UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AT&T, INC. et al

Filing 11

MOTION for Entry of Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Final Judgment)(Burchuk, Hillary)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,
v.
AT&T INC. and DOBSON
COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
Defendants.

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Case No.

Filed:

FINAL JUDGMENT
WHEREAS, plaintiff, United States of America, filed its Complaint on October __, 2007,
United States and defendants, AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”) and Dobson Communications Corporation
(“Dobson”), by their respective attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment
without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law, and without this Final Judgment
constituting any evidence against or admission by any party regarding any issue of fact or law;
AND WHEREAS, defendants agree to be bound by the provisions of this Final Judgment
pending its approval by the Court;
AND WHEREAS, the essence of this Final Judgment is the prompt and certain
divestiture of certain rights or assets by defendants to assure that competition is not substantially
lessened;
AND WHEREAS, the United States requires defendants to make certain divestitures for
the purpose of remedying the loss of competition alleged in the Complaint;

AND WHEREAS, defendants have represented to the United States that the divestitures
required below can and will be made and that defendants will later raise no claim of hardship or
difficulty as grounds for asking the Court to modify any of the divestiture provisions contained
below;
NOW THEREFORE, before any testimony is taken, without trial or adjudication of any
issue of fact or law, and upon consent of the parties, it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND
DECREED:
I. Jurisdiction
This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of and each of the parties to this
action. The Complaint states a claim upon which relief may be granted against defendants under
Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. § 18).
II. Definitions
As used in this Final Judgment:
A. “Acquirer” or “Acquirers” means the entity or entities to whom defendants divest the
Divestiture Assets.
B. “AT&T” means defendant AT&T Inc., a Delaware corporation with its headquarters
in San Antonio, Texas, its successors and assigns, and its subsidiaries, divisions, groups,
affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and their directors, officers, managers, agents, and
employees.
C. “Cellular One” means Cellular One Properties, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability
corporation, with its headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, engaged in the business of

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licensing the Cellular One brand and promoting the Cellular One service mark and certain related
trademarks, service marks and designs.
D. “Cellular One Assets” means all legal and economic interests Dobson holds in
Cellular One. Cellular One Assets shall include all right, title and interest in trademarks, trade
names, service marks, service names, designs, and intellectual property, all license agreements
for use of the Cellular One mark, technical information, computer software and related
documentation, and all records relating to the divestiture assets. If the acquirer of the Cellular
One Assets is not the acquirer(s) of the Wireless Business Divestiture Assets, defendants will
grant the acquirer(s) of the Wireless Business Divestiture Assets a license to use the Cellular One
service marks on terms generally available at the time the merger agreement was entered and
make the transfer of the Cellular One Assets subject to continuation of these licenses.
E. “CMA” means cellular market area which is used by the Federal Communications
Commission (“FCC”) to define cellular license areas and which consists of Metropolitan
Statistical Areas (“MSAs”) and Rural Service Areas (“RSAs”).
F. “Divestiture Assets” means the Wireless Business Divestiture Assets, Minority
Interests and the Cellular One Assets, including any direct or indirect financial ownership or
leasehold interests and any direct or indirect role in management or participation in control
therein.
G. “Dobson” means defendant Dobson Communications Corporation, an Oklahoma
corporation, with its headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, its successors and assigns, and
its subsidiaries, divisions, groups, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and their directors,
officers, managers, agents, and employees.
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H. “Minority Interests” means the equity interests and any management or control
interests owned by AT&T in the following entities that are the licensees or operators of the
mobile wireless telecommunications services businesses in the specified RSAs:
(1)

Mid-Tex Cellular, Ltd., covering Texas RSA-9 (CMA 660) ; and

(2)

Northwest Missouri Cellular Limited Partnership, covering Missouri RSA1 (CMA 504).

