SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
United States Cellular Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock $1.00 Par Value Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
________911684108________
(CUSIP Number)
James E. McKee
Gabelli Asset Management Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580-1435
(914) 921-5294
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
_____________October 3, 2003_________
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on
Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this
Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections
240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the
following box 0.
CUSIP No. 911684108
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Funds, LLC I.D. NO. 13-4044523
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00-Funds of investment advisory clients
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
:
7
:
:
:
SOLE VOTING POWER
186,101 (Item 5)
:
8
:
:
:
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
:
9
:
:
:
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
186,101 (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
186,101 (ITEM 5)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.35%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IA
CUSIP No. 911684108
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
I.D. NO. 13-4044521
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00-Funds of investment advisory clients
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
:
7
:
:
:
SOLE VOTING POWER
2,400,727 (Item 5)
:
8
:
:
:
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
:
9
:
:
:
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
2,598,227 (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,598,227 (Item 5)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
4.89%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IA, CO
CUSIP No. 911684108
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
MJG Associates, Inc.
I.D. NO. 06-1304269
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00-Client Funds
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Connecticut
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
:
7
:
:
:
SOLE VOTING POWER
10,000 (Item 5)
:
8
:
:
:
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
:
9
:
:
:
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
10,000 (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
10,000 (ITEM 5)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.02%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
CO
CUSIP No. 911684108
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Securities, Inc. I.D. NO. 13-3379374
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
00-Client Funds
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
:
7
:
:
:
SOLE VOTING POWER
2,000 (Item 5)
:
8
:
:
:
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
:
9
:
:
:
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
2,000 (Item 5)
:10
:
:
:
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,000 (ITEM 5)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.00%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
HC, CO
CUSIP No. 911684108
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Group Capital Partners, Inc. I.D. NO. 13-3056041
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
:
7
:
:
:
SOLE VOTING POWER
None
:
8
:
:
:
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
:
9
:
:
:
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
:10
:
:
:
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
NONE
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
NONE
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
HC, CO
CUSIP No. 911684108
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Gabelli Asset Management Inc.
I.D. NO. 13-4007862
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
:
7
:
:
:
SOLE VOTING POWER
None
:
8
:
:
:
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
:
9
:
:
:
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
:10
:
:
:
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
NONE
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.00%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
HC, CO
CUSIP No. 911684108
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Mario J. Gabelli
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
:
7
:
:
:
SOLE VOTING POWER
None
:
8
:
:
:
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
:
9
:
:
:
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
:10
:
:
:
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
NONE
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.00%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IN
Item 1. Security and Issuer
The class of equity securities to which this statement on Schedule
13D relates is the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Securities"), of
United States Cellular Corporation (the "Issuer"), a Delaware corporation with
principal offices located at 8410 West Bryn Mawr, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois
60631.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mario
Gabelli") and various entities which he directly or indirectly controls or for
which he acts as chief investment officer. These entities, except for Lynch
Corporation ("Lynch") and Lynch Interactive Corporation ("Interactive"),
engage in various aspects of the securities business, primarily as investment
adviser to various institutional and individual clients, including registered
investment companies and pension plans, and as general partner of various
private investment partnerships. Certain of these entities may also make
investments for their own accounts.
The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially more than
5% of a class of a particular issuer. Although several of the foregoing
persons are treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their
beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who
do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented
for filing on Schedule 13G or implementation of their investment philosophy may
from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely
passive. In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial
ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater
investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons have
decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more detailed
Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to
provide more expansive disclosure than may be necessary.
(a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one or more of the
following persons: Gabelli Group Capital Partners, Inc. ("Gabelli Partners"),
Gabelli Asset Management Inc. ("GBL"), Gabelli Funds, LLC ("Gabelli Funds"),
GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli Advisers, Inc. ("Gabelli
Advisers"), Gabelli Securities, Inc. ("GSI"), Gabelli & Company, Inc.
