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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): September 16, 2021

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-14195

65-0723837

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

116 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 375-7500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value			AMT			New York Stock Exchange
1.375% Senior Notes due 2025			AMT 25A			New York Stock Exchange
1.950% Senior Notes due 2026			AMT 26B			New York Stock Exchange
0.450% Senior Notes due 2027			AMT 27C			New York Stock Exchange
0.500% Senior Notes due 2028			AMT 28A			New York Stock Exchange
0.875% Senior Notes due 2029			AMT 29B			New York Stock Exchange
1.000% Senior Notes due 2032			AMT 32			New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Senior Notes due 2033			AMT 33			New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

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Item 8.01    Other Events.

On September 16, 2021, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that the Board of Directors declared a cash distribution of $1.31 per share of the Company’s common stock, payable on October 15, 2021 to the stockholders of record at the close of business on September 28, 2021.

Also on September 16, 2021, the Company announced in the Press Release its election to call for redemption all of its outstanding 4.70% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “4.70% Notes”). In accordance with the redemption provisions of the 4.70% Notes and the Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of March 12, 2012 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 5” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “4.70% Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, the 4.70% Notes will be redeemed at a price equal to the principal amount of the 4.70% Notes plus a make-whole premium calculated pursuant to the terms of the 4.70% Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but excluding, the redemption date, which has been set for October 18, 2021.

A copy of the Press Release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Press Release, dated September 16, 2021.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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SIGNATURE

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.

						AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
						(Registrant)
Date:			September 16, 2021			By:			/s/ Rodney M. Smith
									Rodney M. Smith
									Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer