Document:

Amnd. 10 to Windstream 401(k) Plan

 Exhibit 4.13 

AMENDMENT NO. 10 

TO 
 WINDSTREAM
401(k) PLAN 
 WHEREAS, Windstream Corporation (the “Company”) maintains the Windstream 401(k) Plan, established
effective as of July 1, 2006, and as subsequently amended (the “Plan”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires
further to amend the Plan; 
 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Company hereby amends the Plan in the respects hereinafter
set forth: 
 1. Effective as of January 1, 2007, a new paragraph is added to the end of the Preamble to provide as follows:

 The Plan is intended to be in good faith compliance with the requirements of the Pension Protection Act of 2006
(“PPA”), Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Act of 2008 (“Heart Act”), and Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (“WRERA”) and is to be construed in accordance with PPA, Heart Act, WRERA and guidance
issued thereunder. Unless otherwise specifically provided by the terms of the Plan, this document is effective with respect to each change made to satisfy the provisions of (i) PPA, Heart Act and/or WRERA, (ii) any other change in the Code
or ERISA, or (iii) regulations, rulings, or other published guidance issued under the Code or ERISA, with respect to any plan directly or indirectly merged (including a transfer of assets and liabilities from any plan in accordance with
section 414(l) of the Code) into the Plan as of the first day of the first period with respect to which such change became required because of such provision (including any day that became such as a result of an election or waiver and including
for periods prior to the merger to the extent so required). Accordingly, the Plan is also an amendment to any plan directly or indirectly merged into the Plan but only with respect to such compliance amendments and shall not be construed to expand
the definition of “eligible employee,” change benefit rates, or otherwise change any substantive provision of any plan merged into the Plan that is not directly affected by a compliance amendment prior to the merger date. 

2. Effective with respect to deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2007, a new paragraph is added to the end of Section 3.10
of the Plan to provide as follows: 
 If a Participant dies while performing qualified military service (as defined in section
414(u) of the Code), the survivors of the Participant are entitled to any additional benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service) provided under the Plan had the Participant resumed employment
immediately prior to his death and then terminated employment on account of death. 
 3. Effective for Plan Years beginning
after December 31, 2007, Section 7.03 of the Plan is amended to provide as follows: 
  

	 	7.03	Distribution of Excess Deferrals 

If an Employer notifies the Plan Administrator that the Code Section 402(g) limit has been exceeded by a Participant for his taxable
year, the excess deferrals, plus any income and minus any losses attributable thereto through 

 
December 31 of the Plan Year for which the excess deferrals are made, shall be distributed to the Participant no later than the April 15 immediately following such taxable year. Any
Salary Deferral Contributions that are distributed to a Participant in accordance with this Section 7.03 shall not be taken into account in computing the Participant’s actual deferral percentage for the Plan Year in which the Salary
Deferral Contributions were made, unless the Participant is a Highly Compensated Employee. If an amount of Salary Deferral Contributions is distributed to a Participant in accordance with this Section 7.03, matching contributions that are
attributable solely to the distributed Salary Deferral Contributions, plus any income and minus any losses attributable thereto through December 31 of the Plan Year for which the excess deferrals are made, shall be distributed to the
Participant. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant notifies the Plan
Administrator in writing no later than the March 1 following the close of the Participant’s taxable year (1) that excess deferrals have been made on his behalf under the Plan and any other plan for such taxable year and (2) the
amount of such excess deferrals which are to be allocated to the Plan, the excess deferrals, plus any income and minus any losses attributable thereto through December 31 of the Plan Year for which the excess deferrals are made, may be
distributed to the Participant no later than the April 15 immediately following such taxable year. Any Salary Deferral Contributions that are distributed to a Participant in accordance with this Section 7.03 shall nevertheless be taken
into account in computing the Participant’s actual deferral percentage for the Plan Year in which the Salary Deferral contributions were made. If an amount of Salary Deferral Contributions is distributed to a Participant in accordance with this
Section 7.03, matching contributions that are attributable solely to the distributed Salary Deferral Contributions, plus any income and minus any losses attributable thereto through December 31 of the Plan Year for which the excess
deferrals are made, shall be distributed to the Participant. 
 4. Effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31,
2007, the last paragraph of Section 7.04(a) of the Plan is amended to provide as follows: 
 The earnings (income or loss)
attributable to “excess contributions” and/or “excess aggregate contributions” that are distributed in accordance with this Section 7.04(a) shall be determined for the Plan Year to which the “excess contributions”
and/or “excess aggregate contributions” were made under the method otherwise used for allocating earnings to Participant’s Separate Accounts. 