("Gabelli & Company"), Gabelli & Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the
"Plan"), MJG Associates, Inc. ("MJG Associates"), Gabelli Foundation, Inc.
("Foundation"), Mario Gabelli, Lynch, and Interactive. Those of the foregoing
persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereafter referred to as the "Reporting
Persons".
Gabelli Partners makes investments for its own account and is the parent
company of GBL. GBL, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange,
is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities
business, including those named below.
GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers
Act"). GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretionary managed account
services for employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments, foundations
and others.
GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GBL, acts as a general partner or
investment manager to limited partnerships and offshore investment companies
and as a part of its business may purchase or sell securities for its own
account. It is the immediate parent of Gabelli & Company. GSI is the
Investment Manager of Gabelli Associates Fund, Gabelli Associates Fund II,
Gabelli Associates Limited, ALCE Partners, L.P., and Gabelli Multimedia
Partners, L.P. GSI and Marc Gabelli own 45% and 55%, respectively, of Gabelli
Securities International Limited ("GSIL"). GSIL provides investment advisory
services to offshore funds and accounts. GSIL is an investment advisor of
Gabelli International Gold Fund Limited, Gabelli European Partners, Ltd., and
Gabelli Global Partners, Ltd.
Gabelli & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a broker-dealer
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("1934 Act"),
which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities for
its own account.
Gabelli Funds, a wholly owned subsidiary of GBL, is a limited liability
company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers
Act which presently provides discretionary managed account services for The
Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli Growth Fund, The
Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Value Fund
Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The
Gabelli ABC Fund, The Gabelli Global Telecommunications Fund, Gabelli Gold
Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global
Convertible Securities Fund, Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, Gabelli International
Growth Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Global Growth Fund, The Gabelli Utility Trust,
The Gabelli Global Opportunity Fund, The Gabelli Utilities Fund, The Gabelli
Blue Chip Value Fund, The Gabelli Mathers Fund, The Gabelli Woodland Small Cap
Value Fund, The Comstock Capital Value Fund and The Comstock Strategy Fund
(collectively, the "Funds"), which are registered investment companies.
Gabelli Advisers, a subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser which
provides discretionary advisory services to The Gabelli Westwood Mighty Mitessm
Fund.
The Plan, a qualified employee profit sharing plan, covers substantially
all employees of GBL and its affiliates.
MJG Associates provides advisory services to private investment
partnerships and offshore funds. Mario Gabelli is the sole shareholder,
director and employee of MJG Associates. MJG Associates is the Investment
Manager of Gabelli International Limited, Gabelli International II Limited,
Gabelli Performance Partnership, and Gabelli Fund, LDC.
The Foundation is a private foundation. Mario Gabelli is the President,
a Trustee and the Investment Manager of the Foundation.
Lynch is a public company traded on the American Stock Exchange engaged
in manufacturing. Interactive is a public company listed on the American Stock
Exchange and is a holding company with operating subsidiaries engaged primarily
in the rural telephone industry. Lynch and Interactive actively pursue new
business ventures and acquisitions. Lynch and Interactive make investments in
marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing
their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business
of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a
director, officer and a substantial shareholder of Lynch and Interactive.
Mario Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chairman of the Board of
Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Gabelli Partners and GBL, and the
Chief Investment Officer for each of the Reporting Persons. Gabelli Partners
is the majority shareholder of GBL. GBL, in turn, is the sole stockholder of
GAMCO. GBL is also the majority stockholder of GSI and the largest shareholder
of Gabelli Advisers. Gabelli & Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI.
The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a group.
Gabelli Partners, GBL, GAMCO, and Gabelli & Company are New York
corporations and GSI and Gabelli Advisers are Delaware corporations, each
having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York
10580. Gabelli Funds is a New York limited liability company having its
principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. MJG
Associates is a Connecticut corporation having its principal business office at
140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830. The Foundation is a Nevada
corporation having its principal offices at 165 West Liberty Street, Reno,
Nevada 89501. Lynch is an Indiana corporation having its principal business
office at 50 Kennedy Plaza, Suite 1250, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.
