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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-88971
4 3/4% Convertible Senior Notes due 2007 CUSIP No. 65332VAR4
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 8, 1999
TO PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER 3, 1999
The selling stockholders table on pages 21-24 of the prospectus is hereby
amended to update the information regarding the following entity in the
prospectus and its respective amount of 4 3/4% convertible senior notes due
2007.
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CONVERTIBLE NOTES COMMON STOCK
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF CONVERTIBLE OF CONVERTIBLE NUMBER OF SHARES NUMBER OF SHARES
NAME OF SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTES OWNED NOTES OFFERED OWNED OFFERED
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Warburg Dillon Read LLC $18,040,000 $18,040,000 0 0
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