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31MAR200819475288
1MAR200513005181
UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION
8410 West Bryn Mawr Avenue
Suite 700
Chicago, Illinois 60631
Phone: (773) 399-8900
Fax: (773) 399-8936
April 15, 2009
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
You are cordially invited to attend our 2009 annual meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at 8:30 a.m.,
Chicago time, at the Renaissance Chicago O’Hare Suites Hotel, 8500 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois. At the meeting, we will report on the plans and accomplishments of United States Cellular
Corporation.
The formal notice of the meeting and our board of directors’ proxy statement are enclosed.
Appendix I to the proxy statement contains audited financial statements and certain other financial
information for the year ended December 31, 2008, as required by the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘SEC’’). At the 2009 annual meeting, shareholders are being
asked to take the following actions:
1. elect three Class I directors nominated by the U.S. Cellular board of directors and named in the
attached proxy statement;
2. consider and approve an amended Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, as more fully
described in the accompanying proxy statement;
3. consider and approve U.S. Cellular’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, as more fully
described in the accompanying proxy statement; and
4. ratify the selection of independent registered public accountants for the current fiscal year.
The board of directors recommends a vote ‘‘FOR’’ its nominees for election as directors, ‘‘FOR’’ the
proposal to approve an amended Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, ‘‘FOR’’ the proposal to
approve U.S. Cellular’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, and ‘‘FOR’’ the proposal to ratify
accountants.
Our board of directors and members of our management team will be at the annual meeting to meet
with you and discuss our record of achievement and plans for the future. Your vote is important.
Therefore, please sign and return the enclosed proxy card, whether or not you plan to attend the
meeting.
We look forward to visiting with you at the annual meeting.
Very truly yours,
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. John E. Rooney
Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer
Please sign and return the enclosed proxy card(s) promptly or
vote on the Internet using the instructions on the proxy card