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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One):


☒			Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021


☐			Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-14195

American Tower Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware						65-0723837
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

116 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of principal executive offices)

Telephone Number (617) 375-7500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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


Title of each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of 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
0.400% Senior Notes due 2027	AMT 27D	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
0.950% Senior Notes due 2030	AMT 30C	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

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

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act: Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act: Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days: Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

☐

Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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Emerging growth company

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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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (§15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act): Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2021 was $122.5 billion, based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second quarter.

As of February 17, 2022, there were 455,884,806 shares of common stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the definitive proxy statement (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relative to the registrant’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report.

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

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FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT

FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021


		Page
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		iii
PART I
ITEM 1.	Business	1
	Overview	1
	Products and Services	2
	Strategy	4
	Regulatory Matters	6
	Competition	8
	Human Capital Resources	8
	Executive Officers	9
	Available Information	9
ITEM 1A.	Risk Factors	10
ITEM 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	20
ITEM 2.	Properties	20
ITEM 3.	Legal Proceedings	21
ITEM 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	21
PART II
ITEM 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	22
	Dividends	22
	Performance Graph	22

ITEM 6.	[Reserved]	23
ITEM 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	23
	Executive Overview	23
	Non-GAAP Financial Measures	28
	Results of Operations: Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020	30
	Liquidity and Capital Resources	37
	Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates	49
	Accounting Standards Updates	51
ITEM 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	52
ITEM 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	53
ITEM 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	53

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

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FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT

FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021


		Page
ITEM 9A.	Controls and Procedures	53
	Disclosure Controls and Procedures	53
	Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting	54
	Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting	54
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	55
ITEM 9C.	Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections	55
PART III
ITEM 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	56
ITEM 11.	Executive Compensation	57
ITEM 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	57
ITEM 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	57
ITEM 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	58
PART IV
ITEM 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	59
	Index to Exhibits	59
ITEM 16.	Form 10-K Summary	68
Signatures		69
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements		F-1

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Annual Report”) contains statements about future events and expectations, or forward-looking statements, all of which are inherently uncertain. We have based those forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future results. When we use words such as “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects” or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, future prospects of growth in the communications infrastructure leasing industry, the effects of consolidation among companies in our industry and among our customers and other competitive and financial pressures, our ability to maintain or increase our market share, our plans to fund our future liquidity needs, our substantial leverage and debt service obligations, our future financing transactions, our future operating results, the level of future expenditures by companies in this industry and other trends in this industry, changes in zoning, tax and other laws and regulations and administrative and judicial decisions, economic, political and other events, particularly those relating to our international operations, our future capital expenditure levels, our expectations regarding the impacts of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and our operating results, the expected impact of the CoreSite Acquisition (as defined in this Annual Report) on our business, including our ability to successfully integrate the CoreSite assets or utilize such assets to their full capacity, the impact of technology changes on our industry and our business, our ability to remain qualified for taxation as a real estate investment trust (REIT), the amount and timing of any future distributions including those we are required to make as a REIT, natural disasters and similar events, technology failures, including cybersecurity and data privacy incidents, and our ability to protect our rights to the land under our towers and buildings in which our data centers are located. These statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions, which in turn are based on currently available information. These assumptions could prove inaccurate. These forward-looking statements may be found under the captions “Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” as well as in this Annual Report generally.

You should keep in mind that any forward-looking statement we make in this Annual Report or elsewhere speaks only as of the date on which we make it. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect us. In any event, these and other important factors, including those set forth in Item 1A of this Annual Report under the caption “Risk Factors,” may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by our forward-looking statements. We have no duty, and do not intend, to update or revise the forward-looking statements we make in this Annual Report, except as may be required by law. In light of these risks and uncertainties, you should keep in mind that the future events or circumstances described in any forward-looking statement we make in this Annual Report or elsewhere might not occur. References in this Annual Report to “we,” “our” and the “Company” refer to American Tower Corporation and its predecessor, as applicable, individually and collectively with its subsidiaries as the context requires.

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PART I


ITEM 1.			BUSINESS

Overview

We are one of the largest global real estate investment trusts and a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate. Our primary business is the leasing of space on communications sites to wireless service providers, radio and television broadcast companies, wireless data providers, government agencies and municipalities and tenants in a number of other industries. We refer to this business as our property operations, which accounted for 97% of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021. We also offer tower-related services in the United States, which we refer to as our services operations. These services include site application, zoning and permitting and structural analysis, which primarily support our site leasing business, including the addition of new tenants and equipment on our sites. Our customers include our tenants, licensees and other payers.

Since inception, we have grown our communications real estate portfolio through acquisitions, long-term lease arrangements and site development. Our portfolio primarily consists of towers that we own and towers that we operate pursuant to long-term lease arrangements, as well as distributed antenna system (“DAS”) networks, which provide seamless coverage solutions in certain in-building and outdoor wireless environments. In addition to the communications sites in our portfolio, we manage rooftop and tower sites for property owners under various contractual arrangements. We also hold other telecommunications infrastructure, fiber and property interests that we lease primarily to communications service providers and third-party tower operators, and, as discussed further below, we hold a portfolio of highly interconnected data center facilities and related assets in the United States that we lease primarily to enterprises, network operators, cloud providers and supporting service providers.

In 2021, we added approximately 31,000 communications sites to our portfolios in Latin America and Europe and launched operations in Spain as part of our transaction with Telxius Telecom, S.A. (“Telxius,” and the acquisition, the “Telxius Acquisition,” as further discussed in Item 7 of this Annual Report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Executive Overview”). In addition, we launched operations in the Philippines through the construction of new sites therein and in Bangladesh through the acquisition of a controlling interest in Kirtonkhola Tower Bangladesh Limited (the “Bangladesh Acquisition”). As of December 31, 2021, our communications real estate portfolio of 220,131 communications sites included 43,308 communications sites in the U.S. & Canada, 75,725 communications sites in Asia-Pacific, 22,165 communications sites in Africa, 30,041 communications sites in Europe and 48,892 communications sites in Latin America, as well as urban telecommunications assets, including fiber, in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico and South Africa and other property interests in Australia, Canada and the United States.

In December 2021, we completed the acquisition of CoreSite Realty Corporation (“CoreSite”), consisting of over 20 data center facilities and related assets in eight United States markets, for total consideration of $10.4 billion, including the assumption and repayment of CoreSite’s existing debt (the “CoreSite Acquisition”). As of December 31, 2021, our data center portfolio consisted of 27 data center facilities across ten United States markets, including the assets acquired as part of the CoreSite Acquisition, as well as our previously acquired data center facilities.

In May 2021 and June 2021, in connection with the funding of the Telxius Acquisition, we entered into agreements with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) and Allianz insurance companies and funds managed by Allianz Capital Partners GmbH, including the Allianz European Infrastructure Fund (collectively, “Allianz”), for CDPQ and Allianz to acquire 30% and 18% noncontrolling interests, respectively, in subsidiaries whose holdings consist of our operations in France, Germany, Poland and Spain (such subsidiaries collectively, “ATC Europe,” and the transactions, the “ATC Europe Transactions”). We completed the ATC Europe Transactions in September 2021 for total aggregate consideration of 2.6 billion Euros (“EUR”) (approximately $3.1 billion at the date of closing). After the completion of the ATC Europe Transactions, we hold a 52% controlling ownership interest in ATC Europe.

We operate as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (“REIT”). Accordingly, we generally are not required to pay U.S. federal income taxes on income generated by our REIT operations, including the income derived from leasing space on our towers and in our data centers, as we receive a dividends paid deduction for distributions to stockholders that generally offsets our REIT income and gains. However, we remain obligated to pay U.S. federal income taxes on earnings from our domestic taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”). In addition, our international assets and operations, regardless of their classification for U.S. tax purposes, continue to be subject to taxation in the jurisdictions where those assets are held or those operations are conducted.

The use of TRSs enables us to continue to engage in certain businesses and jurisdictions while complying with REIT qualification requirements. We may, from time to time, change the election of previously designated TRSs to be included as part of the REIT. As of December 31, 2021, our REIT-qualified businesses included our U.S. tower leasing business, a majority of our U.S. indoor DAS networks business, our Services and Data Centers segments, as well as most of our operations in

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Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Mexico and Nigeria. In January 2022, a majority of our operations in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda became part of the REIT.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, as a result of the CoreSite Acquisition, we updated our reportable segments to add a Data Centers segment. The Data Centers segment is included within our property operations. We will now report our results in seven segments – U.S. & Canada property (which includes all assets in the United States and Canada, other than our data center facilities and related assets), Asia-Pacific property, Africa property, Europe property, Latin America property, Data Centers and Services. We believe this change provides greater visibility into our operating segments and aligns our reporting with management’s current approach of allocating costs and resources, managing growth and profitability and assessing the operating performance of our business segments. This change applies to our business operations results beginning with the fourth quarter of 2021 and had no impact on our consolidated financial statements for any prior periods. Historical financial information included in this Annual Report has not been adjusted as the amounts attributable to data center assets were insignificant as prior to the fourth quarter of 2021, we owned one data center.

Products and Services

Property Operations

Our property operations accounted for 97%, 99% and 98% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Our revenue is primarily generated from tenant leases. Our tenants lease space on our communications real estate, where they install and maintain their equipment. Rental payments vary considerably depending upon numerous factors, including, but not limited to, amount, type and position of tenant equipment on the tower, remaining tower capacity and tower location. Our costs typically include ground rent (which is primarily fixed under long-term lease agreements with annual cost escalations) and power and fuel costs, some or all of which may be passed through to our tenants, as well as property taxes and repair and maintenance expenses. Our property operations have generated consistent growth in revenue and typically have low cash flow volatility due to the following characteristics:

•Long-term tenant leases with contractual rent escalations. In general, our tenant leases for our communications sites with wireless carriers have initial non-cancellable terms of five to ten years with multiple renewal terms, with provisions that periodically increase the rent due under the lease, typically annually, based on a fixed escalation percentage (averaging approximately 3% in the United States) or an inflationary index in most of our international markets, or a combination of both. Based upon foreign currency exchange rates and the tenant leases in place as of December 31, 2021, we expect to generate over $61 billion of non-cancellable tenant lease revenue over future periods, before the impact of straight-line lease accounting.

•Consistent demand for our sites. As a result of rapidly growing usage of mobile data and other wireless services and the corresponding wireless industry capital spending trends in the markets we serve, we anticipate consistent demand for our communications sites. We believe that our global asset base positions us well to benefit from the increasing proliferation of advanced wireless devices and the increasing usage of high bandwidth applications on those devices. We have the ability to add new tenants and new equipment for existing tenants on our sites, which typically results in incremental revenue and modest incremental costs. Our site portfolio and our established tenant base provide us with a solid platform for new business opportunities, which has historically resulted in consistent and predictable organic revenue growth.

•High lease renewal rates. Our tenants tend to renew leases because suitable alternative sites may not exist or be available and repositioning a site in their network may be expensive and may adversely affect network quality. Historically, churn has averaged approximately 1% to 2% of tenant billings per year. We define churn as tenant billings lost when a tenant cancels or does not renew its lease or, in limited circumstances, when the lease rates on existing leases are reduced. We derive our churn rate for a given year by dividing our tenant billings lost on this basis by our prior-year tenant billings. As discussed in Item 7 of this Annual Report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Executive Overview,” we experienced elevated levels of churn in recent years due to carrier consolidation-driven churn in India. We anticipate that our churn rate in our Asia-Pacific property segment will moderate over time, however, in the immediate term, we believe that our churn rate may remain elevated as, among other things, our tenants in India evaluate how best to comply with the recent court rulings by the Supreme Court of India and determine their obligations under payment plans for the adjusted gross revenue (“AGR”) fees and charges prescribed by such court, as further discussed in Item 1A of this Annual Report under the caption “Risk Factors—Our business, and that of our customers, is subject to laws, regulations and administrative and judicial decisions, and changes thereto, that could restrict our ability to operate our business as we currently do or impact our competitive landscape.” Additionally, we expect that our churn rate in our U.S. & Canada property segment will be elevated for a period of several years due to contractual lease cancellations

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and non-renewals pursuant to the terms of our master lease agreement with T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile,” and the agreement, the “T-Mobile MLA”) entered into in September 2020.

•High operating margins. Incremental operating costs associated with adding new tenants or equipment to an existing communications site are relatively minimal. Therefore, as tenants or equipment are added, the substantial majority of incremental revenue flows through to gross margin and operating profit. In addition, in many of our international markets, certain expenses, such as ground rent or power and fuel costs, are reimbursed or shared by our tenant base.

•Low maintenance capital expenditures. On average, we require relatively low amounts of annual capital expenditures to maintain our communications sites.

Our property business includes the operation of communications sites and managed networks, the leasing of property interests and, in select markets, the operation of fiber, the operation of data centers and the provision of backup power through shared generators. Our presence in a number of markets at different relative stages of wireless development provides us with significant diversification and long-term growth potential. Our property segments accounted for the following percentage of consolidated total revenue for the years ended December 31,:


	2021		2020		2019
U.S. & Canada	52	%	56	%	55	%
Asia-Pacific	13	%	14	%	16	%
Africa	11	%	11	%	8	%
Europe	5	%	2	%	2	%
Latin America	16	%	16	%	18	%
Data Centers	0	%	—	%	—	%

Communications Sites. Approximately 95% of revenue in our property segments was attributable to our communications sites, excluding DAS networks, for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

We lease space on our communications sites to tenants providing a diverse range of communications services, including cellular voice and data, broadcasting, mobile video and a number of other applications. In addition, in many of our international markets, we receive pass-through revenue from our tenants to cover certain costs, including power and fuel costs and ground rent. Our top tenants by revenue for each property segment are as follows for the year ended December 31, 2021:

•U.S. & Canada: AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”); T-Mobile; and Verizon Wireless accounted for an aggregate of 88% of U.S. & Canada property segment revenue.

•Asia-Pacific: Vodafone Idea Limited; Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”); and Reliance Jio accounted for an aggregate of 89% of Asia-Pacific property segment revenue.

•Africa: Airtel; and MTN Group Limited (“MTN”) accounted for an aggregate of 73% of Africa property segment revenue.

•Europe: Telefónica S.A. (“Telefónica”); and Bouygues accounted for an aggregate of 74% of Europe property segment revenue.

•Latin America: AT&T; Telefónica; and América Móvil accounted for an aggregate of 60% of Latin America property segment revenue.

Accordingly, we are subject to certain risks, as set forth in Item 1A of this Annual Report under the caption “Risk Factors—A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from a small number of customers, and we are sensitive to adverse changes in the creditworthiness and financial strength of our customers.” In addition, we are subject to risks related to our international operations, as set forth under the caption “Risk Factors—Our foreign operations are subject to economic, political and other risks that could materially and adversely affect our revenues or financial position, including risks associated with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.”

Managed Networks, Fiber and Related Assets, Data Centers and Related Assets, Property Interests and Shared Generators. In addition to our communications sites, we also own and operate several types of managed network solutions, provide communications site management services to third parties, manage and lease property interests under carrier or other third-party communications sites, provide the right to use fiber, operate data center facilities and provide back-up power sources to tenants at our sites. The balance of our property segment revenue not attributable to our communications sites was attributable to these items.

•Managed Networks. We own and operate DAS networks in the United States and certain international markets. We obtain rights from property owners to install and operate in-building DAS networks, and we grant rights to wireless service providers to attach their equipment to our installations. We also offer a small portfolio of outdoor DAS networks as a complementary shared infrastructure solution for our tenants in the United States and in certain

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international markets. Typically, we have designed, built and operated our outdoor DAS networks in areas in which zoning restrictions or other barriers may prevent or delay deployment of more traditional wireless communications sites, such as macro tower sites. We also hold lease rights and easement interests on rooftops capable of hosting communications equipment in locations where towers are generally not a viable solution based on area characteristics. In addition, we provide management services to property owners in the United States who elect to retain full rights to their property while simultaneously marketing the rooftop for wireless communications equipment installation. As the demand for advanced wireless services in urban markets evolves, we continue to evaluate a variety of infrastructure solutions, including small cells and other network architectures that may support our tenants’ networks in these areas.

•Fiber and Related Assets. We own and operate fiber and related assets in certain international markets. We currently provide the right to use such fiber and related assets to communications and internet service providers and third-party operators to support their telecommunications infrastructure. We expect to continue to evaluate opportunities to invest selectively in and expand these and other similar assets in the future as part of advanced network deployments.

•Data Centers and Related Assets. As a result of our recent data center acquisitions, we own and operate data center facilities and related assets in the United States, which consist of specialized and secure buildings that house networking, storage and communications technology infrastructure, including servers, storage devices, switches, routers and fiber optic transmission equipment. These buildings are designed to provide the power, cooling and network connectivity necessary to efficiently operate this equipment. Data centers located at points where many communications networks converge can also function as interconnection hubs where customers are able to connect to multiple networks, cloud companies and other service providers to exchange traffic and interoperate with each other.

•Property Interests. We own portfolios of property interests in Australia, Canada and the United States, including land under carrier or other third-party communications sites, which provide recurring cash flow under complementary leasing arrangements.

•Shared Generators. We have contracts with certain of our tenants in the United States pursuant to which we provide access to shared backup power generators.

Services Operations

We offer tower-related services in the United States, including site application, zoning and permitting and structural analysis services. Our services operations primarily support our site leasing business, including through the addition of new tenants and equipment on our sites. This segment accounted for 3%, 1% and 2% of our total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Site Application, Zoning and Permitting. We engage in site application services on our own behalf in connection with our tower development projects, as well as on behalf of our tenants. We typically work with our tenants’ engineers to determine the geographic areas where new communications sites will best address the tenants’ needs and meet their coverage objectives. Once a new site is identified, we acquire the rights to the land or structure on which the site will be constructed, and we manage the permitting process to ensure all necessary approvals are obtained to construct and operate the communications site.

Structural Analysis. We offer structural analysis services to wireless carriers in connection with the installation of their communications equipment on our towers. Our team of engineers can evaluate whether a tower structure can support the additional burden of the new equipment or if an upgrade is needed, which enables our tenants to better assess potential sites before making an installation decision. Our structural analysis capabilities enable us to provide higher quality service to our existing tenants by, among other things, reducing the time required to achieve on-air readiness, while also providing opportunities to offer structural analysis services to third parties.

Strategy

Operational Strategy

As the use of wireless services on handsets, tablets and other advanced mobile devices grows and evolves, there is a corresponding increase in demand for the communications infrastructure required to deploy current and future generations of wireless communications technologies. To capture this demand, our primary operational focus is to (i) increase the occupancy of our existing communications real estate portfolio to support global connectivity, (ii) invest in and selectively grow our communications real estate portfolio, (iii) further improve our operational performance and efficiency, including through platform expansion initiatives, and (iv) maintain a strong balance sheet. We believe these efforts to meet our customers’ needs will support and enhance our ability to capitalize on the growth in demand for wireless infrastructure. In addition, we expect to explore new opportunities to enhance or extend our shared communications infrastructure businesses, including those that may make our assets incrementally more attractive to new customers, or to existing customers for new uses, and those that increase our operational efficiency.

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•Increase the occupancy of our existing communications real estate portfolio to support global connectivity. We believe that our highest incremental returns will be achieved by leasing additional space on our existing communications sites. Increasing demand for wireless services in our served markets has resulted in significant capital spending by major wireless carriers and other connectivity providers. As a result, we anticipate growing demand for our communications sites because they are attractively located and typically have capacity available for additional tenants and equipment. In the United States, incremental carrier network activity is being driven by 4G network densification initiatives as well as the early stages of multiple concurrent 5G network deployments. In our international markets, carriers are increasingly deploying more advanced network technologies such as 4G and, in the case of our international markets with more mature network technology, 5G, while continuing to selectively augment legacy networks. We believe that the majority of our towers have capacity for additional tenants and that substantially all of our towers that are currently at or near full structural capacity can be upgraded or augmented to meet future tenant demand with relatively modest capital investment. Therefore, we will continue to target our sales and marketing activities to increase the utilization and return on investment of our existing communications sites.

•Invest in and selectively grow our communications real estate portfolio to meet our customers’ needs. We seek opportunities to invest in and grow our operations through our capital expenditure program and acquisitions. A significant portion of our inorganic growth has been focused on properties with lower initial tenancy because we believe that over time we can significantly increase tenancy levels, and therefore, drive strong returns on those assets. More recently, we have invested in strategic data center assets, including through the CoreSite Acquisition, which we believe can drive strong, recurring growth and also meaningfully enhance the value of our existing communications tower real estate through emerging edge compute opportunities in the future.

•Further improve our operational performance and efficiency. We continue to seek opportunities to improve our operational performance throughout the organization. This includes investing in our systems and people as we strive to improve efficiency and provide superior service to our customers. To achieve this, we intend to continue to focus on customer service initiatives, such as reducing cycle times for key functions, including lease processing and tower structural analysis. We are also focused on developing and implementing renewable power solutions across our footprint to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and help improve the overall efficiency of the communications infrastructure and wireless industries through our sustainability and platform expansion initiatives. We also expect to explore additional ways to use our platform expansion initiatives to enhance the efficiency of our operations over time.

•Maintain a strong balance sheet. We remain committed to disciplined financial policies, which we believe result in our ability to maintain a strong balance sheet and will support our overall strategy and focus on asset growth and operational excellence. As a result of these policies, we currently have investment grade credit ratings. We continue to focus on maintaining a robust liquidity position and, as of December 31, 2021, had $6.1 billion of available liquidity. We believe that our investment grade credit ratings provide us consistent access to the capital markets and our liquidity provides us the ability to continue to invest in growing and augmenting our business.

Capital Allocation Strategy

The objective of our capital allocation strategy is to simultaneously increase adjusted funds from operations per share and our return on invested capital over the long term. To maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT, we are required annually to distribute an amount equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for distributed earnings and excluding any net capital gain) to our stockholders. After complying with our REIT distribution requirements, we plan to continue to allocate our available capital among investment alternatives that meet or exceed our return on investment criteria, while taking into account the repayment of debt consistent with our financial policies.

•Capital expenditure program. We expect to continue to invest in and expand our existing communications real estate portfolio through our capital expenditure program. This includes capital expenditures associated with site maintenance, increasing the capacity of our existing sites and projects such as new site and data center facility construction, land interest acquisitions and power solutions.

•Acquisitions. We intend to continue to pursue acquisitions of communications sites and other telecommunications infrastructure in our existing or new markets where we can meet or exceed our risk-adjusted return on investment criteria. The risk-adjusted hurdle rates used to evaluate acquisition opportunities consider additional factors such as the country and counterparties involved, investment and economic climate, legal and regulatory conditions and industry risk, among others.

•Return excess capital to stockholders. If we have excess capital available after funding (i) our required distributions, (ii) capital expenditures, (iii) the repayment of debt consistent with our financial policies and (iv) anticipated future investments, including acquisition and select platform expansion opportunities, we will seek to return such excess capital to stockholders, including through our stock repurchase programs.

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International Growth Strategy

We believe that, in certain international markets, we can create substantial value by either establishing a new, or expanding our existing, communications real estate leasing business. Therefore, we expect we will continue to seek international growth opportunities where we believe our risk-adjusted return objectives can be achieved. We strive to maintain a diversified approach to our international growth strategy by operating in a geographically diverse array of markets in a variety of stages of wireless network development. Our international growth strategy includes a disciplined, individualized market evaluation, in which we conduct the following analyses, among others:

•Country analysis. Prior to entering a new market, we conduct an extensive review of the country’s historical and projected macroeconomic fundamentals, including inflation and foreign currency exchange rate trends, demographics, capital markets, tax regime and investment alternatives, and the general business, political and legal environments, including property rights and regulatory regime.

•Wireless industry analysis. To confirm the presence of sufficient demand to support an independent tower leasing model, we analyze the competitiveness of the country’s wireless market. This includes an evaluation of the industry’s pricing environment, past and potential consolidation and the stage of its wireless network development. Characteristics that result in an attractive investment opportunity include (i) multiple competitive wireless service providers who are actively seeking to invest in deploying voice and data networks and (ii) ongoing or expected deployment of incremental spectrum from recent or anticipated auctions.

•Opportunity and counterparty analysis. Once an investment opportunity is identified within a geographic area with an attractive wireless industry, we conduct a multifaceted opportunity and counterparty analysis. This includes evaluating (i) the type of transaction, (ii) its ability to meet our risk-adjusted return criteria given the country and the counterparties involved, including the anticipated anchor tenant and (iii) how the transaction fits within our long-term strategic objectives, including future potential investment and expansion within the region.

Regulatory Matters

Towers, Antennas and Fiber. Our U.S. and international tower leasing businesses are subject to national, state and local regulatory requirements with respect to the registration, siting, construction, lighting, marking and maintenance of our towers. In the United States, the construction of new towers or modifications to existing towers may require pre-approval by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) and the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), depending on factors such as tower height and proximity to public airfields. Towers requiring pre-approval must be registered with the FCC and maintained in accordance with FAA standards. Similar requirements regarding pre-approval of the construction and modification of towers are imposed by regulators in other countries. Non-compliance with applicable tower-related requirements may lead to monetary penalties or site deconstruction orders.

Certain of our international operations are subject to regulatory requirements with respect to licensing, registration, permitting and public listings. In India, our subsidiary, ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited (“ATC TIPL”), holds an Infrastructure Provider Category-I (“IP-I”) Registration Certificate issued by the Indian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which permits us to provide tower space to companies licensed as telecommunications service providers under the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885. As a condition to the IP-I, the Indian government has the right to take over telecommunications infrastructure in the case of emergency or war. Additionally, in 2018, ATC TIPL issued non-convertible debentures, which are listed on the National Stock Exchange of India. Although the debt is held by another subsidiary of ours and is eliminated in consolidation, ATC TIPL is still subject to the listing requirements of such exchange.

In Asia-Pacific, our subsidiaries in the Philippines and Bangladesh are required to hold a registration or license in order to establish, manage and operate passive telecommunications infrastructure services.

In Africa, our subsidiaries in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria and Uganda are required to hold a license in order to establish and maintain passive telecommunications infrastructure services and DAS networks for communications service providers. Additionally, in Uganda, our subsidiary is subject to review for three years commencing in 2020 by a monitoring trustee regarding compliance with certain conditions of approval of our acquisition in 2019 of Eaton Towers Holdings Limited.

In Latin America, our subsidiary in Chile holds a license for the provision of passive telecommunications infrastructure and our subsidiary in Argentina holds a license for the leasing of fiber. The subsidiaries that hold our fiber business in Mexico and Brazil are also licensed and regulated as concession holders and permit holders authorized to provide telecommunications services. In many of the markets in which we operate, we are required to provide tower space to service providers on a non-discriminatory basis, subject to the negotiation of mutually agreeable terms.

Our international business operations may be subject to increased licensing fees or ownership restrictions. For example, in South Africa, the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (the “BBBEE Act”) has established a legislative framework for the promotion of economic empowerment of South African citizens disadvantaged by Apartheid. Accordingly,

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the BBBEE Act and related codes measure BBBEE Act compliance and good corporate practice by the inclusion of certain ownership, management control, employment equity and other metrics for companies that do business there. In Kenya, our regulator requires all holders of a commercial license to issue at least 30% of their shares to Kenyans within three years of receiving the license unless a waiver is obtained to extend such period of compliance by a year. In addition, certain municipalities have sought to impose permit fees based upon structural or operational requirements of towers and certain regional and other governmental bodies have sought to impose levies or other forms of fees. Our foreign operations may be affected if a country’s regulatory authority restricts, revokes or modifies spectrum licenses of certain wireless service providers or implements limitations on foreign ownership.

In all countries where we operate, we are subject to zoning restrictions and restrictive covenants imposed by local authorities or community organizations. While these regulations vary, they typically require tower owners or tenants to obtain approval from local authorities or community standards organizations prior to tower construction or the addition of a new antenna to an existing tower. Local zoning authorities and community residents often oppose construction in their communities, which can delay or prevent new tower construction, new antenna installation or site upgrade projects, thereby limiting our ability to respond to tenant demand. This opposition and existing or new zoning regulations can increase costs associated with new tower construction, tower modifications or additions of new antennas to a site or site upgrades, as well as adversely affect the associated timing or cost of such projects. Further, additional regulations may be adopted that cause delays or result in additional costs to us or changes in the competitive landscape that may negatively affect our business. These factors could materially and adversely affect our operations. In the United States, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 prohibits any action by state and local authorities that would discriminate between different providers of wireless services or ban altogether the construction, modification or placement of communications sites. It also prohibits state or local restrictions based on the environmental effects of radio frequency emissions to the extent the facilities comply with FCC regulations. Further, in February 2012, the United States government adopted regulations requiring that local and state governments approve modifications or colocations that qualify as eligible facilities under the regulations.

Portions of our business are subject to additional regulations, for example, in a number of states throughout the United States, certain of our subsidiaries hold Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) or other status, in connection with the operation of our outdoor DAS networks business. In addition, we, or our customers, may be subject to new regulatory policies in certain jurisdictions from time to time that may materially and adversely affect our business or the demand for our communications sites.

Data Centers. Our U.S. data center facilities and related assets are subject to various federal, state and local regulations, such as state and local fire and life safety regulations and Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) federal requirements. If one of our properties is not in compliance with these regulations, we may be required to make significant unanticipated expenditures in order to comply with such regulations and/or pay fines or civil damage awards. Existing regulations may subsequently change or future regulations may be enacted, either of which could have a similar impact as described above, and could materially and adversely affect our operations.

Environmental Matters. Our U.S. and international operations are subject to various national, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including those relating to the management, use, storage, disposal, emission and remediation of, and exposure to, hazardous and non-hazardous substances, materials and wastes, the siting of our towers and the maintenance of our data center facilities. We may be required to obtain permits, pay additional property taxes, comply with regulatory requirements and make certain informational filings related to hazardous substances or devices used to provide power such as batteries, generators and fuel at our tower sites and/or data center facilities. With respect to our data center facilities, the presence of contamination, asbestos, mold or other air quality issues or the failure to remediate contamination, asbestos, mold or other air quality issues at our facilities may expose us to third-party liability or materially adversely affect our ability to sell, lease or develop the real estate or to borrow using the real estate as collateral. Violations of these types of regulations could subject us to fines or criminal sanctions.

Additionally, in the United States and in other countries where we operate, before constructing a new tower or adding an antenna to an existing site, we must review and evaluate the impact of the action to determine whether it may significantly affect the environment and whether we must disclose any significant impacts in an environmental assessment. If a tower or new antenna might have a material adverse impact on the environment, FCC or other governmental approval of the tower or antenna could be significantly delayed.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, and some of the states and localities in which we operate, have also enacted certain climate change laws and regulations and/or have begun regulating carbon footprints and greenhouse gas emissions and may adopt new regulations related to the use of fossil fuels or requiring the use of alternative fuel or renewable energy sources to power energy resources that serve our data centers. Efforts to support and enhance renewable electricity generation may increase our costs of electricity above those that would be incurred through procurement of conventional

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electricity. Our data centers require and consume significant amounts of power, including electricity generated by the burning of fossil fuels. These laws, regulations and stakeholder requests could limit our ability to develop new facilities or result in substantial compliance, maintenance, repair, retrofit and construction costs, including capital expenditures for environmental control facilities and other new equipment. Changes in regulations that affect electric power providers, such as regulations related to the control of greenhouse gas emissions or other climate change-related matters, could adversely affect the costs of electric power and increase our operating costs, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations or those of our customers.

Health and Safety. In the United States and in other countries where we operate, we are subject to various national, state and local laws regarding employee health and safety, including protection from radio frequency exposure and air quality issues. Additionally, and in response to various national, state and local laws and guidance enacted in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we implemented work-from-home arrangements and travel restrictions for our employees where practicable, as well as and other modifications to our business practices.

Competition

Our industry is highly competitive. We compete, both for new business and for the acquisition of assets, with other public tower companies, such as Crown Castle International Corp., SBA Communications Corporation, Telesites S.A.B. de C.V. and Cellnex Telecom, S.A., wireless carrier tower consortia such as Indus Towers Limited and private tower companies, private equity sponsored firms, carrier-affiliated tower companies, independent wireless carriers, tower owners, broadcasters and owners of non-communications sites, including rooftops, utility towers, water towers and other alternative structures. Our data center business also competes with a variety of companies offering similar data center solutions and services, including space, power, interconnection and development services. We believe that location and capacity, network and/or interconnection density, price, quality and speed of service have been, and will continue to be, significant competitive factors affecting owners, operators and managers of communications sites and data center facilities.

Our services business competes with a variety of companies offering individual, or combinations of, competing services. The field of competitors includes site application consultants, zoning consultants, real estate firms, right-of-way consultants, structural engineering firms, tower owners/managers, telecommunications equipment vendors who can provide turnkey site development services through multiple subcontractors and our tenants’ personnel. We believe that our tenants base their decisions for services on various criteria, including a company’s experience, local reputation, price and time for completion of a project.

For more information on demand trends in our industry, see Item 7 of this Annual Report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Executive Overview.”

Human Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2021, we employed 6,378 full-time individuals, including 2,291 employees based in the United States and 4,087 employees based internationally. Our teams representing our over 20 countries around the world are our most important assets and fundamental to our success. Aligned with our business strategy, our human capital management strategy focuses on developing and delivering solutions to attract, develop, engage and retain top diverse talent in each of the countries where we operate. We consider our employee relations to be good. Our Chief Sustainability Officer regularly reports to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors on our initiatives related to human capital management.

Employee Engagement. In 2021, our employees completed our biennial company-wide engagement survey to provide feedback on our company in nine key areas. The survey was completed by 91% of our employees globally. All of the nine areas measured scored over 70% in favorability. Of note, teamwork and leadership both received an 89% favorability score, employee engagement received an 87% favorability score and diversity and inclusion received an 83% favorability score. Additionally, our COVID-19 response received a 91% favorability score. The questions with the highest favorable ratings were focused on our culture, values and ethics.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Diversity, equity and inclusion are fundamental considerations and values for us in conducting business. A critical factor in our success is ensuring that each of these remains at the core of our business culture, infusing fresh ideas, helping us remain connected to our customers in a dynamic global market and ensuring mutual respect guides us in our interactions both internally and externally. We have adopted a Global Human Rights Statement, which can be found on our website.

Our Board of Directors is a diverse group with respect to traditional diversity metrics such as gender, race and national origin, as well as professional background and skills, with four members of our board identifying as female and five identifying as part of a minority group. We are also committed to ensuring diverse representation among our employees. In 2021, 38% of all

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employees promoted globally were female, which is greater than the female representation in our workforce of 28%. And as of December 31, 2021, nearly 40% of management-level positions in the United States were also held by women.

Additionally, we have implemented several initiatives designed to help address social injustice and enhance our diversity. These include pledges from the American Tower Foundation of (i) $1.0 million for grants to organizations recommended by our Social Justice Committee to counter systemic racism and (ii) $1.0 million for scholarship funds at two Historically Black Colleges and Universities. In 2021, we created a new senior role, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, tasked with leading our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy by introducing new initiatives and best practices, including working with each region to develop relevant representation, development and recruitment goals and launching a company-wide resource center for our employees.

Talent Development and Recruitment. As a critical investment in our capacity to provide our customers with outstanding support and customer service, we offer a variety of development opportunities unique to each market to cultivate our talent throughout our global organization. For individual contributors, we have 8,700 resources in up to five languages that focus on job-specific training and general topics, such as productivity, collaboration and project management. We create and customize courses to meet regional needs and update these courses regularly to address changing marketplace dynamics and employee interests.

Developing our managers is critical to our success, and over 30,000 resources and tools are provided to all levels of management. For example, the Management Development at American Tower program provides continuous development opportunities through training led by American Tower leaders. Managers learn tools and best practices that enable both management and team success, and that build and strengthen competencies to better respond to the needs of a growing and increasingly complex organization. Our annual Advanced Leadership Development Program, in collaboration with the INSEAD executive education program, provides our next generation leaders in Latin America, Europe and Africa with a twelve-week intensive workshop to enhance management and leadership skills. The Leadership Excellence at American Tower Program supports global senior leaders’ development through its partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Participants learn from leading experts on topics like global strategy and leading in uncertain times. We also have a comprehensive talent-management review process to develop future leaders and ensure effective succession planning.

Our recruiting efforts consistently include strategies to build diverse candidate pipelines and promote a culture that supports a diverse team of global employees. We are proud of our Leadership Development Program, which provides a recruitment opportunity for business school students, who are able to learn about different aspects of our business through regular rotational assignments. Further, with respect to our Leadership Development Program, as of December 31, 2021, 67% of our hires identified as part of a minority group and 33% identified as female. We have also increased our recruiting efforts with Historically Black Colleges and Universities as well as other recruiting efforts to build a diverse talent pipeline.

Workplace Safety. We are committed to the safety of our employees and surrounding communities. Depending on the role, team members are required to pass and complete regular safety training courses and follow specific tower and site safety protocols using complex operational manuals. A key component of our culture is a strong commitment to incident reporting and corrective actions, as well as a comprehensive program for ensuring vendor compliance with safety standards and certifications. Our strict adherence to the rigorous standards set forth by the relevant government agencies and other authorities, such as the Telecommunications Infrastructure Registered Apprenticeship Program and Telecommunications Industry Association, is critical to ensuring our towers are structurally safe for field personnel, vendors, customers and communities. In 2021, we created a new senior role, Chief Security Officer, tasked with helping to ensure the safety and security of our employees globally, as well as implementing best in class security protocols.

Health and Wellness. We offer medical and parental leave benefits to full-time employees across all markets, with some local variation. As a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we conduct wellness check-ins and offer resources to support our employees’ mental health and well-being, including access to a free Employee Assistance Program, which offers confidential assistance on a wide range of issues. We also offer market competitive benefits in all locations and, in 2021, introduced a behavioral health benefit in the United States to support employees’ mental well-being.

Executive Officers

For information about our Executive Officers, see Item 10 of this Annual Report under the caption “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.”

Available Information

Our internet website address is www.americantower.com. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report, and you should not consider information contained on our website as part of this Annual Report. You may access, free of charge, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current

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Reports on Form 8-K, plus amendments to such reports as filed or furnished pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), through the “Investor Relations” portion of our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

We have adopted a written Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Policy (the “Code of Conduct”) that applies to all of our employees and directors, including, but not limited to, our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Conduct is available on the “Corporate Responsibility” portion of our website and our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of the audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees of our Board of Directors are available on the “Investor Relations” portion of our website. In the event we amend the Code of Conduct, or provide any waivers of the Code of Conduct to our directors or executive officers, we will disclose these events on our website as required by the regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and applicable law.

In addition, paper copies of these documents may be obtained free of charge by writing us at the following address: 116 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, Attention: Investor Relations; or by calling us at (617) 375-7500.


