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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2012</font></b></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<br> 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="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</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;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE</font></b></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;">TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS,&nbsp;INC.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">36-2669023</font></b></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;">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>   incorporation or organization)</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;">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">30 North LaSalle Street, Suite&nbsp;4000<br>   Chicago,&nbsp;Illinois<br>    </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">60602</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>   (Zip Code)</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Telephone and Data Systems,&nbsp;Inc.<br> Tax-Deferred Savings Plan</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LeRoy T. Carlson,&nbsp;Jr.<br> President and Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">30 North LaSalle Street, Suite&nbsp;4000</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chicago,&nbsp;Illinois 60602</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(312) 630-1900</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;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&#160; See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.&#160; (Check One)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(1)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of Common Shares registered shall include an indeterminate number of additional Common Shares that may become issuable pursuant to the terms of the above-referenced Plan as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions and, if interests in the above-referenced Plan are deemed to constitute separate securities, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the above-referenced Plan.&#160; Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(2)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no separate fee is required to register any Plan interests.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(2)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Estimated in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and 457(h)(1)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares of the Registrant as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on November 19, 2012.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(3)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Calculated based on the current statutory fee of $136.40 per million.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Registrant has previously filed a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-58127), relating to 100,000 Common Shares, which first became effective on June&nbsp;30, 1998, for issuance under the above-referenced Plan .&nbsp; Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;429 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Prospectus related to the Plan includes the Common Shares covered by Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-58127 that remain unissued, as well as the securities registered by this Registration Statement.</font></b></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 June&nbsp;30, 1998, Telephone and Data Systems,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) filed a Registration Statement (the &#147;Prior Common Share Registration Statement&#148;) on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-58127), which first became effective on June&nbsp;30, 1998, relating to the registration of 100,000 Common Shares of the Registrant, for issuance under the Telephone and Data Systems,&nbsp;Inc. Tax-Deferred Savings Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), 45,341 of which remain unissued as of the date hereof.</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;17, 2005, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement (the &#147;Prior Special Common Share Registration Statement&#148;) on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-125004), which first became effective on May&nbsp;17, 2005, relating to the registration of 45,000 Special Common Shares of the Registrant, for issuance under the Plan, all of which remain unissued as of the date hereof.</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 January&nbsp;24, 2012, the Registrant&#146;s Special Common Shares were reclassified as Common Shares of the Registrant and Special Common Shares are no longer issued or authorized for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation.&#160; The reclassification is described in the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated August&nbsp;31, 2011, and supplement thereto dated November&nbsp;29, 2011.</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;">As a result, Special Common Shares are no longer authorized for issuance under the Plan.&#160; Accordingly, the Registrant is filing a post-effective amendment to the Prior Special Common Share Registration Statement to deregister all 45,000 Special Common Shares that remain unissued under the Prior Special Common Share Registration Statement.</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 connection therewith, the Registrant is filing this Registration Statement to register 45,000 additional Common Shares for issuance under the Plan to replace the Special Common Shares.</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 Rule&nbsp;429 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), the Prospectus that is part of this Registration Statement also relates to the 45,341 Common Shares that remain unissued under the Prior Common Share Registration Statement.</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 Rule&nbsp;462 under the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Plan Information</font></u></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.*</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</font></u></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.*</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the 1933 Act and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></u></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font></b></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 following documents which have heretofore been filed by the Registrant, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the 1933 Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Shares&#148;), contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A/A dated January&nbsp;25, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011, including the incorporated portions of the Registrant&#146;s Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated April&nbsp;16, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K reporting events since December&nbsp;31, 2011,&#160; including Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K dated January&nbsp;13, 2012 (Items 5.02 and 9.01), January&nbsp;13, 2012 (Items 5.07 and 9.01), January&nbsp;24, 2012, February&nbsp;24, 2012, March&nbsp;9, 2012, March&nbsp;15, 2012 (Item 5.02), March&nbsp;15, 2012 (Items 5.02 and 9.01), May&nbsp;4, 2012, May 16, 2012, May 17, 2012, August 3, 2012, November 6, 2012 (Items 2.02 and 9.01), November 6, 2012 (Items 1.01, 2.05, 2.06, 7.01 and 9.01), and November 26, 2012, provided that any information in any Form&nbsp;8-K that is not deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 shall not be incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a)&nbsp;and 15(d)&nbsp;of the 1934 Act since December&nbsp;31, 2011.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;7, 2012.</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;">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;).</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;">Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></u></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font></b></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;">Certain legal matters relating to the securities registered hereby will be addressed by Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago,&nbsp;Illinois.&#160; The following persons are members of Sidley Austin LLP:&#160; Walter C.D. Carlson, a trustee and beneficiary of a voting trust that controls the Registrant, the non-executive Chairman of the Board and member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant and a director of a subsidiary of the Registrant; William S. DeCarlo, the General Counsel of the Registrant and an Assistant Secretary of the Registrant and certain subsidiaries of the Registrant; and Stephen P. Fitzell, the General Counsel and/or an Assistant Secretary of certain subsidiaries of the Registrant.&#160; Walter C.D. Carlson does not provide legal services to the Registrant or its subsidiaries.