Frontier Communications shareholders have approved a $9.6 billion sale to Verizon, the company said on Wednesday, even as a number of large investors sought to get a higher price. Shareholders had until Wednesday to cast their votes on a deal that Verizon's CEO Hans Vestberg called a "strategic fit" that would allow the company to be more competitive in additional markets.

On Nov. 13, Frontier’s stockholders will decide whether to approve a $20 billion, all-cash acquisition deal which Verizon announced on Sept. 3. Verizon plans to buy Frontier, which brings with it a vast fiber network, for $38.50 per share, around a 45% ...

Frontier Communications announced  its shareholders gave a stamp of approval for Verizon's proposed $20 billion deal to buy the company.

The $9.6 billion deal would expand Verizon’s fiber network to a size that would rival major competitors such as AT&T and Comcast.

Frontier Communications (NASDAQ:FYBR) rose 2.6% after a report that its shareholders are set to approve its planned $9.6 billion sale to Verizon (VZ). Frontier (FYBR) secured enough votes to approve the deal by early Wednesday to guarantee its approval,

Shareholders of pure-play fiber internet provider Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. ($FYBR) on Wednesday have approved the acquisition of the company by Verizon Communications Inc. ($VZ) at a special meeting.