0000950157-09-000266 Sample Contracts

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND NEW COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC. DATED AS OF May 13, 2009

Distribution Agreement • May 15th, 2009 • Frontier Communications Corp • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • New York

• Contract Type
  Distribution Agreement
• Filed
  May 15th, 2009
• Company
  Frontier Communications Corp
• Industry
  Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 13, 2009, by and between Verizon Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Verizon”), and New Communications Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon (“Spinco” and, together with Verizon, the “Parties”).

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT by and among Verizon Communications Inc., New Communications Holdings Inc. and Frontier Communications Corporation dated as of May 13, 2009

Employee Matters Agreement • May 15th, 2009 • Frontier Communications Corp • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • New York

• Contract Type
  Employee Matters Agreement
• Filed
  May 15th, 2009
• Company
  Frontier Communications Corp
• Industry
  Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This Employee Matters Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 13, 2009 is by and among Verizon Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Verizon”), New Communications Holdings Inc. (“Spinco”), a Delaware corporation, and Frontier Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Frontier”) (each a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”), and effective as of the Effective Time of the Merger Agreement (except that certain obligations under this Agreement, which apply by their express terms before the Effective Time, shall be effective as of the first date the obligation applies under the terms of this Agreement).

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Rights Agreement • May 15th, 2009 • Frontier Communications Corp • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Rights Agreement
• Filed
  May 15th, 2009
• Company
  Frontier Communications Corp
• Industry
  Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

Amendment No. 2, dated as of May 12, 2009 (this “Amendment”), to the Rights Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2002, as amended (the “Rights Agreement”), between Frontier Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), formerly known as Citizens Communications Company, and Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”).