Weiss & Lurie, a national class action and shareholder rights law firm with offices in New York City and Los Angeles, is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the Board of Directors of SureWest Communications (Nasdaq:SURW) arising from its agreement for the Company to be acquired by Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNSL).

Under the acquisition agreement, shareholders may elect to exchange each share of SureWest for either $23.00 in cash or the equivalent value in shares of Consolidated Communications stock based on the average trading price for the 20-day period ending two days before the closing of the acquisition. Overall stock and cash elections are subject to proration such that 50 percent of the SureWest shares will be exchanged for cash and 50 percent for stock.

Weiss & Lurie is investigating whether SureWest's Board acted in the best interests of SureWest shareholders in approving this deal. In approving the deal, the Board may have breached its duties to shareholders by failing to properly maximize the value of SureWest's shares, such as by providing a level playing field to competing bidders or by considering alternative transactions.

If you own SureWest shares and would like more information about your rights as a shareholder or additional information concerning our investigation, please contact Julia J. Sun either by email at info@weisslurie.com or by telephone at (888) 593-4771.

Weiss & Lurie has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded institutions and individuals and obtained important corporate governance in these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or issuing materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at info@weisslurie.com or fill out the form on our website, http://www.weisslurie.com/contact/report_fraud/.

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