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OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING
11% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2010
IN EXCHANGE FOR
UP TO $200,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY OF
11% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2010
EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON
, 2000, UNLESS EXTENDED OR TERMINATED
(THE "EXPIRATION DATE").
To: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
Enclosed for your consideration is a Prospectus dated , 2000 (as
the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Prospectus") and
a form of Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") relating to the
offer (the "Exchange Offer") by Nextel Partners, Inc. (the "Company") to
exchange up to $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at maturity of its
Senior Notes due 2010 (the "New Notes") for $200,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount at maturity of its Senior Notes due 2010 (the "Old Notes").
We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold Old Notes
registered in your name or in the name of your nominee. In addition, we ask you
to contact your clients who, to your knowledge, hold Old Notes registered in
their own name. The Company will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker,
dealer or other person in connection with the solicitation of tenders pursuant
to the Exchange Offer. You will, however, be reimbursed by the Company for
customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of the
enclosed materials to your clients. The Company will pay all transfer taxes, if
any, applicable to the tender any of the enclosed materials to your clients. The
Company will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the tender of Old
Notes to it or its order, except as otherwise provided in the Prospectus and the
Letter of Transmittal.
Enclosed are copies of the following documents:
1. The Prospectus;
2. A Letter of Transmittal for your use in connection with the tender of
Old Notes and for the information of your clients;
3. A form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you
hold Old Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee with
space provided for obtaining the clients' instructions with regard to the
Exchange Offer;
4. A form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and
5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
Substitute Form W-9.
Your prompt action is requested. The Exchange Offer will expire at
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 2000, unless extended (the
"Expiration Date"). Old Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be
withdrawn, subject to the procedures described in the Prospectus, at any time
prior to the Expiration Date.
In all cases, tenders of Old Notes accepted for exchange for New Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the
Exchange Agent of (a) certificates representing such Old Notes or a confirmation
of a book-entry transfer of such Old Notes, as the case may be, (b) the Letter
of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof) properly completed and duly executed
with any required signature guarantees, and (c) any other documents required by
the Letter of Transmittal.
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Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes and (a) whose Old Notes are not
lost but are not immediately available, (b) who cannot deliver their Old Notes,
the Letter of Transmittal or any other required documents to the Exchange Agent
prior to the Expiration Date, or (c) who cannot complete the procedure for
book-entry transfer on a timely basis, may tender their Old Notes by following
the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under "The
Exchange Offer-Guaranteed Delivery Procedures."
Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained from the Exchange
Agent, The Bank of New York, by calling (212) 815-2824.
NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO
THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS AND
THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
