SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
[Rule 13d-101]
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO
§ 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED
PURSUANT TO § 240.13d-2(a)
(Amendment No. 21)*
Clearwire Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
Class A Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
18538Q105
(CUSIP Number)
David K. Schumacher
General Counsel
Crest Financial Limited
JP Morgan Chase Tower
600 Travis, Suite 6800
Houston, TX 77002
Tel: (713) 222 6900
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
Copies to:
Stephen M. Gill
Kai Haakon E. Liekefett
Vinson & Elkins LLP
First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002
Tel: (713) 758 2222
June 6, 2013
(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 that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨
Note. Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* | The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons 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 (the 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).
(Continued on following pages)
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Crest Financial Limited | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
WC, SC | |||||
5 | Check 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
Texas | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
36,183,649 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
36,183,649 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
36,183,649 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.18%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
PN |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Crest Investment Company | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
Texas | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
36,183,649 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
36,183,649 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
36,183,649 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.18%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
CO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Jamal and Rania Daniel Revocable Trust | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
Texas | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
36,183,649 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
36,183,649 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
36,183,649 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.18%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
OO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Jamal Daniel | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
United States of America | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
36,183,649 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
36,183,649 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
36,183,649 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.18%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
IN |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Rania Daniel | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
United States of America | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
36,183,649 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
36,183,649 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
36,183,649 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.18%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
IN |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
DTN LNG, LLC | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
WC | |||||
5 | Check 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
Delaware | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
9,623,249 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
9,623,249 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
9,623,249 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
1.38%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
OO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
DTN Investments, LLC | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
WC, OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
Delaware | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
10,173,249 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
10,173,249 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
10,173,249 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
1.46%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
OO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Daria Daniel 2003 Trust | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
Texas | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
3,391,083 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
3,391,083 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
3,391,083 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.49%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
OO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Thalia Daniel 2003 Trust | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
Texas | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
3,391,083 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
3,391,083 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
3,391,083 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.49%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
OO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Naia Daniel 2003 Trust | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
Texas | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
3,391,083 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
3,391,083 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
3,391,083 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.49%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
OO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
John M. Howland | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
PF, OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
United States of America | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
23,000 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
10,173,249 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
23,000 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
10,173,249 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
10,196,249 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
1.46%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
IN |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Eric E. Stoerr | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
PF | |||||
5 | Check 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
United States of America | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
22,000 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
0 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
22,000 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
0 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
22,000 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.00%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
IN |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Halim Daniel 2012 Trust | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
WC, OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
Cayman Islands | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
11,051,521 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
11,051,521 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
11,051,521 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
1.58%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
OO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Halim Daniel | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
PF | |||||
5 | Check 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
Lebanon | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
200,000 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
11,051,521 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
200,000 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
11,051,521 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
11,251,521 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
1.61%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
IN |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Michael Wheaton | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
OO | |||||
5 | Check 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
Cayman Islands | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
11,051,521 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
11,051,521 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
11,051,521 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
1.58%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
IN |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Uniteg Holding SA | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
WC | |||||
5 | Check 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
Switzerland | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
600,000 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
600,000 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
600,000 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.09%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
CO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
1 |
Names of reporting persons
Crest Switzerland LLC | |||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions) (a) ¨ (b) ¨
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3 | SEC use only
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4 | Source of funds (see instructions)
WC | |||||
5 | Check 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
Delaware | |||||
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with
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7 | Sole voting power
0 | ||||
8 | Shared voting power
600,000 | |||||
9 | Sole dispositive power
0 | |||||
10 | Shared dispositive power
600,000 | |||||
11 |
Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
600,000 | |||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.09%(1) | |||||
14 | Type of reporting person (see instructions)
CO |
(1) | Based on the Issuers Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2013, there were 699,171,925 shares of Class A common stock outstanding as of April 2, 2013. |
This Amendment No. 21 (this Amendment) amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D (the Schedule 13D) of Crest Financial Limited (CFL), Crest Investment Company (CIC), the Jamal and Rania Daniel Revocable Trust (the Jamal and Rania Daniel Trust), Mr. Jamal Daniel, Mrs. Rania Daniel, DTN LNG, LLC (DTN LNG), DTN Investments, LLC (DTN Investments), the Daria Daniel 2003 Trust (the Daria Daniel Trust), the Thalia Daniel 2003 Trust (the Thalia Daniel Trust), the Naia Daniel 2003 Trust (the Naia Daniel Trust), Mr. John M. Howland, Mr. Eric E. Stoerr, the Halim Daniel 2012 Trust (the Halim Daniel Trust), Mr. Michael Wheaton, solely in his capacity as trustee of the Halim Daniel Trust, Mr. Halim Daniel, Uniteg Holding SA (Uniteg) and Crest Switzerland, LLC (Crest Switzerland and, together with CFL, CIC, the Jamal and Rania Daniel Trust, Mr. Jamal Daniel, Mrs. Daniel, DTN LNG, DTN Investments, the Daria Daniel Trust, the Thalia Daniel Trust, the Naia Daniel Trust, Mr. Howland, Mr. Stoerr, the Halim Daniel Trust, Mr. Wheaton, solely in his capacity as trustee of the Halim Daniel Trust, Mr. Halim Daniel, Uniteg and Crest Switzerland, the Reporting Persons) that was filed in respect of Clearwire Corporation (the Issuer) on June 1, 2012 and amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on November 7, 2012 (Amendment No. 1), Amendment No. 2 filed on December 18, 2012 (Amendment No. 2), Amendment No. 3 filed on March 13, 2013 (Amendment No. 3), Amendment No. 4 filed on March 20, 2013 (Amendment No. 4), Amendment No. 5 filed on April 4, 2013 (Amendment No. 5), Amendment No. 6 filed on April 9, 2013 (Amendment No. 6), Amendment No. 7 filed on April 11, 2013 (Amendment No. 7), Amendment No. 8 filed on April 23, 2013 (Amendment No. 8), Amendment No. 9 (Amendment No. 9) filed on April 25, 2013, Amendment No. 10 filed on May 7, 2013 (Amendment No. 10), Amendment No. 11 filed on May 9, 2013 (Amendment No. 11), Amendment No. 12 filed on May 13, 2013 (Amendment No. 12), Amendment No. 13 filed on May 17, 2013 (Amendment No. 13), Amendment No. 14 filed on May 20, 2013 (Amendment No. 14), Amendment No. 15 filed on May 22, 2013 (Amendment No. 15), Amendment No. 16 filed on May 24, 2013 (Amendment No. 16), Amendment No. 17 filed on May 28, 2013 (Amendment No. 17), Amendment No. 18 filed on May 29, 2013 (Amendment No. 18), Amendment No. 19 filed on May 30, 2013 (Amendment No. 19) and Amendment No. 20 filed on June 3, 2013 (Amendment No. 20).
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraphs after the first paragraph thereof:
On June 6, 2013, CFL sent a letter to the board of directors of the Issuer (the June 6 Letter to the Board) and issued a press release relating thereto (the June 6 Press Release). In the June 6 Letter to the Board, CFL responded to Sprint Nextel Corporations objections to the tender offer of DISH Network Corporation. A copy of the June 6 Letter to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and a copy of the June 6 Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 3, each of which are incorporated herein by reference. The descriptions herein of the June 6 Letter to the Board and the June 6 Press Release are qualified in their entirety by reference to the June 6 Letter to the Board and the June 6 Press Release.
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
Other than Asset Purchase Agreement as described in Item 3 hereof (which has been fully performed by the parties thereto in 2004), the Joint Filing Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 1, the June 6 Letter to the Board attached hereto as Exhibit 2, the June 6 Press Release attached hereto as Exhibit 3, the May 31 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 20 as Exhibit 2, the June 3 Letter to the Board attached to Amendment No. 20 as Exhibit 3, the June 3 Board Press Release attached to Amendment No. 20 as Exhibit 4, the June 3 Letter to Sprint attached to Amendment No. 20 as Exhibit 5, the June 3 Sprint Press Release attached to Amendment No. 20 as Exhibit 6, the May 30 Letter to the Board attached to Amendment No. 19 as Exhibit 2, the May 30 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 19 as Exhibit 3, the May 28 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 18 as Exhibit 2, the May 28 FCC Letter attached to Amendment No. 18 as Exhibit 3, the May 29 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 18 as Exhibit 4, the May 28 Letter to Stockholders attached to Amendment No. 17 as Exhibit 2, the May 28 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 17 as Exhibit 3, the May 23 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 16 as Exhibit 2, the May 21 Letter to Stockholders attached to Amendment No. 15 as Exhibit 2, the May 21 Letter to the Board attached to Amendment No. 15 as Exhibit 3, the May 21 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 15 as Exhibit 4, the May 20 Letter to Stockholders attached to Amendment No. 14 as Exhibit 2, the May 20 Letter to the Board attached to Amendment No. 14 as Exhibit 3; the May 20 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 14 as Exhibit 4, the May 17 Letter to Stockholders attached to Amendment No. 13 as Exhibit 2, the May 17 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 13 as Exhibit 3, the May 16 Letter to Stockholders attached to Amendment No. 13 as Exhibit 4, the May 16 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 13 as Exhibit 5, the Press Release attached to Amendment No. 12 as Exhibit 2, the Presentation to Stockholders attached to Amendment No. 11 as Exhibit 2, the Press Release attached to Amendment No. 11 as Exhibit 3, the Press Release attached to Amendment No. 10 as Exhibit 2, the Letter to Stockholders attached to Amendment No. 10 as Exhibit 3, the Power of Attorney for the Daria Daniel Trust attached to Amendment No. 10 as Exhibit 4, the Power of Attorney for the Thalia Daniel Trust attached to Amendment No. 10 as Exhibit 5, the Power of Attorney for the Naia Daniel Trust attached to Amendment No. 10 as Exhibit 6, the Power of Attorney for John M. Howland attached to Amendment No. 10 as Exhibit 7, the Press Release attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 2, the Power of Attorney for the Jamal and Rania Daniel Trust attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 3, the Power of Attorney for Jamal Daniel attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 4, the Power of Attorney for Rania Daniel attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 5, the Power of Attorney for Eric E. Stoerr attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 6, the Power of Attorney for the Halim Daniel Trust attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 7, the Power of Attorney for Halim Daniel attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 8, the Power of Attorney for Michael Wheaton attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 9, the Power of Attorney for Uniteg attached to Amendment No. 9 as Exhibit 10, the Board Letter attached to Amendment No. 8 as Exhibit 2, the April 23 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 8 as Exhibit 3, the April 22 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 8 as Exhibit 4, the FCC Letter attached to Amendment No. 8 as Exhibit 5, the Press Release attached to Amendment No. 7 as Exhibit 2, the Press Release attached to Amendment No. 6 as Exhibit 2, the FCC Letter attached to Amendment No. 6 as Exhibit 3, the Letter to the Board attached to Amendment No. 5 as Exhibit 2, the April 3 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 5 as Exhibit 3, the Demand Letter attached to Amendment No. 4 as Exhibit 2, the March 20 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 4 as Exhibit 3, the March 12 Press Release attached to Amendment No. 3 as Exhibit 2, the FCC Letter attached to Amendment No. 3 as Exhibit 3, the Press Release attached to Amendment No. 2 as Exhibit 2, the Stockholder Letter attached to Amendment No. 1 as Exhibit 2 and the Press Release attached to
Amendment No. 1 as Exhibit 3, neither the Reporting Persons nor, to the best of the Reporting Persons knowledge, any person named on Schedule A hereto, has any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) among the persons named in Item 2 and between such persons and any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including but not limited to, transfer or voting of any of the securities, finders fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.
Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. |
The following documents are filed as exhibits:
Exhibit |
Exhibit Name | |
Exhibit 1 | Joint Filing Agreement dated June 6, 2013, among Crest Financial Limited, Crest Investment Company, the Jamal and Rania Daniel Revocable Trust, Mr. Jamal Daniel, Mrs. Rania Daniel, DTN LNG, LLC, DTN Investments, LLC, the Daria Daniel 2003 Trust, the Thalia Daniel 2003 Trust, the Naia Daniel 2003 Trust, Mr. John M. Howland, Mr. Eric E. Stoerr, the Halim Daniel 2012 Trust, Mr. Michael Wheaton, solely in his capacity as trustee of the Halim Daniel 2012 Trust, Mr. Halim Daniel, Uniteg Holding SA and Crest Switzerland, LLC | |
Exhibit 2 | Letter by Crest Financial Limited to the Board of Directors of Clearwire Corporation dated June 6, 2013 | |
Exhibit 3 | Press Release by Crest Financial Limited dated June 6, 2013 |
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: June 6, 2013
CREST FINANCIAL LIMITED | ||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer |
CREST INVESTMENT COMPANY | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer | |||||
JAMAL AND RANIA DANIEL REVOCABLE TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
JAMAL DANIEL | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
RANIA DANIEL | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
DTN LNG, LLC | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Manager, President, Secretary and Treasurer | |||||
DTN INVESTMENTS, LLC | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Manager, President, Secretary and Treasurer | |||||
DARIA DANIEL 2003 TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
THALIA DANIEL 2003 TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact |
NAIA DANIEL 2003 TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
JOHN M. HOWLAND | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
ERIC E. STOERR | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
HALIM DANIEL 2012 TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
HALIM DANIEL | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
MICHAEL WHEATON | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
UNITEG HOLDING SA | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
CREST SWITZERLAND LLC | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Manager |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Exhibit Name | |
Exhibit 1 | Joint Filing Agreement dated June 6, 2013, among Crest Financial Limited, Crest Investment Company, the Jamal and Rania Daniel Revocable Trust, Mr. Jamal Daniel, Mrs. Rania Daniel, DTN LNG, LLC, DTN Investments, LLC, the Daria Daniel 2003 Trust, the Thalia Daniel 2003 Trust, the Naia Daniel 2003 Trust, Mr. John M. Howland, Mr. Eric E. Stoerr, the Halim Daniel 2012 Trust, Mr. Michael Wheaton, solely in his capacity as trustee of the Halim Daniel 2012 Trust, Mr. Halim Daniel, Uniteg Holding SA and Crest Switzerland, LLC | |
Exhibit 2 | Letter by Crest Financial Limited to the Board of Directors of Clearwire Corporation dated June 6, 2013 | |
Exhibit 3 | Press Release by Crest Financial Limited dated June 6, 2013 |
Exhibit 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Class A Common Stock of Clearwire Corporation and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filings. In evidence thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have executed this Joint Filing Agreement this 6th day of June, 2013.
CREST FINANCIAL LIMITED | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer |
CREST INVESTMENT COMPANY | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer | |||||
JAMAL AND RANIA DANIEL REVOCABLE TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
JAMAL DANIEL | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
RANIA DANIEL | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
DTN LNG, LLC | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Manager, President, Secretary and Treasurer | |||||
DTN INVESTMENTS, LLC | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Manager, President, Secretary and Treasurer | |||||
DARIA DANIEL 2003 TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact |
THALIA DANIEL 2003 TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
NAIA DANIEL 2003 TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
JOHN M. HOWLAND | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
ERIC E. STOERR | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
HALIM DANIEL 2012 TRUST | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
HALIM DANIEL | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
MICHAEL WHEATON | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
UNITEG HOLDING SA | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact | |||||
CREST SWITZERLAND LLC | ||||||
by | /s/ Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Name: | Pamela E. Powers | |||||
Title: | Manager |
Exhibit 2
CREST FINANCIAL LIMITED
JPMorgan Chase Tower
600 Travis, Suite 6800
Houston, Texas 77002
June 6, 2013
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS AND FACSIMILE
The Board of Directors
c/o John W. Stanton
Chairman
Clearwire Corporation
1475 120th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA 98005
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As our May 30 and June 3 letters explained, Crest Financial Limited (Crest) believes that DISH Network Corporations (DISH) tender offer for all outstanding shares of Clearwire Corporation (Clearwire or the Company) for $4.40 per share is both actionable and superior in every way to Sprint Nextel Corporations (Sprint) current offer of $3.40 per share. Sprints June 3 letter to you, in which Sprint asserts that DISHs tender offer is not actionable because certain of its terms violate applicable law and Clearwires Equityholders Agreement (EHA), is fraught with unfounded assertions and changes nothing. The DISH offer remains actionable. It remains superior to Sprints offer. And the path to realizing the Companys true value for all Clearwire stockholders is still an open, competitive process. The Clearwire Board of Directors (the Board) should give DISHs offer genuine consideration as part of a competitive bidding for Clearwire.
We recognize Sprints letter for what it is: Sprints latest attempt to interfere with your consideration of alternatives that will benefit all stockholders, rather than just Sprint. We are convinced that DISHs tender offer, and your entering into the Investor Rights Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreement proposed by DISH, will not violate the Companys contractual obligations or the law. And failure to consider DISHs offer would be a breach of your own fiduciary duties. In its June 4 letter, DISH directly rebutted the untrue, overbearing assertions in Sprints letter. As Clearwires largest independent minority stockholder, we write this letter to add our own views.
DISHs request for nomination rights is not problematic. The EHA does not bar the Board or its nominating committee from agreeing to nominate DISHs designees to the Board. The EHA states only that the nominating committee will fill unreserved seats, which it of course would be doing when it nominates DISHs designees. And DISHs proposal would not require a reduction to Sprints nomination rights. Nor does Delaware law prohibit the Company, with approval of the Board, from entering into an agreement with a stockholder to nominate certain directors through its nominating committee. Sprints suggestion that the agreement is unlawful because it continues in perpetuity is wholly unfounded. Sprints own nominating rights are not time-bound, and Sprint has made no effort to distinguish its rights from DISHs proposal. We also do not see any fiduciary duty concerns in this context since DISH covenants to nominate
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only independent directors (as defined by the NASDAQ listing rules). That said, any concerns you may have could easily be addressed by a fiduciary out provision. Such a provision would give the Boards nominating committee the right to reject a candidate to the extent the committee determines in good faith and on advice of outside counsel that the candidates nomination would violate the directors fiduciary duties.
The veto rights in DISHs proposed Investor Rights Agreement are commonplace and permissible. Merger agreements, stock purchase agreements, investor agreements, credit agreements, indentures, and many other legal instruments regularly include negative covenants of the kind DISH requested, as Sprint well knows. Neither Delaware law nor Clearwires Certificate of Incorporation prohibit Clearwire from granting pre-emptive rights by contract, and that is all that DISH has requested. Finally, DISHs status as a minority stockholder does not magically render these covenants unlawfulas is evident from the rights already granted to non-Sprint minority stockholders under the EHA.
Likewise, we do not read the DISH tender offer to require Sprints consent. The EHA requires consent of the parties only for material capital restructuring or reorganization of Clearwire. Given that Clearwire is a company with an enterprise value of at least $11.39 billion (assuming a share price of $4.40 for the equity of Clearwire), no one can seriously claim that accepting DISHs $800 million financing proposal amounts to a material capital restructuring or reorganization. Similarly, the EHA does not mandate consent for tender offers but expressly requires consent only for any merger, consolidation, share exchange, recapitalization, business combination or other similar transaction involving the Company. The nine EHA parties and their fine lawyers did not simply forget to include in this litany a tender offer, even though it is among the most common transaction structures. Rather, the real and sensible reason why tender offers are not included in the consent list is because a tender offer is not a transaction involving the Companyit is a transaction directly between a bidder, here DISH, and the stockholders. In all events, it is difficult to see how a change of control can possibly occur so long as Sprint persists in its refusal to sell its Clearwire shares.
Although we agree with DISH that Sprints objections are unsubstantiated and its position unsustainable, the burden on your decision is more modest. DISHs offer is conditioned not on the illegality of Sprints objections, but only on your agreement to the proposed Investor Rights Agreement and Note Purchase Agreement. Thus, DISH is willing to take on the entire litigation risk and has not conditioned its tender offer on the absence or failure of any challenge by Sprint. It merely requires the Board to agree, but does not ask Clearwire to guarantee that these agreements will survive a legal challenge unscathed.
Contrary to its public handwringing, no one is asking Sprint to engage in self-sacrifice. Indeed, Sprints recitation of Clearwires formation, the details of the EHA, and the particular contractual rights it thinks it holds are a distraction from the real issueSprints persistent breaches of its fiduciary duties. As we have been explaining for months, we believe that Sprint is attempting to snatch up Clearwire on the cheap, at a price that grossly undervalues the Company and is unfair to minority stockholders. Sprints letter threatening to enforce supposed rights is just a last-ditch effort to preserve an unfair process and an unfair price, in order to divert the Companys true value entirely to itself.
Sprint of course has the right not to sell its shares. But it has not stopped simply at stating its intention not to sell. Instead, Sprint has taken every step possible, and using every ounce of
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leverage as controlling shareholder, to thwart any effort to benefit the Company and its minority stockholderseven to the point of threatening litigation to deny Clearwire stockholders the voluntary choice of realizing at least $1.00 per share more than Sprints coercive merger proposal. If Sprint truly thinks that Clearwire is worth only its original offer price of $2.97 or its latest offer of $3.40 per share, then Sprint should be selling its shares of the Company for $4.40 or any higher price. But it has taken precisely the opposite approach. Sprint has publicly stated that it does not intend to sell and has continued wielding its oppressive powers as Clearwires controlling stockholder in an attempt to sink all competing bids and ram through its own undervalued offer.
In the end, Sprints letter is perhaps most telling in what it does not say. Sprint makes no attempt to explain how its current offer of $3.40 can possibly be fair to minority stockholders while DISH is offering $4.40 per share. In fact, Sprint makes no attempt to explain how its offer is superior to DISHs in any way at all. That of course is because it is not. Sprints offer attempts to squeeze-out Clearwires minority stockholders at an unfair price, while DISHs tender offer would not force anyone to sell against their will. It seeks to push through the unfair deal by packing the minority vote with interested parties who have already pledged to vote in favor of the merger and to sell their shares to Sprint even if the merger is rejected, along with directors, officers, and employees with golden parachutes and compensation awards that encourage them to vote for the merger. And it imposes a coercive and highly dilutive Note Purchase Agreement, with much worse terms than DISHs financing proposal and Crests own financing offer.
It is time for you, the Clearwire Board, to fulfill your own fiduciary duties to the Companys minority stockholders by resisting Sprints latest outrage. DISHs offer is clearly actionable, and you have an obligation to give it full consideration. To the extent you are concerned with any of its details, those concerns can be resolved through good faith negotiations with DISH. As we urged in our June 3 letter, consideration of the DISH tender offer and any other alternatives to Sprint should be considered by a new Special Committee with new, truly independent directors who are not tainted by the current Special Committees past misjudgments.
To be sure, DISHs current proposal might not prove to be Clearwires best offer in the end. But it is a direct offer for the Company that furthers the competitive bidding process that we believe can unlock the Companys true value for Clearwires stockholders. It is your duty to take full advantage of this opportunity to pursue fair value for all of Clearwires stockholders.
Sincerely yours, |
/s/ David K. Schumacher |
David K. Schumacher |
General Counsel Crest Financial Limited |
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About Crest Financial Limited
Crest is a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Texas. Its principal business is investing in securities.
Important Legal Information
In connection with the proposed merger of Clearwire Corporation (Clearwire) with Sprint Nextel Corporation (the Proposed Sprint Merger), Crest and other persons (the Participants) have filed a supplement to its definitive proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The definitive proxy statement and the supplement have been mailed to the stockholders of Clearwire. SECURITYHOLDERS OF CLEARWIRE ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND THE SUPPLEMENT, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE NOW, AND THE PARTICIPANTS OTHER PROXY MATERIALS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PARTICIPANTS, CLEARWIRE AND THE PROPOSED SPRINT MERGER. The definitive proxy statement, the supplement and all other proxy materials filed with the SEC are available at no charge on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the definitive proxy statement and the supplement are also available at no charge on the website of the Participants proxy solicitor at http://www.dfking.com/clwr.
Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements contained herein are forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements that are predications of or indicate future events, trends, plans, or objectives. Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements because, by their nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future activities and are subject to many risks and uncertainties. Due to such risks and uncertainties, actual events may differ materially from those reflected or contemplated in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the future tense or other forward-looking words such as believe, expect, anticipate, intend, plan, should, may, will, believes, continue, strategy, position, or the negative of those terms or other variations of them or by comparable terminology.
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Exhibit 3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Jeffrey Birnbaum, (202) 661-6367, JBirnbaum@BGRPR.com
Crest Financial Criticizes Sprint Letter to Clearwire Board as a Further Breach of Fiduciary Duties and Urges Clearwire Board to Fully Consider Tender Offer From DISH
Sends letter to Clearwire Board refuting Sprints letter and calling on Clearwire Board to resist Sprints latest outrage
HOUSTON, June 6, 2013 Crest Financial Limited, the largest of the independent minority stockholders of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), sent a letter to Clearwires Board of Directors criticizing Sprint Nextel Corporations objections to DISH Network Corporations $4.40 per share tender offer for all outstanding Clearwire shares. Crest agreed with DISHs responses to Sprints letter, which it says was fraught with unfounded assertions. Crest again urged the Clearwire Board to appoint a new Special Committee with new directors to fully consider DISHs tender offer and pursue a competitive bidding process to unlock the Companys true value for Clearwires stockholders.