ITEM 1A.			RISK FACTORS

Risks Related to Our Business Strategy

A significant decrease in leasing demand for our communications infrastructure would materially and adversely affect our business and operating results, and we cannot control that demand.

A significant reduction in leasing demand for our communications infrastructure would materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition. Factors that may affect such demand include:

•increased mergers, consolidations or exits that reduce the number of communications service providers or increased use of network sharing among governments or communications service providers;

•the financial condition of communications service providers, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic;

•zoning, environmental, health, tax or other government regulations or changes in the application and enforcement thereof;

•governmental licensing of spectrum or restriction or revocation of our customers’ spectrum licenses;

•a decrease in demand for wireless or colocation services, including due to general economic conditions, disruption in the financial and credit markets or global social, political or health crises, such as the material adverse effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and markets;

•the ability and willingness of wireless and cloud service providers to maintain or increase capital expenditures on network infrastructure;

•delays or changes in the deployment of next generation wireless technologies; and

•technological changes.

If our customers consolidate their operations, exit their businesses or share site infrastructure to a significant degree, our growth, revenue and ability to generate positive cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.

Significant consolidation among our customers could reduce demand for our communications infrastructure and may materially and adversely affect our growth and revenues. Certain combined companies have rationalized duplicative parts of their networks or modernized their networks, and these and other customers could determine not to renew, or attempt to cancel, avoid or limit leases or related payments with us. In the event a customer terminates its business or separately sells its spectrum, we may experience increased churn as a result. Our ongoing contractual revenues and our future results may be negatively impacted if a significant number of these leases are terminated or not renewed. For example, see our discussion of carrier consolidation-driven churn in our Asia-Pacific property segment and churn as a result of the T-Mobile MLA in our U.S. & Canada property segment in Item 7 of this Annual Report, under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Executive Overview.”

In addition, extensive sharing of site infrastructure, roaming or resale arrangements among wireless service providers, including due to increases in advanced network technology such as 5G, as an alternative to leasing our communications sites, without compensation to us, may cause new lease activity to slow if carriers utilize shared equipment rather than deploy new equipment, or may result in the decommissioning of equipment on certain existing sites because portions of the customers’ networks may become redundant.

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A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from a small number of customers, and we are sensitive to adverse changes in the creditworthiness and financial strength of our customers.

A substantial portion of our total operating revenues is derived from a small number of customers. If any of these customers are unwilling or unable to perform their obligations under their agreements with us, our revenues, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity could be materially and adversely affected.

One or more of our customers, or their parent companies, may experience financial difficulties, file for bankruptcy or reduce or terminate operations as a result of a prolonged economic downturn, economic difficulties (including those from the imposition of taxes, fees, regulations or judicial interpretations of regulations, and any associated penalties or interest, which may be substantial) or otherwise. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could materially and adversely affect our customers through disruptions of, among other things, their ability to procure their equipment through their supply chains and their ability to maintain liquidity and deploy network capital, with potential decreases in consumer spending contributing to liquidity risks. Such financial difficulties could result in uncollectible accounts receivable and an impairment of our deferred rent asset, tower asset, network location intangible asset, tenant-related intangible asset or goodwill. The loss of significant customers, or the loss of all or a portion of our anticipated lease revenues from certain customers, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

Due to the long-term nature of our customer leases, we depend on the continued financial strength of our customers. Many communications service providers operate with substantial levels of debt. In our international operations, many of our customers are subsidiaries of global telecommunications companies. These subsidiaries may not have the explicit or implied financial support of their parent entities.

In addition, many of our customers and potential customers rely on capital raising activities to fund their operations and capital expenditures, which may be more difficult or expensive in the event of downturns in the economy or disruptions in the financial and credit markets, such as the current environment driven by the significant disruptions caused by factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates and supply chain disruptions. If our customers or potential customers are unable to raise adequate capital to fund their business plans or face capital constraints, they may reduce their spending, file for bankruptcy or reduce or terminate operations, which could materially and adversely affect demand for our communications infrastructure and our services business.

In the ordinary course of our business, we do occasionally experience disputes with our customers, generally regarding the interpretation of terms in our leases. Historically, we have resolved these disputes in a manner that did not have a material adverse effect on us or our relationships with our customers. However, it is possible that such disputes could lead to a termination of our leases with those customers, a material adverse modification of the terms of those leases or a deterioration in our relationships with those customers that leads to a failure to obtain new business from them, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. If we are forced to resolve any of these disputes through litigation, our relationship with the applicable customer could be terminated or damaged, which could lead to decreased revenue or increased costs, resulting in a corresponding adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

Increasing competition within our industry may materially and adversely affect our revenue.

Our industry is highly competitive and our customers have numerous alternatives in leasing communications infrastructure assets. Competition due to pricing or alternative contractual arrangements from peers could materially and adversely affect our lease rates. We may not be able to renew existing customer leases or enter into new customer leases, or if we are able to renew or enter into new leases, they may be at rates lower than our current rates or on less favorable terms than our current terms, resulting in an adverse impact on our results of operations and growth rate.

Our expansion initiatives involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including those related to integrating acquired or leased assets, that could adversely affect our operating results, disrupt our operations or expose us to additional risk.

As we continue to acquire and build communications sites and other communications infrastructure assets, including data center facilities and related assets, in our existing markets and expand into new markets, we are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including not meeting our return on investment criteria and financial objectives, increased costs, assumed liabilities and the diversion of managerial attention. Achieving the benefits of acquisition and platform expansion initiatives depends in part on timely and efficient integration of operations, telecommunications infrastructure assets and personnel. Integration may be difficult and unpredictable for many reasons, including, among other things, portfolios without requisite permits, differing systems, cultural differences, conflicting policies, procedures and operations. Additionally, temporary business closures, social distancing measures and the potential unavailability of key personnel or a significant number of our employees as a result of COVID-19 are difficult to predict, and may have a negative impact on the timely and efficient integration of operations, telecommunications infrastructure assets and personnel. Significant acquisition-related integration

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costs, including certain nonrecurring charges such as costs associated with onboarding employees, integrating information technology systems, acquiring permits and visiting, inspecting, engineering and upgrading tower sites or other communications infrastructure assets, could materially and adversely affect our results of operations in the period in which such charges are recorded or our cash flow in the period in which any related costs are actually paid. Some of our acquired portfolios have included sites that do not meet our structural specifications, including sites that may be overburdened. In these cases, beyond additional capital expenditures, general liability risks associated with such portfolios will exist until such time as those portfolios are upgraded or otherwise remedied. In addition, integration may significantly burden management and internal resources, including through the potential loss or unavailability of key personnel. Our international expansion initiatives are subject to additional risks, such as those described above, as well as our ability to comply with bribery and anti-corruption laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) and similar local laws.

Moreover, we may fail to successfully integrate the assets we acquire or fail to utilize such assets to their full capacity. If we are not able to meet these integration challenges, we may not realize the benefits we expect from our acquired portfolios and businesses, and our business, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected.

For example, failure to successfully and efficiently integrate acquired assets from the Telxius Acquisition (the “Telxius Assets”) into our operations may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Integrating acquired portfolios of the Telxius Assets may require significant resources, including increased attention from our management team. Further, the significant acquisition-related integration costs could materially and adversely affect our results of operations in the periods in which such charges are recorded or our cash flow in the periods in which any related costs are actually paid. The integration of the Telxius Assets, which includes approximately 31,000 international communications sites, into our operations continues to be a significant undertaking, and we anticipate that we will incur certain nonrecurring charges as a result. Additional integration challenges include:

•transitioning all data related to the Telxius Assets, tenants and landlords to a common information technology system;

•successfully transitioning the lease rent payment and the tenant billing and collection processes; and

•maintaining our standards, controls, procedures and policies with respect to the Telxius Assets.

As a result of our acquisitions, we have a substantial amount of intangible assets and goodwill. In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), we are required to assess our goodwill and other intangible assets annually or more frequently in the event of circumstances indicating potential impairment to determine if they are impaired. If, as a result of the factors noted above, the testing performed indicates that an asset may not be recoverable or the carrying value exceeds the fair value, we would be required to record a non-cash impairment charge in the period the determination is made.

Our platform expansion initiatives may not be successful, or we may be required to record impairment charges for our goodwill or for other intangible assets, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition, and could limit our continued investments in such platform expansion initiatives.

In addition, as we continue to invest in partnership opportunities to support our expansion initiatives, our partners may have business or economic goals that are inconsistent or conflict with ours, be in positions to take action contrary to our interests, policies or objectives, have competing interests in our, or other, markets that could create conflict of interest issues, withhold consents contrary to our requests or become unable or unwilling to fulfill their commitments, any of which could present governance challenges with multiple partners or expose us to additional liabilities or costs, including requiring us to assume and fulfill the obligations of that partnership or to execute buyouts of their interests.

Failure to successfully and efficiently integrate and operate acquired data center facilities and related assets, including those acquired through the CoreSite Acquisition (the “CoreSite Assets”), into our operations may adversely affect our business, operations and financial condition.

Integrating acquired data center facilities and related assets may require significant resources, including increased attention from our management team. Further, the significant acquisition-related integration costs could materially and adversely affect our results of operations in the periods in which such charges are recorded or our cash flow in the periods in which any related costs are actually paid. The integration of the CoreSite Assets, which includes over 20 data centers across eight United States metro areas, into our operations will be a significant undertaking, and we anticipate that we will incur certain nonrecurring charges as a result. Additional integration challenges include, but are not limited to:

•retaining existing customers at the CoreSite Assets;

•unexpected costs associated with successfully developing and expanding the CoreSite Assets;

•failure to recruit or retain key personnel;

•maintaining our standards, controls, procedures and policies with respect to the CoreSite Assets; and

•successfully marketing space on the CoreSite Assets, which will depend on a variety of factors, including (i) the demand for data center space, (ii) Internet gateway facilities or other technology-related real estate, (iii) the presence of

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multiple network carriers and cloud operators in our facilities, (iv) the mix of products and services offered by us, (v) the overall mix of customers, (vi) the presence of key customers attracting business through vertical market ecosystems, (vii) each data center’s operating reliability and security and (viii) our ability to effectively market and sell our services.

Additionally, we may fail to successfully operate the data centers we acquire or fail to utilize such assets to their full capacity. We must safeguard our customers’ infrastructure and equipment located in our data centers and ensure our data centers remain operational at all times. Problems at one or more of our data centers, whether or not within our control, could result in service interruptions or significant infrastructure or equipment damage. These could result from numerous factors, including human error, equipment failure, physical, electronic and cyber security breaches, fire, earthquake, hurricane, flood, tornado and other natural disasters, extreme temperatures, water damage, fiber cuts, power loss, terrorist acts, sabotage and vandalism, global pandemics or health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and failure of business partners.

We have service level commitment obligations to certain customers. As a result, service interruptions or significant equipment damage in our data centers could result in difficulty maintaining service level commitments to these customers and potential claims related to such failures. Because our data centers are critical to many of our customers’ businesses, service interruptions or significant equipment damage in our data centers could also result in lost profits or other indirect or consequential damages to our customers. In addition, any loss of service, equipment damage or inability to meet our service level commitment obligations could reduce the confidence of our customers and could consequently impair our ability to obtain and retain customers, which would adversely affect both our ability to generate revenues and our operating results. Furthermore, we are dependent upon internet service providers, telecommunications carriers and utility providers, some of which have experienced significant system failures and outages in the past. Our customers may in the future experience difficulties due to system failures unrelated to our systems and offerings. If, for any reason, these providers fail to provide the required services, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely impacted.

New technologies or changes in our or a customer’s business model could make our communications infrastructure leasing business less desirable and result in decreasing revenues and operating results.

The development and implementation of new technologies designed to enhance the efficiency of wireless networks or changes in a customer’s business model could reduce the need for tower-based wireless services, decrease demand for tower space or reduce previously obtainable lease rates. In addition, if the industry trends toward deploying increased capital to the development and implementation of new technologies, then customers may allocate less of their budgets to leasing space on our towers. Examples of these technologies include more spectrally efficient technologies, which could relieve a portion of our customers’ network capacity needs and, as a result, could reduce the demand for tower-based antenna space. Additionally, certain small cell complementary network technologies or satellite services could shift a portion of our customers’ network investments away from traditional tower-based networks, which may reduce the need for carriers to add more equipment at certain communications sites. Moreover, the emergence of alternative technologies could reduce the need for tower-based broadcast services transmission and reception. Further, a customer may decide to cease outsourcing tower infrastructure or otherwise change its business model, which would result in a decrease in our revenue and operating results. Similarly, our data center site infrastructure may become antiquated due to the development of new systems that deliver power to, or eliminate heat from, the servers and other customer equipment that we house or the development of new technology that requires levels of power and cooling density that our facilities are not designed to provide. Our failure to innovate in response to the development and implementation of these or other new technologies or changes in a customer’s business model could have a material adverse effect on the growth of our business, results of operations or financial condition. Conversely, we may invest significant capital in technologies, platform expansion initiatives or new additions to our core business that may not provide expected returns or profitability, which could divert management attention and have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

Competition for assets could adversely affect our ability to achieve our return on investment criteria.

We may experience increased competition for the acquisition of communications infrastructure assets or contracts to build new communications infrastructure assets for customers, which could make the acquisition of high-quality assets significantly more costly or prohibitive or cause us to lose contracts to build new sites. Some of our competitors are larger and may have greater financial resources than we do, while other competitors may apply less stringent investment criteria than we do. In addition, we may not anticipate increased competition entering a particular market or competing for the same assets. Higher prices for assets or the failure to add new assets to our portfolio could make it more difficult to achieve our anticipated returns on investment or future growth, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

In addition, some of our data center competitors have significant advantages over us, including greater name recognition, longer operating histories, lower operating costs, lower levels of leverage, pre-existing relationships with current or potential customers, greater financial, marketing and other resources, access to better networks and access to less expensive power. These advantages could allow our data center competitors to respond more quickly or effectively to strategic opportunities and as a

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result, we may lose existing or potential data center customers, incur costs to improve our properties or be forced to reduce our rental rates. These risks are compounded by the fact that a significant percentage of our data center customer leases expire every year.

Risks Related to Our Financial Performance or General Economic Conditions

Our leverage and debt service obligations may materially and adversely affect our ability to raise additional financing to fund capital expenditures, future growth and expansion initiatives and to satisfy our distribution requirements.

Our leverage and debt service obligations, including as a result of our recent CoreSite Acquisition and Telxius Acquisition, could have significant negative consequences to our business, results of operations or financial condition, including:

•requiring the dedication of a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to service our debt, thereby reducing the amount of our cash flow available for other purposes, including capital expenditures and REIT distributions;

•impairing our ability to meet one or more of the financial ratio covenants contained in our debt agreements or to generate cash sufficient to pay interest or principal due under those agreements, which could result in an acceleration of some or all of our outstanding debt and the loss of the towers securing such debt if a default remains uncured;

•limiting our ability to obtain additional debt or equity financing, thereby placing us at a possible competitive disadvantage to less leveraged competitors and competitors that may have better access to capital resources, including with respect to acquiring assets; and

•limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the markets in which we compete.

We may need to raise additional capital through debt financing activities, asset sales or equity issuances, even if the then-prevailing market conditions are not favorable, to fund capital expenditures, future growth and expansion initiatives, required purchases of our partners’ interests and to satisfy our distribution requirements and debt service obligations and leverage requirements, including financial ratio covenants. An increase in our total leverage could lead to a downgrade of our credit rating below investment grade, which could negatively impact our ability to access credit markets or preclude us from obtaining funds on investment grade terms, rates and conditions or subject us to additional loan covenants, which could accelerate our debt repayment obligations. Further, certain of our current debt instruments limit the amount of indebtedness we and our subsidiaries may incur. Additional financing, therefore, may be unavailable, more expensive or restricted by the terms of our outstanding indebtedness.

Further, market volatility and disruption caused by factors such as COVID-19, inflation, rising interest rates and supply chain disruptions may impact our ability to raise additional capital through debt and equity financing activities or our ability to repay or refinance maturing liabilities, or impact the terms of any new obligations, which in turn may have an adverse impact on our credit ratings. The extent to which these factors will impact our business and financial results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time due to the rapid evolution of this uncertain situation.

Rising inflation may adversely affect us by increasing costs beyond what we can recover through price increases.

Inflation can adversely affect us by increasing the costs of land, materials, labor and other costs required to manage and grow our business. In addition, should inflation rates exceed our fixed escalator percentages in markets where our leases include fixed escalators, our returns could be adversely affected. In an inflationary environment, such as the current economic environment, depending on the terms of our contracts and other economic conditions, we may be unable to raise prices enough to keep up with the rate of inflation, which would reduce our profit margins and returns. If we are unable to increase our prices to offset the effects of inflation, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

In addition, inflation is often accompanied by higher interest rates. The impact of COVID-19 may increase uncertainty in the global financial markets, as well as the possibility of high inflation and extended economic downturn, which could reduce our ability to incur debt or access capital and impact our results of operations and financial condition even after these conditions improve.

Restrictive covenants in the agreements related to our securitization transactions, our credit facilities and our debt securities could materially and adversely affect our business by limiting flexibility, and we may be prohibited from paying dividends on our common stock, which may jeopardize our qualification for taxation as a REIT.

The agreements related to our securitization transactions include operating covenants and other restrictions customary for loans subject to rated securitizations. Among other things, the borrowers under the agreements are prohibited from incurring other indebtedness for borrowed money or further encumbering their assets. A failure to comply with the covenants in the agreements could prevent the borrowers from taking certain actions with respect to the secured assets and could prevent the borrowers from distributing any excess cash from the operation of such assets to us. If the borrowers were to default on any of the loans, the

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servicer on such loan could seek to foreclose upon or otherwise convert the ownership of the secured assets, in which case we could lose such assets and the cash flow associated with such assets.

The agreements for our credit facilities also contain restrictive covenants and leverage and other financial maintenance tests that could limit our ability to take various actions, including incurring additional debt, guaranteeing indebtedness or making distributions to stockholders, including our required REIT distributions, and engaging in various types of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and sales of assets. Additionally, our credit facilities restrict our and our subsidiaries’ ability to incur liens securing our or their indebtedness. These covenants could have an adverse effect on our business by limiting our ability to take advantage of financing, new tower or other communications infrastructure development, mergers and acquisitions or other opportunities. Our credit agreements also contain cross-default and/or cross-acceleration provisions, which may be triggered if we default on certain indebtedness in excess of certain thresholds. In the event of such a default, the resulting cross-defaults or cross-accelerations could have an adverse effect on our business and financial condition. Further, reporting and information covenants in our credit agreements and indentures require that we provide financial and operating information within certain time periods. If we are unable to provide the required information on a timely basis, we would be in breach of these covenants. For more information regarding the covenants and requirements discussed above, please see Item 7 of this Annual Report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Factors Affecting Sources of Liquidity” and note 8 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report.

We also enter into hedges for certain debt instruments, which may have an adverse impact on our results to the extent that the counterparties do not perform as expected at the inception of each hedge.

We may be adversely affected by changes in LIBOR reporting practices, the method in which LIBOR is determined or the use of alternative reference rates.

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”), which regulates the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), announced plans to phase out certain LIBOR rates by June 2023. As contemplated, the continuation of LIBOR on the current basis cannot be assured after June 2023, and LIBOR will cease to exist or otherwise be unsuitable for benchmarking. While our bank facilities contain fallback provisions to establish an alternative rate in the event LIBOR is unavailable, the elimination of LIBOR could have an adverse impact on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. Financial institutions may replace LIBOR with a new index calculated by short-term repurchase agreements, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate; however, no consensus exists as to what may become accepted alternatives to LIBOR, whether LIBOR rates will cease to be published or supported before June 2023 or whether any additional reforms to LIBOR may be enacted in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. Furthermore, the use of an alternative rate could result in increased costs, including increased interest expense, and increased borrowing and hedging costs in the future. We cannot predict the effect of the FCA’s decision not to sustain LIBOR or, if changes ultimately are made to LIBOR, the effect those changes may have on our interest expense related to borrowings under our bank facilities, certain other debt service obligations and interest swap agreements, which could potentially negatively impact our financial condition.

Risks Related to Laws and Regulations

Our business, and that of our customers, is subject to laws, regulations and administrative and judicial decisions, and changes thereto, that could restrict our ability to operate our business as we currently do or impact our competitive landscape.

Our business, and that of our customers, is subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws, treaties and regulations and administrative and judicial decisions. In certain jurisdictions, these regulations, laws and treaties could be applied or be enforced retroactively. Zoning authorities and community organizations are sometimes opposed to the construction of communications sites in their communities, which can delay, prevent or increase the cost of new tower construction, modifications, additions of new antennas to a site or site upgrades, thereby limiting our ability to respond to customer demands. Existing or new regulatory policies, regulations or laws may materially and adversely affect the timing, cost or completion of our communications sites or result in changes in the competitive landscape that may negatively affect our business. Noncompliance could result in the imposition of fines or an award of damages to litigants or result in decreased revenue. In addition, in certain jurisdictions, we and certain of our customers are required to pay annual license fees, which may be subject to substantial increases by the government, or new fees may be enacted and applied retroactively. Governmental licenses may also be subject to periodic renewal and additional conditions to receive or maintain such license. Additionally, we have government customers for several of our communications sites and data centers, which subjects us to risks including early termination, audits, investigations, sanctions and penalties.

In addition, federal, state and local governments in many of our markets have recently taken actions to contain the spread of COVID-19, including travel bans, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders and business shutdowns, among others, and may take

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additional actions in the future. In response to governmental actions, we have taken a variety of measures, including providing support for our customers remotely, supporting continued work-from-home arrangements and restricting travel for our employees where practicable and other modifications to our business practices. These governmental actions could remain effective for a prolonged period of time with potential material adverse impacts on our, and our customers’, business operations. Moreover, while the restrictions and limitations noted above may be relaxed or rolled back if and when COVID-19 abates or vaccinations become more prevalent, such government actions may be reinstated as the pandemic continues to evolve and in response to actual or potential resurgences, including due to emerging variants. The scope and timing of any such reinstatement is difficult to predict and may materially and adversely affect our operations in the future.

Furthermore, the tax laws, regulations, applicable license terms and conditions, and interpretations governing our business, and that of our customers, in jurisdictions where we operate, may change at any time, potentially with retroactive effect. This includes changes in tax laws, spectrum use terms, administrative compliance guidance or judicial interpretations thereof. For example, the definition and application of AGR in India and associated fees and charges may have a material financial impact on certain of our customers which could affect their ability to perform their obligations under agreements with us. Changes in laws, regulations and judicial decisions could have a more significant impact on us as a REIT relative to other REITs due to the nature of our business and our use of taxable REIT subsidiaries. These factors could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

Our foreign operations are subject to economic, political and other risks that could materially and adversely affect our revenues or financial position, including risks associated with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

Our international business operations and our potential expansion into additional new markets in the future expose us to potential adverse financial and operational problems not typically experienced in the United States. We anticipate that revenues from our international operations will continue to grow. Accordingly, our business is subject to risks associated with doing business internationally, including:

•uncertain, inconsistent or changing laws, regulations, rulings or methodologies impacting our existing and anticipated international operations, fees or other requirements directed specifically at the ownership and operation of communications infrastructure or our international acquisitions, any of which laws, fees or requirements may be applied retroactively or with significant delay;

•failure to retain our tax status or to obtain an expected tax status for which we have applied;

•expropriation resulting in government takeover of customer operations or governmental regulation restricting foreign ownership or requiring reversion or divestiture;

•laws or regulations that tax or otherwise restrict repatriation of earnings or other funds or otherwise limit distributions of capital;

•changes in a specific country’s or region’s political or economic conditions, including inflation or currency devaluation;

•changes to zoning regulations or construction laws, which could be applied retroactively to our existing communications infrastructure;

•actions restricting or revoking our customers’ spectrum licenses, or alterations or interpretations thereof, or suspending or terminating business under prior licenses;

•failure to comply with anti-bribery laws such as the FCPA or similar local anti-bribery laws, or the Office of Foreign Assets Control requirements;

•failure to comply with data privacy laws or other protections of employee health and personal information;

•material site issues related to security, fuel availability and reliability of electrical grids;

•significant increases in, or implementation of new, license surcharges on our revenue;

•loss of key personnel, including expatriates, in markets where talent is difficult or expensive to acquire; and

•price-setting or other similar laws or regulations for the sharing of passive infrastructure.

We also face risks associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates, including those arising from the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and markets and those arising from our operations, investments and financing transactions related to our international business. Volatility in foreign currency exchange rates, which has increased in the last few years as a result of uncertainties caused by COVID-19, can also affect our ability to plan, forecast and budget for our international operations and expansion efforts. Our revenues earned from our international operations are primarily denominated in their respective local currencies. We have not historically engaged in significant currency hedging activities relating to our non-U.S. Dollar operations, and a weakening of these foreign currencies against the U.S. Dollar would negatively impact our reported revenues, operating profits and income.

If we fail to remain qualified for taxation as a REIT, we will be subject to tax at corporate income tax rates, which may substantially reduce funds otherwise available, and even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may face tax liabilities that impact earnings and available cash flow.

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Commencing with the taxable year beginning January 1, 2012, we have operated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. Qualification for taxation as a REIT requires the application of certain highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), which provisions may change from time to time, to our operations as well as various factual determinations concerning matters and circumstances not entirely within our control. Further, tax legislation may adversely affect our ability to remain qualified for taxation as a REIT or the benefits or desirability of remaining so qualified. There are few judicial or administrative interpretations of the relevant provisions of the Code.

If, in any taxable year, we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT and are not entitled to relief under the Code:

•we will not be allowed a deduction for distributions to stockholders and would be subject to federal and state income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate income tax rates, which could be substantial in amount, and may require us to borrow additional funds or liquidate some investments to pay any additional tax liability and, accordingly, may reduce funds available for other purposes; and

•we will be disqualified from REIT tax treatment for the four taxable years immediately following the year during which we were so disqualified.

We are subject to certain federal, state, local and foreign taxes on our income and assets, including taxes on any undistributed income and state, local or foreign income, franchise, property and transfer taxes. While state and local income tax regimes often parallel the U.S. federal income tax regime for REITs, many of these jurisdictions differ in their treatment of REITs. For example, some state and local jurisdictions currently or in the future may limit or eliminate a REIT’s deduction for dividends paid, which could increase our income tax expense. We are also subject to the continual examination of our income tax returns by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and state, local and foreign tax authorities. The results of an audit and examination of previously filed tax returns and continuing assessments of our tax exposures may have an adverse effect on our provision for income taxes and cash tax liability.

Furthermore, we have owned and may from time to time own direct and indirect ownership interests in subsidiary REITs, which must also comply with the same REIT requirements that we must satisfy, together with all other rules applicable to REITs. If the subsidiary REIT is determined to have failed to qualify for taxation as a REIT and certain relief provisions do not apply, then the subsidiary REIT would be subject to federal income tax, which tax we would economically bear along with applicable penalties and interest. In addition, our ownership of shares in such subsidiary REIT would fail to be a qualifying asset for purposes of the asset tests applicable to REITs and any dividend income or gains derived by us from such subsidiary REIT may cease to be treated as income that qualifies for purposes of the 75% gross income test. These consequences could have a material adverse effect on our ability to comply with the REIT income and asset tests, and thus our ability to qualify for taxation as a REIT.

Complying with REIT requirements may limit our flexibility or cause us to forego otherwise attractive opportunities.

Our use of TRSs enables us to engage in non-REIT qualifying business activities. Under the Code, no more than 20% of the value of the assets of a REIT may be represented by securities of one or more TRSs and no more than 25% of the value of the assets of the REIT may be represented by non-qualifying assets (including securities of one or more TRSs). This limitation may hinder our ability to make certain attractive investments or take advantage of acquisition opportunities, including the purchase of non-qualifying assets, the expansion of non-real estate activities and investments in the businesses to be conducted by our TRSs, and to that extent limit our opportunities and our flexibility to change our business strategy.

Further, as a REIT, we must distribute to our stockholders an amount equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for distributed earnings and excluding any net capital gain). To meet our annual distribution requirements, we may be required to distribute amounts that may otherwise be used for our operations, including amounts that may otherwise be invested in future acquisitions, capital expenditures or repayment of debt. As no more than 25% of our gross income may consist of dividend income from our TRSs and other non-qualifying types of income, our ability to receive distributions from our TRSs may be limited, which may impact our ability to fund distributions to our stockholders or to use income of our TRSs to fund other investments.

In addition, the majority of our income and cash flows from our TRSs are generated from our international operations. In many cases, there are local withholding taxes and currency controls that may impact our ability or willingness to repatriate funds to the United States to help satisfy REIT distribution requirements.

We could have liability under environmental and occupational safety and health laws.

Our operations are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign environmental and occupational safety and health laws and regulations, including those relating to the management, use, storage, disposal, emission and remediation of, and exposure to, hazardous and non-hazardous substances, materials and wastes. As the owner, lessee or operator of real property and facilities, including generators, we may be liable for substantial costs of investigation, removal or remediation of soil and groundwater

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contaminated by hazardous materials, and for damages and costs relating to off-site migration of hazardous materials, without regard to whether we, as the owner, lessee or operator, knew of, or were responsible for, the contamination. We may also be liable for certain costs of remediating contamination at third-party sites to which we sent waste for disposal, even if the original disposal may have complied with all legal requirements at the time. Many of these laws and regulations contain information reporting and record keeping requirements. We may not be at all times in compliance with all environmental requirements. Further, our data center properties are subject to various federal, state and local regulations, such as state and local fire and life safety regulations and ADA federal requirements. We may be subject to potentially significant fines or penalties if we fail to comply with any of these requirements.

The requirements of the environmental and occupational safety and health laws and regulations are complex, change frequently and could become more stringent in the future. In certain jurisdictions, these laws and regulations could be applied retroactively or be broadened to cover situations or persons not currently considered. It is possible that these requirements will change or that liabilities will arise in the future in a manner that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. While we maintain environmental and workers’ compensation insurance, we may not have adequate insurance to cover all costs, fines or penalties.

Risks Related to the Operation of Our Business

Our towers, fiber networks, data centers or computer systems may be affected by natural disasters (including as a result of climate change) and other unforeseen events for which our insurance may not provide adequate coverage or result in increased insurance premiums.

Our towers, fiber networks, data centers and computer systems are subject to risks associated with natural disasters, such as hurricanes, ice and windstorms, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes and wildfires, as well as other unforeseen events, such as the potential adverse effects of COVID-19 or other pandemics and acts of terrorism. During the past several years, we have seen an increase in severe weather events and expect this trend to continue due to climate change. Climate change or efforts to regulate emissions may also have direct or indirect effects on our business by increasing the cost of emission compliance or fuel we need to deliver primary power to our customers under our contractual obligations, typically through diesel-powered generators, in emerging markets. Additional environmental liabilities, such as contamination, asbestos-containing building materials and mold or other air quality issues at some of our data centers, could arise and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and performance.

In addition, governmental initiatives to address climate change and future initiatives could, if adopted, require us and our customers to make capital expenditures to be compliant with these initiatives and increase our and our customers’ costs. Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations or other requirements imposed on us could also lead to fines and/or lost revenue. We could also face a negative impact on our reputation with the public and our customers if we violate climate change laws or regulations. In October 2021, we adopted science-based targets, which were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative and are in line with the goals set forth in the 2015 Paris Agreement. These goals may require us to expend significant resources to meet them, which could increase our operational costs. Failing to meet these goals could result in customer dissatisfaction and damage to our reputation with our key stakeholders, which could in turn adversely impact our results of operations.

Further, any damage or destruction to, or inability to access, our towers, fiber networks, data centers or computer systems, as a result of measures implemented in response to COVID-19 or otherwise, may cause supply chain delays or impact our ability to provide services to our customers and lead to customer loss, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition and also, our communications sites could be subject to attacks instigated by claims that the deployment of 5G networks is linked to adverse health effects.

While we maintain insurance coverage for certain natural disasters and business interruption, we may not have adequate insurance to cover the associated costs of repair or reconstruction of sites or fiber for a major future event, lost revenue, including from new customers that could have been added to our towers, fiber networks or data centers but for the event, or other costs to remediate the impact of a significant event, such was wildfire damage caused by our towers. Further, we may be liable for damage caused by towers that collapse for any number of reasons including structural deficiencies, which could harm our reputation and require us to incur costs for which we may not have adequate insurance coverage.

If we, or third parties on which we rely, experience technology failures, including cybersecurity incidents or the loss of personally identifiable information, we may incur substantial costs and suffer other negative consequences, which may include reputational damage.

As part of our normal business activities, including in our data centers, we rely on energy systems, communication networks, information technology and other computing resources. We may be vulnerable to physical or cybersecurity breaches that could disrupt our operations and have a material adverse effect on our financial performance and operating results. We face risks

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associated with unauthorized access to our or our vendors’ computer systems, loss or destruction of data, computer viruses, malware, distributed denial-of-service attacks or other malicious activities. These threats may result from human error, equipment failure or fraud or malice on the part of employees or third parties. A party who is able to compromise the security measures on our or our vendors’ networks or the security of our communications infrastructure could misappropriate either our proprietary information or the personal information of our customers or our employees, or cause interruptions or malfunctions in our operations or our customers’ operations. As we provide assurances to our customers that we provide a high level of security, such a compromise could be particularly harmful to our brand and reputation. We may be required to expend significant capital and resources to protect against such threats or to alleviate problems caused by breaches in security.

Globally, the frequency, severity and sophistication of cybersecurity incidents have increased, and these trends may continue. We are continuously evaluating and enhancing our cybersecurity and information security systems and creating new systems and processes. However, there can be no assurance that these measures will be effective in preventing or limiting the impact of future cybersecurity incidents. As techniques used to breach security grow in frequency and sophistication, and are generally not recognized until launched against a target, we, or our vendors, may not be able to promptly detect that a cyber breach has occurred or implement security measures in a timely manner. If and when implemented, we, or our vendors, may not be able to determine the extent to which these measures could be circumvented. Any breaches that may occur could expose us to increased risk of lawsuits, regulatory penalties, loss of existing or potential customers, damage relating to loss of proprietary information, harm to our reputation and increases in our security costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial performance and operating results. We offer managed services in certain of our data centers where we provide “smart hands” services for our customers. The access to our customers’ networks and data, which is gained from these services, creates some risk that our customers’ networks or data will be improperly accessed. If we were held responsible for any such breach, it could result in a significant loss to us, including damage to our customer relationships, harm to our brand and reputation and legal liability. Additionally, while we maintain insurance coverage for cybersecurity incidents, we may not have adequate insurance to cover the associated costs in the event of a breach resulting in loss of data, such as personally identifiable information or other such data protected by data privacy or other laws, and we may be liable for damages, fines and penalties for such losses under applicable regulatory frameworks.

Although we and our vendors have disaster recovery programs and security measures in place, if our computer systems and our backup systems are compromised, degraded, damaged, breached or otherwise cease to function properly, we could suffer interruptions in our operations, including our ability to correctly record, process and report financial information, our customers’ network availability may be impacted or we could unintentionally allow misappropriation of proprietary or confidential information (including information about our customers or landlords, or customer information on our fiber, data center or managed networks businesses), which could result in a loss of revenue, damage to our reputation, damage to our customer and vendor relationships, litigation, regulatory investigations and penalties under existing or future data privacy laws and require us to incur significant costs to remediate or otherwise resolve these issues. In addition, our recent acquisitions, including our acquisitions of data centers, may increase our exposure to the risks described above and have material and adverse effects on our business.

Our costs could increase and our revenues could decrease due to perceived health risks from radio emissions, especially if these perceived risks are substantiated.

Public perception of possible health risks associated with cellular and other wireless communications technology could slow the growth of wireless companies, which could in turn slow our growth. In particular, negative public perception of, and regulations regarding, these perceived health risks, including claims that the deployment of 5G networks is linked to adverse health effects, could undermine the market acceptance of wireless communications services and increase opposition to the development and expansion of tower sites. If a scientific study, court decision or government agency ruling resulted in a finding that radio frequency emissions pose health risks to consumers, it could negatively impact our customers and the market for wireless services, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition. We do not maintain any significant insurance with respect to these matters.

If we are unable to protect our rights to the land under our towers and buildings in which our data centers are located, it could adversely affect our business and operating results.

Our real property interests relating to our towers consist primarily of leasehold and sub-leasehold interests, fee interests, easements, licenses and rights-of-way. A loss of these interests at a particular tower site may interfere with our ability to operate that tower site and generate revenues. For various reasons, we may not always have the ability to access, analyze and verify all information regarding titles and other issues prior to completing an acquisition of communications sites, which can affect our rights to access and operate a site. From time to time, we also experience disputes with landowners regarding the terms of easements or ground agreements for land under towers, which can affect our ability to access and operate tower sites. Further, for various reasons, landowners may not want to renew their ground agreements with us, they may lose their rights to the land, or they may transfer their land interests to third parties, including ground lease aggregators, which could affect our ability to

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renew ground agreements on commercially viable terms. A significant number of the communications sites in our portfolio are located on land we lease pursuant to long-term operating leases. Further, for various reasons, title to property interests in some of the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate may not be as certain as title to our property interests in the United States. Our inability to protect our rights to the land under our towers may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

We do not own the buildings for all of our data centers and our business could be harmed if we are unable to renew the leases for these data centers at favorable terms or at all, though we generally have the right to extend the terms of our leases when the primary terms of the leases expire. Failure to increase operating revenues to sufficiently offset any potential increase in lease costs, including as a result of the current inflationary environment, would adversely impact our operating income. We could also lose customers due to the disruptions in their operations caused by our inability to renew our data center leases. Additionally, we rely on our landlords for basic maintenance of our leased data centers. If such landlords have not maintained our leased properties sufficiently, we may be forced into an early exit from one or more of these data centers, which could be disruptive to our business.

If we are unable or choose not to exercise our rights to purchase towers that are subject to lease and sublease agreements at the end of the applicable period, our cash flows derived from those towers will be eliminated.

Our communications real estate portfolio includes towers that we operate pursuant to lease and sublease agreements that include a purchase option at the end of the lease period. We may not have the required available capital to exercise our right to purchase the towers at the end of the applicable period, or we may choose, for business or other reasons, not to do so. If we do not exercise these purchase rights, and are unable to extend the lease or sublease or otherwise acquire an interest that would allow us to continue to operate these towers after the applicable period, we will lose the cash flows derived from the towers.


ITEM 1B.			UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.


ITEM 2.			PROPERTIES

As of December 31, 2021, we owned and operated a portfolio of 220,131 communications sites, including 1,778 DAS networks. See the table in Item 7 of this Annual Report, under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Executive Overview” for more detailed information on the geographic locations of our communications sites. In addition, we own property interests that we lease to communications service providers and third-party tower operators in Canada and the United States, which are included in our U.S. & Canada property segment, and in Australia, which are included in our Asia-Pacific property segment, and also own and operate data center facilities and related assets in the United States, which are included in our Data Centers segment.

Our interests in our communications sites consist of a variety of ownership interests, including leases created by long-term ground lease agreements, easements, licenses or rights-of-way granted by government entities.

A typical tower site consists of a compound enclosing the tower site, a tower structure and, in some cases, one or more equipment shelters that house a variety of transmitting, receiving and switching equipment. In addition, many of our international sites typically include power generators and batteries, which are often used for primary power in lieu of an electric grid connection in select markets. The principal types of our towers are guyed, self-supporting lattice and monopole, and rooftop towers in our international markets.

•A guyed tower includes a series of cables attaching separate levels of the tower to anchor foundations in the ground and can reach heights of up to 2,000 feet. A typical guyed broadcast tower can be located a tract of land of up to 20 acres.

•A self-supporting lattice tower typically tapers from the bottom up and usually has three or four legs. A lattice tower can reach heights of up to 1,000 feet, although most lattice structures are between 200 and 400 feet. Depending on the height of the tower, a lattice tower site can be located on a tract of land of 10,000 square feet for a rural site or fewer than 2,500 square feet for a metropolitan site.

•A monopole tower is a tubular structure that is used primarily to address space constraints or aesthetic concerns. Monopoles typically have heights ranging from 50 to 200 feet. A monopole tower site used in metropolitan areas for a typical wireless communications tower can be located on a tract of land of fewer than 2,500 square feet.

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•Rooftop towers are primarily used in metropolitan areas in our Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and Latin America markets, where locations for traditional tower structures are unavailable. Rooftop towers typically have heights ranging from 10 to 100 feet.

U.S. & Canada Property Segment Encumbered Sites. As of December 31, 2021, the loan underlying the securitization transactions completed in March 2013 and March 2018 (the “2013 Securitization” and the “2018 Securitization”, respectively, and together, the “Trust Securitizations”) is secured by mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure the loan on substantially all of the 5,113 broadcast and wireless communications towers and related assets owned by the borrowers (the “Trust Sites”) and the secured revenue notes issued in a private transaction completed in May 2015 (the “2015 Securitization”) are secured by mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt on substantially all of the 3,531 communications sites owned by subsidiaries of the issuer (the “2015 Secured Sites”).

There are no encumbered sites in our Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe or Latin America property segments or in our Data Centers segment.

Ground Leases. Of the 218,353 towers in our portfolio as of December 31, 2021, approximately 90% were located on land we lease. Typically, we seek to enter long-term ground leases, which have initial terms of approximately five to ten years with one or more automatic or exercisable renewal periods. As a result, 41% of the ground leases for our sites have a final expiration date of 2031 and beyond.

Customers. Our customers are primarily wireless service providers, broadcasters and other companies in a variety of industries. For the year ended December 31, 2021, our top three customers by total revenue were T-Mobile (20%), AT&T (19%) and Verizon Wireless (13%).

Across most of our markets, our tenant leases for our communications sites with wireless carriers have initial non-cancellable terms of five to ten years with multiple renewal terms. As a result, approximately 64% of our current tenant leases have a renewal date of 2027 or beyond.

Data Centers. We own and operate data center facilities and related assets, and as of December 31, 2021, our data center portfolio consisted of 27 data center facilities across ten United States markets, including the assets acquired as part of the CoreSite Acquisition, as well as our previously acquired data center facilities, across 3.1 million net rentable square feet (“NRSF”).

Offices. Our principal corporate headquarters is leased and located in Boston, Massachusetts, where we currently lease approximately 40,000 square feet of office space. We also own or have entered into long-term leases for the majority of our facilities in international and regional locations for the management and operation of our property and services businesses, including offices in each of our U.S. & Canada, Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, Latin America and Data Centers segments. Our international headquarters is leased and located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. We believe that our owned and leased facilities are suitable and adequate to meet our anticipated needs.


ITEM 3.			LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We periodically become involved in various claims and lawsuits that are incidental to our business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with counsel, there are no matters currently pending that would, in the event of an adverse outcome, have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.


ITEM 4.			MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

N/A.

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PART II


ITEM 5.			MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AMT. As of February 17, 2022, we had 455,884,806 outstanding shares of common stock and 141 registered holders.

Dividends

As a REIT, we must annually distribute to our stockholders an amount equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for distributed earnings and excluding any net capital gain). Generally, we have distributed and expect to continue to distribute all or substantially all of our REIT taxable income after taking into consideration our utilization of net operating losses (“NOLs”).

The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon various factors, a number of which may be beyond our control, including our financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT and reduce any income and excise taxes that we otherwise would be required to pay, limitations on distributions in our existing and future debt and preferred equity instruments, our ability to utilize NOLs to offset our distribution requirements, limitations on our ability to fund distributions using cash generated through our TRSs and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant.

Performance Graph

This performance graph is furnished and shall not be deemed ‘‘filed’’ with the SEC or subject to Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any of our filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Equipment Index and the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index. The performance graph assumes that on December 31, 2016, $100 was invested in each of our common stock, the S&P 500 Index, the Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Equipment Index and the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index. The cumulative return shown in the graph assumes reinvestment of all dividends. The performance of our common stock reflected below is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

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	Cumulative Total Returns
	12/16		12/17		12/18		12/19		12/20		12/21
American Tower Corporation	$	100.00	$	137.69	$	156.03	$	230.69	$	229.60	$	305.10
S&P 500 Index	100.00		121.83		116.49		153.17		181.35		233.41
Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Equipment Index	100.00		123.05		133.55		155.24		158.83		231.68
FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index	100.00		108.67		104.28		134.17		127.30		179.87


ITEM 6.			[RESERVED]

N/A.


ITEM 7.			MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations that follow are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates and such differences could be material to the financial statements. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report and the accompanying notes, and the information set forth under the caption “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” below.

During the fourth quarter of 2021, as a result of the CoreSite Acquisition, we updated our reportable segments to add a Data Centers segment. The Data Centers segment is included within our property operations. We will now report our results in seven segments – U.S. & Canada property (which includes all assets in the United States and Canada, other than our data center facilities and related assets), Asia-Pacific property, Africa property, Europe property, Latin America property, Data Centers and Services. We believe this change provides greater visibility into our operating segments and aligns our reporting with management’s current approach of allocating costs and resources, managing growth and profitability and assessing the operating performance of our business segments. This change applies to our business operations results beginning with the fourth quarter of 2021 and had no impact on our consolidated financial statements for any prior periods. Historical financial information included in this Annual Report has not been adjusted as the amounts attributable to data center assets were insignificant as prior to to the fourth quarter of 2021, we owned one data center.

In evaluating financial performance in each business segment, management uses, among other factors, segment gross margin and segment operating profit (see note 21 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report).

Executive Overview

We are one of the largest global REITs and a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate. Our primary business is the leasing of space on communications sites to wireless service providers, radio and television broadcast companies, wireless data providers, government agencies and municipalities and tenants in a number of other industries. In addition to the communications sites in our portfolio, we manage rooftop and tower sites for property owners under various contractual arrangements. We also hold other telecommunications infrastructure, fiber and property interests that we lease primarily to communications service providers and third-party tower operators, and, as discussed further below, we hold a portfolio of highly interconnected data center facilities and related assets in the United States. Our customers include our tenants, licensees and other payers. We refer to the business encompassing the above as our property operations, which accounted for 97% of our total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021 and includes our U.S. & Canada property, Asia-Pacific property, Africa property, Europe property and Latin America property segments and Data Centers segment.

We also offer tower-related services in the United States, including site application, zoning and permitting and structural analysis, which primarily support our site leasing business, including the addition of new tenants and equipment on our sites.

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The following table details the number of communications sites, excluding managed sites, that we owned or operated as of December 31, 2021:


	Number of Owned Towers	Number of Operated Towers (1)	Number of Owned DAS Sites
U.S. & Canada:
Canada	218	—	—
United States	27,276	15,363	451
U.S. & Canada total	27,494	15,363	451
Asia-Pacific: (2)

Bangladesh	120	—	—
India	74,596	—	912
Philippines	97	—	—
Asia-Pacific total	74,813	—	912
Africa:
Burkina Faso	707	—	—
Ghana	3,384	661	28
Kenya	2,997	—	9
Niger	754	—	—
Nigeria	6,980	—	—
South Africa	2,923	—	—
Uganda	3,710	—	12
Africa total	21,455	661	49
Europe:
France	3,444	310	9
Germany	14,739	—	—
Poland	49	—	—
Spain	11,490	—	—
Europe total	29,722	310	9
Latin America:
Argentina	487	—	11
Brazil	20,732	2,083	109
Chile	3,737	—	137
Colombia	4,982	—	6
Costa Rica	690	—	2
Mexico	9,845	186	92
Paraguay	1,443	—	—
Peru	3,900	450	—
Latin America total	45,816	2,719	357

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(1)Approximately 95% of the operated towers are held pursuant to long-term finance leases, including those subject to purchase options.

(2)We also control land under carrier or other third-party communications sites in Australia, which provides recurring cash flow through tenant leasing arrangements.

In January 2021, we entered into the Telxius Acquisition, pursuant to which we agreed to acquire Telxius’ European and Latin American tower divisions, comprising approximately 31,000 communications sites in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Peru and Spain, for approximately 7.7 billion EUR (approximately $9.4 billion at the date of signing), subject to certain adjustments. We completed the acquisition of nearly 27,000 communications sites in June 2021 and acquired the approximately 4,000 remaining communications sites in Germany in August 2021, for total consideration of approximately 7.9 billion EUR (approximately $9.6 billion as of the closing dates), subject to certain post-closing adjustments.

In December 2021, we completed the CoreSite Acquisition, through which we acquired over 20 data center facilities and related assets in eight United States markets, for total consideration of $10.4 billion, including the assumption and repayment of CoreSite’s existing debt.

As of December 31, 2021, our property portfolio included 27 operating data center facilities across ten markets in the United States that collectively comprise approximately 3.1 million NRSF of data center space, as detailed below:


	Number of Data Centers	Total NRSF (1)
		(in thousands)
San Francisco Bay, CA	8	940
Los Angeles, CA	3	686
Northern Virginia, VA	5	536
New York, NY	2	203
Chicago, IL	2	233
Boston, MA	1	143
Denver, CO	2	35
Miami, FL	1	30
Orlando, FL	1	129

Atlanta, GA	2	128
Total	27	3,063

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(1)Excludes approximately 0.4 million of office and light-industrial NRSF acquired as part of the CoreSite Acquisition.

In most of our markets, our tenant leases for our communications sites with wireless carriers generally have initial non-cancellable terms of five to ten years with multiple renewal terms. Accordingly, the vast majority of the revenue generated by our property operations during the year ended December 31, 2021 was recurring revenue that we should continue to receive in future periods. Most of our tenant leases for our communications sites have provisions that periodically increase the rent due under the lease, typically based on an annual fixed escalation (averaging approximately 3% in the United States) or an inflationary index in most of our international markets, or a combination of both. In addition, certain of our tenant leases provide for additional revenue primarily to cover costs, such as ground rent or power and fuel costs.

Based upon existing customer leases and foreign currency exchange rates as of December 31, 2021, we expect to generate over $61 billion of non-cancellable customer lease revenue over future periods, before the impact of straight-line lease accounting.

The revenues generated by our property operations may be affected by cancellations of existing tenant leases. As discussed above, most of our tenant leases with wireless carriers and broadcasters are multiyear contracts, which typically are non-cancellable; however, in some instances, a lease may be cancelled upon the payment of a termination fee.

Revenue lost from either tenant lease cancellations or the non-renewal of leases or rent renegotiations, which we refer to as churn, has historically not had a material adverse effect on the revenues generated by our consolidated property operations. During the year ended December 31, 2021, churn was approximately 4% of our tenant billings.

Beginning in late 2017, we experienced an increase in revenue lost from cancellations or non-renewals primarily due to carrier consolidation-driven churn in India, which compressed our gross margin and operating profit, particularly in our Asia-Pacific property segment, although this impact was partially offset by lower expenses due to reduced tenancy on existing sites and the decommissioning of certain sites. For the year ended December 31, 2021, aggregate carrier consolidation in India did not have a material impact on our consolidated property revenue, gross margin or operating profit, although overall churn rates in India remained elevated relative to historical levels.

We anticipate that our churn rate in India will moderate over time and result in reduced impacts on our property revenue, gross margin and operating profit. In the immediate term, we believe that our churn rate may remain elevated as our tenants in India evaluate how best to comply with the recent court rulings by the Supreme Court of India and determine their obligations under payment plans for the AGR fees and charges prescribed by such court, as further discussed in Item 1A of this Annual Report under the caption “Risk Factors—Our business, and that of our customers, is subject to laws, regulations and administrative and judicial decisions, and changes thereto, that could restrict our ability to operate our business as we currently do or impact our competitive landscape.” We expect to periodically evaluate the carrying value of our Indian assets, which may result in the realization of additional impairment expense or other similar charges. For more information, please see the information under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates.”

Additionally, we expect that our churn rate in our U.S. & Canada property segment will remain elevated for a period of several years due to contractual lease cancellations and non-renewals by T-Mobile, including legacy Sprint Corporation leases, pursuant to the terms of the T-Mobile MLA entered into in September 2020.

As further set forth in Item 1A of this Annual Report under the caption “Risk Factors,” the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the response to mitigate its spread and effects, may adversely impact us and our customers and the demand for our communications infrastructure in the United States and globally. We have taken a variety of actions to ensure the continued availability of our communications infrastructure assets, while ensuring the safety and security of our employees, customers,

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vendors and surrounding communities. These measures include providing support for our customers remotely, supporting continued work-from-home arrangements and restricting travel for our employees where practicable and other modifications to our business practices. We will continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further actions as may be required by governmental authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers and business partners.

Property Operations Revenue Growth. Due to our diversified communications site portfolio, our tenant lease rates vary considerably depending upon numerous factors, including, but not limited to, amount, type and position of tenant equipment on the tower, remaining tower capacity and tower location. We measure the remaining tower capacity by assessing several factors, including tower height, tower type, environmental conditions, existing equipment on the tower and zoning and permitting regulations in effect in the jurisdiction where the tower is located. In many instances, tower capacity can be increased with relatively modest tower augmentation capital expenditures, which are often reimbursed to us.

The primary factors affecting the revenue growth of our property segments are:

•Growth in tenant billings, including:

•New revenue attributable to leasing additional space on our sites (“colocations”) and lease amendments;

•Contractual rent escalations on existing tenant leases, net of churn; and

•New revenue attributable to leases in place on day one on sites acquired or constructed since the beginning of the prior-year period.

•Revenue growth from our Data Centers segment in the United States, including growth attributable to increased customer demand for space, power and interconnection services and solutions.

•Revenue growth from other items, including additional tenant payments primarily to cover costs, such as ground rent or power and fuel costs included in certain tenant leases (“pass-through”), straight-line revenue and decommissioning.

We continue to believe that our site leasing revenue, which makes up the vast majority of our property segment revenue, is likely to increase due to the growing use of wireless services globally and our ability to meet the corresponding incremental demand for our communications real estate. By adding new tenants and new equipment for existing tenants on our sites, we are able to increase these sites’ utilization and profitability. We believe the majority of our site leasing activity will continue to come from wireless service providers, with tenants in a number of other industries contributing incremental leasing demand. Our site portfolio and our established tenant base provide us with new business opportunities, which have historically resulted in consistent and predictable organic revenue growth as wireless carriers seek to increase the coverage and capacity of their existing networks, while also deploying next generation wireless technologies. In addition, we intend to continue to supplement our organic growth by selectively developing or acquiring new sites in our existing and new markets where we can achieve our risk-adjusted return on investment objectives.

Property Operations Organic Revenue Growth. Consistent with our strategy to increase the utilization and return on investment from our sites, our objective is to add new tenants and new equipment for existing tenants through colocation and lease amendments. Our ability to lease additional space on our sites is primarily a function of the rate at which wireless carriers and other tenants deploy capital to improve and expand their wireless networks. This rate, in turn, is influenced by the growth of wireless services, the penetration of advanced wireless devices, the level of emphasis on network quality and capacity in carrier competition, the financial performance of our tenants and their access to capital and general economic conditions. According to industry data, recent aggregate annual wireless capital spending in the United States has averaged at least $30 billion, resulting in consistent demand for our sites.

Based on industry research and projections, we expect that a number of key industry trends will result in incremental revenue opportunities for us:

•In less advanced wireless markets where network deployments are in earlier stages, we expect these deployments to drive demand for our tower space as carriers seek to expand their footprints and increase the scope and density of their networks. We have established operations in many of these markets at the early stages of wireless development, which we believe will enable us to meaningfully participate in these deployments over the long term.

•Subscribers’ use of mobile data continues to grow rapidly given increasing smartphone and other advanced device penetration, the proliferation of bandwidth-intensive applications on these devices and the continuing evolution of the mobile ecosystem. We believe carriers will be compelled to deploy additional equipment on existing networks while also rolling out more advanced wireless networks to address coverage and capacity needs resulting from this increasing mobile data usage.

•The deployment of advanced mobile technology, such as 4G and 5G, will provide higher speed data services and further enable fixed broadband substitution. As a result, we expect that our tenants will continue deploying additional equipment across their existing networks.

•Wireless service providers compete based on the quality of their networks, which is driven by capacity and coverage. To maintain or improve their network performance as overall network usage increases, our tenants continue to deploy

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additional equipment across their existing sites while also adding new cell sites. We anticipate increasing network densification over the next several years, as existing network density is anticipated to be insufficient to account for rapidly increasing levels of wireless data usage.

•Wireless service providers continue to acquire additional spectrum, and as a result are expected to add additional sites and equipment to their networks as they seek to optimize their network configuration and utilize additional spectrum. We expect this to be particularly relevant in the context of higher-band spectrum such as 2.5 gigahertz (GHz) and C-Band being deployed for 5G, as these spectrum assets tend to have more limited propagation characteristics compared to the lower-band spectrum that has historically been deployed on our towers.

•Next generation technologies requiring wireless connectivity have the potential to provide incremental revenue opportunities for us. These technologies may include edge computing functionality, autonomous vehicle networks and a number of other internet-of-things, or IoT, applications, as well as other potential use cases for wireless services. These technologies may create new and complementary use cases for our communications real estate over time, although these use cases are currently in nascent stages.

•Continued data growth and emerging high-performance, latency-sensitive applications will drive an increased need for reliable, secure and interconnected data center solutions. We believe these trends will result in incremental utilization and interconnection demand at our data center facilities.

As part of our international expansion initiatives, we have targeted markets in various stages of network development to diversify our international exposure and position us to benefit from a number of different wireless technology deployments over the long term. In addition, we have focused on building relationships with large multinational carriers to increase the opportunities for growth or mutually beneficial transactional opportunities across common markets. We believe that consistent carrier network investments across our international markets will, over the long term, position us to generate meaningful organic revenue growth going forward.

In emerging markets, such as Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, the Philippines and Uganda, wireless networks tend to be significantly less advanced than those in the United States, and initial voice networks continue to be deployed in certain underdeveloped areas. A majority of consumers in these markets still utilize basic wireless services and advanced device penetration remains low. In more developed urban locations within these markets, mobile data usage tends to be higher and advanced network deployments are further along. Carriers are focused on completing voice network build-outs while increasing investments in data networks as mobile data usage and smartphone penetration within their customer bases begin to accelerate.

In India, the ongoing transition from 2G technology to 4G technology has included a period of carrier consolidation, whereby the number of carriers operating in the marketplace has been reduced through mergers, acquisitions and select carrier exits from the marketplace, which we believe is now substantially complete. We believe that this consolidation process has resulted in an industry structure for both the wireless carriers and communications infrastructure providers that will be more conducive to sustained growth and profitability over time.

In markets with rapidly evolving network technology, such as South Africa, Poland and most of the countries in Latin America where we do business, initial voice networks, for the most part, have already been built out, and carriers are increasingly focused on 4G network deployments. Consumers in these regions are increasingly adopting smartphones and other advanced devices, in particular as lower cost smartphones become increasingly available. As a result, the usage of bandwidth-intensive mobile applications is growing materially. Recent spectrum auctions in these rapidly evolving markets have allowed incumbent carriers to accelerate their data network deployments and have also enabled new entrants to begin initial investments in data networks. Smartphone penetration and wireless data usage in these markets are advancing rapidly, which typically requires that carriers continue to invest in their networks to maintain and augment their quality of service.

Finally, in markets with more mature network technology, such as Australia, Canada, Germany, France and Spain, carriers are focused on deploying 4G data networks to account for rapidly increasing wireless data usage among their customer base. With higher smartphone and advanced device penetration and significantly higher per capita data usage, carrier investment in networks is focused on 4G coverage and capacity, as well as the early stages of 5G deployment.

We believe that the network technology migration we have seen in the United States, which has led to significantly denser networks and meaningful new business commencements for us over a number of years, will be replicated in our international markets over time. As a result, we expect to be able to leverage our extensive international portfolio of approximately 177,000 communications sites and the relationships we have built with our carrier tenants to drive sustainable, long-term growth.

We have master lease agreements with many of our tenants for our communications sites that provide for consistent, long-term revenue and reduce the likelihood of non-contractual churn. Certain of those master lease agreements are comprehensive in nature and further build and augment strong strategic partnerships with our tenants while significantly reducing colocation cycle times, thereby providing our tenants with the ability to rapidly and efficiently deploy equipment on our sites.

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Demand for our communications infrastructure assets could be negatively impacted by a number of factors, including an increase in network sharing or consolidation among our customers, as set forth in Item 1A of this Annual Report under the captions “Risk Factors—If our customers consolidate their operations, exit their businesses or share site infrastructure to a significant degree, our growth, revenue and ability to generate positive cash flows could be materially and adversely affected” and “Risk Factors—A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from a small number of customers, and we are sensitive to adverse changes in the creditworthiness and financial strength of our customers.” In addition, the emergence and growth of new technologies could reduce demand for our sites, as set forth under the caption “Risk Factors—New technologies or changes in our or a customer’s business model could make our communications infrastructure leasing business less desirable and result in decreasing revenues and operating results.” Further, our customers may be subject to new regulatory policies from time to time that materially and adversely affect the demand for our communications infrastructure assets.

Property Operations New Site Revenue Growth. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we grew our portfolio of communications real estate through the acquisition and construction of approximately 38,950 communications sites globally. In a majority of our Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and Latin America markets, the revenue generated from newly acquired or constructed sites resulted in increases in both tenant and pass-through revenues (such as ground rent or power and fuel costs) and expenses. We continue to evaluate opportunities to acquire communications real estate portfolios, both domestically and internationally, to determine whether they meet our risk-adjusted hurdle rates and whether we believe we can effectively integrate them into our existing portfolio.


New Sites (Acquired or Constructed)	2021	2020	2019
U.S. & Canada	170	2,255	430
Asia-Pacific	3,780	3,960	3,330
Africa	2,355	1,540	6,455
Europe	24,775	610	15
Latin America	7,870	1,000	3,475

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we also grew our portfolio of data center facilities through the acquisition of over 20 data center facilities and related assets in the United States, including through the CoreSite Acquisition.

Property Operations Expenses. Direct operating expenses incurred by our property segments include direct site or facility level expenses and consist primarily of ground rent and power and fuel costs, some or all of which may be passed through to our customers, as well as property taxes and repairs and maintenance expenses. These segment direct operating expenses exclude all segment and corporate selling, general, administrative and development expenses, which are aggregated into one line item entitled Selling, general, administrative and development expense in our consolidated statements of operations. In general, our property segments’ selling, general, administrative and development expenses do not significantly increase as a result of adding incremental customers to our sites or facilities and typically increase only modestly year-over-year. As a result, leasing additional space to new customers on our sites or within our facilities provides significant incremental gross margin and cash flow. We may, however, incur additional segment selling, general, administrative and development expenses as we increase our presence in our existing markets or expand into new markets. Our profit margin growth is therefore positively impacted by the addition of new customers to our sites or facilities but can be temporarily diluted by our development activities.

Services Segment Revenue Growth. As we continue to focus on growing our property operations, we anticipate that our services revenue will continue to represent a small percentage of our total revenues.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Included in our analysis of our results of operations are discussions regarding earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and accretion, as adjusted (“Adjusted EBITDA”), Funds From Operations, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit FFO”) attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders, Consolidated Adjusted Funds From Operations (“Consolidated AFFO”) and AFFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as Net income before Income (loss) from equity method investments; Income tax benefit (provision); Other income (expense); Gain (loss) on retirement of long-term obligations; Interest expense; Interest income; Other operating income (expense); Depreciation, amortization and accretion; and stock-based compensation expense.

Nareit FFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders is defined as net income before gains or losses from the sale or disposal of real estate, real estate related impairment charges, real estate related depreciation, amortization and accretion and dividends on preferred stock, and including adjustments for (i) unconsolidated affiliates and (ii) noncontrolling

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interests. In this section, we refer to Nareit FFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders as “Nareit FFO (common stockholders).”

We define Consolidated AFFO as Nareit FFO (common stockholders) before (i) straight-line revenue and expense; (ii) stock-based compensation expense; (iii) the deferred portion of income tax and other income tax adjustments; (iv) non-real estate related depreciation, amortization and accretion; (v) amortization of deferred financing costs, capitalized interest, debt discounts and premiums and long-term deferred interest charges; (vi) other income (expense); (vii) gain (loss) on retirement of long-term obligations; (viii) other operating income (expense); and adjustments for (ix) unconsolidated affiliates and (x) noncontrolling interests, less cash payments related to capital improvements and cash payments related to corporate capital expenditures.

We define AFFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders as Consolidated AFFO, excluding the impact of noncontrolling interests on both Nareit FFO (common stockholders) and the other adjustments included in the calculation of Consolidated AFFO. In this section, we refer to AFFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders as “AFFO (common stockholders).”

Adjusted EBITDA, Nareit FFO (common stockholders), Consolidated AFFO and AFFO (common stockholders) are not intended to replace net income or any other performance measures determined in accordance with GAAP. None of Adjusted EBITDA, Nareit FFO (common stockholders), Consolidated AFFO or AFFO (common stockholders) represents cash flows from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and, therefore, these measures should not be considered indicative of cash flows from operating activities, as a measure of liquidity or a measure of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. Rather, Adjusted EBITDA, Nareit FFO (common stockholders), Consolidated AFFO and AFFO (common stockholders) are presented as we believe each is a useful indicator of our current operating performance. We believe that these metrics are useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance because (1) each is a key measure used by our management team for decision making purposes and for evaluating our operating segments’ performance; (2) Adjusted EBITDA is a component underlying our credit ratings; (3) Adjusted EBITDA is widely used in the telecommunications real estate sector to measure operating performance as depreciation, amortization and accretion may vary significantly among companies depending upon accounting methods and useful lives, particularly where acquisitions and non-operating factors are involved; (4) Consolidated AFFO is widely used in the telecommunications real estate sector to adjust Nareit FFO (common stockholders) for items that may otherwise cause material fluctuations in Nareit FFO (common stockholders) growth from period to period that would not be representative of the underlying performance of property assets in those periods; (5) each provides investors with a meaningful measure for evaluating our period-to-period operating performance by eliminating items that are not operational in nature; and (6) each provides investors with a measure for comparing our results of operations to those of other companies, particularly those in our industry.

Our measurement of Adjusted EBITDA, Nareit FFO (common stockholders), Consolidated AFFO and AFFO (common stockholders) may not, however, be fully comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA, Nareit FFO (common stockholders), Consolidated AFFO and AFFO (common stockholders) to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, have been included below.

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Results of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019

For a discussion of our 2020 Results of Operations, including a discussion of our financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, refer to Part I, Item 7 of our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 25, 2021 (the “2020 Form 10-K”).

During the fourth quarter of 2021, as a result of the CoreSite Acquisition, we updated our reportable segments to add a Data Centers segment. The Data Centers segment is included within our property operations. We will now report our results in seven segments – U.S. & Canada property (which includes all assets in the United States and Canada, other than our data center facilities and related assets), Asia-Pacific property, Africa property, Europe property, Latin America property, Data Centers and Services. We believe this change provides greater visibility into our operating segments and aligns our reporting with management’s current approach of allocating costs and resources, managing growth and profitability and assessing the operating performance of our business segments. This change applies to our business operations results beginning with the fourth quarter of 2021 and had no impact on our consolidated financial statements for any prior periods. Historical financial information included in this Annual Report has not been adjusted as the amounts attributable to data center assets were insignificant as prior to to the fourth quarter of 2021, we owned one data center.

Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

(in millions, except percentages)

Revenue


	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Property
U.S. & Canada (1)	$	4,920.2	$	4,517.0		9	%
Asia-Pacific	1,199.1		1,139.4			5
Africa	1,005.5		890.2			13
Europe	496.2		149.6			232
Latin America	1,465.4		1,257.4			17
Data Centers	23.2		—			100
Total property	9,109.6		7,953.6			15
Services	247.3		87.9			181
Total revenues	$	9,356.9	$	8,041.5		16	%

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(1) For the year ended December 31, 2020, U.S. & Canada includes $8.5 million of revenue attributable to our data center assets. For the year ended December 31, 2021, revenue attributable to our data center assets previously reported in the U.S. & Canada property segment is now shown in the Data Centers segment.

Year ended December 31, 2021

U.S. & Canada property segment revenue growth of $403.2 million was attributable to:

• Tenant billings growth of $287.6 million, which was driven by:

◦$168.2 million generated from newly acquired or constructed sites, primarily related to our acquisition of InSite Wireless Group, LLC (“InSite,” and the acquisition, the “InSite Acquisition”); and

◦$129.4 million due to colocations and amendments;

◦Partially offset by:

▪A decrease of $7.7 million from other tenant billings; and

▪A decrease of $2.3 million from churn in excess of contractual escalations (as discussed above, we expect that our churn rate will be elevated for a period of several years due to the terms of the T-Mobile MLA); and

• An increase of $115.6 million in other revenue, which includes a $143.7 million increase due to straight-line accounting, primarily due to the impact of the T-Mobile MLA, partially offset by a decrease in revenue attributable to our data center assets, which is presented in the Data Centers segment in the current period.

Segment revenue growth was not meaningfully impacted by foreign currency translation related to fluctuations in the Canadian Dollar. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the assets acquired pursuant to the InSite Acquisition generated approximately $153.7 million in U.S. & Canada property revenue.

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Asia-Pacific property segment revenue growth of $59.7 million was attributable to:

• An increase of $41.6 million in pass-through revenue; and

• Tenant billings growth of $22.7 million, which was driven by:

◦$48.2 million due to colocations and amendments; and

◦$24.7 million generated from newly acquired or constructed sites;

◦Partially offset by:

▪A decrease of $49.1 million resulting from churn in excess of contractual escalations; and

▪A decrease of $1.1 million from other tenant billings;

• Partially offset by a decrease of $6.8 million in other revenue, primarily due to tenant settlements in the prior-year period.

Segment revenue growth included an increase of $2.2 million attributable to the positive impact of foreign currency translation related to fluctuations in Indian Rupee (“INR”).

Africa property segment revenue growth of $115.3 million was attributable to:

• Tenant billings growth of $90.6 million, which was driven by:

◦$40.2 million due to colocations and amendments;

◦$39.0 million generated from newly acquired or constructed sites;

◦$7.6 million from contractual escalations, net of churn; and

◦$3.8 million from other tenant billings; and

• An increase of $44.9 million in pass-through revenue;

• Partially offset by a decrease of $23.1 million in other revenue, primarily due to an increase in revenue reserves and a decrease in tenant settlements attributable to prior tenant cancellations.

Segment revenue growth included an increase of $2.9 million attributable to the impact of foreign currency translation, which included, among others, positive impacts of $16.0 million related to fluctuations in South African Rand, partially offset by negative impacts related to fluctuations in the currencies of our other African markets, which included, among others, $12.2 million related to fluctuations in Nigerian Naira.

Europe property segment revenue growth of $346.6 million was attributable to:

• Tenant billings growth of $196.3 million, which was driven by:

◦$189.8 million generated from newly acquired or constructed sites, primarily attributable to the Telxius Acquisition and our agreements with Orange S.A. (“Orange”);

◦$7.9 million due to colocations and amendments; and

◦$0.1 million from other tenant billings;

◦Partially offset by a decrease of $1.5 million resulting from churn in excess of contractual escalations;

• An increase of $128.9 million in pass-through revenue, primarily attributable to the Telxius Acquisition; and

• An increase of $14.9 million in other revenue, primarily attributable to straight-line accounting, the Telxius Acquisition and increases in back-billing.

Segment revenue growth included an increase of $6.5 million, primarily attributable to the positive impact of foreign currency translation related to fluctuations in EUR. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the assets acquired pursuant to the Telxius Acquisition generated approximately $318.0 million in Europe property revenue.

Latin America property segment revenue growth of $208.0 million was attributable to:

• Tenant billings growth of $114.5 million, which was driven by:

◦$49.3 million generated from newly acquired or constructed sites, primarily attributable to the Telxius Acquisition;

◦$33.8 million due to colocations and amendments;

◦$27.9 million from contractual escalations, net of churn; and

◦$3.5 million from other tenant billings;

• An increase of $72.3 million in pass-through revenue, primarily attributable to increased pass-through ground rent costs in Brazil and the Telxius Acquisition; and

• An increase of $27.2 million in other revenue primarily as a result of a tenant settlement in Brazil.

Segment revenue growth included a decrease of $6.0 million, attributable to the impact of foreign currency translation, which included, among others, negative impacts of $28.0 million related to fluctuations in Brazilian Real and $4.8 million related to fluctuations in Peruvian Sol, partially offset by positive impacts related to fluctuations in the currencies of our other Latin American markets, which included, among others, $25.3 million related to fluctuations in Mexican Peso. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the assets acquired pursuant to the Telxius Acquisition generated approximately $70.7 million in Latin America property revenue.

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Data Centers segment revenue growth was attributable to data centers acquired in 2021, including through the CoreSite Acquisition.

Services segment revenue growth of $159.4 million was primarily attributable to an increase in site application, zoning, permitting and structural analysis services.

Gross Margin


	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Property
U.S. & Canada (1)	$	4,066.7	$	3,709.0		10	%
Asia-Pacific	474.8		478.0			(1)
Africa	659.4		592.5			11
Europe	302.2		121.5			149
Latin America	1,007.1		864.9			16
Data Centers	14.1		—			100
Total property	6,524.3		5,765.9			13
Services	150.6		51.4			193	%

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(1) For the year ended December 31, 2020, U.S. & Canada included $6.0 million of gross margin attributable to our data center assets. For the year ended December 31, 2021, gross margin attributable to our data center assets previously reported in the U.S. & Canada property segment is now shown in the Data Centers segment.

Year ended December 31, 2021

•The increase in U.S. & Canada property segment gross margin was primarily attributable to the increase in revenue described above, partially offset by an increase in direct expenses of $45.5 million, including expenses due to the InSite Acquisition.

•The decrease in Asia-Pacific property segment gross margin was primarily attributable to an increase in direct expenses of $61.5 million, primarily due to an increase in costs associated with pass-through revenue, including fuel costs, partially offset by the increase in revenue described above. Direct expenses were also negatively impacted by $1.4 million from the impact of foreign currency translation.

•The increase in Africa property segment gross margin was primarily attributable to the increase in revenue described above, partially offset by an increase in direct expenses of $50.0 million. Direct expenses also benefited by $1.6 million from the impact of foreign currency translation.

•The increase in Europe property segment gross margin was primarily attributable to the increase in revenue described above, partially offset by an increase in direct expenses of $164.7 million, primarily due to the Telxius Acquisition. Direct expenses were also negatively impacted by $1.2 million from the impact of foreign currency translation.

•The increase in Latin America property segment gross margin was primarily attributable to the increase in revenue described above, partially offset by an increase in direct expenses of $69.6 million, including expenses related to the Telxius Acquisition. Direct expenses also benefited by $3.8 million from the impact of foreign currency translation.

•The increase in Data Centers segment gross margin was attributable to data centers acquired in 2021, including through the CoreSite Acquisition.

•The increase in Services segment gross margin was primarily due to the increase in revenue described above, partially offset by an increase in direct expenses of $60.2 million.

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Selling, General, Administrative and Development Expense (“SG&A”)


	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Property
U.S. & Canada (1)	$	176.9	$	162.2		9	%
Asia-Pacific	73.1		97.4			(25)
Africa	72.3		94.4			(23)
Europe	42.1		23.0			83
Latin America	104.1		93.1			12
Data Centers	5.9		—			100
Total property	474.4		470.1			1
Services	16.2		14.8			9
Other	321.0		293.8			9
Total selling, general, administrative and development expense	$	811.6	$	778.7		4	%

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(1) For the year ended December 31, 2020, U.S. & Canada included $3.2 million of SG&A attributable to our data center assets. For the year ended December 31, 2021, SG&A attributable to our data center assets previously reported in the U.S. & Canada property segment is now shown in the Data Centers segment.

Year Ended December 31, 2021

•The increase in our U.S. & Canada property segment SG&A was primarily driven by increased personnel costs to support our business, including as a result of the InSite Acquisition, partially offset by lower canceled construction costs.

•The decrease in our Asia-Pacific property segment SG&A was primarily driven by a decrease in bad debt expense of $35.2 million.

•The decrease in our Africa property segment SG&A was primarily driven by a decrease in bad debt expense of $26.3 million.

•The increase in our Europe property segment SG&A was primarily driven by increased personnel costs to support our business, including as a result of the Telxius Acquisition.

•The increase in our Latin America property segment SG&A was primarily driven by an increase in bad debt expense of $8.3 million, as a result of receivable reserves with a tenant.

•The increase in our Data Centers segment SG&A was attributable to data centers acquired in 2021, including through the CoreSite Acquisition.

•The increase in our Services segment SG&A was primarily driven by an increase in personnel costs to support our business.

•The increase in other SG&A was primarily driven by an increase in corporate SG&A, including an increase in personnel costs to support our business.

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Operating Profit


	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Property
U.S. & Canada (1)	$	3,889.8	$	3,546.8		10	%
Asia-Pacific	401.7		380.6			6
Africa	587.1		498.1			18
Europe	260.1		98.5			164
Latin America	903.0		771.8			17
Data Centers	8.2		—			100
Total property	6,049.9		5,295.8			14
Services	134.4		36.6			267	%

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(1) For the year ended December 31, 2020, U.S. & Canada included $2.8 million of operating profit attributable to our data center assets. For the year ended December 31, 2021, operating profit attributable to our data center assets previously reported in the U.S. & Canada property segment is now shown in the Data Centers segment.

Year Ended December 31, 2021

•The increases in operating profit for our U.S. & Canada, Europe and Latin America property segments were primarily attributable to increases in our segment gross margin, partially offset by increases in our segment SG&A.

•The increase in operating profit for our Asia-Pacific property segment was primarily attributable to a decrease in our segment SG&A, partially offset by a decrease in our segment gross margin.

