-up" payment with respect to a Payment from the
      Corporation, any Subsidiary, or any affiliate of the Corporation under any
      other
      agreement, the foregoing provisions of this Section 5 shall not apply to that
      Payment.

    

    6.
      Termination
      Procedures.

    

    (A) During
      the term of this Agreement, any purported termination of the Executive's
      employment (other than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written
      Notice of Termination from one party hereto to the other party hereto in
      accordance with Section 11 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice
      of
      Termination" shall mean a written notice that sets forth the effective date
      of
      termination (subject to the provisions of Section 11(B) below) and, if for
      Cause, Disability, or Good Reason, the facts and circumstances providing the
      basis for termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause or for Disability
      or Good Reason, as the case may be.

    

    (B) "Date
      of
      Termination" with respect to any purported termination of the Executive's
      employment during the term of this Agreement (other than by reason of death)
      shall mean (i) if the Executive's employment is terminated for Disability,
      20
      business days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that the Executive
      shall not have returned to the full-time performance of the Executive's duties
      during that 20 business day period) and (ii) if the Executive's employment
      is
      terminated for any other reason, the date specified in the Notice of
      Termination, which, in the case of a termination by the Corporation, shall
      not
      be less than ten business days except in the case of a termination for Cause,
      and, in the case of a termination by the Executive, shall not be less than
      ten
      business days nor more than 20 business days, respectively, after the date
      such
      Notice of Termination is given.

    

    7.
      Protective
      Covenants By The Executive.

    

    (A) Within
      five days after the date of termination of the Executive's employment with
      the
      ALLTEL Group, the Executive shall deliver to the Corporation all of the ALLTEL
      Group's property in the Executive's possession, custody or control, including,
      without limitation, all keys and credit cards, all computers and fax machines,
      and all files, documents, data and information in any medium relating in any
      way
      to the ALLTEL Group or its employees, suppliers, customers or
      business.

    

    (B) The
      Executive acknowledges that in the course of the Executive's employment with
      the
      ALLTEL Group he has had and will have access to confidential information and
      trade secrets proprietary to ALLTEL Group, including but not limited to,
      information relating to the ALLTEL Group's products, suppliers, and customers,
      the sources, nature, processes, costs and prices of the ALLTEL Group's products,
      the names, addresses, contact persons, purchasing and sales histories, and
      preference of the ALLTEL Group's suppliers and customers, the ALLTEL Group's
      business plans and strategies, and the names and addresses of, amounts of
      compensation paid to, and the trading and sales performance of the ALLTEL
      Group's employees and agents (hereinafter referred to as the "Confidential
      Information"). The Executive further acknowledges that the Confidential
      Information is proprietary to the ALLTEL Group, that the unauthorized disclosure
      of any of the Confidential Information to any person or entity could result
      in
      immediate and irreparable competitive injury to the ALLTEL Group, that could
      not
      adequately be remedied by an award of monetary damages. Accordingly, the
      Executive shall not disclose at any time any Confidential Information to any
      person or  entity
      who is not properly authorized by the Corporation to receive the information,
       without
      the prior written permission of the Corporation's Chief Executive
      Officer.

    

    (C) The
      Executive shall not during the Executive's employment with the ALLTEL Group
      and
      thereafter until the expiration of 12 calendar months immediately following
      the
      calendar month in which occurs the Executive's termination of employment with
      the ALLTEL Group knowingly employ, or knowingly assist any person or entity
      other than the ALLTEL Group in employing, any employee of any member of the
      ALLTEL Group. The Executive shall not during the term of the Executive's
      employment with the ALLTEL Group and thereafter until the expiration of 12
      calendar months immediately following the calendar month in which occurs the
      Executive's termination of employment with the ALLTEL Group knowingly solicit,
      or knowingly assist any person or entity to solicit, any employee of any member
      of the ALLTEL Group to leave the ALLTEL Group's employment or to become employed
      by any entity that is not a member of the ALLTEL Group.

    

    (D) 
      The
      Executive shall not at any time knowingly disseminate any information or
      knowingly make any statements, whether written, oral or otherwise, that are
      negative, disparaging or critical of the Corporation, any other member of the
      ALLTEL Group, or any of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or their
      respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, trustees,
      administrators, or employee benefit plans, or the representatives, employees,
      agents, predecessors, successors, heirs, or assigns of any of the foregoing
      (hereinafter, the "ALLTEL Parties"), or their business or operations, or that
      place any of the ALLTEL Parties in a bad light, other than any such statement
      or
      information that is made or disseminated by the Executive in a good faith belief
      as to their truth or accuracy and is either required by law or is reasonably
      necessary to the enforcement by the Executive of any right the Executive has
      related to the Executive's employment with the ALLTEL Group.

    

    (E) 
      Within
      five days after the termination of the Executive's employment with the ALLTEL
      Group, the Executive shall execute and deliver to the Chief Executive Officer
      of
      the Corporation such resignations as a director and officer of the Corporation
      and any other members of the ALLTEL Group, in such form, as may be reasonably
      requested by the Corporation's Chief Executive Officer.

    

    (F) The
      Executive shall not at any time assert that any provision of this Agreement
      is
      invalid or unenforceable in any respect or to any extent, irrespective of the
      outcome of any action, suit or proceeding.

    

    (G) If
      a
      Payment Trigger occurs during the term of this Agreement and if the Corporation
      is not in breach of any of the Corporation's covenants set forth in this
      Agreement, the Executive shall, until the expiration of 12 calendar months
      immediately following the calendar month in which the Payment Trigger occurred,
      provide such information and assistance as the Corporation may reasonably
      request as necessary or appropriate to assist any ALLTEL Group member in the
      arbitration or litigation or potential arbitration or litigation of any claim,
      action, suit or proceeding by any person or entity other than the Executive
      against any ALLTEL Group member arising from events occurring during the
      Executive's employment with the ALLTEL Group, if the Corporation pays all
      out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Executive in complying with this
      paragraph (G). The Executive shall not, however, be required to provide
      assistance that would interfere with any activity for remuneration or profit
      in
      which the Executive is then actively engaged.

    

    8.
      No
      Mitigation.
      The
      Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or to attempt in any
      way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Corporation pursuant
      to this Agreement. Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided for
      in
      this Agreement shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive
      as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by
      offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Corporation
      or a Subsidiary, or otherwise.

