On January 19, 2024, Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. announced that a leading independent proxy advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that the Company shareholders to vote for the proposed acquisition of the Company by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation 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.