•The increase in operating profit for our Africa property segment was primarily attributable to an increase in our segment gross margin and a decrease in our segment SG&A.

•The increase in operating profit for our Data Centers segment was attributable to data centers acquired in 2021, including through the CoreSite Acquisition.

•The increase in operating profit for our Services segment was primarily attributable to an increase in our segment gross margin.

Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion


	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Depreciation, amortization and accretion	$	2,332.6	$	1,882.3		24	%

The increase in depreciation, amortization and accretion expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily attributable to the acquisition, lease or construction of new sites since the beginning of the prior-year period, including due to the InSite Acquisition, the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition, which resulted in increases in property and equipment and intangible assets subject to amortization, partially offset by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Other Operating Expenses


	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Other operating expenses	$	398.7	$	265.8		50	%

The increase in other operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily attributable to increases in acquisition related costs, including pre-acquisition contingencies and settlements of $175.6 million, primarily associated with the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition. These items were partially offset by a decrease in impairment charges of $49.1 million.

Total Other Expense


	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Total Other expense	$	302.6	$	1,066.4		(72)	%

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Total other expense consists primarily of interest expense and realized and unrealized foreign currency gains and losses. We record unrealized foreign currency gains or losses as a result of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations primarily associated with our intercompany notes and similar unaffiliated balances denominated in a currency other than the subsidiaries’ functional currencies.

The decrease in total other expense during the year ended December 31, 2021 was due to foreign currency gains of $557.9 million in the current period, as compared to foreign currency losses of $216.4 million in the prior-year period, and a loss on retirement of long-term obligations of $38.2 million in the current period, attributable to the repayment of all amounts outstanding under the securitizations assumed in connection with the InSite Acquisition (the “InSite Debt”) and repayment of our 4.70% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “4.70% Notes”), as compared to a loss on retirement of long-term obligations of $71.8 million during the prior-year period attributable to the repayment of our 5.900% senior unsecured notes due 2021 (the “5.900% Notes”), our 3.300% senior unsecured notes due 2021 (the “3.300% Notes”) and our 3.450% senior unsecured notes due 2021 (the “3.450% Notes”).

Income Tax Provision


	Year Ended December 31,						Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021			2020
Income tax provision	$	261.8		$	129.6			102	%
Effective tax rate	9.3		%	7.1		%

As a REIT, we may deduct earnings distributed to stockholders against the income generated by our REIT operations. In addition, we are able to offset certain income by utilizing our NOLs, subject to specified limitations. Consequently, the effective tax rate on income from continuing operations for each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 differs from the federal statutory rate.

The change in the income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily attributable to increases in reserves for uncertain tax positions and tax audit settlements, primarily in the United States and Mexico, in the current period.

Net Income / Adjusted EBITDA and Net Income / Nareit FFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders / Consolidated AFFO / AFFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders


	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Net income	$	2,567.6	$	1,691.5		52	%
Income tax provision	261.8		129.6			102
Other (income) expense	(566.1)		240.8			(335)
Loss on retirement of long-term obligations	38.2		71.8			(47)
Interest expense	870.9		793.5			10
Interest income	(40.4)		(39.7)			2
Other operating expenses	398.7		265.8			50
Depreciation, amortization and accretion	2,332.6		1,882.3			24
Stock-based compensation expense	119.5		120.8			(1)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	5,982.8	$	5,156.4		16	%

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	Year Ended December 31,				Percent Change 2021 vs 2020
	2021		2020
Net income	$	2,567.6	$	1,691.5		52	%
Real estate related depreciation, amortization and accretion	2,093.5		1,674.1			25
Losses from sale or disposal of real estate and real estate related impairment charges (1)	197.7		241.8			(18)

Dividend to noncontrolling interest	(2.6)		(7.9)			(67)
Adjustments for unconsolidated affiliates and noncontrolling interests	(102.9)		(88.7)			16
Nareit FFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders	$	4,753.3	$	3,510.8		35
Straight-line revenue	(465.6)		(322.0)			45
Straight-line expense	52.7		51.6			2
Stock-based compensation expense	119.5		120.8			(1)
Deferred portion of income tax and other income tax adjustments	36.6		(16.7)			(319)
Non-real estate related depreciation, amortization and accretion	239.1		208.2			15
Amortization of deferred financing costs, capitalized interest, debt discounts and premiums and long-term deferred interest charges	40.1		33.3			20
Payment of shareholder loan interest (2)	—		(63.3)			(100)
Other (income) expense (3)	(566.1)		240.8			(335)
Loss on retirement of long-term obligations	38.2		71.8			(47)
Other operating expenses (4)	201.0		24.0			738
Capital improvement capital expenditures	(170.4)		(150.3)			13
Corporate capital expenditures	(8.0)		(9.3)			(14)
Adjustments for unconsolidated affiliates and noncontrolling interests	102.9		88.7			16
Consolidated AFFO	$	4,373.3	$	3,788.4		15	%
Adjustments for unconsolidated affiliates and noncontrolling interests (5)	(96.8)		(24.9)			289	%
AFFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders	$	4,276.5	$	3,763.5		14	%

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(1) Included in these amounts are impairment charges of $173.7 million and $222.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

(2) For the year ended December 31, 2020, relates to the payment of capitalized interest associated with the acquisition of MTN’s redeemable noncontrolling interests in each of our joint ventures in Ghana and Uganda (see note 14 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report). This long-term deferred interest payment was previously expensed but excluded from Consolidated AFFO.

(3) Includes (gains) losses on foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations of $(557.9) million and $216.4 million, respectively.

(4) Primarily includes acquisition-related costs and integration costs.

(5) Includes adjustments for the impact on both Nareit FFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders as well as the other line items included in the calculation of Consolidated AFFO.

Year Ended December 31, 2021

The increase in net income was primarily due to (i) an increase in our operating profit and (ii) a decrease in other expenses, primarily due to foreign currency gains in the current period as compared to foreign currency losses in the prior-year period, partially offset by (a) an increase in depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, (b) an increase in other operating expense, primarily attributable to acquisition related costs associated with the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition, and (c) an increase in the income tax provision. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2021 included a loss on retirement of long-term obligations of $38.2 million, attributable to the repayment of the InSite Debt and the 4.70% Notes, as compared to a loss on retirement of long-term obligations of $71.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2020, attributable to the repayment of the 5.900% Notes, the 3.300% Notes and the 3.450% Notes.

The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily attributable to the increase in our gross margin and was partially offset by an increase in SG&A, excluding the impact of stock-based compensation expense, of $31.2 million.

The increase in Consolidated AFFO and AFFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders was primarily attributable to the increase in our operating profit, excluding the impact of straight-line accounting, partially offset by increases in capital improvement and corporate capital expenditures, cash paid for taxes and cash paid for interest. The prior year period also included $63.3 million of previously deferred interest associated with a shareholder loan. The growth in AFFO attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders was also impacted by higher adjustments for unconsolidated affiliates and noncontrolling interests in Europe.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

For a discussion of our 2020 Liquidity and Capital Resources, including a discussion of cash flows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, refer to Part I, Item 7 of the 2020 Form 10-K.

Overview

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we increased our financial flexibility and our ability to grow our business while maintaining our long-term financial policies. Our significant 2021 financing transactions included:

•Entry into the 2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans, the 2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans, the BofA Bridge Loan Commitment and the JPM Bridge Loan Commitment (each as defined below).

•Registered public offerings in an aggregate amount of $6.8 billion, including 3.0 billion EUR, of senior unsecured notes with maturities ranging from 2026 to 2051.

•Registered public offering of 9,900,000 shares of our common stock for aggregate net proceeds of $2.4 billion.

•Increase of our commitments under (i) our senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility to $6.0 billion (as amended and restated as further described below, the “2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility”), (ii) our senior unsecured revolving credit facility to $4.0 billion (as amended and restated as further described below, the “2021 Credit Facility”) and (iii) our unsecured term loan to $1.0 billion (as amended and restated as further described below, the “2021 Term Loan”).

•Repayment of all amounts outstanding under our $750.0 million unsecured term loan due February 12, 2021 (the “2020 Term Loan”).

•Repayment of all amounts outstanding under the InSite Debt.

•Repayment of all amounts outstanding under the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan (as defined below).

•Repayment of $500.0 million of indebtedness under the 2021 Term Loan.

•Redemption of the 4.70% Notes for an aggregate redemption price of approximately $715.1 million.

The following table summarizes our liquidity as of December 31, 2021 (in millions):


Available under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility	$	1,611.6
Available under the 2021 Credit Facility	2,590.0
Letters of credit	(4.7)
Total available under credit facilities, net	4,196.9
Cash and cash equivalents	1,949.9
Total liquidity	$	6,146.8

Subsequent to December 31, 2021, we made additional net borrowings of (i) $1.2 billion under the 2021 Credit Facility and (ii) $850.0 million under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility. The borrowings were used to repay existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

Summary cash flow information is set forth below for the years ended December 31, (in millions):


	2021		2020
Net cash provided by (used for):
Operating activities	$	4,819.9	$	3,881.4
Investing activities	(20,692.2)		(4,784.6)
Financing activities	16,424.5		1,215.3
Net effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash	(70.3)		(28.7)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	481.9	$	283.4

We use our cash flows to fund our operations and investments in our business, including maintenance and improvements, communications site construction, managed network installations and acquisitions. Additionally, we use our cash flows to make distributions, including distributions of our REIT taxable income to maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT under the Code. We may also repay or repurchase our existing indebtedness or equity from time to time. We typically fund our international expansion efforts primarily through a combination of cash on hand, intercompany debt and equity contributions.

In February 2021, we entered into an agreement with Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Investments Pte Limited and SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Trust (together, “Macquarie”), our remaining minority holders in ATC TIPL, to redeem 100% of their combined holdings in ATC TIPL (see note 14 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report) at a price of INR 175 per share, subject to certain adjustments. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we redeemed 100% of Macquarie’s

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combined holdings in ATC TIPL, for total consideration of INR 12.9 billion (approximately $173.2 million at the date of redemption). As a result of the redemption, we now hold a 100% ownership interest in ATC TIPL.

In May 2021 and June 2021, in connection with the funding of the Telxius Acquisition, we entered into agreements for CDPQ and Allianz to acquire 30% and 18% noncontrolling interests, respectively, in ATC Europe. We completed the ATC Europe Transactions in September 2021 for total aggregate consideration of 2.6 billion EUR (approximately $3.1 billion at the date of closing). After the completion of the ATC Europe Transactions, we hold a 52% controlling ownership interest in ATC Europe.

As of December 31, 2021, we had total outstanding indebtedness of $43.5 billion, with a current portion of $4.6 billion. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we generated sufficient cash flow from operations, together with borrowings under our credit facilities, the 2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans and the 2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans, proceeds from our equity and debt issuances and cash on hand, to fund our acquisitions, capital expenditures and debt service obligations, as well as our required distributions. We believe the cash generated by operating activities during the year ending December 31, 2022, together with our borrowing capacity under our credit facilities, will be sufficient to fund our required distributions, capital expenditures, debt service obligations (interest and principal repayments) and signed acquisitions.

As of December 31, 2021, we had $1.6 billion of cash and cash equivalents held by our foreign subsidiaries, of which $292.4 million was held by our joint ventures. While certain subsidiaries may pay us interest or principal on intercompany debt, it has not been our practice to repatriate earnings from our foreign subsidiaries primarily due to our ongoing expansion efforts and related capital needs. However, in the event that we do repatriate any funds, we may be required to accrue and pay certain taxes.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2021, cash provided by operating activities increased $938.5 million as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The primary factors that impacted cash provided by operating activities as compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, include:

•An increase in our segment operating profit of $851.9 million, partially offset by an increase in acquisition related costs, primarily associated with the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition;

•An increase in unearned revenue due to advance payments from a customer;

•An increase in non-cash operating activities, including an increase of approximately $143.6 million in straight-line revenue;

•An increase in cash required for working capital, primarily as a result of an increase in prepaid and other assets;

•An increase of approximately $78.9 million in cash paid for taxes; and

•An increase of approximately $28.9 million in cash paid for interest.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Our significant investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2021 are highlighted below:

•We spent approximately $19.3 billion for acquisitions, primarily related to the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition, as well as asset acquisitions in the United States, Bangladesh, Chile, France, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru and Poland.

•We spent $1.4 billion for capital expenditures, as follows (in millions):


Discretionary capital projects (1)	$	516.4
Ground lease purchases (2)	237.5
Capital improvements and corporate expenditures (3)	178.4
Redevelopment	264.3
Start-up capital projects	211.2
Total capital expenditures (4)	$	1,407.8

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(1)Includes the construction of 6,356 communications sites globally.

(2)Includes $35.2 million of perpetual land easement payments reported in Deferred financing costs and other financing activities in the cash flows from financing activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

(3)Includes $5.4 million of finance lease payments included in Repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loans, senior notes, secured debt and finance leases in the cash flow from financing activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

(4)Net of purchase credits of $9.5 million on certain assets, which are reported in operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

We plan to continue to allocate our available capital, after satisfying our distribution requirements, among investment alternatives that meet our return on investment criteria, while maintaining our commitment to our long-term financial policies. Accordingly, we expect to continue to deploy capital through our annual capital expenditure program, including land purchases

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and new site and data center facility construction, and through acquisitions. We also regularly review our site portfolios as to capital expenditures required to upgrade our towers to our structural standards or address capacity, structural or permitting issues.

We expect that our 2022 total capital expenditures will be as follows (in millions):


Discretionary capital projects (1)	$	820	to	$	850
Ground lease purchases	230		to	250
Capital improvements and corporate expenditures	170		to	180
Redevelopment	500		to	520
Start-up capital projects	280		to	300
Total capital expenditures	$	2,000	to	$	2,100

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(1) Includes the construction of approximately 6,000 to 7,000 communications sites globally.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Our significant financing activities were as follows (in millions):


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net	$	6,761.6	$	7,925.1
Proceeds from issuance of equity, net	2,361.8		—
Proceeds from (repayments of) credit facilities, net	3,691.8		(5.1)
Distributions paid on common stock	(2,271.0)		(1,928.2)
Purchases of common stock	—		(56.0)
Repayments of securitized debt (1)	(763.5)		(350.0)
Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders (2)	3,078.2		—
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders (3)	(223.2)		(12.3)
Repayments of senior notes	(700.0)		(2,650.0)
Proceeds from (repayments of) term loans, net	4,817.2		(250.0)
Purchases of redeemable noncontrolling interests (4)	(175.7)		(861.7)

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(1)As of December 31, 2020, the InSite Debt included $763.5 million aggregate principal amount and a fair value adjustment of $36.5 million. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we repaid all amounts outstanding under the InSite Debt.

(2)For the year ended December 31, 2021, includes $3.1 billion of contributions received from CDPQ and Allianz in connection with the ATC Europe Transactions.

(3)For the year ended December 31, 2021, includes $214.9 million of cash consideration paid to PGGM in connection with the reorganization of our subsidiaries in Europe.

(4)Includes the redemptions of minority interests in ATC TIPL. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we also liquidated our interests in a company held in France for total consideration of 2.2 million EUR (approximately $2.5 million at the date of redemption). During the year ended December 31, 2020, we also completed the acquisition of MTN’s 49% redeemable noncontrolling interests in each of our joint ventures in Ghana and Uganda for total consideration of approximately $524.4 million, including an adjustment of $1.4 million.

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Senior Notes

Repayments of Senior Notes

Repayment of 4.70% Senior Notes—On October 18, 2021, we redeemed all of the 4.70% Notes at a price equal to 101.7270% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding October 18, 2021, for an aggregate redemption price of approximately $715.1 million, including $3.0 million in accrued and unpaid interest. We recorded a loss on retirement of long-term obligations of approximately $12.4 million, which included prepayment consideration of $12.1 million and the associated unamortized discount and deferred financing costs. The redemption was funded with cash on hand. Upon completion of this redemption, none of the 4.70% Notes remained outstanding.

Repayment of 2.250% Senior Notes—On January 14, 2022, we repaid $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 2.250% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “2.250% Notes”) upon their maturity. The 2.250% Notes were repaid using borrowings under the 2021 Credit Facility. Upon completion of the repayment, none of the 2.250% Notes remained outstanding.

Offerings of Senior Notes

1.600% Senior Notes and 2.700% Senior Notes Offering—On March 29, 2021, we completed a registered public offering of $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.600% senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “1.600% Notes”) and $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.700% senior unsecured notes due 2031 (the “2.700% Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $1,386.3 million, after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. We used all of the net proceeds to repay existing indebtedness under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility.

0.450% Senior Notes, 0.875% Senior Notes and 1.250% Senior Notes Offering—On May 21, 2021, we completed a registered public offering of 750.0 million EUR ($913.7 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 0.450% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the “0.450% Notes”), 750.0 million EUR ($913.7 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 0.875% senior unsecured notes due 2029 (the “0.875% Notes”) and 500.0 million EUR ($609.1 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 1.250% senior unsecured notes due 2033 (the “1.250% Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately 1,983.1 million EUR (approximately $2,415.8 million at the date of issuance), after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. We used all of the net proceeds to fund the Telxius Acquisition.

1.450% Senior Notes, 2.300% Senior Notes and 2.950% Senior Notes Offering—On September 27, 2021, we completed a registered public offering of $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.450% senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “1.450% Notes”), $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.300% senior unsecured notes due 2031 (the “2.300% Notes”) and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount through a reopening of our 2.950% senior unsecured notes due 2051, originally issued on November 20, 2020 (the “2.950% Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $1,765.1 million, after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. We used the net proceeds to repay existing indebtedness under the 2021 Term Loan and for general corporate purposes.

0.400% Senior Notes and 0.950% Senior Notes Offering—On October 5, 2021, we completed a registered public offering of 500.0 million EUR ($579.9 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 0.400% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the “0.400% Notes”) and 500.0 million EUR ($579.9 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 0.950% senior unsecured notes due 2030 (the “0.950% Notes” and, collectively with the 1.600% Notes, the 2.700% Notes, the 0.450% Notes, the 0.875% Notes, the 1.250% Notes, the 1.450% Notes, the 2.300% Notes, the 2.950% Notes and the 0.400% Notes, the “Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately 987.7 million EUR (approximately $1,145.6 million at the date of issuance), after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. We used the net proceeds to repay existing EUR denominated indebtedness under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan.

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The key terms of the Notes are as follows:

Senior Notes

Aggregate Principal Amount (in millions)

Issue Date and Interest Accrual Date

Maturity Date

Contractual Interest Rate

First Interest Payment

Interest Payments Due (1)

Par Call Date (2)

1.600% Notes

700.0

March 29, 2021

April 15, 2026

1.600

October 15, 2021

April 15 and October 15

March 15, 2026

2.700% Notes

700.0

March 29, 2021

April 15, 2031

2.700

October 15, 2021

April 15 and October 15

January 15, 2031

0.450% Notes (3)

913.7

May 21, 2021

January 15, 2027

0.450

January 15, 2022

January 15

November 15, 2026

0.875% Notes (3)

913.7

May 21, 2021

May 21, 2029

0.875

May 21, 2022

May 21

February 21, 2029

1.250% Notes (3)

609.1

May 21, 2021

May 21, 2033

1.250

May 21, 2022

May 21

February 21, 2033

1.450% Notes

600.0

September 27, 2021

September 15, 2026

1.450

March 15, 2022

March 15 and September 15

August 15, 2026

2.300% Notes

700.0

September 27, 2021

September 15, 2031

2.300

March 15, 2022

March 15 and September 15

June 15, 2031

2.950% Notes (4)

1,050.0

September 27, 2021

January 15, 2051

2.950

January 15, 2022

January 15 and July 15

July 15, 2050

0.400% Notes (3)

579.9

October 5, 2021

February 15, 2027

0.400

February 15, 2022

February 15

December 15, 2026

0.950% Notes (3)

579.9

October 5, 2021

October 5, 2030

0.950

October 5, 2022

October 5

July 5, 2030

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(1)Accrued and unpaid interest on USD denominated notes is payable in USD semi-annually in arrears and will be computed from the issue date on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on EUR denominated notes is payable in EUR annually in arrears and will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the notes, beginning on the issue date.

(2)We may redeem the Notes at any time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus a make-whole premium, together with accrued interest to the redemption date. If we redeem the Notes on or after the par call date, we will not be required to pay a make-whole premium.

(3)The 0.450% Notes, the 0.875% Notes, the 1.250% Notes the 0.400% Notes and the 0.950% Notes are denominated in EUR. Represents the dollar equivalent of the aggregate principal amount as of the issue date.

(4)The initial 2.950% Notes were issued on November 20, 2020. The reopened 2.950% Notes were issued on September 27, 2021.

If we undergo a change of control and corresponding ratings decline, each as defined in the applicable supplemental indenture for the Notes, we may be required to repurchase all of the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including additional interest, if any), up to but not including the repurchase date. The Notes rank equally with all of our other senior unsecured debt and are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations of our subsidiaries.

The supplemental indentures contain certain covenants that restrict our ability to merge, consolidate or sell assets and our (together with our subsidiaries’) ability to incur liens. These covenants are subject to a number of exceptions, including that we and our subsidiaries may incur certain liens on assets, mortgages or other liens securing indebtedness if the aggregate amount of indebtedness secured by such liens does not exceed 3.5x Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the applicable supplemental indenture.

Securitizations

Repayment of InSite Debt—The InSite Debt included securitizations entered into by certain InSite subsidiaries. The InSite Debt was recorded at fair value upon acquisition. On January 15, 2021, we repaid the entire amount outstanding under the InSite Debt, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, January 15, 2021, for an aggregate redemption price of $826.4 million, including $2.3 million in accrued and unpaid interest. We recorded a loss on retirement of long-term obligations of approximately $25.7 million, which includes prepayment consideration partially offset by the unamortized fair value adjustment recorded upon acquisition. The repayment of the InSite Debt was funded with borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility, and cash on hand.

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Amendments to Bank Facilities—On February 10, 2021, we amended and restated the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility and amended the 2021 Term Loan.

These amendments, among other things,

i.extended the maturity dates by one year to June 28, 2024 and January 31, 2026 for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility, respectively;

ii.increased the commitments under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility to $4.1 billion and $2.9 billion, respectively;

iii.increased the maximum Revolving Loan Commitments, after giving effect to any Incremental Commitments (each as defined in the loan agreements for each of the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility) to $6.1 billion and $4.4 billion under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility, respectively;

iv.expanded the sublimit for multicurrency borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility from $1.0 billion to $3.0 billion and add a EUR borrowing option for the 2021 Credit Facility with a $1.5 billion sublimit;

v.amended the limitation of our permitted ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA (each as defined in each of the loan agreements for each of the facilities) to be no greater than 7.50 to 1.00 for the four fiscal quarters following the consummation of the Telxius Acquisition, which began with the quarter ended June 30, 2021, stepping down to 6.00 to 1.00 thereafter (with a further step up to 7.00 to 1.00 if we consummate a Qualified Acquisition (as defined in each of the loan agreements for the facilities));

vi.amended the limitation on indebtedness of, and guaranteed by, our subsidiaries to the greater of (a) $3.0 billion and (b) 50% of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in each of the loan agreements for the facilities) of us and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; and

vii.increased the threshold for certain defaults with respect to judgments, attachments or acceleration of indebtedness from $400.0 million to $500.0 million.

On December 8, 2021, we amended and restated the agreements for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility and the 2021 Term Loan, and amended the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan (as defined below).

These amendments, among other things,

i.extended the maturity dates to June 30, 2025, January 31, 2027 and January 31, 2027 for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility and the 2021 Term Loan, respectively;

ii.increased the commitments under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility and the 2021 Term Loan to $6.0 billion, $4.0 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively, of which an aggregate of approximately $5.1 billion under these facilities was used to finance the CoreSite Acquisition;

iii.increased the maximum Revolving Loan Commitments, after giving effect to any Incremental Commitments (each as defined in the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility) to $8.0 billion and $5.5 billion under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility, respectively;

iv.amended the limitation of our permitted ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA (each as defined in each of the loans) to be no greater than 7.50 to 1.00 for the four fiscal quarters following the consummation of the CoreSite Acquisition, which began with the quarter ended December 31, 2021, stepping down to 6.00 to 1.00 (with a further step up to 7.50 to 1.00 if we consummate a Qualified Acquisition (as defined in each of the agreements));

v.expanded the sublimit for multicurrency borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility from $3.0 billion and $1.5 billion to $3.5 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively; and

vi.increased the threshold for certain defaults with respect to judgments, attachments or acceleration of indebtedness from $500.0 million to $600.0 million.

2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility—As of December 31, 2021, we had the ability to borrow up to $6.0 billion under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, which includes a $3.5 billion sublimit for multicurrency borrowings, a $200.0 million sublimit for letters of credit and a $50.0 million sublimit for swingline loans. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we borrowed an aggregate of $7.8 billion, including an aggregate of 2.4 billion EUR ($2.9 billion as of the borrowing dates), and repaid an aggregate of $3.4 billion of revolving indebtedness, including an aggregate of 1.3 billion EUR ($1.5 billion as of the repayment date) primarily using proceeds from the ATC Europe Transactions, under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility. We used the

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borrowings to fund the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition, to repay existing indebtedness, including the InSite Debt and the 2020 Term Loan, and for general corporate purposes.

2021 Credit Facility—As of December 31, 2021, we had the ability to borrow up to $4.0 billion under the 2021 Credit Facility, which includes a $2.5 billion sublimit for multicurrency borrowings, $200.0 million sublimit for letters of credit and a $50.0 million sublimit for swingline loans. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we borrowed an aggregate of $4.9 billion, including an aggregate of 1.2 billion EUR ($1.5 billion as of the borrowing dates), and repaid an aggregate of $5.8 billion of revolving indebtedness, including an aggregate of 1.2 billion EUR ($1.4 billion as of the repayment date) primarily using proceeds from the ATC Europe Transactions, under the 2021 Credit Facility. We used the borrowings to fund the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition and for general corporate purposes.

Repayment of the 2020 Term Loan—On February 5, 2021, we repaid all amounts outstanding under the 2020 Term Loan using borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and cash on hand.

2021 Term Loan—On September 27, 2021, we repaid $500.0 million of indebtedness under the 2021 Term Loan using proceeds from the issuance of the 1.450% Notes, the 2.300% Notes and the 2.950% Notes. On December 28, 2021, we borrowed $500.0 million under the 2021 Term Loan, which was used to fund the CoreSite Acquisition. As of December 31, 2021, $1.0 billion is outstanding under the 2021 Term Loan.

2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans—On February 10, 2021, we entered into (i) a 1.1 billion EUR (approximately $1.3 billion at the date of signing) unsecured term loan, the proceeds of which were used to fund the Telxius Acquisition (the “2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan”), and which was subsequently repaid in full as described below, and (ii) an 825.0 million EUR (approximately $1.0 billion at the date of signing) unsecured term loan, the proceeds of which were used to fund the Telxius Acquisition, with a maturity date that is three years from the date of the first draw thereunder (the “2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan,” and, together with the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan, the “2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans”). The 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan bears interest at either (i) a base rate plus and applicable margin or (ii) a Eurocurrency rate plus an applicable margin, in each case, subject to adjustments based on our senior unsecured debt rating, which, based on our current debt ratings, is 1.125% above the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”).

On May 28, 2021, we borrowed 1.1 billion EUR ($1.3 billion as of the borrowing date) under the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and 825.0 million EUR ($1.0 billion as of the borrowing date) under the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan. We used the borrowings to fund the Telxius Acquisition.

On September 16, 2021, we repaid 420.0 million EUR ($494.2 million as of the repayment date) under the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan using proceeds from the ATC Europe Transactions. On October 7, 2021, we repaid all remaining amounts outstanding under the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan using proceeds from the issuance of the 0.400% Notes and the 0.950% Notes.

2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans—On December 8, 2021, we entered into (i) a $3.0 billion unsecured term loan, the proceeds of which were used to fund the CoreSite Acquisition, with a maturity date that is 364 days from the date of the first draw thereunder (the “2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan”) and (ii) a $1.5 billion unsecured term loan, the proceeds of which were used to fund the CoreSite Acquisition, with a maturity date that is two years from the date of the first draw thereunder (the “2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan” and, together with the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan, the “2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans”). The 2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans bear interest at either (i) a base rate plus an applicable margin or (ii) a Eurocurrency rate plus an applicable margin, in each case, subject to adjustments based on our senior unsecured debt rating, which, based on our current debt ratings, is 1.125% above LIBOR.

On December 28, 2021, we borrowed $3.0 billion under the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and $1.5 billion under the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan. We used the borrowings to fund the CoreSite Acquisition.

Bridge Facilities—In connection with entering into the Telxius Acquisition, we entered into a commitment letter (the “BofA Commitment Letter”), dated January 13, 2021, with Bank of America, N.A. and BofA Securities, Inc. (together, “BofA”) pursuant to which BofA had, with respect to bridge financing, committed to provide up to 7.5 billion EUR (approximately $9.1 billion at the date of signing) in bridge loans (the “BofA Bridge Loan Commitment”) to ensure financing for the Telxius Acquisition. Effective February 10, 2021, the BofA Bridge Loan Commitment was reduced to 4.275 billion EUR (approximately $5.2 billion at the date of signing) as a result of an aggregate of 3.225 billion EUR (approximately $3.9 billion at the date of signing) of additional committed amounts under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility and the 2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans, as described above. The BofA Bridge Loan Commitment was further reduced as a result of the May 2021 common stock offering, as further described below. Effective May 24, 2021, upon receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of the 0.450% Notes, the 0.875% Notes and the 1.250% Notes, we determined that we had adequate cash resources and undrawn availability under our revolving credit facilities and the 2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans to

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fund the cash consideration payable in connection with the Telxius Acquisition and terminated the BofA Commitment Letter. We did not make any borrowings under the BofA Bridge Loan Commitment.

In connection with entering into the CoreSite Acquisition, we entered into a commitment letter, dated November 14, 2021, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPM”) pursuant to which JPM had, with respect to bridge financing, committed to provide up to $10.5 billion in bridge loans (the “JPM Bridge Loan Commitment”) to ensure financing for the CoreSite Acquisition. Effective December 8, 2021, the JPM Bridge Loan Commitment was fully terminated as a result of the $10.5 billion in committed amounts available under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan and the 2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans, as described above. We did not make any borrowings under the JPM Bridge Loan Commitment.

As of December 31, 2021, the key terms under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan, the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan were as follows:


Bank Facility		Outstanding Principal Balance		Maturity Date		LIBOR or EURIBOR borrowing interest rate range (1)	Base rate borrowing interest rate range (1)	Current margin over LIBOR or EURIBOR and the base rate, respectively
2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility	(2)	$	4,388.4	June 30, 2025	(3)	0.875% - 1.750%	0.000% - 0.750%	1.125% and 0.125%
2021 Credit Facility	(4)	1,410.0		January 31, 2027	(3)	0.875% - 1.750%	0.000% - 0.750%	1.125% and 0.125%
2021 Term Loan	(4)	1,000.0		January 31, 2027		0.875% - 1.750%	0.000% - 0.750%	1.125% and 0.125%
2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan	(5)	938.2		May 28, 2024		0.875% - 1.625%	0.000% - 0.625%	1.125% and 0.125%
2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan	(4)	3,000.0		December 28, 2022		0.875% - 1.750%	0.000% - 0.750%	1.125% and 0.125%
2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan	(4)	1,500.0		December 28, 2023		0.875% - 1.750%	0.000% - 0.750%	1.125% and 0.125%

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(1)Represents interest rate above LIBOR for LIBOR based borrowings, interest rate above EURIBOR for EURIBOR based borrowings and interest rate above the defined base rate for base rate borrowings, in each case based on our debt ratings.

(2)Currently borrowed at LIBOR for USD denominated borrowings and at EURIBOR for EUR denominated borrowings.

(3)Subject to two optional renewal periods.

(4)Currently borrowed at LIBOR.

(5)Currently borrowed at EURIBOR.

We must pay a quarterly commitment fee on the undrawn portion of each of the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility. The commitment fee for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility ranges from 0.080% to 0.300% per annum, based upon our debt ratings, and is currently 0.110%.

The 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan, the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan do not require amortization of principal and may be paid prior to maturity in whole or in part at our option without penalty or premium. We have the option of choosing either a defined base rate, LIBOR or EURIBOR as the applicable base rate for borrowings under these bank facilities.

The loan agreements for each of the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan, the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan contain certain reporting, information, financial and operating covenants and other restrictions (including limitations on additional debt, guaranties, sales of assets and liens) with which we must comply. Failure to comply with the financial and operating covenants of the loan agreements could not only prevent us from being able to borrow additional funds under the revolving credit facilities, but may constitute a default, which could result in, among other things, the amounts outstanding under the applicable agreement, including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, becoming immediately due and payable.

India Indebtedness—The India indebtedness includes several working capital facilities, most of which are subject to annual renewal, and an overdraft facility. The working capital facilities bear interest at rates that consist of the applicable bank’s Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (as defined in the applicable agreement), plus a spread. Generally, the working capital facilities are payable on demand prior to maturity. The overdraft facility bears interest at the Overnight Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate at the time of borrowing plus a spread. As of December 31, 2021, we have not borrowed under these facilities.

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Amounts outstanding and key terms of the India indebtedness consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 (in millions, except percentages):


	Amount Outstanding (INR)	Amount Outstanding (USD)		Interest Rate (Range)	Maturity Date (Range)

Working capital facilities (1)	—	$	—	5.09% -8.75%	February 4, 2022 - October 23, 2022
Overdraft facility (2)	—	$	—	N/A	September 14, 2022

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(1) 7.70 billion INR ($103.5 million) of borrowing capacity as of December 31, 2021.

(2) 380.0 million INR ($5.1 million) of borrowing capacity as of December 31, 2021.

Repayment of CoreSite Debt—Debt assumed in connection with the CoreSite Acquisition included senior unsecured notes previously entered into by CoreSite (the “CoreSite Debt”). The CoreSite Debt was recorded at fair value upon the closing of the CoreSite Acquisition. On January 7, 2022, we repaid the entire amount outstanding under the CoreSite Debt, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, January 7, 2022, for an aggregate redemption price of $962.9 million, including $80.1 million of prepayment consideration and $7.8 million in accrued and unpaid interest. The repayment of the CoreSite Debt was funded with borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and cash on hand.

Stock Repurchase Programs—In March 2011, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program, pursuant to which we are authorized to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of our common stock (the “2011 Buyback”). In December 2017, our Board of Directors approved an additional stock repurchase program, pursuant to which we are authorized to repurchase up to $2.0 billion of our common stock (the “2017 Buyback,” and, together with the 2011 Buyback, the “Buyback Programs”).

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we made no repurchases under either of the Buyback Programs.

Under each program, we are authorized to purchase shares from time to time through open market purchases or in privately negotiated transactions not to exceed market prices and subject to market conditions and other factors. With respect to open market purchases, we may use plans adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act in accordance with securities laws and other legal requirements, which allows us to repurchase shares during periods when we may otherwise be prevented from doing so under insider trading laws or because of self-imposed trading blackout periods. These programs may be discontinued at any time.

We have repurchased a total of 14.4 million shares of our common stock under the 2011 Buyback for an aggregate of $1.5 billion, including commissions and fees. We expect to continue managing the pacing of the remaining approximately $2.0 billion under the Buyback Programs in response to general market conditions and other relevant factors. We expect to fund any further repurchases of our common stock through a combination of cash on hand, cash generated by operations and borrowings under our credit facilities. Repurchases under the Buyback Programs are subject to, among other things, us having available cash to fund the repurchases.

Sales of Equity Securities—We receive proceeds from sales of our equity securities pursuant to our employee stock purchase plan (the “ESPP”) and upon exercise of stock options granted under our equity incentive plan, as amended (the “2007 Plan”). During the year ended December 31, 2021, we received an aggregate of $96.8 million in proceeds upon exercises of stock options and sales pursuant to the ESPP.

2020 “At the Market” Stock Offering Program—In August 2020, we established an “at the market” stock offering program through which we may issue and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $1.0 billion (the “2020 ATM Program”). Sales under the 2020 ATM Program may be made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or, subject to our specific instructions, at negotiated prices. We intend to use the net proceeds from any issuances under the 2020 ATM Program for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, the funding of acquisitions, additions to working capital and repayment or refinancing of existing indebtedness. As of December 31, 2021, we have not sold any shares of common stock under the 2020 ATM Program.

Common Stock Offering—On May 10, 2021, we completed a registered public offering of 9,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at $244.75 per share. On May 10, 2021, we issued an additional 900,000 shares of our common stock in connection with the underwriters’ exercise in full of their over-allotment option. Aggregate net proceeds from this offering were approximately $2.4 billion after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses. We used the net proceeds to finance the Telxius Acquisition.

Distributions—As a REIT, we must annually distribute to our stockholders an amount equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for distributed earnings and excluding any net capital gain). Generally, we have distributed, and expect to continue to distribute, all or substantially all of our REIT taxable income after taking into

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consideration our utilization of NOLs. We have distributed an aggregate of approximately $11.8 billion to our common stockholders, including the dividend paid in January 2022, primarily classified as ordinary income that may be treated as qualified REIT dividends under Section 199A of the Code for taxable years ending before 2026.

The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on various factors, a number of which may be beyond our control, including our financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT and reduce any income and excise taxes that we otherwise would be required to pay, limitations on distributions in our existing and future debt and preferred equity instruments, our ability to utilize NOLs to offset our distribution requirements, limitations on our ability to fund distributions using cash generated through our TRSs and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we paid $5.03 per share, or $2.3 billion, to common stockholders of record. In addition, we declared a distribution of $1.39 per share, or $633.5 million, paid on January 14, 2022 to our common stockholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2021.

We accrue distributions on unvested restricted stock units, which are payable upon vesting. The amount accrued for distributions payable related to unvested restricted stock units was $12.8 million and $12.6 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we paid $7.5 million of distributions upon the vesting of restricted stock units.

For more details on the cash distributions paid to our common stockholders during the year ended December 31, 2021, see note 15 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report.

Material Cash Requirements—The following table summarizes material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations as of December 31, 2021 (in millions):


	2022		2023		2024		2025		2026		Thereafter		Total
Debt obligations (1)	$	4,568.7	$	4,512.7	$	3,091.0	$	8,134.5	$	3,370.1	$	19,820.5	$	43,497.5
Operating lease obligations (2)	1,125.9		1,071.7		1,028.0		969.4		919.9		6,935.4		12,050.3

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(1) Includes aggregate principal maturities of long-term debt, including finance lease obligations (see note 8 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report).

(2) Includes payments under non-cancellable initial terms, as well as payments for certain renewal periods at our option, which we expect to renew because failure to do so could result in a loss of the applicable communications sites and related revenues from tenant leases (see note 4 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report).

Distributions—We expect that our 2022 total distributions declared to our common stockholders will be $2.8 billion. The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions will be at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.

Signed Acquisitions—On November 28, 2019, we entered into definitive agreements with Orange for the acquisition of up to approximately 2,000 communications sites in France over a period of up to five years for total consideration in the range of approximately 500.0 million EUR to 600.0 million EUR (approximately $550.5 million to $660.5 million at the date of signing) to be paid over the five-year term. As of December 31, 2021, we have completed the acquisition of nearly 1,200 communications sites. The remaining communications sites are expected to close in tranches, subject to customary closing conditions.

Asset Retirement Obligations—We are required to remove our assets and remediate the leased sites upon which certain of our assets are located. As of December 31, 2021, the estimated undiscounted future cash outlay for asset retirement obligations was $4.2 billion.

Factors Affecting Sources of Liquidity

Our liquidity depends on our ability to generate cash flow from operating activities, borrow funds under our credit facilities and maintain compliance with the contractual agreements governing our indebtedness. We believe that the debt agreements discussed below represent our material debt agreements that contain covenants, our compliance with which would be material to an investor’s understanding of our financial results and the impact of those results on our liquidity.

Internally Generated Funds—Because the majority of our customer leases are multiyear contracts, a significant majority of the revenues generated by our property operations as of the end of 2021 is recurring revenue that we should continue to receive in future periods. Accordingly, a key factor affecting our ability to generate cash flow from operating activities is to maintain this recurring revenue and to convert it into operating profit by minimizing operating costs and fully achieving our operating efficiencies. In addition, our ability to increase cash flow from operating activities depends upon the demand for our

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communications infrastructure and our related services and our ability to increase the utilization of our existing communications infrastructure.

Restrictions Under Loan Agreements Relating to Our Credit Facilities—The loan agreements for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan, the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan contain certain financial and operating covenants and other restrictions applicable to us and our subsidiaries that are not designated as unrestricted subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. These restrictions include limitations on additional debt, distributions and dividends, guaranties, sales of assets and liens. The loan agreements also contain covenants that establish financial tests with which we and our restricted subsidiaries must comply related to total leverage and senior secured leverage, as set forth in the table below. As of December 31, 2021, we were in compliance with each of these covenants.

Compliance Tests For The 12 Months Ended
December 31, 2021
($ in billions)

Ratio (1)

Additional Debt Capacity Under Covenants (2)

Capacity for Adjusted EBITDA Decrease Under Covenants (3)

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio

Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA
≤ 7.50:1.00

~$5.4

~$0.7

Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

Senior Secured Debt to Adjusted EBITDA
≤ 3.00:1.00

~$16.1 (4)

~$5.4

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(1) Each component of the ratio as defined in the applicable loan agreement.

(2) Assumes no change to Adjusted EBITDA.

(3) Assumes no change to our debt levels.

(4) Effectively, however, additional Senior Secured Debt under this ratio would be limited to the capacity under the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio.

Under the terms of the agreements for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan, the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition are designated as a Qualified Acquisitions, whereby our Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio is adjusted to not exceed 7:50 to 1:00 for four fiscal quarters following consummation of the Telxius Acquisition, which began with the quarter ended June 30, 2021 and for four fiscal quarters following consummation of the CoreSite Acquisition, which began with the quarter ended December 31, 2021. The loan agreements for our credit facilities also contain reporting and information covenants that require us to provide financial and operating information to the lenders within certain time periods. If we are unable to provide the required information on a timely basis, we would be in breach of these covenants.

Failure to comply with the financial maintenance tests and certain other covenants of the loan agreements for our credit facilities could not only prevent us from being able to borrow additional funds under these credit facilities, but may also constitute a default under these credit facilities, which could result in, among other things, the amounts outstanding, including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, becoming immediately due and payable. If this were to occur, we may not have sufficient cash on hand to repay such indebtedness. The key factors affecting our ability to comply with the debt covenants described above are our financial performance relative to the financial maintenance tests defined in the loan agreements for these credit facilities and our ability to fund our debt service obligations. Based upon our current expectations, we believe our operating results during the next 12 months will be sufficient to comply with these covenants.

Restrictions Under Agreements Relating to the 2015 Securitization and the Trust Securitizations—The indenture and related supplemental indenture governing the American Tower Secured Revenue Notes, Series 2015-2, Class A (the “Series 2015-2 Notes”) issued by GTP Acquisition Partners I, LLC (“GTP Acquisition Partners”) in the 2015 Securitization and the loan agreement related to the Trust Securitizations include certain financial ratios and operating covenants and other restrictions customary for transactions subject to rated securitizations. Among other things, GTP Acquisition Partners and American Tower Asset Sub, LLC and American Tower Asset Sub II, LLC (together, the “AMT Asset Subs”) are prohibited from incurring other indebtedness for borrowed money or further encumbering their assets, subject to customary carve-outs for ordinary course trade payables and permitted encumbrances (as defined in the applicable agreements).

Under the agreements, amounts due will be paid from the cash flows generated by the assets securing the Series 2015-2 Notes or the assets securing the nonrecourse loan that secures the Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2013-2A (the “Series 2013-2A Securities”), Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass A (the “Series 2018-1A Securities”), and the Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass R (the “Series 2018-1R Securities” and, together with the Series 2018-1A Securities, the “2018 Securities”) issued in the Trust Securitizations (the “Loan”), as applicable, which must be deposited into certain reserve accounts, and thereafter distributed, solely pursuant to the terms of the applicable agreement. On a monthly basis, after payment of all required amounts under the applicable agreement, subject to the conditions described in the

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table below, the excess cash flows generated from the operation of such assets are released to GTP Acquisition Partners or the AMT Asset Subs, as applicable, which can then be distributed to, and used by, us. As of December 31, 2021, $358.8 million held in such reserve accounts was classified as restricted cash.

Certain information with respect to the 2015 Securitization and the Trust Securitizations is set forth below. The debt service coverage ratio (“DSCR”) is generally calculated as the ratio of the net cash flow (as defined in the applicable agreement) to the amount of interest, servicing fees and trustee fees required to be paid over the succeeding 12 months on the principal amount of the Series 2015-2 Notes or the Loan, as applicable, that will be outstanding on the payment date following such date of determination.

Issuer or Borrower

Notes/Securities Issued

Conditions Limiting Distributions of Excess Cash

Excess Cash Distributed During Year Ended December 31, 2021

DSCR as of
December 31, 2021

Capacity for Decrease in Net Cash Flow Before Triggering Cash Trap DSCR (1)

Capacity for Decrease in Net Cash Flow Before Triggering Minimum DSCR (1)

Cash Trap DSCR

Amortization Period

(in millions)

2015 Securitization

GTP Acquisition Partners

American Tower Secured Revenue Notes, Series 2015-2

1.30x, Tested Quarterly (2)

(3)(4)

$303.1

15.10x

$253.8

$256.6

Trust Securitizations

AMT Asset Subs

Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2013-2A, Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass A and Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass R

1.30x, Tested Quarterly (2)

(3)(5)

$534.9

10.04x

$522.0

$530.9

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(1) Based on the net cash flow of the applicable issuer or borrower as of December 31, 2021 and the expenses payable over the next 12 months on the Series 2015-2 Notes or the Loan, as applicable.

(2) Once triggered, a Cash Trap DSCR condition continues to exist until the DSCR exceeds the Cash Trap DSCR for two consecutive calendar quarters. During a Cash Trap DSCR condition, all cash flow in excess of amounts required to make debt service payments, fund required reserves, pay management fees and budgeted operating expenses and make other payments required under the applicable transaction documents, referred to as excess cash flow, will be deposited into a reserve account (the “Cash Trap Reserve Account”) instead of being released to the applicable issuer or borrower.

(3) An amortization period commences if the DSCR is equal to or below 1.15x (the “Minimum DSCR”) at the end of any calendar quarter and continues to exist until the DSCR exceeds the Minimum DSCR for two consecutive calendar quarters.

(4) No amortization period is triggered if the outstanding principal amount of a series has not been repaid in full on the applicable anticipated repayment date. However, in such event, additional interest will accrue on the unpaid principal balance of the applicable series, and such series will begin to amortize on a monthly basis from excess cash flow.

(5) An amortization period exists if the outstanding principal amount has not been paid in full on the applicable anticipated repayment date and continues to exist until such principal has been repaid in full.

A failure to meet the noted DSCR tests could prevent GTP Acquisition Partners or the AMT Asset Subs from distributing excess cash flow to us, which could affect our ability to fund our capital expenditures, including tower construction and acquisitions and to meet REIT distribution requirements. During an “amortization period,” all excess cash flow and any amounts then in the applicable Cash Trap Reserve Account would be applied to pay the principal of the Series 2015-2 Notes or the Loan, as applicable, on each monthly payment date, and so would not be available for distribution to us. Further, additional interest will begin to accrue with respect to the Series 2015-2 Notes or subclass of the Loan from and after the anticipated repayment date at a per annum rate determined in accordance with the applicable agreement. With respect to the Series 2015-2 Notes, upon the occurrence of, and during, an event of default, the applicable trustee may, in its discretion or at the direction of holders of more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal of the Series 2015-2 Notes, declare the Series 2015-2 Notes immediately due and payable, in which case any excess cash flow would need to be used to pay holders of such notes. Furthermore, if GTP Acquisition Partners or the AMT Asset Subs were to default on the Series 2015-2 Notes or the Loan, the applicable trustee may seek to foreclose upon or otherwise convert the ownership of all or any portion of the 3,531 communications sites that secure the Series 2015-2 Notes or the 5,113 broadcast and wireless communications towers and

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related assets that secure the Loan, respectively, in which case we could lose such sites and the revenue associated with those assets.

As discussed above, we use our available liquidity and seek new sources of liquidity to fund capital expenditures, future growth and expansion initiatives, satisfy our distribution requirements and repay or repurchase our debt. If we determine that it is desirable or necessary to raise additional capital, we may be unable to do so, or such additional financing may be prohibitively expensive or restricted by the terms of our outstanding indebtedness. Further, as further discussed under Item 1A of this Annual Report under the caption “Risk Factors,” extreme market volatility and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may impact our ability to raise additional capital through debt financing activities or our ability to repay or refinance maturing liabilities, or impact the terms of any new obligations. If we are unable to raise capital when our needs arise, we may not be able to fund capital expenditures, future growth and expansion initiatives, satisfy our REIT distribution requirements and debt service obligations or refinance our existing indebtedness.

In addition, our liquidity depends on our ability to generate cash flow from operating activities. As set forth under Item 1A of this Annual Report under the caption “Risk Factors,” we derive a substantial portion of our revenues from a small number of customers and, consequently, a failure by a significant customer to perform its contractual obligations to us could adversely affect our cash flow and liquidity.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. We evaluate our policies and estimates on an ongoing basis. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We have reviewed our policies and estimates to determine our critical accounting policies for the year ended December 31, 2021. We have identified the following policies as critical to an understanding of our results of operations and financial condition. This is not a comprehensive list of our accounting policies. See note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report for a summary of our significant accounting policies. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP, with no need for management’s judgment in its application. There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result.

•Impairment of Assets—Assets Subject to Depreciation and Amortization: We review long-lived assets for impairment at least annually or whenever events, changes in circumstances or other indicators or evidence indicate that the carrying amount of our assets may not be recoverable.

We review our tower portfolio, network location intangible and right-of-use assets for indicators of impairment at the lowest level of identifiable cash flows, typically at an individual tower basis. Possible indicators include a tower not having current tenant leases or having expenses in excess of revenues. A cash flow modeling approach is utilized to assess recoverability and incorporates, among other items, the tower location, the tower location demographics, the timing of additions of new tenants, lease rates and estimated length of tenancy and ongoing cash requirements.

We review our tenant-related intangible assets on a tenant by tenant basis for indicators of impairment, such as high levels of turnover or attrition, non-renewal of a significant number of contracts or the cancellation or termination of a relationship. We assess recoverability by determining whether the carrying amount of the tenant-related intangible assets will be recovered primarily through projected undiscounted future cash flows.

If the sum of the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of our long-lived assets is less than the carrying amount of the assets, an impairment loss may be recognized. Key assumptions included in the undiscounted cash flows are future revenue projections, estimates of ongoing tenancies and operating margins. An impairment loss would be based on the fair value of the asset, which is based on an estimate of discounted future cash flows to be provided from the asset. We record any related impairment charge in the period in which we identify such impairment.

In October 2019, the Supreme Court of India issued a ruling regarding the definition of AGR and associated fees and charges, which was reaffirmed in March 2020, that may have a material financial impact on certain of our tenants which could affect their ability to perform their obligations under agreements with us. In September 2020, the Supreme Court of India defined the expected timeline of ten years for payments owed under the ruling. In September 2021, the government in India approved a relief package, that, among other things, included (i) a four year moratorium on the payment of AGR fees owed and (ii) a change in the definition of AGR on a prospective basis. We will continue to

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monitor the status of these developments, as it is possible that the estimated future cash flows may differ from current estimates and changes in estimated cash flows from tenants in India could have an impact on previously recorded tangible and intangible assets, including amounts originally recorded as tenant-related intangibles. The carrying value of tenant-related intangibles in India was $0.9 billion as of December 31, 2021, which represents 6% of our consolidated balance of $15.0 billion. Additionally, a significant reduction in tenant related cash flows in India could also impact our tower portfolio and network location intangibles. The carrying values of our tower portfolio and network location intangibles in India were $1.0 billion and $367.4 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2021, which represent 12% and 9% of our consolidated balances of $9.0 billion and $4.0 billion, respectively.

•Impairment of Assets—Goodwill: We review goodwill for impairment at least annually (as of December 31) or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Goodwill is recorded in the applicable segment and assessed for impairment at the reporting unit level. We employ a discounted cash flow analysis when testing goodwill. The key assumptions utilized in the discounted cash flow analysis include current operating performance, terminal sales growth rate, management’s expectations of future operating results and cash requirements, the current weighted average cost of capital and an expected tax rate. We compare the fair value of the reporting unit, as calculated under an income approach using future discounted cash flows, to the carrying amount of the applicable reporting unit. If the carrying amount exceeds the fair value, an impairment loss would be recognized for the amount of the excess. The loss recognized is limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, no potential goodwill impairment was identified as the fair value of each of our reporting units was in excess of its carrying amount.

•Acquisitions: We evaluate each of our acquisitions under the accounting guidance framework to determine whether to treat an acquisition as an asset acquisition or a business combination. For those transactions treated as asset acquisitions, the purchase price is allocated to the assets acquired, with no recognition of goodwill. For those acquisitions that meet the definition of a business combination, we apply the acquisition method of accounting where assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at fair value at the date of each acquisition, and the results of operations are included with our results from the dates of the respective acquisitions. Any excess of the purchase price paid over the amounts recognized for assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. We continue to evaluate acquisitions accounted for as business combinations for a period not to exceed one year after the applicable acquisition date of each transaction to determine whether any additional adjustments are needed to the allocation of the purchase price paid for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is typically determined by using either estimates of replacement costs or discounted cash flow valuation methods. When determining the fair value of tangible assets acquired, we must estimate the cost to replace the asset with a new asset taking into consideration such factors as age, condition and the economic useful life of the asset. When determining the fair value of intangible assets acquired, we must estimate the applicable discount rate and the timing and amount of future tenant cash flows, including rate and terms of renewal and attrition.

•Revenue Recognition: Our revenue is derived from leasing the right to use our communications sites, the land on which the sites are located and our data center facilities (the “lease component”) and from the reimbursement of costs incurred in operating the communications sites and supporting the tenants’ equipment as well as other services and contractual rights (the “non-lease component”). Most of our revenue is derived from leasing arrangements and is accounted for as lease revenue unless the timing and pattern of revenue recognition of the non-lease component differs from the lease component. If the timing and pattern of the non-lease component revenue recognition differs from that of the lease component, we separately determine the stand-alone selling prices and pattern of revenue recognition for each performance obligation.

Our revenue from leasing arrangements, including fixed escalation clauses present in non-cancellable lease arrangements, is reported on a straight-line basis over the term of the respective leases when collectibility is probable. Escalation clauses tied to a consumer price index or other inflation-based indices, and other incentives present in lease agreements with our tenants, are excluded from the straight-line calculation. Total property straight-line revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $465.6 million, $322.0 million and $183.5 million, respectively. Amounts billed upfront in connection with the execution of lease agreements are initially deferred and reflected in Unearned revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and recognized as revenue over the terms of the applicable lease arrangements. Amounts billed or received for services prior to being earned are deferred and reflected in Unearned revenue in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets until the criteria for recognition have been met.

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We derive the largest portion of our revenues, corresponding trade receivables and the related deferred rent asset from a small number of tenants in the telecommunications industry, with 52% of our revenues derived from three tenants. In addition, we have concentrations of credit risk in certain geographic areas. We mitigate the concentrations of credit risk with respect to notes and trade receivables by actively monitoring the creditworthiness of our borrowers and tenants. In recognizing tenant revenue we assess the collectibility of both the amounts billed and the portion recognized on a straight-line basis. This assessment takes tenant credit risk and business and industry conditions into consideration to ultimately determine the collectibility of the amounts billed. To the extent the amounts, based on management’s estimates, may not be collectible, recognition is deferred until such point as the uncertainty is resolved. Any amounts that were previously recognized as revenue and are subsequently determined to present a risk of collection are reserved as bad debt expense. Accounts receivable are reported net of allowances for doubtful accounts related to estimated losses resulting from a tenant’s inability to make required payments and allowances for amounts invoiced whose collectibility is not reasonably assured.

•Rent Expense and Lease Accounting: Many of the leases underlying our tower sites and data centers have fixed rent escalations, which provide for periodic increases in the amount of ground rent payable over time. In addition, certain of our tenant leases require us to exercise available renewal options pursuant to the underlying ground lease if the tenant exercises its renewal option. Our calculation of the lease liability includes the term of the underlying ground lease plus all periods, if any, for which failure to renew the lease imposes an economic penalty to us such that renewal appears to be reasonably assured.

We recognize a right-of-use lease asset and lease liability for operating and finance leases. The right-of-use asset is measured as the sum of the lease liability, prepaid or accrued lease payments, any initial direct costs incurred and any other applicable amounts.

The calculation of the lease liability requires us to make certain assumptions for each lease, including lease term and discount rate implicit in each lease, which could significantly impact the gross lease obligation, the duration and the present value of the lease liability. When calculating the lease term, we consider the renewal, cancellation and termination rights available to us and the lessor. We determine the discount rate by calculating the incremental borrowing rate on a collateralized basis at the commencement of a lease or upon a change in the lease term.

•Income Taxes: Accounting for income taxes requires us to estimate the timing and impact of amounts recorded in our financial statements that may be recognized differently for tax purposes. To the extent that the timing of amounts recognized for financial reporting purposes differs from the timing of recognition for tax reporting purposes, deferred tax assets or liabilities are required to be recorded. We measure deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences and carryforwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities as a result of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. We do not expect to pay federal income taxes on our REIT taxable income.

We periodically review our deferred tax assets, and we record a valuation allowance if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management assesses the available positive and negative evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to use the existing deferred tax assets. Valuation allowances would be reversed as a reduction to the provision for income taxes, if related deferred tax assets are deemed realizable based on changes in facts and circumstances relevant to the assets’ recoverability.

We recognize the benefit of uncertain tax positions when, in management’s judgment, it is more likely than not that positions we have taken in our tax returns will be sustained upon examination, which are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement. We adjust our tax liabilities when our judgment changes as a result of the evaluation of new information or information not previously available. Due to the complexity of some of these uncertainties, the ultimate resolution may result in a payment that is materially different from our current estimate of the tax liabilities. These differences will be reflected as increases or decreases to income tax expense in the period in which additional information is available or the position is ultimately settled under audit.

Accounting Standards Update

For a discussion of recent accounting standards updates, see note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report.

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ITEM 7A.			QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The following table provides information as of December 31, 2021 about our market risk exposure associated with changing interest rates. For long-term debt obligations, the table presents principal cash flows by maturity date and average interest rates related to outstanding obligations. For interest rate swaps, the table presents notional principal amounts and weighted-average interest rates (in millions, except percentages). For more information, see Item 7 of this Annual Report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” and note 8 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report.


Long-Term Debt	2022			2023			2024			2025			2026			Thereafter			Total			Fair Value
Fixed Rate Debt (a)	$	968.7		$	2,312.7		$	2,152.8		$	3,746.1		$	3,370.1		$	17,410.5		$	29,960.9		$	30,545.1
Weighted-Average Interest Rate (a)	4.07		%	3.28		%	3.49		%	2.67		%	2.58		%	2.36		%
Variable Rate Debt (b)	$	3,600.0		$	2,200.0		$	938.2		$	4,388.4		$	—		$	2,410.0		$	13,536.6		$	13,556.9
Weighted-Average Interest Rate (b)(c)	1.42		%	1.81		%	1.13		%	1.21		%	—		%	1.23		%

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Hedged Fixed-Rate Notional Amount	$	600.0		$	500.0		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	1,100.0		$	11.0	(d)
Variable Rate Debt Rate (e)																			1.19		%

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(a) Fixed rate debt consisted of: Securities issued in the Trust Securitizations; Securities issued in the 2015-2 Securitization; the CoreSite senior unsecured notes, which were subsequently repaid in full on January 7, 2022; our senior unsecured notes (see note 8 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report for a detailed description of all such senior unsecured notes); the Kenya Debt; the U.S. Subsidiary Debt; and other debt including finance leases.

(b) Variable rate debt consisted of: the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, which matures on June 30, 2025; the 2021 Credit Facility, which matures on January 31, 2027; the 2021 Term Loan, which matures on January 31, 2027; the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, which matures on May 28, 2024; the 2021 USD 364-Day Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, which matures on December 28, 2022; and the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, which matures on December 28, 2023.

(d) As of December 31, 2021, the interest rate swap agreements in the United States were included in Other non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

(e) Represents the weighted average variable rate of interest based on contractual notional amount as a percentage of total notional amounts.

Interest Rate Risk

As of December 31, 2021, we had three interest rate swap agreements related to the 2.250% Notes. These swaps were designated as fair value hedges, had an aggregate notional amount of $600.0 million, had an interest rate of one-month LIBOR plus applicable spreads and expired in January 2022. The 2.250% Notes were subsequently repaid in full on January 14, 2022. In addition, we have three interest rate swap agreements related to a portion of our 3.000% senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the “3.000% Notes”). These swaps have been designated as fair value hedges, have an aggregate notional amount of $500.0 million, have an interest rate of one-month LIBOR plus applicable spreads and expire in June 2023.

Changes in interest rates can cause interest charges to fluctuate on our variable rate debt. Variable rate debt as of December 31, 2021 consisted of $4.4 billion under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, $1.4 billion under the 2021 Credit Facility, $1.0 billion under the 2021 Term Loan, $938.2 million under the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, $3.0 billion under the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan, $1.5 billion under the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, $600.0 million under the interest rate swap agreements related to the 2.250% Notes and $500.0 million under the interest rate swap agreements related to the 3.000% Notes. A 10% increase in current interest rates would result in an additional $16.3 million of interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Foreign Currency Risk

We are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates primarily in connection with our foreign subsidiaries and joint ventures internationally. Any transaction denominated in a currency other than the U.S. Dollar is reported in U.S. Dollars at the applicable exchange rate. All assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. Dollars at exchange rates in effect at the end of the applicable fiscal reporting period and all revenues and expenses are translated at average rates for the period. The cumulative translation effect is included in equity as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss. We may enter into additional foreign currency financial instruments in anticipation of future transactions to minimize the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. For the year ended December 31, 2021, 44% of our revenues and 52% of our total operating expenses were denominated in foreign currencies.

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As of December 31, 2021, we have incurred intercompany debt that is not considered to be permanently reinvested, and similar unaffiliated balances that were denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the subsidiary in which it is recorded. As this debt had not been designated as being a long-term investment in nature, any changes in the foreign currency exchange rates will result in unrealized gains or losses, which will be included in our determination of net income. An adverse change of 10% in the underlying exchange rates of our unsettled intercompany debt and similar unaffiliated balances would result in $66.7 million of unrealized losses that would be included in Other expense in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, we have 7.3 billion EUR (approximately $8.3 billion) denominated debt outstanding. An adverse change of 10% in the underlying exchange rates of our outstanding EUR debt would result in $0.9 billion of foreign currency losses that would be included in Other expense in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021.


ITEM 8.			FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

See Item 15 (a).


ITEM 9.			CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.


ITEM 9A.			CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We have established disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that material information relating to us, including our consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the officers who certify our financial reports and to other members of senior management and the Board of Directors.

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021 and designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the requisite time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms, and that it is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021. As discussed in Item 1 of this Annual Report under the caption “Business” and in note 6 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report, we completed the Telxius Acquisition in June 2021 and August 2021 and the CoreSite Acquisition in December 2021. As permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC, we excluded from our assessment the internal control over financial reporting at (i) Telxius, whose financial statements reflect total assets and revenues constituting 17% and 4%, respectively, of the consolidated financial statement amounts as of, and for the year ended, December 31, 2021, and (ii) CoreSite, whose financial statements reflect total assets and revenues constituting 16% and 0%, respectively, of the consolidated financial statement amounts as of, and for the year ended, December 31, 2021.

In making its assessment of internal control over financial reporting, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2021, our internal control over financial reporting is effective.

Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm that audited our financial statements included in this Annual Report, has issued an attestation report on management’s internal control over financial reporting, which is included in this Item 9A under the caption “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. As set forth above, we excluded from our assessment the internal control over financial reporting at Telxius and CoreSite for the year ended December 31, 2021. We consider Telxius and CoreSite material to our results of operations, financial position and cash flows, and we are in the process of integrating the internal control procedures of Telxius and CoreSite into our internal control structure.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of American Tower Corporation

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of American Tower Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, of the Company and our report dated February 24, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

As described in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, management excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting at Telxius Telecom, S.A., which was acquired in June and August 2021 and whose financial statements constitute 17% of total assets and 4% of total revenues of the consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. Management also excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting at CoreSite Realty Corporation which was acquired in December 2021 and whose financial statements constitute 16% of total assets and 0% of total revenues of the consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. Accordingly, our audit did not include the internal control over financial reporting at Telxius or CoreSite.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 24, 2022


ITEM 9C.			DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.

Not applicable.

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PART III


ITEM 10.			DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Our executive officers and their respective ages and positions as of February 17, 2022 are set forth below:

Thomas A. Bartlett

President and Chief Executive Officer

Rodney M. Smith

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Edmund DiSanto

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

Robert J. Meyer

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Olivier Puech

Executive Vice President and President, Latin America and EMEA

Sanjay Goel

Executive Vice President and President, Asia-Pacific

Steven O. Vondran

Executive Vice President and President, U.S. Tower Division

Thomas A. Bartlett is our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bartlett joined us in April 2009 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and served in that role until March 2020 when he was appointed to his current position. Mr. Bartlett served as our Treasurer from February 2012 to December 2013, and again from July 2017 to August 2018. Prior to joining us, Mr. Bartlett served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller with Verizon Communications. During his 25-year career with Verizon Communications and its predecessor companies and affiliates, he served in numerous operations and business development roles, including as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic International Wireless from 1995 through 2000, where he was responsible for wireless activities in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. In addition, Mr. Bartlett served as CEO of Iusacell, a publicly traded, nationwide cellular company in Mexico, CEO of Verizon's Global Solutions Inc., a global connectivity business providing lit and dark fiber services primarily to global enterprises, and as an Area President for Verizon’s U.S. wireless business, where he was responsible for all operational aspects of the business in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. He began his career at Deloitte, Haskins & Sells. Mr. Bartlett is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Board of Governors, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust (NAREIT) Executive Committee and the Business Roundtable. He currently sits on the Samaritans advisory council, is on the Board of Advisors of the Rutgers Business School, is a member of the New England Technology Executive Summit and is on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presidential CEO Advisory Board. He earned an M.B.A. from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Lehigh University.

Rodney M. Smith is our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Smith joined us in October 2009, and previously held the roles of Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Tower's U.S. Tower Division. Prior to joining us, Mr. Smith served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and as a general Board Member of Lightower, a private equity backed wireless infrastructure company. Prior to Lightower, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (and earlier as Vice President and Controller) for RoweCom, a publicly traded company with operations in eight countries. Early in his career, Mr. Smith held several leadership positions at Nextel Communications, including Director of Finance and General Manager of one of the Company's Northeast markets. Mr. Smith earned his M.B.A from Suffolk University, a Certificate of Accountancy from Bentley College and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Merrimack College.

Edmund DiSanto is our Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to joining us in April 2007, Mr. DiSanto was with Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corporation. Mr. DiSanto started with United Technologies in 1989, where he first served as Assistant General Counsel of its Carrier subsidiary, then as corporate Executive Assistant to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies. From 1997, he held various legal and business roles at its Pratt & Whitney unit, including Deputy General Counsel and most recently, Vice President, Global Service Partners, Business Development. Prior to joining United Technologies, Mr. DiSanto served in a number of legal and related positions at United Dominion Industries and New England Electric Systems. Mr. DiSanto earned a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a Bachelor of Science from Northeastern University. In 2013, Mr. DiSanto became a member of the Board of Directors of the Business Council for International Understanding. Mr. DiSanto also serves as the Strategic Officer for the Company at the World Economic Forum. In 2019, Mr. DiSanto was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court and in 2020, Mr. DiSanto was named to the Board of the U.S.-India Business Council.

Robert J. Meyer is our Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Meyer joined us in August 2008 as our Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller and served in that role until January 2020 when he was appointed to his current position. Prior to joining us, Mr. Meyer was with Bright Horizons Family Solutions since 1998, a provider of child care, early education and work/life consulting services, where he most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Meyer also served as Corporate Controller and Vice President of Finance while at Bright Horizons. Prior to that, from 1997 to 1998, Mr. Meyer served as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at First Security Services Corp. Mr. Meyer earned a Masters

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in Finance from Bentley University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Marquette University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Olivier Puech is our Executive Vice President and President, Latin America and EMEA. Mr. Puech joined us in 2013 as Senior Vice President and CEO of Latin America and served in that role until October 2018 when he was appointed to his current position. Prior to joining us, Mr. Puech spent 25 years as a senior executive in the telecom and internet sectors of international organizations. Most recently, he was with Nokia where he held various leadership roles including Senior Vice President Americas, Senior Vice President Asia Pacific and Vice President Latin America. Before Nokia, Mr. Puech spent 12 years at Gemalto, where he last held the position of Vice President, Sales and Marketing with responsibility for South Europe, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Mr. Puech holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business Administration from Ecole Supérieure De Commerce in Marseille, in France. He is fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

Sanjay Goel is our Executive Vice President and President, Asia-Pacific. Mr. Goel joined us in March 2021. Prior to joining us, Mr. Goel was with Nokia, where he started in the mobile networks division in 2001. During his time at Nokia, he held various sales and business management positions, including Head of the Managed Services Business Line for Asia Pacific, Japan and India and Vice President of the Global Services Business Unit, APAC and Japan. Mr. Goel also led Nokia’s Global Services business across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and created a new sales and business development division within Global Services, based in Finland. Most recently, he served as President of the Global Services business group and Nokia Operations. Mr. Goel began his career at ABB and IBM, prior to joining Nokia. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with specialization in Electronics and Communications from Manipal Institute of Technology.

Steven O. Vondran is our Executive Vice President and President, U.S. Tower Division. Mr. Vondran joined us in 2000 as a member of our corporate legal team and served in a variety of positions until August 2004 when he was appointed Senior Vice President of our U.S. Leasing Operations. In August 2010, Mr. Vondran was appointed Senior Vice President, General Counsel of our U.S. Tower Division and served in that role until August 2018, when he was appointed to his current position. Mr. Vondran joined the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) Board in September 2018, and, in October 2018, he joined the Board of Directors for the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA). Prior to joining us, Mr. Vondran was an associate at the law firm of Lewellen & Frazier LLP, served as a telecommunications consultant with the firm of Young & Associates, Inc., and was a Law Clerk to the Hon. John Stroud on the Arkansas Court of Appeals. He received his J.D. with high honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business from Hendrix College.

The information under “Election of Directors” and “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports,” if applicable, from the Definitive Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference. Information required by this item pursuant to Item 407(c)(3) of SEC Regulation S-K relating to our procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to our Board of Directors, and pursuant to Item 407(d)(4) and 407(d)(5) of SEC Regulation S-K relating to our audit committee financial experts and identification of the audit committee of our Board of Directors, is contained in the Definitive Proxy Statement under “Corporate Governance” and is incorporated herein by reference.

Information regarding our Code of Conduct applicable to our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer, our controller and other senior financial officers appears in Item 1 of this Annual Report under the caption “Business—Available Information.”


ITEM 11.			EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information under “Compensation and Other Information Concerning Directors and Officers” from the Definitive Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 12.			SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information under “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans” from the Definitive Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 13.			CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Information required by this item pursuant to Item 404 of SEC Regulation S-K relating to approval of related party transactions is contained in the Definitive Proxy Statement under “Corporate Governance” and is incorporated herein by reference.

Information required by this item pursuant to Item 407(a) of SEC Regulation S-K relating to director independence is contained in the Definitive Proxy Statement under “Corporate Governance” and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 14.			PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

The information under “Independent Auditor Fees and Other Matters” from the Definitive Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV


ITEM 15.			EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) The following documents are filed as a part of this report:

1. Financial Statements. See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements, which appears on page F-1 hereof. The financial statements listed in the accompanying Index to Consolidated Financial Statements are filed herewith in response to this Item.

2. Financial Statement Schedules. American Tower Corporation and Subsidiaries Schedule III – Schedule of Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation is filed herewith in response to this Item.

3. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Company has filed certain agreements as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These agreements may contain representations and warranties by the parties. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other party or parties to such agreements and (i) may have been qualified by disclosures made to such other party or parties, (ii) were made only as of the date of such agreements or such other date(s) as may be specified in such agreements and are subject to more recent developments, which may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosure, (iii) may reflect the allocation of risk among the parties to such agreements and (iv) may apply materiality standards different from what may be viewed as material to investors. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the Company’s actual state of affairs at the date hereof and should not be relied upon.

The exhibits below are included, either by being filed herewith or by incorporation by reference, as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Exhibits are identified according to the number assigned to them in Item 601 of SEC Regulation S-K. Documents that are incorporated by reference are identified by their Exhibit number as set forth in the filing from which they are incorporated by reference.


		Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.	Description of Document	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit No.

2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between American Tower Corporation and American Tower REIT, Inc., dated as of August 24, 2011	8-K	001-14195	August 25, 2011	2.1

2.2	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 14, 2021, by and among the Company, American Tower Investments LLC, Appleseed Holdco LLC, Applesee d Merger Sub LLC, Appleseed OP Merger Sub LLC, CoreSite and CoreSite, L.P.	8-K	001-14195	November 15, 2021	2.1

3.1	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, effective as of December 31, 2011	8-K	001-14195	January 3, 2012	3.1

3.2	Certificate of Merger, effective as of December 31, 2011	8-K	001-14195	January 3, 2012	3.2

3.3	Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, effective as of February 12, 2016	8-K	001-14195	February 16, 2016	3.1

3.4	Certificate of Designations of the 5.25% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A, of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, effective as of May 12, 2014	8-K	001-14195	May 12, 2014	3.1

3.5	Certificate of Designations of the 5.50% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B, of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, effective as of March 3, 2015	8-K	001-14195	March 3, 2015	3.1

4.1	Indenture dated as of May 13, 2010, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A., as Trustee	S-3ASR	333-166805	May 13, 2010	4.3

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		Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.	Description of Document	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit No.
4.2	Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of December 30, 2011, to Indenture dated as of May 13, 2010, by and among , the Company , American Tower REIT, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A., as Trustee	8-K	001-14195	January 3, 2012	4.6

4.3	Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of January 8, 2013, to Indenture dated as of May 13, 2010, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A., as Trustee, for the 3.50% Senior Notes due 2023	8-K	001-14195	January 8, 2013	4.1

4.4	Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee	S-3ASR	333-188812	May 23, 2013	4.12

4.5	Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of August 19, 2013, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 5.00% Senior Notes due 2024	8-K	001-14195	August 19, 2013	4.1

4.6	Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of May 7, 2015, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025	8-K	001-14195	May 7, 2015	4.1

4.7	Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of January 12, 2016, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 4.400% Senior Notes due 2026	8-K	001-14195	January 12, 2016	4.1

4.8	Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of May 13, 2016, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 3.375% Senior Notes due 2026	8-K	001-14195	May 13, 2016	4.1

4.9	Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of September 30, 2016, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 3.125% Senior Notes due 2027	8-K	001-14195	September 30, 2016	4.1

4.10	Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of April 6, 2017, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as Paying Agent, for the 1.375% Senior Notes due 2025	8-K	001-14195	April 6, 2017	4.1

4.11	Supplemental Indenture No. 8, dated as of June 30, 2017, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 3.55% Senior Notes due 2027	8-K	001-14195	June 30, 2017	4.1

4.12	Supplemental Indenture No. 9, dated as of December 8, 2017, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 3.000% Senior Notes due 2023 and the 3.600% Senior Notes due 2028	8-K	001-14195	December 8, 2017	4.1

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		Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.	Description of Document	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit No.
4.13	Supplemental Indenture No. 10, dated as of May 22, 2018, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and among the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as Paying Agent, for the 1.950% Senior Notes due 2026	8-K	001-14195	May 22, 2018	4.1

4.14	Supplemental Indenture No. 11, dated as of March 15, 2019, to Indenture dated as of May 23, 2013, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 3.375% Senior Notes due 2024 and the 3.950% Senior Notes due 2029	8-K	001-14195	March 15, 2019	4.1

4.15	Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee	S-3ASR	333-231931	June 4, 2019	4.22

4.16	Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of June 13, 2019, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between American Tower Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 2.950% Senior Notes due 2025 and the 3.800% Senior Notes due 2029	8-K	001-14195	June 13, 2019	4.1

4.17	Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of October 3, 2019, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between American Tower Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 2.750% Senior Notes due 2027 and the 3.700% Senior Notes due 2049	8-K	001-14195	October 3, 2019	4.1

4.18	Supplemental Indenture No. 3, dated as of January 10, 2020, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between American Tower Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 2.400% Senior Notes due 2025 and the 2.900% Senior Notes due 2030	8-K	001-14195	January 10, 2020	4.1

4.19	Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of June 3, 2020, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between American Tower Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 1.300% Senior Notes due 2025, the 2.100% Senior Notes due 2030 and the 3.100% Senior Notes due 2050	8-K	001-14195	June 3, 2020	4.1

4.20	Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of September 10, 2020, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as Paying Agent, for the 0.500% Senior Notes due 2028 and the 1.000% Senior Notes due 2032	8-K	001-14195	September 10, 2020	4.1

4.21	Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of September 28, 2020, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between American Tower Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 1.875% Senior Notes due 2030	8-K	001-14195	September 28, 2020	4.1

4.22	Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of November 20, 2020, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between American Tower Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 0.600% Senior Notes due 2024, the 1.500% Senior Notes due 2028 and the 2.950% Senior Notes due 2051	8-K	001-14195	November 20, 2020	4.1

Table of Conten ts


		Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.	Description of Document	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit No.
4.23	Supplemental Indenture No. 8, dated as of March 29, 2021, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between American Tower Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 1.600% Senior Notes due 2026 and the 2.700% Senior Notes due 2031	8-K	001-14195	March 29, 2021	4.1

4.24	Supplemental Indenture No. 9, dated as of May 21, 2021, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as Paying Agent, for the 0.450% Senior Notes due 2027, the 0.875% Senior Notes due 2029 and the 1.250% Senior Notes due 2033	8-K	001-14195	May 21, 2021	4.1

4.25	Supplemental Indenture No. 10, dated as of September 27, 2021, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and between American Tower Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the 1.450% Senior Notes due 2026 and the 2.300% Senior Notes due 2031	8-K	001-14195	September 27, 2021	4.1

4.26	Supplemental Indenture No. 11, dated as of October 5, 2021, to Indenture dated as of June 4, 2019, by and among the Company, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch, as Paying Agent, for the 0.400% Senior Notes due 2027 and the 0.950% Senior Notes due 2030	8-K	001-14195	October 5, 2021	4.1

4.27	Third Amended and Restated Indenture, dated May 29, 2015, by and between GTP Acquisition Partners I, LLC, ACC Tower Sub, LLC, DCS Tower Sub, LLC, GTP South Acquisitions II, LLC, GTP Acquisition Partners II, LLC, GTP Acquisition Partners, III, LLC, GTP Infrastructure I, LLC, GTP Infrastructure II, LLC, GTP Infrastructure III, LLC, GTP Towers VIII, LLC, GTP Towers I, LLC, GTP Towers II, LLC, GTP Towers IV, LLC, GTP Towers V, LLC, GTP Towers VII, LLC, GTP Towers IX, LLC, PCS Structures Towers, LLC and GTP TRS I LLC, as Obligors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee	10-Q	001-14195	July 29, 2015	4.2

4.28	Series 2015-2 Supplement, dated May 29, 2015, to the Third Amended and Restated Indenture dated May 29, 2015	10-Q	001-14195	July 29, 2015	4.4

4.29	Description of Registrant’s Securities	Filed herewith as Exhibit 4.29	—	—	—

10.1	American Tower Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated	10-Q	001-14195	October 28, 2021	10.1

10.2*	American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan	DEF 14A	001-14195	March 22, 2017	Annex A

10.3*	Amendment to American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan	8-K	001-14195	March 14, 2017	10.1

10.4*	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Non-U.S. Employee) (For grants made through February 28, 2019) Pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended	10-K	001-14195	February 27, 2013	10.9

Table of Conten ts

Incorporated By Reference

Exhibit No.

Description of Document

Form

File No.

Date of Filing

Exhibit No.

10.5*

Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units and RSU Agreement (U.S. Employee / Time) (Non-Employee Director) (For grants made March 10, 2016 - February 28, 2019) Pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

8-K

001-14195

March 9, 2016

10.1

10.6*

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (U.S. Employee/ Non-Employee Director) (For grants made beginning March 1, 2019) Pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

10-K

001-14195

February 27, 2019

10.10

10.7*

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Non-U.S. Employee) (For grants made beginning March 1, 2019) Pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

10-K

001-14195

February 27, 2019

10.11

10.8*

Form of Notice of Grant of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Agreement (U.S. Employee) (For grants made March 11, 2019 - April 10, 2020 ) Pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

10-K

001-14195

February 27, 2019

10.14

10.9*

Form of Notice of Grant of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Agreement (U.S. Employee) (For grants made beginning April 11, 2020) Pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

8-K/A

001-14195

April 16, 2020

10.1

10.10*

Form of Notice of Grant of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Agreement (Non-U.S. Employee) (For grants made beginning June 1, 2021) Pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

10-Q

001-14195

July 29, 2021

10.1

10.11

Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2018, by and between American Tower Asset Sub, LLC and American Tower Assets Sub II, LLC, as Borrowers, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for American Tower Trust I, as Lender

10-Q

001-14195

May 2, 2018

10.2

10.12

First Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2013, by and between American Tower Asset Sub, LLC and American Tower Asset Sub II, LLC, as Owners, and SpectraSite Communications, LLC, as Manager

10-Q

001-14195

May 1, 2013

10.2

10.13

Second Amended and Restated Trust and Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2018, by and among American Tower Depositor Sub, LLC, as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Servicer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee

10-Q

001-14195

May 2, 2018

10.3

10.14

Second Amended and Restated Cash Management Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2018, by and among American Tower Asset Sub, LLC and American Tower Asset Sub II, LLC, as Borrowers, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for American Tower Trust I Secured Tower Revenue Securities, as Lender, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Servicer, U.S. Bank National Association, as Agent, and SpectraSite Communications, LLC, as Manager

10-Q

001-14195

May 2, 2018

10.4

Table of Conten ts

Incorporated By Reference

Exhibit No.

Description of Document

Form

File No.

Date of Filing

Exhibit No.

10.15

Agreement to Sublease by and among ALLTEL Communications, Inc. the ALLTEL entities and American Towers, Inc. and American Tower Corporation, dated December 19, 2000

10-K

001-14195

April 2, 2001

2.2

10.16

Lease and Sublease, dated as of December 14, 2000, by and among SBC Tower Holdings LLC, Southern Towers, Inc., SBC Wireless, LLC and SpectraSite Holdings, Inc.

SpectraSite Holdings, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

000-27217

May 11, 2001

10.2

10.17**

Amendment to Lease and Sublease, dated September 30, 2008, by and between SpectraSite, LLC, American Tower Asset Sub II, LLC, SBC Wireless, LLC and SBC Tower Holdings LLC

10-Q

001-14195

May 8, 2009

10.7

10.18*

Summary Compensation Information for Current Named Executive Officers

8-K

001-14195

March 3, 2021

Item 5.02(e)

10.19

Form of Waiver and Termination Agreement

8-K

001-14195

March 5, 2009

10.4

10.20*

American Tower Corporation Severance Plan, as amended

10-K

001-14195

March 1, 2010

10.35

10.21*

American Tower Corporation Severance Plan, Program for Executive Vice Presidents and Chief Executive Officer, as amended

10-K

001-14195

March 1, 2010

10.36

10.22

Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, among the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as Borrower, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender, BofA Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Syndication Agent, and BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents

10-K

001-14195

February 25, 2021

10.29

10.23

Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender, BofA Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Syndication Agent, and BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents

10-K

001-14195

February 25, 2021

10.30

Table of Conten ts


		Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.	Description of Document	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit No.
10.24	Eighth Amendment to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2019, providing for the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2019, among the Company, as Borrower, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Administrative Agent; TD Securities (USA) LLC, as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC and Royal Bank of Canada as Co-Documentation Agents, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., TD Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC and RBC Capital Markets as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and the several other lenders that are parties thereto	10-K	001-14195	February 25, 2020	10.30

10.25	First Amendment to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Administrative Agent, and certain other lenders under the Company’s Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2019	10-K	001-14195	February 25, 2021	10.32

10.26	364-Day Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, TD Securities (USA), LLC and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. as Syndication Agents, BofA Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA), LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents	10-K	001-14195	February 25, 2021	10.44

10.27	3-Year Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, TD Securities (USA), LLC and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. as Syndication Agents, BofA Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA), LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents	10-K	001-14195	February 25, 2021	10.45

10.28	First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and certain other lenders under the Company’s 3-Year Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021	Filed herewith as Exhibit 10.28	—	—	—

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		Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.	Description of Document	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit No.
10.29	Third Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021, among the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as Borrower, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender, BofA Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Syndication Agent, and BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents	Filed herewith as Exhibit 10.29	—	—	—

10.30	Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender, BofA Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Syndication Agent, and BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents	Filed herewith as Exhibit 10.30	—	—	—

10.31	Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Administrative Agent; TD Securities (USA) LLC, as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC and Royal Bank of Canada as Co-Documentation Agents, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., TD Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC and RBC Capital Markets as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and the several other lenders that are parties thereto	Filed herewith as Exhibit 10.31	—	—	—

10.32	364-Day Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, TD Securities (USA), LLC and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. as Syndication Agents, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., TD Securities (USA), LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents	Filed herewith as Exhibit 10.32	—	—	—

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		Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.	Description of Document	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit No.
10.33	2-Year Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021, among the Company, as Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, TD Securities (USA), LLC and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. as Syndication Agents, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., TD Securities (USA), LLC, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents	Filed herewith as Exhibit 10.33	—	—	—

10.34	Master Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2015, among the Company and Verizon Communications Inc.	10-K	001-14195	February 24, 2015	10.45

10.35	Master Prepaid Lease, dated as of March 27, 2015, among certain subsidiaries of the Company and Verizon Communications Inc.	10-Q	001-14195	April 30, 2015	10.8

10.36	Sale Site Master Lease Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2015, among certain subsidiaries of the Company, Verizon Communications Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries	10-Q	001-14195	April 30, 2015	10.9

10.37	MPL Site Master Lease Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2015, among Verizon Communications Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries and ATC Sequoia LLC	10-Q	001-14195	April 30, 2015	10.10

10.38	Management Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2015, among Verizon Communications Inc., and certain of its subsidiaries and ATC Sequoia LLC	10-Q	001-14195	April 30, 2015	10.11

10.39	Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2020, by and among IWG Holdings, LLC, American Tower Investments LLC and IWG Rep, LLC	10-K	001-14195	February 25, 2021	10.39

10.40	First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020, by and among IWG Holdings, LLC, American Tower Investments LLC and IWG Rep, LLC	10-K	001-14195	February 25, 2021	10.40

10.41	Agreement For the Sale and Purchase of the Towers Europe Division of Telxius Telecom, S.A., dated as of January 13, 2021, between Telxius Telecom, S.A. and American Tower International, Inc.	10-K	001-14195	February 25, 2021	10.41

10.42	Agreement For the Sale and Purchase of the Towers LatAm Division of Telxius Telecom, S.A., dated as of January 13, 2021, between Telxius Telecom, S.A. and American Tower International, Inc.	10-K	001-14195	February 25, 2021	10.42

21	Subsidiaries of the Company	Filed herewith as Exhibit 21	—	—	—

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		Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.	Description of Document	Form	File No.	Date of Filing	Exhibit No.
23	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm—Deloitte & Touche LLP	Filed herewith as Exhibit 23	—	—	—

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	Filed herewith as Exhibit 31.1	—	—	—

31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	Filed herewith as Exhibit 31.2	—	—	—

32	Certifications filed pursuant to 18. U.S.C. Section 1350	Filed herewith as Exhibit 32	—	—	—

101	The following materials from American Tower Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): 101.SCH—Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL—Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.LAB—Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE—Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 101.DEF—Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition	Filed herewith as Exhibit 101	—	—	—

104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)	—	—	—	—


*			Management contracts and compensatory plans and arrangements required to be filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K pursuant to Item 15(a)(3).


**			The exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission pursuant to an application for confidential treatment. The confidential portions of the exhibit have been omitted and are marked by an asterisk.


ITEM 16.			FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on the 24th day of February, 2022.

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

By:

/S/ THOMAS A. BARTLETT

Thomas A. Bartlett
President and Chief Executive Officer

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been duly signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/S/ THOMAS A. BARTLETT

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Director

February 24, 2022

Thomas A. Bartlett

/S/ RODNEY M. SMITH

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

February 24, 2022

Rodney M. Smith

/S/ ROBERT J. MEYER

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

February 24, 2022

Robert J. Meyer

/S/ TERESA H. CLARKE

Director

February 24, 2022

Teresa H. Clarke

/S/ RAYMOND P. DOLAN

Director

February 24, 2022

Raymond P. Dolan

/S/ KENNETH R. FRANK

Director

February 24, 2022

Kenneth R. Frank

/S/ ROBERT D. HORMATS

Director

February 24, 2022

Robert D. Hormats

/S/ GUSTAVO LARA CANTU

Director

February 24, 2022

Gustavo Lara Cantu

/S/ GRACE D. LIEBLEIN

Director

February 24, 2022

Grace D. Lieblein

/S/ CRAIG MACNAB

Director

February 24, 2022

Craig Macnab

/S/ JOANN A. REED

Director

February 24, 2022

JoAnn A. Reed

/S/ PAMELA D. A. REEVE

Chair of the Board, Director

February 24, 2022

Pamela D. A. Reeve

/S/ DAVID E. SHARBUTT

Director

February 24, 2022

David E. Sharbutt

/S/ BRUCE L. TANNER

Director

February 24, 2022

Bruce L. Tanner

/S/ SAMME L. THOMPSON

Director

February 24, 2022

Samme L. Thompson

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


	Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID No. 34)		2

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020		4

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019		5

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019		6

Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019		7

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019		8

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		9

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of American Tower Corporation

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of American Tower Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes and the schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 (collectively referred to as the ‘financial statements’). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 24, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Telxius Acquisition – Refer to Notes 1, 5 and 6 to the financial statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company completed the Telxius Acquisition (as defined in note 6 to the financial statements) in two closings during June and August 2021 for the total consideration of $9.6 billion. The Company accounted for the Telxius Acquisition under the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations. Accordingly, the purchase price was allocated on a preliminary basis to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective fair values on the acquisition date including property, plant & equipment of $1,415 million, intangible assets of $6,043 million, a deferred tax liability of $1,195 million and goodwill of $3,517 million. Of the identified intangible assets acquired, the most significant judgements used were in the valuation of tenant relationship intangible assets of $5,371 million and network location intangible assets of $672 million. The Company estimated the fair value of these two intangible assets using the multi-period excess earnings method, which is a discounted cash flow method that required the Company to make significant estimates and assumptions related to future cash flows, including those related to tenant growth rates, and discount rate.

We identified the valuation of the tenant relationship and network location intangible assets for the Telxius Acquisition as a critical audit matter because of the significant estimates and assumptions the Company makes to calculate the fair value of these assets for purposes of recording the acquisition. This required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of

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effort when performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of the Company’s forecasts of future cash flows as well as the selection of the tenant growth rates and discount rates, including the need to involve our fair value specialists.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our principal audit procedures related to the forecasts of future cash flows for the intangible assets and the selection of the tenant growth rates and discount rates included the following, among others:

•We tested the effectiveness of controls over the purchase price allocation, including controls over the Company’s projections of future cash flows and the selection of tenant growth rates and discount rates utilized in determining the fair value of the intangible assets.

•We evaluated the reasonableness of the Company’s projections of future cash flows, including the selection of tenant growth rates by comparing the assumptions used in the projections to those of the in-place lease contracts assumed, external market sources, historical data of the Company’s similar contractual relationships, internal communications to management and the Board of Directors, and results from other areas of the audit.

•With the assistance of our fair value specialists, we evaluated the reasonableness of the valuation methodology, tenant growth rates and discount rates by:

◦Testing the source information underlying the determination of the tenant growth rates and discount rates and testing the mathematical accuracy of the calculations.

◦Developing a range of independent estimates for the tenant growth rates and discount rates and comparing those to the rates selected by the Company.

• We evaluated the adequacy of the Company’s disclosures in the financial statements related to the acquisition.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 24, 2022

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1997.

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in millions, except share count and per share data)


	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,949.9	$	1,746.3
Restricted cash	393.4		115.1

Accounts receivable, net	728.9		511.6
Prepaid and other current assets	657.2		532.6

Total current assets	3,729.4		2,905.6
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net	19,784.0		12,808.7
GOODWILL	13,350.1		7,282.7
OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net	20,727.2		13,839.8
DEFERRED TAX ASSET	131.6		123.1
DEFERRED RENT ASSET	2,539.6		2,084.3
RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET	9,225.1		7,789.2
NOTES RECEIVABLE AND OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS	400.9		400.1
TOTAL	$	69,887.9	$	47,233.5
LIABILITIES
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable	$	272.4	$	139.1
Accrued expenses	1,412.8		1,043.7
Distributions payable	642.1		544.6
Accrued interest	254.7		207.8
Current portion of operating lease liability	712.6		539.9
Current portion of long-term obligations	4,568.7		789.8
Unearned revenue	1,204.0		390.6
Total current liabilities	9,067.3		3,655.5
LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS	38,685.5		28,497.7
OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY	8,041.8		6,884.4
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS	2,003.0		1,571.3
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITY	1,830.9		859.5
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES	1,189.8		984.6
Total liabilities	60,818.3		42,453.0
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	—		212.1
EQUITY (shares in thousands):



Common stock: $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; 466,687 and 455,245 shares issued; and 455,772 and 444,330 shares outstanding, respectively	4.7		4.6
Additional paid-in capital	12,240.2		10,473.7
Distributions in excess of earnings	(1,142.4)		(1,343.0)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(4,738.9)		(3,759.4)
Treasury stock (10,915 shares at cost)	(1,282.4)		(1,282.4)
Total American Tower Corporation equity	5,081.2		4,093.5
Noncontrolling interests	3,988.4		474.9
Total equity	9,069.6		4,568.4
TOTAL	$	69,887.9	$	47,233.5

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in millions, except share and per share data)


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
REVENUES:
Property	$	9,109.6	$	7,953.6	$	7,464.9
Services	247.3		87.9		115.4

Total operating revenues	9,356.9		8,041.5		7,580.3
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Costs of operations (exclusive of items shown separately below):
Property	2,585.3		2,189.6		2,173.7
Services	96.7		37.6		43.1
Depreciation, amortization and accretion	2,332.6		1,882.3		1,778.4
Selling, general, administrative and development expense	811.6		778.7		730.4
Other operating expenses	398.7		265.8		166.3
Total operating expenses	6,224.9		5,154.0		4,891.9
OPERATING INCOME	3,132.0		2,887.5		2,688.4
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):

Interest income	40.4		39.7		46.8
Interest expense	(870.9)		(793.5)		(814.2)
Loss on retirement of long-term obligations	(38.2)		(71.8)		(22.2)
Other income (expense) (including foreign currency gains (losses) of $557.9, $(216.4), and $6.1 respectively)	566.1		(240.8)		17.6
Total other expense	(302.6)		(1,066.4)		(772.0)
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	2,829.4		1,821.1		1,916.4
Income tax (provision) benefit	(261.8)		(129.6)		0.2

NET INCOME	2,567.6		1,691.5		1,916.6
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.1		(0.9)		(28.8)


NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$	2,567.7	$	1,690.6	$	1,887.8
NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE AMOUNTS:
Basic net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders	$	5.69	$	3.81	$	4.27
Diluted net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders	$	5.66	$	3.79	$	4.24
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING (in thousands):
BASIC	451,498		443,640		442,319
DILUTED	453,294		446,104		445,520

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in millions)


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Net income	$	2,567.6	$	1,691.5	$	1,916.6
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, each net of tax expense of $0	(0.0)		(0.2)		(0.1)
Reclassification of unrealized losses on cash flow hedges to net income, each net of tax expense of $0	0.1		0.3		0.2


Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax (benefit) expense of $(0.0), $0.0, and $0.5, respectively.	(1,150.2)		(701.5)		(157.9)
Other comprehensive loss	(1,150.1)		(701.4)		(157.8)
Comprehensive income	1,417.5		990.1		1,758.8
Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests	169.6		(26.1)		3.8
Allocation of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) resulting from purchases of noncontrolling interest and redeemable noncontrolling interests	1.1		(209.2)		(55.5)
Comprehensive income attributable to American Tower Corporation stockholders	$	1,588.2	$	754.8	$	1,707.1

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(in millions, share counts in thousands)


	Common Stock	Treasury Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Distributions in Excess of Earnings		Noncontrolling Interests		Total Equity
		Issued Shares	Amount											Shares			Amount
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2019		451,617	$	4.5	(10,557)	$	(1,206.8)	$	10,380.8	$	(2,642.9)	$	(1,199.5)		$	563.5		$	5,899.6
Stock-based compensation related activity		1,851	0.0		—	—		143.2		—		—			—			143.2
Issuance of common stock—stock purchase plan		73	0.0		—	—		11.3		—		—			—			11.3


Treasury stock activity		—	—		(94)	(19.6)		—		—		—			—			(19.6)
Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		(0.1)		—			—			(0.1)
Reclassification of unrealized gains on cash flow hedges to net income, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		0.2		—			—			0.2
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		(125.3)		—			(24.3)			(149.6)

Distributions to noncontrolling interest		—	—		—	—		—		—		—			(14.6)			(14.6)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest		—	—		—	—		(49.5)		(3.1)		—			(15.9)			(68.5)
Reclassification to redeemable noncontrolling interest		—	—		—	—		(420.5)		—		—			(102.5)			(523.0)

Purchase of redeemable noncontrolling interest		—	—		—	—		52.4		(52.4)		—			—			—
Common stock distributions declared		—	—		—	—		—		—		(1,680.4)			—			(1,680.4)

Impact of lease accounting standard adoption		—	—		—	—		—		—		(24.7)			—			(24.7)
Net income		—	—		—	—		—		—		1,887.8			28.8			1,916.6
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2019		453,541	$	4.5	(10,651)	$	(1,226.4)	$	10,117.7	$	(2,823.6)	$	(1,016.8)		$	435.0		$	5,490.4
Stock-based compensation related activity		1,633	0.1		—	—		133.4		—		—			—			133.5
Issuance of common stock—stock purchase plan		71	0.0		—	—		13.4		—		—			—			13.4


Treasury stock activity		—	—		(264)	(56.0)		—		—		—			—			(56.0)
Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		(0.2)		—			—			(0.2)
Reclassification of unrealized losses on cash flow hedges to net income, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		0.3		—			—			0.3
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		(726.7)		—			40.5			(686.2)

Distributions to noncontrolling interest		—	—		—	—		—		—		—			(8.9)			(8.9)


Purchases of redeemable noncontrolling interests		—	—		—	—		209.2		(209.2)		—			—			—
Common stock distributions declared		—	—		—	—		—		—		(2,016.8)			—			(2,016.8)



Net income		—	—		—	—		—		—		1,690.6			8.3			1,698.9
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2020		455,245	$	4.6	(10,915)	$	(1,282.4)	$	10,473.7	$	(3,759.4)	$	(1,343.0)		$	474.9		$	4,568.4
Stock-based compensation related activity (1)		1,448	0.0		—	—		167.9		—		—			—			167.9
Issuance of common stock- stock purchase plan		68	0.0		—	—		14.3		—		—			—			14.3
Issuance of common stock		9,900	0.1		—	—		2,361.7		—		—			—			2,361.8


Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		(0.0)		—			—			(0.0)
Reclassification of unrealized losses on cash flow hedges to net income, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		0.1		—			—			0.1
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax		—	—		—	—		—		(980.7)		—			(163.4)			(1,144.1)
Adjustment to noncontrolling interest		—	—		—	—		(648.4)		47.4		—			601.0			—
Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders		—	—		—	—		—		—		—			3,078.2			3,078.2
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders		—	—		—	—		(214.9)		—		—			(3.1)			(218.0)
Redemption of noncontrolling interest		26	0.0		—	—		1.7		—		—			(1.7)			—
Purchases of redeemable noncontrolling interests		—	—		—	—		84.2		(46.3)		—			—			37.9
Purchase of noncontrolling interest		—	—		—	—		—		—		—			10.2			10.2
Common stock distributions declared		—	—		—	—		—		—		(2,367.1)			—			(2,367.1)

Net income (loss)		—	—		—	—		—		—		2,567.7			(7.7)			2,560.0
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2021		466,687	$	4.7	(10,915)	$	(1,282.4)	$	12,240.2	$	(4,738.9)	$	(1,142.4)		$	3,988.4		$	9,069.6

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(1) For the year ended December 31, 2021, Additional-Paid in Capital includes $17.1 million related to the CoreSite Replacement Awards (as described in note 6).

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW

(in millions)


	Year Ended December 31,
		2021		2020		2019
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income		$	2,567.6	$	1,691.5	$	1,916.6
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, amortization and accretion		2,332.6		1,882.3		1,778.4
Stock-based compensation expense		119.5		120.8		111.4
Loss on investments, unrealized foreign currency loss and other non-cash expense		(535.2)		299.6		46.2
Impairments, net loss on sale of long-lived assets, non-cash restructuring and merger related expenses		196.4		239.5		140.0
Loss on early retirement of long-term obligations		38.2		71.8		22.2
Amortization of deferred financing costs, debt discounts and premiums and other non-cash interest		39.9		32.9		25.9
Deferred income taxes		(41.2)		(22.5)		(55.1)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		(191.7)		(175.5)		12.5
Prepaid and other assets		(33.2)		84.4		(67.6)
Deferred rent asset		(465.6)		(322.0)		(183.5)
Right-of-use asset and Operating lease liability, net		(32.7)		(10.9)		17.4
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		33.2		(69.2)		(46.8)
Accrued interest		42.9		(1.8)		32.4
Unearned revenue		743.8		60.7		2.5

Other non-current liabilities		5.4		(0.2)		0.1
Cash provided by operating activities		4,819.9		3,881.4		3,752.6
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Payments for purchase of property and equipment and construction activities		(1,376.7)		(1,031.7)		(991.3)
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(19,303.9)		(3,799.1)		(2,959.6)

Proceeds from sales of short-term investments and other non-current assets		14.3		19.6		383.5
Payments for short-term investments		—		—		(355.9)
Payment for investments in equity securities		(25.0)		—		—
Deposits and other		(0.9)		26.6		(64.2)
Cash used for investing activities		(20,692.2)		(4,784.6)		(3,987.5)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Borrowings under credit facilities		12,856.9		8,230.4		5,750.0
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net		6,761.6		7,925.1		4,876.7
Proceeds from term loans		7,347.0		1,940.0		1,300.0


Repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loans, senior notes, secured debt and finance leases		(13,178.1)		(13,875.4)		(9,225.3)
Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders		3,078.2		—		—
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders		(223.2)		(12.3)		(11.8)
Purchases of common stock		—		(56.0)		(19.6)
Proceeds from stock options and employee stock purchase plan		96.8		98.1		105.5
Distributions paid on common stock		(2,271.0)		(1,928.2)		(1,603.0)

Proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net		2,361.8		—		—


Payment for early retirement of long-term obligations		(74.0)		(68.2)		(21.0)
Deferred financing costs and other financing activities		(155.8)		(176.5)		(135.6)
Purchases of redeemable noncontrolling interests		(175.7)		(861.7)		(425.7)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest		—		—		(68.5)
Cash provided by financing activities		16,424.5		1,215.3		521.7
Net effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash		(70.3)		(28.7)		(13.7)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH		481.9		283.4		273.1
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH, BEGINNING OF YEAR		1,861.4		1,578.0		1,304.9
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH, END OF YEAR		$	2,343.3	$	1,861.4	$	1,578.0

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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1. BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business—American Tower Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “ATC” or the “Company”) is one of the largest global real estate investment trusts and a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate. The Company’s primary business is the leasing of space on communications sites to wireless service providers, radio and television broadcast companies, wireless data providers, government agencies and municipalities and tenants in a number of other industries. The Company refers to this business as its property operations. Additionally, the Company offers tower-related services in the United States, which the Company refers to as its services operations. These services include site application, zoning and permitting (“AZP”) and structural analysis, which primarily support the Company’s site leasing business, including the addition of new tenants and equipment on its sites. The Company’s customers include its tenants, licensees and other payers.

The Company’s portfolio primarily consists of towers that it owns and towers that it operates pursuant to long-term lease arrangements, as well as distributed antenna system (“DAS”) networks, which provide seamless coverage solutions in certain in-building and outdoor wireless environments. In addition to the communications sites in its portfolio, the Company manages rooftop and tower sites for property owners under various contractual arrangements. The Company also holds other telecommunications infrastructure, fiber and property interests that it leases primarily to communications service providers and third-party tower operators and holds a portfolio of highly interconnected data center facilities and related assets in the United States that the Company leases primarily to enterprises, network operators, cloud providers and supporting service providers.

American Tower Corporation is a holding company that conducts its operations through its directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures. ATC’s principal domestic operating subsidiaries are American Towers LLC and SpectraSite Communications, LLC. ATC conducts its international operations primarily through its subsidiary, American Tower International, Inc., which in turn conducts operations through its various international holding and operating subsidiaries and joint ventures.

The Company operates as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (“REIT”). Accordingly, the Company generally is not required to pay U.S. federal income taxes on income generated by its REIT operations, including the income derived from leasing space on its towers and in its data centers, as it receives a dividends paid deduction for distributions to stockholders that generally offsets its REIT income and gains. However, the Company remains obligated to pay U.S. federal income taxes on earnings from its domestic taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”). In addition, the Company’s international assets and operations, regardless of their classification for U.S. tax purposes, continue to be subject to taxation in the jurisdictions where those assets are held or those operations are conducted.

The use of TRSs enables the Company to continue to engage in certain businesses and jurisdictions while complying with REIT qualification requirements. The Company may, from time to time, change the election of previously designated TRSs to be included as part of the REIT. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s REIT-qualified businesses included its U.S. tower leasing business, a majority of its U.S. indoor DAS networks business, its Services and Data Centers segments, as well as most of its operations in Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Mexico and Nigeria. In January 2022, a majority of the Company’s operations in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda became part of the REIT.

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation—The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and those entities in which it has a controlling interest. Investments in entities that the Company does not control are accounted for using the equity method or as investments in equity securities, depending upon the Company’s ability to exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. As of December 31, 2021, the Company holds (i) a 52% controlling interest in subsidiaries whose holdings consist of the Company’s operations in France, Germany, Poland and Spain (such subsidiaries collectively, “ATC Europe”) (Allianz and CDPQ (each as defined in note 16) hold the noncontrolling interests) and (ii) a 51% controlling interest in a joint venture whose holdings consist of the Company’s operations in Bangladesh (Confidence Tower Holdings Ltd. (“Confidence Group”) holds the noncontrolling interest). As of December 31, 2021, ATC Europe holds an 87% and an 83% controlling interest in subsidiaries that consist of the Company’s operations in Germany and Spain, respectively (PGGM holds the noncontrolling interests). See note 16 for a discussion of changes to the Company’s noncontrolling interests during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Change in Reportable Segments—During the fourth quarter of 2021, as a result of the Company’s acquisition of CoreSite Realty Corporation (“CoreSite,” and the acquisition, the “CoreSite Acquisition”), the Company updated its reportable segments to add a Data Centers segment. The Data Centers segment is within the Company’s property operations. The Company will now report its results in seven segments – U.S. & Canada property (which includes all assets in the United States and Canada,

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

other than the Company’s data center facilities and related assets), Asia-Pacific property, Africa property, Europe property, Latin America property, Data Centers and Services, which are discussed further in note 21. The change in reportable segments had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for any prior periods. Historical financial information included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K has not been adjusted as the amounts attributable to data center assets were insignificant as prior to the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company owned one data center.

Significant Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates, and such differences could be material to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The significant estimates in the accompanying consolidated financial statements include impairment of long-lived assets (including goodwill), revenue recognition, rent expense and lease accounting, income taxes and accounting for business combinations and acquisitions of assets. The Company considers events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued as additional evidence for certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure.

Accounts Receivable and Deferred Rent Asset—The Company derives the largest portion of its revenues and corresponding accounts receivable and the related deferred rent asset from a relatively small number of customers in the telecommunications industry, and 52% of its current-year revenues are derived from three customers.

The Company’s deferred rent asset is associated with non-cancellable tenant leases that contain fixed escalation clauses over the terms of the applicable lease in which revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The Company mitigates its concentrations of credit risk with respect to notes and trade receivables and the related deferred rent assets by actively monitoring the creditworthiness of its borrowers and customers. In recognizing customer revenue, the Company assesses the collectibility of both the amounts billed and the portion recognized in advance of billing on a straight-line basis. This assessment takes customer credit risk and business and industry conditions into consideration to ultimately determine the collectibility of the amounts billed. To the extent the amounts, based on management’s estimates, may not be collectible, revenue recognition is deferred until such point as collectibility is determined to be reasonably assured. Any amounts that were previously recognized as revenue and are subsequently determined to present a risk of collection are reserved as bad debt expense included in Selling, general, administrative and development expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Accounts receivable is reported net of allowances for doubtful accounts related to estimated losses resulting from a customer’s inability to make required payments and allowances for amounts invoiced whose collectibility is not reasonably assured. These allowances are generally estimated based on payment patterns, days past due and collection history, and incorporate changes in economic conditions that may not be reflected in historical trends, such as customers in bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization. Receivables are written-off against the allowances or reserves when they are determined to be uncollectible. Such determination includes analysis and consideration of the particular conditions of the account. Changes in the allowances were as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020 (1)		2019
Balance as of January 1,	$	247.6	$	163.3	$	282.4
Current year increases	130.9		105.6		104.3
Write-offs, recoveries and other (2)	(22.6)		(21.3)		(223.4)
Balance as of December 31,	$	355.9	$	247.6	$	163.3

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(1) Year ended December 31, 2020 reflects the Company’s adoption of the current expected credit loss model for non-lease receivables. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements as the majority of the Company’s revenue is derived from its property operations and operating lease receivables are not within the scope of this guidance.

(2) Amounts are primarily related to uncollectible amounts in India.

Functional Currency—The functional currency of each of the Company’s foreign operating subsidiaries is normally the respective local currency, except for Costa Rica and Argentina, where the functional currency is the U.S. Dollar. All foreign currency assets and liabilities held by the subsidiaries are translated into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate in effect at the end of the applicable fiscal reporting period and all foreign currency revenues and expenses are translated at the average monthly exchange rates. Translation adjustments are reflected in equity as a component of Accumulated other comprehensive loss

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(“AOCL”) in the consolidated balance sheets and included as a component of Comprehensive income in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Gains and losses on foreign currency transactions are reflected in Other expense in the consolidated statements of operations. However, the effect from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates on intercompany debt for which repayment is not anticipated in the foreseeable future is reflected in AOCL in the consolidated balance sheets and included as a component of Comprehensive income.

The Company recorded the following net foreign currency (gains) losses:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Foreign currency losses recorded in AOCL	$	466.5	$	391.0	$	45.8
Foreign currency (gains) losses recorded in Other expense	(557.9)		216.4		(6.1)
Total foreign currency (gains) losses	$	(91.4)	$	607.4	$	39.7

Cash and Cash Equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, demand deposits and short-term investments with original maturities of three months or less. The Company maintains its deposits at high-quality financial institutions and monitors the credit ratings of those institutions.

Restricted Cash—Restricted cash includes cash pledged as collateral to secure obligations and all cash whose use is otherwise limited by contractual provisions.

The reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the applicable balance sheet that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the statements of cash flows is as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,949.9	$	1,746.3	$	1,501.2
Restricted cash	393.4		115.1		76.8
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	2,343.3	$	1,861.4	$	1,578.0

The increase in restricted cash during the year ended December 31, 2021 is due to advance payments from a customer.

Property and Equipment—Property and equipment is recorded at cost or, in the case of acquired properties, at estimated fair value on the date acquired. Cost for self-constructed sites includes direct materials and labor and certain indirect costs associated with construction of the site, such as transportation costs, employee benefits and payroll taxes. The Company begins the capitalization of costs during the pre-construction period, which is the period during which costs are incurred to evaluate the site, and continues to capitalize costs until the site is substantially completed and ready for occupancy by a customer. Labor and related costs capitalized for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $59.4 million, $51.1 million and $48.3 million, respectively.

Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Augmentation and improvements that extend an asset’s useful life or enhance capacity are capitalized.

Depreciation expense is recorded using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives. Towers and assets on leased land are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the term of the corresponding ground lease, taking into consideration lease renewal options and residual value.

Towers or assets acquired through finance leases are recorded net at the present value of future minimum lease payments or the fair value of the leased asset at the inception of the lease. Property and equipment and assets held under finance leases are amortized over the shorter of the applicable lease term or the estimated useful life of the respective assets for periods generally not exceeding twenty years.

The Company reviews its asset portfolio for indicators of impairment on an individual site basis. Impairments primarily result from a site not having current tenant leases or from having expenses in excess of revenues. The Company reviews other long-lived assets for impairment whenever events, changes in circumstances or other evidence indicate that the carrying amount of the Company’s assets may not be recoverable. The Company records impairment charges, which are discussed in note 17, in

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Other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the Company identifies such impairment.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets—The Company reviews goodwill for impairment at least annually (as of December 31) or whenever events or circumstances indicate the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable.

Goodwill is recorded in the applicable segment and assessed for impairment at the reporting unit level. The Company employs a discounted cash flow analysis when testing goodwill for impairment. The key assumptions utilized in the discounted cash flow analysis include current operating performance, terminal sales growth rate, management’s expectations of future operating results and cash requirements, the current weighted average cost of capital and an expected tax rate. The Company compares the fair value of the reporting unit, as calculated under an income approach using future discounted cash flows, to the carrying amount of the applicable reporting unit. If the carrying amount exceeds the fair value, an impairment loss would be recognized for the amount of the excess. The loss recognized is limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, no potential impairment was identified, as the fair value of each of the reporting units was in excess of its carrying amount.

Intangible assets that are separable from goodwill and are deemed to have a definite life are amortized over their useful lives, generally ranging from three to twenty years and are evaluated separately for impairment at least annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

The Company reviews its network location intangible assets for indicators of impairment on an individual tower basis. Impairments primarily result from a site not having current tenant leases or from having expenses in excess of revenues. The Company monitors its tenant-related intangible assets on a tenant by tenant basis for indicators of impairment, such as high levels of turnover or attrition, non-renewal of a significant number of contracts or the cancellation or termination of a relationship. The Company assesses recoverability by determining whether the carrying amount of the related assets will be recovered primarily through projected undiscounted future cash flows. If the Company determines that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable, the Company measures any impairment loss based on the projected future discounted cash flows to be provided from the asset or available market information relative to the asset’s fair value, as compared to the asset’s carrying amount. The Company records impairment charges, which are discussed in note 17, in Other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the Company identifies such impairment.

Derivative Financial Instruments—Derivatives are recorded on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. If a derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge, the effective portions of changes in the fair value of the derivative are recorded in AOCL, as well as a component of comprehensive income, and are recognized in the results of operations when the hedged item affects earnings. Changes in fair value of the ineffective portions of cash flow hedges are recognized in the results of operations. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges, changes in value of the derivatives are recorded in Other expense in the consolidated statements of operations in the current period, along with the offsetting gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, changes in fair value are recognized in the results of operations in the period that the change occurs.