    

    9.
      Disputes;
      Remedies.

    

    (A) If
      a
      dispute or controversy arises out of or in connection with this Agreement,
      the
      parties shall first attempt in good faith to settle the dispute or controversy
      by mediation under the Commercial Mediation Rules of the American Arbitration
      Association before resorting to arbitration or litigation. Thereafter, any
      remaining unresolved dispute or controversy arising out of or in connection
      with
      this Agreement shall, upon a written notice from the Executive to the
      Corporation either before suit thereupon is filed or within 20 business days
      thereafter, be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the
      Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association in a city
      located within the continental United States designated by the Executive.
      Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's award in any court having
      jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (A):
      

    

    (i) The
      Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the Corporation's
      obligations hereunder during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising
      under or in connection with this Agreement; and

    

    (ii) The
      Corporation shall be entitled to seek the injunctive relief described in
      paragraph (E) of this Section 9 during the pendency of any dispute or
      controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

    

    

    (B) Any
      legal
      action concerning this Agreement, other than a mediation or an arbitration
      described in paragraph (A) of this Section 9, whether instituted by the
      Corporation or the Executive, shall be brought and resolved only in a state
      court of competent jurisdiction located in the territory that encompasses the
      city, county, or parish in which the Executive's principal residence is located
      at the time such action is commenced. The Corporation hereby irrevocably
      consents and submits to and shall take any action necessary to subject itself
      to
      the personal jurisdiction of that court and hereby irrevocably agrees that
      all
      claims in respect of the action shall be instituted, heard, and determined
      in
      that court. The Corporation agrees that such court is a convenient forum, and
      hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so,
      the
      defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of the action. Any final
      judgment in the action may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the
      judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

    

    (C) The
      Corporation shall pay all costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees and
      disbursements, of the Corporation and, at least monthly, all reasonable costs
      and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements, of the
      Executive in connection with any legal proceeding (including arbitration),
      whether or not instituted by the Corporation or the Executive, relating to
      the
      interpretation or enforcement of any provision of this Agreement. The
      Corporation shall pay prejudgment interest on any money judgment obtained by
      the
      Executive as a result of any such proceeding, calculated at the rate provided
      in
      Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
      of
      this paragraph (C): 

    

    (i) If
      the
      Executive instituted the legal proceeding and the judge, arbitrator, or other
      individual presiding over the proceeding affirmatively finds that the Executive
      instituted the proceeding in bad faith, no reimbursement pursuant to this
      paragraph (C) shall be due to the Executive, the Executive shall repay the
      Corporation for any amounts previously paid by it pursuant to this paragraph
      (C), and the Executive shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including
      reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements, of the Corporation in connection
      with the proceeding; 

    

    (ii) With
      respect to any dispute in which the Executive challenges the validity or
      enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any respect or to any
      extent, no reimbursement or no further reimbursement pursuant to this paragraph
      (C) shall be due to the Executive, and the Executive shall repay the Corporation
      for any amounts previously paid by it pursuant to this paragraph (C); and

    

    (iii) With
      respect to any dispute or controversy regarding the provisions of Section 7,
      other than a dispute to which the immediately preceding clause (ii) applies,
      if
      the Executive does not prevail (after exhaustion of all available remedies),
      no
      further reimbursement pursuant to this paragraph (C) shall be due to the
      Executive, and the Executive shall repay the Corporation for any amounts
      previously paid by it pursuant to this paragraph (C) in respect of such dispute.
      

    

    

    (D) The
      Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Executive's sole and exclusive remedy
      with respect to any and all claims arising under this Agreement or for breach
      hereof by the Corporation shall be the right to receive such amounts as are
      provided for under Section 4, Section 5, and paragraph (C) of this Section
      9, to
      which the Executive is otherwise entitled pursuant to the terms and conditions
      of this Agreement. 

    

    (E) The
      Executive acknowledges and agrees that each and every covenant contained in
      Section 7 (hereinafter, the "Protective Covenants ") is reasonable and is
      necessary to protect the trade secrets, confidential information, and other
      business interests of the ALLTEL Group and that the Executive's compliance
      with
      each of the Protective Covenants is necessary to protect the ALLTEL Group from
      unfair injury. The Executive acknowledges that the Protective Covenants are
      a
      principal inducement for the willingness of the Corporation to enter into this
      Agreement and make the payments and provide the benefits to the Executive under
      this Agreement and that the Corporation and the Executive intend the Protective
      Covenants to be binding upon and enforceable against the Executive in accordance
      with their terms, notwithstanding any common or statutory law to the contrary.
      Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligations of the
      Corporation under this Agreement are conditioned upon compliance by the
      Executive with each of the Protective Covenants, and failure by the Executive
      to
      comply, in all material respects, with the Protective Covenants shall entitle
      the Corporation to all rights and remedies available at law or in equity. The
      Executive acknowledges that a breach, in any material respect, of the Protective
      Covenants could result in irreparable and continuing harm and damage to the
      ALLTEL Group for which there may be no adequate remedy at law. In the event
      of a
      breach, in any material respects, of any of the Protective Covenants, each
      and
      every member of the ALLTEL 

    Group
      shall be entitled to injunctive relief in addition to any other remedy or relief
      to which any of them may be entitled. 

     

    10.
      Successors;
      Binding Agreement

    

    (A) In
      addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to the
      Corporation, the Corporation shall require any successor (whether direct or
      indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or
      substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation expressly to
      assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
      extent that the Corporation would be required to perform it if no such
      succession had taken place. Failure of the Corporation to obtain the assumption
      and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any succession shall be a breach
      of
      this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to compensation from the
      Corporation in the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would
      be
      entitled to hereunder if the Executive were to terminate the Executive's
      employment for Good Reason immediately after a Change in Control and during
      the
      term of this Agreement, except that, for purposes of implementing the foregoing,
      the date on which any succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Payment
      Trigger occasioned by the foregoing deemed termination of employment for Good
      Reason immediately following a Change in Control. The provisions of this Section
      10 shall continue to apply to each subsequent employer of the Executive bound
      by
      this Agreement in the event of any 

    merger,
      consolidation, or transfer of all or substantially all of the business or assets
      of that subsequent employer.

    

    (B) This
      Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's
      personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
      distributees, devisees, and legatees. If the Executive shall die while any
      amount would be payable to the Executive hereunder if the Executive had
      continued to live, the amount, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid
      in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the executors, personal
      representatives, or administrators of the Executive's estate.

    

    11.
      Notices.
      For the
      purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for
      in
      the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
      when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
      requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth
      below, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other
      in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address
      shall
      be effective only upon actual receipt:

    

    To
      the
      Corporation:

    

    ALLTEL
      Corporation

    One
      Allied Drive

    Little
      Rock, Arkansas 72202

    Attention:
      Corporate Secretary

    

    To
      the
      Executive:

    

    2200
      Riverfront Drive, Apt. 5106

    Little
      Rock, AR 72202

    

    12.
      Miscellaneous.
      No
      provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived, or discharged unless such
      waiver, modification, or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the
      Executive and an officer of the Corporation specifically designated by the
      Board. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other
      party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this
      Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of
      similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior
      or
      subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express
      or
      implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either
      party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement. The validity,
      interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be
      governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. All references to sections of
      the
      Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor
      provisions to such 

    sections.
      Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable
      withholding required under federal, state, or local law and any additional
      withholding to which the Executive has agreed.

