Registration No. 333-115608 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) ------------------------ SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES (Full title of the Plans) ------------------------ 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 ------------------------ EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement as originally filed related to the offering of 9,662,736 shares of FON Common Stock of Sprint Corporation ("Sprint") issuable under the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan and the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees. In connection with the merger of Nextel Communications, Inc. with and into a subsidiary of Sprint in August 2005, Sprint amended its Articles of Incorporation to change its name to Sprint Nextel Corporation ("Sprint Nextel") and to redesignate its FON Common Stock as Common Stock. No shares of Common Stock registered under this Registration Statement have been issued. The Sprint Retirement Savings Plan was amended effective January 1, 2006. Common Stock is no longer offered as an investment alternative for additional contributions or exchanges and the company match is no longer made in Common Stock. Following the spin-off of Embarq Corporation in May 2006, Sprint Nextel is no longer the sponsor of the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees. Consequently, no additional shares of Sprint Nextel Common Stock will be issued by Sprint Nextel under either Plan. Accordingly, the purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is to deregister the 9,662,736 shares of Sprint Nextel Common Stock 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 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 23rd day of August, 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 Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 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* 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) ) ) August 23, 2006 TIMOTHY M. DONAHUE* Chairman ) ) ) KEITH J. BANE* Director ) ) ) GORDON M. BETHUNE* Director ) ) ) FRANK M. DRENDEL* Director ) ) ) JAMES H. HANCE, JR.* Director ) ) II-2 V. JANET HILL* Director ) ) ) I. O. HOCKADAY, JR.* Director ) ) ) WILLIAM E. KENNARD* Director ) ) August 23, 2006 ) L. K. LORIMER* 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. 333-115608. II-3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the provisions of Rule 478 thereunder, the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 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 23rd day of August, 2006. SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN By: /s/ Michael T. Hyde Michael T. Hyde Assistant Secretary of Sprint Nextel Corporation SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the provisions of Rule 478 thereunder, the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 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 23rd day of August, 2006. SPRINT RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN FOR BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES By: /s/ Michael T. Hyde Michael T. Hyde Assistant Secretary of Sprint Nextel Corporation II-4 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Exhibits 24. Power of Attorney.