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></u></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision providing that no director or officer of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer except for breach of the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, unlawful payment of dividends, unlawful stock redemptions or repurchases and transactions from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Restated Certificate of Incorporation also provides that the Registrant shall indemnify directors and officers of the Registrant, its consolidated subsidiaries and certain other related entities generally in the same manner and to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as more specifically provided in the Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.&#160; The Restated Bylaws provide for indemnification and permit the advancement of expenses by the Registrant generally in the same manner and to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to compliance with certain requirements and procedures specified in the Restated Bylaws.&#160; In general, the Restated Bylaws require that any person seeking indemnification must provide the Registrant with sufficient documentation as described in the Restated Bylaws and, if an undertaking to return advances is required, to deliver an undertaking in the form prescribed by the Registrant and provide security for such undertaking if considered necessary by the Registrant.&#160; In addition, the Restated Bylaws specify that, except to the extent required by law, the Registrant does not intend to provide indemnification to persons under certain circumstances, such as where the person was not acting in the interests of the Registrant or was otherwise involved in a crime or tort against the Registrant.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, directors and officers, as well as other employees or persons, may be indemnified against judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation - a &#147;derivative action&#148;), and against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) in any action (including a derivative action), if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.&#160; However, in the case of a derivative action, a person cannot be indemnified for expenses in respect of any matter as to which the person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and to the extent a court determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Delaware General Corporation Law also provides that, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action or matter, the corporation must indemnify such party against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such party in connection therewith.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any action may be paid by a Delaware corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such party is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided thereby are not exclusive of any other rights granted by bylaws, agreements or otherwise, and provides that a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person under the Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant has directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance which provides, subject to certain policy limits, deductible amounts and exclusions, coverage for all persons who have been, are or may in the future be, directors or officers of the Registrant, against amounts which such persons must pay resulting from claims against them by reason of their being such directors or officers during the policy period for certain breaches of duty, omissions or other acts done or wrongfully attempted or alleged.</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 exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit&nbsp;Index.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Undertakings</font></u></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">.</font></b></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)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the 1933 Act;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered hereby which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LeRoy   T. Carlson,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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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;">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints LeRoy T. Carlson,&nbsp;Jr. as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to take such actions in, and file with, the appropriate applications, statements, consents and other documents as may be necessary or expedient to register securities of the Registrant for sale, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof and the Registrant hereby confers like authority on its behalf.</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 Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on November 26, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Douglas D. Shuma</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;">Senior   Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)</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;">Douglas   D. Shuma</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Plan</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on November 26, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TELEPHONE   AND DATA SYSTEMS,&nbsp;INC.,</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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as   Plan Administrator</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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/   LeRoy T. Carlson,&nbsp;Jr.</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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LeRoy   T. Carlson,&nbsp;Jr.</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">4.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">The   Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is hereby   incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s   Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed on January&nbsp;25, 2012.</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">4.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">The   Registrant&#146;s Restated Bylaws, as amended, are hereby incorporated herein by   reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on   Form&nbsp;8-K dated November&nbsp;18, 2010.</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">4.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Telephone   and Data Systems,&nbsp;Inc. Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, Amended and Restated   as of January&nbsp;1, 2009</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">4.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Amendment   Number 1, dated as of October&nbsp;12, 2009</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">4.5</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Amendment   Number 2, dated as of October&nbsp;12, 2009</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">5</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Opinion   of Counsel</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">23.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Consent   of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm &#151; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">23.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Consent   of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm &#151; Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche   LLP</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">23.3</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">Consent   of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">24</font></p>    </td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2012
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-2669023
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 4000
Chicago, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
60602
(Zip Code)
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
Tax-Deferred Savings Plan
(Full title of the plan)
LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 4000
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(Name and address of agent for service)
(312) 630-1900
(Telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check One)
Large   accelerated filer
x
Accelerated   filer
o
Non-accelerated   filer
o
Smaller   reporting company
o
(Do   not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate offering
price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Shares, $0.01 par value
45,000 Common Shares (1)
$
22.66
(2)
$
1,019,700
(2)
$
140
(3)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of Common Shares registered shall include an indeterminate number of additional Common Shares that may become issuable pursuant to the terms of the above-referenced Plan as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions and, if interests in the above-referenced Plan are deemed to constitute separate securities, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the above-referenced Plan.  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no separate fee is required to register any Plan interests.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares of the Registrant as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on November 19, 2012.
