SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Appleby Jarrett (Last) (First) (Middle) 2101 RIVERFRONT DRIVE, SUITE A (Street) LITTLE ROCK AR 72202 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/21/2026	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Uniti Group Inc. [ UNIT ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ JARRETT APPLEBY BY: DANIEL L. HEARD, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT	05/26/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Daniel Heard or Travis Black as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute, for and on behalf of the undersigned as
a director or officer of Uniti Group Inc. (the
"Company") and any successor corporation, any one or
more Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts, for and on behalf
of the undersigned, that may be necessary or desirable
to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 and 5
and the timely filing of such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other
authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to the foregoing attorney-
in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents, and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might
or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or other applicable securities laws or rules.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-
fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of
April, 2026.

/s/ Jarrett Appleby
Signature

Jarrett Appleby
Typed or Printed Name