8-K 20140806


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2014
 
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SPRINT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
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Delaware
 
1-04721
 
46-1170005
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

6200 Sprint Parkway
Overland Park, Kansas 66251
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
 
(855) 848-3280
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.07   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

              The 2014 annual meeting of stockholders of Sprint Corporation (the “Company”) was held on August 6, 2014. Stockholders representing 3,850,562,960 shares, or approximately 97%, of the common shares outstanding as of the June 9, 2014 record date were present in person or were represented at the meeting by proxy.  Final voting results are shown below.
 
          The Company's bylaws provide that the directors receiving the highest number of votes "for" will be elected. Each other matter was determined by a majority of votes cast.
 
Votes Cast For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Number
% of
Votes Cast
 
Number
Broker Non-Votes
Robert R. Bennett
3,747,547,555
99.8%
 
6,567,520

96,447,885
Gordon M. Bethune
3,708,816,676
98.8%
 
45,298,399

96,447,885
Marcelo Claure
3,737,482,672
99.6%
 
16,632,403

96,447,885
Ronald D. Fisher
3,653,901,292
97.3%
 
100,213,783

96,447,885
Daniel R. Hesse
3,746,393,660
99.8%
 
7,721,415

96,447,885
Frank Ianna
3,746,897,669
99.8%
 
7,217,406

96,447,885
Adm. Michael G. Mullen
3,710,145,844
98.8%
 
43,969,231

96,447,885
Masayoshi Son
3,734,773,671
99.5%
 
19,341,404

96,447,885
Sara Martinez Tucker
3,750,069,993
99.9%
 
4,045,082

96,447,885

Proposals Submitted by Board of Directors
Ratification of the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm (“Independent Auditor”) received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast and was passed. The advisory approval of executive compensation is non-binding.
 
Votes Cast For
 
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Proposal
Number
% of
Votes Cast
Votes Cast Against
Ratification of selection
of Independent Auditor
3,720,351,412
96.6%
128,783,919
1,427,629
N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advisory approval of executive compensation
3,481,596,185
92.8%
269,753,153
2,765,737
96,447,885

Proposals Submitted by Stockholders
None of the stockholder proposals voted on at the meeting received a majority of the votes cast. Votes on stockholder proposals that were included in the proxy statement were as follows:
Proposal
Votes Cast For
 
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Number
% of
Votes Cast
Votes Cast Against
Abstain
Executive stock retention
70,942,531
1.9%
3,681,863,717
1,308,827
96,447,885
Political contributions
54,993,454
1.5%
3,657,154,206
41,967,415
96,447,885





SIGNATURES
 
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
 
 
 
August 8, 2014
 
By:
 
/s/ Timothy O'Grady
 
 
 
 
Timothy O'Grady
 
 
 
 
Assistant Secretary