SEC Form 5 · accession 0001120437-19-000005
TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ · TDS
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
VOTING TRUST
10% Owner
Period of report
Dec 31, 2018
Accepted (ET)
Jan 8, 2019 · 2:02 pm EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001051512
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common SharesF2,F3 | holding | — | — | — | 6,209,604 | I | By Voting Trust |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A Common SharesF2,F4,F1 | — | holding | — | — | — | — | — | Common Shares | 6,905,213 | 6,905,213 | I |
Explanation of responses
- F1Series A Common shares are convertible, on a share-for-share basis, into common shares.
- F2The trustees of the Voting Trust are Walter CD Carlson, LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., Letitia G. Carlson, and Prudence Carlson. The Voting Trust entered into as of June 30, 1989 expires on June 30, 2035. The Voting Trust was created to facilitate long-standing relationships among the trusts certificate holders. In addition, the trustees of the Voting Trust, from time to time, commit on behalf of certain depositors in the Voting Trust dividends which would otherwise be paid to the Voting trustees and distributed to such depositors to the purchase of shares of the Company's Series A or common stock under the dividend reinvestment plan. The shares so purchased are held for the account of the Voting trustees on behalf of such depositors and are included herein. The filing of this statement shall not be construed as an admission that any voting trustee is for the purpose of Section 16 of the Act, the beneficial owner of any equity securities covered hereby.
- F3Includes 433,423 Common shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan.
- F4Includes 627,380 Series A Common shares acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan.