UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 21, 2005
SPRINT CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Kansas 1-04721 48-0457967
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6200 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, Kansas 66251
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (800) 829-0965
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
P. O. Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
(Mailing address of principal executive offices)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On June 21, 2005 US Unwired Inc. and its subsidiaries Louisiana Unwired
L.L.C., Texas Unwired and Georgia PCS Management L.L.C. (collectively, the "US
Unwired Plaintiffs") filed a complaint (the "Complaint") against Sprint
Corporation, Sprint Spectrum L.P., WirelessCo, L.P. and SprintCom, Inc.
(collectively, "Sprint") and Nextel Communications, Inc. ("Nextel") in the
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, which is the
same court in which there is pending litigation between the US Unwired
Plaintiffs and Sprint arising out of the parties' ongoing business relationship.
The US Unwired Plaintiffs are third party network operators, known as Sprint PCS
Affiliates, who operate code division multiple access, or CDMA, networks under
the Sprint brand name. The US Unwired Plaintiffs' network covers certain
portions of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas and served approximately 519,000 subscribers as of
May 31, 2005. The Complaint alleges that upon completion of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2004, as amended,
among Sprint Corporation, Nextel and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprint
Corporation, Sprint will be in breach of the exclusivity provisions in its
arrangements with the US Unwired Plaintiffs. The Complaint further alleges that
Nextel improperly interfered with the agreements between the US Unwired
Plaintiffs and Sprint.
The Complaint seeks (1) to preliminarily and permanently enjoin Sprint
Corporation from consummating its merger with Nextel unless and until the terms
of the merger are changed to exclude wireless mobility communication networks of
Nextel and Nextel Partners, Inc. ("Nextel Partners") that are owned, built,
operated or managed in the US Unwired Plaintiffs' service areas; (2) to
preliminarily and permanently enjoin Sprint Corporation and its related parties
from otherwise owning, operating, building or managing the wireless
communications networks of Nextel and Nextel Partners in the US Unwired
Plaintiffs' service areas; (3) to preliminarily and permanently enjoin Sprint
from breaching the arrangements with the US Unwired Plaintiffs and specifically
enforcing those arrangements; (4) to assess damages against Nextel in an amount
to be determined at trial and to permanently enjoin Nextel from interfering with
the US Unwired Plaintiffs' arrangements; and (5) to award the US Unwired
Plaintiffs attorneys' fees and costs. US Unwired Inc. and Louisiana Unwired
L.L.C. have also filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent
Sprint Corporation from proceeding with the proposed merger with Nextel. The
motion alleges that the merger will violate the exclusivity provisions of the
June 1998 agreement between Sprint and Louisiana Unwired L.L.C., under which
Louisiana Unwired L.L.C served approximately 215,000 subscribers as of May 31,
2005.
Sprint intends, and has been advised by Nextel that Nextel intends, to deny
the US Unwired Plaintiffs' allegations, vigorously defend this matter and oppose
the motion for preliminary injunction.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
SPRINT CORPORATION
Date: June 23, 2005 By: /s/ MICHAEL T. HYDE
Michael T. Hyde, Assistant Secretary
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