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Environmental Compliance
Our environmental compliance and remediation obligations relate primarily to the operation of standby power
generators, batteries and fuel storage for our telecommunications equipment. These obligations require compliance with
storage and related standards, obtaining of permits and occasional remediation. Although we cannot assess with certainty the
impact of any future compliance and remediation obligations, we do not believe that any such expenditures will adversely
affect our financial condition or results of operations.
Patents, Trademarks and Licenses
We own numerous patents, patent applications, service marks, trademarks and other intellectual property in the
U.S. and other countries, including "Sprint®," "Nextel®," "Direct Connect®," "Boost Mobile®" and "Assurance Wireless®." Our
services often use the intellectual property of others, such as licensed software, and we often license copyrights, patents and
trademarks of others, like "Virgin Mobile." In total, these licenses and our copyrights, patents, trademarks and service marks
are of material importance to our business. Generally, our trademarks and service marks endure and are enforceable so long as
they continue to be used. Our patents and licensed patents have remaining terms generally ranging from one to 19 years. We
occasionally license our intellectual property to others, including licenses to others to use the "Sprint" trademark.
We have received claims in the past, and may in the future receive claims, that we, or third parties from whom we
license or purchase goods or services, have infringed on the intellectual property of others. These claims can be time-
consuming and costly to defend, and divert management resources. If these claims are successful, we could be forced to pay
significant damages or stop selling certain products or services or stop using certain trademarks. We, or third parties from
whom we license or purchase goods or services, also could enter into licenses with unfavorable terms, including royalty
payments, which could adversely affect our business.
Access to Public Filings and Board Committee Charters
Important information is routinely posted on our website at www.sprint.com. Public access is provided to our
annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to these reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC under the Exchange Act. These documents may be accessed free of charge on our website at
the following address: http://www.sprint.com/investors. These documents are available as soon as reasonably practicable after
filing with the SEC and may also be found at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Information contained on or accessible
through our website or the SEC's website is not part of this annual report on Form 10-K.
Our Code of Ethics, the Sprint Code of Conduct (Code of Conduct), our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the
charters of the following committees of our board of directors: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the
Finance Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may be accessed free of charge on our website
at the following address: www.sprint.com/governance. Copies of any of these documents can be obtained free of charge by
writing to: Sprint Shareholder Relations, 6200 Sprint Parkway, Mailstop KSOPHF0302-3B424, Overland Park, Kansas 66251
or by email at shareholder.r[email protected]. If a provision of the Code of Conduct required under the NYSE corporate
governance standards is materially modified, or if a waiver of the Code of Conduct is granted to a director or executive officer,
a notice of such action will be posted on our website at the following address: www.sprint.com/governance. Only the Audit
Committee may consider a waiver of the Code of Conduct for an executive officer or director.
Employee Relations
As of March 31, 2015, we had approximately 31,000 employees.