-----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, KSQ2MfXVaWNPefu6FoW3RpZADmyVIMBvJ+uNo59NnhIpiImvC+tSYqnRwgkC1hig HexmBSkzWnhxe0NQCJgIJw== 0000903423-00-000222.txt : 20000322 0000903423-00-000222.hdr.sgml : 20000322 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903423-00-000222 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000229 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000321 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: 574686 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 ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number Expires: Estimated average burden hours per response ....... 0.5 ------------------------------ 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 02/00 ================================================================================ 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 Common Stock- 1 for 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Stock- N/A N/A 87,254,875 ** D N/A Series 3 Series 1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCS Common PCS Common Stock- 1 for 1 02/04/00 J* V 28,000,016 (A) N/A N/A Stock- 28,000,016 N/A 56,000,032 ** D N/A Series 3 Series 1 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: * Sprint Corporation ("Sprint") announced a two-for-one stock split of its PCS Common Stock in the form of a dividend payable in shares of PCS Common Stock of Sprint. A comparable dividend was announced on the Class A Common Stock of Sprint. New shares were issued on February 4, 2000 to holders of record on January 14, 2000. Accordingly, France Telecom S.A. ("FT") received (i) 6,441,007 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint in respect of the 6,441,007 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint owned by FT and (ii) 21,559,009 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint in respect of the 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock of Sprint owned by FT. ** FT and Deutsche Telekom ("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 34,441,023 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint and DT holds through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NAB Nordamerika Beteiligungs Holding GmbH, 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock, 35,813,331 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 and 44,464,179 shares of FON 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 PCS Common Stock-Series 3 and FON Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint can be converted in certain circumstances into one share of PCS Common Stock-Series 1 and FON Common Stock-Series 1, respectively, of Sprint. FRANCE TELECOM S.A. BY: /s/ Jean-Louis Vinciguerra 3/20/00 ----------------------------- ---------- Name: Jean-Louis Vinciguerra Title: Senior Executive 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-----