Interactive is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at
One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.
For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with respect to
the executive officers and directors of the foregoing entities and other
related persons (collectively, "Covered Persons"), reference is made to
Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
(f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
The Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximately
$108,701,614 to purchase the Securities reported as beneficially owned in Item
5. GAMCO and Gabelli Funds used approximately $102,664,248 and $5,752,801,
respectively, of funds that were provided through the accounts of certain of
their investment advisory clients (and, in the case of some of such accounts at
GAMCO, may be through borrowings from client margin accounts) in order to
purchase the Securities for such clients. MJG Associates and Gabelli
Securities used approximately $249,072 and $35,493, respectively, of client
funds to purchase the Securities reported by them.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Each of the Reporting Persons has purchased and holds the
Securities reported by it for investment for one or more accounts over which it
has shared, sole, or both investment and/or voting power, for its own account,
or both.
The Reporting Persons, with the exceptions of Lynch and its
affiliates, are engaged in the business of securities analysis and investment
and pursue an investment philosophy of identifying undervalued situations. In
pursuing this investment philosophy, the Reporting Persons analyze the
operations, capital structure and markets of companies in which they invest,
including the Issuer, on a continuous basis through analysis of documentation
and discussions with knowledgeable industry and market observers and with
representatives of such companies (often at the invitation of management). The
Reporting Persons do not believe they possess material inside information
concerning the Issuer. As a result of these analytical activities one or more
of the Reporting Persons may issue analysts reports, participate in interviews
or hold discussions with third parties or with management in which the
Reporting Person may suggest or take a position with respect to potential
changes in the operations, management or capital structure of such companies as
a means of enhancing shareholder values. Such suggestions or positions may
relate to one or more of the transactions specified in clauses (a) through (j)
of Item 4 of Schedule 13D including, without limitation, such matters as
disposing of one or more businesses, selling the company or acquiring another
company or business, changing operating or marketing strategies, adopting or
not adopting, certain types of anti-takeover measures and restructuring the
company's capitalization or dividend policy.
Each of the Reporting Persons intends to adhere to the foregoing
investment philosophy with respect to the Issuer. However, none of the
Reporting Persons intends to seek control of the Issuer or participate in the
management of the Issuer, and any Reporting Person that is registered as an
investment company under the 1940 Act will participate in such a transaction
only following receipt of an exemption from the SEC under Rule 17d-1 under the
1940 Act, if required, and in accordance with other applicable law. In
pursuing this investment philosophy, each Reporting Person will continuously
assess the Issuer's business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects, general economic conditions, the securities markets in general and
those for the Issuer's securities in particular, other developments and other
investment opportunities, as well as the investment objectives and
diversification requirements of its shareholders or clients and its fiduciary
duties to such shareholders or clients. Depending on such assessments, one or
more of the Reporting Persons may acquire additional Securities or may
determine to sell or otherwise dispose of all or some of its holdings of
Securities. Although the Reporting Persons share the same basic investment
philosophy and although most portfolio decisions are made by or under the
supervision of Mario Gabelli, the investment objectives and diversification
requirements of various clients differ from those of other clients so that one
or more Reporting Persons may be acquiring Securities while others are
disposing of Securities.
With respect to voting of the Securities, the Reporting Persons
have adopted general voting policies relating to voting on specified issues
affecting corporate governance and shareholder values. Under these policies,
the Reporting Persons generally vote all securities over which they have voting
power in favor of cumulative voting, financially reasonable golden parachutes,
one share one vote, management cash incentives and pre-emptive rights and
against greenmail, poison pills, supermajority voting, blank check preferred
stock and super-dilutive stock options. Exceptions may be made when management
otherwise demonstrates superior sensitivity to the needs of shareholders. In
the event that the aggregate voting position of all joint filers shall exceed
25% of the total voting position of the issuer then the proxy voting committees
of each of the Funds shall vote their Fund's shares independently.
