U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person
Tritel, Inc. (TTEL) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Mounger,II William M.
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for X Director --- 10% Owner
Number of Reporting Month/Year ---
Person (Voluntary) X Officer (give --- Other
May 1999 --- title below) (specify
below)
4781 East Massena Drive
____________________________________________________ Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Street) and Chief Executive Officer
Jackson MS 39211
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(City) (State) (Zip) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
(Month/Year) X Form filed by One Reporting
-- Person
-- Form filed by More than One
Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
(Instr. 3 (I) ship
and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Code V Amount (A) or Price
(D)
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Class A Common Stock $.01
par value 5/25/00 P 1,800 (A) $22.6875
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Class A Common Stock $.01
par value 5/25/00 P 200 (A) $22.6250 2,386,544.00 (D)
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Class A Common Stock $.01
par value 2,379,072.22 (I) (1)(2)
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Voting Preference Common Stock 3.00 (D)
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*If the form is filed by more than reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(1)Represents shares held by Trillium PCS, LLC and M3, LLC of which Mr. Mounger has a controlling interest.
(2)Includes 3,600 held by Mr. Mounger in trust.
(Print or Type Responses)
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TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
Derivative sion or action tion Derivative cisable and Amount of of of ship ture
Security Exercise Date Code Securities Expiration Underlying Deriva- Deriva- Form of of
(Instr. 3) Price of (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) Date (Month/ Securities tive tive Deriva- In-
Deriva- (Month/ or Disposed Day/Year) (Instr.3 Security Securi- tive di-
tive Day/ of (D) and 4) (Instr. 5) ties Bene- Security: rect
Security Year) (Instr. 3, ficially Direct Bene-
4, and 5) Owned at (D) or fi-
End of Indirect cial
Month (I) Own-
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) er-
ship
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Date Expir- 4)
Exer- ation Amount
cisable Date Title or Number
Number of
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Code V (A) (D)
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Class C (3) Class A 690,224 690,224 (D)
Common Stock or Class
$.01 par value B Common
Stock $.01
par value
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Class D (3) Class Ar 148,598.04 148,598.04 (I) (1)
Common Stock or Class
$.01 par value B Common
Stock $.01
par value
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Explanation of Responses:
(3) Class C and Class D Common Stock is convertible to Class A or Class B
Common Stock at the option of the holder and upon consent of the FCC.
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal /s/ William M. Mounger, II June 6, 2000
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See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Attorney-in-Fact
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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