Uniti Group Inc.

Note 7. Fair Value of Financial Instruments:

Fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities is defined as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. Authoritative guidance establishes a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on the observability of inputs utilized in measuring assets and liabilities at fair values. This hierarchy establishes market-based or observable inputs as the preferred source of values, followed by valuation models using management assumptions in the absence of market inputs. The levels of the hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 – Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity can access at the assessment date;

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

Financial instruments consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, interest rate swaps, notes and other debt, and interest and dividends payable. With respect to the Company’s financial instruments, the carrying amount of cash, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, interest and dividends payable were estimated by management to approximate fair value due to the relatively short period of time to maturity for those instruments. The fair value of cash equivalents, interest rate swaps, and notes and other debt is measured on a recurring basis.

Non-financial assets and liabilities, including property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and asset retirement obligations, are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. No event occurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2026 requiring any non-financial asset and liability to be subsequently recognized at fair value.

The fair value of financial instruments was as follows:

(a)As of September 30, 2026, cash equivalents included highly liquid, actively traded money market funds with next day access.

(b)Recognized at carrying value of$11,403.6 million and$9,630.8 million, including the current portion and excluding unamortized deferred financing costs, at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

The fair value of the interest rate swaps was determined based on the present value of expected future cash flows using the applicable observable, quoted swap rates (USD-SOFR) for the full term of the swaps and incorporating credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both the Company’s own non-performance risk and the non-performance risk of the respective counterparties. As of September 30, 2026, the adjustment to the fair value of the interest rate swaps to reflect non-performance risk was immaterial.