UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):August 16, 2019 (August 14, 2019)

Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter	State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation or organization	Commission File Number	I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
Windstream Holdings, Inc.	Delaware	001-32422	46-2847717
Windstream Services, LLC	Delaware	001-36093	20-0792300

4001 Rodney Parham Road
Little Rock, Arkansas			72212
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)
		(501) 748-7000
	(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
		N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

As previously reported, Windstream Holdings, Inc. (“Windstream Holdings”) and Windstream Services, LLC (“Windstream Services”) entered into a Superpriority Secured Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2019 (the “DIP Credit Agreement”), by and among Windstream Services, Windstream Holdings, the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto (together with such other financial institutions from time to time party thereto, the “DIP Lenders”) and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Agent”). On August 14, 2019, Windstream Holdings and Windstream Services entered into an amendment and consent to the DIP Credit Agreement (the “Amendment No. 1”) to: (i) modify the required certification under the DIP Credit Agreement that the consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied to carve out the treatment of the Windstream Holdings’ contractual arrangement with certain subsidiaries of Uniti Group, Inc. and (ii) waive the requirement for delivery of the annual audited financial statements of Windstream Services for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 and instead deliver unaudited consolidated financial statements of Windstream Services for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2019 (as delivered for all other fiscal quarters).

The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 1 does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment No. 1, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed with this report:

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Amendment and Consent No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2019, by and among Windstream Services, LLC, Windstream Holdings, Inc., the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other parties party thereto.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC.
By:	/s/ Kristi M. Moody
Name:	Kristi M. Moody
Title:	Executive Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC
By:	/s/ Kristi M. Moody
Name:	Kristi M. Moody
Title:	Executive Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: August 16, 2019