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28-Nov-2008
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On November 28, 2008, Clearwire Corporation (f/k/a New Clearwire Corporation)
(the "Company") consummated the transactions (the "Transactions") contemplated
by the Transaction Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 7, 2008, as
amended on November 21, 2008 (the "Transaction Agreement"), with Sprint Nextel
Corporation, a Kansas corporation ("Sprint"), Intel Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("Intel"), Google Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Google"), Comcast
Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation ("Comcast"), Time Warner Cable Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Time Warner Cable"), and Bright House Networks, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company ("Bright House" and, together with Intel,
Google, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the "Investors").
Upon consummation of the Transactions, the Company received (i) from Sprint,
a contribution of spectrum and certain other assets associated with the
development and operations of Sprint's WiMAX business in exchange for non-voting
equity interests in Clearwire Communications, LLC, a direct, wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company ("Clearwire Communications"), and $37,000 in cash as
consideration for 370 million shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company;
(ii) from the Investors other than Google, an aggregate of $2.7 billion in cash
as consideration for non-voting equity interests in Clearwire Communications and
135 million shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company; and (iii) from
Google, $500 million in cash as consideration for 25 million shares of Class A
Common Stock of the Company. The number of shares of Class B Common Stock of the
Company and non-voting equity interests of Clearwire Communications is subject
to post-closing adjustment as set forth in the Transaction Agreement. A copy of
the Transaction Agreement was previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-4, originally filed on August 22, 2008.
Upon consummation of the Transactions, the Company and Clearwire
Communications also entered into several commercial agreements with Sprint and
certain of the Investors relating to, among other things, access rights to
towers that Sprint owns or leases, resales by Clearwire Communications and
certain Investors of bundled second generation and third generation wireless
communications, resales by Sprint and certain Investors of Clearwire
Communications' fourth generation wireless communications ("4G") services, most
favored reseller status with respect to economic and non-economic terms of
certain service agreements, collective development of new 4G services, creation
of desktop and mobile applications on the Company's network, the embedding of
WiMAX chips into various of the Company's network devices and the development of
Internet services and protocols.
ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On November 28, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the transactions described above. A copy of the Company's press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated November 28, 2008
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