Reuters: Technology News: Sprint says no longer Clearwire majority owner

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Sprint says no longer Clearwire majority owner Jun 11th 2012, 14:16 NEW YORK | Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:16am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N) said on Monday it no longer has a majority stake in Clearwire Corp (CLWR.O) and as a result was able to increase its voting rights in the venture without risk of a default trigger on its own debt. Last year Sprint, the biggest shareholder in Clearwire, reduced its voting shares in the company to below 50 percent in order to avoid any risk of a default trigger on its own debt at a time when Clearwire faced a possible loan default. Because of recent equity that Clearwire issued, Sprint said its economic interest has declined to below 50 percent, giving it leeway to make its voting interest in line with its economic interest in Clearwire. "Now that our economic interest has fallen below 50 percent, we are reclaiming our full voting rights so that our voting rights and economic rights are once again aligned," a Sprint spokesman, Scott Sloat, said. Sprint shares were unchanged at $2.98, while Clearwire added 1 cent at $1.20.

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