5. For Plan amendments adopted after August 9, 2006, a new Section 9.04 is added to the Plan to provide as follows: 

 

	 	9.04	Amendments to Vesting Schedule 

For Plan amendments adopted after August 9, 2006, if any Plan amendment changes any vesting schedule under the Plan applicable to a
Participant, the Participant’s vested interest in his Separate Account as of the later of the effective date of the amendment or the date the amendment is adopted shall be computed under such vesting schedule of the Plan either with or without
regard to such amendment, whichever is more favorable to the Participant. 
  

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 6. Effective as of January 1, 2010, Section 10.01(b) is amended to provide as
follows: 
  

	 	(b)	For all purposes of the Plan other than with respect to Rollover Contributions or as provided in Section 10.01(c), each Eligible Employee shall become a
Participant on the later of the date he becomes an Eligible Employee or the date that is six months after the date he first completes an Hour of Service, provided that his employment has not terminated and he remains an Eligible Employee on such
date. Notwithstanding the foregoing: 

  

	 	(i)	A person who was an employee of Valor Communications Group, Inc. (or related entity) immediately prior to the merger with Alltel Holding Corp. and is an Eligible
Employee as of the first day of the first payroll period for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2007, shall become a Participant on that first day of the first payroll period for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2007.

  

	 	(ii)	A person who was an employee of The Concord Telephone Company (or related entity) immediately prior to the merger with Windstream Corporation and is an Eligible
Employee as of the first day of the first payroll period for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2008, shall become a Participant on that first day of the first payroll period for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2008.

  

	 	(iii)	A person who was an employee of Lexcom, Inc. (or related entity) immediately prior to the merger with Windstream Corporation and is an Eligible Employee as of the first
day of the first payroll period for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2010, shall become a Participant on that first day of the first payroll period for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2010. 

 

	 	(iv)	A person who was an employee of D&E Communications, Inc. (or related entity) immediately prior to the merger with Windstream Corporation and is an Eligible Employee
as of the first day of the first payroll period for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2010, shall become a Participant on that first day of the first payroll period for the Plan Year ending December 31, 2010. 

7. Effective as if originally included in the Plan, the reference to “11.04” in Section 11.04 is replaced by a reference
to “11.03”. 
 8. Effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2006, a new Section 11.10(g) is
added to the Plan to read as follows: 
  

	 	(g)	 Diversification of Company Stock. The provisions of this Section 11.10(g) shall apply to any investment in Windstream Corporation stock if
such stock is publicly traded or treated as publicly traded under section 401(a)(35) of the Code. Windstream Corporation stock that is not publicly-traded shall be treated as publicly-traded securities if the Company or any member of its controlled
group (determined as provided in section 414(b) of the Code, but substituting 50 percent for 80 percent) has issued publicly-traded securities, unless neither the Company nor its parent company has issued either
(i)

  

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publicly-traded securities or (ii) a special class of stock that grants particular rights to or bears particular risks for the holder or issuer with respect to any member of the controlled
group. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant (or Beneficiary) whose Separate Account is invested, in whole or in part, in the Windstream Stock Fund shall be permitted to divest such investments and reinvest
such Separate Account in other Investment Funds provided under the Plan. 

 The Plan shall offer at least
three Investment Fund options as alternatives to the Windstream Stock Fund. Each such alternative Investment Fund shall be diversified and shall have materially different risk and return characteristics. 