    

    13.
      Validity.
      The
      invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
      affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement,
      which shall remain in full force and effect.

    

    14.
      Counterparts.
      This
      Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
      to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same
      instrument.

    

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF,
      the
      parties have signed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

     

     

    
      	 	ALLTEL
              CORPORATION 
	 	 
	
              Attest:

            	 
	/s/
              C. J. Duvall,
              Jr.                                 	By: /s/
              Scott T.
              Ford                        
	Name: C.J. Duvall, Jr. 	      
              Name:
              Scott T. Ford
	Title: Executive
              Vice-President - Human Resources	     Title:
              President and Chief Executive Officer
	 	 
	Witness: 	 
	    	 /s/
              Sue
              Mosley                             

	/s/
              Rick Massey                   	
              Sue
                MosleyCHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND JOHN A. EBNER

    Exhibit
      (10)(c)(8)
       

      AGREEMENT

       

      
      

      This
        Agreement, dated July 21, 2005, is made by and between ALLTEL Corporation,
        a
        Delaware corporation (as hereinafter defined, the "Corporation"), and John
        Ebner
        (as hereinafter defined, the "Executive").

      

      WHEREAS,
        the
        Corporation recognizes that the possibility of a Change in Control (as
        hereinafter defined) of the Corporation exists and that such possibility,
        and
        the uncertainty it may cause, may result in the departure or distraction
        of key
        management employees of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary to the detriment
        of
        the Corporation and its stockholders; and

      

      WHEREAS,
        the
        Executive is a key management employee of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary;
        and

      

      WHEREAS,
        the
        Corporation desires to encourage the continued employment of the Executive
        by
        the Corporation or a Subsidiary and the continued dedication of the Executive
        to
        the Executive's assigned duties without distraction as a result of the
        circumstances arising from the possibility of a Change in Control;

      

      NOW
        THEREFORE,
        in
        consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained,
        the
        Corporation and the Executive hereby agree as follows:

      

      1.
        Defined
        Terms.
        For
        purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
        indicated below:

      

      (A) "ALLTEL
        Group" shall mean, collectively, the Corporation and each Subsidiary of the
        Corporation from time to time, and a "member" of the ALLTEL Group shall mean
        the
        Corporation or any of such entities.

      

      (B) "Board"
        shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation, as constituted from
        time
        to time.

      

      (C) "Cause"
        for termination by the Corporation of the Executive's employment shall mean
        (i)
        the willful failure by the Executive substantially to perform the Executive's
        duties with the Corporation or a Subsidiary, other than any failure resulting
        from the Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any
        actual
        or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Termination for
        Good
        Reason by the Executive in accordance with paragraph (A) of Section 6, that
        continues for at least 30 days after the Board delivers to the Executive
        a
        written demand for performance that identifies specifically and in detail
        the
        manner in which the Board believes that the Executive willfully has failed
        substantially to perform the Executive's duties, or (ii) the willful engaging
        by
        the Executive in misconduct that is demonstrably and materially injurious
        to the
        Corporation or any Subsidiary, monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) a breach
        by the
        Executive of any of the Executive's covenants set forth in Section 7. For
        purposes of clause (i) and clause (ii) of this definition, no act, or failure
        to
        act, on the Executive's part shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted
        to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief
        that the Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interest of
        the
        Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

      

      (D) A
        "Change
        in Control" shall mean, if subsequent to the date of this
        Agreement:

      

      (i) Any
        "person," as defined in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange
        Act
        of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), other than the Corporation, any
        of its
        subsidiaries, or any employee benefit plan maintained by the Corporation
        or any
        of its subsidiaries, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule l3d-3
        under the Exchange Act) of (A) l5% or more, but no greater than 50%, of the
        outstanding voting capital stock of the Corporation, unless prior thereto,
        the
        Continuing Directors approve the transaction that results in the person becoming
        the beneficial owner of 15% or more, but no greater than 50%, of the outstanding
        voting capital stock of the Corporation or (B) more than 50% of the outstanding
        voting capital stock of the Corporation, regardless whether the transaction
        or
        event by which the foregoing 50% level is exceeded is approved by the Continuing
        Directors;

      

      (ii) At
        any
        time Continuing Directors no longer constitute a majority of the directors
        of
        the Corporation; or

      

      (iii) The
        consummation of (A) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation, statutory
        share exchange, or other similar transaction with another corporation,
        partnership, or other entity or enterprise in which either the Corporation
        is
        not the surviving or continuing corporation or shares of common stock of
        the
        Corporation are to be converted into or exchanged for cash, securities other
        than common stock of the Corporation, or other property, (B) a sale or
        disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation,
        or (C)
        the dissolution of the Corporation.

      

      

      (E) "Code"
        shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
        time.

      

      (F) "Continuing
        Directors" means directors who were directors of the Corporation at the
        beginning of the 12-month period ending on the date the determination is
        made or
        whose election, or nomination for election by the Corporation's stockholders,
        was approved by at least a majority of the directors who are in office at
        the
        time of the election or nomination and who either (i) were directors at the
        beginning of the period, or (ii) were elected, or nominated for election,
        by at
        least a majority of the directors who were in office at the time of the election
        or nomination and were directors at the beginning of the period.

      

      (G) "Corporation"
        shall mean ALLTEL Corporation and any successor to its business or assets,
        by
        operation of law or otherwise.

      

      (H) "Date
        of
        Termination" shall have the meaning stated in paragraph (B) of Section 6
        hereof.

      

      (I) "Disability"
        shall be deemed the reason for the termination by the Corporation of the
        Executive's employment, if, as a result of the Executive's incapacity due
        to
        physical or mental illness, the Executive shall have been absent from the
        full-time performance of the Executive's duties with the Corporation or a
        Subsidiary for a period of six consecutive months, the Corporation shall
        have
        given the Executive a Notice of Termination for Disability, and, within 20
        business days after the Notice of Termination is given, the Executive shall
        not
        have returned to the full-time performance of the Executive's
        duties.

      

      (J) "Executive"
        shall mean the individual named in the first paragraph of this
        Agreement.

