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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Telephone and Data Systems (TDS)

TDS closes $4.3 billion sale of wireless operations to T-Mobile

Mixed Impact 5 of 5 m&a Written later

On August 1, 2025, TDS and subsidiary Array completed the sale of Array's wireless operations and select spectrum assets to T-Mobile for an adjusted purchase price of about $4.3 billion, of which about $2.6 billion was cash and about $1.7 billion was paid through T-Mobile's exchange of Array notes. The deal also led to repayment of Array debt, a $23.00 per share special dividend declared by Array, and a master license agreement for Array towers, and the pro forma figures show the remaining business is far smaller than the reported results.

Key points

  • Adjusted purchase price about $4.3 billion: about $2.6 billion in cash and about $1.7 billion through exchange of Array notes
  • Array declared a $23.00 per share special dividend on August 1, 2025, payable August 19, 2025
  • Pro forma Q1 2025 operating revenues were $308 million versus $1,154 million as reported
  • Array's securitization facility was terminated July 31, 2025; bank facilities to be paid off effective August 4, 2025

The filing

CompanyTelephone and Data Systems (TDS)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 4, 2025, 7:30 AM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-073367

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement1.02 Termination of Material Agreement2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed3.03 Change to Shareholder Rights7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 04, 2025.

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