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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT
AND
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
FOR THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 19, 2009
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF
UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION
We will hold the 2009 annual meeting of the shareholders of United States Cellular Corporation
(‘‘U.S. Cellular’’) (New York Stock Exchange symbol: ‘‘USM’’), a Delaware corporation, at the
Renaissance Chicago O’Hare Suites Hotel, 8500 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday,
May 19, 2009, at 8:30 a.m., Chicago time. At the meeting, we are asking shareholders to take the
following actions:
1. To elect three Class I members of the board of directors nominated by the U.S. Cellular board of
directors and named in the attached proxy statement. Your board of directors recommends that
you vote FOR its nominees for Class I directors.
2. To consider and approve an amended Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, as more fully
described in the accompanying proxy statement. Your board of directors recommends that you
vote FOR this proposal.
3. To consider and approve U.S. Cellular’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, as more
fully described in the accompanying proxy statement. Your board of directors recommends that
you vote FOR this proposal.
4. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public
accountants for the year ending December 31, 2009. Your board of directors recommends that
you vote FOR this proposal.
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments
thereof.
We are first sending this notice of annual meeting of shareholders and Proxy Statement to you on or
about April 15, 2009.
We have fixed the close of business on March 30, 2009 as the record date for the determination of
shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting or any adjournments thereof.
The following additional information is being provided as required by SEC rules:
The proxy statement and annual report to shareholders are available at www.uscellular.com
under Investor Relations—Proxy Vote, or at www.uscellular.com/investor/2009proxy.
The following items have been posted to this Web site:
1. Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting
2. Annual Report to Shareholders for 2008 (included as an appendix to the Proxy Statement for the
2009 Annual Meeting)
3. Form of Proxy Card
Any control/identification numbers that you need to vote are set forth on your proxy card if you are a
record holder, or on your voting instruction card if you hold shares through a broker, dealer or bank.
The location where the annual meeting will be held is the Renaissance Chicago O’Hare Suites Hotel.
This hotel is located in Chicago, Illinois at 8500 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, just south of Interstate 90 and
approximately one block west of Cumberland Avenue.