Registration No. 333-127425 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------ SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Kansas 48-0457967 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20191 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) ------------------------ NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED ASSOCIATE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full title of the plan) ------------------------ LEONARD J. KENNEDY, ESQ. General Counsel 2001 Edmund Halley Drive Reston, Virginia 20191 (Name and address of agent for service) Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (703) 433-4974 ------------------------ This Registration Statement as originally filed related to the offering of 650,000 shares of FON Common Stock, Series 1, issuable under the Nextel Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated Associate Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). In connection with the merger of Nextel Communications, Inc. with and into a subsidiary of Sprint Corporation ("Sprint"), Sprint amended its articles of incorporation to change its name to Sprint Nextel Corporation and to redesignate its FON Common Stock, Series 1, as Common Stock, Series 1. A total of 243,571 shares of common stock have been issued. No additional shares will be issued under the Plan. Accordingly, the purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is to deregister the remaining 406,429 shares of Common Stock, Series 1 covered by this Registration Statement. PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. Item 8. Exhibits Exhibit Number Exhibits 24. Power of Attorney. II-1 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 Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas, on the 4th day of January, 2006. SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION By: /s/ Michael T. Hyde Michael T. Hyde, Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Name Title Date G. D. Forsee* President and Chief Executive ) Officer and Director ) (Principal Executive Officer) ) ) ) P.N. Saleh* Chief Financial Officer ) (Principal Financial Officer) ) ) ) W.G. Arendt* Senior Vice President and ) Controller ) (Principal Accounting Officer) ) ) ) January 4, 2006 Timothy M. Donahue* Chairman of the Board ) ) ) Keith J. Bane* Director ) ) ) Gordon M. Bethune* Director ) ) ) William E. Conway* Director ) ) II-2 ) Frank M. Drendel* Director ) ) ) James H. Hance, Jr.* Director ) ) ) V. Janet Hill* Director ) ) ) I. O. Hockaday, Jr.* Director ) ) ) William E. Kennard* Director ) January 4, 2006 ) ) L. K. Lorimer* Director ) ) ) Stephanie M. Shern* Director ) ) ) William H. Swanson* Director ) /s/ Michael T. Hyde * Signed by Michael T. Hyde, Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with this Amendment to the Registration Statement No. 333-127425. II-3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number 24. Power of Attorney.