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Clearwire to Investors: Sprint Is Our Best Option

May 6, 2013, 7:45 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Clearwire today sent a letter to its shareholders regarding Sprint's take-over offer. Sprint offered to purchase the remaining 49% of Clearwire that it doesn't already own for $2.2 billion. The offer has met with stern disapproval from several large Clearwire shareholders. In today's letter, Clearwire explained that its board evaluated Sprint's offer thoroughly against various other options and concluded that Sprint's offer was not only a fair offer, but the best offer the company is likely to receive. Further, the board said it was able to raise Sprint's initially expected bid of $2.60 per share to $2.97 per share. The board hired an outside firm to evaluate Sprint's offer, and that firm, too, concluded that Sprint's offer was a fair one. Clearwire said major shareholders Comcast, Intel, and Brighthouse have all voiced support for Sprint and will vote in favor of its offer. Clearwire pointed out that other options are simply not feasible, nor in the best interest for shareholders. For example, its attempt to attract another wholesale customer never panned out, despite discussions with more than 100 firms. The company doesn't think a spectrum sale would solve its problems, nor would taking on more debt to help finance further restructuring. Last, Clearwire says that it would never be able to sell to a company other than Sprint due to Sprint's controlling stake and unwillingness to sell to a third party. Clearwire urged investors to vote in favor of the deal. Crest Financial and Aurelius Capital have opposed the deal vocally, and Aurelius Capital filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the deal.

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MadFatMan

May 6, 2013, 4:11 PM
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@ Crest: This is a foreclosure not a buy out.

I am about sick of these woodby 3rd party interest stiring up trouble and causing people who are doing work additinal expense and aggrivation for profit.

Sprint already owns 51% controling interest. In addition to that Sprint has bank rolled Clearwire/Clear since 2007 with "loans" that Clear cannot even make the interest payments on let alone lets not even discuss that contractual obligation of the minimum payments that they agreed to in the begining.

This is NOT a buy out its more of a foreclosure / reposession.

The other 49% is lucky they are getting ANYTHING back at this point any other company is Clear's position not having Sprint's Financial "life support" would have gone broke altogether.

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KOL4420

Bravo well said. Wish investors would receive this kind of rude awakening to the offer they are being proposed from Sprint should have been done and over with a while ago. Hope Sprint votes for Softbank!

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