(3) The Transaction:

On July 1, 2010, Frontier acquired the defined assets and liabilities of the local exchange business and related landline activities of Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) in Arizona, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin and in portions of California bordering Arizona, Nevada and Oregon (collectively, the Acquired Territories), including Internet access and long distance services and broadband video provided to designated customers in the Acquired Territories (the Acquired Business). Frontier was considered the acquirer of the Acquired Business for accounting purposes.

We accounted for our acquisition of 4.0 million access lines from Verizon (the Transaction) using the guidance included in ASC Topic 805. We incurred $81.7 million, $143.1 million and $137.1 million of acquisition and integration related costs in connection with the Transaction during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Such costs are required to be expensed as incurred and are reflected in "Acquisition and integration costs" in our consolidated statements of operations.

The allocation of the purchase price of the Acquired Business was based on the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of July 1, 2010, the effective date of the Transaction. Our assessment of fair value was final as of June 30, 2011.

The final allocation of the purchase price presented below represents the effect of recording the final fair value of assets acquired, liabilities assumed and related deferred income taxes as of the date of the Transaction, based on the total transaction consideration of $5.4 billion.

($ in thousands)
Total transaction consideration:				$	5,411,705
Current assets	$	454,513
Property, plant & equipment		4,407,676
Goodwill		3,695,397
Other intangibles – primarily customer list		2,532,200
Other noncurrent assets		75,092
Current liabilities		(483,118	)
Deferred income taxes		(1,476,813	)
Long-term debt		(3,456,782	)
Other liabilities		(336,460	)
Total net assets acquired	$	5,411,705

The fair value of the total consideration issued to acquire the Acquired Business amounted to $5.4 billion and included $5.2 billion for the issuance of Frontier common shares and cash payments of $105.0 million. As a result of the Transaction, Verizon stockholders received 678,530,386 shares of Frontier common stock. Immediately after the closing of the Transaction, Verizon stockholders owned 68.4% of the combined company's outstanding equity, and existing Frontier stockholders owned 31.6% of the combined company's outstanding equity.

The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations of Frontier and the Acquired Business as if the Transaction had occurred as of January 1, 2010. The pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of what the financial position or results of operations actually would have been had the Transaction been completed as of January 1, 2010. In addition, the unaudited pro forma financial information is not indicative of, nor does it purport to project, the future financial position or operating results of Frontier. The unaudited pro forma financial information excludes acquisition and integration costs and does not give effect to any estimated and potential cost savings or other operating efficiencies that could result from the Transaction.

	For the year ended December 31, 2010
($ in millions, except per share amounts)

Revenue	$	5,652
Operating income	$	1,192

Net income attributable to common shareholders of Frontier	$	324

Basic and diluted net income per common share attributable to common shareholders of Frontier	$	0.33