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<TD valign="top" width="60%"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2004
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" width="35%">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</U></TD>
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 14pt">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top" width="47%">36-3939651</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">2001 Edmund Halley Drive</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Reston, Virginia
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">20191</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED ASSOCIATE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Leonard J. Kennedy<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
2001 Edmund Halley Drive<BR>
Reston, Virginia 20191<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(703)&nbsp;433-4000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">With a copy to:<BR>
Lisa A. Stater, Esq.<BR>
Jones Day<BR>
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="24%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock, par value
$0.001</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">10,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">22.81</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">228,100,000</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), in addition to the shares of common stock set forth in the
table, the amount to be registered includes an indeterminate number of shares
issuable upon adjustment due to stock splits, stock dividends,
anti-dilution provisions, and other adjustment provisions as provided in
the Nextel Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated Associate Stock Purchase
Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;The registration fee with respect to the shares of common stock was
calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act. The
registration fee is based on the average of the reported high and low sales
prices of Nextel Communications, Inc. common stock on the Nasdaq National
Market on May&nbsp;27, 2004, a date within 5 business days prior to the date of
filing of this registration statement.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8, the information specified in
Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8 has been omitted from this registration statement.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Nextel Communications, Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;) (File No.&nbsp;0-19656) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The annual report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;11,
2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, since December&nbsp;31, 2003;
and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, contained in
the registration statement on Form 8-A, dated January&nbsp;16, 1992,
including the information incorporated by reference into that
registration statement from the registration statement on Form S-1,
as amended, dated as of January&nbsp;27, 1992, and any amendments and
reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be made a part hereof from the respective dates of filing such documents. Any
statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of the registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document that is also incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the prospectus or the
registration statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set forth below is a description of certain provisions of our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the &#147;Nextel Certificate of
Incorporation&#148;), our Amended and Restated By-laws (the &#147;Nextel By-laws&#148;), and
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;Delaware General Corporation Law&#148;).
This description is intended as a summary only and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation, the Nextel By-laws,
and the Delaware General Corporation Law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Elimination of Liability in Certain Circumstances. </I>The Nextel Certificate
of Incorporation provides that, to the full extent provided by law, a director
will not be personally liable to Nextel or its stockholders for or with respect
to any acts or omissions in the performance of his or her duties as a director.
The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may limit or
eliminate a director&#146;s personal liability for monetary damages to the
corporation or its stockholders, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to such corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for paying a dividend or approving a stock
repurchase in violation of


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While Article&nbsp;7 of the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation provides
directors with protection from awards for monetary damages for breaches of the
duty of care, it does not eliminate the directors&#146; duty of care. Accordingly,
Article&nbsp;7 will have no effect on the availability of equitable remedies such as
an injunction or rescission based on a director&#146;s breach of the duty of care.
The provisions of Article&nbsp;7 as described above apply to officers of Nextel only
if they are directors of Nextel and are acting in their capacity as directors,
and does not apply to officers of Nextel who are not directors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification and Insurance. </I>Under the Delaware General Corporation
Law, directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals may be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and
amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits, or
proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation as a derivative action) if
they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interest of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct
was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;6 of the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;VII of
the Nextel By-laws provide to directors and officers indemnification to the
full extent provided by law, thereby affording the directors and officers of
Nextel the protections available to directors and officers of Delaware
corporations. Article&nbsp;VII of the Nextel By-laws also provides that expenses
incurred by a person in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or
proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer
shall be paid in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or
she is not entitled to be indemnified by Nextel as authorized by relevant
Delaware law. Nextel has obtained directors and officers liability insurance
providing coverage to its directors and officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On September&nbsp;12, 1991, the board of directors of Nextel unanimously
adopted resolutions authorizing Nextel to enter into an Indemnification
Agreement (the &#147;Indemnification Agreement&#148;) with each director of Nextel.
Nextel has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with its directors and
officers. One of the purposes of the Indemnification Agreements is to attempt
to specify the extent to which persons entitled to indemnification thereunder
(the &#147;Indemnitees&#148;) may receive indemnification under circumstances in which
indemnity would not otherwise be provided by the Delaware General Corporation
Law. Pursuant to the Indemnification Agreements, an Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification as provided by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law and to indemnification for any amount which the Indemnitee is or becomes
legally obligated to pay relating to or arising out of any claim made against
such person because of any act, failure to act, or neglect or breach of duty,
including any actual or alleged error, misstatement, or misleading statement,
which such person commits, suffers, permits, or acquiesces in while acting in
the Indemnitee&#146;s position with Nextel. The Indemnification Agreements are in
addition to and are not intended to limit any rights of indemnification which
are available under the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation or the Nextel
By-laws, any policy of insurance or otherwise. Nextel is not required under
the Indemnification Agreements to make payments in excess of those expressly
provided for in the Delaware General Corporation Law in connection with any
claim against the Indemnitee:


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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>which results in a final, nonappealable order directing the Indemnitee
to pay a fine or similar governmental imposition which Nextel is prohibited by
applicable law from paying; or</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>based upon or attributable to the Indemnitee gaining in fact a
personal profit to which he was not legally entitled including, without
limitation, profits made from the purchase and sale by the Indemnitee of equity
securities of Nextel which are recoverable by Nextel pursuant to Section 16(b)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and profits arising from transactions
in publicly traded securities of Nextel which were effected by the Indemnitee
in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule
10b-5 promulgated thereunder.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the rights to indemnification specified therein, the
Indemnification Agreements are intended to increase the certainty of receipt by
the Indemnitee of the benefits to which he or she is entitled by providing
specific procedures relating to indemnification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Indemnification Agreements are also intended to provide increased
assurance of indemnification by prohibiting Nextel from adopting any amendment
to the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation or the Nextel By-laws which would
have the effect of denying, diminishing or encumbering the Indemnitee&#146;s rights
pursuant thereto or to the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other law as
applied to any act or failure to act occurring in whole or in part prior to the
effective date of such amendment.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B><U>Number</U></B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Nextel Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated Associate Stock
Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the proxy
statement in connection with the Company&#146;s 2004 annual meeting of
stockholders, filed with the Commission in definitive form on
April&nbsp;6, 2004).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Jones Day.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">15*</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Letter in Lieu of Consent for Review Report.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="100%">*Filed herewith</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.



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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>that, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act or
1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>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 </B><B>Form S-8</B><B> and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Reston, State of Virginia, on the 3rd day of June
2004.</B>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left">NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gary D. Begeman</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gary D. Begeman</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Deputy General Counsel</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:</B>

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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Signature</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Title</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Date</U></B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
Timothy M. Donahue
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer, President and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
Paul N. Saleh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
William G. Arendt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
William E. Conway, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
Morgan E. O&#146;Brien
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
Keith J. Bane
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
Frank M. Drendel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
V. Janet Hill
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
William E. Kennard
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<HR size="1" noshade>
Stephanie M. Shern
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary D. Begeman
<HR size="1" noshade>
Gary D. Begeman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Attorney-in-Fact
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 3, 2004</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U>