As an alternative to the divestiture of the Minority Interests as required by Section IV of
this Final Judgment, defendants may withdraw, pursuant to the applicable provisions in the
governing partnership agreement, from the Minority Interest partnerships upon approval of the
United States.
I. “Multi-line Business Customer” means a corporate or business customer that contracts
with Dobson for mobile wireless telecommunications services to provide multiple telephones to
its employees or members whose services are provided pursuant to a contract with the corporate
or business customer.
J. “Transaction” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Dobson, AT&T and
Alpine Merger Sub, Inc., dated June 29, 2007.
K. “Wireless Business Divestiture Assets” means each mobile wireless
telecommunications services business to be divested under this Final Judgment, including all
types of assets, tangible and intangible, used by defendants in the operation of the mobile
wireless telecommunications services businesses to be divested. “Wireless Business Divestiture
Assets” shall be construed broadly to accomplish the complete divestiture of the entire business
of Dobson in each of the following RSA license areas as required by this Final Judgment and to
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ensure that the divested mobile wireless telecommunications services businesses remain viable,
ongoing businesses:
(1) Kentucky RSA-6 (CMA 448);
(2) Kentucky RSA-8 (CMA 450); and
(3) Oklahoma RSA-5 (CMA 600)
provided that Dobson may retain all of the PCS spectrum it currently holds in each of these RSAs
and equipment that is used only for wireless transmissions over this PCS spectrum.
The Wireless Business Divestiture Assets shall include, without limitation, all types of
real and personal property, monies and financial instruments, equipment, inventory, office
furniture, fixed assets and furnishings, supplies and materials, contracts, agreements, leases,
commitments, spectrum licenses issued by the FCC and all other licenses, permits and
authorizations, operational support systems, cell sites, network infrastructure, switches, customer
support and billing systems, interfaces with other service providers, business and customer
records and information, customer contracts, customer lists, credit records, accounts, and historic
and current business plans which relate primarily to the wireless businesses being divested, as
well as any patents, licenses, sub-licenses, trade secrets, know-how, drawings, blueprints,
designs, technical and quality specifications and protocols, quality assurance and control
procedures, manuals and other technical information defendant Dobson supplies to its own
employees, customers, suppliers, agents, or licensees, and trademarks, trade names and service
marks or other intellectual property, including all intellectual property rights under third-party
licenses that are capable of being transferred to an Acquirer either in their entirety, for assets
described in (a) below, or through a license obtained through or from Dobson, for assets
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described in (b) below; provided that defendants shall only be required to divest Multi-line
Business Customer contracts if the primary business address for that customer is located within
any of the three license areas described herein, and further, any subscriber who obtains mobile
wireless telecommunications services through any such contract retained by defendants and who
are located within the three geographic areas identified above, shall be given the option to
terminate their relationship with defendants, without financial cost, at any time within one year of
the closing of the Transaction. Defendants shall provide written notice to these subscribers
within 45 days after the closing of the Transaction of the option to terminate.
The divestiture of the Wireless Business Divestiture Assets shall be accomplished by:
(a)

transferring to the Acquirers the complete ownership and/or other rights to
the assets (other than those assets used substantially in the operations of
Dobson’s overall wireless telecommunications services business which
must be retained to continue the existing operations of the wireless
properties that defendants are not required to divest, and that either are not
capable of being divided between the divested wireless telecommunications
services businesses and those not divested, or are assets that the defendants
and the Acquirer(s) agree, subject to the approval of the United States, shall
not be divided); and

(b)

granting to the Acquirer(s) an option to obtain a nonexclusive, transferable
license from defendants for a reasonable period, subject to the approval of
the United States and at the election of an Acquirer, to use any of Dobson’s
retained assets under paragraph (a) above used in operating the mobile
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wireless telecommunications services businesses being divested, so as to
enable the Acquirer to continue to operate the divested mobile wireless
telecommunications services businesses without impairment. Defendants
shall identify in a schedule submitted to the United States and filed with the
Court as expeditiously as possible following the filing of the Complaint,
and in any event prior to any divestiture and before the approval by the
Court of this Final Judgment, any and all intellectual property rights under
third-party licenses that are used by the mobile wireless
telecommunications services businesses being divested that defendants
could not transfer to an Acquirer entirely or by license without third-party
consent, the specific reasons why such consent is necessary, and how such
consent would be obtained for each asset.
III. Applicability
A. This Final Judgment applies to defendants AT&T and Dobson, as defined above, and
all other persons in active concert or participation with any of them who receive actual notice of
this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise.
B. If, prior to complying with Section IV and V of this Final Judgment, Defendants sell
or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of their assets or of lesser business units that
include the Divestiture Assets, they shall require the purchaser to be bound by the provisions of
this Final Judgment. Defendants need not obtain such an agreement from the acquirers of the
assets divested pursuant to this Final Judgment.

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IV. Divestitures
A. Defendants are ordered and directed, within 120 days after consummation of the
Transaction, or five (5) calendar days after notice of the entry of this Final Judgment by the
Court, whichever is later, to divest the Divestiture Assets in a manner consistent with this Final
Judgment to an Acquirer or Acquirers acceptable to the United States in its sole discretion, or, if
applicable, to a Divestiture Trustee designated pursuant to Section V of this Final Judgment. The
United States, in its sole discretion, may agree to one or more extensions of this time period not
to exceed 60 calendar days in total, and shall notify the Court in such circumstances. With
respect to divestiture of the Wireless Business Divestiture Assets by defendants or the Divestiture
Trustee, if applications have been filed with the FCC within the period permitted for divestiture
seeking approval to assign or transfer licenses to the Acquirer(s) of the Wireless Business
Divestiture Assets, but an order or other dispositive action by the FCC on such applications has
not been issued before the end of the period permitted for divestiture, the period shall be
extended with respect to divestiture of those Wireless Business Divestiture Assets for which FCC
approval has not been issued until five (5) days after such approval is received. Defendants agree
to use their best efforts to accomplish the divestitures set forth in this Final Judgment and to seek
all necessary regulatory approvals as expeditiously as possible. This Final Judgment does not
limit the FCC’s exercise of its regulatory powers and process with respect to the Divestiture
Assets. Authorization by the FCC to conduct the divestiture of a Divestiture Asset in a particular
manner will not modify any of the requirements of this decree.
B. In accomplishing the divestitures ordered by this Final Judgment, defendants shall
promptly make known, if they have not already done so, by usual and customary means, the
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availability of the Divestiture Assets. Defendants shall inform any person making inquiry
regarding a possible purchase of the Divestiture Assets that they are being divested pursuant to
this Final Judgment and provide that person with a copy of this Final Judgment. Defendants
shall offer to furnish to all prospective Acquirers, subject to customary confidentiality
assurances, all information and documents relating to the Divestiture Assets customarily
provided in a due diligence process except such information or documents subject to the
attorney-client or work product privileges. Defendants shall make available such information to
the United States at the same time that such information is made available to any other person.
C. Defendants shall provide the Acquirers and the United States information relating to
the personnel involved in the operation, development, and sale or license of the Wireless
Business Divestiture Assets and Cellular One Assets to enable the Acquirer(s) to make offers of
employment. Defendants will not interfere with any negotiations by the Acquirer(s) to employ
any defendant employee whose primary responsibility is the operation, development, or sale or
license of the Wireless Business Divestiture Assets or the Cellular One Assets.
D. Defendants shall permit prospective Acquirers of the Divestiture Assets to have
reasonable access to personnel and to make inspections of the Divestiture Assets; access to any
and all environmental, zoning, and other permit documents and information; and access to any
and all financial, operational, and other documents and information customarily provided as part
of a due diligence process.
E. Defendants shall warrant to the Acquirer(s) that (1) the Wireless Business Divestiture
Assets will be operational on the date of sale, (2) every wireless spectrum license is in full force

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and effect on the date of sale, and (3) the Cellular One Assets will be unencumbered and not
judged invalid or unenforceable by any court or similar authority on the date of sale.
F. Defendants shall not take any action that will impede in any way the permitting,
licensing, operation, or divestiture of the Divestiture Assets.
G. Defendants shall warrant to the Acquirer(s) of the Divestiture Assets that there are no
material defects in the environmental, zoning, licensing or other permits pertaining to the
operation of each asset and that following the sale of the Divestiture Assets, defendants will not
undertake, directly or indirectly, any challenges to the environmental, zoning, licensing or other
permits relating to the operation of the Divestiture Assets.
H. Unless the United States otherwise consents in writing, the divestitures pursuant to
Section IV, or by a Divestiture Trustee appointed pursuant to Section V, of this Final Judgment,
shall include the entire Divestiture Assets, and with respect to the Wireless Business Divestiture
Assets shall be accomplished in such a way as to satisfy the United States in its sole discretion
that these assets can and will be used by the Acquirer(s) as part of a viable, ongoing business
engaged in the provision of mobile wireless telecommunications services. Divestiture of the
Divestiture Assets may be made to one or more Acquirers, provide that in each instance it is
demonstrated to the sole satisfaction of the United States that the Divestiture Assets will remain
viable and the divestiture of such assets will remedy the competitive harm alleged in the
Complaint. The divestiture of the Divestiture Assets, whether pursuant to Section IV or Section
V of this Final Judgment,

