4 1 ftfrm4_611.txt 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 to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ================================================================================ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* France Telecom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 6, place d'Alleray -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) 75505 Paris Cedex 15 France -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 6/1/01 ================================================================================ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [x(1)] 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 ================================================================================ (1) France Telecom ("FT") disclaims ownership of securities of Sprint Corporation ("Sprint") owned by Deutsche Telekom AG ("DT") through NAB Nordamerika Beteiligungs Holding GmbH ("NAB"), its wholly owned subsidiary, and disclaims it is a 10% owner of Sprint PCS stock. See footnote 3. ================================================================================ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FON Common Stock-Series 1 6/4/01 C 87,254,875 (A) N/A 0 D N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FON Common Stock-Series 1 6/4/01 S 87,254,875 (D) 18.525(2) 0 D N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
* 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 (2) Net of underwriting discounts and commissions of $0.475 per share. 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 06/04/01 C(4) 87,254,875 (D) N/A N/A Stock- N/A N/A 0(3) D N/A Series 3 Series 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCS Common PCS Common Stock- 1 for 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Stock- N/A N/A 56,000,032(3) D N/A Series 3 Series 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================================================================--==========
Explanation of Responses: (3) FT holds 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock and 34,441,023 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint, and DT, through NAB, holds 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock and 35,813,331 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint. FT disclaims beneficial ownership of Sprint shares held by DT or NAB. The 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock of Sprint that FT holds can be converted into 21,559,009 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 (or PCS Common Stock-Series 1) of Sprint. The 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock of Sprint that DT holds can be converted into 21,559,009 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 (or PCS Common Stock-Series 1) of Sprint. Each share of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 of Sprint can be converted into one share of PCS Common Stock-Series 1 of Sprint. (4) Of these shares, 44,136,857 shares of Series 1 FON Common Stock were obtained on conversion of Series 3 FON Common Stock and 43,118,018 shares of Series 1 FON Common Stock were obtained on conversion of Class A Common Stock. FRANCE TELECOM BY: /s/ Eric Bouvier 6/11/01 ------------------------------- ---------- Name: Eric Bouvier Date Title: Senior Vice-President and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Department **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).