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Advantage Spectrum, LP was the high bidder for 124 licenses in the recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) AWS-3 spectrum auction (No97) that concluded onJanuary29, 2015. United States Cellular Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary, USCC Wireless Investment, Inc, is a limited partner in Advantage Spectrum, LP, aDelawarelimited partnership. The net license cost for the 124 licenses acquired by Advantage Spectrum amounted to$338.3 million. The one Vermont license in Addison went for$885,750.
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Exhibit A
| Market | Market Name | Block | Net $/MHz Pop | Net Winning Bid Amount | |
| BEA001 | Bangor ME | I | $0.30 | $1,611,750 | |
| BEA001 | Bangor ME | H | $0.35 | $1,875,000 | |
| BEA002 | Portland ME | H | $0.41 | $3,239,250 | |
| BEA002 | Portland ME | I | $0.71 | $5,562,750 | |
| BEA016 | Staunton VA-WV | H | $0.17 | $603,000 | |
| BEA017 | Roanoke VA-NC-WV | H | $0.76 | $6,710,250 | |
| BEA019 | Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC | H | $0.77 | $17,720,250 | |
| BEA021 | Greenville NC | H | $0.39 | $3,599,250 | |
| BEA022 | Fayetteville NC | H | $0.31 | $1,757,250 | |
| BEA025 | Wilmington NC-SC | H | $1.00 | $10,555,500 | |
| BEA042 | Asheville NC | H | $0.51 | $2,605,500 | |
| BEA042 | Asheville NC | I | $0.87 | $4,460,250 | |
| BEA044 | Knoxville TN | H | $2.93 | $32,370,750 | |
| BEA089 | Monroe LA | I | $0.20 | $660,000 | |
| BEA093 | Joplin MO-KS-OK | H | $0.57 | $1,608,750 | |
| BEA093 | Joplin MO-KS-OK | I | $0.61 | $1,715,250 | |
| BEA094 | Springfield MO | H | $1.44 | $14,199,000 | |
| BEA098 | Columbia MO | H | $1.18 | $4,779,750 | |
| BEA102 | Davenport-Moline IA-IL | H | $1.44 | $8,074,500 | |
| BEA120 | Grand Island NE | H | $2.83 | $8,157,000 | |
| BEA121 | North Platte NE-CO | H | $2.72 | $1,673,250 | |
| BEA123 | Topeka KS | H | $0.75 | $3,559,500 | |
| BEA126 | Western Oklahoma OK | H | $0.13 | $191,250 | |
| BEA165 | Redding CA-OR | H | $0.23 | $837,000 | |
| BEA166 | Eugene-Springfield OR-CA | H | $0.47 | $4,035,750 | |
| BEA168 | Pendleton OR-WA | H | $0.25 | $523,500 | |
| BEA169 | Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA | H | $0.51 | $4,047,000 | |
| BEA169 | Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA | I | $0.44 | $3,510,750 | |
| CMA045 | Oklahoma City, OK | G | $3.75 | $44,756,250 | |
| CMA098 | Davenport-Rock Island, IA-IL | G | $1.79 | $6,501,000 | |
| CMA131 | Rockford, IL | G | $1.21 | $4,214,250 | |
| CMA133 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | G | $1.48 | $5,935,500 | |
| CMA157 | Roanoke, VA | G | $1.33 | $3,356,250 | |
| CMA191 | Yakima, WA | G | $0.24 | $582,750 | |
