On October 30, 2017, the Board of Directors of Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. elected, effective as of January 1, 2018, former Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Currey to the non-executive position of Chairman of the Board. Accordingly, effective as of the Effective Date, Mr. Currey will transition from his role as Executive Chairman of the Board to non-executive Chairman of the Board. As the non-executive Chairman of the Board, Mr. Currey will continue service as a director but will no longer be an officer or employee of the company.

As previously disclosed, as part of the company's chief executive officer succession and transition plan, the Board appointed C. Robert Udell, Jr. as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2015, at which point the Board elected Mr. Currey, who served as the Chief Executive Officer of the company from 2002 until December 31, 2014, to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Currey's transition to non-executive Chairman of the Board is the next logical step in this multi-year transition undertaken by the Board.