      

      (K) "Good
        Reason" for termination by the Executive of the Executive's employment shall
        mean the occurrence, without the Executive's express written consent, of
        any one
        of the following:

      

      (i) a
        substantial adverse alteration in the nature or status of the Executive's
        responsibilities from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in
        Control;

      

      (ii) a
        reduction by the Corporation in the Executive's annual base salary to any
        amount
        less than the Executive's annual base salary as in effect immediately prior
        to
        the Change in Control;

      

      (iii) the
        Corporation's requiring the Executive to be based more than 35 miles from
        the
        location of the Executive's principal office immediately prior to the Change
        in
        Control, except for required business travel to an extent substantially
        consistent with the Executive's business travel obligations immediately prior
        to
        the Change in Control;

      

      (iv) if
        the
        Executive was based at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
        or of
        a Subsidiary, as the case may be, immediately prior to the Change in Control,
        the Corporation's requiring the Executive to be based anywhere other than
        the
        principal executive offices of the Corporation or Subsidiary, as the case
        may
        be, except for required business travel to an extent substantially consistent
        with the Executive's business travel obligations immediately prior to the
        Change
        in Control;

      

      (v) the
        failure by the Corporation to pay to the Executive any portion of the
        Executive's current compensation, or to pay to the Executive any deferred
        compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Corporation,
        within
        five days after the date the compensation is due or to pay or reimburse the
        Executive for any expenses incurred by the Executive for required business
        travel;

      

      (vi) the
        failure by the Corporation to continue in effect any compensation plan in
        which
        the Executive participates immediately prior to the Change in Control that
        is
        material to the Executive's total compensation, including but not limited
        to,
        stock option, restricted stock, stock appreciation right, incentive
        compensation, bonus, and other plans, unless an equitable alternative
        arrangement embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan has been
        made,
        or the failure by the Corporation to continue the Executive's participation
        therein (or in a substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially
        less
        favorable, both in terms of the amount of compensation provided and the level
        of
        the Executive's participation relative to other participants, than existed
        immediately prior to the Change in Control;

      

      (vii) the
        failure by the Corporation to continue to provide the Executive with benefits
        substantially similar to those enjoyed by the Executive under any of the
        Corporation's pension, profit-sharing, life insurance, medical, health and
        accident, disability, or other employee benefit plans in which the Executive
        was
        participating immediately prior to the Change in Control; the failure by
        the
        Corporation to continue to provide the Executive any material fringe benefit
        or
        perquisite enjoyed by the Executive immediately prior to the Change in Control;
        or the failure by the Corporation to provide the Executive with the number
        of
        paid vacation days to which the Executive is entitled in accordance with
        the
        Corporation's normal vacation policy in effect immediately prior to the Change
        in Control; or

      

      (viii) any
        purported termination by the Corporation of the Executive's employment that
        is
        not effected in accordance with a Notice of Termination satisfying the
        requirements of paragraph (A) of Section 6 hereof.

      

      

      (L) "Notice
        of Termination" shall have the meaning stated in paragraph (A) of Section
        6
        hereof.

      

      (M) "Payment
        Trigger" shall mean the occurrence of a Change in Control during the term
        of
        this Agreement coincident with or followed at any time before the end of
        the
        12th month immediately following the month in which the Change in Control
        occurred, by the termination of the Executive's employment with the Corporation
        or a Subsidiary for any reason other than (A) by the Executive without Good
        Reason, (B) by the Corporation as a result of the Disability of the Executive
        or
        with Cause, or (C) as a result of the death of the Executive.

      

      (N)
        "Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, as modified and used
        in
        Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof; except that, a Person shall not include
        (i)
        the Corporation or any Subsidiary, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding
        securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary,
        or (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering
        of such securities.

      

      (O) "Subsidiary"
        shall mean any corporation or other entity or enterprise, whether incorporated
        or unincorporated, of which at least a majority of the securities or other
        interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority
        of the
        board of directors or others serving similar functions with respect to such
        corporation or other entity or enterprise is owned by the Corporation or
        other
        entity or enterprise of which the Corporation directly or indirectly owns
        securities or other interests having all the voting power.

      

      2.
        Term
        of Agreement.
        This
        Agreement shall become effective on the date hereof and, subject to the second
        sentence of this Section 2, shall continue in effect until the earliest of
        (i) a
        Date of Termination in accordance with Section 6 or the death of the Executive
        shall have occurred prior to a Change in Control, (ii) the reassignment of
        the
        Executive prior to a Change in Control to any position with the Corporation
        whose job grade or classification is less than 90 (or its equivalent in the
        event the Corporation’s job classification system is changed after the date of
        this Agreement), (iii) if a Payment Trigger shall have occurred during the
        term
        of this Agreement, the performance by the Corporation of all its obligations,
        and the satisfaction by the Corporation of all its obligations and liabilities,
        under this Agreement, (iv) any date the Corporation may, in its sole and
        absolute discretion, designate which is on or after the third year anniversary
        of the date on which notice in writing is given by ALLTEL to the Executive
        in
        accordance with Section 11 that this Agreement will so terminate (hereinafter,
        the "Nonrenewal Date"), if, as of the Nonrenewal Date, a Change in Control
        shall
        not have occurred and be continuing, or (v) in the event, as of the Nonrenewal
        Date, a Change in Control shall have occurred and be continuing, either the
        expiration of such period thereafter within which a Payment Trigger does
        not or
        can not occur or the ensuing occurrence of a Payment Trigger and the performance
        by the Corporation of all of its obligations and liabilities under this
        Agreement. Any Change in Control during the term of this Agreement that for
        any
        reason ceases to constitute a Change in Control or is not followed by a Payment
        Trigger shall not effect a termination or lapse of this Agreement.

      

      3.
        General
        Provisions.

      

      (A) The
        Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the Executive as follows: The
        execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance by the Corporation
        of the actions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
        corporate action on the part of the Corporation. This Agreement is a legal,
        valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable in
        accordance with its terms. Neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement
        nor the consummation by the Corporation of the actions contemplated hereby
        (i)
        will violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws
        (or
        other charter documents) of the Corporation, (ii) will violate or be in conflict
        with any applicable law or any judgment, decree, injunction or order of any
        court or governmental agency or authority, or (iii) will violate or conflict
        with or constitute a default (or an event of which, with notice or lapse
        of time
        or both, would constitute a default) under or will result in the termination
        of,
        accelerate the performance required by, or result in the creation of any
        lien,
        security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets or properties
        of
        the Corporation under, any term or provision of the certificate of incorporation
        or bylaws (or other charter documents) of the Corporation or of any contract,
        commitment, understanding, arrangement, agreement or restriction of any kind
        or
        character to which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation
        or any
        of its properties or assets may be bound or affected. The Corporation shall
        not
        at any time assert that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or
        unenforceable in any respect or to any extent, irrespective of the outcome
        of
        any action, suit, or proceeding.

