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EXHIBIT 10.9

 Exhibit 10.9 
  
 September 8, 2004 
  
 SCANA Communications Holdings, Inc. 
 c/o Belfint, Lyons & Shuman, P.A. 
 1011 Centre Road, Suite 310 
 Wilmington, Delaware 19805 
  
 Campbell B. Lanier, III 
 c/o ITC Financial Services 
 1241 O. G. Skinner Drive 
 P. O. Box 510 
 West Point, Georgia 31833 
  
 Gentlemen:

  
 We refer hereby to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of the date hereof (the “Merger Agreement”), among ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. (the “Company”), Boatramp Co., Florida Digital Network, Inc. (“FDN”) and the stockholders of FDN listed on the signature pages
thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter agreement have the meanings given to such terms in the Merger Agreement. 
  
 In order to facilitate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Company wishes to amend the Amended
Certificate of Designation of the Powers, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights of 8% Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions Thereof (the “Series
A Certificate of Designation”) prior to the Effective Time to modify the rights of the holders (the “Holders”) of the Company’s 8% Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred
Stock”), voting as a separate class, exclusive of all other stockholders, to elect directors of the Company pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Series A Certificate of Designation. Such amendment to the Series A Certificate of Incorporation (the
“Amendment”) would provide as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Effective as of the Effective Time, the right of the Holders, voting as a separate class, exclusive of all other stockholders, to elect two directors of the Company would be
terminated. 

  

	 	2.	References to “Series A Directors” in the Series A Certificate of Designation would be eliminated and other modifications made to give effect to the amendment referred to
in paragraph 1 above. 

 By entering into this letter agreement you irrevocably agree in your capacity as an owner of record of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, acting with respect to all of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock owned of record by you, to consent to and approve the Amendment prior to the Effective Time promptly after request by the Company that you do
so. 
  
 You have advised the Company that you are entering into
this agreement in reliance on the Company’s obligation under the Merger Agreement to enter into an Amended and Restated Governance Agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B to the Merger Agreement (the “Governance
Agreement”). As an inducement to each of you to sign this letter agreement, the Company hereby agrees with each of you that, before the effective date of the Amendment, the Company will not agree to any modification of any provision of the
form of Governance Agreement that would affect the rights and obligations of the Series A Designee (as such term is defined in the Governance Agreement) without the prior written consent of each of you. 
  
 This letter agreement shall be governed in all respects, including, validity,
interpretation and effect, by the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the choice of law rules thereof). This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which shall together constitute a single agreement. 
  
 If the foregoing accurately represents our agreement, please sign the
appropriate signature block below. 
  
 [Signature page follows]

  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this letter agreement as of the date set forth in the first
paragraph hereof. 
  

			
	COMPANY:
	
	 ITC^DELTACOM, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Douglas A. Shumate

	 Name:
	 	Douglas A. Shumate
	 Title:
	 	CFO
	
	 SCANA COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Peter J. Winnington

	 Name:
	 	Peter J. Winnington
	 Title:
	 	Treasurer
	
	 /s/ Campbell B. Lanier, III

	Campbell B. Lanier, III

  

 3EXHIBIT 10.10.1

 Exhibit 10.10.1 
  
 EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND RETENTION AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND RETENTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 13, 2004, by and
between ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 1791 O.G. Skinner Drive, West Point, Georgia, 31833 (the “Company”), and J. Thomas Mullis (the “Executive”). 
  
 Recitals 
  
 A. The Executive is currently employed as a Senior Vice President of the Company. 
  
 B. The Company and the Executive heretofore entered an Executive Employment
and Retention Agreement dated as of October 29, 2002 (the “2002 Agreement”). 
  
 C. The Company and the Executive have mutually determined that it is in the best interests of both parties to amend the 2002 Agreement by replacing it in its entirety with this Agreement 
  
 D. The Company continues to believe that it is in the best interests of the
Company and its stockholders to assure that the Company will benefit from the continued services of the Executive). 
  
 E. In order to accomplish the foregoing objectives, the Company and the Executive do hereby enter into this Agreement. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set
forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  

	 	1.	Employment Period. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby agrees to remain in the employ of the Company subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, commencing on the date of this Agreement (the “Effective Date”) and ending upon termination in accordance with the provisions of Section 4. 

