SEC FORM 4 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
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Bruce Scott G.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
10802 EXECUTIVE CENTER DRIVE
SUITE 300

(Street)
LITTLE ROCK AR 72211

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COMMUNICATIONS SALES & LEASING, INC. [ CSAL ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/29/2016
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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 Stock 06/29/2016 A 1,877(1) A $0 1,877 D
Common Stock 06/29/2016 A 3,704(2) A $0 5,581 D
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
Explanation of Responses:
1. Subject to the reporting person's continued service on the issuer's board of directors, these shares will vest in full on June 29, 2017.
2. Subject to the reporting person's continued service on the issuer's board of directors, these shares vest in four equal installments on June 29 of each year, with the first vesting date being June 29, 2017.
/s/ Scott G. Bruce By Blake Schuhmacher, Attorney-In-Fact 07/01/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel L. Heard or
Blake Schuhmacher, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as a Director of
Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5,
or any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

	The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.


	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day
of June, 2016.

Scott G. Bruce			/s/ Scott G. Bruce
Typed or Printed Name		Signature





	On the 27th day of June, 2016, before me
personally came Scott G. Bruce, to me known to be the
person described in and who executed the foregoing
instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same.

	WITNESS my hand and official seal.


					/s/ Samantha Young
					Samantha Young
					(Printed Name of Notary Public)

[NOTARIAL SEAL]

My commission expires:

4-30-2025




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