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Filing Date: 2024-07-01

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 6</B>, dated as of July&nbsp;1, 2024 (this &#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;), to the Credit Agreement referred to below, by and
among Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the &#147;<U>Borrower</U>&#148;), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (&#147;<U>JPMCB</U>&#148;), as Administrative Agent (the &#147;<U>Administrative Agent</U>&#148;), and
each 2024 Refinancing Lender (as defined below) party hereto. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Revolver Agent and the Lenders party thereto, entered into the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;30, 2021 (as heretofore amended, the &#147;<U>Credit Agreement</U>&#148; and, as further amended by this Amendment, the &#147;<U>Amended Credit Agreement</U>&#148;); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.18 of the Credit Agreement and the terms hereof and of the Amended Credit
Agreement, the 2024 Refinancing Lenders provide Refinancing Term Loans (the &#147;<U>2024 Refinancing Term Loans</U>&#148;), the proceeds of which will be used to refinance and replace in full all outstanding Term Loans under the Credit Agreement on
the Amendment No.&nbsp;6 Effective Date (as defined below) (the &#147;<U>Existing Term Loans</U>&#148;; the Lenders holding the Existing Term Loans, the &#147;<U>Existing Lenders</U>&#148;) and to pay related fees and expenses; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, each Lender party hereto (each, in such capacity, a &#147;<U>2024 Refinancing Lender</U>&#148;) has agreed to provide 2024
Refinancing Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to its commitment set forth in Schedule I hereto (its &#147;<U>2024 Refinancing Term Commitment</U>&#148;) on the Amendment No.&nbsp;6 Effective Date and in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.18 of the Credit Agreement, a
Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of Section&nbsp;2.18 of the
Credit Agreement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, JPMCB, is the left-lead arranger (in such capacity, the &#147;<U>Left-Lead Arranger</U>&#148;) for the
2024 Refinancing Term Loans, JPMCB, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Barclays Bank PLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Citizens Bank, N.A., CoBank, ACB and Fifth Third Bank, National Association,
are joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the 2024 Refinancing Term Loans; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.&#8195;<B><U>2024 Refinancing Term Loans</U></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&#8195;Each 2024 Refinancing Lender party hereto severally agrees to make, on the Amendment No.&nbsp;6 Effective Date, 2024 Refinancing
Term Loans in Dollars to the Borrower in accordance with the terms hereof in an amount equal to its 2024 Refinancing Term Commitment. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&#8195;On the Amendment No.&nbsp;6 Effective Date: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&#8195;each 2024 Refinancing Lender, severally and not jointly, shall make a 2024 Refinancing Term Loan to the Borrower in
accordance with the terms of Section&nbsp;2.18 of the Credit Agreement and the terms hereof and of the Amended Credit Agreement by delivering immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to its 2024 Refinancing Term
Commitment; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&#8195;the Borrower shall prepay in full the Existing Term Loans by (A)&nbsp;delivering to the
Administrative Agent funds in an amount equal to the sum (&#147;<U>Borrower&#146;s Payment</U>&#148;) of (1)&nbsp;the aggregate principal a