(3)
Calculated based on the current statutory fee of $136.40 per million.
The Registrant has previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-58127), relating to 100,000 Common Shares, which first became effective on June 30, 1998, for issuance under the above-referenced Plan .  Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Prospectus related to the Plan includes the Common Shares covered by Registration Statement No. 333-58127 that remain unissued, as well as the securities registered by this Registration Statement.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On June 30, 1998, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant") filed a Registration Statement (the "Prior Common Share Registration Statement") on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-58127), which first became effective on June 30, 1998, relating to the registration of 100,000 Common Shares of the Registrant, for issuance under the Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Tax-Deferred Savings Plan (the "Plan"), 45,341 of which remain unissued as of the date hereof.
On May 17, 2005, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement (the "Prior Special Common Share Registration Statement") on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-125004), which first became effective on May 17, 2005, relating to the registration of 45,000 Special Common Shares of the Registrant, for issuance under the Plan, all of which remain unissued as of the date hereof.
On January 24, 2012, the Registrant's Special Common Shares were reclassified as Common Shares of the Registrant and Special Common Shares are no longer issued or authorized for issuance under the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  The reclassification is described in the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated August 31, 2011, and supplement thereto dated November 29, 2011.
As a result, Special Common Shares are no longer authorized for issuance under the Plan.  Accordingly, the Registrant is filing a post-effective amendment to the Prior Special Common Share Registration Statement to deregister all 45,000 Special Common Shares that remain unissued under the Prior Special Common Share Registration Statement.
In connection therewith, the Registrant is filing this Registration Statement to register 45,000 additional Common Shares for issuance under the Plan to replace the Special Common Shares.
Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the Prospectus that is part of this Registration Statement also relates to the 45,341 Common Shares that remain unissued under the Prior Common Share Registration Statement.
Pursuant to Rule 462 under the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
.*
Item 2.
Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.*
*
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the 1933 Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents which have heretofore been filed by the Registrant, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the 1933 Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
1.
The description of the Registrant's Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Shares"), contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated January 25, 2012.
2.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, including the incorporated portions of the Registrant's Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated April 16, 2012.
3.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012 and September 30, 2012.
4.
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K reporting events since December 31, 2011,  including Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 13, 2012 (Items 5.02 and 9.01), January 13, 2012 (Items 5.07 and 9.01), January 24, 2012, February 24, 2012, March 9, 2012, March 15, 2012 (Item 5.02), March 15, 2012 (Items 5.02 and 9.01), May 4, 2012, May 16, 2012, May 17, 2012, August 3, 2012, November 6, 2012 (Items 2.02 and 9.01), November 6, 2012 (Items 1.01, 2.05, 2.06, 7.01 and 9.01), and November 26, 2012, provided that any information in any Form 8-K that is not deemed to be "filed" pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 shall not be incorporated by reference herein.
5.
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the 1934 Act since December 31, 2011.
6.
The Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the Commission on June 7, 2012.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents").
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
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Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Certain legal matters relating to the securities registered hereby will be addressed by Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois.  The following persons are members of Sidley Austin LLP:  Walter C.D. Carlson, a trustee and beneficiary of a voting trust that controls the Registrant, the non-executive Chairman of the Board and member of the Board of Directors of the Registrant and a director of a subsidiary of the Registrant; William S. DeCarlo, the General Counsel of the Registrant and an Assistant Secretary of the Registrant and certain subsidiaries of the Registrant; and Stephen P. Fitzell, the General Counsel and/or an Assistant Secretary of certain subsidiaries of the Registrant.  Walter C.D. Carlson does not provide legal services to the Registrant or its subsidiaries.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision providing that no director or officer of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer except for breach of the director's or officer's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, unlawful payment of dividends, unlawful stock redemptions or repurchases and transactions from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit.
