AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., and FALCON MERGER SUB, INC. Dated as of December 3, 2016Agreement and Plan of Merger • December 5th, 2016 • Fairpoint Communications Inc • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware
Contract Type FiledDecember 5th, 2016 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of December 3, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and together with all exhibits and schedules hereto, this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), FairPoint Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Falcon Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).