4 1 dtfrm4_8-31.txt U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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 [x] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ================================================================================ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Deutsche Telekom AG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) Friedrich - Ebert - Allee 140 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Bonn Germany 53113 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ================================================================================ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sprint Corporation (PCS) ================================================================================ 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) N/A ================================================================================ 4. Statement for Month/Year 08/01 ================================================================================ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) ================================================================================ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [ x ] Form filed by one Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCS Common Stock-Series 1 8/10/01(1) C 49,565,218 (A) N/A 0 (I) (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCS Common Stock-Series 1 8/10/01(1) S 49,565,218 (D) $23.8875(1) 0 (I) (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================================================================
* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly (1) On August 7, 2001, Deutsche Telekom AG ("DT") and NAB Nordamerika Beteiligungs Holding GmbH ("NAB"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of DT, entered into an underwriting agreement pursuant to which NAB agreed to sell to the underwriters an aggregate of 49,565,218 shares of Series 1 PCS Common Stock (the "Firm Shares") for resale at a public offering price of $24.50 per share, less an underwriting discount of $0.6125 per share. In the underwriting agreement, NAB also granted to the underwriters an option for up to 30 days to purchase up to an additional 7,434,782 shares of Series 1 PCS Common Stock on the same terms, solely to cover over-allotments. The closing of the sale of the Firm Shares occurred on August 10, 2001. (2) Through wholly-owned subsidiary, NAB. FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. 10. Num- Owner- ber ship of Form 2. Deri- of Conv- vative Deri- 11. ersion 6. Secur- vative Nature or Date Exer- 7. 8. ities Secu- of Exer- 4. cisable and Title and Price Benefi- rity: In- 1. cise 3. Trans- 5. Expiration Amount of Under- of cially Direct direct Title of Price Trans- action Number of Derivative Date (Month/ lying Securities Deri- Owned (D) or Bene- Deriv- of action Code Securities Acquired (A) Day/Year) (Instr. 3 and 4) vative at In- ficial ative Deriv- Date (Instr. or Disposed of (D) --------------- ----------------- Secur- End of direct Owner- Security ative (Month/ 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Date Expira- Amount ity Month (I) ship (Instr. Secur- Day/ -------- --------------------------- Exer- tion or number (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.(Instr 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title of Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCS Common PCS Common Stock- 1 for 1 08/10/01 C(3) 49,565,218 (D) N/A N/A Stock- 49,565,218 N/A 7,807,122(4) I (5) Series 3 Series 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: (3) Of these shares, an aggregate of 35,813,331 shares of Series 1 PCS Common Stock were obtained on conversion of Series 3 PCS Common Stock and an aggregate of 13,751,887 shares of Series 1 PCS Common Stock were obtained on conversion of Class A Common Stock. (4) On August 10, 2001, DT held through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NAB, shares of Class A Common Stock that may be converted into 7,807,122 shares of PCS Common Stock-Series 3 (or PCS Common Stock-Series 1) of Sprint. DT and NAB disclaim beneficial ownership of securities of Sprint owned by France Telecom, and disclaim they are members of a group with FT. (5) Through wholly-owned subsidiary, NAB. DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG BY: /s/ Kevin Copp 8/31/01 ------------------------------- ---------- Name: Kevin Copp Date Title: 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).