0001104659-12-007526 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among SUREWEST COMMUNICATIONS, CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC., WH ACQUISITION CORP. and WH ACQUISITION II CORP. Dated as of February 5, 2012

Agreement and Plan of Merger • February 8th, 2012 • Surewest Communications • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • California

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  February 8th, 2012
• Company
  Surewest Communications
• Industry
  Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
• Jurisdiction
  California

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of February 5, 2012 (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”), SureWest Communications, a California corporation (the “Company”), WH Acquisition Corp., a California corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub I”), and WH Acquisition II Corp., a California corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub II” and together with Merger Sub I, the “Merger Subs”).