Uniti Group Inc.

Note 5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets and Liabilities:

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill occurring during the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, are as follows:

(a)Prior to the Merger, all goodwill related to the former Uniti Fiber segment. In connection with the Merger, the former Uniti Fiber and Uniti Leasing segments were combined with the CLEC portion of Windstream’s acquired wholesale business and renamed Fiber Infrastructure.

Indefinite-lived intangible assets were as follows on December 31, 2025:

Windstream acquired wireless spectrum licenses in the 3.5, 24, 28 and 37 GHz bands in auctions conducted by the FCC during 2020 and 2019 for $78.9 million. The spectrum licenses have an initial term of 10.0 years and are subject to renewal by the FCC. Currently, there are no legal, regulatory, contractual, competitive, economic or other factors that would limit the useful life of the spectrum; and therefore, the licenses are considered indefinite-lived intangible assets. As of December 31, 2025, the weighted average remaining renewal period for the acquired spectrum licenses was 4.6 years.

Carrying value of finite-lived intangible assets and liabilities were as follows:

(a)Subsequent to August 1, 2025, the Company sold certain unused IPv4 addresses with a net carrying value of $6.7 million for proceeds of $5.0 million payable in cash.

The amortization methodology and useful lives for finite-lived intangible assets and liabilities were as follows:

As of December 31, 2025, the remaining weighted average amortization period of the Company’s intangible assets was 4.6 years for customer relationships,12.5 years for customer lists,17.1 years for IPv4 addresses,14.6 years for the trade name,2.8 years for contracts, and 12.0 years for rights of way. As of December 31, 2025, the total remaining weighted average amortization period for all finite-lived intangible assets was 9.0 years.

Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $143.8 million, $29.7 million, and $29.7 million, respectively.

Amortization expense for intangible assets subject to amortization is estimated to be as follows for each of the years ended December 31:

We recognize the amortization of below-market leases in revenue. Revenue related to the amortization of the below-market leases for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 was $7.0 million, $10.7 million, and $10.7 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, the remaining weighted average amortization period of the Company’s intangible liabilities was 2.7 years. Revenue due to the amortization of the below-market leases is estimated to be as follows for each of the years ended December 31: