SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CARLSON LEROY T JR (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 4000 (Street) CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60602 (City) (State) (Zip) UNITED STATES (Country)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ [ TDS ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Vice Chair
	2a. Foreign Trading Symbol
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/21/2026	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares	05/21/2026		M(1)		4,961	A	$41.2(1)	873,767	D
Common Shares	05/21/2026		F(2)		2,198	D	$41.2	871,569	D
Common Shares								312,242(3)	I	By trust
Common								78,943	I	By Trust
Common Shares								40,978.32	I	By Wife's Trust
Common Shares								1,813,229(4)	I	By Voting Trust
Common Shares								37,543	I	By Wife
Common Shares								211,758	I	By Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(1)	05/21/2026		M			4,961	(1)	(1)	Common Shares	4,961	$0(1)	9,922	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Restricted stock units were awarded on May 21, 2025, pursuant to TDS' Long Term Incentive Plan. One-third of the restricted stock units will vest on the first, second and third annual anniversaries of the Grant Date. This transaction represents settlement of the first vesting. Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents the right to receive one common share.

2. Shares withheld to pay taxes on restricted stock units.

3. Includes 312,242 Common Shares held through dividend reinvestment.

4. Reporting person is a member of a voting trust which is record owner of these Common Shares and which files its holdings on a form 4. The shares reported are held by respective reporting person and their family members that have a pecuniary interest in such securities. Includes 693,751 Common Shares held by a family partnership of which reporting person is a general partner, of which 23,754 has been accumulated in dividend reinvestment. Reporting person also holds 30,538 Common Shares in the dividend reinvestment plan.

Remarks:

	John M. Toomey, by power of atty.	05/26/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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* Form 4: SEC 1474 (03-26)