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The SEC filings page for Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TDS) provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures as a U.S. public issuer. TDS files current reports on Form 8-K and other documents that describe material events affecting its telecommunications and wireless infrastructure businesses, including TDS Telecom and Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc.
In recent Forms 8-K, TDS has reported results of operations for specific quarters, amendments to credit agreements, the termination of certain bank and securitization facilities, and the completion of significant transactions. Filings describe, for example, the sale of Array’s wireless operations and select spectrum assets to T-Mobile, the entry into a long-term master license agreement for tower space, and subsequent spectrum sales to AT&T. Other filings outline credit agreement amendments that extend maturities, adjust leverage calculations and modify debt capacity.
Investors reviewing TDS filings can also see disclosures related to dividends and special dividends, share repurchase authorizations, and changes in financing arrangements. Array-related filings incorporated by reference provide additional detail on tower assets, spectrum transactions and note exchange offers. Together, these documents help explain how TDS structures its capital, manages liquidity and reports the financial impact of major corporate actions.
On Stock Titan, SEC filings are paired with AI-powered summaries that highlight key points from lengthy documents, helping users quickly understand items such as asset sales, credit facility changes, special dividends and quarterly results. Real-time updates from EDGAR, along with easy access to current reports and other filings, allow users to monitor how TDS discloses developments in its broadband, video, voice and wireless infrastructure businesses.
Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (TDS) Form 144 notice reports a proposed sale of 15,475 common shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney with an aggregate market value of $603,876.28 and the issuer's outstanding shares listed as 180,000,000. The shares were acquired on 08/25/2025 by exercise of options under a registered plan and paid for in cash on the same date. The filing also discloses four recent sales by James W Butman on 08/19–08/22/2025 totaling 77,952 shares for combined gross proceeds of $3,019,670.20. The filer certifies no undisclosed material adverse information.
Form 144 notice for Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (TDS) shows a proposed sale of 10,520 common shares through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (NYC) with an aggregate market value of $410,554.57, scheduled approximately on 08/22/2025. The filing states the shares were acquired on 08/22/2025 by exercise of options under a registered plan and paid in cash on that date. The filer, listed in recent transactions as James W Butman, reported sales of 26,470, 25,962, and 15,000 common shares on 08/21/2025, 08/20/2025, and 08/19/2025 respectively, generating gross proceeds of $1,036,324.32, $1,016,061.81, and $585,730.50. The filing does not provide the filer’s relationship to the issuer.
Carlson Leroy T. Jr., Vice Chair and director of Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. (TDS), reported multiple transfers of common stock on August 19–20, 2025. The filings show distributions from a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT) and gifts: 161,749 shares were distributed from the reporting person’s GRAT as an annuity payment and 64,543 shares were distributed from the reporting person’s spouse’s GRAT as an annuity payment, each transfer described as exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16a-13. The Form 4 also records additional gift transfers (code G) and resulting beneficial ownership figures after the transactions, including reported post-transaction holdings such as 311,364, 369,373, 531,122 and other stated totals across direct and indirect ownership forms. The Form 4 is signed by Julie D. Mathews by power of attorney on behalf of the reporting person.
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. fully repaid all outstanding borrowings and other obligations under three major credit agreements and terminated those facilities on August 19, 2025. The terminated agreements included its amended and restated credit agreement with CoBank, ACB, a senior secured credit agreement with Wells Fargo National Association, and a credit agreement with Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC.
TDS incurred a $9 million termination penalty tied to ending the credit agreement with Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC. The actions reduce reliance on these specific lender arrangements and eliminate related indebtedness, while adding a one-time cash cost from the penalty.
Anita J. Kroll, VP, Controller & CAO of Telephone & Data Systems Inc. (TDS), reported multiple transactions on 08/20/2025. She sold 8,608 common shares at an average price of $39.0912 per share, executed in multiple trades priced between $39.00 and $39.22, leaving her with 17,087 shares beneficially owned. On the same date she acquired 3,771 common shares at $19.15 and 2,432 common shares at $25.36.
Two stock options were reported as granted under the company's Long-Term Incentive Plan and were exercisable: an option for 3,771 shares at an exercise price of $19.15 (expiration 05/21/2030) and an option for 2,432 shares at $25.36 (expiration 05/19/2031). The filer certified willingness to provide detailed trade-level pricing to regulators and holders.
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) Form 144 shows a proposed sale of 26,470 common shares by exercise of options under a registered plan on 08/21/2025. The broker listed is Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and the reported aggregate market value of the shares to be sold is $1,036,324.32. The filing reports 108,000,000 shares outstanding for the issuer. The filing also discloses recent sales by the same person: 25,962 shares on 08/20/2025 for $1,016,061.81 and 15,000 shares on 08/19/2025 for $585,730.50. The seller attests there is no undisclosed material information and the transactions were paid in cash.
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) Form 144 reports a proposed sale of 8,608 common shares with an aggregate market value of $336,496.67, against 108,000,000 shares outstanding. The sale is scheduled approximately for 08/20/2025 through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE. Acquisition details show portions of these shares came from restricted stock vesting on 05/17/2024 and 05/19/2024 (services rendered) and from option exercises with dates listed as 08/20/2025 (cash). The filing also lists multiple prior sales by Anita Kroll on 08/12/2025 and 08/13/2025, with individual share amounts and gross proceeds provided.
Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (TDS) Form 144: An insider notified an intended sale of 25,962 shares of common stock to be executed through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE with an aggregate market value of $1,016,061.81, with an approximate sale date of 08/20/2025. The securities were reported acquired on 08/20/2025 by exercise of options under a registered plan and paid in cash. The filing also discloses a prior sale by the same account: 15,000 shares sold on 08/19/2025 for gross proceeds of $585,730.50. The filer certifies no undisclosed material adverse information.
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) reported a proposed sale of 15,000 common shares under Rule 144 via Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC with an aggregate market value of $585,730.50. The filing shows the shares were acquired and are to be sold on 08/19/2025 through exercise of options under a registered plan, with payment in cash. The issuer’s outstanding common shares are listed as 108,000,000, so the planned sale represents a very small fraction of the outstanding equity. No other securities sales in the past three months were reported and the filer attests to lacking undisclosed material adverse information.
Letitia G. Carlson, a director of Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. (TDS), reported transactions on Form 4 dated 08/18/2025. The filing discloses a gift of 2,961 Series A Common Shares to her children and shows a reported disposition of 28,467.005 Series A Common Shares. The reporting person also reports indirect beneficial ownership of 2,100,359 Series A Common Shares through a Voting Trust for which she is one of four trustees. The filing states the gift to her children does not change her reported beneficial ownership and that 756,243 Series A Common Shares are held by a family partnership of which she is a general partner.