Each of the Covered Persons who is not a Reporting Person has
purchased the Securities reported herein as beneficially owned by him for
investment for his own account or that of one or more members of his immediate
family. Each such person may acquire additional Securities or dispose of some
or all of the Securities reported herein with respect to him.
Other than as described above, none of the Reporting Persons and
none of the Covered Persons who is not a Reporting Person has any present plans
or proposals which relate to or would result in any transaction, change or
event specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to which this
Schedule 13D relates is 2,796,328 shares, representing 5.26% of the 53,160,482
shares outstanding. This latter number of shares is arrived at by adding the
number of shares reported as being outstanding in the Issuer's most recently
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 (53,132,721 shares) to the number
of shares which would be receivable by the Reporting Persons if they were to
convert all of the Issuer's Liquid Yield Option Notes due 2015 held by them
into the common stock (27,761 shares) of the Issuer.
The Reporting Persons beneficially own the Securities as follows:
Name
Shares of
Common Stock
% of Class of
Common
Shares of
Common
Plus
Convertible
Notes
Converted
% of
Common Plus
Convertible
Notes
Converted
GAMCO
2,592,257
4.88%
2,598,227
4.89%
Gabelli Funds
164,300
0.31%
186,101
0.35%
Gabelli
Securities
MJG Associates
Mario Gabelli
2,000
10,000
0
0.00%
0.02%
0.00%
2,000
10,000
0
0.00%
0.02%
0.00%
Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons. GSI is deemed
to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by Gabelli &
Company. GBL and Gabelli Partners are deemed to have beneficial ownership of
the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons other than
Mario Gabelli and the Foundation.
(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has the sole
power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of the Securities reported for it, either for its own benefit or
for the benefit of its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be,
except that (i) GAMCO does not have the authority to vote 197,500 of the
reported shares, (ii) Gabelli Funds has sole dispositive and voting power with
respect to the shares of the Issuer held by the Funds so long as the aggregate
voting interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting
interest in the Issuer and, in that event, the Proxy Voting Committee of each
Fund shall respectively vote that Fund's shares, (iii) at any time, the Proxy
Voting Committee of each such Fund may take and exercise in its sole discretion
the entire voting power with respect to the shares held by such fund under
special circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and (iv) the power of
Mario Gabelli, GBL, and Gabelli Partners is indirect with respect to Securities
beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons.
(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the Securities
which were effected during the past sixty days or since the most recent filing
on Schedule 13D, whichever is less, by each of the Reporting Persons and
Covered Persons is set forth on Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
(d) The investment advisory clients of, or partnerships managed by,
Gabelli Funds, GAMCO and MJG Associates have the sole right to receive and,
subject to the notice, withdrawal and/or termination provisions of such
advisory contracts and partnership arrangements, the sole power to direct the
receipt of dividends from, and the proceeds of sale of, any of the Securities
beneficially owned by such Reporting Persons on behalf of such clients or
partnerships. Except as noted, no such client or partnership has an interest
by virtue of such relationship that relates to more than 5% of the Securities.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect
to Securities of the Issuer
The powers of disposition and voting of Gabelli Funds, GAMCO,
GSI, and MJG Associates with respect to Securities owned beneficially by them
on behalf of their investment advisory clients, or on behalf of the
partnerships which they directly or indirectly manage, are held pursuant
to written agreements with such clients or partnerships.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as an Exhibit
The following Exhibit A is attached hereto. The following Exhibit
B is incorporated by reference to Exhibit C in the Amendment No. 8 to Schedule
13D of the Reporting Persons with respect to Edgewater Technologies, Inc.
