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Class III Directors—Terms Scheduled to Expire in 2011
The following persons are current Class III directors whose terms will expire at the 2011 annual
meeting of shareholders:
Elected by Holders of Common Shares
Position with U.S. Cellular Served as
Name Age and Principal Occupation Director since
J. Samuel Crowley ............. 58 Director of U.S. Cellular and Private 1998
Investor
Elected by Holder of Series A Common Shares
Position with U.S. Cellular Served as
Name Age and Principal Occupation Director since
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. ........... 62 Chairman and Director of U.S. 1984
Cellular and President and Chief
Executive Officer of TDS
Walter C.D. Carlson ............ 55 Director of U.S. Cellular, 1989
non-executive Chairman of the
Board of TDS and Partner, Sidley
Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Background of Class III Directors
J. Samuel Crowley. Mr. Crowley is a private investor. Between 2005 and 2007, he was the chief
operating officer of Gold’s Gym International, the nation’s largest chain of co-ed fitness facilities. Between
2004 and 2005, Mr. Crowley was a private investor. Between 2002 and 2003, Mr. Crowley was Senior
Vice President—New Ventures at Michaels Stores, Inc., a publicly-held national specialty retail company.
Between 2000 and 2002, he was a business strategy consultant with Insider Marketing, a high tech
marketing consulting firm. Prior to that, Mr. Crowley was employed by CompUSA, Inc., a national retailer
and reseller of personal computers and related products and services, for more than five years, most
recently as executive vice president of operations.
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., has been the Chairman (an executive officer) of U.S.
Cellular, and the President and Chief Executive Officer (an executive officer) of TDS, for more than five
years. Mr. Carlson also serves on the board of directors of TDS. He is also a director and Chairman (an
executive officer) of TDS Telecom. He is the son of LeRoy T. Carlson and the brother of Walter C.D.
Carlson.
Walter C.D. Carlson. Walter C.D. Carlson has been a partner of the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP
for more than five years and is a member of its executive committee. The law firm of Sidley Austin LLP
provides legal services to U.S. Cellular and TDS on a regular basis. See ‘‘Certain Relationships and
Related Transactions’’ below. Mr. Carlson does not provide legal services to U.S. Cellular, TDS or their
subsidiaries. Mr. Carlson serves on the board of directors of TDS and was elected non-executive
Chairman of the Board of TDS in 2002. He is the son of LeRoy T. Carlson and the brother of LeRoy T.
Carlson, Jr.
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