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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-11-028621
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110509
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000821130
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RADIO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS [4812]
		IRS NUMBER:				621147325
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09712
		FILM NUMBER:		11836595

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8410 W BRYN MAWR AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 700
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7733998900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8410 W BRYN MAWR AVE
		STREET 2:		STE 700
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>May&nbsp;9, 2011</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 1.01.&#160; <u>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</u>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The purpose of this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A is to update the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;9, 2011 originally filed on May&nbsp;11, 2011, to disclose the exercise, on May&nbsp;11, 2011, of an additional $42,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.95% Senior Notes due 2060 pursuant to the overallotment option granted to the underwriters, and to file an Exhibit&nbsp;5 opinion with respect to such additional notes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;9, 2011, United States Cellular Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into an underwriting agreement (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives (the &#147;Representatives&#148;) of several underwriters named therein (the &#147;Underwriters&#148;), and a related Terms Agreement (the &#147;Terms Agreement&#148;) among the Company and the Representatives, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Company, subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 6.95% Senior Notes due 2060 (the &#147;Notes&#148;).&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties, and termination provisions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Copies of the Underwriting Agreement and the Terms Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 and Exhibit&nbsp;1.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference thereto.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, as of May&nbsp;9, 2011, the Company entered into a sixth supplemental indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), which supplements the indenture dated as of June&nbsp;1, 2002 and establishes the terms and conditions of the Notes (the &#147;Sixth Supplemental Indenture&#148;).&nbsp;&nbsp; The Trustee is an affiliate of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., which is one of a number of banks with which the Company and its subsidiaries maintain ordinary banking relationships, including, in certain cases, credit facilities. A copy of the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, including the form of the Notes, is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing summary of the Underwriting Agreement, the Terms Agreement and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the respective documents incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.01.&#160; <u>Other Events</u>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A copy of the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP relating to the legality of the Initial Notes (as defined below) to be issued and sold in the offering is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto.&#160; A copy of the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP relating to the legality of the Option Notes (as defined below) to be issued and sold in the offering is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.2 hereto.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notes were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-168545).&#160; On May&nbsp;10, 2011, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">supplement to the prospectus dated May&nbsp;9, 2011 pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(5)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, relating to the offering of the Notes, which is incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;10, 2011, the Company announced that it had priced a public offering of $300 million of 6.95% Senior Notes due 2060 (the &#147;Initial Notes&#148;).&#160; The Company&#146;s press release issued on May&nbsp;10, 2011 relating to such announcement is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 and incorporated herein by reference thereto.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;11, 2011, the underwriters exercised their option pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(b)&nbsp;of the Underwriting Agreement to purchase an additional $42 million of 6.95% Senior Notes due 2060 (the &#147;Option Notes&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9.01.&#160; <u>Financial Statements and Exhibits</u>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibits:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-K, any Exhibits included in this Form&nbsp;8-K are identified on the Exhibit&nbsp;Index attached hereto.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:   May&nbsp;12, 2011</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Kenneth R. Meyers</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following exhibits are filed herewith as noted below.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Underwriting   Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;9, 2011 among the Registrant and Citigroup   Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith   Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as   representatives of the several underwriters, relating to the Registrant&#146;s   6.95% Senior Notes due 2060.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Terms   Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;9, 2011 among the Registrant and Citigroup   Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith   Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as   representatives of the several underwriters, relating to the Registrant&#146;s   6.95% Senior Notes due 2060.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;of   Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;9, 2011 between the   Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., including the   form of the Registrant&#146;s 6.95% Senior Notes due 2060.