Windstream Holdings Inc. of Little Rock announced Friday that its stockholders and the stockholders of EarthLink Holdings Corp. of Atlanta approved on Friday the merger the two companies announced in November.
The companies have also received all of the required state and federal regulatory approvals, and their agreement includes an all-stock deal valued at about $1.1 billion, including debt.
Windstream said it anticipates closing the transaction as early as Monday, prior to the opening of trading on the NASDAQ.