CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. (NASDAQ:CNSL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07.

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) of
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (the Company) held on
May 1, 2017, 44,388,484 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value,
or approximately 87.7% of the 50,605,844 shares of common stock
outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, were
present in person or by proxy. Set forth below are the matters
acted upon by the Companys stockholders at the Annual Meeting and
the final voting results on each such matter.

Proposal No. 1: Election of Class III Directors. The
number of votes cast for each nominee named in the Companys proxy
statement, as well as the number of votes withheld and broker
non-votes, were as follows:

Each nominee, having received a plurality of the votes cast, was
elected. In addition, the terms of office of the following
directors continued after the Annual Meeting: Thomas A. Gerke,
Richard A. Lumpkin, Roger H. Moore, Dale E. Parker and Timothy D.
Taron.

Proposal No. 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm. With respect to the
ratification of the appointment of Ernst Young LLP as the
Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the
year ending December 31, 2017, the number of votes cast for and
against this matter, as well as the number of abstentions, were
as follows:

There were no broker non-votes as to Proposal No. 2.

Proposal No. 2, having received the affirmative vote of the
holders of more than a majority of the votes present, in person
or by proxy, and entitled to vote on the matter at the Annual
Meeting, was adopted.

Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote on the Approval of Named
Executive Officer Compensation. With respect to the advisory
vote to approve the compensation of the Companys named executive
officers described in the Companys proxy statement, the number of
votes cast for and against this matter, as well as the number of
abstentions and broker non-votes, were as follows:

Proposal No. 3, having received the affirmative vote of the
holders of more than a majority of the votes present, in person
or by proxy, and entitled to vote on the matter at the Annual
Meeting, was adopted, on an advisory basis.

Proposal No. 4: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the
Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation. With respect to
the advisory vote as to whether the stockholder vote to approve
named executive officer compensation should occur yearly, every
two years or every three years, the number of votes cast for the
Yearly, Every Two Years and Every Three Years frequencies, as
well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, were as
follows:

Based on these results, the Board of Directors of the Company
determined on May 1, 2017, consistent with the stockholders vote
on the matter, to hold an advisory vote on the compensation of
the Companys named executive officers on an annual basis (i.e.
yearly), until the next advisory vote on the frequency of
stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named
executive officers. The Board of Directors plans for the next
advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers of
the Company to occur in 2018 as a result of the adoption of the
yearly standard.

About CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. (NASDAQ:CNSL)

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. is a holding company with operating subsidiaries that provide integrated communications services in consumer, commercial and carrier channels in California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. The Company operates as both an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) and a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) dependent upon the territory served. The Company provides a range of services and products that include local and long-distance service, broadband Internet access, video services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), private line services, carrier grade access services, network capacity services over its regional fiber optic networks, cloud data services, data center and managed services, directory publishing, equipment sales and cloud data services. The Company markets services to its residential customers either individually or as a bundled package.

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