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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners II, L.P.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
One Maritime Plaza, Suite 1200
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(Street)
San Francisco CA 94111
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Western Wireless Corporation (WWCA)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
5/1998
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ X ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[ X ] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
See Note (1)
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class A Common Stock 5/1/1998 C 9,587,222.00 A D
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Class A Common Stock 5/1/1998 S 9,587,222.00 D $19.50 0.00 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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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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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
of Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Class B Common 9,587, n/a n/a Class A 9,587, n/a 13,140, D
Stock n/a 5/1/1998 C 222.00 Common 222.00 317.00
Stock (1)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible on a one-for-one basis,
subject to the issuer's charter, into Class A Common Stock, which has been
registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The sole general partner of each of Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners II,
L.P., H & F Orchard Partners, L.P. and H & F International Partners, L.P. (the
"H & F Investment Partnerships") is Hellman & Friedman Investors, L.P.
("Investors"). The sole general partner of Investors is Hellman & Friedman
Investors, Inc. ("H & F Inc."). The sole shareholder of H & F Inc. is the
Hellman Family Revocable Trust (the "Trust"). Mr. Hellman is a trustee of the
Hellman Trust. Mr. Bunce and Mr. Cohen, who are members of a limited liability
company which is a limited partner of Investors, are also directors of
Western Wireless Corporation. Investors, H & F Inc., the Trust and Messrs.
Hellman, Bunce and Cohen exercise, directly or indirectly, voting and investment
discretion with respect to the shares held by the H & F Investment Partnerships
and could be deemed to beneficially own such shares, but each of them disclaims
such beneficial ownership except to the extent of their respective indirect
pecuniary interest in such shares.
Hellman & Friedman Capital
Partners II, L.P.,
A California Limited Partnership,
By Hellman & Friedman Investors, L.P.,
Its general partner, By
Hellman & Friedman Investors, Inc.,
Its general partner
By /s/ Georgia Lee June 10, 1998
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Vice President Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Alternatively, this Form is permitted to be submitted to the
Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
pursuant to rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.
(122797DTI)
