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FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number: 3235-0287
[ ] Check this box if no Expires: September 30, 1998
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Estimated average burden
Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the hours per response.........0.5
or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ------------------------------
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
Stanton John W. VoiceSream Wireless Corporation (VSTR) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- ---
Western Wireless Corporation Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer (give Other (specify
3650 131st Avenue SE, Ste. 400 Person (Voluntary) 12/1999 ---- title below) --- below)
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, Chairman, Director and Chief
Bellevue WA 98006 Date of Original Executive Officer
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(City) (State) (Zip) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
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X Form filed by One
---- Reporting Person
Form filed by More Than
---- One Reporting Person
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TABLE 1 -- 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. Ownership 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Beneficial
(Instr. 8) Owned at (D) or Ownership
(Month/ End of Month Indirect (Instr. 4)
Day/ -------------------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) (I)
Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 4)
(D)
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Common Stock 12/3/99 G V 50,000 D D
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Common Stock 12/3/99 G V 50,000(3) D 2,930,106.00(1) D
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Common Stock 50,000(3) I By foundation
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Common Stock (2) 1,686,069.00 I By PN Cellular,
Inc.
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Common Stock (2) 1,274,518.00 I By Stanton
Communications
Corp.
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Common Stock (2) 164,437.00 I By Trust
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (7-96)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) 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 Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price
Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Deriv-
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative
Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ Secur-
ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4 Year) ity
Security and 5) (Instr. 5)
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Code V (A) (D) Date Expira- Title Amount or
Exer- tion Number of
cisable Date Shares
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9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Form of Indirect
Securities Derivative Beneficial
Beneficially Security: Ownership
Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
of Month or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
1. 45,000 shares held by reporting person and 13,333 shares held by spouse, Theresa E. Gillespia, both pursuant to Restricted Stock
Award.
2. Pursuant to a spin-off of VoiceStream Wireless Corporation ("VoiceStream") by Western Wireless Corporation ("Western Wireless")
on May 3, 1995, Western Wireless distributed to its shareholders on a tax-free basis one share of VoiceStream common stock for each
share of Western Wireless common stock owned at the time of the spin-off. No additional consideration was paid for such VoiceStream
common stock.
3. Shares held by foundation for which reporting person is a trustee.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). /s/ JOHN STANTON 12/9/99
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. ------------------------------- ---------------
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information Page 2
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form SEC 1474 (7-96)
displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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