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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).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Deutsche Telekom AG
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Friedrich - Ebert - Allee 140
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(Street)
D-53113 Bonn, Germany
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sprint Corporation (FON)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
000-00-0000
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4. Statement for Month/Year
4/96
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ x ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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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)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Num- Owner-
ber ship
of Form
2. Deri- of
Conv- 6. vative Deri- 11.
ersion Date Exer- Secur- vative Nature
or cisable and 7. 8. ities Secu- of
Exer- 4. Expiration Title and Price Benefi- rity: In-
1. cise 3. Trans- 5. Date (Month/ Amount of Under- of cially Direct direct
Title of Price Trans- action Number of Derivative Day/Year) lying Securities Deri- Owned (D) or Bene-
Deriv- of action Code Securities Acquired (A) ------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) vative at In- ficial
ative Deriv- Date (Instr. or Disposed of (D) Expir- --------------------- Secur- End of direct Owner-
Security ative (Month/ 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Date Expir- Amount ity Month (I) ship
(Instr. Secur- Day/ -------- --------------------------- Exerc- ation or number (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.(Instr
3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) isable Date Title of Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Class A $42.457 4/26/96 C 31,762,837.48 N/A N/A Class A 35,329,574.41 $47.225 0 N/A N/A
Prefer- Common
ence Stock
Stock
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Class A 1 for 1 4/26/96 C 35,329,574.41 N/A N/A Common 35,329,574.41 $42.457 43,118,018 D N/A
Common Stock
Stock
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Class A 1 for 1 4/26/96 P 7,788,443.59 N/A N/A Common 7,788,443.59 $42.457 43,118,018 D N/A
Common Stock
Stock
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Explanation of Responses: Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom are members of a group, with each originally holding
31,762,837.48 shares of Class A Preference Stock. Each of Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom converted its Class A
Preference Stock into 35,329,574.41 shares of Class A Common Stock. In addition, as part of the same transaction, each of
Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom purchased 7,788,443.59 shares of Class A Common Stock, so that collectively they hold
86,236,036 shares of Class A Common Stock. Deutsche Telekom AG's and France Telecom's total holdings of Class A Common Stock
can be converted into 86,236,036 shares of Common Stock of Sprint Corporation. Deutsche Telekom AG disclaims beneficial
ownership of shares held by France Telecom for reporting purposes on this Form 4.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Juergen Bohm 5/10/96
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Title: Executive Vice President Date
Deutsche Telekom AG
**Signature of Reporting Person
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