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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or
Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person:
The Lumpkin Foundation
c/o Steven L. Grissom
121 South 17th Street
Mattoon, Illinois 61938
U.S.A.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol:
McLeodUSA Incorporated
MCLD
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary):
4. Statement for Month/Year:
January 1999
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year):
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all
applicable):
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below)
(x) Other (specify below)
Member of 13(d) group owning more than 10%
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line):
(x) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person<PAGE>
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired,
Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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5. Amount
of
Securities
Beneficially 6. Owner- 7. Nature
Owned at End ship Form: of
1. Title 2. Trans- of Month Direct (D) Indirect
of action 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) or or Indirect Beneficial
Security Date(Month / action Code Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Day/Year) (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A)or(D) Price
Class A 01/08/99 S 769 D $35.00 D
Common
Stock
01/11/99 S 1,154 D 35.13 D
01/12/99 S 1,924 D 36.00 D
01/13/99 S 1,923 D 35.00 D
01/14/99 S 1,538 D 36.50 D
01/14/99 S 385 D 36.75 D
01/15/99 S 192 D 37.00 D
01/19/99 S 1,731 D 37.88 D
01/19/99 S 769 D 38.00 D
01/19/99 S 384 D 38.25 D
01/19/99 S 385 D 38.00 D
01/19/99 S 385 D 38.13 D
01/20/99 S 1,923 D 38.50 D
01/20/99 S 538 D 39.00 D
01/25/99 S 769 D 39.00 189,280 D
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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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9.
5. Number 10.
Number 6. of Owner-
2. of Deriv- Date Deriva- ship 11.
Conver- ative Se- Exer- 8. tive Form of Nature
1. sion 3. curities cisable 7. Price Securi- Deriva- of
Title or Exer- Trans- 4. Acquired and Title and of ties tive Indirect
of cise action Trans- (A) or Expira- Amount of Deriva- Benefici- Security: Benefi-
Deriva- Price of Date action Disposed tion Underlying tive ally Owned Direct (D) cial
tive Deriva- (Month/ Code of (D) Date Securities Security at End of or Indirect Ownership
Security tive Day/ (Instr. (Instr. 3, (Month/ (Instr. 3 (Instr. Month (I) (Instr.
(Instr. 3) Security Year) 8) 4 and 5) Day/ Year) and 4) 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) 4)
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Amount
Date or
Code V (A) (D) Exer- Expir- Number
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able Date Title Shares
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON:
The Lumpkin Foundation
By:
Steven L. Grissom
Assistant Treasurer
DATE: February 8, 1999