LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Jeff Gardner, president and chief executive officer of Windstream (NYSE: WIN), will speak at 9 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 20 at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Boston, Mass.  

A live webcast of the event will be available at www.windstream.com/investors on the day of the conference. The webcast will be archived on the Web site for 30 days.

About Windstream

Windstream Corporation is an S&P 500 company that provides digital phone, high-speed Internet and high-definition video and entertainment services to residential and business customers in 16 states. The company has approximately 3 million access lines and about $3.2 billion in annual revenues. Windstream is ranked 4th in the 2009 BusinessWeek 50 ranking of the best performing U.S. companies. For more information about Windstream, visit www.windstream.com.

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Investor Relations Contacts:
Mary Michaels, 501-748-7578
mary.michaels@windstream.com