| CMA203 | Lynchburg, VA | G | $0.64 | $1,128,750 | |
| CMA214 | Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA | G | $0.81 | $2,057,250 | |
| CMA216 | Janesville-Beloit, WI | G | $0.54 | $867,750 | |
| CMA218 | Wilmington, NC | G | $1.20 | $3,724,500 | |
| CMA229 | Medford, OR | G | $0.77 | $1,560,000 | |
| CMA233 | Wichita Falls, TX | G | $0.82 | $1,161,000 | |
| CMA244 | Kenosha, WI | G | $3.38 | $5,619,750 | |
| CMA256 | Charlottesville, VA | G | $0.97 | $1,816,500 | |
| CMA258 | Jacksonville, NC | G | $0.70 | $1,239,000 | |
| CMA260 | Lawton, OK | G | $3.29 | $4,076,250 | |
| CMA269 | Cumberland, MD-WV | G | $4.00 | $4,131,750 | |
| CMA278 | Columbia, MO | G | $2.15 | $3,501,750 | |
| CMA305 | Alton-Granite City, IL | G | $2.96 | $680,250 | |
| CMA336 | California 1 - Del Norte | G | $0.23 | $503,250 | |
| CMA337 | California 2 - Modoc | G | $0.33 | $216,000 | |
| CMA344 | California 9 - Mendocino | G | $0.47 | $718,500 | |
| CMA394 | Illinois 1 - Jo Davie | G | $0.22 | $754,500 | |
| CMA397 | Illinois 4 - Adams | G | $1.02 | $2,152,500 | |
| CMA412 | Iowa 1 - Mills | G | $2.50 | $1,485,000 | |
| CMA413 | Iowa 2 - Union | G | $0.54 | $272,250 | |
| CMA414 | Iowa 3 - Monroe | G | $0.63 | $567,000 | |
| CMA415 | Iowa 4 - Muscatine | G | $0.80 | $1,208,250 | |
| CMA416 | Iowa 5 - Jackson | G | $0.33 | $356,250 | |
| CMA417 | Iowa 6 - Iowa | G | $0.40 | $631,500 | |
| CMA418 | Iowa 7 - Audubon | G | $0.66 | $357,750 | |
| CMA420 | Iowa 9 - Ida | G | $1.92 | $1,101,000 | |
| CMA421 | Iowa 10 - Humboldt | G | $0.66 | $1,262,250 | |
| CMA422 | Iowa 11 - Hardin | G | $0.50 | $568,500 | |
| CMA423 | Iowa 12 - Winneshiek | G | $0.66 | $741,000 | |
| CMA425 | Iowa 14 - Kossuth | G | $0.80 | $801,000 | |
| CMA426 | Iowa 15 - Dickinson | G | $0.59 | $474,750 | |
| CMA430 | Kansas 3 - Jewell | G | $0.25 | $117,750 | |
| CMA431 | Kansas 4 - Marshall | G | $2.05 | $3,017,250 | |
| CMA435 | Kansas 8 - Ellsworth | G | $0.11 | $144,750 | |
| CMA436 | Kansas 9 - Morris | G | $1.24 | $694,500 | |
| CMA437 | Kansas 10 - Franklin | G | $1.44 | $1,685,250 | |
| CMA441 | Kansas 14 - Reno | G | $0.22 | $386,250 | |
| CMA442 | Kansas 15 - Elk | G | $0.23 | $351,750 | |
| CMA467 | Maryland 1 - Garrett | G | $1.14 | $342,000 | |
| CMA505 | Missouri 2 - Harrison | G | $1.66 | $575,250 | |
| CMA506 | Missouri 3 - Schuyler | G | $0.66 | $370,500 | |
| CMA508 | Missouri 5 - Linn | G | $0.86 | $586,500 | |
| CMA509 | Missouri 6 - Marion | G | $0.75 | $689,250 | |
| CMA514 | Missouri 11 - Moniteau | G | $0.58 | $966,000 | |
| CMA518 | Missouri 15 - Stone | G | $0.43 | $630,000 | |
| CMA519 | Missouri 16 - Laclede | G | $0.42 | $487,500 | |
| CMA534 | Nebraska 2 - Cherry | G | $2.96 | $788,250 | |
