
T-MOBILE US, INC. (NASDAQ:TMUSP) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01
Asset Purchase Agreement
On July 26, 2019, T-Mobile US, Inc. (T-Mobile) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the Asset Purchase Agreement) with Sprint Corporation (Sprint) and DISH Network Corporation (DISH). T-Mobile and Sprint are collectively referred to as the Sellers. to the Asset Purchase Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, following the consummation of the Merger Transactions (as defined below), DISH will acquire Sprints prepaid wireless business, currently operated under the Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Sprint prepaid brands (excluding the Assurance brand Lifeline customers and the prepaid wireless customers of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company and Swiftel Communications, Inc.), including customer accounts, inventory, contracts, intellectual property and certain other specified assets (the Prepaid Business), and will assume certain related liabilities (the Prepaid Transaction). DISH will pay the Sellers $1.4 billion for the Prepaid Business, subject to a working capital adjustment.
The Asset Purchase Agreement has been approved by the Boards of Directors of each of DISH, T-Mobile and Sprint. In addition, each of Deutsche Telekom AG (Deutsche Telekom) and SoftBank Group Corp. (SoftBank) have consented to the entry into the Asset Purchase Agreement.
The Sellers have made customary representations and warranties and have agreed to customary covenants regarding the operation of the Prepaid Business between the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement and the closing of the Prepaid Transaction, including a covenant to conduct the Prepaid Business in the ordinary course during the period prior to closing, subject to certain exceptions.
The consummation of the Prepaid Transaction is subject to the consummation of the Merger Transactions and other customary closing conditions, including, among others: (i) the absence of a breach of each partys representations and warranties, subject to agreed materiality standards, (ii) the absence of a material adverse effect on the Prepaid Business, (iii) the performance of certain covenants in all material respects, and (iv) the ability of T-Mobile to activate customers of the Prepaid Business on the T-Mobile network to a Master Network Services Agreement between T-Mobile and DISH that will be executed upon the closing of the Prepaid Transaction.
The Asset Purchase Agreement contains certain termination rights for the Sellers and DISH. The Asset Purchase Agreement also provides that either party may specifically enforce the other partys obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement. In addition to the foregoing termination rights, and subject to certain limitations, DISH may terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement if the Prepaid Transaction is not consummated by July 26, 2020 and the Sellers or DISH may terminate the Asset Purchase Agreement if the Prepaid Transaction is not consummated by the date that is 90 days following the consummation of the Merger Transactions.
In addition, the Asset Purchase Agreement requires the Sellers to indemnify DISH for certain damages arising out of breaches of representations or warranties of the Sellers in the Asset Purchase Agreement, certain failures to perform obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement, excluded liabilities, and certain other matters.
At the closing of the Prepaid Transaction (which will not occur unless the Merger Transactions have been consummated), the Sellers and DISH will enter into (i) a License Purchase Agreement to which (a) the Sellers will sell certain 800 MHz spectrum licenses held by Sprint to DISH for a total of approximately $3.6 billion in a transaction to be completed, subject to certain additional closing conditions, following an application