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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B><U>Number</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Description</U></B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Jones Day.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">15</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Letter in Lieu of Consent for Review Report.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney.</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2004
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
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 Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Virginia
20191
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED ASSOCIATE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Leonard J. Kennedy
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
(Name and address of agent for service)
(703) 433-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Lisa A. Stater, Esq.
Jones Day
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
offering price (2)
registration fee
Class A Common
Stock, par value
$0.001
10,000,000
$
22.81
$
228,100,000
$
28,900
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act"), in addition to the shares of common stock set forth in the
table, the amount to be registered includes an indeterminate number of shares
issuable upon adjustment due to stock splits, stock dividends,
anti-dilution provisions, and other adjustment provisions as provided in
the Nextel Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated Associate Stock Purchase
Plan.
(2) The registration fee with respect to the shares of common stock was
calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The
registration fee is based on the average of the reported high and low sales
prices of Nextel Communications, Inc. common stock on the Nasdaq National
Market on May 27, 2004, a date within 5 business days prior to the date of
filing of this registration statement.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the information specified in
Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed by Nextel Communications, Inc. (the
"Company") (File No. 0-19656) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a)
The annual report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 11,
2004;
(b)
All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, since December 31, 2003;
and
(c)
The description of the Company's common stock, contained in
the registration statement on Form 8-A, dated January 16, 1992,
including the information incorporated by reference into that
registration statement from the registration statement on Form S-1,
as amended, dated as of January 27, 1992, and any amendments and
reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be made a part hereof from the respective dates of filing such documents. Any
statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of the registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document that is also incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the prospectus or the
registration statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Set forth below is a description of certain provisions of our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Nextel Certificate of
Incorporation"), our Amended and Restated By-laws (the "Nextel By-laws"), and
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware General Corporation Law").
This description is intended as a summary only and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation, the Nextel By-laws,
and the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Elimination of Liability in Certain Circumstances.
The Nextel Certificate
of Incorporation provides that, to the full extent provided by law, a director
will not be personally liable to Nextel or its stockholders for or with respect
to any acts or omissions in the performance of his or her duties as a director.
The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may limit or
eliminate a director's personal liability for monetary damages to the
corporation or its stockholders, except for liability (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to such corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of law, (iii) for paying a dividend or approving a stock
repurchase in violation of
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
While Article 7 of the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation provides
directors with protection from awards for monetary damages for breaches of the
duty of care, it does not eliminate the directors' duty of care. Accordingly,
Article 7 will have no effect on the availability of equitable remedies such as
an injunction or rescission based on a director's breach of the duty of care.
The provisions of Article 7 as described above apply to officers of Nextel only
if they are directors of Nextel and are acting in their capacity as directors,
and does not apply to officers of Nextel who are not directors.
Indemnification and Insurance.
Under the Delaware General Corporation
Law, directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals may be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and
amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits, or
proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation as a derivative action) if
they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interest of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct
was unlawful.
Article 6 of the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation and Article VII of
the Nextel By-laws provide to directors and officers indemnification to the
full extent provided by law, thereby affording the directors and officers of
Nextel the protections available to directors and officers of Delaware
corporations. Article VII of the Nextel By-laws also provides that expenses
incurred by a person in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or
proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer
shall be paid in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or
she is not entitled to be indemnified by Nextel as authorized by relevant
Delaware law. Nextel has obtained directors and officers liability insurance
providing coverage to its directors and officers.
On September 12, 1991, the board of directors of Nextel unanimously
adopted resolutions authorizing Nextel to enter into an Indemnification
Agreement (the "Indemnification Agreement") with each director of Nextel.
Nextel has entered into an Indemnification Agreement with its directors and
officers. One of the purposes of the Indemnification Agreements is to attempt
to specify the extent to which persons entitled to indemnification thereunder
(the "Indemnitees") may receive indemnification under circumstances in which
indemnity would not otherwise be provided by the Delaware General Corporation
Law. Pursuant to the Indemnification Agreements, an Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification as provided by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law and to indemnification for any amount which the Indemnitee is or becomes
legally obligated to pay relating to or arising out of any claim made against
such person because of any act, failure to act, or neglect or breach of duty,
including any actual or alleged error, misstatement, or misleading statement,
which such person commits, suffers, permits, or acquiesces in while acting in
the Indemnitee's position with Nextel. The Indemnification Agreements are in
addition to and are not intended to limit any rights of indemnification which
are available under the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation or the Nextel
By-laws, any policy of insurance or otherwise. Nextel is not required under
the Indemnification Agreements to make payments in excess of those expressly
provided for in the Delaware General Corporation Law in connection with any
claim against the Indemnitee:
(i)
which results in a final, nonappealable order directing the Indemnitee
to pay a fine or similar governmental imposition which Nextel is prohibited by
applicable law from paying; or
(ii)
based upon or attributable to the Indemnitee gaining in fact a
personal profit to which he was not legally entitled including, without
limitation, profits made from the purchase and sale by the Indemnitee of equity
securities of Nextel which are recoverable by Nextel pursuant to Section 16(b)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and profits arising from transactions
in publicly traded securities of Nextel which were effected by the Indemnitee
in violation of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule
10b-5 promulgated thereunder.
In addition to the rights to indemnification specified therein, the
Indemnification Agreements are intended to increase the certainty of receipt by
the Indemnitee of the benefits to which he or she is entitled by providing
specific procedures relating to indemnification.
The Indemnification Agreements are also intended to provide increased
assurance of indemnification by prohibiting Nextel from adopting any amendment
to the Nextel Certificate of Incorporation or the Nextel By-laws which would
have the effect of denying, diminishing or encumbering the Indemnitee's rights
pursuant thereto or to the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other law as
applied to any act or failure to act occurring in whole or in part prior to the
effective date of such amendment.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4
Nextel Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated Associate Stock
Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the proxy
statement in connection with the Company's 2004 annual meeting of
stockholders, filed with the Commission in definitive form on
April 6, 2004).
5*
Opinion of Jones Day.
15*
Letter in Lieu of Consent for Review Report.
23.1*
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24*
Powers of Attorney.
*Filed herewith
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
to file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement;
(2)
that, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
and
(3)
to remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering;
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act or
1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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-8
and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Reston, State of Virginia, on the 3rd day of June
2004.
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:
/s/
Gary D. Begeman
Gary D. Begeman
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
*
Timothy M. Donahue
Chief Executive Officer, President and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
*
Paul N. Saleh
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
*
William G. Arendt
Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
William E. Conway, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
*
Morgan E. O'Brien
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
*
Keith J. Bane
Director
Frank M. Drendel
Director
*
V. Janet Hill
Director
*
William E. Kennard
Director
*
Stephanie M. Shern
Director
/s/ Gary D. Begeman
Gary D. Begeman
Attorney-in-Fact
June 3, 2004
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5
Opinion of Jones Day.
15
Letter in Lieu of Consent for Review Report.
23.1
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24
Powers of Attorney.