On January 23, 2024, Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. announced that a leading independent proxy advisory firm, Glass Lewis & Co. has joined Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) in recommending that the Company shareholders vote for the proposed acquisition of the Company by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) at the Company?s special meeting of shareholders to be held on January 31, 2024. The Company added that it has urged its shareholders to vote for the Proposed Transaction.