	 	2.	Position and Duties. 

  
 2.1 Position. 
  
 (a) During the Employment Period the Executive’s position, authority, duties and responsibilities shall not be unreasonably dissimilar to those held
by the Executive immediately prior to the date of this Agreement taking into consideration the relative responsibility of the position. 
  
 2.2 Duties. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive
agrees to devote all attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company necessary and appropriate to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder and, to the extent necessary and
appropriate to discharge such responsibilities, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period, it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the
Executive to (i) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (ii) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (iii) manage personal investments, so long as such activities do not
interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. To the extent that any such activities have been conducted by the Executive and disclosed to the Board prior to
the date of this Agreement, the continued conduct of such activities, or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto, thereafter shall not be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities to the
Company. 
  

	 	3.	Compensation. 

  
 3.1 Base Salary. During the Employment Period, the Company shall pay the Executive a minimum base salary per annum as currently being paid to the
Executive (the “Base Salary”), which shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s payroll procedure in effect or as hereinafter amended from time to time, but not less frequently than monthly. During the Employment Period,
the Base Salary shall be reviewed at least annually and, except as expressly provided in Section 4.5, shall not be decreased. Any increase in the Base Salary shall not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this
Agreement. The Base Salary shall not be reduced after any such increase, and the term “Base Salary” as used in this Agreement shall refer to the Base Salary as so increased. 
  
 3.2 Annual Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, the Executive shall be provided, for each fiscal year ending
during the Employment Period, a bonus opportunity in cash and stock-based incentives 
  

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 as the same may be established from time to time by the Company (the “Annual Bonus”). Unless the
Executive shall elect to defer the receipt of such Annual Bonus, each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than the end of the third month of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded, or on such other
basis as the Company and the Executive may agree. 
  
 3.3
Benefits. 
  
 (a) Savings and Retirement Plans.
During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its subsidiaries as the same may be
established from time to time by the Company. 
  
 (b) Welfare
Benefit Plans. During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible to participate in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs
provided by the Company and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally
to other peer executives of the Company and its subsidiaries as the same may be established from time to time by the Company. 
  
 (c) Expenses. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred
by the Executive in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures of the Company as the same may be established from time to time by the Company. 
  
 (d) Fringe Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to fringe benefits, in accordance with the plans, practices,
programs and policies as the same may be established from time to time by the Company. 
  
 (e) Vacation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to vacation in accordance with the Company’s policy as the same may be established from time to time by the Company. The
Executive shall have the right to accrue and carry forward unused vacation. 
  

	 	4.	Termination of Employment. 

  
 4.1 Termination Upon Death or Disability. The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s 
  

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 death during the Employment Period. If by virtue of ill health or other disability, the Executive is unable during the
Employment Period to perform substantially and continuously the duties assigned to him for a period in excess of six consecutive months or six non-consecutive months out of any consecutive twelve-month period (“Disability”), the
Company shall have the right, on not less than 30 days notice, to terminate the employment of the Executive upon notice in writing to the Executive, provided that, within 30 days after his receipt of such notice, the Executive shall not have resumed
full-time performance of the Executive’s duties. 
  
 4.2
Termination by the Company for Cause. At any time during the Employment Period after the occurrence of an event constituting Cause (as defined below in this Section 4.2), the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment
hereunder in accordance with the procedures described below in this Section 4.2. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: 
  
 (i) the willful and continued failure of the Executive to perform substantially the Executive’s duties with the Company or one of its
subsidiaries (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board which specifically identifies the manner in which
the Board believes that the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive’s duties; 
  
 (ii) conviction of the Executive of, or a plea by the Executive of nolo contendere to, a felony or to any criminal violation
involving dishonesty, fraud or breach of trust; or 
  
 (iii) willful misconduct by the Executive which causes harm to, or which could reasonably be expected to diminish the value of the assets or property or violate the value system or code of conduct of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

  
 For purposes of this Section 4.2, no act or failure to act, on the part of the
Executive, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act,
or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done,
or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and 
  

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 until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not
less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the Board (not including the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice of such purpose is provided to the Executive
and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive has engaged in the conduct described in subparagraph (i) (ii) or (iii) above, and
specifying the particulars thereof in detail. If the Executive is a member of the Board, the Executive shall recuse himself or herself from the deliberations and vote of the Board with respect to such matter. 
  