In Crests letter to the Clearwire Board, David K. Schumacher, Crests General Counsel, states: We recognize Sprints letter for what it is: Sprints latest attempt to interfere with your consideration of alternatives that will benefit all stockholders, rather than just Sprint. We are convinced that DISHs tender offer, and your entering into the Investor Rights Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreement proposed by DISH, will not violate the Companys contractual obligations or the law. And failure to consider DISHs offer would be a breach of your own fiduciary duties. In its June 4 letter, DISH directly rebutted the untrue, overbearing assertions in Sprints letter. As Clearwires largest independent minority stockholder, we write this letter to add our own views.
According to Schumacher: DISHs request for nomination rights is not problematic. The [Equityholders Agreement (EHA)] does not bar the Board or its nominating committee from agreeing to nominate DISHs designees to the Board. The EHA states only that the nominating committee will fill unreserved seats, which it of course would be doing when it nominates DISHs designees. And DISHs proposal would not require a reduction to Sprints nomination rights. Nor does Delaware law prohibit the Company, with approval of the Board, from entering into an agreement with a stockholder to nominate certain directors through its nominating committee. Sprints suggestion that the agreement is unlawful because it continues in perpetuity is wholly unfounded. Sprints own nominating rights are not time-bound, and Sprint has made no effort to distinguish its rights from DISHs proposal. We also do not see any fiduciary duty concerns in this context since DISH covenants to nominate only independent directors (as defined by the NASDAQ listing rules). That said, any concerns you may have could easily be addressed by a fiduciary out provision. Such a provision would give the Boards nominating committee the right to reject a candidate to the extent the committee determines in good faith and on advice of outside counsel that the candidates nomination would violate the directors fiduciary duties.
Schumacher adds: The veto rights in DISHs proposed Investor Rights Agreement are commonplace and permissible. Merger agreements, stock purchase agreements, investor agreements, credit agreements, indentures, and many other legal instruments regularly include negative covenants of the kind DISH requested, as Sprint well knows. Neither Delaware law nor Clearwires Certificate of Incorporation prohibit Clearwire from granting pre-emptive rights by contract, and that is all that DISH has requested. Finally, DISHs status as a minority stockholder does not magically render these covenants unlawfulas is evident from the rights already granted to non-Sprint minority stockholders under the EHA.
Crests letter goes on: Likewise, we do not read the DISH tender offer to require Sprints consent. The EHA requires consent of the parties only for material capital restructuring or reorganization of Clearwire. Given that Clearwire is a company with an enterprise value of at least $11.39 billion (assuming a share price of $4.40 for the equity of Clearwire), no one can seriously claim that accepting DISHs $800 million financing proposal amounts to a material capital restructuring or reorganization. Similarly, the EHA does not mandate consent for tender offers but expressly requires consent only for any merger, consolidation, share exchange, recapitalization, business combination or other similar transaction involving the Company. The nine EHA parties and their fine lawyers did not simply forget to include in this litany a tender offer, even though it is among the most common transaction structures. Rather, the real and sensible reason why tender offers are not included in the consent list is because a tender offer is not a transaction involving the Companyit is a transaction directly between a bidder, here DISH, and the stockholders. In all events, it is difficult to see how a change of control can possibly occur so long as Sprint persists in its refusal to sell its Clearwire shares.
Schumacher further explains: Although we agree with DISH that Sprints objections are unsubstantiated and its position unsustainable, the burden on your decision is more modest. DISHs offer is conditioned not on the illegality of Sprints objections, but only on your agreement to the proposed Investor Rights Agreement and Note Purchase Agreement. Thus, DISH is willing to take on the entire litigation risk and has not conditioned its tender offer on the absence or failure of any challenge by Sprint. It merely requires the Board to agree, but does not ask Clearwire to guarantee that these agreements will survive a legal challenge unscathed.