The primary risks managed through the use of derivative instruments is interest rate risk, exposure to changes in the fair value of debt attributable to interest rate risk and currency risk. From time to time, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements or foreign currency contracts to manage exposure to these risks. Under these agreements, the Company is exposed to counterparty credit risk to the extent that a counterparty fails to meet the terms of a contract. The Company’s exposure is limited to the current value of the contract at the time the counterparty fails to perform. The Company assesses, both at the inception of the hedge and on an ongoing basis, whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows or fair values of hedged items. The Company does not hold derivatives for trading purposes.

Fair Value Measurements—The Company determines the fair value of its financial instruments based on the fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

Asset Retirement Obligations—When required, the Company recognizes the fair value of obligations to remove its assets and remediate the leased space upon which certain of its assets are located. Generally, the associated retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the related assets and depreciated over their estimated useful lives and the liability is accreted through the obligation’s estimated settlement date. Fair value estimates of asset retirement obligations generally involve discounting of estimated future cash flows associated with remediation costs. Periodic accretion of such liabilities due to the passage of time is included in Depreciation, amortization and accretion expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

Adjustments are also made to the asset retirement obligation liability to reflect changes in the estimates of timing and amount of expected cash flows, with an offsetting adjustment made to the related long-lived tangible asset. The significant assumptions used in estimating the Company’s aggregate asset retirement obligation are: timing of asset removals; cost of asset removals; timing and number of site lease renewals; expected inflation rates; and credit-adjusted, risk-free interest rates that approximate the Company’s incremental borrowing rate.

Income Taxes—As a REIT, the Company generally is not subject to U.S. federal income taxes on income generated by its REIT operations as it receives a dividends paid deduction for distributions to stockholders that generally offsets its REIT income and gains. However, the Company remains obligated to pay U.S. federal income taxes on certain earnings and continues to be subject to taxation in its foreign jurisdictions. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements reflect provisions for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis, as well as operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. The Company measures deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences and carryforwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities as a result of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

The Company periodically reviews its deferred tax assets, and provides valuation allowances if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management assesses the available positive and negative evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to use the existing deferred tax assets. Valuation allowances would be reversed as a reduction to the provision for income taxes if related deferred tax assets are deemed realizable based on changes in facts and circumstances relevant to the assets’ recoverability.

The Company estimates the liabilities from uncertain tax positions, which are recorded in Other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet, unless expected to be paid within one year. The Company reports penalties and tax-related interest expense as a component of the income tax provision and interest income from tax refunds as a component of Interest income in the consolidated statements of operations.

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)—Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to items excluded from net income that are recorded as an adjustment to equity, net of tax. The Company’s other comprehensive income (loss) primarily consisted of changes in fair value of effective derivative cash flow hedges, foreign currency translation adjustments and reclassification of unrealized losses on effective derivative cash flow hedges. The AOCL balance included accumulated foreign currency translation losses of $4.7 billion, $3.8 billion and $2.8 billion as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Distributions—As a REIT, the Company must annually distribute to its stockholders an amount equal to at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for distributed earnings and excluding any net capital gain). Generally, the Company has distributed, and expects to continue to distribute, all or substantially all of its REIT taxable income after taking into consideration its utilization of net operating losses (“NOLs”).

The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions will be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend upon various factors, a number of which may be beyond the Company’s control, including the Company’s financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain its qualification for taxation as a REIT and reduce any income and excise taxes that the Company otherwise would be required to pay, limitations on distributions in the Company’s existing and future debt and preferred equity instruments, the Company’s ability to utilize NOLs to offset the Company’s distribution requirements, limitations on its ability to fund distributions using cash generated through its TRSs and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant.

Acquisitions—For acquisitions that meet the definition of a business combination, the Company applies the acquisition method of accounting where assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at fair value at the date of each acquisition, and the results of operations are included with those of the Company from the dates of the respective acquisitions. Any excess of the purchase price paid by the Company over the amounts recognized for assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. The Company continues to evaluate acquisitions for a period not to exceed one year after the applicable acquisition date of each transaction to determine whether any additional adjustments are needed to the allocation of the purchase price paid for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. All other acquisitions are accounted for as asset acquisitions and the purchase price is allocated to the net assets acquired with no recognition of goodwill. The purchase price is not subsequently adjusted.

The fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is typically determined by using either estimates of replacement costs or discounted cash flow valuation methods. When determining the fair value of tangible assets acquired, the Company must estimate the cost to replace the asset with a new asset taking into consideration such factors as age, condition and the

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economic useful life and productive capacity of the asset. When determining the fair value of intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the Company must estimate the applicable discount rate and the timing and amount of future cash flows, including rate and terms of renewal and attrition.

Revenue—The Company’s revenue is derived from leasing the right to use its communications sites, the land on which the sites are located and its data center facilities (the “lease component”) and from the reimbursement of costs incurred by the Company in operating the communications sites and data center facilities and supporting its customers’ equipment as well as other services and contractual rights (the “non-lease component”). Most of the Company’s revenue is derived from leasing arrangements and is accounted for as lease revenue unless the timing and pattern of revenue recognition of the non-lease component differs from the lease component. If the timing and pattern of the non-lease component revenue recognition differs from that of the lease component, the Company separately determines the stand-alone selling prices and pattern of revenue recognition for each performance obligation. Revenue related to DAS networks and fiber and other related assets results from agreements with tenants are generally not accounted for as leases.

The Company’s revenue from leasing arrangements, including fixed escalation clauses present in non-cancellable lease arrangements, is reported on a straight-line basis over the term of the respective leases when collectibility is probable. Escalation clauses tied to a consumer price index (“CPI”), or other inflation-based indices, and other incentives present in lease agreements with the Company’s tenants are excluded from the straight-line calculation. Total property straight-line revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $465.6 million, $322.0 million and $183.5 million, respectively.

Non-lease property revenue—Non-lease property revenue consists primarily of revenue generated from DAS networks, fiber and other property related revenue. DAS networks and fiber arrangements generally require that the Company provide the tenant the right to use available capacity on the applicable communications infrastructure. Performance obligations are satisfied over time for the duration of the arrangements. Non-lease property revenue also includes revenue generated from interconnection services in the Company’s data center facilities. Interconnection services are generally contracted on a month-to-month basis and are cancellable by the Company or the data center customer at any time. Performance obligations are satisfied over time for the duration of the arrangements. Other property related revenue streams, which include site inspections, are not material on either an individual or consolidated basis.

Services revenue—The Company offers tower-related services in the United States. These services include AZP and structural analysis. There is a single performance obligation related to AZP and revenue is recognized over time based on milestones achieved, which are determined based on costs expected to be incurred. Structural analysis services may have more than one performance obligation, contingent upon the number of contracted services. Revenue is recognized at the point in time the services are completed.

Some of the Company’s contracts with customers contain multiple performance obligations. For these arrangements, the Company allocates revenue to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price, which is typically based on the price charged to customers.

Since most of the Company’s contracts are leases, costs to enter into lease arrangements are capitalized under the applicable lease accounting guidance. Costs incurred to obtain non-lease contracts that are capitalized primarily relate to DAS networks and are not material to the consolidated financial statements. The Company has excluded sales tax, value added tax and similar taxes from non-lease revenue.

Revenue is disaggregated by geography in a manner consistent with the Company’s business segments, which are discussed further in note 21. A summary of revenue disaggregated by source and geography is as follows:


Year Ended December 31, 2021	U.S. & Canada		Asia-Pacific		Africa		Europe		Latin America		Data Centers (1)		Total
Non-lease property revenue	$	291.9	$	8.8	$	24.4	$	7.6	$	135.9	$	1.3	$	469.9
Services revenue	247.3		—		—		—		—		—		247.3
Total non-lease revenue	$	539.2	$	8.8	$	24.4	$	7.6	$	135.9	$	1.3	$	717.2
Property lease revenue	4,628.3		1,190.3		981.1		488.6		1,329.5		21.9		8,639.7
Total revenue	$	5,167.5	$	1,199.1	$	1,005.5	$	496.2	$	1,465.4	$	23.2	$	9,356.9

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(1) Data Centers consists of the Company’s data center facilities located in the United States.

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Year Ended December 31, 2020	U.S. & Canada		Asia-Pacific		Africa		Europe		Latin America		Total
Non-lease property revenue	$	258.4	$	9.3	$	13.8	$	7.9	$	118.4	$	407.8
Services revenue	87.9		—		—		—		—		87.9
Total non-lease revenue	$	346.3	$	9.3	$	13.8	$	7.9	$	118.4	$	495.7
Property lease revenue	4,258.6		1,130.1		876.4		141.7		1,139.0		7,545.8
Total revenue	$	4,604.9	$	1,139.4	$	890.2	$	149.6	$	1,257.4	$	8,041.5


Year Ended December 31, 2019	U.S. & Canada		Asia-Pacific		Africa		Europe		Latin America		Total
Non-lease property revenue	$	255.7	$	8.8	$	4.0	$	5.1	$	138.2	$	411.8
Services revenue	115.4		—		—		—		—		115.4
Total non-lease revenue	$	371.1	$	8.8	$	4.0	$	5.1	$	138.2	$	527.2
Property lease revenue	3,933.0		1,208.2		579.9		129.5		1,202.5		7,053.1
Total revenue	$	4,304.1	$	1,217.0	$	583.9	$	134.6	$	1,340.7	$	7,580.3

Information about non-lease receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers is as follows:


	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Accounts receivable	$	121.9	$	77.2
Prepaids and other current assets	42.6		21.8
Notes receivable and other non-current assets	25.9		23.7
Unearned revenue (1)	128.2		120.3
Other non-current liabilities (1)	372.0		432.4

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(1) Includes capital contributions related to DAS networks.

The Company records unearned revenue when payments are received from customers in advance of the completion of the Company’s performance obligations. Long-term unearned revenue is included in Other non-current liabilities.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized $169.3 million of revenue that was previously included in the contract liabilities balances, primarily arising from balances as of December 31, 2020.

The Company records unbilled receivables, which are included in Prepaids and other current assets, when it has completed a performance obligation prior to its ability to bill under the customer arrangement. Other contract assets are included in Notes receivable and other non-current assets. The Company recorded an immaterial change in unbilled receivables attributable to non-lease property revenue recognized during each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. The change in contract assets attributable to revenue recognized during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $2.2 million and $6.8 million, respectively.

The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for agreements (i) with an original expected length of one year or less or (ii) for which it recognizes revenue at the amount to which it has the right to invoice for services performed.

Lease Accounting and Rent Expense—The Company accounts for leases using a right-of-use model, which recognizes that, at the date of commencement, a lessee has a financial obligation to make lease payments to the lessor for the right to use the underlying asset during the lease term. The lessee recognizes a corresponding right-of-use asset related to this right.

The Company recognizes a right-of-use lease asset and lease liability for operating and finance leases. The right-of-use asset is measured as the sum of the lease liability, prepaid or accrued lease payments, any initial direct costs incurred and any other applicable amounts. The Company reviews its right-of-use assets for impairment whenever events, changes in circumstances or other evidence indicate that the carrying amount of the Company’s assets may not be recoverable. The Company reviews its right-of-use assets for indicators of impairment at the lowest level of identifiable cash flows, as part of its asset portfolio. Impairments primarily result from a site not having current tenant leases or from having expenses in excess of revenues. The Company records impairment charges, which are discussed in note 17, in Other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the Company identifies such impairment.

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

The calculation of the lease liability requires the Company to make certain assumptions for each lease, including lease term and discount rate implicit in each lease, which could significantly impact the gross lease obligation, the duration and the present value of the lease liability. When calculating the lease term, the Company considers the renewal, cancellation and termination rights available to the Company and the lessor. The Company determines the discount rate by calculating the incremental borrowing rate on a collateralized basis at the commencement of a lease or upon a change in the lease term.

Many of the leases underlying the Company’s sites have fixed rent escalations, which provide for periodic increases in the amount of ground rent payable by the Company over time. In addition, certain of the Company’s tenant leases require the Company to exercise available renewal options pursuant to the underlying ground lease if the tenant exercises its renewal option. The Company’s calculation of the lease liability includes the term of the underlying ground lease plus all periods, if any, for which failure to renew the lease imposes an economic penalty to the Company such that renewal appears to be reasonably assured.

The straight-line component of ground rent expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $52.7 million, $51.6 million and $44.4 million, respectively.

Selling, General, Administrative and Development Expense—Selling, general and administrative expense consists of overhead expenses related to the Company’s property and services operations and corporate overhead costs not specifically allocable to any of the Company’s individual business operations. Development expense consists of costs related to the Company’s acquisition efforts, costs associated with new business initiatives and project cancellation costs.

Stock-Based Compensation—Stock-based compensation expense is measured at the accounting measurement date based on the fair value of the award and is generally recognized as an expense over the service period, which typically represents the vesting period. The Company provides for accelerated vesting and extended exercise periods of stock options and restricted stock units upon an employee’s death or permanent disability, or upon an employee’s qualified retirement, provided certain eligibility criteria are met. Accordingly, the Company recognizes compensation expense for stock options and time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) over the shorter of (i) the four-year vesting period or (ii) the period from the date of grant to the date the employee becomes eligible for such benefits due to death, disability or qualified retirement, which may occur upon grant. The expense recognized includes the impact of forfeitures as they occur.

The Company grants performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) to its executive officers. Threshold, target and maximum parameters are established for a three-year performance period at the time of grant. The metrics are used to calculate the number of shares that will be issuable when the awards vest, which may range from zero to 200% of the target amounts. The Company recognizes compensation expense for PSUs over the three-year vesting period, subject to adjustment based on the date the employee becomes eligible for retirement benefits as well as performance relative to grant parameters.

The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the fair value of RSUs and PSUs is based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company recognizes all stock-based compensation expense in either Selling, general, administrative and development expense, costs of operations or as part of the costs associated with the construction of assets.

In connection with the vesting of restricted stock units, the Company withholds from issuance a number of shares of common stock to satisfy certain employee tax withholding obligations arising from such vesting. The shares withheld are considered constructively retired. The Company recognizes the fair value of the shares withheld in Additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has withheld from issuance an aggregate of 2.6 million shares, including 0.2 million shares related to the vesting of restricted stock units during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Litigation Costs—The Company periodically becomes involved in various claims and lawsuits that are incidental to its business. The Company regularly monitors the status of pending legal actions to evaluate both the magnitude and likelihood of any potential loss. The Company accrues for these potential losses when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of loss, or possible range of loss, can be reasonably estimated. Should the ultimate losses on contingencies or litigation vary from estimates, adjustments to those liabilities may be required. The Company also incurs legal costs in connection with these matters and records estimates of these expenses, which are reflected in Selling, general, administrative and development expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Earnings Per Common Share—Basic and Diluted—Basic net income per common share represents net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per common share represents net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period and any dilutive common share equivalents, including (A) shares issuable upon the vesting of RSUs and exercise of stock options and

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(B) shares expected to be earned upon the achievement of the parameters established for PSUs, each to the extent not anti-dilutive. The Company uses the treasury stock method to calculate the effect of its outstanding RSUs, PSUs and stock options.

Retirement Plan—The Company has a 401(k) plan covering nearly all eligible employees who meet certain age and employment requirements. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company matched 100% of the first 5% of a participant's contributions. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company contributed $14.9 million, $13.2 million and $11.8 million to the plan, respectively.

Accounting Standards Updates

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued guidance to provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The guidance applies only to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The expedients and exceptions provided by the guidance do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022, except for hedging relationships existing as of December 31, 2022 for which an entity has elected certain optional expedients that are retained through the end of the hedging relationship. In January 2021, the FASB issued additional guidance that clarifies that certain practical expedients and exceptions for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivatives that are affected by reference rate reform. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has not modified any contracts as a result of reference rate reform and is evaluating the impact this standard may have on its consolidated financial statements.

2. PREPAID AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

Prepaid and other current assets consisted of the following:


	As of
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Prepaid assets	$	94.5	$	66.1
Prepaid income tax	128.6		143.7
Unbilled receivables	269.6		176.9
Value added tax and other consumption tax receivables	83.9		66.3
Other miscellaneous current assets	80.6		79.6
Prepaid and other current assets	$	657.2	$	532.6

3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment (including assets held under finance leases) consisted of the following:


	Estimated Useful Lives (years) (1)	As of
		December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Towers	Up to 20	$	15,899.3	$	14,433.9
Equipment (2)	3 - 20	4,102.9		2,327.1
Buildings and improvements (3)	Up to 40	3,523.0		634.0
Land and improvements (4)	Up to 20	3,965.2		2,845.9
Construction-in-progress		913.2		431.5
Total		28,403.6		20,672.4
Less accumulated depreciation		(8,619.6)		(7,863.7)
Property and equipment, net		$	19,784.0	$	12,808.7

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(1) Assets on leased land are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the term of the corresponding ground lease taking into consideration lease renewal options and residual value.

(2) Includes fiber and DAS assets and also includes $1.5 billion of data center related assets acquired in connection with the CoreSite Acquisition.

(3) Includes $2.6 billion of data center related assets acquired in connection with the CoreSite Acquisition.

(4) Estimated useful lives apply to improvements only.

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

Total depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $1,036.2 million, $924.3 million and $905.5 million, respectively. Depreciation expense includes amounts related to finance lease assets for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 of $146.8 million, $153.0 million and $168.1 million, respectively.

Information about finance lease-related balances is as follows:


		As of December 31,
Finance leases:	Classification	2021		2020
Property and equipment	Towers	$	2,719.8	$	2,706.3
Accumulated depreciation		(1,355.3)		(1,209.7)
Property and equipment, net		$	1,364.5	$	1,496.6

Property and equipment	Buildings and improvements	$	179.0	$	167.6
Accumulated depreciation		(85.2)		(76.3)
Property and equipment, net		$	93.8	$	91.3

Property and equipment	Land	$	129.3	$	129.9

Property and equipment	Equipment	$	68.6	$	48.8
Accumulated depreciation		(25.0)		(15.3)
Property and equipment, net		$	43.6	$	33.5

4. LEASES

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at the inception of the agreement. The Company considers an arrangement to be a lease if it conveys the right to control the use of the communications infrastructure or ground space underneath a communications infrastructure for a period of time in exchange for consideration. The Company is both a lessor and a lessee.

Lessor—The Company is a lessor in most of its revenue arrangements, as property revenue is derived from tenant leases of specifically-identified, physically distinct space on or in the Company’s communications real estate assets. The Company’s lease arrangements with its tenants for its communications sites vary depending upon the region and the industry of the tenant and generally have initial non-cancellable terms of five to ten years with multiple renewal terms. The leases also contain provisions that periodically increase the rent due, typically annually, based on a fixed escalation percentage or an inflationary index, or a combination of both. The Company structures its leases to include financial penalties if a tenant terminates the lease, which serve to disincentivize tenants from terminating the lease prior to the expiration of the lease term.

The Company’s leasing arrangements outside of the United States may require that the Company provide power to the communications site through an electrical grid connection, diesel fuel generators or other sources and permit the Company to pass through the costs of, or otherwise charge for, these services. Many arrangements require that the communications site has power for a specified percentage of time. In most cases, if delivery of power falls below the specified service level, a corresponding reduction in revenue is recorded. The Company has determined that this performance obligation is satisfied over time for the duration of the lease. In addition, the Company provides power to its data center customers, which is passed through, or otherwise charged, to customers pursuant to the terms of the customer power arrangement. Customer power arrangements are coterminous with such customer’s underlying lease and have the same pattern of transfer over the lease term. This performance obligation is generally satisfied over time for the duration of the lease. Fixed power revenue is recognized each month over the term of the lease. For variable power arrangements, the Company recognizes revenue each month as the uncertainty related to the consideration is resolved.

The Company typically has more than one tenant on a site and, by performing ordinary course repair and maintenance work, can often lease a site, either through renewing existing agreements or leasing to new tenants, for periods beyond the existing tenant lease term. Accordingly, the Company has minimal risk with respect to the residual value of its leased assets. Communications infrastructure assets are depreciated over their estimated useful lives, which generally do not exceed twenty years.

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As of December 31, 2021, the Company does not have any material related party leases as a lessor. To the extent there are any intercompany leases, these are eliminated in consolidation. The Company generally does not enter into sales-type leases or direct financing leases. The Company’s leases generally do not include any incentives for the lessee, however, if incentives are present, they are evaluated to determine proper treatment and, to the extent present, are recorded in Other current assets and Other non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company’s leases do not include any lessee purchase options.

Historically, the Company has been able to successfully renew its ground leases as needed to ensure continuation of its revenue. Accordingly, the Company assumes that it will have access to the land underneath its sites when calculating future minimum rental receipts. Future minimum rental receipts expected under non-cancellable operating lease agreements as of December 31, 2021, were as follows:


Fiscal Year	Amount (1)
2022	$	6,477.8
2023	6,958.9
2024	6,746.9
2025	6,247.6
2026	5,664.8
Thereafter	29,330.2
Total	$	61,426.2

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(1) Balances are translated at the applicable period-end exchange rate, which may impact comparability between periods.

Lessee—The Company enters into arrangements as a lessee primarily for ground space underneath its communications sites. These arrangements are typically long-term lease agreements with initial non-cancellable terms of approximately five to ten years with one or more automatic or exercisable renewal periods and specified increases in lease payments upon exercise of the renewal options. The Company typically exercises its ground lease renewal options in order to provide ongoing tenant space on or in its communications sites through the end of the tenant lease term. Escalation clauses present in operating leases, excluding those tied to CPI or other inflation-based indices, are recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated lease term of the applicable lease as a component of rent expense. Additionally, the escalations tied to CPI or another inflation-based index are considered variable lease payments. In certain circumstances, the Company enters into revenue sharing arrangements with the ground space owner, which results in variability in lease payments. In most markets outside of the United States, in the event there are no tenants on the communications site, the Company generally has unilateral termination rights and in certain situations, the lease is structured to allow for termination by the Company with minimal or no penalties. Ground lease arrangements usually include annual escalations and do not contain any residual value guarantees or restrictions on dividends, other financial obligations or other similar terms. The Company has entered into certain transactions whereby at the end of a lease, sublease or similar arrangement, the Company has the option to purchase the corresponding communications sites. These transactions are further described in note 19.

The Company’s lease liability is the present value of the remaining minimum rental payments to be made over the remaining lease term, including renewal options reasonably certain to be exercised. The Company also considers termination options and factors those into the determination of lease payments when appropriate. To determine the lease term, the Company considers all renewal periods that are reasonably certain to be exercised, taking into consideration all economic factors, including the communications site’s estimated economic life (generally twenty years) and the respective lease terms of the Company’s tenants under the existing lease arrangements on such site.

The Company assesses its right-of-use asset and other lease-related assets for impairment, as described in note 1. During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $3.3 million, $76.1 million and $9.9 million, respectively, of impairment expense related to these assets.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company does not have any material related party leases as a lessee. The Company does not have any sale-leaseback arrangements as lessee and typically does not enter into leveraged leases.

The Company leases certain land, buildings, equipment and office space under operating leases and land and improvements, towers, equipment and vehicles under finance leases. As of December 31, 2021, operating lease assets were included in Right-of-use asset and finance lease assets were included in Property and equipment, net in the consolidated balance sheet.

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Information about other lease-related balances is as follows:


	As of
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Operating leases:
Right-of-use asset	$	9,225.1	$	7,789.2

Current portion of lease liability	$	712.6	$	539.9
Lease liability	8,041.8		6,884.4
Total operating lease liability	$	8,754.4	$	7,424.3

Finance leases:
Current portion of lease liability	$	6.7	$	4.9
Lease liability	24.9		23.0
Total finance lease liability	$	31.6	$	27.9

As most of the Company’s leases do not specifically state an implicit rate, the Company uses a market-specific incremental borrowing rate consistent with the lease term as of the lease commencement date or upon a remeasurement event when calculating the present value of the remaining lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate reflects the cost to borrow on a securitized basis in each market. The remaining lease term does not reflect all renewal options available to the Company, only those renewal options that the Company has assessed as reasonably certain of being exercised taking into consideration the economic and other factors noted above.

The weighted-average remaining lease terms and incremental borrowing rates are as follows:


	As of
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Operating leases:
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)	13.0		13.7
Weighted-average incremental borrowing rate	5.1	%	5.6	%

Finance leases:
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)	13.4		12.1
Weighted-average incremental borrowing rate	6.3	%	6.8	%

The following table sets forth the components of lease cost for the years ended December 31,:


	2021		2020		2019
Operating lease cost	$	1,115.1	$	977.2	$	1,013.1
Variable lease costs not included in lease liability (1)	339.6		280.0		261.7

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(1) Includes property tax paid on behalf of the landlord.

The interest expense on finance lease liabilities was $1.2 million, $1.3 million and $1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Assets held under finance leases are recorded in property and equipment and are depreciated over the lesser of the remaining lease term or the remaining useful life.

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows for the years ended December 31,:


	2021		2020		2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	(1,144.8)	$	(988.3)	$	(1,012.2)
Operating cash flows from finance leases	$	(1.2)	$	(1.3)	$	(1.7)
Financing cash flows from finance leases	$	(7.9)	$	(9.2)	$	(18.0)

Non-cash items:
New operating leases (1)	$	2,063.8	$	346.0	$	409.5
Operating lease modifications and reassessments	$	96.0	$	843.1	$	334.1

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(1) Amount includes new operating leases and leases acquired in connection with acquisitions, including $1.4 billion related to the Telxius Acquisition (as defined in note 6).

As of December 31, 2021, the Company does not have material operating or financing leases that have not yet commenced.

Maturities of operating and finance lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 were as follows:


Fiscal Year	Operating Lease (1)		Finance Lease (1)
2022	$	1,125.9	$	7.7
2023	1,071.7		6.4
2024	1,028.0		4.0
2025	969.4		3.3
2026	919.9		2.2
Thereafter	6,935.4		28.2
Total lease payments	12,050.3		51.8
Less amounts representing interest	(3,295.9)		(20.2)
Total lease liability	8,754.4		31.6
Less current portion of lease liability	712.6		6.7
Non-current lease liability	$	8,041.8	$	24.9

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(1) Balances are translated at the applicable period-end exchange rate, which may impact comparability between periods.

5. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The changes in the carrying value of goodwill for each of the Company’s business segments were as follows:


	Property												Services		Total
	U.S. & Canada		Asia-Pacific		Africa		Europe		Latin America		Data Centers
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	3,415.3	$	1,021.8	$	790.2	$	256.2	$	692.8	$	—	$	2.0	$	6,178.3
Additions and adjustments (1)	1,335.5		18.7		(153.6)		—		—		—		—		1,200.6
Effect of foreign currency translation	—		(23.6)		(11.0)		22.9		(84.5)		—		—		(96.2)
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$	4,750.8	$	1,016.9	$	625.6	$	279.1	$	608.3	$	—	$	2.0	$	7,282.7
Additions and adjustments (2)	(103.1)		(9.7)		—		3,186.0		331.0		2,978.4		—		6,382.6
Effect of foreign currency translation	0.7		(17.1)		(13.4)		(234.7)		(50.7)		—		—		(315.2)
Balance as of December 31, 2021	$	4,648.4	$	990.1	$	612.2	$	3,230.4	$	888.6	$	2,978.4	$	2.0	$	13,350.1

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(1) U.S. & Canada and Asia-Pacific consist of an aggregate of $1.4 billion of additions related to the InSite Acquisition (as defined in note 6). Africa consists of measurement period adjustments related to the acquisition of Eaton Towers Holdings Limited (the “Eaton Towers Acquisition”).

(2) U.S. & Canada consists of measurement period adjustments related to the InSite Acquisition. Asia-Pacific consists of $9.2 million of additions related to the Bangladesh Acquisition (as discussed in note 6) and measurement period adjustments related to the InSite Acquisition. Europe and Latin America consist of additions and measurement period adjustments related to the Telxius Acquisition (as defined in note 6). Data Centers consists of $3.0 billion of additions related to data center acquisitions, primarily from the CoreSite Acquisition.

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The Company’s other intangible assets subject to amortization consisted of the following:


		As of December 31, 2021						As of December 31, 2020
	Estimated Useful Lives (years)	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Book Value
Acquired network location intangibles (1)	Up to 20	$	6,294.6	$	(2,305.1)	$	3,989.5	$	5,784.0	$	(2,117.6)	$	3,666.4
Acquired tenant-related intangibles	Up to 20	20,030.5		(5,051.5)		14,979.0		14,322.5		(4,237.5)		10,085.0
Acquired licenses and other intangibles (2)	2-20	1,807.9		(49.2)		1,758.7		97.8		(9.4)		88.4
Total other intangible assets		$	28,133.0	$	(7,405.8)	$	20,727.2	$	20,204.3	$	(6,364.5)	$	13,839.8

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(1) Acquired network location intangibles are amortized over the shorter of the term of the corresponding ground lease, taking into consideration lease renewal options and residual value, generally up to 20 years, as the Company considers these intangibles to be directly related to the tower assets.

(2) In connection with the CoreSite Acquisition, the Company acquired $1.7 billion of other intangible assets. The acquired other intangible assets will amortize over periods ranging from approximately two years to 10 years.

The acquired network location intangibles represent the value to the Company of the incremental revenue growth that could potentially be obtained from leasing the excess capacity on acquired tower communications infrastructure. The acquired tenant-related intangibles typically represent the value to the Company of tenant contracts and relationships in place at the time of an acquisition or similar transaction, including assumptions regarding estimated renewals. Other intangibles represent the value of acquired licenses, trade name and in place leases. In place lease value represents the fair value of costs avoided in securing data center customers, including vacancy periods, legal costs and commissions. In addition, this value also includes assumptions on similar costs avoided upon the renewal or extension of existing leases on a basis consistent with occupancy assumptions used in the fair value of other assets.

The Company amortizes its acquired network location intangibles and tenant-related intangibles on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. As of December 31, 2021, the remaining weighted average amortization period of the Company’s intangible assets was 15 years. Amortization of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $1.2 billion, $867.2 million and $791.3 million, respectively.

Based on current exchange rates, the Company expects to record amortization expense as follows over the next five years:


Fiscal Year	Amount
2022	$	1,802.4
2023	1,366.9
2024	1,352.8
2025	1,271.8
2026	1,237.5

6. ACQUISITIONS

The Company evaluates each of its acquisitions under the accounting guidance framework to determine whether to treat an acquisition as an asset acquisition or a business combination. For those transactions treated as asset acquisitions, the purchase price is allocated to the assets or rights acquired and liabilities assumed, with no recognition of goodwill. For those transactions treated as business combinations, the estimates of the fair value of the assets or rights acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the applicable acquisition are subject to adjustment during the measurement period (up to one year from the particular acquisition date). The primary areas of the accounting for the acquisitions that are not yet finalized relate to the fair value of certain tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including tax positions, which may include contingent consideration, residual goodwill and any related tax impact.

The fair value of these net assets acquired are based on management’s estimates and assumptions, as well as other information compiled by management, including valuations that utilize customary valuation procedures and techniques. While the Company believes that such preliminary estimates provide a reasonable basis for estimating the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, it evaluates any necessary information prior to finalization of the fair value. During the measurement period for those

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acquisitions accounted for as business combinations, the Company will adjust assets or liabilities if new information is obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have resulted in the revised estimated values of those assets or liabilities as of that date.

Impact of current year acquisitions—The Company typically acquires communications sites and other communications infrastructure assets from wireless carriers or other tower operators and subsequently integrates those sites and related assets into its existing portfolio of communications sites and related assets. In the United States, the Company has also acquired data center facilities and related assets, including the CoreSite Acquisition, as discussed below. The financial results of the Company’s acquisitions have been included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 from the date of the respective acquisition. The date of acquisition, and by extension the point at which the Company begins to recognize the results of an acquisition, may depend on, among other things, the receipt of contractual consents, the commencement and extent of leasing arrangements and the timing of the transfer of title or rights to the assets, which may be accomplished in phases. Sites acquired from communications service providers may never have been operated as a business and may instead have been utilized solely by the seller as a component of its network infrastructure. An acquisition may or may not involve the transfer of business operations or employees.

For those acquisitions accounted for as business combinations, the Company recognizes acquisition and merger related expenses in the period in which they are incurred and services are received; for transactions accounted for as asset acquisitions, these costs are capitalized as part of the purchase price. Acquisition and merger related costs may include finder’s fees, advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees and general administrative costs directly related to completing the transaction. Integration costs include incremental and non-recurring costs necessary to convert data and systems, retain employees and otherwise enable the Company to operate acquired businesses or assets efficiently. The Company records acquisition and merger related expenses for business combinations, as well as integration costs for all acquisitions, in Other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded acquisition and merger related expenses for business combinations and non-capitalized asset acquisition costs and integration costs as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Acquisition and merger related expenses	$	177.0	$	15.5	$	26.9
Integration costs	$	50.4	$	23.1	$	9.8

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded net benefits of $17.6 million, $4.4 million and $13.1 million related to pre-acquisition contingencies and settlements, respectively. The increase in acquisition and merger related costs during the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily associated with the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition.

2021 Transactions

The estimated aggregate impact of the acquisitions completed in 2021 on the Company’s revenues and gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2021 was approximately $424.3 million and $214.8 million, respectively. The revenues and gross margin amounts also reflect incremental revenues from the addition of new customers to such communications infrastructure assets subsequent to the transaction date. Acquisitions completed in 2021 were included in all of the Company’s property segments.

Data Centers

U.S. Data Centers Acquisition—On October 5, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of two multi-customer data center facilities in the United States markets for total consideration of approximately $200.6 million. The acquired assets and operations are included in the Data Centers segment. This acquisition is being accounted for as a business combination and is subject to post-closing adjustments. This acquisition is included in the table below in “Other.”

CoreSite Acquisition—On November 14, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with CoreSite to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of CoreSite common stock at $170.00 per share. CoreSite’s portfolio consisted of 24 data center facilities and related assets in eight United States markets. On December 28, 2021, the Company completed the CoreSite Acquisition for total consideration of approximately $10.4 billion, including the assumption and repayment of CoreSite’s existing debt. The acquired assets and operations are included in the Data Centers segment. The CoreSite Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and is subject to post-closing adjustments.

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Communications Sites

Telxius Acquisition—On January 13, 2021, the Company entered into two agreements with Telxius Telecom, S.A. (“Telxius”), a subsidiary of Telefónica, S.A., pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire Telxius’ European and Latin American tower divisions, comprising approximately 31,000 communications sites in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Peru and Spain, for approximately 7.7 billion Euros (“EUR”) (approximately $9.4 billion at the date of signing) (the “Telxius Acquisition”), subject to certain adjustments. In June 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of nearly 20,000 communications sites in Germany and Spain, for total consideration of approximately 6.3 billion EUR (approximately $7.7 billion at the date of closing), subject to certain post-closing adjustments and over 7,000 communications sites in Brazil, Peru, Chile and Argentina, for total consideration of approximately 0.9 billion EUR (approximately $1.1 billion at the date of closing), subject to certain post-closing adjustments.

On August 2, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of the approximately 4,000 remaining communications sites in Germany pursuant to the Telxius Acquisition for 0.6 billion EUR (approximately $0.7 billion at the date of closing), subject to certain post-closing adjustments.

Of the aggregate purchase price, 233.2 million EUR (approximately $265.2 million), including post-closing adjustments, of deferred payments are due in September 2025 and are reflected in Other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021. The acquired operations in Germany and Spain are included in the Europe property segment and the acquired operations in Brazil, Peru, Chile and Argentina are included in the Latin America property segment. The Telxius Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and is subject to post-closing adjustments. Subsequent to the acquisition dates, certain adjustments were made to increase assets by $6.0 million and reduce liabilities by $58.7 million, with a corresponding decrease in goodwill of $64.7 million. There were no other material post-closing adjustments. The full reconciliation and finalization of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including those subject to valuation, have not been completed and, as a result, there may be additional post-closing adjustments.

Entel Acquisition—On December 19, 2019, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 3,200 communications sites in Chile and Peru from Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones S.A. and Entel Peru S.A. (“Entel”) for total consideration of approximately $0.8 billion (as of the date of signing). The Company completed the acquisition of approximately 2,400 communications sites in December 2019 and an additional 530 communications sites pursuant to this agreement during the year ended December 31, 2020. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of the remaining 156 communications sites pursuant to this agreement for an aggregate total purchase price of $44.5 million (as of the dates of acquisition), including value added tax, which have been accounted for as an acquisition of assets and are included in the table below in “Other.”

Bangladesh Acquisition—During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company acquired a 51% controlling interest in Kirtonkhola Tower Bangladesh Limited (“KTBL”) for 900 million Bangladeshi Taka (“BDT”) (approximately $10.6 million at the date of closing). Confidence Group holds a 49% noncontrolling interest in KTBL. This acquisition is being accounted for as a business combination and is subject to post-closing adjustments. This acquisition is included in the table below in “Other.”

Other Acquisitions—During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company acquired a total of 1,309 communications sites as well as other communications infrastructure assets, in the United States, France, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru and Poland, including 633 communications sites in connection with the Company’s agreements with Orange S.A. (“Orange”) as further described below, for an aggregate purchase price of $565.6 million. Of the aggregate purchase price, $89.8 million is reflected as a payable in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021. These acquisitions were primarily accounted for as asset acquisitions and are included in the table below in “Other.”

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

The following table summarizes the allocations of the purchase prices for the fiscal year 2021 acquisitions based upon their estimated fair value at the date of acquisition:


	CoreSite Acquisition		Telxius Acquisition		Other (1)
Current assets	$	99.8	$	284.9	$	56.4

Property and equipment	5,129.0		1,414.6		391.3
Intangible assets (2):
Tenant-related intangible assets	665.0		5,371.3		308.3
Network location intangible assets	—		672.0		88.0
Other intangible assets	1,709.0		—		1.7
Other non-current assets	332.9		1,398.4		52.5
Current liabilities	(156.6)		(338.9)		(15.7)
Deferred tax liability	—		(1,195.4)		—
Other non-current liabilities	(323.1)		(1,534.2)		(61.0)
Net assets acquired	7,456.0		6,072.7		821.5
Goodwill (3)	2,943.3		3,517.0		10.0
Fair value of net assets acquired	10,399.3		9,589.7		831.5
Debt assumed (4)	(955.1)		—		—
Noncontrolling interest	—		—		(10.2)
Purchase price (5)	$	9,444.2	$	9,589.7	$	821.3

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(1) Includes 21 sites in Peru held pursuant to long-term finance leases.

(2) Tenant-related intangible assets and network location intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis generally over a 20 year period. Other intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis generally over periods of up to 20 years. The CoreSite other intangible assets will amortize over periods ranging from approximately two years to 10 years.

(3) The Company expects goodwill to be partially deductible for tax purposes.

(4) The CoreSite Acquisition debt assumed includes $875.0 million of CoreSite’s indebtedness and a fair value adjustment of $80.1 million. The fair value adjustment was based primarily on reported market values using Level 2 inputs.