 4.3 Other Termination by the Company. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 1), the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment for any reason, or for no reason, at any time during the Employment Period upon written notice
of termination. In the event of such termination, the Company shall notify the Executive of the date of termination, which date may be at any time up to and including six months following the date of written notice of termination. The Executive
shall continue to perform his duties hereunder through the date of termination determined by the Company. 
  
 4.4 Other Termination by the Executive. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (including, without limitation, the provisions
of Section 1), the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for any reason, or for no reason, at any time during the Employment Period upon written notice given not less than 90 days prior to the date of termination of
employment. 
  
 4.5 Termination for Good Reason. At any
time during the Employment Period, the Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive for, and within 60 days following the occurrence of an event that constitutes, Good Reason (as defined below in this Section 4.5). For purposes of
this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean any of the following: 
  
 (i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any material respect with the Executive’s position, authority,
duties or responsibilities or any other action by the Company which results in an unreasonable diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, as contemplated by Section 2; 
  
 (ii) any failure by the Company to comply with any of the
provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, 
  

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 Section 3), other than (I) an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith
and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive or (II) a failure in connection with action by the Company that reduces the then-current compensation or employee benefits of the Company’s
senior management generally in connection with a financial restructuring or other Company-wide plan to materially reduce the costs of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries or materially improve the financial condition of the Company and its
subsidiaries; provided that the Executive’s Base Salary and Annual Bonus may not be reduced by more than 10% in the aggregate during the Employment Period; or 
  
 (iii) any purported termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment otherwise than as
expressly permitted by this Agreement. 
  

	 	5.	Obligations of the Company Upon Termination. 

  
 5.1 Termination Without Cause or With Good Reason. If (i) the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than pursuant to
Section 4.1 (upon death or Disability) or Section 4.2 (for Cause) or (ii) the Executive shall terminate employment for Good Reason: 
  
 (i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the date of termination the aggregate of the
following amounts: 
  
 (A) the sum of (1) the
Executive’s annual Base Salary through the date of termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the product of (x) the higher of (I) the Annual Bonus (annualized in the case of any partial year) last paid to the Executive
(excluding therefrom the value of stock-based incentives) and (II) the Executive’s annual target bonus opportunity in cash in effect as established from time to time by the Company (such higher amount of (I) and (II) being referred to as the
“Highest Annual Bonus”), and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the date of termination, and the denominator of which is 365 and (3) any compensation previously
deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings thereon) and any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) are hereinafter referred
to as the “Accrued Obligations”); and 
  

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 (B) the amount equal to the product of (1) one and (2) the sum of (x) the
Executive’s annual Base Salary as in effect at the date of termination and (y) the Highest Annual Bonus; 
  
 (ii) for one year after the Executive’s date of termination, or such longer period as may be provided by the terms of the
appropriate plan, program, practice or policy, the Company shall continue medical, prescription, dental and life insurance benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive’s family substantially similar to those which would have been provided to
them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 3.3(b) (but excluding disability benefits) if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated. provided, however, that if the Executive becomes
reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical benefits under another employer provided plan, the medical benefits described herein will be terminated by the Company; 
  
 (iii) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the
Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and
its subsidiaries as the same may be established from time to time by the Company (such other amounts and benefits are hereinafter referred to as the “Other Benefits”); and 
  
 (iv) all stock options, stock appreciation rights, awards
of restricted stock and restricted stock units, and other equity-based awards (each, an “Award”) granted to the Executive and then outstanding under stock option, stock incentive, deferred compensation and other equity-based plans,
programs, contracts or arrangements of the Company and its subsidiaries shall vest and, become exercisable, and all restrictions and conditions applicable to such awards shall be deemed to have lapsed or been fully satisfied. Additionally, the
Executive shall be granted a term of either one year within which to exercise any such right. 
  