The Plan shall not be treated as meeting the requirements of this Section 11.10(g) if the Plan imposes any restrictions or
conditions on investment in the Windstream Stock Fund that do not also apply to investment in the other Investment Funds (other than any restrictions or conditions imposed by reason of the application of securities laws or as otherwise provided in
applicable guidance). 
 9. Effective as of August 20, 2009, two new paragraphs are added to the end of Section 13.01
to provide as follows: 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Eligible Employee who becomes employed with Walker and Associates
of North Carolina, Inc. (“Walker”) in connection with the Definitive Agreement regarding the proposed sale to Walker of assets related to the non-affiliate side of Windstream Supply, LLC’s business (the “Definitive
Agreement”) shall, subject to the closing of the transaction described in the Definitive Agreement, be eligible for a Regular Employer Matching Contribution without regard to the requirement that the Eligible Employee be employed as an Eligible
Employee on the last day of the Plan Year and receive such Regular Employer Matching Contribution as soon as administratively practicable following the closing of the transaction described in the Definitive Agreement. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Eligible Employee whose employment with an Employer is classified by the Employer to end and ends
pursuant to the 2009 restructuring (which restructuring began on September 30, 2009 and is designed to eliminate approximately 350 positions by the end of 2009 to offset revenue pressure in the residential voice business and to better align the
Company to focus on broadband and business enterprise opportunities) (the “Restructuring”) shall be eligible for a Regular Employer Matching Contribution without regard to the requirement that the Eligible Employee be employed as an
Eligible Employee on the last day of the Plan Year and receive such Regular Employer Matching Contribution as soon as administratively practicable after the completion of the Restructuring. 

10. Effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2006, the first sentence of Section 15.02 of the Plan is amended to
provide as follows: 
 Any distribution to the Participant that commences prior to his attainment of the age of 65 years shall
require the written consent of the Participant within 180 days of the date of any such distribution if the value of the Participant’s Separate Account at the time of such distribution exceeds $1,000. 

 

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 11. Effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2006, the first sentence of
Section 15.03 of the Plan is amended to provide as follows: 
 Within the 150 day period ending 30 days prior to the date
distribution of a Participant’s Separate Account is to be made or commenced, the Plan Administrator shall provide him with a written explanation of the forms of payment available under the Plan, his right to make a direct rollover, and, except
as otherwise provided in Section 15.04, the Participant’s right to defer distribution of his Separate Account until a date not later than the date required pursuant to Article XVI and, for notices distributed after December 31, 2006,
a description of the consequences to the Participant of not deferring distribution until such date. 
 12. Effective for
distributions made after December 31, 2007, a new sentence is added to the end of Section 15.05(b) to provide as follows: 

In addition, an “eligible retirement plan” shall also mean a Roth IRA described in Section 408A of the Code. 

13. Effective for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2009, a new Section 16.01(d) is added to the end of Section 16.01
of the Plan to provide as follows: 
  

	 	(d)	Notwithstanding the any provision of this Article XVI to the contrary, a Participant or Beneficiary who would have been required to receive required minimum
distributions for 2009 but for the enactment of Section 401(a)(9)(H) of the Code (“2009 RMDs”), and who would have satisfied that requirement by receiving distributions that are (1) equal to the 2009 RMDs or (2) one or more
payments in a series of substantially equal distributions (that include the 2009 RMDs) made at least annually and expected to last for the life (or life expectancy) of the Participant, the joint lives (or joint life expectancy) of the Participant
and the Participant’s designated beneficiary, or for a period of at least 10 years (“Extended 2009 RMDs”), will not receive those distributions for 2009 unless the Participant or Beneficiary chooses to receive such distributions.
Participants and Beneficiaries described in the preceding sentence will be given the opportunity to elect to receive the distributions described in the preceding sentence in the manner and form prescribed by the Plan Administrator. A direct rollover
under Section 15.06 will be offered for 2009 RMDs but only if paid with an additional amount that is an eligible rollover distribution without regard to Section 401(a)(9)(H) of the Code. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, by its duly authorized representative, has caused this Amendment No. 10 to the Windstream 401(k)
Plan to be executed on this 29th day of December, 2009. 
  

			
	WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert R. Boyd

	Title:	 	Member of Benefits Committee

  

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 Exhibit 4.14 

AMENDMENT NO. 11 

TO 
 WINDSTREAM
401(k) PLAN 
 WHEREAS, Windstream Corporation (the “Company”) maintains the Windstream 401(k) Plan, established as of
July 1, 2006, and as subsequently amended (the “Plan”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires further to amend the
Plan; 
 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Company hereby amends the Plan in the respects hereinafter set forth:

 Effective as of March 15, 2010, a new Section 20.05 is added to the Plan to provide as follows: 

 

	 	20.05	Merger of the Lexcom 401(k) Plan  

  

	 	(a)	Merger. Effective as of March 15, 2010, the Lexcom 401(k) Plan shall be merged into and made a part of the Plan, and the trust fund maintained in connection
with the Lexcom 401(k) Plan shall be added to the assets of the Trust Fund to be disposed of under the terms, conditions, and provisions of the Plan and Trust. On and after March 15, 2010, the general provisions of the Plan shall govern with
respect to the interests under the Lexcom 401(k) Plan of all persons except (i) as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 20.05 and (ii) to the extent the general provisions of the Plan are inconsistent with any provisions of
the Lexcom 401(k) Plan that may not be eliminated under Section 411(d)(6) of the Code (and the regulations thereunder). 

For purposes of clarity, the following forms of payment and in-service withdrawal provisions that were available under the Lexcom 401(k)
Plan as in effect on March 15, 2010 shall be available under the Plan with respect to the Participant’s Separate Account attributable to the Lexcom 401(k) Plan (and, as applicable, attributable to a particular sub-account under the Lexcom
401(k) Plan): 
  

	 	(1)	On or after a Participant’s Settlement Date, single sum payment. 

  

	 	(2)	Installments for participants (and beneficiaries) required to receive minimum required distributions in accordance with Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue
Code, but only for participants (beneficiaries) who have commenced installment payments prior to March 15, 2010. 

  

	 	(3)	 In-service withdrawal of amounts attributable to elective deferrals, employer matching contributions, and employer nonelective contributions upon
attainment of age 59- 1/2.

  

	 	(4)	In-service hardship withdrawals of amounts attributable to elective deferrals (excluding any earnings on the elective deferrals credited after December 31, 1988).

	 	(5)	In-service withdrawals of amounts attributable to rollover contributions at any time. 

 

	 	(6)	In-service withdrawal of elective deferrals, employer matching contributions, and employer non-elective contributions upon disability. 

 

	 	(b)	Accounts. As of March 15, 2010, Separate Accounts shall be established in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.07 in the name of each person
who as of March 15, 2010 was a participant or beneficiary with an interest under the Lexcom 401(k) Plan (and for whom a Separate Account had not already been established). As of the date the assets of the trust fund of the Lexcom 401(k) Plan
are received by the Trustee and deposited in the Trust Fund, there shall be credited to each such Separate Account or Sub-Account, as applicable, the value of such person’s prior separate account or sub-account of the corresponding type under
the Lexcom 401(k) Plan as certified to the Plan Administrator by the plan administrator of the Lexcom 401(k) Plan. 

  

	 	(c)	Forfeitures. If a person who participant under the Lexcom 401(k) Plan (i) incurred a forfeiture under the Lexcom 401(k) Plan prior to March 15, 2010
(and such forfeiture has not been restored), (ii) resumes employment as an Employee under the Plan, and (iii) would have had the forfeiture restored under the Lexcom 401(k) Plan as in effect on March 15, 2010, such forfeiture shall be
restored under the Plan in the same manner and under the same conditions as such forfeiture would have been restored under the Lexcom 401(k) Plan as in effect on March 15, 2010. 

 

	 	(d)	Beneficiary Designations. Effective as of March 15, 2010, each beneficiary designation under the Lexcom 401(k) Plan shall be void and have no further
effect. Article XVII of the Plan shall apply to determine the beneficiary with respect to the Separate Accounts or Sub-Accounts established under Section 20.05(b) of the Plan (or previously established under the Plan). 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, by its duly authorized representative, has caused this Amendment No. 11 to the Windstream 401(k)
Plan to be executed on this 1st day of March, 2010. 
  

			
	WINDSTREAM CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert R. Boyd

	Title:	 	Member of the Benefits Committee

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