US Cellular 2008 Annual Report Download - page 64

Summary Compensation Table
Change in
Pension
Non- Value and
Equity Nonqualified
Incentive Deferred
Stock Option Plan Compensation All Other
Name and Principal Salary Bonus Awards Awards Compensation Earnings Compensation Total
Position Year $ ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j)
John E. Rooney(1) . 2008 $855,000 $675,000 $ 768,240 $1,917,477 — $6,978 $54,740 $4,277,435
President and Chief 2007 $790,000 $525,000 $ 508,779 $2,013,137 — $3,655 $70,858 $3,911,429
Executive Officer 2006 $734,084 $300,000 $1,185,929 $3,158,606 — $3,335 $51,921 $5,433,875
Steven T.
Campbell(2) ....2008 $415,480 $252,000 $ 176,456 $ 297,684 — $ 62 $46,104 $1,187,786
Executive Vice 2007 $369,068 $103,000 $ 69,243 $ 161,182 — — $33,629 $ 736,122
President-Finance,
Chief Financial
Officer and
Treasurer since
January 1, 2007
Jay M. Ellison(3) . . . 2008 $542,244 $401,000 $ 506,709 $ 760,619 — $2,049 $54,740 $2,267,361
Executive Vice 2007 $502,920 $336,414 $ 442,648 $ 575,979 — $1,157 $61,334 $1,920,452
President and Chief 2006 $467,867 $176,000 $ 480,214 $ 535,037 — $1,201 $43,727 $1,704,046
Operating Officer
Michael S. Irizarry(4) 2008 $490,667 $275,000 $ 353,637 $ 535,710 — $ 417 $50,261 $1,705,692
Executive Vice 2007 $449,933 $212,528 $ 292,093 $ 394,040 — $ 35 $80,289 $1,428,918
President— 2006 $393,434 $110,000 $ 305,673 $ 388,879 — — $27,380 $1,225,366
Engineering and
Chief Technical
Officer
Jeffrey J. Childs(5) . 2008 $402,980 $204,000 $ 234,144 $ 340,585 — $ 149 $42,494 $1,224,352
Senior Vice 2007 $373,761 $166,170 $ 230,607 $ 280,822 — $ 8 $37,959 $1,089,327
President and Chief 2006 $347,710 $ 86,000 $ 238,273 $ 258,849 — — $23,197 $ 954,029
Human Resources
Officer
Explanation of Column:
(a) Includes the following ‘‘named executive officers’’: all individuals serving as U.S. Cellular’s principal executive officer or acting
in a similar capacity during the last completed fiscal year; all individuals serving as the principal financial officer or acting in a
similar capacity during the last completed fiscal year; and the three most highly compensated executive officers other than
the foregoing who were serving as executive officers at the end of the last completed fiscal year, including executive officers
of subsidiaries. The determination as to which executive officers are most highly compensated is made by reference to total
compensation for the last completed fiscal year as set forth in column (j), reduced by any amount in column (h).
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., Chairman of U.S. Cellular, and LeRoy T. Carlson, a director of U.S. Cellular and executive officers of
TDS, receive no compensation from U.S. Cellular. In addition, Kenneth R. Meyers, a director of U.S. Cellular and executive
officer of TDS, received no compensation from U.S. Cellular in 2008 or 2007. LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., and LeRoy T. Carlson are
compensated, and in 2008 and 2007, Kenneth R. Meyers was compensated, by TDS in connection with their services for TDS
and TDS subsidiaries, including U.S. Cellular. A portion of their compensation expense incurred by TDS is allocated to U.S.
Cellular by TDS, along with the allocation of other compensation expense and other expenses of TDS. This allocation by TDS
to U.S. Cellular is done in the form of a single management fee pursuant to the Intercompany Agreement discussed below
under ‘‘Intercompany Agreement.’’ There is no identification or quantification of the compensation of such persons to U.S.
Cellular, or of any other allocated expense in this management fee. The management fee is recorded as a single expense by
U.S. Cellular. U.S. Cellular does not obtain details of the components that make up this fee and does not segregate this fee or
allocate any part of the management fee to other accounts such as compensation expense. Accordingly, the compensation
expenses incurred by TDS with respect to such persons are not reported in the above table. However, for purposes of
disclosure, approximately 78% of LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.’s compensation expense in 2008, approximately 79% of Kenneth R.
Meyers’ compensation expense in 2008 and approximately 78% of LeRoy T. Carlson’s compensation expense in 2008
incurred by TDS is included by TDS in the total management fee to U.S. Cellular. Information with respect to compensation
from TDS to LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., Kenneth R. Meyers and LeRoy T. Carlson is included in TDS’ proxy statement related to its
2009 annual meeting of shareholders.
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