      

      (B) No
        amount
        or benefit shall be payable under Section 4 or Section 5 unless there shall
        have
        occurred a Payment Trigger during the term of this Agreement. In no event
        shall
        payments in accordance with this Agreement be made in respect of more than
        one
        Payment Trigger. Any transfer of the Executive's employment from the Corporation
        to a Subsidiary, from a Subsidiary to the Corporation, or from one Subsidiary
        to
        another Subsidiary shall not constitute a termination of the Executive's
        employment for purposes of this Agreement and shall not limit, reduce or
        terminate any of the Executive’s rights or benefits under this
        Agreement.

      

      (C) This
        Agreement shall not be construed as creating an express or implied contract
        of
        employment, and, except to the extent (if any) otherwise agreed in writing
        between the Executive and the Corporation, the Executive shall not have any
        right to be retained in the employ of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary
        and the
        Corporation and any Subsidiary may in its sole and absolute discretion at
        any
        time terminate the Executive's employment for any reason (but the Corporation
        shall be obligated, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to make
        the
        payments described in Section 4 and Section 5 if a Payment Trigger occurred
        during the term of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a Payment
        Trigger that occurs as a result of any such termination of the Executive’s
        employment). Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence or any other
        provision of this Agreement, no purported termination of the Executive's
        employment that is not effected in accordance with a Notice of Termination
        satisfying paragraph (A) of Section 6 shall be effective for purposes of
        this
        Agreement. The Executive's right, following the occurrence of a Change in
        Control, to terminate the Executive's employment under this Agreement for
        Good
        Reason shall not be affected by the Executive's Disability or incapacity.
        The
        Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
        of
        rights with respect to, any act or failure to act constituting Good Reason
        under
        this Agreement.

      

      4.
        Payments
        Due Upon a Payment Trigger.

      

      (A) The
        Corporation shall pay to the Executive the payments described in this Section
        4
        upon the occurrence of a Payment Trigger during the term of this
        Agreement.

      

      (B) Upon
        the
        occurrence of a Payment Trigger during the term of this Agreement, the
        Corporation shall pay to the Executive a lump sum payment, in cash, equal
        to the
        product of:

      

      (i) two
        multiplied by

      

      (ii) the
        sum
        of --

      (a) the
        higher of the Executive's annual base salary in effect immediately prior
        to the
        occurrence of the Change in Control or the Executive's annual base 
        

          
        salary in effect immediately prior to the Payment Trigger, plus

      

      (b) the
        higher of the aggregate maximum amounts payable to the Executive pursuant
        to all
        incentive compensation plans for the fiscal year or other 

           
        measuring period commencing coincident with or most recently prior to the
        date
        on which the Change in Control occurs or the aggregate maximum amounts

           
        payable to the Executive pursuant to all incentive compensation plans for
        the
        fiscal year or other measuring period commencing coincident with or most
        

           
        recently prior to the date on which the Payment Trigger occurs, in each case,
        assuming that the Executive were continuously employed by the Corporation
        

           
        or a Subsidiary
        on the terms and conditions, including, without limitation, the terms of
        the
        incentive plans, in effect immediately prior to the Change in 

           
        Control or Payment Trigger, whichever applies, until the last day of that
        fiscal
        year or other measuring period.

      
 

      The
        amount determined under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (B) shall
        be
        reduced by any cash severance benefit otherwise paid to the Executive under
        any
        applicable severance plan or other severance arrangement. For purposes of
        this
        paragraph (B), amounts payable to the Executive pursuant to an incentive
        compensation plan for the fiscal year or other measuring period commencing
        coincident with or most recently prior to the date on which the Change of
        Control or Payment Trigger, as applicable, occurs (the "applicable year/period")
        shall not include amounts attributable to a fiscal year or other measuring
        period that commenced prior to the applicable year/period and that become
        payable during the applicable year/period. For purposes of this paragraph
        (B),
        incentive compensation plans shall include, without limitation, the ALLTEL
        Corporation Performance Incentive Compensation Plan as in effect from time
        to
        time, the ALLTEL Corporation Long-Term Performance Incentive Compensation
        Plan
        as in effect from time to time, and any incentive bonus plan or arrangement
        that
        provides for payment of cash compensation, and shall exclude, without
        limitation, the ALLTEL Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan as
        in
        effect from time to time, any plan qualified or intended to be qualified
        under
        Section 401(a) of the Code and any plan supplementary thereto, executive
        fringe
        benefits, and any plan or arrangement under which stock, stock options, stock
        appreciation rights, restricted stock or similar options, stock, or rights
        are
        issued.

      

      (C) Notwithstanding
        any provision of any incentive compensation plan, including, without limitation,
        any provision of any incentive plan requiring continued employment after
        the
        completed fiscal year or other measuring period, the Corporation shall pay
        to
        the Executive a lump sum amount, in cash, equal to the amount of any incentive
        compensation that has been allocated or awarded to the Executive for a completed
        fiscal year or other measuring period preceding the occurrence of a Payment
        Trigger under any incentive compensation plan but has not yet been paid to
        the
        Executive.

      

      (D) The
        payments provided for in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this Section 4 shall be
        made
        not later than the fifth day following the occurrence of a Payment Trigger,
        unless the amounts of such payments cannot be finally determined on or before
        that day, in which case, the Corporation shall pay to the Executive on that
        day
        an estimate, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Corporation, of
        the
        minimum amount of the payments to which the Executive is clearly entitled
        and
        shall pay the remainder of the payments (together with interest at the rate
        provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount thereof
        can
        be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth day after the occurrence
        of a Payment Trigger. In the event the amount of the estimated payments exceeds
        the amount subsequently determined to have been due, the excess shall constitute
        a loan by the Corporation to the Executive, payable on the fifth business
        day
        after demand by the Corporation (together with interest at the rate provided
        in
        Section l274(b)(2)(B) of the Code). At the time that payments are made under
        this Section 4, the Corporation shall provide the Executive with a written
        statement setting forth the manner in which the payments were calculated
        and the
        basis for the calculations including, without limitation, any opinions or
        other
        advice the Corporation has received from outside counsel, auditors or
        consultants (and any opinions or advice that are in writing shall be attached
        to
        the statement).

      

      

      

      5.
        Gross-Up
        Payments.

      

      (A) This
        Section 5 shall apply if a Payment Trigger shall have occurred during the
        term
        of this Agreement.

      

      (B) In
        the
        event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Corporation
        or other amount with respect to the Corporation to or for the benefit of
        the
        Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant
        to
        the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to
        any
        additional payments required under this Section 5 (a "Payment"), is (or will
        be)
        subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest
        or
        penalties are (or will be) incurred by the Executive with respect to the
        excise
        tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code with respect to the Corporation (the
        excise tax, together with any interest and penalties, are hereinafter
        collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), the Executive shall be entitled
        to receive an additional cash payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") from the
        Corporation in an amount equal to the sum of the Excise Tax and an amount
        sufficient to pay the cumulative Excise Tax and all cumulative income taxes
        (including any interest and penalties imposed with respect to such taxes)
        relating to the Gross-Up Payment so that the net amount retained by the
        Executive is equal to all payments received pursuant to the terms of this
        Agreement or otherwise less income taxes (but not reduced by the Excise
        Tax).

