UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Information Statement Pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated
Schedule 13G)*
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Shares, $1.00 par value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
87943310
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(CUSIP Number)
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filed out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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13G
CUSIP NO. 87943310 Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Trustees under The Voting Trust under Agreement dated June 30, 1989
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |X|
(b) | |
3 SEC USE ONLY
4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF Not Applicable
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER - 6,337,187 Series A
OWNED BY Common Shares which have ten votes per
EACH share on all matters and are convertible
REPORTING on a share-for-share basis into Common
PERSON Shares, and are held by the reporting
WITH persons as trustees of a Voting Trust.
7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
Not Applicable
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
Not Applicable
9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
Same as 6
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
Not Applicable
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) - Reporting persons
beneficially own approximately 91.4% of the Series A Common Shares of
the Issuer, representing approximately 10.5% of the Issuer's
outstanding classes of Common Stock and 51.4% of the Issuer's voting
power.1
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
OO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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1 Based on 53,648,683 TDS Common Shares and 6,936,277 Series A Common Shares
issued and outstanding on December 31, 1997.
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
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Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer:
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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
(b) Address of Issuers's Principal Executive Offices:
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30 North LaSalle Street
Suite 4000
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing:
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The Trustees of the Voting Trust under Agreement
dated June 30, 1989:
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Walter C.D. Carlson
Letitia G.C. Carlson
Donald C. Nebergall
Melanie J. Heald
(b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if None,
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Residence:
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c/o Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
30 North LaSalle Street
Suite 4000
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(c) Citizenship:
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See cover page, item 4
(d) Title of Class of Securities:
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Common Shares, $1.00 par value
(e) CUSIP Number:
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87943310
Item 3. (a) - (h)
Not Applicable
Item 4. Ownership
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(a) Amount Beneficially Owned as of December 31, 1996:
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See cover page, item 6
(b) Percent of Class:
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See cover page, item 11
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
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(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
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(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
Not Applicable
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
See cover page, item 6
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of:
Not Applicable
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of:
Not Applicable
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
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Not Applicable
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
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Person.
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Not Applicable
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which
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Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding
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Company.
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Not Applicable
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
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(i) Identification:
The Trustees of the Voting Trust under Agreement
dated June 30, 1989:
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Walter C.D. Carlson
Letitia G.C. Carlson
Donald C. Nebergall
Melanie J. Heald
(ii) Classification:
None of the members of the group is a person
identified under Item 3 of Schedule 13G
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
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Not Applicable
Item 10. Certification.
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Not Applicable
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Schedule 13G
Issuer: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
Date: January 19, 1998 TRUSTEES OF THE VOTING TRUST UNDER AGREEMENT
DATED JUNE 30, 1989
/s/ Walter C.D. Carlson*
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Walter C.D. Carlson
/s/ Letitia G.C. Carlson*
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Letitia G.C. Carlson
/s/ Donald C. Nebergall*
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Donald C. Nebergall
/s/ Melanie J. Heald*
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Melanie J. Heald
*By: /s/ LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
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LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Trustee and as Attorney-in-Fact for
above Trustees*
*Pursuant to attached Joint Filing Agreement and
Power of Attorney
Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Schedule 13G
relating to the direct beneficial ownership in the Common Shares of
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. by the Voting Trust.
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