Kentucky Public Service Commission

Order Entered: 1. Joint Applicants' petition for confidential protection for the Estate Settlement in Exhibit 1 of the Joint Application is granted pursuant to KRS 61.878(1 )(a) and 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13. 2. The material contained in the Estate Settlement shall not be placed in the public record or made available for public inspection until further Order of this Commission. 3. Use of the material in question in any Commission proceeding shall be in compliance with 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13(9). 4. Joint Applicants shall inform the Commission if the material in question becomes publicly available or no longer qualifies for confidential treatment. 5. If a non-party to this proceeding requests to inspect the material granted confidential treatment by this Order and the period during which the material has been granted confidential treatment has not expired, then Joint Applicants shall have 20 days from receipt of written notice of request to demonstrate the material still falls within the exclusions from disclosure requirements established in KRS 61.878. If Joint Applicants are unable to make such demonstration, the requested material shall be made available for inspection. Otherwise, the Commission shall deny the request for inspection. 6. The Commission shall not make requested material available for inspection for 20 days following an Order finding material no longer qualifies for confidential treatment in order to allow Joint Applicants to seek a remedy afforded by law.

Final Order Entered: 1. The proposed distribution of Brandenburg Communications shares by the Estate of Mr. Tobin is hereby approved. 2. Within 20 days of the completion of the proposed distribution, Joint Applicants shall notify the Commission in writing of the completion.

Brandenburg Telephone Co. and Brandenburg Communications Corp. Joint Response to Request for Information

COMMISSION STAFF'S FIRST REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO JOINT APPLICANTS

Order Entered: 1 . Joint Applicants' request for approval of the proposed transfer of ownership and control is continued for an additional 60 days from July 18, 2017, to September 18, 2017, pursuant to KRS 278.020(7). 2. The procedural schedule for processing the review of the proposed transfer of control is attached hereto as an Appendix and shall be followed in this case. 3. Any party filing a paper with the Commission shall file an original and ten copies, appropriately bound, tabbed and indexed. 4. All parties shall respond to any interrogatories or requests for production of documents that Commission Staff submits in accordance with the procedural schedule set forth in the Appendix. 5. a. Responses to requests for information shall be appropriately bound, tabbed and indexed and shall include the name of the witness responsible for responding to the questions related to the information provided, with copies to all parties of record and the original and ten copies to the Commission. b. Each response shall be answered under oath or, for representatives of a public or private corporation or a partnership or association or a governmental agency, be accompanied by a signed certification of the preparer or person supervising the preparation of the response on behalf of the entity that the response is true and accurate to the best of that person's knowledge, information, and belief formed after a reasonable inquiry.

No Deficiency Letter

Acknowledge Receipt of Filing

Verified Joint Application of Brandenburg Communications Corporation and Brandenburg Telephone Company for the Expedited Transfer of Certain Ownership Shares of Brandenburg Communications Corporation and Petition for Confidential Treatment