The Restated Certificate of Incorporation also provides that the Registrant shall indemnify directors and officers of the Registrant, its consolidated subsidiaries and certain other related entities generally in the same manner and to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as more specifically provided in the Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.  The Restated Bylaws provide for indemnification and permit the advancement of expenses by the Registrant generally in the same manner and to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to compliance with certain requirements and procedures specified in the Restated Bylaws.  In general, the Restated Bylaws require that any person seeking indemnification must provide the Registrant with sufficient documentation as described in the Restated Bylaws and, if an undertaking to return advances is required, to deliver an undertaking in the form prescribed by the Registrant and provide security for such undertaking if considered necessary by the Registrant.  In addition, the Restated Bylaws specify that, except to the extent required by law, the Registrant does not intend to provide indemnification to persons under certain circumstances, such as where the person was not acting in the interests of the Registrant or was otherwise involved in a crime or tort against the Registrant.
Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, directors and officers, as well as other employees or persons, may be indemnified against judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation - a "derivative action"), and against expenses (including attorneys' fees) in any action (including a derivative action), if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.  However, in the case of a derivative action, a person cannot be indemnified for expenses in respect of any matter as to which the person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and to the extent a court determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses.
The Delaware General Corporation Law also provides that, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action or matter, the corporation must indemnify such party against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such party in connection therewith.
Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending any action may be paid by a Delaware corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such party is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided thereby are not exclusive of any other rights granted by bylaws, agreements or otherwise, and provides that a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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The Registrant has directors' and officers' liability insurance which provides, subject to certain policy limits, deductible amounts and exclusions, coverage for all persons who have been, are or may in the future be, directors or officers of the Registrant, against amounts which such persons must pay resulting from claims against them by reason of their being such directors or officers during the policy period for certain breaches of duty, omissions or other acts done or wrongfully attempted or alleged.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered hereby which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
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policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on November 26, 2012.
TELEPHONE   AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/   LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
LeRoy   T. Carlson, Jr.
President   and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to take such actions in, and file with, the appropriate applications, statements, consents and other documents as may be necessary or expedient to register securities of the Registrant for sale, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof and the Registrant hereby confers like authority on its behalf.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on November 26, 2012.
/s/   LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Director   and President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
LeRoy   T. Carlson, Jr.
/s/   Kenneth R. Meyers
Director   and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial   officer)
Kenneth   R. Meyers
/s/   Walter C.D. Carlson
Director   and Chairman of the Board
Walter   C.D. Carlson
/s/   Letitia G. Carlson, M.D.
Director
Letitia   G. Carlson, M.D.
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TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
TAX-DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN
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/s/   Prudence E. Carlson
Director
Prudence   E. Carlson
/s/   Clarence A. Davis
Director
Clarence   A. Davis
/s/   Donald C. Nebergall
Director
Donald   C. Nebergall
/s/   George W. Off
Director
George   W. Off
/s/   Christopher D. O'Leary
Director
Christopher   D. O'Leary
/s/   Mitchell H. Saranow
Director
Mitchell   H. Saranow
/s/   Gary L. Sugarman
Director
Gary   L. Sugarman
/s/   Herbert S. Wander
Director
Herbert   S. Wander
/s/   Douglas D. Shuma
Senior   Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)
Douglas   D. Shuma
The Plan
.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on November 26, 2012.
TELEPHONE   AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
TAX-DEFERRED   SAVINGS PLAN
By:
TELEPHONE   AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.,
as   Plan Administrator
By:
/s/   LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
LeRoy   T. Carlson, Jr.
President   and Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following documents   are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
The   Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is hereby   incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's   Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on January 25, 2012.
4.2
The   Registrant's Restated Bylaws, as amended, are hereby incorporated herein by   reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on   Form 8-K dated November 18, 2010.
4.3
Telephone   and Data Systems, Inc. Tax-Deferred Savings Plan, Amended and Restated   as of January 1, 2009
4.4
Amendment   Number 1, dated as of October 12, 2009
4.5
Amendment   Number 2, dated as of October 12, 2009
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Opinion   of Counsel
23.1
Consent   of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent   of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — Deloitte & Touche   LLP
23.3
Consent   of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5)
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Powers   of Attorney (included on signature page)
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