Registration No. 333-131301
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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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)
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1997 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM
(Full title of the Plan)
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LEONARD J. KENNEDY, ESQ.
General Counsel
Sprint Nextel Corporation
2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(703) 433-4000
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This Registration Statement as originally filed related to the offering of
43,841,835 shares of the Common Stock ("Common Stock") of Sprint Nextel
Corporation, issuable under the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program (the
"1997 Program").
The 1997 Program provides that no awards may be granted pursuant to the
plan after April 15, 2007. Although awards remain outstanding under the 1997
Program, there are sufficient shares registered pursuant to Registration
Statements No. 33-31802, 333-46491, 333-54108, 333-59124, 333-103691,
333-111956, 333-115621 and 333-124189 to cover these awards. Accordingly, Sprint
Nextel hereby deregisters the 43,841,835 shares of the Common Stock registered
under this Registration Statement, all of which remain unsold.
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 No. 2 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
30th day of April, 2007.
SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Leonard J. Kennedy
Leonard J. Kennedy, General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name Title Date
Chairman of the Board, Chief )
GARY D. FORSEE* Executive Officer and President )
(Principal Executive Officer) )
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Chief Financial Officer )
PAUL SALEH* (Principal Financial Officer) )
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W.G. ARENDT* Senior Vice President and Controller )
(Principal Accounting Officer) )
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) April 30, 2007
KEITH J. BANE* Director )
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(Robert R. Bennett) Director )
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GORDON BETHUNE* Director )
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FRANK M. DRENDEL* Director )
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JAMES H. HANCE, JR.* Director )
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V. JANET HILL* Director )
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I. O. HOCKADAY, JR.* Director ) April 30, 2007
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LINDA K. LORIMER* Director )
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WILLIAM SWANSON* Director )
/s/ Leonard J. Kennedy
* By: Leonard J. Kennedy, Attorney-in-Fact,
pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with
this Registration Statement
No. 333-131301
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