      

      (C) Subject
        to the provisions of paragraph (D) of this Section 5, all determinations
        required to be made under this Section 5, including whether and when a Gross-Up
        Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions
        to be utilized in arriving at the determination, shall be made by a nationally
        recognized certified public accounting firm designated by the Executive (the
        "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both
        to
        the Corporation and the Executive within 30 days after the receipt of notice
        from the Executive that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as
        is
        requested by the Corporation. In the event that at any time relevant to this
        Agreement the Accounting Firm is serving as accountant or auditor for the
        individual, entity or group or Person effecting the Change in Control, the
        Executive shall appoint another nationally recognized certified public
        accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which accounting
        firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All fees
        and
        expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Corporation.
        Any
        Gross-Up Payment, as determined in accordance with this Section 5, shall
        be paid
        by the Corporation to the Executive within five days after the receipt of
        the
        Accounting Firm's determination. If the Accounting Firm determines that no
        Excise Tax is payable by the Executive, it shall so indicate to the Executive
        in
        writing. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the
        Corporation and the Executive. As a result of uncertainty in the application
        of
        Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the
        Accounting Firm, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments that the Corporation
        should have made will not have been made (an "Underpayment"), consistent
        with
        the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event the Corporation
        exhausts its remedies in accordance with paragraph (D) of this Section 5
        and the
        Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the
        Accounting Firm shall determine the amount of Underpayment
        that has occurred and the Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Corporation
        to or for the benefit of the Executive.

      

      (D) The
        Executive shall notify the Corporation in writing of any claim by the Internal
        Revenue Service that, if successful, would require a Gross-Up Payment (that
        has
        not already been paid by the Corporation). The notification shall be given
        as
        soon as practicable but no later than ten business days after the Executive
        is
        informed in writing of the claim and shall apprize the Corporation of the
        nature
        of the claim and the date on which the claim is requested to be paid. The
        Executive shall not pay the claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day period
        following the date on which the Executive gives notice to the Corporation
        or any
        shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect
        to the
        claim is due. If the Corporation notifies the Executive in writing prior
        to the
        expiration of the 30-day period that it desires to contest the claim, the
        Executive shall:

      

      (i) give
        the
        Corporation any information reasonably requested by the Corporation relating
        to
        the claim;

      

      (ii) take
        any
        action in connection with contesting the claim as the Corporation shall
        reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation,
        accepting legal representation with respect to the claim by an attorney
        reasonably selected by the Corporation;

      

      (iii) cooperate
        with the Corporation in good faith in order effectively to contest the claim;
        and

      

      (iv) permit
        the Corporation to participate in any proceedings relating to the
        claim.

      

      

      The
        Corporation shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including
        additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with the contest
        and
        shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for
        any
        Excise Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect thereto)
        imposed as a result of the representation and payment of costs and expenses.
        Without limitation of the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, the
        Corporation shall control all proceedings taken in connection with the contest
        and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative
        appeals, proceedings, hearings, and conferences with the taxing authority
        in
        respect of the claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive
        to
        pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible
        manner, and the Executive agrees to prosecute the contest to a determination
        before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and
        in
        one or more appellate courts, as the Corporation shall determine. If the
        Corporation directs the Executive to pay the claim and sue for a refund,
        the
        Corporation shall advance the amount of the payment to the Executive, on
        an
        interest-free basis, and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless,
        on an
        after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or income tax (including interest or
        penalties with respect thereto) imposed with respect to the advance or with
        respect to any imputed income with respect to the advance; and any extension
        of
        the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year
        of
        the Executive with respect to which the contested amount is claimed to be
        due
        shall be limited solely to the contested amount. The Corporation's control
        of
        the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment
        would be payable hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle
        or
        contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue
        Service or any other taxing authority.

      

      (E) If,
        after
        the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Corporation pursuant
        to paragraph (D) of this Section 5, the Executive becomes entitled to receive
        any refund with respect to the claim, the Executive shall, subject to the
        Corporation's compliance with the requirements of paragraph (D) of this Section
        5, promptly pay to the Corporation the amount of the refund (together with
        any
        interest paid or credited thereon after taxes applicable thereto). If, after
        the
        receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Corporation pursuant
        to
        paragraph (D) of this Section 5, a determination is made that the Executive
        shall not be entitled to any refund with respect to the claim and the
        Corporation does not notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest
        the denial of refund prior to the expiration of 30 days after the determination,
        then the advance shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid
        and
        the amount of the advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount
        of
        Gross-Up Payment required to be paid.

      

      (F) Notwithstanding
        any other provision of this Section 5, to the extent that the Executive is
        entitled to a tax "gross-up" payment with respect to a Payment from the
        Corporation, any Subsidiary, or any affiliate of the Corporation under any
        other
        agreement, the foregoing provisions of this Section 5 shall not apply to
        that
        Payment.

      

      6.
        Termination
        Procedures.

      

      (A) During
        the term of this Agreement, any purported termination of the Executive's
        employment (other than by reason of death) shall be communicated by written
        Notice of Termination from one party hereto to the other party hereto in
        accordance with Section 11 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice
        of
        Termination" shall mean a written notice that sets forth the effective date
        of
        termination (subject to the provisions of Section 11(B) below) and, if for
        Cause, Disability, or Good Reason, the facts and circumstances providing
        the
        basis for termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause or for Disability
        or Good Reason, as the case may be.

      

      (B) "Date
        of
        Termination" with respect to any purported termination of the Executive's
        employment during the term of this Agreement (other than by reason of death)
        shall mean (i) if the Executive's employment is terminated for Disability,
        20
        business days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that the Executive
        shall not have returned to the full-time performance of the Executive's duties
        during that 20 business day period) and (ii) if the Executive's employment
        is
        terminated for any other reason, the date specified in the Notice of
        Termination, which, in the case of a termination by the Corporation, shall
        not
        be less than ten business days except in the case of a termination for Cause,
        and, in the case of a termination by the Executive, shall not be less than
        ten
        business days nor more than 20 business days, respectively, after the date
        such
        Notice of Termination is given.