 5.2 Termination Upon Death. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death during the Employment Period, as provided in Section 4.1, this Agreement shall terminate
without further obligations to the Executive’s legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for payment of the Accrued Obligations and the timely payment or provision of the Other Benefits. The Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the
Executive’s estate or beneficiary, as 
  

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 applicable, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the date of termination. With respect to the provision of the
Other Benefits, the term “Other Benefits” as used in this Section 5.2 shall include, without limitation, and the Executive’s estate and/or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, benefits at least equal to the most favorable
benefits provided by the Company and its subsidiaries to the estates and beneficiaries of peer executives of the Company and its subsidiaries under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to death benefits, if any, as in effect with
respect to other peer executives and their beneficiaries as in effect on the date of the Executive’s death with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its subsidiaries and their beneficiaries. 
  
 5.3 Termination Upon Disability. If the Executive’s employment
is terminated by reason of the Executive’s Disability during the Employment Period, as provided in Section 4.1, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than for payment of the Accrued Obligations and
the timely payment or provision of the Other Benefits. The Accrued Obligations shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the date of termination. With respect to the provision of Other Benefits, the term “Other
Benefits” as used in this Section 5.3 shall include, and the Executive shall be entitled after the occurrence of any condition constituting a Disability to receive, disability and other benefits at least equal to the most favorable of those
benefits generally provided by the Company and its subsidiaries to disabled executives and/or their families in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect generally with respect to other
peer executives and their families as in effect at any time with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its subsidiaries and their families. 
  
 5.4 Termination for Cause. If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated for Cause during the Employment Period, as provided in Section
4.2, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (i) his Base Salary through the date of termination, (ii) the amount of any compensation previously deferred by the
Executive and (iii) the Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid. 
  
 5.5 Termination Other Than for Good Reason. If the Executive voluntarily terminates employment during the Employment Period (other than for Good Reason), as provided in Section 4.4, this Agreement shall
terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (i) his Base Salary through the date of termination, (ii) the amount of any compensation previously deferred by the Executive and (iii) the
Other Benefits, in each case to the extent theretofore unpaid. The foregoing amounts shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the date of termination. 
  

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 5.6 Other Plans, Agreements or Arrangements. The severance pay and severance benefits provided
for in this Section 5 shall not duplicate, and shall be offset by, any other severance pay or severance benefits to which the Executive may be entitled under any plan, agreement or arrangement of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, shall be offset by any severance benefits to which the Executive may be entitled under applicable law. 
  
 5.7 Reduction or Elimination of Parachute Payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or of any other agreement, contract or
understanding heretofore or hereafter entered into by the Executive and the Company, except an agreement, contract or understanding hereafter entered into that expressly modifies or excludes application of this Section 5.7 (collectively, the
“Other Agreements”), and notwithstanding any formal or informal plan or other arrangement for the direct or indirect provision of compensation to the Executive (including groups or classes of participants or beneficiaries of which
the Executive is a member), whether or not such compensation is deferred, is in cash, or is in the form of a benefit to or for the Executive (a “Benefit Arrangement”), if the Executive is a “disqualified individual,” as
defined in Section 280G(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any right to receive any payment or other benefit under this Agreement shall not become exercisable or vested (i) to the extent that such
right to exercise, vesting, payment or benefit, taking into account all other rights, payments or benefits to or for the Executive under this Agreement, all Other Agreements and all Benefit Arrangements, would cause any payment or benefit to the
Executive under this Agreement to be considered a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code as then in effect (a “Parachute Payment”) and (ii) if, as a result of receiving a Parachute
Payment, the aggregate after-tax amounts received by the Executive from the Company under this Agreement, all Other Agreements and all Benefit Arrangements would be less than the maximum after-tax amount that could be received by the Executive
without causing any such payment or benefit to be considered a Parachute Payment. In the event that the receipt of any such right to exercise, vesting, payment or benefit under this Agreement, in conjunction with all other rights, payments or
benefits to or for the Executive under any Other Agreement or any Benefit Arrangement would cause the Executive to be considered to have received a Parachute Payment under this Agreement that would have the effect of decreasing the after-tax amount
received by the Executive as described in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, the Executive shall have the right, in the Executive’s sole discretion, to designate those rights, payments or benefits under this Agreement, any Other Agreements
and 
  

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 any Benefit Arrangements that should be reduced or eliminated so as to avoid having the payment or benefit to the
Executive under this Agreement be deemed to be a Parachute Payment. 
  

