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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-37102
5 1/4% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 CUSIP No. 65332VAY9
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JUNE 22, 2000
TO PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 16, 2000
The selling security holders table on pages 18 - 22 of the prospectus is
hereby amended to update the information to include the following entities as
selling security holders in the prospectus and to list their respective amounts
of 5 1/4% convertible senior notes due 2010:
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Convertible Notes Common Stock
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Principal Amount of Principal Amount of
Convertible Notes Convertible Notes Number of Shares Number of Shares
Name of Selling Security Holder Owned Offered Owned Offered
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BP Amoco PLC Master Trust 3,651,000 3,651,000 -0- -0-
CALAMOS Convertible Portfolio -
CALAMOS Advisors Trust 110,000 110,000 -0- -0-
Cova Bond Debenture Fund 700,000 700,000 -0- -0-
Estate of James Campbell 1,208,000 1,208,000 -0- -0-
Fuji U.S. Income Open 350,000 350,000 -0- -0-
Gala Offshore Master Fund Ltd. 200,000,000 200,000,000 -0- -0-
Granville Capital Corporation 31,000,000 31,000,000 -0- -0-
Highbridge International LLC 69,400,000 69,400,000 -0- -0-
Hotel Union & Hotel Industry of Hawaii 1,053,000 1,053,000 -0- -0-
ITG Inc. 231,000 231,000 -0- -0-
Jefferies & Company Inc. 23,000 23,000 -0- -0-
Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Fund 7,000,000 7,000,000 -0- -0-
Manuel Dupkin II Ed & Char Tr A 500,000 500,000 -0- -0-
Manuel Dupkin II Ed & Char Tr B 300,000 300,000 -0- -0-
New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) 22,000,000 22,000,000 -0- -0-
New York Life Insurance and Annuity
Corporation (NYLIAC) 2,000,000 2,000,000 -0- -0-
PGEP IV, LLC 256,000 256,000 -0- -0-
Rothschild Charitable Foundation 40,000 40,000 -0- -0-
Rothschild, Cory L 10,000 10,000 -0- -0-
Sally P. Thanhouser Trust Dated 4/16/99 25,000 25,000 -0- -0-
Stanford Z. Rothschild, Jr. IRA 50,000 50,000 -0- -0-
TQA Master Fund 2,325,000 2,325,000 -0- -0-
TQA Master Plus Fund 2,640,000 2,640,000 -0- -0-
Tracor Inc. Employees Retirement Plan 377,000 377,000 -0- -0-
UBS Warburg LLC 1,000,000 1,000,000 -0- -0-
Viacom Inc. Pension Plan Master Trust 151,000 151,000 -0- -0-
Zurich NFR Master Fund 60,000 60,000 -0- -0-
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