<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001051512-17-000067.txt : 20171222
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20171222153236
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001051512-17-000067
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171220
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171222
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171222

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001051512
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				362669023
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14157
		FILM NUMBER:		171272608

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 NORTH LASALLE STREET
		STREET 2:		STE 4000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60602
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3126301900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 NORTH LASALLE STREET
		STREET 2:		STE 4000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60602
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            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:10pt; page-break-after:avoid; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><a name="_DMBM_19808"></a><a name="EDGAR_PAGE_START2"></a><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-weight:bold">Item 1.01.&#160; </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline">Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; font-weight:bold">.</font></p>
            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:10pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica">On </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">December 20</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">, 2017, Unite</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">d States Cellular Corporation (U.S. Cellular</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">), a subsidiary of Tel</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">ephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">),</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">and certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of U.S. Cellular, entered into agreements relating to the issuance of asset-backed variable funding notes which are collateralized by the receivable balances of equipment installment plan contracts of U.S. Cellular&#8217;s customers (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">Securitization</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">&#8221;)</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">with Royal Bank </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">of Canada</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> (RBC)</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">, as administrative agent for owners of the </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">securitized </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">notes</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">, with a maximum funding limit of $200,000,000 at any given time (collectively, the &#8220;Securitization Agreements&#8221;).</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">&#160;</font></p>
            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:10pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica">The Securitization Agreements are</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> disclosed in U.S. Cellular&#8217;s Form 8-K dated </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">December 20</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">, 2017, which Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein. </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">The terms and conditions of the U.S. Cellular </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">Securitization</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> Agreement</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">s</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> are described in such Form 8-K.</font></p>
            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:10pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica">As a condition to one of the Securitization Agreements, U.S. Cellular entered into a Performance Guaranty whereby U.S. Cellular guarantees the performance of certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of U.S. Cellular under certain transfer and servicing agreements as well as under certain of the Securitization Agreements.&#160; U.S. Cellular does not guarantee that the receivables are collectable.&#160; </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">A copy of the U.S. Cellular </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">Performance Guaranty</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica"> is incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">10.2</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">.</font></p>
            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:10pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica">In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this report, please note that they are included to provide information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about the Company or the other parties to the agreements. Certain of the agreements contain representations and warranties by one or more of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and: </font></p>
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            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-left:18pt; margin-bottom:10pt; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:9pt"><font style="font-family:Helvetica">Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about the Company may be found elsewhere in the Company&#8217;s SEC filings, which are available without charge through the SEC&#8217;s website at </font><font style="font-family:Helvetica; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">http://www.sec.gov</font><font style="font-family:Helvetica">.</font></p>
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                        <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:10pt; page-break-inside:avoid; font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821130/000110465917074831/a17-28695_1ex4d1.htm" style="text-decoration:none"><font style="font-family:Helvetica; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">Master Indenture for asset-backed notes by and among USCC Master Note Trust, USCC Services, LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee, dated December 20, 2017, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 from U.S. Cellular&#8217;s Form 8-K dated December 20, 2017.</font></a></p>
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                        <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:10pt; page-break-inside:avoid; font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821130/000110465917074831/a17-28695_1ex4d2.htm" style="text-decoration:none"><font style="font-family:Helvetica; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">Supplemental Indenture for Series 2017-VFN Floating Rate Asset-Backed Notes by and among USCC Master Note Trust, USCC Services, LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, dated December 20, 2017, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 from U.S. Cellular&#8217;s Form 8-K dated December 20, 2017.</font></a></p>
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                        <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:10pt; page-break-inside:avoid; font-size:9pt"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/821130/000110465917074831/a17-28695_1ex10d1.htm" style="text-decoration:none"><font style="font-family:Helvetica; text-decoration:underline; color:#0000ff">Series 2017-VFN Note Purchase Agreement by and among USCC Receivables Funding LLC, as transferor, USCC Master Note Trust, as issuer, USCC Services, LLC, as Servicer, U.S. Cellular as performance guarantor, the owners party thereto, the managing agents party thereto, and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent for owners of the notes, dated December 20, 2017, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 from U.S. Cellular&#8217;s Form 8-K dated December 20, 2017.</font></a></p>
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