UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 28, 2004

 

NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

000-29633

 

91-1930918

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

4500 Carillon Point
Kirkland, Washington 98033
(425) 576-3600

(Address and Telephone Number of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 



 

Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On April 28, 2004, Nextel Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company is commencing a tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) and consent solicitation (the “Consent Solicitation” and, together with the Tender Offer, the “Offer”) relating to any and all of its outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2010.  In addition, the Company announced that it intends to finance the Tender Offer with an incremental term loan and an offering of senior notes pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, together with other available funds.  The securities to be offered have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States, absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Nothing in this report should be construed as an offer to purchase any outstanding 11% Notes, as such offer is only being made upon the terms and is subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase.

 

The statements in this report regarding future aspects relating to the Offer, the incremental term loan and the new senior notes and other statements which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, market and competitive conditions, that may cause actual future experience and results to differ materially from the statements made.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  April 28, 2004

 

By:

/S/ JOHN CHAPPLE

 

 

 

 

John Chapple

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release, dated April 28, 2004, issued by Nextel Partners, Inc.

 

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