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(1)

shall be made to an Acquirer or Acquirers that, in the United States’s sole
judgment,
a)

with respect to the Wireless Business Divestiture Assets, has the intent and
capability (including the necessary managerial, operational, technical, and
financial capability) of competing effectively in the provision of mobile
wireless telecommunications services; and

b)

with respect to the Cellular One Assets, has the intent and capability
(including the necessary managerial, operational, technical, and financial
capability) of maintaining and promoting the intellectual property
including trademarks and service marks.

(2)

shall be accomplished so as to satisfy the United States in its sole discretion,
that none of the terms of any agreement between an Acquirer(s) and defendants
shall give defendants the ability unreasonably to raise the Acquirer’s costs, to
lower the Acquirer’s efficiency, or otherwise to interfere with the ability of the
Acquirer to compete effectively.

I. At the option of the Acquirer(s) of the Wireless Business Divestiture Assets,
defendants shall enter into a contract for transition services customarily provided in connection
with the sale of a business providing mobile wireless telecommunications services or intellectual
property licensing sufficient to meet all or part of the needs of the Acquirer for a period of up to
one year. The terms and conditions of any contractual arrangement meant to satisfy this
provision must be reasonably related to market conditions.

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J. To the extent that the Divestiture Assets use intellectual property, as required to be
identified by Section II.K, that cannot be transferred or assigned without the consent of the
licensor or other third parties, defendants shall use their best efforts to obtain those consents.
K. Defendants shall not obtain any additional equity interest in any Minority Interest
entity.
V. Appointment of Divestiture Trustee
A. If defendants have not divested the Divestiture Assets within the time period specified
in Section IV.A, defendants shall notify the United States of that fact in writing, specifically
identifying the Divestiture Assets that have not been divested. Upon application of the United
States, the Court shall appoint a Divestiture Trustee selected by the United States and approved
by the Court to effect the divestiture of the Divestiture Assets. The Divestiture Trustee will have
all the rights and responsibilities of the Management Trustee appointed pursuant to the
Preservation of Assets Stipulation and Order, and will be responsible for:
(1)

accomplishing divestiture of all Divestiture Assets transferred to the
Divestiture Trustee from defendants, in accordance with the terms of this Final
Judgment, to an Acquirer(s) approved by the United States, under Section IV.A
of this Final Judgment;

(2)

exercising the responsibilities of the licensee of any transferred Wireless
Business Divestiture Assets and controlling and operating any transferred
Wireless Business Divestiture Assets, to ensure that the businesses remain
ongoing, economically viable competitors in the provision of mobile wireless

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telecommunications services in the three license areas specified in Section II.K,
until they are divested to an Acquirer(s), and the Divestiture Trustee shall agree
to be bound by this Final Judgment; and
(3)

exercising the responsibilities of the licensee of any transferred Cellular One
Assets and controlling and operating any transferred Cellular One Assets, to
ensure that the business remains ongoing and that the obligations of Cellular
One under the Cellular One license agreements are fulfilled, until they are
divested to an Acquirer(s), and the Divestiture Trustee shall agree to be bound
by this Final Judgment.

B. Defendants shall submit a proposed trust agreement (“Trust Agreement”) to the
United States, which must be consistent with the terms of this Final Judgment and which must
receive approval by the United States in its sole discretion, who shall communicate to defendants
within 10 business days its approval or disapproval of the proposed Trust Agreement, and which
must be executed by the defendants and the Divestiture Trustee within five business days after
approval by the United States.
C. After obtaining any necessary approvals from the FCC for the assignment of the
licenses of the Divestiture Assets to the Divestiture Trustee, defendants shall irrevocably divest
the remaining Divestiture Assets to the Divestiture Trustee, who will own such assets (or own the
stock of the entity owning such assets, if divestiture is to be effected by the creation of such an
entity for sale to Acquirer(s)) and control such assets, subject to the terms of the approved Trust
Agreement.

