About 3 percent of shares elected to receive shares of Sprint common stock, while 44 percent of outstanding shares that did not vote will receive cash. The voting is one of the final steps in a long, drawn out battle between SoftBank and Dish Network Corp over the No. 3 U.S. mobile telephone provider. Sprint shareholders voted in favor of the $21.6 billion deal that will give SoftBank 78 percent ownership when the merger closes on July 10.