Registration No. 33-59328
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SPRINT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Kansas 48-0457967
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or Identification No.)
organization)
Post Office Box 11315, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SPRINT CORPORATION
1990 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
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DON A. JENSEN
Vice President and Secretary
P.O. Box 11315
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(913) 624-3326
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This Registration Statement as originally filed related to
the offering of 5,500,000 shares of Sprint Common Stock ("Sprint
Common Stock") issuable upon exercise of options granted under
the 1990 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). In connection with the
spin-off of Sprint's cellular division in March 1996, the number
of shares of Sprint Common Stock covered by the Registration
Statement was increased to 6,677,000 shares to prevent dilution.
Options for 2,511,526 shares of Sprint Common Stock were
exercised prior to the reclassification of Sprint Common Stock
into FON Stock and PCS Stock, leaving 4,165,474 shares of Sprint
Common Stock. On November 23, 1998, the remaining 4,165,474
shares of Sprint Common Stock were reclassified into 4,165,474
shares of FON Stock and 2,082,737 shares of PCS Stock. Options
for 1,855,595 shares of FON Stock were exercised before the
record date for a two-for-one split of the FON Stock in the 1999
second quarter, leaving 2,309,879 shares of FON Stock. The two-
for-one split of the FON Stock increased the remaining number of
shares of FON Stock covered by the Registration Statement to
4,619,758 shares of FON Stock. All of the shares of FON Stock
and PCS Stock covered by the Registration Statement have been
issued upon the exercise of options granted pursuant to the Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Westwood, State of
Kansas, on the 1st day of March, 2000.
SPRINT CORPORATION
By /s/ Don A. Jensen
(Don A. Jensen, Vice President)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Name Title Date
Chairman of the Board and )
W. T. ESREY* Chief Executive Officer )
(Principal Executive )
Officer) )
)
)
Executive Vice President )
- Chief Financial Officer )
(Principal Financial )
/s/ A. B. Krause Officer) )
(A. B. Krause) )
)
)
Senior Vice President and ) March 1, 2000
Controller )
(Principal Accounting )
/s/ J. P. Meyer Officer) )
(J. P. Meyer) )
)
D. AUSLEY* Director )
)
)
W. L. BATTS* Director )
)
)
Director )
(Michel Bon) )
)
Director )
(I. O. Hockaday, Jr.) )
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)
H. S. HOOK* Director )
)
)
Director )
(R. T. LeMay) )
)
)
L. K. LORIMER* Director )
)
)
C. E. RICE* Director ) March 1, 2000
)
)
Director )
(Louis W. Smith) )
)
)
Director )
(Ron Sommer) )
)
STEWART TURLEY* Director )
)
/s/ A. B. Krause
* (Signed by A.B. Krause, Attorney-in-Fact,
pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with
this Registration Statement No. 33-59328)
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