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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
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*
Deutsche Telekom AG ("DT")
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
Friedrich - Ebert - Allee 140
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(Street)
Bonn Germany 53113
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
8/26/00
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Powertel, Inc. (PTEL) (the "Company")
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [X] Other (specify below)
See Attachment A
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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3. Ownership Form:
2. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial 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.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
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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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5. Owner-
3. Title and Amount of Securities ship
Underlying Derivative Security Form of
2. Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) Derivative
and Expiration Date --------------------------------- 4. Conver- Security:
(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct 6. Nature of
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Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial
1. Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership
Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
See Attachement A
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Deutsche Telekom AG
By: /s/ Kevin Copp September 5, 2000
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Kevin Copp Date
Head of International
Legal Affairs
**Signature of Reporting Person
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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Attachment A
Reporting Person: Deutsche Telecom AG
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140
Bonn Germany 53113
Date of Reporting Event: August 26, 2000
Issuer: Powertel, Inc. (PTEL)
EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES
On August 26, 2000, DT and the Company entered into an Agreement and
Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which, subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions, a newly formed wholly-owned Delaware
subsidiary of DT will be merged under Delaware law into the Company (the
"Merger"), with the Company being the surviving corporation. As a result of the
Merger, the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of DT.
As a condition to DT's agreeing to enter into the Merger Agreement,
certain stockholders of the Company (the "Stockholders" ) have entered into
Stockholders Agreements with DT, dated as of August 26, 2000 (collectively, the
"Stockholders Agreements"), pursuant to which the Stockholders have agreed to
vote their shares in the Company in favor of the Merger Agreement and the Merger
and have agreed to vote against, and not to consent to, any Alternative
Transaction (as defined in the Stockholders Agreements). DT disclaims beneficial
ownership of the shares owned by the Stockholders that are subject to the
Stockholder Agreements.
The Merger Agreement and other related agreements are described in more
detail in DT's Statement on Schedule 13D under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 on the Company, dated September 5, 2000.
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