Windstream CEO: 'Not the Same Telephone Company You Invested in 4 Years Ago'

by Robert Bell on Wednesday, May. 4, 2011 12:47 pm

Windstream CEO and President Jeff Gardner

* Approved Windstream's executive compensation plan

* Approved annual voting on executive compensation, which the board supported

* Approved PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent

* Defeated a shareholder proposal to allow cumulative shareholder voting in cases of disputed election of directors

* Defeated a proposal that would have required Windstream to disclose spending on political activities

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