	 	6.	Non-Exclusivity of Rights. Subject to Section 5.6, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan,
program, policy or practice provided by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any contract or agreement with
the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Amounts which are vested benefits or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of, or any contract or agreement with, the Company or any of its
subsidiaries at or subsequent to the date of termination of employment shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement, except as expressly modified by this Agreement. 

  

	 	7.	Full Settlement. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by
any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others. In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of
mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement, and such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. The Company shall reimburse to the fullest extent
permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest, where the Executive is the prevailing party, of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement
or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive concerning the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), plus in each case interest on any delayed payment at the applicable federal rate
provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. 

  

	 	8.	Execution of Release. As a condition to the Company’s obligation to pay any form of severance to the Executive upon the termination of the Executive’s employment
with the Company, the Executive shall, at the time of such termination, execute and deliver to the Company (and shall fail to revoke within such time periods as may be established by law) a full and unconditional release in favor of the Company and
its affiliates of all obligations other than those set forth in this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company. 

  

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	 	9.	Other Provisions. 

  
 9.1 Severability. If it is determined that any of the provisions of this Agreement are invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions
of this Agreement shall not thereby be affected and shall be given full effect, without regard to the invalid portions. 
  
 9.2 Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by
facsimile transmission or sent by certified, registered or express mail, postage prepaid, as follows: 
  
 (i) If to the Company, to: 
  
 ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. 
 1791 O.G. Skinner Drive 
 West Point, Georgia 31833 
 Attn: Corporate Counsel 
 Telecopy no.: (256) 382-3936 
  

	 	(ii)	If to the Executive, to the address of the Executive and to such facsimile transmission number as the Executive shall designate in writing to the Company. 

 
 Either party may by notice in accordance with this Section 9.2 to the other party
designate another address or person for receipt by such person of notices and communications hereunder. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee. 
  
 9.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement
between the parties (including all affiliates of the Company) with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. 
  
 9.4 Waivers and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms
hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. No delay on the part of either party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder (including, without
limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason) shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of either party of such right, power or privilege or any single or partial exercise of any such
right, power or privilege preclude any other further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege. 
  

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 9.5 Governing Law. This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made to be performed entirely within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereunder. 
  
 9.6 Jurisdiction. The Company and the Executive each irrevocably
(i) consent and submit to the jurisdiction of any Delaware state court or federal court located in the State of Delaware with respect to any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement; (ii) waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum; (iii) waive the right to object that any such court does not have jurisdiction over such party; (iv) consent to the service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding by the mailing of copies of such process to such party
by certified mail, return receipt requested, at such party’s address indicated in this Agreement or at such other address of which the other party shall have received notice; and (v) agree not to bring any action relating to this Agreement in
any court other than a Delaware state court or federal court located in the State of Delaware. Nothing in this Section 9.6 shall affect the right of either party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. 
  
 9.7 Assignment. This Agreement, and the Executive’s rights and
obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. 
  
 9.8 Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall
be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. 
  
 9.9 Binding Effect; Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and legal representatives. If
any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries may be deemed not to have assumed this Agreement by operation
of law, the Company shall require such successor to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in
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 “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as
aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise. 
  
 9.10 Counterparts; Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of two copies hereof, each signed by one of the parties hereto. The transmission of an
executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall constitute due and sufficient delivery thereof for all purposes. 
  
 9.11 Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has heretofore set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the
authorization of its Board of Directors, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 ITC^DELTACOM, INC.

		
	 By
	 	 /s/ Larry F. Williams

	 	 	It’s Chief Executive Officer
	
	 EXECUTIVE

	
	 /s/ J. Thomas Mullis

	J. Thomas Mullis

  
 Acknowledgement and Agreement 
  
 ITC^DeltaCom Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, hereby acknowledges that it will make payment to the Executive of compensation and benefits in connection with the Executive’s employment by the Company and
hereby agrees that, to the extent not made by the Company, it shall make all payments of compensation and benefits to the Executive provided in this Agreement from and after the date hereof. 
  

			
	 ITC^DELTACOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

		
	 By
	 	 /s/ Larry F. Williams

	 	 	It’s Chief Executive Officer

  

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