May 11, 1999
David Beigie Jeremy Story
U S WEST U S WEST
(303) 896-5528 (303) 965-3235
dbeigie@uswest.com jxstory@uswest.com
U S WEST Shareowners Elect Three Directors, Approve One Shareowner Proposal,
Defeat Three Other Proposals
NEW YORK -- U S WEST shareowners meeting here today elected three members of the
company's board of directors, ratified the appointment of outside auditors,
approved one proposal from shareowners and defeated three others.
Re-elected to serve three years were:
o Hank Brown, president of the University of Northern Colorado and former
U.S. Senator from Colorado;
o George J. Harad, chairman and chief executive officer of Boise Cascade; and
o Marilyn Carlson Nelson, president and chief executive officer of the
Carlson Companies, Inc.
Allen F. Jacobson, former chairman and CEO of the 3M Corporation, did not seek
re-election, having reached the retirement age for board members of 72.
In other action, shareowners:
o Ratified the appointment of the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, LLP, as
U S WEST's independent auditors.
o Approved one shareowner proposal that will:
1) Require the board to consider the election of all directors each year.
o Defeated three shareowner proposals that would have:
1) Discontinued the company's Shareowner Rights Plan;
2) Limited future compensation if the company changed control; and
3) Required that two directors be nominated for each opening on the board.
U S WEST (NYSE: USW) provides a full range of telecommunications services --
including wireline, wireless PCS, data networking, directory and information
services -- to more than 25 million customers nationally and in 14 western and
midwestern states. More information about U S WEST can be found on the Internet
at www.uswest.com.
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