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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Meeting Information            

 

SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION                

  

Meeting Type:

 

 

Annual Meeting

 

      For holders as of:   March 12, 2010
     

 

Date:      May 11, 2010

 

 

 

          Time: 10:00 a.m. Central Time

 

      Location:    The Ritz Charles, Overland Park
     

 9000 W. 137th Street

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 Overland Park, Kansas 66221

 

     

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Voting Items                

 

The Board of Directors recommends

you vote FOR the following proposals:

             

 

1.      Election of Directors

             

 

         Nominees:

           

 

         1a   Robert R. Bennett

      The Board of Directors recommends you vote
AGAINST the following proposals:
     

         1b   Gordon M. Bethune

     

4.      To vote on a shareholder proposal concerning political contributions.

     

         1c   Larry C. Glasscock

     

5.      To vote on a shareholder proposal concerning

an advisory vote on executive compensation.

     

         1d   James H. Hance, Jr.

     

6.      To vote on a shareholder proposal concerning

shareholders’ ability to act by written consent.

     

         1e   Daniel R. Hesse

 

         1f   V. Janet Hill

 

         1g  Frank Ianna

      NOTE: The proxy holder will vote in their discretion on any other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof, including any shareholder proposal omitted from the accompanying Proxy Statement pursuant to rule 14a-8 of the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.      

         1h  Sven-Christer Nilsson

           

         1i   William R. Nuti

           

         1j   Rodney O’Neal

           

2.      To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Sprint Nextel for 2010.

           

3.      To approve an amendment to the 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan to permit a one-time, value-for-value stock option exchange program for employees other than directors and named executive officers.

           

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