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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 FEBRUARY 15, 2000
TO PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER 3, 1999
The selling stockholders table on pages 21-24 of the prospectus, as
amended, is hereby further amended to update the information regarding the
following entities in the prospectus and their respective amounts of 4 3/4%
convertible senior notes due 2007.
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CONVERTIBLE NOTES COMMON STOCK
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PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF AMOUNT OF
CONVERTIBLE CONVERTIBLE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
NAME OF SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTES OWNED NOTES OFFERED SHARES OWNED SHARES OFFERED
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Forrestal Funding Master Trust $17,000,000 $17,000,000 0 0
GLG Market Neutral Fund $19,000,000 $19,000,000 0 0
Mitchell Hutchins Series Trust $ 200,000 $ 200,000 0 0
Growth and Income Fund/1/
Quattro Fund LTD $ 500,000 $ 500,000 0 0
Tennessee Consolidated $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 0 0
Retirement System
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/1/ Shares of the Mitchell Hutchins Series Trust Growth and Income Portfolio
(the "Portfolio") are sold to insurance company separate accounts that fund
certain variable contracts. Certain of these insurance companies may have
had a material relationship with Nextel (or is predecessors or affiliates)
during the past three years. In addition, the Portfolio's investment
adviser is an affiliate of PaineWebber Group. PaineWebber and/or its
affiliates have provided, and may from time to time provide, investment
banking services to Nextel, including, among other things, acting as lead
and/or co-manager with respect to offerings of debt and equity securities.
