-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LcWWlgib+iwxxiEO2q+gsOLRXUJq7FJ7lj67KxaLdUSDTMo9AokH+ZeIKvGk7mtD sdtx0ecHLfknzHsGTGPd2Q== 0000903423-00-000027.txt : 20000202 0000903423-00-000027.hdr.sgml : 20000202 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903423-00-000027 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19991231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000110 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPRINT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000101830 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 480457967 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04721 FILM NUMBER: 504420 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2330 SHAWNEE MISSION PKWY CITY: WESTWOOD STATE: KS ZIP: 66205 BUSINESS PHONE: 9136243000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2330 SHAWNEE MISSION PKWY CITY: WESTWOOD STATE: KS ZIP: 66205 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920316 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED UTILITIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19731011 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FRANCE TELECOM / CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001038143 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] OWNER FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6 PLACE D ALLERAY STREET 2: 75505 CITY: PARIS CEDEX 15 STATE: I0 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6 PLACE D ALLERAY STREET 2: 75505 CITY: PARIS CEDEX 15 STATE: I0 4 1 FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check this box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* France Telecom S.A. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 6 Place D'Alleray - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Paris France 75505 Cedex 15 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sprint Corporation (FON) Sprint Corporation (PCS) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) N/A - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/99 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [x] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. 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 ================================================================================
6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================
10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FON Common FON Stock- 1 for 1 12/28/99 p* 244,541 (A) N/A N/A Common 244,541 $45.418 87,254,875 ** D N/A Series 3 Stock- Series 1 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCS Common PCS Stock- 1 for 1 12/28/99 p* 197,854 (A) N/A N/A Common 197,854 $67.467 28,000,016 ** D N/A Series 3 Stock- Series 1 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: * These transactions represent shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 and shares of FON Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint Corporation ("Sprint") purchased by France Telecom S.A. ("FT") from Sprint pursuant to the equity purchase rights contained in the Amended and Restated Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of November 23, 1998, among FT, Deutsche Telekom AG ("DT") and Sprint. ** FT and DT may be deemed members of a group. FT holds 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock, 44,136,857 shares of FON Common Stock-Series 3 and 6,441,007 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint, and DT holds through its subsidiary 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock, 44,464,179 shares of FON Common Stock-Series 3 and 7,127,161 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint. FT disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by DT for reporting purposes on this Form 4. Each share of Class A Common Stock of Sprint can be converted into one share of FON Common Stock-Series 3 (or, in certain circumstances, FON Common Stock-Series 1) and one-half share of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 (or, in certain circumstances, PCS Common Stock-Series 1) of Sprint. Each share of FON Common Stock-Series 3 and PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint can be converted in certain circumstances into one share of FON Common Stock-Series 1 and PCS Common Stock-Series 1, respectively, of Sprint. FRANCE TELECOM S.A. By: /s/ Thierry Girard 1/10/2000 ----------------------- ------------- Name: Thierry Girard Date Title: Senior Vice-President **Signature of Reporting Person ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----