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIDLEY AUSTIN   LLP</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>    </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ONE SOUTH   DEARBORN</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>    </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CHICAGO,&nbsp;IL   60603</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>    </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(312) 853   7000</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>    </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(312) 853   7036 FAX</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;11, 2011</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States Cellular Corporation</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8410 West Bryn Mawr, Suite&nbsp;700</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chicago,&nbsp;IL 60631</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United   States Cellular Corporation</font></u></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$42,000,000   6.95% Senior Notes due 2060</font></u></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We are counsel to United States Cellular Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148;), and have represented the Company with respect to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-168545) (the &#147;<u>Registration Statement</u>&#148;) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<u>Commission</u>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<u>Securities Act</u>&#148;), which Registration Statement was declared effective on August&nbsp;19, 2010.&#160; Pursuant to the Registration Statement, on May&nbsp;16, 2011, the Company is issuing (i)&nbsp;$300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 6.95% Senior Notes due 2060 (the &#147;<u>Initial Securities</u>&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;an additional $42,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 6.95% Senior Notes due 2060 (the &#147;<u>Option Securities</u>&#148; and, together with the Initial Securities, the &#147;<u>Securities</u>&#148;) pursuant to the exercise on May&nbsp;11, 2011 by the Underwriters (as defined below) of the option to purchase such Senior Notes pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(b)&nbsp;of the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below). The Option Securities are being issued under an Indenture dated June&nbsp;1, 2002 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), as trustee (the &#147;<u>Trustee</u>&#148;), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated August&nbsp;7, 2002, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated October&nbsp;31, 2002, the Third Supplemental Indenture dated December&nbsp;3, 2003, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated June&nbsp;9, 2004, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated June&nbsp;21, 2004 and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated May&nbsp;9, 2011 (as so supplemented, the &#147;<u>Indenture</u>&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sidley Austin LLP is a limited liability partnership practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In rendering this opinion letter, we have examined and relied upon a copy of (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement, (ii)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s prospectus dated May&nbsp;9, 2011 included in the Registration Statement (the &#147;<u>Base Prospectus</u>&#148;), (iii)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s prospectus supplement dated May&nbsp;9, 2011 supplementing the Base Prospectus and relating to the Securities, (iv)&nbsp;the Indenture, (v)&nbsp;the Securities in global form, (vi)&nbsp;the executed Underwriting Agreement dated May&nbsp;9, 2011 (the &#147;<u>Underwriting Agreement</u>&#148;) among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters (the &#147;<u>Underwriters</u>&#148;) named in the related Terms Agreement dated May&nbsp;9, 2011, relating to the issuance and sale of the Securities, including the notice of exercise of the option by the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities, (vii)&nbsp;certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted on May&nbsp;6, 2002, May&nbsp;7, 2008 and May&nbsp;6, 2010 and of the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company duly adopted on April&nbsp;27, 2010 and May&nbsp;9, 2011, as certified by the Secretary of the Company on May&nbsp;9, 2011 as being true, complete and correct and in full force and effect, relating to, among other things, the authorization of the Registration Statement and the issuance and sale of the Securities, and (viii)&nbsp;the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Restated Bylaws of the Company, in each case as currently in effect, and as certified by the Secretary of the Company on the date hereof as being true, complete and correct and in full force and effect.&#160; We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company, agreements, documents, certificates and other statements of governmental officials and other instruments, and have examined such questions of law and have satisfied ourselves as to such matters of fact, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion expressed below.&#160; We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for examination. We have also assumed that the Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Trustee.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth herein, it is our opinion that the issuance and sale of the Option Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company and, when the Option Securities are duly executed and delivered by the Company, and duly authenticated by the Trustee, all in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed consideration therefor as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Option Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the laws of the State of Illinois and the federal laws of the United States of America (excluding the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules&nbsp;and regulations in effect thereunder) to the extent applicable.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company is controlled by Telephone and Data Systems,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;<u>TDS</u>&#148;).&#160; The following persons are partners in this Firm:&#160; Walter C.D. Carlson, a trustee and beneficiary of a voting trust that controls TDS, the non-executive chairman of the board and member of the board of directors of TDS and a director of the Company; William S. DeCarlo, the General Counsel of TDS and an Assistant Secretary of TDS and certain subsidiaries of TDS; and Stephen P. Fitzell, the General Counsel and/or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and certain other subsidiaries of TDS.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K on the date hereof, which Form&nbsp;8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and to all references to our firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement.&#160; In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the related rules&nbsp;promulgated by the Commission.</font></p>
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