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*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. [ VM ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 11/24/2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||
Class A Common Stock | 11/24/2009 | J(4)(5) | 69,336 | D | (5) | 0 | I | See Footnotes(4)(5) | ||
Class A Common Stock | 11/24/2009 | J(4)(5) | 69,336 | A | (5) | 23,005,161 | D | |||
Class A Common Stock | 11/24/2009 | J(6) | 228 | D | (6) | 0 | I | Owned by Cortaire Limited. See Footnotes(1)(2)(3) | ||
Class A Common Stock | 11/24/2009 | J(6) | 23,005,161 | D | (6) | 0 | D |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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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 |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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(Street)
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(Street)
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(Street)
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(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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Explanation of Responses: |
1. This Statement on Form 4 is filed jointly by (i) Corvina Holdings Limited ("Corvina"), (ii) Cortaire Limited ("Cortaire"), (iii) Gamay Holdings Limited ("Gamay"), (iv) Virgin Group Holdings Limited ("VGHL"), (v) Sir Richard Branson, (vi) Cougar Investments Limited ("Cougar"), (vii) Plough Investments Limited ("Plough"), (viii) Deutsche Bank Trustee Services (Guernsey) Limited ("DBTSGL"), solely in its capacity as trustee on behalf of The Virgo Trust, The Libra Trust, The Jupiter Trust, The Mars Trust, The Venus Trust, The Leo Trust and The Gemini Trust (such trusts collectively referred to as the "DB Trusts"), and (ix) RBC Trustees (C.I.) Limited ("RBC Trustees"), solely in its capacity as trustee on behalf of The Aquarius Trust, The Aries Trust, The Capricorn Trust, The Pisces Trust and The Saturn Trust (such trusts collectively referred to as the "RBC Trusts") (Continued to footnote 2). |
2. Cortaire is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corvina. Corvina is held as to approximately 87% by VGHL. The remaining 13% of Corvina is owned jointly by Gamay and certain senior executives of the Virgin Group. Gamay is a wholly owned subsidiary of VGHL. VGHL is jointly owned by Sir Richard Branson, Cougar, Plough, the DB Trusts and the RBC Trusts. The principal beneficiaries of the DB Trusts and the RBC Trusts are Sir Richard Branson and certain members of his family. (Continued to footnote 3). |
3. Each reporting person other than Corvina disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein and the inclusion of the securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose. |
4. On each of October 16, 2007 (the "2007 Grant") and December 23, 2008 (the "2008 Grant"), Restricted Stock Units were granted to directors of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. who were employed by the Virgin Group in connection with Virgin Mobile USA, Inc.'s regular director compensation arrangements. The reporting persons other than Cortaire previously reported that they may have a beneficial ownership interest in such Restricted Stock Units pursuant to arrangements between the Virgin Group and such directors. Each reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein and the inclusion of the securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose. (Continued to footnote 5). |
5. In connection with the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units received in the 2007 Grant and the 2008 Grant at the effective time of the merger discussed below, pursuant to arrangements between the Virgin Group and such directors, Corvina purchased from the directors the 69,336 shares of Class A Common Stock deliverable upon such vesting for an aggregate price of $355,367.50, or approximately $5.13 per share ("Merger Shares"). |
6. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement dated July 27, 2009 among the Issuer, Sprint Nextel Corporation, and Sprint Mozart, Inc., each of these shares was cancelled at the effective time of the merger and converted into the right to receive 1.2724 shares (or 1.3668 shares, in the case of Merger Shares) of Sprint Nextel Corporation stock, having a market value of $3.75 per share on the effective date of the merger. |
See Signatures Included in Exhibit 99.1 | 11/24/2009 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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