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D. After the appointment of a Divestiture Trustee becomes effective, only the Divestiture
Trustee shall have the right to sell the Divestiture Assets. The Divestiture Trustee shall have the
power and authority to accomplish the divestiture to an Acquirer(s) acceptable to the United
States, in its sole judgment, at such price and on such terms as are then obtainable upon
reasonable effort by the Divestiture Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections IV, V, and VI
of this Final Judgment, and shall have such other powers as this Court deems appropriate.
Subject to Section V.G of this Final Judgment, the Divestiture Trustee may hire at the cost and
expense of defendants the Management Trustee appointed pursuant to the Preservation of Assets
Stipulation and Order, and any investment bankers, attorneys or other agents, who shall be solely
accountable to the Divestiture Trustee, reasonably necessary in the Divestiture Trustee’s
judgment to assist in the divestiture.
E. In addition, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the United States, in its
sole discretion, may require defendants to include additional assets, or with the written approval
of the United States, allow defendants to substitute substantially similar assets, which
substantially relate to the Divestiture Assets to be divested by the Divestiture Trustee to facilitate
prompt divestiture to an acceptable Acquirer.
F. Defendants shall not object to a sale by the Divestiture Trustee on any ground other
than the Divestiture Trustee’s malfeasance. Any such objections by defendants must be
conveyed in writing to the United States and the Divestiture Trustee within 10 calendar days after
the Divestiture Trustee has provided the notice required under Section VI.
G. The Divestiture Trustee shall serve at the cost and expense of defendants, on such
terms and conditions as the United States approves, and shall account for all monies derived from
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the sale of the assets sold by the Divestiture Trustee and all costs and expenses so incurred. After
approval by the Court of the Divestiture Trustee’s accounting, including fees for its services and
those of any professionals and agents retained by the Divestiture Trustee, all remaining money
shall be paid to defendants and the trust shall then be terminated. The compensation of the
Divestiture Trustee and any professionals and agents retained by the Divestiture Trustee shall be
reasonable in light of the value of the Divestiture Assets and based on a fee arrangement
providing the Divestiture Trustee with an incentive based on the price and terms of the
divestiture, and the speed with which it is accomplished, but timeliness is paramount.
H. Defendants shall use their best efforts to assist the Divestiture Trustee in
accomplishing the required divestitures including their best efforts to effect all necessary
regulatory approvals. The Divestiture Trustee and any consultants, accountants, attorneys, and
other persons retained by the Divestiture Trustee shall have full and complete access to the
personnel, books, records, and facilities of the businesses to be divested, and defendants shall
develop financial and other information relevant to the assets to be divested as the Divestiture
Trustee may reasonably request, subject to reasonable protection for trade secret or other
confidential research, development, or commercial information. Defendants shall take no action
to interfere with or to impede the Divestiture Trustee’s accomplishment of the divestitures.
I. After its appointment, the Divestiture Trustee shall file monthly reports with the
United States and the Court setting forth the Divestiture Trustee’s efforts to accomplish the
divestitures ordered under this Final Judgment. To the extent such reports contain information
that the Divestiture Trustee deems confidential, such reports shall not be filed in the public
docket of the Court. Such reports shall include the name, address, and telephone number of each
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person who, during the preceding month, made an offer to acquire, expressed an interest in
acquiring, entered into negotiations to acquire, or was contacted or made an inquiry about
acquiring, any interest in the Divestiture Assets, and shall describe in detail each contact with any
such person. The Divestiture Trustee shall maintain full records of all efforts made to divest the
Divestiture Assets.
J. If the Divestiture Trustee has not accomplished the divestitures ordered under the Final
Judgment within six months after its appointment, the Divestiture Trustee shall promptly file
with the Court a report setting forth (1) the Divestiture Trustee’s efforts to accomplish the
required divestitures, (2) the reasons, in the Divestiture Trustee’s judgment, why the required
divestitures have not been accomplished, and (3) the Divestiture Trustee’s recommendations. To
the extent such reports contain information that the Divestiture Trustee deems confidential, such
reports shall not be filed in the public docket of the Court. The Divestiture Trustee shall at the
same time furnish such report to the United States, who shall have the right to make additional
recommendations consistent with the purpose of the trust. The Court thereafter shall enter such
orders as it shall deem appropriate to carry out the purpose of the Final Judgment, which may, if
necessary, include extending the trust and the term of the Divestiture Trustee’s appointment by a
period requested by the United States.
K. After defendants transfer the Divestiture Assets to the Divestiture Trustee, and until
those Divestiture Assets have been divested to an Acquirer or Acquirers approved by the United
States pursuant to Sections IV.A and IV.H, the Divestiture Trustee shall have sole and complete
authority to manage and operate the Divestiture Assets and to exercise the responsibilities of the
licensee, and shall not be subject to any control or direction by defendants. Defendants shall not
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use, or retain any economic interest in, the Divestiture Assets transferred to the Divestiture
Trustee, apart from the right to receive the proceeds of the sale or other disposition of the
Divestiture Assets.
L. The Divestiture Trustee shall operate the Divestiture Assets consistent with the
Preservation of Assets Stipulation and Order and this Final Judgment, with control over
operations, marketing, sales and Cellular One licensing. Defendants shall not attempt to
influence the business decisions of the Divestiture Trustee concerning the operation and
management of the Divestiture Assets, and shall not communicate with the Divestiture Trustee
