As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 24, 1996 Registration No. 333-11733 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------ NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware 36-3939651 (State or Other (I.R.S. Employer Jurisdiction of Identification Number) Incorporation or Organization) ------------------ 1505 Farm Credit Drive McLean, Virginia 22102 (703) 394-3000 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) ------------------ Thomas J. Sidman, Esq. Vice President and General Counsel Nextel Communications, Inc. 1505 Farm Credit Drive McLean, Virginia 22102 (703) 394-3000 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) ------------------ Copies to: Lisa A. Stater, Esq. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue 3500 One Peachtree Center 303 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia 30308 (404) 521-3939 EXPLANATORY NOTE This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement of Nextel Communications, Inc. ("Nextel") (File No. 333-11733) is filed in accordance with the undertaking of Nextel pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K for the sole purpose of de-registering 324,682 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.001, of Nextel that were registered thereunder but remained unsold at the termination of the offering. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to its registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of McLean, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on December 24, 1996. Nextel Communications, Inc. By:/s/Thomas J. Sidman Thomas J. Sidman Vice President and General Counsel Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: Name Title Date * Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer Daniel F. Akerson and Director (Principal Executive Officer) * Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Steven M. Shindler Officer (Principal Financial Officer) * Vice President and Corporate Controller Stephen M. Bailor (Principal Accounting Officer) Vice Chairman of the Board and Director Morgan E. O'Brien * Vice Chairman of the Board and Director Brian D. McAuley * Timothy M. Donahue President, Chief Operating Officer and Director * Director Keith J. Bane * Director Robert Cooper Director Craig O. McCaw * Director Keisuke Nakasaki * Director Masaaki Torimoto * Director Dennis M. Weibling /s/Thomas J. Sidman Attorney-in-fact December 24, 1996 *Thomas J. Sidman