| CMA535 | Nebraska 3 - Knox | G | $3.07 | $3,411,000 | |
| CMA536 | Nebraska 4 - Grant | G | $3.66 | $1,172,250 | |
| CMA548 | New Hampshire 1 - Coos | G | $0.34 | $834,000 | |
| CMA549 | New Hampshire 2 - Carroll | G | $0.22 | $561,750 | |
| CMA566 | North Carolina 2 - Yancey | G | $0.17 | $318,750 | |
| CMA567 | North Carolina 3 - Ashe | G | $0.40 | $732,000 | |
| CMA568 | North Carolina 4 - Henderson | G | $0.48 | $1,983,750 | |
| CMA570 | North Carolina 6 - Chatham | G | $0.29 | $599,250 | |
| CMA572 | North Carolina 8 - Northampton | G | $1.08 | $3,345,750 | |
| CMA573 | North Carolina 9 - Camden | G | $0.35 | $483,750 | |
| CMA574 | North Carolina 10 - Harnett | G | $1.40 | $5,683,500 | |
| CMA575 | North Carolina 11 - Hoke | G | $1.10 | $3,030,750 | |
| CMA576 | North Carolina 12 - Sampson | G | $0.83 | $1,449,000 | |
| CMA577 | North Carolina 13 - Greene | G | $0.34 | $942,750 | |
| CMA578 | North Carolina 14 - Pitt | G | $0.32 | $946,500 | |
| CMA599 | Oklahoma 4 - Nowata | G | $0.23 | $496,500 | |
| CMA601 | Oklahoma 6 - Seminole | G | $1.05 | $2,397,000 | |
| CMA602 | Oklahoma 7 - Beckham | G | $0.46 | $618,000 | |
| CMA603 | Oklahoma 8 - Jackson | G | $0.43 | $391,500 | |
| CMA604 | Oklahoma 9 - Garvin | G | $1.21 | $2,709,750 | |
| CMA605 | Oklahoma 10 - Haskell | G | $2.46 | $2,060,250 | |
| CMA607 | Oregon 2 - Hood River | G | $0.83 | $707,250 | |
| CMA608 | Oregon 3 - Umatilla | G | $0.21 | $350,250 | |
| CMA610 | Oregon 5 - Coos | G | $0.37 | $1,005,750 | |
| CMA611 | Oregon 6 - Crook | G | $0.60 | $1,554,750 | |
| CMA632 | South Carolina 8 - Hampton | G | $0.31 | $765,000 | |
| CMA646 | Tennessee 4 - Hamblen | G | $1.44 | $4,776,750 | |
| CMA655 | Texas 4 - Briscoe | G | $0.07 | $27,750 | |
| CMA656 | Texas 5 - Hardeman | G | $0.12 | $91,500 | |
| CMA680 | Vermont 2 - Addison | G | $0.37 | $885,750 | |
| CMA682 | Virginia 2 - Tazewell | G | $0.42 | $565,500 | |
| CMA683 | Virginia 3 - Giles | G | $0.43 | $972,750 | |
| CMA684 | Virginia 4 - Bedford | G | $0.39 | $768,000 | |
| CMA685 | Virginia 5 - Bath | G | $0.52 | $328,500 | |
| CMA687 | Virginia 7 - Buckingham | G | $0.21 | $204,750 | |
| CMA696 | Washington 4 - Grays Harbor | G | $0.47 | $621,000 | |
| CMA697 | Washington 5 - Kittitas | G | $0.12 | $186,000 | |
| CMA698 | Washington 6 - Pacific | G | $0.77 | $1,560,750 | |
| CMA699 | Washington 7 - Skamania | G | $0.42 | $131,250 | |
| CMA703 | West Virginia 3 - Monongalia | G | $1.27 | $3,661,500 | |
| CMA704 | West Virginia 4 - Grant | G | $2.44 | $5,688,750 | |
| CMA705 | West Virginia 5 - Tucker | G | $4.29 | $5,524,500 | |
| CMA707 | West Virginia 7 - Raleigh | G | $0.24 | $600,750 | |
| $338,304,000 | |||||
SOURCE: CHICAGO,Jan. 30, 2015/PRNewswire/ --United States Cellular Corporation