concerning divestiture of the Divestiture Assets or take any action to influence, interfere with, or
impede the Divestiture Trustee’s accomplishment of the divestitures required by this Final
Judgment, except that defendants may communicate with the Divestiture Trustee to the extent
necessary for defendants to comply with this Final Judgment and to provide the Divestiture
Trustee, if requested to do so, with whatever resources or cooperation may be required to
complete divestiture of the Divestiture Assets and to carry out the requirements of the
Preservation of Assets Stipulation and Order and this Final Judgment. Except as provided in this
Final Judgment and the Preservation of Assets Stipulation and Order, in no event shall
defendants provide to, or receive from, the Divestiture Trustee, the mobile wireless
telecommunications services businesses, Minority Interests or the Cellular One business under
the Divestiture Trustee’s control, any non-public or competitively sensitive marketing, sales,
pricing or other information relating to their respective mobile wireless telecommunications
services businesses.
VI. Notice of Proposed Divestitures
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A. Within two (2) business days following execution of a definitive divestiture
agreement, defendants or the Divestiture Trustee, whichever is then responsible for effecting the
divestitures required herein, shall notify the United States in writing of any proposed divestiture
required by Section IV or V of this Final Judgment. If the Divestiture Trustee is responsible, it
shall similarly notify defendants. The notice shall set forth the details of the proposed divestiture
and list the name, address, and telephone number of each person not previously identified who
offered or expressed an interest in or desire to acquire any ownership interest in the Divestiture
Assets, together with full details of the same.
B. Within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the United States of such notice, the
United States may request from defendants, the proposed Acquirer(s), any other third party, or
the Divestiture Trustee, if applicable, additional information concerning the proposed divestiture,
the proposed Acquirer(s), and any other potential Acquirer. Defendants and the Divestiture
Trustee shall furnish any additional information requested within fifteen (15) calendar days of the
receipt of the request, unless the parties shall otherwise agree.
C. Within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the notice or within twenty (20)
calendar days after the United States has been provided the additional information requested
from defendants, the proposed Acquirer(s), any third party, and the Divestiture Trustee,
whichever is later, the United States shall provide written notice to defendants and the
Divestiture Trustee, if there is one, stating whether or not it objects to the proposed divestiture.
If the United States provides written notice that it does not object, the divestiture may be
consummated, subject only to defendants’ limited right to object to the sale under Section V.F of
this Final Judgment. Absent written notice that the United States does not object to the proposed
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Acquirer(s) or upon objection by the United States, a divestiture proposed under Section IV or
Section V shall not be consummated. Upon objection by defendants under Section V.F, a
divestiture proposed under Section V shall not be consummated unless approved by the Court.
VII. Financing
Defendants shall not finance all or any part of any divestiture made pursuant to Section
IV or V of this Final Judgment.
VIII. Preservation of Assets
Until the divestitures required by this Final Judgment have been accomplished,
defendants shall take all steps necessary to comply with the Preservation of Assets Stipulation
and Order entered by this Court and cease use of the Divestiture Assets during the period that the
Divestiture Assets are managed by the Management Trustee. Defendants shall take no action
that would jeopardize the divestitures ordered by this Court.
IX. Affidavits
A. Within twenty (20) calendar days of the filing of the Complaint in this matter, and
every thirty (30) calendar days thereafter until the divestitures have been completed under
Section IV or V, defendants shall deliver to the United States an affidavit as to the fact and
manner of its compliance with Section IV or V of this Final Judgment. Each such affidavit shall
include the name, address, and telephone number of each person who during the preceding thirty
(30) calendar days, made an offer to acquire, expressed an interest in acquiring, entered into
negotiations to acquire, or was contacted or made an inquiry about acquiring, any interest in the
Divestiture Assets, and shall describe in detail each contact with any such person during that
period. Each such affidavit shall also include a description of the efforts defendants have taken
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to solicit buyers for the Divestiture Assets, and to provide required information to prospective
Acquirers, including the limitations, if any, on such information. Assuming the information set
forth in the affidavit is true and complete, any objection by the United States to information
provided by defendants, including limitation on information, shall be made within fourteen (14)
calendar days of receipt of such affidavit.
B. Within twenty (20) calendar days of the filing of the Complaint in this matter,
defendants shall deliver to the United States an affidavit that describes in reasonable detail all
actions defendants have taken and all steps defendants have implemented on an ongoing basis to
comply with Section VIII of this Final Judgment. Defendants shall deliver to the United States
an affidavit describing any changes to the efforts and actions outlined in defendants’ earlier
affidavits filed pursuant to this section within fifteen (15) calendar days after the change is
implemented.
C. Defendants shall keep all records of all efforts made to preserve and divest the
Divestiture Assets until one year after such divestitures have been completed.
X. Compliance Inspection
A. For the purposes of determining or securing compliance with this Final Judgment or
whether the Final Judgment should be modified or vacated, and subject to any legally recognized
privilege, authorized representatives of the United States Department of Justice (including
consultants and other persons retained by the United States) shall, upon written request of an
authorized representative of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division,
and on reasonable notice to defendants, be permitted:

