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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></FONT></DIV>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.</B></FONT>

<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></div>

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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
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<B>91-1930918</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>4500 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<B>98033</B><BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED<BR>
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN</B></FONT>

<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Full title of the Plans)</FONT></div>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Donald Manning<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
4500 Carillon Point<BR>
Kirkland, Washington 98033</B></FONT>

<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT></div>
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<div align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(425)&nbsp;576-3600</B></FONT></div>

<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></div>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Laura A. Bertin, Esq.<BR>
Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C.<BR>
1505 Westlake Avenue N., Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98109</B></FONT>

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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2"><B>Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, subject to
outstanding options with fixed
prices under the Third Amended and
Restated</B></FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">45,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2.70</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">121,500</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">11</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">15,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4.00</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">60,000</FONT></TD>
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value per share, not subject to
outstanding options or not having
fixed exercise prices under the
Third Amended and Restated
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan</B></FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5.66</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">67,580,400</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">67,761,900</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Based on shares subject to outstanding options or reserved for future
issuance as a result of an amendment increasing the number of shares
available for issuance under the Third Amended and Restated Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan as of August&nbsp;27, 2002. Together with an indeterminate
number of additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of
shares reserved for issuance pursuant to such plan as the result of any
future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
Registrant&#146;s outstanding Class&nbsp;A Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Computed pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based
on the exercise prices of options granted as of the filing date of
this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated as of August&nbsp;26, 2002, solely for the purpose of calculating
the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, based on the average of the high and low sales prices
for Nextel Partners, Inc. Class&nbsp;A Common Stock on August&nbsp;26, 2002, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market, which was $5.66 per share.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E &#151;</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION OF</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>ADDITIONAL SECURITIES AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers 12,000,000 additional shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock authorized for issuance under the
Registrant&#146;s Third Amended and Restated Nonqualified Stock Option Plan as a
result of an amendment increasing the number of authorized shares available for
issuance thereunder, which was approved by the stockholders of the Registrant
at its annual meeting on May&nbsp;14, 2002. Accordingly, the contents of the
previous Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-34724), including any
amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement, including periodic reports that the
Registrant filed after such Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 to maintain
current information about the Registrant. The reports the Registrant has most
recently filed are listed below:
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<P><FONT size="2">(a)&nbsp; The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2001, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;22, 2002;
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<P><FONT size="2">(b)&nbsp; The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2002, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2002;
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<P><FONT size="2">(c)&nbsp; The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on
May&nbsp;21, 2002, as amended by the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K/A, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;28, 2002, the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K/A, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;29, 2002 and the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K/A filed with the
Commission on June&nbsp;6, 2002; and
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<P><FONT size="2">(d)&nbsp; The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2002, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;14, 2002.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date hereof and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that the
securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters the securities
covered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference herein or contained in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained therein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superceded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Opinion of Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C.</FONT></TD>
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Third Amended and Restated Nonqualified Stock Option Plan of Nextel
Partners (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.18(b) to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report filed on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2002, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;14, 2002 (File
Number&nbsp;000-29633))</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C. (See Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants*</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant is unable to obtain the consent of Arthur Andersen LLP and has
therefore dispensed with the requirement to file such written consent in
reliance on Rule&nbsp;437a of the Securities Act. Because Arthur Andersen LLP has
not consented to the inclusion of their reports included or made a part of this
Registration Statement, securityholders will not be able to recover against
Arthur Andersen LLP under Section&nbsp;11 of the Securities Act for any untrue
statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by
Arthur Andersen or any omissions to state a material fact required to be stated
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;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 Kirkland, State of Washington, on the
27th&nbsp;day of
August, 2002.
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<B>NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC</B></FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
/s/ John Chapple<br></FONT></TD>
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<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
<HR size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal<br>
Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Power of Attorney</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John
Chapple and John Thompson, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with the power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or
all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and his agent or his substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 date indicated above.
</FONT>
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John Chapple
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John Chapple</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John Thompson
<HR size="1" noshade>
John Thompson</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Timothy Donahue</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Andrew Rush</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Andrew Rush</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Andrew Sinwell</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Dennis Weibling</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Dennis Weibling</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Steven Dodge</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Steven Dodge</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Caroline Rapking</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Caroline Rapking</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Adam Aron</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Adam Aron</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">10.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Third Amended and Restated Nonqualified Stock Option Plan of Nextel
