SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC. (Last) (First) (Middle) 4001 RODNEY PARHAM ROAD (Street) LITTLE ROCK AR 72212 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol COMMUNICATIONS SALES & LEASING, INC. [ CSAL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/15/2016
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/15/2016		J(1)		14,703,993	D	(1)	14,681,071	I	By Windstream Services, LLC

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC. (Last) (First) (Middle) 4001 RODNEY PARHAM ROAD (Street) LITTLE ROCK AR 72212 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 4001 RODNEY PARHAM ROAD (Street) LITTLE ROCK AR 72212 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On June 15, 2016, Windstream Services, LLC ("WIN Services"), a Delaware limited liability company wholly owned by Windstream Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, transferred 14,703,993 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. (the "Issuer") to WIN Services's creditors pursuant to a debt-for-equity exchange in satisfaction of approximately $308.7 million of outstanding revolving credit facility debt and to pay transaction fees and expenses, which, together, reflected consideration of $22.00 per share of Issuer's common stock.

Remarks:

	WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC., WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC, By: /s/ Kristi Moody, Name: Kristi Moody, Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary	06/15/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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