Crests letter continues: Contrary to its public handwringing, no one is asking Sprint to engage in self-sacrifice. Indeed, Sprints recitation of Clearwires formation, the details of the EHA, and the particular contractual rights it thinks it holds are a distraction from the real issueSprints persistent breaches of its fiduciary duties. As we have been explaining for months, we believe that Sprint is attempting to snatch up Clearwire on the cheap, at a price that grossly undervalues the Company and is unfair to minority stockholders. Sprints letter threatening to enforce supposed rights is just a last-ditch effort to preserve an unfair process and an unfair price, in order to divert the Companys true value entirely to itself.
Schumacher further states: Sprint of course has the right not to sell its shares. But it has not stopped simply at stating its intention not to sell. Instead, Sprint has taken every step possible, and using every ounce of leverage as controlling shareholder, to thwart any effort to benefit the Company and its minority stockholderseven to the point of threatening litigation to deny Clearwire stockholders the voluntary choice of realizing at least $1.00 per share more than Sprints coercive merger proposal. If Sprint truly thinks that Clearwire is worth only its original offer price of $2.97 or its latest offer of $3.40 per share, then Sprint should be selling its shares of the Company for $4.40 or any higher price. But it has taken precisely the opposite approach. Sprint has publicly stated that it does not intend to sell and has continued wielding its oppressive powers as Clearwires controlling stockholder in an attempt to sink all competing bids and ram through its own undervalued offer.
According to Schumacher: In the end, Sprints letter is perhaps most telling in what it does not say. Sprint makes no attempt to explain how its current offer of $3.40 can possibly be fair to minority stockholders while DISH is offering $4.40 per share. In fact, Sprint makes no attempt to explain how its offer is superior to DISHs in any way at all. That of course is because it is not. Sprints offer attempts to squeeze-out Clearwires minority stockholders at an unfair price, while DISHs tender offer would not force anyone to sell against their will. It seeks to push through the unfair deal by packing the minority vote with interested parties who have already pledged to vote in favor of the merger and to sell their shares to Sprint even if the merger is rejected, along with directors, officers, and employees with golden parachutes and compensation awards that encourage them to vote for the merger. And it imposes a coercive and highly dilutive Note Purchase Agreement, with much worse terms than DISHs financing proposal and Crests own financing offer.
The letter to the Clearwire Board concludes: It is time for you, the Clearwire Board, to fulfill your own fiduciary duties to the Companys minority stockholders by resisting Sprints latest outrage. DISHs offer is clearly actionable, and you have an obligation to give it full consideration. To the extent you are concerned with any of its details, those concerns can be resolved through good faith negotiations with DISH. As we urged in our June 3 letter, consideration of the DISH tender offer and any other alternatives to Sprint should be considered by a new Special Committee with new, truly independent directors who are not tainted by the current Special Committees past misjudgments. To be sure, DISHs current proposal might not prove to be Clearwires best offer in the end. But it is a direct offer for the Company that furthers the competitive bidding process that we believe can unlock the Companys true value for Clearwires stockholders. It is your duty to take full advantage of this opportunity to pursue fair value for all of Clearwires stockholders.
D.F. King & Co, Inc. has been retained by Crest to assist it in the solicitation of proxies in opposition to the proposed Sprint-Clearwire merger. If stockholders have any questions or need assistance in voting the GOLD proxy card, please call D.F. King & Co. at (800) 949-2583. The full letter to the Clearwire Board can be found at http://www.dfking.com/clwr or http://www.bancroftpllc.com/crest.
About Crest Financial Limited
Crest Financial Limited (Crest) is a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Texas. Its principal business is investing in securities.
Important Legal Information
In connection with the proposed merger of Clearwire Corporation (Clearwire) with Sprint Nextel Corporation (the Proposed Sprint Merger), Crest and other persons (the Participants) have filed a supplement to its definitive proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The definitive proxy statement and the supplement have been mailed to the stockholders of Clearwire. SECURITYHOLDERS OF CLEARWIRE ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND THE SUPPLEMENT, WHICH ARE AVAILABLE NOW, AND THE PARTICIPANTS OTHER PROXY MATERIALS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PARTICIPANTS, CLEARWIRE AND THE PROPOSED SPRINT MERGER. The definitive proxy statement, the supplement and all other proxy materials filed with the SEC are available at no charge on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the definitive proxy statement and the supplement are also available at no charge on the website of the Participants proxy solicitor at http://www.dfking.com/clwr.
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SOURCE: Crest Financial Limited