Partners (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.18(b) to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report filed on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2002, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;14, 2002 (File
Number 000-29633))</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C. (See Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants*</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (See signature page)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant is unable to obtain the consent of Arthur Andersen LLP and has
therefore dispensed with the requirement to file such written consent in
reliance on Rule&nbsp;437a of the Securities Act. Because Arthur Andersen LLP has
not consented to the inclusion of their reports included or made a part of this
Registration Statement, securityholders will not be able to recover against
Arthur Andersen LLP under Section&nbsp;11 of the Securities Act for any untrue
statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by
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NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.
Table of Contents
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2002
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 PARTNERS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
91-1930918
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4500 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
98033
(Zip code)
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the Plans)
Donald Manning
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
4500 Carillon Point
Kirkland, Washington 98033
(Name and address of agent for service)
(425) 576-3600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Laura A. Bertin, Esq.
Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C.
1505 Westlake Avenue N., Suite 300
Seattle, Washington 98109
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
per share
price
registration fee
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, subject to
outstanding options with fixed
prices under the Third Amended and
Restated
45,000
$
2.70
(2)
$
121,500
$
11
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
15,000
$
4.00
(2)
$
60,000
$
6
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, not subject to
outstanding options or not having
fixed exercise prices under the
Third Amended and Restated
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
11,940,000
$
5.66
(3)
$
67,580,400
$
6,217
TOTALS:
$
67,761,900
$
6,234
(1)
Based on shares subject to outstanding options or reserved for future
issuance as a result of an amendment increasing the number of shares
available for issuance under the Third Amended and Restated Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan as of August 27, 2002. Together with an indeterminate
number of additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of
shares reserved for issuance pursuant to such plan as the result of any
future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
Registrant's outstanding Class A Common Stock.
(2)
Computed pursuant to
Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based
on the exercise prices of options granted as of the filing date of
this Registration Statement.
(3)
Estimated as of August 26, 2002, solely for the purpose of calculating
the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, based on the average of the high and low sales prices
for Nextel Partners, Inc. Class A Common Stock on August 26, 2002, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market, which was $5.66 per share.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Signatures
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
Table of Contents
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E —
REGISTRATION OF
ADDITIONAL SECURITIES AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement registers 12,000,000 additional shares of the
Registrant's Class A Common Stock authorized for issuance under the
Registrant's Third Amended and Restated Nonqualified Stock Option Plan as a
result of an amendment increasing the number of authorized shares available for
issuance thereunder, which was approved by the stockholders of the Registrant
at its annual meeting on May 14, 2002. Accordingly, the contents of the
previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-34724), including any
amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement, including periodic reports that the
Registrant filed after such Registration Statement on Form S-8 to maintain
current information about the Registrant. The reports the Registrant has most
recently filed are listed below:
(a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001, filed with the Commission on March 22, 2002;
(b)  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2002, filed with the Commission on May 14, 2002;
(c)  The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
May 21, 2002, as amended by the Registrant's Form 8-K/A, filed with the
Commission on May 28, 2002, the Registrant's Form 8-K/A, filed with the
Commission on May 29, 2002 and the Registrant's Form 8-K/A filed with the
Commission on June 6, 2002; and
(d)  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2002, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2002.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date hereof and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that the
securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters the securities
covered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference herein or contained in this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained therein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superceded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C.
10.1
Third Amended and Restated Nonqualified Stock Option Plan of Nextel
Partners (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18(b) to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2002, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2002 (File
Number 000-29633))
23.1
Consent of Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C. (See Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants*
24
Power of Attorney (See signature page)
*
The Registrant is unable to obtain the consent of Arthur Andersen LLP and has
therefore dispensed with the requirement to file such written consent in
reliance on Rule 437a of the Securities Act. Because Arthur Andersen LLP has
not consented to the inclusion of their reports included or made a part of this
Registration Statement, securityholders will not be able to recover against
Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue
statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by
Arthur Andersen or any omissions to state a material fact required to be stated
therein.
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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 Kirkland, State of Washington, on the
27th day of
August, 2002.
NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC
By:
/s/ John Chapple
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
Power of Attorney
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John
Chapple and John Thompson, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with the power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or
all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and his agent or his substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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 date indicated above.
Signature
Title
/s/ John Chapple
John Chapple
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John Thompson
John Thompson
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Director
Timothy Donahue
/s/ Andrew Rush
Director
Andrew Rush
Director
Andrew Sinwell
/s/ Dennis Weibling
Director
Dennis Weibling
/s/ Steven Dodge
Director
Steven Dodge
/s/ Caroline Rapking
Director
Caroline Rapking
/s/ Adam Aron
Director
Adam Aron
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EXHIBIT INDEX
5.1
Opinion of Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C.
10.1
Third Amended and Restated Nonqualified Stock Option Plan of Nextel
Partners (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18(b) to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2002, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2002 (File
Number 000-29633))
23.1
Consent of Summit Law Group, P.L.L.C. (See Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants*
24
Power of Attorney (See signature page)
*
The Registrant is unable to obtain the consent of Arthur Andersen LLP and has
therefore dispensed with the requirement to file such written consent in
reliance on Rule 437a of the Securities Act. Because Arthur Andersen LLP has
not consented to the inclusion of their reports included or made a part of this
Registration Statement, securityholders will not be able to recover against
Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11 of the Securities Act for any untrue
statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by
Arthur Andersen or any omissions to state a material fact required to be stated
therein.