1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 11, 2001 REGISTRATION NO. 333-34824 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 2001 EDMUND HALLEY DRIVE RESTON, VIRGINIA 20191 (703) 433-4000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) -------------------------- LEONARD J. KENNEDY, ESQ. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2001 EDMUND HALLEY DRIVE RESTON, VIRGINIA 20191 (703) 433-4000 (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 SUNTRUST PLAZA 303 PEACHTREE STREET ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30308-3242 (404) 521-3939 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time following the effective date of this Registration Statement. If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ] If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. 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[ ] -------------------------- This post-effective amendment also relates to the registrant's earlier registration statement on Form S-3 (file no. 333-88971). 2 Deregistration of 4 3/4% Convertible Senior Notes due 2007 and Common Stock Nextel Communications, Inc. hereby amends its registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-34824), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2000 and as amended by Amendment No. 1, filed with the Commission on April 26, 2000 (the "Registration Statement"), by deregistering the following: - $42,585,000 in principal amount of its 4 3/4% convertible senior notes due 2007; - 20,048,414 shares of its common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes; and - 5,000 additional shares of its common stock. These notes and shares consist of all the registered notes and shares that were not transferred pursuant to the registration statement. 3 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 this post-effective amendment no. 1 on Form S-3 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment no. 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Reston, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on July 10, 2001. Nextel Communications, Inc. By: /s/ Leonard J. Kennedy --------------------------------- Senior Vice President and General Counsel Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment no. 1 to the 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 and - ----------------------------------------------- Director William E. Conway, Jr. /s/ Timothy M. Donahue President, Chief Executive July 10, 2001 - ----------------------------------------------- Officer and Director (Principal Timothy M. Donahue Executive Officer) /s/ John S. Brittain, Jr. Vice President, Chief Financial July 10, 2001 - ----------------------------------------------- Officer and Treasurer (Principal John S. Brittain, Jr. Financial Officer) * Vice President and Controller - ----------------------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) William G. Arendt * Vice Chairman of the Board and - ----------------------------------------------- Director Morgan E. O'Brien * Director - ----------------------------------------------- Keith J. Bane * Director - ----------------------------------------------- Daniel F. Akerson 4 * Director - ----------------------------------------------- Frank M. Drendel * Director - ----------------------------------------------- Craig O. McCaw * Director - ----------------------------------------------- Dennis M. Weibling * Director - ----------------------------------------------- Janet Hill Director - ----------------------------------------------- William E. Kennard /s/ Timothy M. Donahue *Attorney-in-fact July 10, 2001 - ----------------------------------------------- Timothy M. Donahue