Exhibit A:
Joint Filing Agreement
Exhibit B:
Powers of Attorney to Stephen M. DeTore, Douglas R. Jamieson,
and James E. McKee from Robert E. Dolan
Powers of Attorney to Stephen M. DeTore, Douglas R. Jamieson,
and James E. McKee from Raymond H. Keller.
Powers of Attorney to Stephen M. DeTore, Douglas R. Jamieson,
and James E. McKee from Mario J. Gabelli.
Powers of Attorney to Stephen M. DeTore, Karyn M. Nappi, and
James E. McKee from Marc J. Gabelli.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: October 13, 2003
MARIO J. GABELLI
MJG ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI GROUP CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC.
GABELLI ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
GABELLI FUNDS, LLC
GABELLI SECURITIES, INC.
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Secretary
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:/s/ Douglas R. Jamieson
Douglas R. Jamieson
Executive Vice President
SCHEDULE I
Information with Respect to Executive
Officers and Directors of the Undersigned
Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as
follows:
The following sets forth as to each of the executive officers and
directors of the undersigned: his name; his business address; his
present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal
business and address of any corporation or other organization in
which such employment is conducted. Unless otherwise specified,
the principal employer of each such individual is Gabelli Group
Capital Partners, Inc., Gabelli Asset Management Inc., Gabelli
Funds, LLC, Gabelli & Company, Inc., or GAMCO Investors, Inc., the
business address of each of which is One Corporate Center, Rye, New
York 10580, and each such individual identified below is a citizen
of the United States. To the knowledge of the undersigned, during
the last five years, no such person has been convicted in a
criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar
misdemeanors), and no such person was a party to a civil proceeding
of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a
result of which he was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final
order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities law or finding
any violation with respect to such laws except as reported in Item
2(d) of this Schedule 13D.
Gabelli Group Capital Partners,
Inc.
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment
Officer of Gabelli Group Capital Partners, Inc.,
Gabelli Asset Management Inc., and GAMCO
Investors, Inc.; Director/Trustee of all
registered investment companies advised by Gabelli
Funds, LLC; Chief Executive Officer of Lynch
Interactive Corporation; Vice Chairman of Lynch
Corporation.
Charles C. Baum
Chairman and Director of The Morgan Group, Inc.;
Secretary & Treasurer
United Holdings Co., Inc.
2545 Wilkens Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
Frederic V. Salerno
Chairman
Lynch Interactive Corporation
Arnold M. Reichman
Business Consultant
Marc J. Gabelli
Managing Director
Matthew R. Gabelli
Vice President - Trading
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Marc J. Gabelli
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Investment Officer
President
Henry Kiernan
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
James E. McKee
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Gabelli Asset Management
Inc.
Directors:
Raymond C. Avansino,
Jr.
Chairman
E.L. Wiegand Foundation
165 West Liberty Street
Reno, NV 89501
Mario J. Gabelli
See above
Paul B. Guenther
Chairman
New York Philharmonic
10 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023
John C. Ferrara
Business Consultant
Dr. Eamon M. Kelly
Professor
Payson Center for International
Development Technology Transfer
Tulane University
300 Gibson Hall
6823 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Karl Otto Pohl (1)
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie.
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 20
D-6000 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Investment Officer
James E. McKee
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Douglas R. Jamieson
Joseph R. Rindler,
Jr.
Regina M. Pitaro
F. William Scholz, II
William S. Selby
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
Joseph R. Rindler,
Jr.
Chairman
Douglas R. Jamieson
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer
James E. McKee
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Gabelli Funds, LLC
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Investment Officer
Bruce N. Alpert
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer
Gus Coutsouros
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
James E. McKee
Secretary
Gabelli Advisers, Inc.
Directors:
Bruce N. Alpert
John D. Gabelli
Joseph R. Rindler.
Jr.
