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Matthew Dolgin
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Windstream's Bankruptcy Will Likely Weigh on Uniti Throughout 2019 and May Cause Liquidity Concerns

Rumors circled on Feb. 25, 2019, that a Windstream bankruptcy filing was imminent, the immediate aftereffect of the firm's recent trial loss that determined it had breached a debt covenant. Though we assumed Windstream would be unable to survive that judgment, we expected the firm would remain solvent until it could appeal the decision. With that looking increasingly unlikely, we are placing Windstream stock under review.
Uniti has also been in flux in the aftermath of the legal decision, as it ...
Underlying
Uniti Group Inc.

Uniti Group is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition and construction of infrastructure in the communications industry. The company's four lines of business are: Uniti Fiber, which is a provider of infrastructure solutions, including cell site backhaul and small cell for wireless operators and ethernet; Uniti Towers, which constructs and leases space on communications towers to wireless service providers and other tenants; Uniti Leasing, which is engaged in acquiring communications assets, such as fiber, data centers, consumer broadband, coaxial and upgradeable copper; and Talk America Services, LLC, which provides local telephone, high-speed internet and long distance service.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Matthew Dolgin

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