Attachment Attachment 1

This document pretains to ITC-ASG-20140714-00197 for Assignment on a International Telecommunications filing.

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Line Systems, Inc. and Block Line Systems, LLC Application for Consent to Assign S214 Authority Attachment 1 Page 1 of 4 Answer to Question 10 Section 63.18(c): Correspondence for the assignor/licensee, Line Systems, Inc. (“LSI”), concerning this Application should be sent to: Line Systems, Inc. John West 1645 West Chester Pike Suite 200 West Chester, Pennsylvania 19382 Tel: 610-355-9733 E-mail: jwest@linesystems.com With copies to: Steven A. Augustino Denise N. Smith Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 3050 K Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20007 Tel: 202-342-8400 E-mail: saugustino@kelleydrye.com dsmith@kelleydrye.com Correspondence for the assignee, Block Line Systems, LLC (“BLS”), concerning this Application should be sent to: Block Communications, Inc. Block Line Systems, LLC 405 Madison Avenue, Suite 2100 Toledo, Ohio 43604 Attn: John Martin Tel: 419-724-3860 E-mail: jmartin@telesystem.us With copies to: Thomas J. Moorman, Esq. Woods & Aitken, LLP

Line Systems, Inc. and Block Line Systems, LLC Application for Consent to Assign S214 Authority Attachment 1 Page 2 of 4 5151 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 310 Washington, DC 20016 Tel: 202-944-9502 E-mail: tmoorman@woodsaitken.com And David F. Waterman, Esquire Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP 1000 Jackson Toledo, Ohio 43604 Tel: 419-321-1212 E-mail: dwaterman@slk-law.com Section 63.18(d): BLS does not currently hold any Section 214 authorizations. Answer to Question 11 Section 63.18(h): The name, address, citizenship and principal businesses of any person or entity that directly or indirectly owns at least ten percent of the equity of BLS, and the percentage of equity owned by each of those entities (to the nearest one percent) are included below. BLS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCI. The 10% or greater shareholders of BCI are noted below and are determined based on the direct and indirect interests of the shareholders in the three (3) classes of stock issued by BCI, only one of which is voting. Control of BCI resides in the four shareholders which effectively vote 25% of the voting stock of BCI as explained below. There are 29,400 outstanding shares of Voting Common Stock that are owned as follows: Voting Name Citizenship Principal Shares Percentage Business 1. Allen J. Block U.S. Communications 7,350 25 2. John R. Block U.S. Communications 7,350 25 3. Block Family Trust No. 21 U.S. Trust 7,350 25 4. Block Remainder Trusts2 U.S. Trust 7,350 25 1 By virtue of the underlying trust instruments, the Block Family Trust No. 2 has five (5) trustees but William Block, Jr. has veto power over the trust action.

Line Systems, Inc. and Block Line Systems, LLC Application for Consent to Assign S214 Authority Attachment 1 Page 3 of 4 TOTAL: 29,400 100% Control of BCI rests with these four shareholders. The shareholders currently owning 10% or more of the total outstanding equity of BCI are as follows: Name Total Shares3 Total Percentage 1. Allan J. Block 55,014.16 17.59% 2. John R. Block 55,014.16 17.59% 3. William Block, Jr. 40,365.25 12.91% 4. Donald G. Block 39,642.25 12.68% 5. Barbara L. Block 35,936.25 11.49% 6. Karen D. Johnese 31,666.25 10.13% Except for John R. Block, the address for each of the individuals and each of the Trusts identified above is 405 Madison Avenue, Suite 2100, Toledo, Ohio 43603. John R. Block’s address is 34 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. Answer to Question 13 LSI and BLS have entered into an asset purchase agreement pursuant to which BLS will acquire certain assets including, for example, operating assets and agreements, certain customer accounts, contracts and agreements, certain vendor agreements and contracts, certain equipment and certain intellectual property from LSI. BLS will also acquire LSI’s international Section 214 authorization. Additional information about the transaction is included in Attachment 2 to the Application. 2 There are eight (8) Block Remainder Trusts. Karen D. Johnese is the Voting Trustee of each Block Remainder Trusts and votes all of the shares of Voting Common Stock owned by such trusts. 3 “Total Shares” reflects total ownership of all equity interests (the three (3) authorized classes of stock (only one (1) of which is voting)) for each individual, including both direct and indirect beneficial ownership.

Line Systems, Inc. and Block Line Systems, LLC Application for Consent to Assign S214 Authority Attachment 1 Page 4 of 4 Answer to Question 20 LSI and BLS request streamlined processing of this Application pursuant to Section 63.12 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 63.12. This Application qualifies for streamlined treatment under Section 63.12 because neither LSI nor BLS is a foreign carrier and neither company has any foreign carrier affiliations.


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