Officers:
Bruce N. Alpert
Chief Operating Officer
Gus
Coutsouros
Chief Financial Officer
James E. McKee
Secretary
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Directors:
Robert W. Blake
President of W. R. Blake & Sons, Inc.
196-20 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11358
Douglas G. DeVivo
General Partner of ALCE Partners, L.P.
One First Street, Suite 16
Los Altos, CA 94022
Joseph R. Rindler,
Jr.
See above
Officers:
James E. McKee
Secretary
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Directors:
James G. Webster, III
Chairman & Interim President
Irene Smolicz
Senior Trader
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Officers:
James G. Webster, III
Chairman & Interim President
Bruce N. Alpert
Vice President - Mutual Funds
Walter K. Walsh
Compliance Officer
James E. McKee
Secretary
Lynch Corporation,
50 Kennedy Plaza, Suite 1250, Providence, RI 02903
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli
See above - Gabelli Group Capital Partners, Inc.
Marc J. Gabelli
E. Val Cerutti
See above - Gabelli Group Capital Partners, Inc.
Business Consultant, Cerutti Consultants
227 McLain Street
Mount Kisco, NY 10540
Avrum Gray
Ralph R. Papitto
Richard E. McGrail
Raymond H. Keller
Anthony R.
Pustorino
Gbar Limited Partnership
440 South LaSalle, Suite 2900
Chicago, IL 60605
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
President and Chief Operations Officer
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Professor Emeritus
Pace University
1 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
Officers:
Ralph R. Papitto
See above
Mario J. Gabelli
Vice Chairman
Richard E. McGrail
See above
Raymond H. Keller
See above
Lynch Interactive Corporation,
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue Rye, NY 10580
Directors:
Paul J. Evanson
President
Florida Light & Power Co.
P.O. Box 14000
700 Universe Blvd.
Juno Beach, FL 33408
Mario J. Gabelli
Marc J. Gabelli
See above - Gabelli Group Capital Partners, Inc.
See above - Gabelli Group Capital Partners, Inc.
Salvatore Muoio
Principal
S. Muoio & Co., LLC
Suite 406
509 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022
John C. Ferrara
See above
David C. Mitchell
Business Consultant
c/o Lynch Interactive Corporation
401 Theodore Fremd Ave.
Rye, NY 10580
Vincent S. Tese
Lawyer, Investment Adviser and Cable Television
Executive
c/o Bear Stearns & Company, Inc.
245 Park Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10167
Frederic V. Salerno
Chairman
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Robert E. Dolan
Chief Financial Officer
John Fikre
Vice President - Corporate Development, General
Counsel, and Secretary
(1) Citizen of Germany
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)
SHARES PURCHASED AVERAGE
DATE SOLD(-) PRICE(2)
COMMON STOCK-UNITED STATES CELL
MJG ASSOCIATES, INC.
10/08/03 4,000- 33.1825
10/06/03 1,000- 32.0600
10/02/03 2,000 29.4886
9/18/03 3,000 29.2433
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LTD
9/25/03 7,000 30.0623
9/18/03 3,000 29.2433
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
10/09/03 6,700 33.6101
10/09/03 1,900 33.4400
10/08/03 1,000 33.2200
10/08/03 400 33.2900
10/08/03 2,000- 33.1825
