Dish Calls Sprint's Lawsuit 'Transparent'
Jun 18, 2013, 11:09 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jun 19, 2013, 2:53 PM
Dish Networks today offered a response to the lawsuit filed against it by Sprint. According to Dish, the lawsuit is a weak attempt on Sprint's part cover up the fact that its offer for Clearwire is inferior. "Sprint's lawsuit is a transparent attempt to ... exploit its majority position to block Clearwire's shareholders from receiving a fair price for their shares. Dish is confident that its superior offer, which has been unanimously recommended by the Clearwire Board, including the majority appointed by Sprint, will be upheld and Clearwire shareholders will be free to realize the 29% premium represented by the Dish offer." Sprint initially bid $2.90 per share for the portion of Clearwire that it does not already own, but later raised its bid to $2.97 per share and finally $3.40 per share. Dish then followed with its own offer of $4.40 per share. Clearwire's board of directors recently agreed that Dish's proposal is superior, but Sprint claims the offer is illegal and not actionable. Sprint and Dish have been trading barbs since the fight for Clearwire began.
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If Sprint was Smart, which they aren't.
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Pretty simple to me