UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
(X) 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:
Margaret L. Keon
c/o Keon Associates
16 Miller Avenue, Suite 203
Mill Valley, California 94941
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:
March 2000
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)
Until March 10, 2000: 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
Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired,
Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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5. Amount of 6. Owner-
Securities ship
2. Trans- Beneficially Form: 7. Nature of
1. Title action 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired Owned at End Direct (D) Indirect
of Date action (A) or of Month or In- Beneficial
Security (Month / Code Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3 direct (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Day/Year) (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Code V Amount (A)or(D) Price
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Class A 03/01/00 S 7,500 D $93.58 I By Margaret
Common Lumpkin Keon
Stock Trust dated
May 13, 1978
03/06/00 S 1,250 D 86.50 I By Margaret
Lumpkin Keon
Trust dated
May 13, 1978
03/07/00 S 21,250 D 88.58 I By Margaret
Lumpkin Keon
Trust dated
May 13, 1978
03/08/00 S 73,750 D 97.43 I By Margaret
Lumpkin Keon
Trust dated
May 13, 1978
03/09/00 S 11,250 D 103.00 I By Margaret
Lumpkin Keon
Trust dated
May 13, 1978
03/10/00 S 30,000 D 105.56 I By Margaret
Lumpkin Keon
Trust dated
May 13, 1978
03/17/00 S 7,500 D 90.50 I By Margaret
Lumpkin Keon
Trust dated
May 13, 1978
03/23/00 S 8,750 D 91.00 I By Margaret
Lumpkin Keon
Trust dated
May 13, 1978
5. Amount of 6. Owner-
Securities ship
2. Trans- Beneficially Form: 7. Nature of
1. Title action 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired Owned at End Direct (D) Indirect
of Date action (A) or of Month or In- Beneficial
Security (Month / Code Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3 direct (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Day/Year) (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Code V Amount (A)or(D) Price
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03/24/00 S 6,250 D 92.13 756,722 I By Margaret
Lumpkin Keon
Trust dated
May 13, 1978
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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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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
2. 5. of Form of
Conver- Number Deri- Deriva-
sion of Deri- 6. vative tive 11.
or vative Date 8. Securi- Secur- Nature
1. Exer- Secur- Exer- 7. Price ties ity: of In-
Title cise 3. ities cisable Title of Benefi- Direct direct
of Price Trans- 4. Acquired and and Deriva- cially (D) Bene-
Deriva- of action Trans- (A) or Expir- Amount of tive Owned at or In- ficial
tive Deri- Date action Disposed ation Underlying Secur- End of direct Owner-
Secur- vative (Month/ Code of (D) Date Securities ity Month (I) ship
ity Secur- Day/ (Instr. (Instr. 3, (Month/ (Instr. 3 (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) 4 & 5) Day/Year) & 4) 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Date Expir- Amount or
Exer- ation Number of
Code V A D cisable Date Title Shares
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SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON(S):
Margaret L. Keon
Individually and as trustee of
the Margaret Lumpkin Keon Trust
By: Steven L. Grissom
Attorney in Fact
Dated: April __, 2000