10/08/03 500- 33.2200
10/08/03 2,000- 33.1350
10/07/03 1,600 32.4000
10/07/03 1,300 32.3969
10/07/03 400 32.3800
10/07/03 3,000 32.3900
10/07/03 1,700 32.3029
10/07/03 400 32.3800
10/07/03 5,000- 32.3590
10/07/03 2,000 31.8800
10/07/03 200 32.2127
10/07/03 600 32.2800
10/07/03 1,900 32.3700
10/07/03 400- 32.4425
10/07/03 4,000 32.3450
10/07/03 43,700 32.2127
10/07/03 1,400 31.9200
10/07/03 200- 32.4127
10/06/03 376- *DO
10/06/03 17,300 31.8516
10/06/03 500 31.7200
10/06/03 1,004- 31.8104
10/06/03 500- 32.3000
10/06/03 1,500 32.1213
10/03/03 1,200- 31.6650
10/03/03 69,400 31.6150
10/03/03 1,700 30.3500
10/03/03 1,000 31.9550
10/03/03 1,200 31.6150
10/03/03 2,000 30.9675
10/03/03 4,500 31.3700
10/03/03 2,600 31.8800
10/03/03 2,000 31.8900
10/03/03 2,000 31.9485
10/02/03 1,000- 29.7267
10/02/03 1,000 29.6767
10/02/03 1,000 29.5793
10/02/03 25,600 29.4802
10/02/03 5,000 29.4886
10/02/03 500 29.5000
10/02/03 100 29.6500
10/02/03 41,900 29.6767
10/02/03 4,000 29.5600
10/02/03 1,000- 29.6593
10/02/03 4,000 29.5950
10/02/03 5,000 29.5840
10/02/03 7,000 29.5793
10/02/03 5,000 29.5662
10/01/03 10,000 29.3838
10/01/03 15,200 29.2418
10/01/03 45,000 29.3722
10/01/03 35,000 29.3838
10/01/03 2,300 29.5052
10/01/03 1,000 29.4900
9/30/03 13,700 29.3491
9/30/03 13,800 29.4649
9/29/03 4,500 29.9033
9/29/03 3,000 29.6887
9/29/03 5,000 29.8900
9/29/03 1,500 29.8800
9/26/03 12,900 29.6264
9/25/03 2,500 30.3984
9/25/03 10,800 30.0623
9/25/03 27,800 30.2894
9/25/03 400 30.1600
9/24/03 1,000 30.8600
9/24/03 1,000 30.2280
9/24/03 22,000 30.8190
9/24/03 1,000 31.0000
9/24/03 25,800 30.7492
9/24/03 200 30.9800
9/24/03 1,000 30.9100
9/23/03 2,000 30.4390
9/23/03 900- 30.5000
9/23/03 400 30.4775
9/23/03 2,800 30.3586
9/22/03 1,000 29.5610
9/22/03 1,000 29.5000
9/19/03 34,200 29.5979
9/19/03 2,300 29.5687
9/19/03 500 29.5260
9/19/03 500 29.4200
9/18/03 400 29.1475
9/17/03 1,400- 28.6993
9/17/03 300 28.8000
9/17/03 3,300 28.7527
9/15/03 300 28.8800
9/15/03 4,600 29.0176
9/12/03 15,000 28.7379
9/12/03 1,000 28.6400
9/12/03 700 28.8143
9/12/03 55,000 28.8282
9/11/03 13,500 28.4820
9/11/03 500 28.3500
9/11/03 300 28.4000
9/10/03 800 28.8200
9/10/03 13,500 28.6964
9/10/03 1,000 28.7800
9/10/03 1,000 28.8500
9/10/03 10,000 28.5114
9/09/03 200 29.1900
9/09/03 1,400 28.9800
9/09/03 300 29.0933
9/09/03 500 28.9340
9/08/03 4,000 28.8500
9/08/03 16,500 28.9379
9/08/03 2,600- 28.8753
9/08/03 25,900 28.9075
9/08/03 2,000 29.0000
9/08/03 5,700 28.9000
9/05/03 1,000 28.4200
9/05/03 300 28.4300
9/04/03 10,000- 28.3343
9/04/03 1,000 28.3000
9/03/03 500 28.5200
9/03/03 4,200 28.5129
9/03/03 15,000 28.6393
9/03/03 91 *DI
9/03/03 5,000 28.5188
9/03/03 3,000 28.5700
9/02/03 2,000 28.3300
9/02/03 12,900 28.4742
9/02/03 2,000 28.4625
9/02/03 5,000 28.5000
8/29/03 10,500 27.9506
8/29/03 11,000 27.8761
8/29/03 10,000 27.8761
8/29/03 300- 27.2500
8/28/03 5,000 27.5100
8/28/03 16,500 27.5364
8/27/03 14,900 27.4999
8/26/03 300 27.4100
8/26/03 1,000 27.3900
8/26/03 1,000 27.4000
8/25/03 200 27.2500
8/25/03 500 27.2080
8/25/03 4,400 27.1739
8/22/03 8,500 27.3294
8/22/03 2,000- 27.3170
8/22/03 3,000 27.6453
8/22/03 6,000 27.5954
8/20/03 5,500 27.6164
8/20/03 5,000 27.4000
8/19/03 4,000 27.9513
