Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ:UNIT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ:UNIT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (the Annual Meeting) of
Uniti Group Inc. (the Company) was held virtually on May 11, 2017
at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at
www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/UNIT2017.During the Annual
Meeting, the Companys stockholders voted on three proposals. The
proposals are described in the Companys definitive proxy
statement on Schedule 14A (the Proxy Statement) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2017. The voting
results for each of the proposals are as follows.

1.	Election of Directors.The six director nominees named in the Proxy Statement were elected to the Companys Board of Directors by the following votes:


Name	Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
Jennifer S. Banner	91,482,289	4,855,562	254,835	34,412,625
Scott G. Bruce	95,627,745	696,638	268,303	34,412,625
Francis X. (Skip) Frantz	91,368,387	4,952,866	271,433	34,412,625
Andrew Frey	95,487,718	831,167	273,801	34,412,625
Kenneth A. Gunderman	95,614,057	692,455	286,174	34,412,625
David L. Solomon	91,396,287	4,919,168	277,231	34,412,625

2.	Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation.The stockholders approved an advisory non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the Companys named executive officers by the following votes:

Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
86,065,573	9,997,623	529,490	34,412,625

3.	Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys Independent Registered Public Accountant.The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys independent registered public accountant for 2017 by the following votes:


Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Abstained
129,699,622	935,024	370,665

About Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ:UNIT)
Uniti Group Inc., formerly Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc., is an internally managed real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition and construction of infrastructure in the communications industry. The Company focuses on acquiring and constructing fiber optic broadband networks, wireless communications towers, copper and coaxial broadband networks and data centers. It operates in four segments: Leasing, Fiber Infrastructure, Towers and Consumer Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (Consumer CLEC). The Leasing segment includes Uniti Leasing. The Fiber Infrastructure segment includes Uniti Fiber business. The Towers segment includes Uniti Towers and its ground lease investments. The Consumer CLEC segment includes Talk America. As of December 31, 2016, the Company and its subsidiaries owned approximately 88,100 fiber network route miles, representing approximately 4.2 million fiber strand miles and approximately 231,900 route miles of copper cable lines across 32 states. Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ:UNIT) Recent Trading Information
Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ:UNIT) closed its last trading session up +0.42 at 23.82 with 2,180,903 shares trading hands.