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Supplement Dated December 30, 1997 to Prospectus dated July 28, 1997
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by McLeodUSA Incorporated (the "Company")
(File No. 0-20763) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), hereby are incorporated by reference in this Prospectus.
1. The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June
30, 1997 and September 30, 1997, filed with the Commission pursuant to
the Exchange Act, including all amendments thereto.
2. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 9, 1997 filed
with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, including all
amendments thereto.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Supplement and prior
to the termination of any offering made by this Prospectus shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents (each such document being hereinafter
referred to as an "Incorporated Document"). Any statement contained in this
Prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a
statement contained in any 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 Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part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 Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such person, a
copy of any or all of the Incorporated Documents (other than exhibits to such
documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference
into such documents). Such requests should be directed to McLeodUSA
Incorporated, McLeodUSA Technology Park, 6400 C Street, SW, P.O. Box 3177,
Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-3177, telephone number: (319) 364-0000, Attention:
General Counsel.