      

      7.
        Protective
        Covenants By The Executive.

      

      (A) Within
        five days after the date of termination of the Executive's employment with
        the
        ALLTEL Group, the Executive shall deliver to the Corporation all of the ALLTEL
        Group's property in the Executive's possession, custody or control, including,
        without limitation, all keys and credit cards, all computers and fax machines,
        and all files, documents, data and information in any medium relating in
        any way
        to the ALLTEL Group or its employees, suppliers, customers or
        business.

      

      (B) The
        Executive acknowledges that in the course of the Executive's employment with
        the
        ALLTEL Group he has had and will have access to confidential information
        and
        trade secrets proprietary to ALLTEL Group, including but not limited to,
        information relating to the ALLTEL Group's products, suppliers, and customers,
        the sources, nature, processes, costs and prices of the ALLTEL Group's products,
        the names, addresses, contact persons, purchasing and sales histories, and
        preference of the ALLTEL Group's suppliers and customers, the ALLTEL Group's
        business plans and strategies, and the names and addresses of, amounts of
        compensation paid to, and the trading and sales performance of the ALLTEL
        Group's employees and agents (hereinafter referred to as the "Confidential
        Information"). The Executive further acknowledges that the Confidential
        Information is proprietary to the ALLTEL Group, that the unauthorized disclosure
        of any of the Confidential Information to any person or entity could result
        in
        immediate and irreparable competitive injury to the ALLTEL Group, that could
        not
        adequately be remedied by an award of monetary damages. Accordingly, the
        Executive shall not disclose at any time any Confidential Information to
        any
        person or  entity
        who is not properly authorized by the Corporation to receive the information,
        without
        the prior written permission of the Corporation's Chief Executive
        Officer.

      

      (C) The
        Executive shall not during the Executive's employment with the ALLTEL Group
        and
        thereafter until the expiration of 12 calendar months immediately following
        the
        calendar month in which occurs the Executive's termination of employment
        with
        the ALLTEL Group knowingly employ, or knowingly assist any person or entity
        other than the ALLTEL Group in employing, any employee of any member of the
        ALLTEL Group. The Executive shall not during the term of the Executive's
        employment with the ALLTEL Group and thereafter until the expiration of 12
        calendar months immediately following the calendar month in which occurs
        the
        Executive's termination of employment with the ALLTEL Group knowingly solicit,
        or knowingly assist any person or entity to solicit, any employee of any
        member
        of the ALLTEL Group to leave the ALLTEL Group's employment or to become employed
        by any entity that is not a member of the ALLTEL Group.

      

      (D) 
        The
        Executive shall not at any time knowingly disseminate any information or
        knowingly make any statements, whether written, oral or otherwise, that are
        negative, disparaging or critical of the Corporation, any other member of
        the
        ALLTEL Group, or any of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or their
        respective officers, directors, employees, shareholders, trustees,
        administrators, or employee benefit plans, or the representatives, employees,
        agents, predecessors, successors, heirs, or assigns of any of the foregoing
        (hereinafter, the "ALLTEL Parties"), or their business or operations, or
        that
        place any of the ALLTEL Parties in a bad light, other than any such statement
        or
        information that is made or disseminated by the Executive in a good faith
        belief
        as to their truth or accuracy and is either required by law or is reasonably
        necessary to the enforcement by the Executive of any right the Executive
        has
        related to the Executive's employment with the ALLTEL Group.

      

      (E) 
        Within
        five days after the termination of the Executive's employment with the ALLTEL
        Group, the Executive shall execute and deliver to the Chief Executive Officer
        of
        the Corporation such resignations as a director and officer of the Corporation
        and any other members of the ALLTEL Group, in such form, as may be reasonably
        requested by the Corporation's Chief Executive Officer.

      

      (F) The
        Executive shall not at any time assert that any provision of this Agreement
        is
        invalid or unenforceable in any respect or to any extent, irrespective of
        the
        outcome of any action, suit or proceeding.

      

      (G) If
        a
        Payment Trigger occurs during the term of this Agreement and if the Corporation
        is not in breach of any of the Corporation's covenants set forth in this
        Agreement, the Executive shall, until the expiration of 12 calendar months
        immediately following the calendar month in which the Payment Trigger occurred,
        provide such information and assistance as the Corporation may reasonably
        request as necessary or appropriate to assist any ALLTEL Group member in
        the
        arbitration or litigation or potential arbitration or litigation of any claim,
        action, suit or proceeding by any person or entity other than the Executive
        against any ALLTEL Group member arising from events occurring during the
        Executive's employment with the ALLTEL Group, if the Corporation pays all
        out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Executive in complying with this
        paragraph (G). The Executive shall not, however, be required to provide
        assistance that would interfere with any activity for remuneration or profit
        in
        which the Executive is then actively engaged.

      

      8.
        No
        Mitigation.
        The
        Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or to attempt in
        any
        way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Corporation pursuant
        to this Agreement. Further, the amount of any payment or benefit provided
        for in
        this Agreement shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive
        as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits,
        by
        offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Corporation
        or a Subsidiary, or otherwise.

      

      9.
        Disputes;
        Remedies.

      

      (A) If
        a
        dispute or controversy arises out of or in connection with this Agreement,
        the
        parties shall first attempt in good faith to settle the dispute or controversy
        by mediation under the Commercial Mediation Rules of the American Arbitration
        Association before resorting to arbitration or litigation. Thereafter, any
        remaining unresolved dispute or controversy arising out of or in connection
        with
        this Agreement shall, upon a written notice from the Executive to the
        Corporation either before suit thereupon is filed or within 20 business days
        thereafter, be settled exclusively by arbitration in accordance with the
        Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association in a
        city
        located within the continental United States designated by the Executive.
        Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's award in any court having
        jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph
        (A):

      

      (i) The
        Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the Corporation's
        obligations hereunder during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising
        under or in connection with this Agreement; and

      

      (ii) The
        Corporation shall be entitled to seek the injunctive relief described in
        paragraph (E) of this Section 9 during the pendency of any dispute or
        controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.

