Exhibit 99.9
T-Mobile Announces Pricing of Mandatory Exchangeable Trust Securities Offering in connection with SoftBank’s Monetization of A Portion of Its Shareholding in T-Mobile
June 23, 2020
BELLEVUE, Wash. – T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) (“T-Mobile”) today announced that the 2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), has priced the private offering of its 2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust Securities (the “Trust Securities”) for an aggregate purchase price of $1,860,465,000 (the “Offering”). The Trust also granted the initial purchasers of the Trust Securities a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $139,535,000 aggregate purchase price of the Trust Securities at the initial offering price less the initial purchaser discount. The Offering is expected to close on June 26, 2020, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
At the closing of the Offering, T-Mobile will sell 18,062,698 shares of its common stock (19,417,400 shares if the initial purchasers exercise in full their option to purchase additional Trust Securities) to the Trust. For every share of common stock sold by T-Mobile to the Trust, T-Mobile has agreed to repurchase one share of common stock from a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank”) for consideration equivalent to that received by T-Mobile in its sales. Consequently, the Offering will not involve gain or loss to T-Mobile and will not affect the number of outstanding shares of T-Mobile common stock or T-Mobile’s capitalization.
The Trust will use a portion of the net proceeds from the Offering to purchase U.S. Treasury securities, which will fund quarterly distributions on the Trust Securities, and the holders of the Trust Securities will be entitled to a final mandatory exchange cash amount on June 1, 2023 that will depend on the daily volume-weighted average price of shares of T-Mobile common stock. A portion of the net proceeds of the Offering, together with a contingent right to receive on June 1, 2023 a number of shares of T-Mobile common stock based on the daily volume-weighted average price of shares of T-Mobile common stock, will be transferred to SoftBank.
The Trust Securities were offered in a private placement solely to investors that are both qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and qualified purchasers as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules thereunder for purposes of Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. The Trust Securities will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
Concurrently with T-Mobile’s announcement of the Offering on June 22, 2020, T-Mobile announced the commencement of a registered public offering of 143,392,582 shares of its common stock (154,147,026 shares if the underwriters in the offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares), which is also expected to close on June 26, 2020, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, and the distribution to its stockholders of registered, transferable subscription rights to purchase up to 19,750,000 shares of T-Mobile’s common stock.
The foregoing securities transactions are being executed in connection with SoftBank’s monetization of its shareholding in T-Mobile’s common stock as disclosed in their Schedule 13D/A filed on June 15, 2020.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, nor shall there be any sale of such securities of T-Mobile in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.
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