Windstream Gets Extended Bankruptcy Control to Finish Uniti Deal

Windstream Holdings Inc. was granted an extension of exclusive control of its bankruptcy case in order to finalize certain terms of its lease settlement with Uniti Group Inc. under its restructuring plan.

• Judge Robert Drain granted an extension of its filing deadline to June 22, 2020, and its deadline to solicit votes to August 22, 2020.
  • Windstream shortened its original extension motion to resolve objections from certain creditors.
• The case is Windstream Holdings Inc., 19-22312, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (White Plains).

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