Exhibit 5
July 18, 2000
Sprint Corporation
P.O. Box 11315
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Re: 8,000,000 shares of PCS Common Stock (par value $1.00
per share), issuable in connection with the 1988
Employees Stock Purchase Plan
Gentlemen:
I have acted as your counsel in connection with the proposed
offering and issuance of an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of your
PCS Common Stock (the "PCS Shares"), referred to in the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement"), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"). In such connection, I have examined the
Registration Statement and I am familiar with the proceedings
taken by your stockholders and your Board of Directors and
officers in connection with the authorization of the PCS Shares,
the recapitalization of your Common Stock into FON Common Stock
and PCS Common Stock, and related matters, and I have reviewed
such documents, records, and matters of law as I have considered
necessary for rendering my opinion hereinafter set forth.
Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
1. Sprint Corporation is a corporation duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the State of Kansas.
2. The PCS Shares have been duly and validly authorized, and
when (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under
the Act and (ii) the PCS Shares are issued and sold in the manner
and upon the terms set forth in the 1988 Employees Stock Purchase
Plan, such PCS Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
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Sprint Corporation
July 18, 2000
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I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not
thereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent
is required under Section 7 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Don A. Jensen
Don A. Jensen
