Registration No. 33-38761
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SPRINT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Kansas 48-0457967
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization Identification No.)
Post Office Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
(Full title of the Plan)
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CLAUDIA S. TOUSSAINT
Vice President, Corporate Governance and Ethics, and Corporate Secretary
P.O. Box 7997
Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(913) 794-1513
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This Registration Statement as originally filed related to the offering of
500,000 shares of Sprint Common Stock ("Sprint Common Stock") issuable under the
Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees (formerly called
the United System Savings Plan). 74,487 of such shares were issued by Sprint
before the reclassification of Sprint Common Stock into FON Stock and PCS Stock,
leaving 425,513 shares of Sprint Common Stock. On November 23, 1998, the
remaining 425,513 shares of Sprint Common Stock were reclassified into 425,513
shares of FON Common Stock and 212,756 shares of PCS Common Stock. No shares of
FON Common Stock were issued before the two-for-one split of the FON Common
Stock in the 1999 second quarter, leaving all 425,513 shares of FON Common
Stock. The two-for-one split of the FON Common Stock increased the number of
shares of FON Common Stock remaining under the Registration Statement to 851,026
shares of FON Common Stock. 9,909 shares of PCS Common Stock were issued by
Sprint before the two-for-one split of the PCS Common Stock in the 2000 first
quarter, leaving 202,847 shares of PCS Common Stock. The two-for-one split of
the PCS Common Stock increased the number of shares of PCS Common Stock
remaining under the Registration Statement to 405,694 shares of PCS Common
Stock. All of the shares of FON Common Stock and PCS Common Stock covered by the
Registration Statement have been issued pursuant to the Sprint Retirement
Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Exhibits
24. Power of Attorney.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Amendment to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas, on the 11th day
of February, 2004.
SPRINT CORPORATION
By /s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
(Claudia S. Toussaint, Vice President)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Name Title Date
Chairman of the Board and )
G. D. FORSEE* Chief Executive Officer )
(Principal Executive )
Officer) )
)
Executive Vice President )
ROBERT J. DELLINGER* - Chief Financial Officer )
(Principal Financial )
Officer) )
)
Senior Vice President and )
J. P. MEYER* Controller )
(Principal Accounting )
Officer) )
) February 11, 2004
)
DUBOSE AUSLEY* Director )
)
)
E. LINN DRAPER, JR. * Director )
)
)
I. O. HOCKADAY, JR.* Director )
)
)
L. K. LORIMER* Director )
)
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C. E. RICE* Director )
)
)
LOUIS W. SMITH* Director )
) February 11, 2004
)
GERALD L. STORCH* Director )
)
)
STEWART TURLEY* Director )
/s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
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* Signed by Claudia S.
Toussaint, Attorney-in-Fact,
pursuant to Power of Attorney
filed with this Amendment to
the Registration Statement No.
33-38761.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Savings
Plan Committee has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Overland Park, State of Kansas, on the 11th day of February, 2004.
SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
By: /s/ James G. Kissinger
James G. Kissinger,
Saving Plan Committee Member
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Exhibits
24. Power of Attorney.