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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 15

 

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None*

*On September 21, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), Windstream Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) emerged from bankruptcy, pursuant to that certain First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) approved and confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on June 26, 2020. As of the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Stock”), outstanding prior to the effectiveness of the Plan was deemed canceled and extinguished. This Form 15 is intended to terminate the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and to terminate and suspend all filing obligations under Section 12(g) and Section 15(d), respectively, with respect to the Common Stock.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Windstream Holdings, Inc., has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.