Registration No. 33-59324
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 9133
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 11315, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
(Address of principal executive offices)
SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
and
SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
(Full title of the Plans)
THOMAS A. GERKE
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel
P.O. Box 11315
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(913) 794-1513
This Registration Statement as originally filed related to the offering of
3,500,000 shares of Sprint Common Stock ("Sprint Common Stock") issuable under
the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan and the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for
Bargaining Unit Employees (formerly called the United System Savings Plan).
1,935,096 of such shares were issued by Sprint before the reclassification of
Sprint Common Stock into FON Common Stock and PCS Common Stock, leaving
1,564,904 shares of Sprint Common Stock. On November 23, 1998, the remaining
1,564,904 shares of Sprint Common Stock were reclassified into 1,564,904 shares
of FON Common Stock and 782,452 shares of PCS Common Stock. In the 1999 second
quarter, there was a two-for-one split of the FON Common Stock, increasing the
number of shares of FON Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement to
3,129,808 shares. In the 2000 first quarter, there was a two-for-one split of
the PCS Common Stock, increasing the number of shares of PCS Common Stock
covered by the Registration Statement to 1,564,904 shares. All of the shares of
FON Common Stock and PCS Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement have
been issued.
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 Westwood, State of Kansas, on the 7th day of
May, 2002.
SPRINT CORPORATION
By: /s/ A.B. Krause
(A.B. Krause, Executive 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
W.T. ESREY* Chairman of the Board and )
Chief Executive Officer )
(Principal Executive Officer) )
)
)
Executive Vice President )
- Chief Financial Officer )
/s/ A.B. Krause (Principal Financial Officer) )
(A.B. Krause) )
)
)
Senior Vice President and )
Controller )
/s/ J.P. Meyer (Principal Accounting Officer)) May 7, 2002
(J.P. Meyer) )
)
)
D. AUSLEY* Director )
)
)
Director )
(I.O. Hockaday, Jr.) )
)
)
/s/ R.T. LeMay Director )
(R.T. LeMay) )
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)
L.K. LORIMER* Director )
)
)
C.E. RICE* Director )
) May 7, 2002
)
Director )
(Louis W. Smith) )
)
)
STEWART TURLEY* Director )
/s/ A.B. Krause
*(Signed by A.B. Krause, Attorney-in-Fact,
pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with
this Registration Statement No. 33-59324)
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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 Westwood, State of Kansas, on the 7th day of May, 2002.
SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES
By: /s/ B. Watson
I.B. Watson
Savings Plan Committee Member
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