As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2013
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware
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62-1147325
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)
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60631
(Zip Code)
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United
States Cellular Corporation
2013
Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
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LeRoy
T. Carlson, Jr.
Chairman
United
States Cellular Corporation.
c/o
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
30
North LaSalle Street, Suite 4000
Chicago,
Illinois 60602
(Name
and Address of Agent for Service)
(312)
630-1900
(Telephone
Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company”
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One)
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Large accelerated filer R
Non-accelerated filer £
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Accelerated filer £
Smaller reporting company £
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities
to be Registered
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Amount to be Registered (1)
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Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
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Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common Shares,
$1.00 par value
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5,000,000 Shares
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$40.01 (2)
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$200,050,000
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$27,287
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(1) In addition, this
Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of additional
securities which may be issued under the above-referenced Plan pursuant to
the anti-dilution provisions of such Plan.
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(2) Estimated for the Common
Shares solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the
basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares of the
Company on the New York Stock Exchange on May 23, 2013, pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.
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PART
I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
1. Plan Information.*
Item
2. Registration Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* Information required by
Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from the
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.
The following documents which have heretofore been
filed by United States Cellular Corporation (the “Company” or the
“Registrant”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
pursuant to the 1933 Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “1934 Act”), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to
be a part hereof:
1. The description of the Company’s Common Shares, par
value $1.00 per share (“Common Shares”), contained in the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated September 12, 2008.
2. The Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.
3. The Company’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2013.
4. The Company’s Current
Reports on Form 8-K reporting events since December 31, 2012, provided that any
information in any Form 8-K that is not deemed to be “filed” pursuant to Item
2.02 or 7.01 shall not be incorporated by reference herein.
5. All other reports filed by
the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the 1934 Act since December
31, 2012.
All documents, subsequently filed by the Company with
the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof
from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents
enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as “Incorporated Documents”).
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item
4. Description of
Securities.
Incorporated herein by reference. See Item 3.
Item
5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters relating to the securities
registered hereby will be addressed by Sidley Austin LLP, One South Dearborn
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. The Company is controlled by Telephone and
Data Systems, Inc. (“TDS”) and the following persons are members of Sidley
Austin LLP: Walter C.D. Carlson, a trustee and beneficiary of a voting trust
that controls TDS, the non-executive Chairman of the Board and member of the
Board of Directors of TDS and member of the Board of Directors of the Company;
William S. DeCarlo, the General Counsel of TDS and an Assistant Secretary of
TDS and certain subsidiaries of TDS; and Stephen P. Fitzell, the General Counsel
and/or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and certain other subsidiaries of
TDS. Walter C.D. Carlson does not provide legal services to TDS, the Company
or their subsidiaries.
Item
6. Indemnification of
Directors and Officers.
Article XI of the Company’s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, contains a provision providing that no director or
officer of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or
officer except for breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the
Company or its stockholders, acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, unlawful payment
of dividends, unlawful stock redemptions or repurchases and transactions from
which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit.
Article XI of the Company’s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, also provides that the Company shall indemnify directors
and officers of the Company, its consolidated subsidiaries and certain other
related entities generally in the same manner and to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Under the Delaware General
Corporation Law, directors and officers, as well as other employees or persons,
may be indemnified against judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in
connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation - a “derivative action”), and against expenses
(including attorney’s fees) in any action (including a derivative action), if
they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct
was unlawful. However, in the case of a derivative action, a person cannot be
indemnified for expenses in respect of any matter as to which the person is
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and to the extent a court
determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
such expenses.
The Delaware General Corporation Law also provides
that, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action or matter,
the corporation must indemnify such party against expenses (including attorneys’
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such party in connection therewith.
The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that
expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any action may be paid
by a Delaware corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to
repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such party is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
The Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, states that the right to indemnification conferred in Article XI
thereof is a contract right and includes the right to be paid by the Company
for expenses incurred in defending proceedings covered by Article XI in advance
of their final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware
General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses in advance of
the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the
Company of an undertaking, by or on behalf of an indemnified director or
officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined
that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or otherwise.
The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided thereby are not exclusive
of any other rights granted by bylaws, agreements or otherwise, and provides
that a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person under Delaware law.
The Company has directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance which provides, subject to certain policy limits, deductible amounts
and exclusions, coverage for all persons who have been, are or may in the
future be, directors or officers of the Company, against amounts which such
persons must pay resulting from claims against them by reason of their being
such directors or officers during the policy period for certain breaches of
duty, omissions or other acts done or wrongfully attempted or alleged.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
Item
7. Exemption from
Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
The exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement
are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index. The United States Cellular
Corporation 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan is not intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Item
9. Undertakings.
(a)
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii)
to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the Common Shares being
registered hereby which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
1933 Act, each filing of the Company’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago,
State of Illinois, on the 31st day of May, 2013.
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UNITED STATES CELLULAR
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
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LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
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Chairman
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. as his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and/or any filings pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and to take such actions in, and file with, the appropriate
applications, statements, consents and other documents as may be necessary or
expedient to register any securities of the Registrant for sale, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform
each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the said attorney-in-fact and
agent or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 31st
day of May, 2013.
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Signature
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Title
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/s/ LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
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Chairman and Director
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LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
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/s/ Mary N. Dillon
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President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director
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Mary N. Dillon
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(principal executive officer)
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/s/ Kenneth R. Meyers
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Vice President and Assistant
Treasurer and Director
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Kenneth R. Meyers
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/s/ James Barr III
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Director
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James Barr III
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/s/ Walter C.D. Carlson
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Director
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Walter C.D. Carlson
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/s/ J. Samuel Crowley
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Director
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J. Samuel Crowley
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/s/ Ronald E. Daly
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Director
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Ronald E. Daly
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/s/ Paul-Henri Denuit
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Director
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Paul-Henri Denuit
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/s/ Harry J. Harczak, Jr.
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Director
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Harry J. Harczak, Jr.
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/s/ Gregory P. Josefowicz
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Director
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Gregory P. Josefowicz
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/s/ Cecelia D. Stewart
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Director
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Cecelia D. Stewart
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/s/ Steven T. Campbell
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Executive Vice
President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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Steven T. Campbell
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(principal financial officer)
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/s/ Douglas D. Shuma
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Chief Accounting Officer
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Douglas D. Shuma
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(principal accounting officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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The following documents are filed herewith or
incorporated herein by reference.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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4.1(a)
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of the Company, as amended, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit
2(a) to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 on Form 8 dated March 24, 1992 to the
Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
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4.1(b)
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Certificate of Amendment to
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, is hereby incorporated
by reference to an exhibit to the Company’s Amendment No. 2 on Form 8 dated
December 28, 1992 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A.
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4.2
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Restated Bylaws of the Company,
as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 6, 2012.
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Opinion of Counsel
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23.1
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Consent of Principal Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
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23.2
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Consent of Other Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
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23.3
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Consent of Counsel (contained in
Exhibit 5)
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Powers of Attorney (included on
signature page)
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99.1
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United States Cellular
Corporation 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit A to the Company’s Notice of Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and Proxy Statement dated April 15, 2013.
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