TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ — Regulatory Filings 2014

May 3, 2014

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment
No. )
Filed by the Registrant x
Filed by a Party other than the
Registrant ¨
Check the appropriate box:
¨	Preliminary Proxy Statement
¨	Confidential, for Use of the
Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
¨	Definitive Proxy Statement
x	Definitive Additional Materials
¨	Soliciting Material Pursuant to
§240.14a-12
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, If other than
the Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check the
appropriate box):
x	No fee required.
¨	Fee computed on table below per
Exchange Act Rules 14a 6(i)(1) and 0-11.
	(1)	Title of each class of
securities to which transaction applies:
	(2)	Aggregate number of securities
to which transaction applies:
	(3)	Per unit price or other
underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0 11
(set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it
was determined):
	(4)	Proposed maximum aggregate value
of transaction:
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preliminary materials.
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is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing
for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous
filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date
of its filing.
	(1)	Amount Previously Paid:
	(2)	Form, Schedule or Registration
Statement No.:
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Schedule 14A is to file an investor presentation to be used by Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (“TDS”) in presentations to ISS and shareholders on and after May 5, 2014.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: TDS and its directors, executive officers and other members of its management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of TDS in connection with the TDS 2014 annual meeting of shareholders. Information regarding TDS directors and executive officers and other participants that may be soliciting proxies on behalf of the TDS board of directors and their respective interests in TDS by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in TDS’s definitive proxy statement relating to its 2014 annual meeting, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 18, 2014. The 2014 proxy statement, other solicitation material and other reports that TDS files with the SEC, when available, can be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov or from TDS as provided on its website at www.teldta.com . TDS SHAREHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ CAREFULLY THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIAL FILED BY TDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TDS 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF TDS.