EBITDA(2)

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The inclusion of the unaudited prospective financial information herein should not be deemed an admission or representation by T-Mobile, Sprint, Deutsche Telekom, SoftBank or any of their respective affiliates that it or they view it as material information of T-Mobile, and in fact, none of the foregoing view the unaudited prospective financial information as material because of the inherent risks and uncertainties associated with such long-term projections. The unaudited prospective financial information should be evaluated in conjunction with the historical financial statements and other information regarding T-Mobile contained in this joint consent solicitation statement/prospectus and T-Mobile’s public filings with the SEC.

The following table presents selected unaudited prospective financial data of T-Mobile made available to the T-Mobile board of directors and the financial advisors to the T-Mobile independent committee and T-Mobile, as well as (except as noted below) to Sprint and the financial advisors to the Sprint independent committee and Sprint (which we refer to as the “T-Mobile management T-Mobile forecasts”):

(in millions)   Quarter
Ended
March 31,
2018E(1)
    Three
Quarters
Ended
December 31,
2018E(1)
    Year Ended December 31,  
      2019E     2020E     2021E     2022E     2023E     2024E     2025E     2026E  

Service revenues

  $ 7,858     $ 23,956     $ 33,217     $ 34,381     $ 35,409     $ 36,409     $ 37,277     $ 38,049     $ 38,751     $ 39,403  

Total revenues

    9,927       31,502       43,201       44,635       45,963       47,154       48,194       49,123       49,969       50,755  

EBITDA(2)

    2,772       8,167       11,524       12,213       12,700       13,234       13,703       14,123       14,507       14,865  

Adjusted EBITDA(3)

    2,863       8,453       11,836       12,525       13,012       13,546       14,015       14,435       14,819       15,177  

Cash capital expenditures(4)

    (1,376     (3,915     (5,339     (4,990     (5,150     (5,098     (5,022     (4,917     (4,867     (4,853

Unlevered free cash flow(5)

    1,202       3,297       3,715       4,638       5,320       5,256       5,275       5,520       5,768       6,047  
(1) The estimates presented in these columns were made available to the T-Mobile board of directors and the financial advisors to the T-Mobile independent committee and T-Mobile. Sprint and the financial advisors to the Sprint independent committee and Sprint were provided (other than with respect to unlevered free cash flow) with estimates for the same periods that were not materially different from those presented in these columns and that, with respect to each line item in these columns, provided the same total amount when aggregating for the full calendar year 2018 the amounts for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and the three quarters ended December 31, 2018.
(2) EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure, which is calculated as earnings before interest expense, net of interest income, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization expense and includes non-cash stock-based compensation and other special factors as expenses.
(3) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure, which is calculated as earnings before interest expense, net of interest income, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization expense and does not include non-cash stock-based compensation and other special factors as expenses.
(4) Calculated as cash capital expenditures related to the purchase of tangible assets.
(5) Unlevered free cash flow is a non-GAAP measure, which is calculated as EBITDA less cash taxes, capital expenditures (including estimated spectrum related expenditures), changes in net working capital, cash payments for debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, plus proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions, and other cash items. The unlevered free cash flow data of T-Mobile in the T-Mobile management T-Mobile forecasts was not provided to Sprint or the financial advisors to the Sprint independent committee or Sprint.

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