8/19/03 5,000 27.9292
8/19/03 4,000 27.9890
8/19/03 1,000 27.9600
8/18/03 4,600 27.6883
8/18/03 600 28.1000
8/18/03 500 27.6500
8/18/03 3,000 27.6350
8/15/03 6,000 27.6000
8/14/03 2,000 27.6000
8/14/03 5,500 27.7165
8/13/03 200 27.5500
8/13/03 1,000- 27.5560
8/13/03 1,000- 27.5900
8/13/03 4,000 27.4850
8/13/03 4,100- *DO
8/12/03 3,000 27.6500
8/12/03 4,000 27.6398
8/12/03 132 27.8836
8/12/03 96 27.6700
8/12/03 129 27.6400
8/12/03 255 27.7500
8/12/03 389 27.8000
8/12/03 100- 27.8400
8/11/03 5,000 27.1540
8/11/03 1,000- 27.0049
8/11/03 1,800- 26.9694
8/11/03 5,000 26.9860
8/11/03 2,000 27.0940
8/11/03 300 27.1900
GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.
GABELLI GLOBAL TELECOMM FUND
9/23/03 15,000 30.4338
8/20/03 5,000 27.9456
GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TRUST
9/23/03 7,500 30.4338
8/22/03 6,000 27.7000
GABELLI EQUITY TRUST
9/22/03 10,000 29.5000
GABELLI ASSET FUND
9/23/03 11,800 30.4338
9/22/03 6,000 29.6582
GABELLI CAPITAL ASSET FUND
10/06/03 6,000 31.6963
9/29/03 8,000 29.8725
9/23/03 7,000 30.4338
GABELLI SECURITIES, INC.
ALCE PARTNERS
10/03/03 500 31.1200
(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
ON THE AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE.
(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.
(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.
Exhibit A
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing with all
other Reporting Entities (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13D referred
to below) on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including
amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, par value of $1.00 Per
share, of United States Cellular Corporation, and that this Agreement be
included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this agreement
this 13th day of October 2003.
MARIO J. GABELLI
GABELLI PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP L.P.
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL II LIMITED
GABELLI FUND, LDC
GABELLI FOUNDATION, INC.
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI GROUP CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC.
GABELLI ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
GABELLI FUNDS, LLC
GABELLI SECURITIES, INC.
GABELLI & COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ James E.
McKee__________________________
James E. McKee
Secretary
ALCE PARTNERS, L.P.
GABELLI MULTIMEDIA PARTNERS, L.P.
GABELLI EUROPEAN PARTNERS MASTER FUND, LTD.
GABELLI GLOBAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND, LTD.
GABELLI ASSOCIATES LIMITED
GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Secretary of Gabelli Securities Inc.
LYNCH CORPORATION
BRIGHTON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
LYNCH INTERACTIVE CORPORATION
WESTERN NEW MEXICO
INTER-COMMUNITY TELEPHONE COMPANY
BY:/s/ James E. McKee
___________________________
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GABELLI & COMPANY, INC.
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
By:/s/ Douglas R. Jamieson
Douglas R. Jamieson
Trustee
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:/s/ Douglas R. Jamieson
Douglas R. Jamieson
Executive Vice President