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(1)

access during defendants’ office hours to inspect and copy, or at the United
States’ option, to require defendants to provide hard copy or electronic copies
of, all books, ledgers, accounts, records, data and documents in the possession,
custody, or control of defendants, relating to any matters contained in this Final
Judgment; and

(2)

to interview, either informally or on the record, defendants’ officers,
employees, or agents, who may have their individual counsel present, regarding
such matters. The interviews shall be subject to the reasonable convenience of
the interviewee and without restraint or interference by defendants.

B. Upon the written request of an authorized representative of the Assistant Attorney
General in charge of the Antitrust Division, defendants shall submit written reports or response
to written interrogatories, under oath if requested, relating to any of the matters contained in this
Final Judgment as may be requested.
C. No information or documents obtained by the means provided in this section shall be
divulged by the United States to any person other than an authorized representative of the
executive branch of the United States or, pursuant to a customary protective order or waiver of
confidentiality by defendants, the FCC, except in the course of legal proceedings to which the
United States is a party (including grand jury proceedings), or for the purpose of securing
compliance with this Final Judgment, or as otherwise required by law.
D. If at the time information or documents are furnished by defendants to the United
States, defendants represent and identify in writing the material in any such information or
documents to which a claim of protection may be asserted under Rule 26(c)(7) of the Federal
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Rules of Civil Procedure, and defendants mark each pertinent page of such material, “Subject to
claim of protection under Rule 26(c)(7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” then the United
States shall give defendants ten (10) calendar days notice prior to divulging such material in any
legal proceeding (other than a grand jury proceeding).
XI. No Reacquisition
Defendants may not reacquire or lease any part of the Divestiture Assets during the term
of this Final Judgment, provided however that defendants shall not be precluded from entering
into agreements with the Acquirer of the Cellular One Assets to license those assets for use for a
period not to exceed one (1) year from the date of the closing of the Transaction.
XII. Retention of Jurisdiction
This Court retains jurisdiction to enable any party to this Final Judgment to apply to this
Court at any time for further orders and directions as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out
or construe this Final Judgment, to modify any of its provisions, to enforce compliance, and to
punish violations of its provisions.
XIII. Expiration of Final Judgment
Unless this Court grants an extension, this Final Judgment shall expire ten years from the
date of its entry.
XIV. Public Interest Determination
Entry of this Final Judgment is in the public interest. The parties have complied with the
requirements of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16, including making
copies available to the public of this Final Judgment, the Competitive Impact Statement, and any
comments thereon and the United States’s responses to comments. Based upon the record before
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the Court, which includes the Competitive Impact Statement and any comments and response to
comments filed with the Court, entry of this Final Judgment is in the public interest.

Date: __________________

Court approval subject to procedures of Antitrust
Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16

United States District Judge

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