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| FORM 3 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
France Telecom
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
6 place d'Alleray
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(Street)
75505 Paris Cedex 15, France
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/31/96
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 000-00-0000
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sprint Corporation
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] Officer [X] 10% Owner [ ] Other
(give title below) (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
of Securities Bene- Direct (D) or Indirect Bene-
Security ficially Owned Indirect (I) ficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Responses)
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FORM 3 (continued)
TABLE II--DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of In-
Security (Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security or Form of direct Bene-
Class A Preference Stock Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Derivative ficial
("Preference Stock"), par Date Price Security: Ownership
value $1.00 per share, (Month/Day/ of Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
convertible, under certain Year) Derivative or In-
circumstances into Class A ---------------------------------------------------- Security direct (I)
Common Stock par value Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 5)
$2.50 per share, which is, Exer- tion Title Number of
in turn, convertible under cisable Date Shares
certain circumstances into
Common Stock, par value
$2.50 per share ("Common
Stock")
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N/A N/A Common Stock 30,798,291.72 $48.704 D
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Explanation of Responses:
1. France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom AG are members of a group, each holding
shares of Preference Stock convertible into 30,798,291.72 shares of Common
Stock. Together, France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom AG hold shares of
Preference Stock convertible into 61,596,583.44 shares of Common Stock.
France Telecom disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by Deutsche
Telekom AG for reporting purposes on this Form 3.
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ Henri Chaintreuil February 12, 1996
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
By:
For:
