1 ------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ------------------------------ FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL ------ ------------------------------ STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287 [ ] CHECK THIS BOX IF NO EXPIRES: SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 LONGER SUBJECT TO Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN SECTION 16. FORM 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the HOURS PER RESPONSE.........0.5 OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 ------------------------------ MAY CONTINUE. SEE or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company INSTRUCTION 1(b). Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) Bender Alan R. VoiceStream Wireless Corporation (VSTR) to Issuer (Check all applicable) -------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Director 10% Owner (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- --- VoiceStream Wireless Corporation Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer (give Other (specify 12920 SE 38th Street Person (Voluntary) 4/2001 ---- title below) --- below) -------------------------------------------- ------------------- Executive Vice President, General (Street) 5. If Amendment, Counsel and Secretary Bellevue WA 98006 Date of Original ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- (Month/Year) (City) (State) (Zip) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing USA ------------------- (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One ---- Reporting Person Form filed by More than ---- One Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Form Indirect Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Beneficial (Instr. 8) Owned at (D) or Ownership (Month/ End of Month Indirect (Instr. 4) Day/ --------------------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 4) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 4/19/2001 M 14,862.00 A $5.97 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 4/19/2001 S 14,862.00(1) D $105.00 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 4/19/2001 M 5,138.00 A $5.11 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 4/19/2001 S 5,138.00(1) D $105.00 73,949.00 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 2,015.00 1 By Trust ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. Page 1 of 2 (Over) *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (7-96) 2 FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. Acquired (A) Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ 8) or Disposed (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) of (D) (Instr. Year) ity Security 3, 4, and 5) (Instr. 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or -------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option -- Right to Buy 6.011 4/19/2001 M 14,862.00 Immed. 7/29/2005 Common 14,862.00 Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option -- Right to Buy 5.153 4/19/2001 M 5,138.00 Immed. 12/31/2004 Common 5,138.00 Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Derivative Form of Indirect Securities Derivative Beneficial Beneficially Security: Ownership Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4) of Month or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 62,031.00 (2) D -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.00 (2) D -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: 1. The sale was pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan on file with the Company. 2. The option grant has been adjusted to reflect the .0075 stock dividend declared by VoiceStream Wireless Corporation on March 12, 2001. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ ALAN R. BENDER 5/7/01 See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- ------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Alan R. Bender Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form Page 2 displays a currently valid OMB Number. SEC 1474 (7-96)