UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A-4
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)
SPRINT CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
FON Common Stock--Series 1, par value $2.00 per share
PCS Common Stock--Series 1, par value $1.00 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
852061100 (FON Common Stock--Series 1)
852061506 (PCS Common Stock--Series 1)
(CUSIP Numbers)
Deutsche Telekom AG
Helmut Reuschenbach, Senior Executive Director, Finance and Treasurer,
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Phone (49-228) 181-8000
France Telecom S.A.
Pierre Dauvillaire, Chief Financial Officer
6 place d'Alleray, 75505 Paris Cedex 15, France
Phone (33-1) 44-44-84-72
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
February 10, 1999
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
[GRAPHIC OMITTED].
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
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SCHEDULE 13D
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Deutsche Telekom AG
IRS Identification Number: N/A
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) |X|
(b) |_|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Germany
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
0
NUMBER OF ----------------------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
o 86,236,036 shares of Class A Common Stock (equivalent
BENEFICIALLY in voting power to 86,236,036 shares of Series 3 FON
Common Stock and 43,118,018 shares of Series 3 PCS
OWNED BY Common Stock)
EACH o 10,503,668 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock
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REPORTING 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON WITH o 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock (equivalent
in voting power to 43,118,018 shares of Series 3 FON
Common Stock and 21,559,009 shares of Series 3 PCS
Common Stock)
o 5,251,834 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
86,236,036 shares of Class A Common Stock (equivalent in voting power to
86,236,036 shares of Series 3 FON Common Stock and 43,118,018 shares of
Series 3 PCS Common Stock) and 10,503,668 shares of Series 3 PCS Common
Stock.
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* |_|
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
100% of Class A Common Stock and 100% of Series 3 PCS Common Stock,
estimated to represent approximately 20.0% of the aggregate voting power of
the capital stock of the Issuer. If the Class A Common Stock and Series 3
PCS Common Stock were converted into Series 1 FON Common Stock and Series 1
PCS Common Stock, the Class A Common Stock and Series 3 PCS Common Stock
would represent approximately 20.0% of the Series 1 FON Common Stock and
approximately 12.1% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of all
series of PCS Common Stock (or approximately 20.0% of the aggregate voting
power of all series of PCS Common Stock).
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
France Telecom S.A.
IRS Identification Number: N/A
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) |X|
(b) |_|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
WC
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Germany
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7 SOLE VOTING POWER
0
NUMBER OF ----------------------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED VOTING POWER
SHARES
o 86,236,036 shares of Class A Common Stock (equivalent
BENEFICIALLY in voting power to 86,236,036 shares of Series 3 FON
Common Stock and 43,118,018 shares of Series 3 PCS
OWNED BY Common Stock)
EACH o 10,503,668 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock
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REPORTING 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
PERSON WITH o 43,118,018 shares of Class A Common Stock (equivalent
in voting power to 43,118,018 shares of Series 3 FON
Common Stock and 21,559,009 shares of Series 3 PCS
Common Stock)
o 5,251,834 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock
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10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0
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11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
86,236,036 shares of Class A Common Stock (equivalent in voting power to
86,236,036 shares of Series 3 FON Common Stock and 43,118,018 shares of
Series 3 PCS Common Stock) and 10,503,668 shares of Series 3 PCS Common
Stock.
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12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* |_|
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13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
100% of Class A Common Stock and 100% of Series 3 PCS Common Stock,
estimated to represent approximately 20.0% of the aggregate voting power of
the capital stock of the Issuer. If the Class A Common Stock and Series 3
PCS Common Stock were converted into Series 1 FON Common Stock and Series 1
PCS Common Stock, the Class A Common Stock and Series 3 PCS Common Stock
would represent approximately 20.0% of the Series 1 FON Common Stock and
approximately 12.1% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of all
series of PCS Common Stock (or approximately 20.0% of the aggregate voting
power of all series of PCS Common Stock).
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14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
CO
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*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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This Amendment No. 4 (this "Amendment") amends and supplements the Schedule
13D filed on February 12, 1996, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule
13D filed on May 6, 1996, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D ("Amendment No.
2") filed on May 28, 1998 and Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D ("Amendment
No. 3") filed on December 1, 1998 (as amended and supplemented, the "Schedule
13D"), of Deutsche Telekom AG ("DT") and France Telecom S.A. ("FT"), with
respect to the common stock, par value $2.50 per share (the "Common Stock"), of
Sprint Corporation, a Kansas corporation (the "Issuer"). All capitalized terms
used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D, as previously amended and
supplemented.
On February 10, 1999, the Issuer closed a public offering of an aggregate
of 21,220,000 shares of Series 1 PCS Common Stock (the "Public Offering") and,
as a result, the Secondary Closing under the Master Agreement between the
Issuer, DT and FT occurred, pursuant to which DT and FT purchased an aggregate
of 5,305,000 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock from the Issuer for an
aggregate consideration of $146,789,350.
ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER
Item 1 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by adding the following at the
end thereof:
The 5,305,000 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock acquired by DT and FT are
convertible in certain circumstances into 5,305,000 shares of Series 1 PCS
Common Stock.
ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by adding the following at the
end thereof:
The funds required for each of FT and DT to purchase on February 10, 1999
the aggregate of 5,305,000 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock of the Issuer
pursuant to the Secondary Closing under the Master Agreement were provided by
internally generated funds. In payment of the purchase price of 5,305,000 shares
of Series 3 PCS Common Stock, on February 10, 1999 each of FT and DT paid to the
Issuer $73,394,675 ($146,789,350 in the aggregate for both FT and DT).
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF THE ACQUISITION
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by adding the following at the
end thereof:
The Master Agreement provides for the purchase by FT and DT from the Issuer
at the closing of the Public Offering of a number of shares of Series 3 PCS
Common Stock sufficient for FT and DT to acquire beneficial ownership, in the
aggregate, equal to 25% of the aggregate voting power attributable to the shares
of Series 1 PCS Common Stock issued by the Issuer in the Public Offering in
order to permit FT and DT to maintain their aggregate percentage voting power of
the capital stock of the Issuer.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
1. Deutsche Telekom AG
(a) On February 10, 1999, DT was the beneficial owner of 86,236,036 shares
of Class A Common Stock (100% of outstanding Class A Common Stock) and
10,503,668 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock (100% of outstanding Series 3 PCS
Common Stock), estimated to represent approximately 20.0% of the aggregate
voting power of the capital stock of the Issuer, calculated on the basis of
344,425,366 shares of Series 1 FON Common Stock, 86,236,036 shares of Class A
Common Stock, 193,645,138 shares of Series 1 PCS Common Stock, 195,094,340
shares of Series 2 PCS Common Stock, 10,503,668 shares of Series 3 PCS Common
Stock, 246,766 shares of PCS Preferred Stock and certain other outstanding
voting preferred stock of the Issuer as being outstanding, based on the
information made available to FT and DT by the Issuer. If the Class A Common
Stock and Series 3 PCS Common Stock were converted into Series 1 FON Common
Stock and Series 1 PCS Common Stock, the Class A Common Stock and Series 3 PCS
Common Stock beneficially owned by DT on February 10, 1999 would represent
approximately 20.0% of the Series 1 FON Common Stock and approximately 12.1% of
the aggregate number of outstanding shares of all series of PCS Common Stock (or
approximately 20.0% of the aggregate voting power of all series of PCS Common
Stock).
On February 10, 1999, Ron Sommer, Chairman of the Board of Management of DT
and a director of Sprint, beneficially owned 1,500 shares of Series 1 FON Common
Stock and 750 shares of Series 1 PCS Common Stock, which may be acquired upon
the exercise of stock options under the Issuer's stock option plans. Each of FT
and DT disclaims beneficial ownership of any such shares.
(d) No one other than DT is known to have the right to receive or the power
to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the
shares of Class A Common Stock and Series 3 PCS Common Stock owned by DT.
2. France Telecom S.A.
(a) On February 10, 1999, FT was the beneficial owner of 86,236,036 shares
of Class A Common Stock (100% of outstanding Class A Common Stock) and
10,503,668 shares of Series 3 PCS Common Stock (100% of outstanding Series 3 PCS
Common Stock), estimated to represent approximately 20.0% of the aggregate
voting power of the capital stock of the Issuer, calculated on the basis of the
number of outstanding shares described in Item 5.1(a) above. If the Class A
Common Stock and Series 3 PCS Common Stock were converted into Series 1 FON
Common Stock and Series 1 PCS Common Stock, the Class A Common Stock and Series
3 PCS Common Stock beneficially owned by FT on February 10, 1999 would represent
approximately 20.0% of the Series 1 FON Common Stock and approximately 12.1% of
the aggregate number of outstanding shares of all series of PCS Common Stock (or
approximately 20.0% of the aggregate voting power of all series of PCS Common
Stock).
On February 10, 1999, Michel Bon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
FT and a director of Sprint, beneficially owned 1,500 shares of Series 1 FON
Common Stock and 750 shares of Series 1 PCS Common Stock, which may be acquired
upon the exercise of stock options under the Issuer's stock option plans. Each
of FT and DT disclaims beneficial ownership of any such shares.
(d) No one other than FT is known to have the right to receive or the power
to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the
shares of Class A Common Stock and Series 3 PCS Common Stock owned by FT.
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After reasonable inquiry and to my best knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
DATED: February 12, 1999 DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
By: /s/ Helmut Reuschenbach
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Name: Helmut Reuschenbach
Title: Senior Executive Director
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After reasonable inquiry and to my best knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
DATED: February 12, 1999 FRANCE TELECOM S.A.
By: /s/ Thierry Girard
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Name: Thierry Girard
Title: Senior Vice President