       

      (B) Any
        legal
        action concerning this Agreement, other than a mediation or an arbitration
        described in paragraph (A) of this Section 9, whether instituted by the
        Corporation or the Executive, shall be brought and resolved only in a state
        court of competent jurisdiction located in the territory that encompasses
        the
        city, county, or parish in which the Executive's principal residence is located
        at the time such action is commenced. The Corporation hereby irrevocably
        consents and submits to and shall take any action necessary to subject itself
        to
        the personal jurisdiction of that court and hereby irrevocably agrees that
        all
        claims in respect of the action shall be instituted, heard, and determined
        in
        that court. The Corporation agrees that such court is a convenient forum,
        and
        hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so,
        the
        defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of the action. Any final
        judgment in the action may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on
        the
        judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

      

      (C) The
        Corporation shall pay all costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees and
        disbursements, of the Corporation and, at least monthly, all reasonable costs
        and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements, of
        the
        Executive in connection with any legal proceeding (including arbitration),
        whether or not instituted by the Corporation or the Executive, relating to
        the
        interpretation or enforcement of any provision of this Agreement. The
        Corporation shall pay prejudgment interest on any money judgment obtained
        by the
        Executive as a result of any such proceeding, calculated at the rate provided
        in
        Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
        of
        this paragraph (C): 

      

      (i) If
        the
        Executive instituted the legal proceeding and the judge, arbitrator, or other
        individual presiding over the proceeding affirmatively finds that the Executive
        instituted the proceeding in bad faith, no reimbursement pursuant to this
        paragraph (C) shall be due to the Executive, the Executive shall repay the
        Corporation for any amounts previously paid by it pursuant to this paragraph
        (C), and the Executive shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including
        reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements, of the Corporation in connection
        with the proceeding; 

      

      (ii) With
        respect to any dispute in which the Executive challenges the validity or
        enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any respect or to any
        extent, no reimbursement or no further reimbursement pursuant to this paragraph
        (C) shall be due to the Executive, and the Executive shall repay the Corporation
        for any amounts previously paid by it pursuant to this paragraph (C); and
        

      

      (iii) With
        respect to any dispute or controversy regarding the provisions of Section
        7,
        other than a dispute to which the immediately preceding clause (ii) applies,
        if
        the Executive does not prevail (after exhaustion of all available remedies),
        no
        further reimbursement pursuant to this paragraph (C) shall be due to the
        Executive, and the Executive shall repay the Corporation for any amounts
        previously paid by it pursuant to this paragraph (C) in respect of such dispute.
        

       

      
      

      
      

      (D) The
        Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Executive's sole and exclusive
        remedy
        with respect to any and all claims arising under this Agreement or for breach
        hereof by the Corporation shall be the right to receive such amounts as are
        provided for under Section 4, Section 5, and paragraph (C) of this Section
        9, to
        which the Executive is otherwise entitled pursuant to the terms and conditions
        of this Agreement. 

      

      (E) The
        Executive acknowledges and agrees that each and every covenant contained
        in
        Section 7 (hereinafter, the "Protective Covenants ") is reasonable and is
        necessary to protect the trade secrets, confidential information, and other
        business interests of the ALLTEL Group and that the Executive's compliance
        with
        each of the Protective Covenants is necessary to protect the ALLTEL Group
        from
        unfair injury. The Executive acknowledges that the Protective Covenants are
        a
        principal inducement for the willingness of the Corporation to enter into
        this
        Agreement and make the payments and provide the benefits to the Executive
        under
        this Agreement and that the Corporation and the Executive intend the Protective
        Covenants to be binding upon and enforceable against the Executive in accordance
        with their terms, notwithstanding any common or statutory law to the contrary.
        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligations of
        the
        Corporation under this Agreement are conditioned upon compliance by the
        Executive with each of the Protective Covenants, and failure by the Executive
        to
        comply, in all material respects, with the Protective Covenants shall entitle
        the Corporation to all rights and remedies available at law or in equity.
        The
        Executive acknowledges that a breach, in any material respect, of the Protective
        Covenants could result in irreparable and continuing harm and damage to the
        ALLTEL Group for which there may be no adequate remedy at law. In the event
        of a
        breach, in any material respects, of any of the Protective Covenants, each
        and
        every member of the ALLTEL 

      Group
        shall be entitled to injunctive relief in addition to any other remedy or
        relief
        to which any of them may be entitled. 

       

      10.
        Successors;
        Binding Agreement

      

      (A) In
        addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to the
        Corporation, the Corporation shall require any successor (whether direct
        or
        indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or
        substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation expressly
        to
        assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the
        same
        extent that the Corporation would be required to perform it if no such
        succession had taken place. Failure of the Corporation to obtain the assumption
        and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any succession shall be a breach
        of
        this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to compensation from the
        Corporation in the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would
        be
        entitled to hereunder if the Executive were to terminate the Executive's
        employment for Good Reason immediately after a Change in Control and during
        the
        term of this Agreement, except that, for purposes of implementing the foregoing,
        the date on which any succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Payment
        Trigger occasioned by the foregoing deemed termination of employment for
        Good
        Reason immediately following a Change in Control. The provisions of this
        Section
        10 shall continue to apply to each subsequent employer of the Executive bound
        by
        this Agreement in the event of any 

      merger,
        consolidation, or transfer of all or substantially all of the business or
        assets
        of that subsequent employer.

      

      (B) This
        Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's
        personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors,
        heirs,
        distributees, devisees, and legatees. If the Executive shall die while any
        amount would be payable to the Executive hereunder if the Executive had
        continued to live, the amount, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be
        paid
        in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the executors, personal
        representatives, or administrators of the Executive's estate.

      

      11.
        Notices.
        For the
        purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided
        for in
        the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
        when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
        requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth
        below, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the
        other
        in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address
        shall
        be effective only upon actual receipt:

      

      To
        the
        Corporation:

      

      ALLTEL
        Corporation

      One
        Allied Drive

      Little
        Rock, Arkansas 72202

      Attention:
        Corporate Secretary

      

      To
        the
        Executive:

      

      2200
        Riverfront Drive, Apt. 5106

      Little
        Rock, AR 72202

      

      12.
        Miscellaneous.
        No
        provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived, or discharged unless
        such
        waiver, modification, or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by
        the
        Executive and an officer of the Corporation specifically designated by the
        Board. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the
        other
        party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this
        Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of
        similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior
        or
        subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express
        or
        implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either
        party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement. The validity,
        interpretation, construction, and performance of this Agreement shall be
        governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. All references to sections
        of the
        Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor
        provisions to such 

      sections.
        Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable
        withholding required under federal, state, or local law and any additional
        withholding to which the Executive has agreed.

      

      13.
        Validity.
        The
        invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not
        affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement,
        which shall remain in full force and effect.

      

      14.
        Counterparts.
        This
        Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
        deemed
        to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same
        instrument.

      

      IN
        WITNESS WHEREOF,
        the
        parties have signed this Agreement as of the date set forth above.

      

       

      
        
          	 	 ALLTEL
                  CORPORATION
	 	 
	Attest:	 
	/s/
                  C.J. Duvall,
                  Jr.                                        	By: /s/ Scott T.
                  Ford                                  
	Name:  C.J. Duvall, Jr.                      	Name: 
                  Scott T. Ford
	Title:  Executive Vice President
                  - Human
                  Resources	Title:  CEO & President
	 	 
	Witness:	 
	/s/
                  Peggy
                  Mathews                                        
                   	/s/
                  John
                  Ebner                                     
                   
	 	John
                  Ebner

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