Filed by Sprint Corporation
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and deemed filed pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
Subject Company: Sprint Corporation
Commission File No.:
001-04721
The following communication was made available by Marcelo Claure, Executive Chairman of Sprint, on Twitter:
Tweet
: Retweet @ John Legere This week, I shared the ways New
T-Mobile
will benefit the US with members of
Congress. These are important messages for everyone to understand! The merger would allow us to level the field against competitors, generate more jobs, provide better quality at lower prices & more. [video transcribed below] [link to
http://NewTMobile.com
]
The following is a transcript of a video released in connection with the transaction.
Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, Ranking Member
: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Id like Mr. Legere and Mr. Claure to say what
can consumers expect out of this?
John J. Legere
: Thank you, sir. The transaction will provide a 5G network capability that the United States
desperately needs. Prices are going down. Its in my business plan. Its also promised in the commitments that I made to the FCC. 96% of rural America will be covered by the New
T-Mobile
network.
Marcelo Claure
: It is crazy to say that were going to fire 30,000 people. Sprint has 28,000 people. Do the math. Its absolutely
impossible, No. 1. No. 2, the gentleman to my left, while I appreciate what youre doing, just protecting the American workers, youre contractually obligated to support AT&T, and its AT&T behind this to try to
block this merger because they know what is going to come.
John J. Legere
: Comcast added more phone customers in the last year than AT&T and
Verizon together. Comcast, Charter, now Altice, there is more than just the three players, but going from two to three makes more sense than just having two.
Congressman Kelly
Armstrong
: What does it mean for the U.S. to win the race to 5G?
John J. Legere
: Thank you very much, sir. The statistics from CTIA suggest that there are three million American jobs at stake with 5G leadership. That
being that if we dont retain and take leadership in 5G as we did with 4G, we could lose those jobs. The U.S. is behind China and South Korea in the deployment of 5G.