SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities
Pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Sprint Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Kansas 48-0457967
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
P.O. Box 11315 64112
Kansas City, Missouri (Zip Code)
(Address of principle executive offices)
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. |X|
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. |_|
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this Form relates:
333-65402.
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on
to be so registered which each class is to be registered
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Corporate Units New York Stock Exchange
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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(Title of class)
Sprint Corporation
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
The description of the Registrant's corporate units to be registered
hereunder is incorporated herein by reference to the description included under
the caption "Description of the Equity Units" in the preliminary prospectus
supplement, dated July 26, 2001, to the prospectus dated July 19, 2001, included
as a part of the registration statement on Form S-3 of Sprint Corporation and
Sprint Capital Corporation (Registration No. 333-65402), as amended to date (the
"Registration Statement"). For purposes of such description, any prospectus
supplement relating to the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which purports to describe the
corporate units shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits.
1. Registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-65402) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2001 by Sprint
Corporation and Sprint Capital Corporation, as amended to date (the
"Registration Statement"), is incorporated herein by reference.
2. Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1998, among Sprint Capital
Corporation, Sprint Corporation and Bank One, N.A., as Trustee (filed
as Exhibit 4(b) to Sprint Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1998, and incorporated herein by
reference), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated
as of January 15, 1999, among Sprint Capital Corporation, Sprint
Corporation and Bank One, N.A., as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4(b) to
Sprint Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 2, 1999
and incorporated herein by reference).
3. Form of terms of notes, including form of note.
4. Form of purchase contract agreement between Sprint Corporation and Bank
One, N.A., as purchase contract agent.
5. Form of corporate units certificate (included in Exhibit 4).
6. Form of pledge agreement among Sprint Corporation and Bank One, N.A.,
as collateral agent and purchase contract agent.
7. Form of remarketing agreement among Sprint Corporation, Sprint Capital
Corporation and Bank One, N.A., as purchase contract agent, and
UBS Warburg LLC, as remarketing agent.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
Sprint Corporation
By: /s/ MICHAEL T. HYDE
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Name: Michael T. Hyde
Title: Assistant Secretary
Date: August 6, 2001