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Introduction to Southern Light ▪ Leading provider of fiber optic infrastructure solutions in the Southeast ▪ One of top 10 largest pure fiber infrastructure providers in the US ▪ Focused on delivering highly reliable, customized last-mile solutions to our region ▪ Unrivaled reach across LATA, franchise and municipal boundaries along the Gulf Coast ▪ Networks built on strong foundation for growth with high fiber counts and dynamic network design (>$300 million invested to date) 2

Current Network Overview ▪ Southern Light’s network is unparalleled across the Gulf Coast Region 3

Last mile networks The value of the network is in the unique last-mile fiber routes within attractive markets. Mobile, AL Pensacola, FL New Orleans, LA Panama City, FL 4

Customers On-Net Military Installations 117 th Air Refueling Wing ▪ ▪ Anniston Army Depot ▪ CIWT Corry Station ▪ Columbus AFB ▪ Eglin AFB ▪ Fort Benning ▪ Fort Rucker ▪ Keesler AFB ▪ NAS Belle Chasse ▪ NAS Meridian ▪ NAS Pensacola ▪ NAS Whiting Field ▪ Maxwell AFB ▪ Maxwell-Gunter AFB ▪ NCBC Gulfport ▪ Redstone Arsenal ▪ SaufleyField ▪ Stennis Space Center ▪ Tyndall AFB 5

Customer Base Southern Light has an entrenched and diverse customer base in three segments and that include a wide variety of industries. Telecom Public Sector Enterprise U. S. Department Health Care of Defense Wireless Providers Financial Services Other Federal Government Carrier Technology National Carriers State & Local Media & Government Regional Carriers Entertainment Cable Providers Education Industrial & CLECs Colleges & Universities Manufacturing & K-12 6

Small Cell/ODAS Small Cell Deployment ▪ Limited Spectrum ▪ Small Cell technologies supplement a single high- powered antenna with a series of smaller, low- power antennas to provide improved coverage ▪ Each location can handle approximately 50,000 calls per day, versus 500,000 calls for an actual cell site ▪ Number of cell sites expected to grow from 350,000 today to > 2.0 million by 2020 ▪ Both an immediate opportunity and a bleeding edge service 7

Small Cell/ODAS Southern Light was an early mover on Small Cell/ODAS deployment • In 2013 Southern Light launched its first neutral-host ODAS System in Fairhope • In 2016 Southern Light deployed small cells in the Destin area • Currently deploying 480 small cells in New Orleans • Significant growth expected in order to support IoT and 5G 8

Rural Broadband Southern Light's Network Lauderdale Alcorn DeSoto Benton Limestone Madison Jackson Marshall Tishomingo Tippah Tunica Tate Colbert Prentiss Lawrence Union Morgan Franklin DeKalb Lafayette Panola Marshall Lee Itawamba Quitman Coahoma Pontotoc Cherokee Cullman Winston Marion Yalobusha Etowah Chickasaw Tallahatchie Calhoun Blount Monroe Lamar Calhoun Grenada Walker Fayette St. Clair Bolivar Clay Cleburne Webster Sunflower Leflore Jefferson Montgomery Lowndes Oktibbeha Carroll Talladega Choctaw Tuscaloosa Randolph Washington Clay Pickens Shelby Humphreys Holmes Noxubee Attala Winston Bibb Chambers Greene Coosa West Carroll Sharkey Tallapoosa Chilton Claiborne Union Morehouse Yazoo Leake Neshoba Kemper Issaquena Hale Webster East Carroll Bossier Perry Lincoln Madison Lee Elmore Autauga Sumter Muscogee Ouachita Richland Caddo Scott Newton Lauderdale Macon Madison Warren Bienville Chattahoochee Dallas Jackson Rankin Montgomery Hinds Russell Marengo Lowndes Franklin Bullock Red River Caldwell De Soto Tensas Clarke Smith Jasper Choctaw Claiborne Wilcox Winn Simpson Copiah Barbour Pike Butler Natchitoches Catahoula Jefferson Crenshaw La Salle Clarke Jefferson Davis Covington Wayne Jones Grant Monroe Sabine Lawrence Lincoln Concordia Henry Franklin Dale Conecuh Washington Adams Coffee Forrest Covington Marion Lamar Greene Rapides Pike Wilkinson Amite Perry Vernon Walthall Escambia Avoyelles Geneva Houston West Feliciana Holmes Washington East Feliciana George St. Helena Santa Rosa Jackson Stone Pearl River Mobile Evangeline Pointe Coupee Escambia Okaloosa Beauregard Baldwin Allen Tangipahoa Nassau Walton Washington Gadsden St. Landry Jefferson East Baton Rouge Jackson Harrison Hamilton St. Tammany Leon Madison West Baton Rouge Livingston Hancock Calhoun Bay Duval Calcasieu Acadia St. Martin Iberville Ascension Columbia Baker Wakulla Jefferson Davis Suwannee Liberty Lafayette St. John the Baptist Taylor Clay Union St. James Orleans Bay Iberia Lafayette Gulf Bradford Cameron St. Johns Assumption St. Charles Franklin St. Bernard Vermilion St. Martin St. Mary Gilchrist Jefferson Alachua Lafourche Putnam Dixie Iberia Plaquemines Flagler Terrebonne Rural Route Miles Per State: Levy Marion • Louisiana – 327 miles Citrus • Mississippi – 88 miles Hernando Pasco • Alabama – 441 miles Legend Pinellas Hillsborough • Florida – 680 miles Fiber Routes • Georgia – 7 miles Manatee Rural Counties Sarasota Urban Counties 9

Southern Light and Uniti Fiber Uniti Group to acquire Southern Light 10

Southern Light and Uniti Fiber • Uniti Group: • Publicly traded REIT • Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas • Provides 5,200 customer connections • Encompasses 2,600 municipalities • Impact: • Access to capital and operational resources • Increased network reach (post acquisition more than 1 million fiber strand miles) • Enables Southern Light to become a diversified competitor 11

Broadband Deployment Policy Impediments to deployment What to do: • Standardized fee structures • Fees (franchise, permitting, etc.) • Education • Inability to access Interstate ROW • Incentivize municipalities and states to adopt • Bridge attachments • Pole Attachment Agreements broadband friendly policies (i.e. Gigabit • Small cell confusion Opportunity Zones) • Standardized small cell regulations 12