(5) The CoreSite Acquisition purchase price includes $17.1 million of consideration related to the fair value of certain equity awards previously granted by CoreSite under its equity plan that the Company assumed and converted into corresponding equity awards with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock (the “CoreSite Replacement Awards”). The CoreSite Replacement Awards will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of CoreSite’s equity plan. The fair value of the CoreSite Replacement Awards for services rendered through December 28, 2021, the CoreSite Acquisition date, was recognized as a component of the purchase price, with the remaining fair value of the CoreSite Replacement Awards related to the post-combination services recorded as stock-based compensation over the remaining vesting period.

Other Signed Acquisitions

Orange Acquisition—On November 28, 2019, the Company entered into definitive agreements with Orange for the acquisition of up to approximately 2,000 communications sites in France over a period of up to five years for total consideration in the range of approximately 500.0 million EUR to 600.0 million EUR (approximately $550.5 million to $660.5 million at the date of signing) to be paid over the five-year term. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of 564 of these communications sites. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company completed the acquisition of an additional 633 of these communications sites. The remaining communications sites are expected to continue to close in tranches, subject to customary closing conditions.

2020 Transactions

InSite Acquisition—On December 23, 2020, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding units of IWG Holdings, LLC, the parent company of InSite Wireless Group, LLC (“InSite”), which owned, operated and managed approximately 3,000 communications sites in the United States and Canada (the “InSite Acquisition”). The portfolio included approximately 1,400 owned towers in the United States, over 200 owned towers in Canada and approximately 40 DAS networks in the United States. In addition, the portfolio included more than 600 land parcels under communications sites in the United States, Canada and Australia, as well as approximately 400 rooftop sites. The total consideration for the InSite Acquisition, including cash acquired, the repayment and assumption of certain debt held by InSite, was approximately $3.5 billion. The InSite Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination and the allocation of the purchase price was finalized during the year ended December 31, 2021.

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The following table summarizes the preliminary and final allocations of the purchase price paid and the amounts of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the InSite Acquisition based upon its estimated fair value at the date of acquisition. Balances are reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021.


	Preliminary Allocation		Final Allocation
Current assets	$	57.2	$	57.3

Property and equipment	516.4		511.3
Intangible assets (1):
Tenant-related intangible assets	1,160.1		1,181.3
Network location intangible assets	622.7		610.3
Other intangible assets	—		—
Other non-current assets	300.7		309.0
Current liabilities	(75.9)		(78.6)
Deferred tax liability	(116.3)		(34.0)
Other non-current liabilities	(267.6)		(271.5)
Net assets acquired	2,197.3		2,285.1
Goodwill (2)	1,354.2		1,266.4
Fair value of net assets acquired	3,551.5		3,551.5
Debt assumed (3)	(800.0)		(800.0)
Purchase price	$	2,751.5	$	2,751.5

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(1)Tenant-related intangible assets and network location intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over periods of up to 20 years.

(2)The Company expects goodwill to be partially deductible for tax purposes.

(3)InSite Acquisition debt assumed includes $763.5 million of InSite’s indebtedness and a fair value adjustment of $36.5 million. The fair value adjustment was based primarily on reported market values using Level 2 inputs.

Pro Forma Consolidated Results (Unaudited)

The following table presents the unaudited pro forma financial results as if the 2021 acquisitions had occurred on January 1, 2020 and the 2020 acquisitions had occurred on January 1, 2019. The pro forma results, to the extent available, are based on historical information, and accordingly may not fully reflect the current operations of the acquired business. In addition, the pro forma results do not include any anticipated cost synergies, costs or other integration impacts. Accordingly, such pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred had the transactions been completed on the dates indicated, nor are they indicative of the future operating results of the Company.


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020
Pro forma revenues	$	10,344.5	$	9,441.2
Pro forma net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders	$	2,219.5	$	845.4
Pro forma net income per common share amounts:
Basic net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders	$	4.88	$	1.86
Diluted net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders	$	4.86	$	1.85

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7. ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses consisted of the following:


	As of
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Accrued construction costs	$	197.3	$	46.5
Accrued income tax payable	84.8		20.6
Accrued pass-through costs	91.0		67.1
Amounts payable for acquisitions	95.2		58.9
Amounts payable to tenants	81.1		66.4
Accrued property and real estate taxes	255.3		219.1
Accrued rent	78.8		82.6
Payroll and related withholdings	124.7		104.4
Other accrued expenses	404.6		378.1

Accrued expenses	$	1,412.8	$	1,043.7

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8. LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS

Outstanding amounts under the Company’s long-term obligations, reflecting discounts, premiums, debt issuance costs and fair value adjustments due to interest rate swaps consisted of the following:


	As of
	December 31, 2021	December 31, 2020	Contractual Interest Rate (1)		Maturity Date (1)
2020 Term Loan (2)	—	749.4	N/A		N/A
2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility (3) (4)	4,388.4	—	1.205	%	June 30, 2025
2021 Term Loan (3)	995.4	996.1	1.235	%	January 31, 2027
2021 Credit Facility (3)	1,410.0	2,295.0	1.234	%	January 31, 2027

2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan (3) (4)	937.6	—	1.125	%	May 28, 2024
2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan (3)	2,998.5	—	1.250	%	December 28, 2022
2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan (3)	1,498.4	—	1.250	%	December 28, 2023
2.250% senior notes (5)	600.3	605.1	2.250	%	January 15, 2022
4.70% senior notes (6)	—	699.0	4.700	%	N/A
3.50% senior notes	997.9	996.1	3.500	%	January 31, 2023
3.000% senior notes	709.9	721.9	3.000	%	June 15, 2023
0.600% senior notes	497.9	496.8	0.600	%	January 15, 2024
5.00% senior notes	1,000.9	1,001.3	5.000	%	February 15, 2024
3.375% senior notes	647.0	645.7	3.375	%	May 15, 2024
2.950% senior notes	644.7	643.1	2.950	%	January 15, 2025
2.400% senior notes	746.1	745.0	2.400	%	March 15, 2025
1.375% senior notes (7)	563.8	604.1	1.375	%	April 4, 2025
4.000% senior notes	745.5	744.3	4.000	%	June 1, 2025
1.300% senior notes	496.4	495.4	1.300	%	September 15, 2025
4.400% senior notes	497.6	497.1	4.400	%	February 15, 2026
1.600% senior notes	695.2	—	1.600	%	April 15, 2026
1.950% senior notes (7)	564.3	605.2	1.950	%	May 22, 2026
1.450% senior notes	593.0	—	1.450	%	September 15, 2026
3.375% senior notes	991.2	989.5	3.375	%	October 15, 2026
3.125% senior notes	398.3	397.9	3.125	%	January 15, 2027
2.750% senior notes	745.2	744.3	2.750	%	January 15, 2027
0.450% senior notes (7)	847.1	—	0.450	%	January 15, 2027
0.400% senior notes (7)	562.5	—	0.400	%	February 15, 2027
3.55% senior notes	745.5	744.8	3.550	%	July 15, 2027
3.600% senior notes	694.3	693.4	3.600	%	January 15, 2028
0.500% senior notes (7)	845.3	907.4	0.500	%	January 15, 2028
1.500% senior notes	645.8	645.1	1.500	%	January 31, 2028
3.950% senior notes	591.6	590.6	3.950	%	March 15, 2029
0.875% senior notes (7)	847.3	—	0.875	%	May 21, 2029
3.800% senior notes	1,635.1	1,633.5	3.800	%	August 15, 2029
2.900% senior notes	742.5	741.7	2.900	%	January 15, 2030
2.100% senior notes	741.2	740.2	2.100	%	June 15, 2030
0.950% senior notes (7)	561.0	—	0.950	%	October 5, 2030
1.875% senior notes	791.4	790.5	1.875	%	October 15, 2030
2.700% senior notes	693.7	—	2.700	%	April 15, 2031
2.300% senior notes	691.0	—	2.300	%	September 15, 2031
1.000% senior notes (7)	731.7	786.1	1.000	%	January 15, 2032
1.250% senior notes (7)	561.2	—	1.250	%	May 21, 2033
3.700% senior notes	592.1	591.9	3.700	%	October 15, 2049
3.100% senior notes	1,038.0	1,037.7	3.100	%	June 15, 2050

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2.950% senior notes	1,021.5		538.2		2.950	%	January 15, 2051
Total American Tower Corporation debt	39,943.3		26,113.4

Series 2013-2A Securities (8)	1,298.2		1,296.6		3.070	%	March 15, 2023
Series 2018-1A Securities (8)	495.3		494.6		3.652	%	March 15, 2028
Series 2015-2 Notes (9)	522.7		522.1		3.482	%	June 16, 2025
InSite Debt (10)	—		800.0		N/A		N/A
CoreSite Debt (11)	955.1		—		Various		Various
Other subsidiary debt (12)	8.0		32.9		Various		Various
Total American Tower subsidiary debt	3,279.3		3,146.2
Finance lease obligations	31.6		27.9
Total	43,254.2		29,287.5
Less current portion of long-term obligations	(4,568.7)		(789.8)
Long-term obligations	$	38,685.5	$	28,497.7

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(1)Reflects interest rate or maturity date as of December 31, 2021; interest rate does not reflect the impact of the interest rate swap agreements.

(2)Repaid in full on February 5, 2021 using borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility (as defined below) and cash on hand.

(3)Accrues interest at a variable rate.

(4)As of December 31, 2021 reflects borrowings denominated in EUR and, for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, reflects borrowings denominated in both EUR and U.S. Dollars (“USD”).

(5)Repaid in full on January 14, 2022 using borrowings under the 2021 Credit Facility (as defined below).

(6)Repaid in full on October 18, 2021 with cash on hand.

(7)Notes are denominated in EUR.

(8)Maturity date reflects the anticipated repayment date; final legal maturity is March 15, 2048.

(9)Maturity date reflects the anticipated repayment date; final legal maturity is June 15, 2050.

(10)Debt entered into by certain InSite subsidiaries assumed in connection with the InSite Acquisition (the “InSite Debt”). On January 15, 2021, all amounts outstanding under the InSite Debt were repaid.

(11)Debt entered into by CoreSite assumed in connection with the CoreSite Acquisition (the “CoreSite Debt”). On January 7, 2022, all amounts outstanding under the CoreSite Debt were repaid using borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and cash on hand.

(12)Includes the Kenya Debt and the U.S. Subsidiary Debt (each as defined below). As of December 31, 2020 also included Colombian Credit Facility (as defined below).

Current portion of long-term obligations—The Company’s current portion of long-term obligations primarily includes (i) $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.250% senior unsecured notes due January 15, 2022 (the “2.250% Notes”), (ii) $3.0 billion in borrowings under the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan (as defined below) and (iii) the CoreSite Debt.

American Tower Corporation Debt

Bank Facilities

Amendments to Bank Facilities—On February 10, 2021, the Company amended and restated its senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility (as amended, the “2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility”) and its senior unsecured revolving credit facility (as amended, the “2021 Credit Facility”) and amended its unsecured term loan, as amended and restated as described below (as amended, the “2021 Term Loan”).

These amendments, among other things,

i.extended the maturity dates by one year to June 28, 2024 and January 31, 2026 for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility, respectively;

ii.increased the commitments under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility to $4.1 billion and $2.9 billion, respectively;

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v.amended the limitation of the Company’s permitted ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA (each as defined in each of the loan agreements for each of the facilities) to be no greater than 7.50 to 1.00 for the four fiscal quarters following the consummation of the Telxius Acquisition, which began with the quarter ended June 30, 2021, stepping down to 6.00 to 1.00 thereafter (with a further step up to 7.00 to 1.00 if the Company consummates a Qualified Acquisition (as defined in each of the loan agreements for the facilities));

vi.amended the limitation on indebtedness of, and guaranteed by, the Company’s subsidiaries to the greater of (a) $3.0 billion and (b) 50% of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in each of the loan agreements for the facilities) of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; and

vii.increased the threshold for certain defaults with respect to judgments, attachments or acceleration of indebtedness from $400.0 million to $500.0 million.

On December 8, 2021, the Company amended and restated the agreements for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility and the 2021 Term Loan, and amended the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan (as defined below).

These amendments, among other things,

i.extended the maturity dates to June 30, 2025, January 31, 2027 and January 31, 2027 for the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility and the 2021 Term Loan, respectively;

iv.amended the limitation of the Company's permitted ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA (each as defined in each of the loans) to be no greater than 7.50 to 1.00 for the four fiscal quarters following the consummation of the CoreSite Acquisition, which began with the quarter ended December 31, 2021, stepping down to 6.00 to 1.00 (with a further step up to 7.50 to 1.00 if the Company consummates a Qualified Acquisition (as defined in each of the agreements));

vi.increased the threshold for certain defaults with respect to judgments, attachments or acceleration of indebtedness
from $500.0 million to $600.0 million.

2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility—During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $7.8 billion, including an aggregate of 2.4 billion EUR ($2.9 billion as of the borrowing dates), and repaid an aggregate of $3.4 billion of revolving indebtedness, including an aggregate of 1.3 billion EUR ($1.5 billion as of the repayment date) primarily using proceeds from the ATC Europe Transactions (as defined in note 16), under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility. The Company used the borrowings to fund the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition, to repay existing indebtedness, including the InSite Debt and its $750.0 million unsecured term loan due February 12, 2021 (the “2020 Term Loan”), and for general corporate purposes.

2021 Credit Facility—During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $4.9 billion, including an aggregate of 1.2 billion EUR ($1.5 billion as of the borrowing dates), and repaid an aggregate of $5.8 billion of revolving indebtedness, including an aggregate of 1.2 billion EUR ($1.4 billion as of the repayment date) primarily using proceeds from the ATC Europe Transactions, under the 2021 Credit Facility. The Company used the borrowings to fund the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition and for general corporate purposes.

Repayment of the 2020 Term Loan—On February 5, 2021, the Company repaid all amounts outstanding under the 2020 Term Loan using borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and cash on hand.

2021 Term Loan—On September 27, 2021, the Company repaid $500.0 million of indebtedness under the 2021 Term Loan using proceeds from the issuance of the 1.450% Notes, the 2.300% Notes and the 2.950% Notes (each as defined below). On December 28, 2021, the Company borrowed $500.0 million under the 2021 Term Loan, which was used to fund the CoreSite Acquisition. As of December 31, 2021, $1.0 billion is outstanding under the 2021 Term Loan.

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2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans—On February 10, 2021, the Company entered into (i) a 1.1 billion EUR (approximately $1.3 billion at the date of signing) unsecured term loan, the proceeds of which were used to fund the Telxius Acquisition (the “2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan”), and which was subsequently repaid in full as described below, and (ii) an 825.0 million EUR (approximately $1.0 billion at the date of signing) unsecured term loan, the proceeds of which were used to fund the Telxius Acquisition, with a maturity date that is three years from the date of the first draw thereunder (the “2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan,” and, together with the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan, the “2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans”). The 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan bears interest at either (i) a base rate plus and applicable margin or (ii) a Eurocurrency rate plus an applicable margin, in each case, subject to adjustments based on the Company’s senior unsecured debt rating, which, based on the Company’s current debt ratings, is 1.125% above the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”).

On May 28, 2021, the Company borrowed 1.1 billion EUR ($1.3 billion as of the borrowing date) under the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and 825.0 million EUR ($1.0 billion as of the borrowing date) under the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan. The Company used the borrowings to fund the Telxius Acquisition.

On September 16, 2021, the Company repaid 420.0 million EUR ($494.2 million as of the repayment date) under the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan using proceeds from the ATC Europe Transactions. On October 7, 2021, the Company repaid all remaining amounts outstanding under the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan using proceeds from the issuance of the 0.400% Notes and the 0.950% Notes (each as defined below).

2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans—On December 8, 2021, the Company entered into (i) a $3.0 billion unsecured term loan, the proceeds of which were used to fund the CoreSite Acquisition, with a maturity date that is 364 days from the date of the first draw thereunder (the “2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan”) and (ii) a $1.5 billion unsecured term loan, the proceeds of which were used to fund the CoreSite Acquisition, with a maturity date that is two years from the date of the first draw thereunder (the “2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan” and, together with the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan, the “2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans”). The 2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans bear interest at either (i) a base rate plus an applicable margin or (ii) a Eurocurrency rate plus an applicable margin, in each case, subject to adjustments based on the senior unsecured debt rating of the Company, which, based on the Company’s current debt ratings, is 1.125% above LIBOR.

On December 28, 2021, the Company borrowed $3.0 billion under the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and $1.5 billion under the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan. The Company used the borrowings to fund the CoreSite Acquisition.

Bridge Facilities—In connection with entering into the Telxius Acquisition, the Company entered into a commitment letter (the “BofA Commitment Letter”), dated January 13, 2021, with Bank of America, N.A. and BofA Securities, Inc. (together, “BofA”) pursuant to which BofA had, with respect to bridge financing, committed to provide up to 7.5 billion EUR (approximately $9.1 billion at the date of signing) in bridge loans (the “BofA Bridge Loan Commitment”) to ensure financing for the Telxius Acquisition. Effective February 10, 2021, the BofA Bridge Loan Commitment was reduced to 4.275 billion EUR (approximately $5.2 billion at the date of signing) as a result of an aggregate of 3.225 billion EUR (approximately $3.9 billion at the date of signing) of additional committed amounts under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility and the 2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans, as described above. The BofA Bridge Loan Commitment was further reduced as a result of the May 2021 common stock offering, as further described in note 16. Effective May 24, 2021, upon receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of the 0.450% Notes, the 0.875% Notes and the 1.250% Notes, the Company determined that it had adequate cash resources and undrawn availability under its revolving credit facilities and the 2021 EUR Delayed Draw Term Loans to fund the cash consideration payable in connection with the Telxius Acquisition and terminated the BofA Commitment Letter. The Company did not make any borrowings under the BofA Bridge Loan Commitment.

In connection with entering into the CoreSite Acquisition, the Company entered into a commitment letter, dated November 14, 2021, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPM”) pursuant to which JPM had, with respect to bridge financing, committed to provide up to $10.5 billion in bridge loans (the “JPM Bridge Loan Commitment”) to ensure financing for the CoreSite Acquisition. Effective December 8, 2021 the JPM Bridge Loan Commitment was fully terminated as a result of the $10.5 billion in committed amounts available under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan and the 2021 USD Delayed Draw Term Loans, as described above. The Company did not make any borrowings under the JPM Bridge Loan Commitment.


	Outstanding Principal Balance		Undrawn letters of credit		Maturity Date		Current margin over LIBOR or EURIBOR (1)		Current commitment fee (2)
2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility	$	4,388.4	$	3.5	June 30, 2025	(3)	1.125	%	0.110	%
2021 Credit Facility	1,410.0		1.2		January 31, 2027	(3)	1.125	%	0.110	%
2021 Term Loan	1,000.0		N/A		January 31, 2027		1.125	%	N/A
2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan	938.2		N/A		May 28, 2024		1.125	%	N/A
2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan	3,000.0		N/A		December 28, 2022		1.125	%	N/A
2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan	1,500.0		N/A		December 28, 2023		1.125	%	N/A

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(1) LIBOR applies to the USD denominated borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan, the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan. EURIBOR applies to the EUR denominated borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and all of the borrowings under the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan.

(2) Fee on undrawn portion of each credit facility.

(3) Subject to two optional renewal periods.

The loan agreements for each of the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility, the 2021 Credit Facility, the 2021 Term Loan, the 2021 EUR Three Year Delayed Draw Term Loan, the 2021 USD 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan and the 2021 USD Two Year Delayed Draw Term Loan contain certain reporting, information, financial and operating covenants and other restrictions (including limitations on additional debt, guaranties, sales of assets and liens) with which the Company must comply. Failure to comply with the financial and operating covenants of the loan agreements could not only prevent the Company from being able to borrow additional funds under the revolving credit facilities, but may constitute a default, which could result in, among other things, the amounts outstanding under the applicable agreement, including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, becoming immediately due and payable.

Senior Notes

Repayments of Senior Notes

Repayment of 4.70% Senior Notes—On October 18, 2021, the Company redeemed all of its 4.70% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “4.70% Notes”) at a price equal to 101.7270% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding October 18, 2021, for an aggregate redemption price of approximately $715.1 million, including $3.0 million in accrued and unpaid interest. The Company recorded a loss on retirement of long-term obligations of approximately $12.4 million, which included prepayment consideration of $12.1 million and the associated unamortized discount and deferred financing costs. The redemption was funded with cash on hand. Upon completion of this redemption, none of the 4.70% Notes remained outstanding.

Offerings of Senior Notes

1.600% Senior Notes and 2.700% Senior Notes Offering—On March 29, 2021, the Company completed a registered public offering of $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.600% senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “1.600% Notes”) and $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.700% senior unsecured notes due 2031 (the “2.700% Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $1,386.3 million, after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. The Company used all of the net proceeds to repay existing indebtedness under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility.

0.450% Senior Notes, 0.875% Senior Notes and 1.250% Senior Notes Offering—On May 21, 2021, the Company completed a registered public offering of 750.0 million EUR ($913.7 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 0.450% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the “0.450% Notes”), 750.0 million EUR ($913.7 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 0.875% senior unsecured notes due 2029 (the “0.875% Notes”) and 500.0 million EUR ($609.1 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 1.250% senior unsecured notes due 2033 (the “1.250% Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately 1,983.1 million EUR (approximately $2,415.8 million at the date of issuance), after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. The Company used all of the net proceeds to fund the Telxius Acquisition.

1.450% Senior Notes, 2.300% Senior Notes and 2.950% Senior Notes Offering—On September 27, 2021, the Company completed a registered public offering of $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.450% senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “1.450% Notes”), $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.300% senior unsecured notes due 2031 (the

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“2.300% Notes”) and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount through a reopening of its 2.950% senior unsecured notes due 2051, originally issued on November 20, 2020 (the “2.950% Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $1,765.1 million, after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. The Company used the net proceeds to repay existing indebtedness under the 2021 Term Loan and for general corporate purposes.

0.400% Senior Notes and 0.950% Senior Notes Offering—On October 5, 2021, the Company completed a registered public offering of 500.0 million EUR ($579.9 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 0.400% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the “0.400% Notes”) and 500.0 million EUR ($579.9 million at the date of issuance) aggregate principal amount of 0.950% senior unsecured notes due 2030 (the “0.950% Notes” and, collectively with the 1.600% Notes, the 2.700% Notes, the 0.450% Notes, the 0.875% Notes, the 1.250% Notes, the 1.450% Notes, the 2.300% Notes, the 2.950% Notes and the 0.400% Notes, the “Notes”). The net proceeds from this offering were approximately 987.7 million EUR (approximately $1,145.6 million at the date of issuance), after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. The Company used the net proceeds to repay existing EUR denominated indebtedness under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 EUR 364-Day Delayed Draw Term Loan.

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The following table outlines key terms related to the Company’s outstanding senior notes as of December 31, 2021:


			Adjustments to Principal Amount (1)
	Aggregate Principal Amount		2021		2020		Interest payments due (2)	Issue Date	Par Call Date (3)
2.250% Notes (4)	$	600.0	$	0.3	$	5.1	January 15 and July 15	September 30, 2016	N/A
3.50% Notes	1,000.0		(2.1)		(3.9)		January 31 and July 31	January 8, 2013	N/A
3.000% Notes (5)	700.0		9.9		21.9		June 15 and December 15	December 8, 2017	N/A
0.600% Notes	500.0		(2.1)		(3.2)		January 15 and July 15	November 20, 2020	N/A
5.00% Notes (6)	1,000.0		0.9		1.3		February 15 and August 15	August 19, 2013	N/A
3.375% Notes	650.0		(3.0)		(4.3)		May 15 and November 15	March 15, 2019	April 15, 2024
2.950% Notes	650.0		(5.3)		(6.9)		January 15 and July 15	June 13, 2019	December 15, 2024
2.400% Notes	750.0		(3.9)		(5.0)		March 15 and September 15	January 10, 2020	February 15, 2025
1.375% Notes (7)	568.6		(4.8)		(6.7)		April 4	April 6, 2017	January 4, 2025
4.000% Notes	750.0		(4.5)		(5.7)		June 1 and December 1	May 7, 2015	March 1, 2025
1.300% Notes	500.0		(3.6)		(4.6)		March 15 and September 15	June 3, 2020	August 15, 2025
4.400% Notes	500.0		(2.4)		(2.9)		February 15 and August 15	January 12, 2016	November 15, 2025
1.600% Notes	700.0		(4.8)		—		April 15 and October 15	March 29, 2021	March 15, 2026
1.950% Notes (7)	568.6		(4.3)		(5.6)		May 22	May 22, 2018	February 22, 2026
1.450% Notes	600.0		(7.0)		—		March 15 and September 15	September 27, 2021	August 15, 2026
3.375% Notes	1,000.0		(8.8)		(10.5)		April 15 and October 15	May 13, 2016	July 15, 2026
3.125% Notes	400.0		(1.7)		(2.1)		January 15 and July 15	September 30, 2016	October 15, 2026
2.750% Notes	750.0		(4.8)		(5.7)		January 15 and July 15	October 3, 2019	November 15, 2026
0.450% Notes (7)	853.0		(5.9)		—		January 15	May 21, 2021	November 15, 2026
0.400% Notes (7)	568.6		(6.1)		—		February 15	October 5, 2021	December 15, 2026
3.55% Notes	750.0		(4.5)		(5.2)		January 15 and July 15	June 30, 2017	April 15, 2027
3.600% Notes	700.0		(5.7)		(6.6)		January 15 and July 15	December 8, 2017	October 15, 2027
0.500% Notes (7)	853.0		(7.7)		(8.8)		January 15	September 10, 2020	October 15, 2027
1.500% Notes	650.0		(4.2)		(4.9)		January 31 and July 31	November 20, 2020	November 30, 2027
3.950% Notes	600.0		(8.4)		(9.4)		March 15 and September 15	March 15, 2019	December 15, 2028
0.875% Notes (7)	853.0		(5.7)		—		May 21	May 21, 2021	February 21, 2029
3.800% Notes	1,650.0		(14.9)		(16.5)		February 15 and August 15	June 13, 2019	May 15, 2029
2.900% Notes	750.0		(7.5)		(8.3)		January 15 and July 15	January 10, 2020	October 15, 2029
2.100% Notes	750.0		(8.8)		(9.8)		June 15 and December 15	June 3, 2020	March 15, 2030
0.950% Notes (7)	568.6		(7.6)		—		October 5	October 5, 2021	July 5, 2030
1.875% Notes	800.0		(8.6)		(9.5)		April 15 and October 15	September 28, 2020	July 15, 2030
2.700% Notes	700.0		(6.3)		—		April 15 and October 15	March 29, 2021	January 15, 2031
2.300% Notes	700.0		(9.0)		—		March 15 and September 15	September 27, 2021	June 15, 2031
1.000% Notes (7)	739.2		(7.5)		(7.9)		January 15	September 10, 2020	October 15, 2031
1.250% Notes (7)	568.6		(7.4)		—		May 21	May 21, 2021	February 21, 2033
3.700% Notes	600.0		(7.9)		(8.1)		April 15 and October 15	October 3, 2019	April 15, 2049
3.100% Notes (8)	1,050.0		(12.0)		(12.3)		June 15 and December 15	June 3, 2020	December 15, 2049
2.950% Notes (9)	1,050.0		(28.5)		(11.8)		January 15 and July 15	November 20, 2020	July 15, 2050

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(1) Includes unamortized discounts, premiums and debt issuance costs and fair value adjustments due to interest rate swaps.

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(2) Accrued and unpaid interest on USD denominated notes is payable in USD semi-annually in arrears and will be computed from the issue date on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on EUR denominated notes is payable in EUR annually in arrears and will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the notes, beginning on the issue date.

(3) The Company may redeem the notes at any time, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus a make-whole premium, together with accrued interest to the redemption date. If the Company redeems the notes on or after the par call date, the Company will not be required to pay a make-whole premium.

(4) Includes $0.4 million and $6.3 million fair value adjustment due to interest rate swaps in 2021 and 2020, respectively.

(5) Includes $11.8 million and $25.1 million fair value adjustment due to interest rate swaps in 2021 and 2020, respectively.

(6) The original issue date for the 5.00% Notes was August 19, 2013. The issue date for the reopened 5.00% Notes was January 10, 2014.

(7) Notes are denominated in EUR.

(8) The original issue date for the initial 3.100% Notes was June 3, 2020. The issue date for the reopened 3.100% Notes was September 28, 2020.

(9) The original issue date for the initial 2.950% Notes was November 20, 2020. The issue date for the reopened 2.950% Notes was September 27, 2021.

The Company may redeem each series of senior notes at any time, subject to the terms of the applicable supplemental indenture, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus a make-whole premium, as applicable, together with accrued interest to the redemption date. In addition, if the Company undergoes a change of control and corresponding ratings decline, each as defined in the applicable supplemental indenture for the notes, the Company may be required to repurchase all of the applicable notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including additional interest, if any), up to but not including the repurchase date. The notes rank equally with all of the Company’s other senior unsecured debt and are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations of its subsidiaries.

Each applicable supplemental indenture for the notes contains certain covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to merge, consolidate or sell assets and its (together with its subsidiaries’) ability to incur liens. These covenants are subject to a number of exceptions, including that the Company and its subsidiaries may incur certain liens on assets, mortgages or other liens securing indebtedness if the aggregate amount of indebtedness secured by such liens does not exceed 3.5x Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the applicable supplemental indenture. As of December 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with each of these covenants.

American Tower Subsidiary Debt

Securitizations

The Company has several securitizations in place. Cash flows generated by the sites that secure the securitized debt of the Company are only available for payment of such debt and are not available to pay the Company’s other obligations or the claims of its creditors. However, subject to certain restrictions, the Company holds the right to receive the excess cash flows not needed to service the securitized debt and other obligations arising out of the securitizations. The securitized debt is the obligation of the issuers thereof or borrowers thereunder, as applicable, and their subsidiaries, and not of the Company or its other subsidiaries.

American Tower Secured Revenue Notes, Series 2015-1, Class A and Series 2015-2, Class A—In May 2015, GTP Acquisition Partners I, LLC (“GTP Acquisition Partners”), one of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, refinanced existing debt with cash on hand and proceeds from a private issuance (the “2015 Securitization”) of $350.0 million of American Tower Secured Revenue Notes, Series 2015-1, Class A (the “Series 2015-1 Notes”) and $525.0 million of American Tower Secured Revenue Notes, Series 2015-2, Class A (the “Series 2015-2 Notes,” and together with the Series 2015-1 Notes, the “2015 Notes”).

The 2015 Notes were issued by GTP Acquisition Partners pursuant to a Third Amended and Restated Indenture and related series supplements, each dated as of May 29, 2015 (collectively, the “2015 Indenture”), between GTP Acquisition Partners and its subsidiaries (the “GTP Entities”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. The effective weighted average life and interest rate of the 2015 Notes was 8.1 years and 3.029%, respectively, as of the date of issuance.

Repayment of Series 2015-1 Notes—On the June 2020 payment date, the Company repaid the entire $350.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Series 2015-1 Notes, pursuant to the terms of the agreements governing such securities. The repayment was funded with cash on hand.

The outstanding Series 2015-2 Notes are secured by (i) mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt on substantially all of the 3,531 communications sites (the “2015 Secured Sites”) owned by the GTP Entities and their operating cash flows, (ii) a security interest in substantially all of the personal property and fixtures of the GTP Entities, including GTP Acquisition Partners’ equity interests in its subsidiaries and (iii) the rights of the GTP Entities under a management agreement. American Tower Holding Sub II, LLC, whose only material assets are its equity interests in GTP Acquisition Partners, has guaranteed

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repayment of the Series 2015-2 Notes and pledged its equity interests in GTP Acquisition Partners as security for such payment obligations.

Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2013-2A, Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass A and Series 2018-1, Subclass R—On March 29, 2018, the Company completed a securitization transaction (the “2018 Securitization”), in which the American Tower Trust I (the “Trust”) issued $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass A (the “Series 2018-1A Securities”). To satisfy the applicable risk retention requirements of Regulation RR promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act” and, such requirements, the “Risk Retention Rules”), the Trust issued, and one of the Company’s affiliates purchased, $26.4 million aggregate principal amount of Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass R (the “Series 2018-1R Securities” and, together with the Series 2018-1A Securities, the “2018 Securities”) to retain an “eligible horizontal residual interest” (as defined in the Risk Retention Rules) in an amount equal to at least 5% of the fair value of the 2018 Securities.

The Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2013-2A (the “Series 2013-2A Securities” and, together with the 2018 Securities the “Trust Securities”) issued in a securitization transaction in March 2013 (the “2013 Securitization” and, together with the 2018 Securitization, the “Trust Securitizations”) remain outstanding and are subject to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Trust and Servicing Agreement entered into in connection with the 2018 Securitization.

The assets of the Trust consist of a nonrecourse loan (the “Loan”) made by the Trust to American Tower Asset Sub, LLC and American Tower Asset Sub II, LLC (together, the “AMT Asset Subs”). The AMT Asset Subs are jointly and severally liable under the Loan, which is secured primarily by mortgages on the AMT Asset Subs’ interests in 5,113 broadcast and wireless communications towers and related assets (the “Trust Sites”).

The component of the Loan corresponding to the Series 2013-2A Securities also remains outstanding and is subject to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement among the Trust and the AMT Asset Subs, dated as of March 29, 2018 (the “Loan Agreement”). The Loan Agreement includes terms and conditions, including with respect to secured assets, substantially consistent with the First Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 15, 2013. The 2018 Securities correspond to components of the Loan made to the AMT Asset Subs pursuant to the Loan Agreement and were issued in two separate subclasses of the same series. The 2018 Securities represent a pass-through interest in the components of the Loan corresponding to the 2018 Securities. The Series 2018-1A Securities have an interest rate of 3.652% and the Series 2018-1R Securities have an interest rate of 4.459%. The 2018 Securities have an expected life of approximately ten years with a final repayment date in March 2048. Subject to certain limited exceptions described below, no payments of principal will be required to be made on the components of the Loan corresponding to the 2018 Securities prior to the monthly payment date in March 2028, which is the anticipated repayment date for such components.

The Loan is secured by (1) mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt on substantially all of the Trust Sites and their operating cash flows, (2) a security interest in substantially all of the AMT Asset Subs’ personal property and fixtures and (3) the AMT Asset Subs’ rights under that certain management agreement among the AMT Asset Subs and SpectraSite Communications, LLC entered into in March 2013. American Tower Holding Sub, LLC (the “Guarantor”), whose only material assets are its equity interests in each of the AMT Asset Subs, and American Tower Guarantor Sub, LLC whose only material asset is its equity interests in the Guarantor, have each guaranteed repayment of the Loan and pledged their equity interests in their respective subsidiary or subsidiaries as security for such payment obligations.

Under the terms of the Loan Agreement and the 2015 Indenture, amounts due will be paid from the cash flows generated by the Trust Sites or the 2015 Secured Sites, respectively, which must be deposited into certain reserve accounts, and thereafter distributed, solely pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement or 2015 Indenture, as applicable. On a monthly basis, after payment of all required amounts under the Loan Agreement or 2015 Indenture, as applicable, including interest payments, subject to the conditions described below, the excess cash flows generated from the operation of such assets are released to the AMT Asset Subs or GTP Acquisition Partners, as applicable, which can then be distributed to, and used by, the Company.

In order to distribute any excess cash flow to the Company, the AMT Asset Subs and GTP Acquisition Partners must each maintain a specified debt service coverage ratio (the “DSCR”), which is generally calculated as the ratio of the net cash flow (as defined in the applicable agreement) to the amount of interest, servicing fees and trustee fees required to be paid over the succeeding 12 months on the principal amount of the Loan or the 2015 Notes, as applicable, that will be outstanding on the payment date following such date of determination. If the DSCR were equal to or below 1.30x (the “Cash Trap DSCR”) for any quarter, then all cash flow in excess of amounts required to make debt service payments, fund required reserves, pay management fees and budgeted operating expenses and make other payments required under the applicable transaction documents, referred to as excess cash flow, will be deposited into a reserve account (the “Cash Trap Reserve Account”) instead of being released to the AMT Asset Subs or GTP Acquisition Partners, as applicable. The funds in the Cash Trap Reserve

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Account will not be released to the AMT Asset Subs or GTP Acquisition Partners, as applicable, unless the DSCR exceeds the Cash Trap DSCR for two consecutive calendar quarters.

Additionally, an “amortization period” commences if, as of the end of any calendar quarter, the DSCR is equal to or below 1.15x (the “Minimum DSCR”) and will continue to exist until the DSCR exceeds the Minimum DSCR for two consecutive calendar quarters. With respect to the Trust Securities, an “amortization period” also commences if, on the anticipated repayment date the component of the Loan corresponding to the applicable subclass of the Trust Securities has not been repaid in full, provided that such amortization period shall apply with respect to such component that has not been repaid in full. If the Series 2015-2 Notes have not been repaid in full on the applicable anticipated repayment date, additional interest will accrue on the unpaid principal balance of the Series 2015-2 Notes, and such notes will begin to amortize on a monthly basis from excess cash flow. During an amortization period, all excess cash flow and any amounts then in the applicable Cash Trap Reserve Account would be applied to pay the principal of the Loan or the Series 2015-2 Notes, as applicable, on each monthly payment date.

The Loan and the Series 2015-2 Notes may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time, provided such payment is accompanied by the applicable prepayment consideration. If the prepayment occurs within 18 months of the anticipated repayment date with respect to the Series 2013-2A Securities or the Series 2015-2 Notes, or 36 months of the anticipated repayment date with respect to the Series 2018 Securities, no prepayment consideration is due.

The Loan Agreement and the 2015 Indenture include operating covenants and other restrictions customary for transactions subject to rated securitizations. Among other things, the AMT Asset Subs and the GTP Entities, as applicable, are prohibited from incurring other indebtedness for borrowed money or further encumbering their assets subject to customary carve-outs for ordinary course trade payables and permitted encumbrances (as defined in the Loan Agreement or the 2015 Indenture, as applicable). The organizational documents of the AMT Asset Subs and the GTP Entities contain provisions consistent with rating agency securitization criteria for special purpose entities, including the requirement that they maintain independent directors. The Loan Agreement and the 2015 Indenture also contain certain covenants that require the AMT Asset Subs or GTP Acquisition Partners, as applicable, to provide the respective trustee with regular financial reports and operating budgets, promptly notify such trustee of events of default and material breaches under the Loan Agreement and other agreements related to the Trust Sites or the 2015 Indenture and other agreements related to the 2015 Secured Sites, as applicable, and allow the applicable trustee reasonable access to the sites, including the right to conduct site investigations.

A failure to comply with the covenants in the Loan Agreement or the 2015 Indenture could prevent the AMT Asset Subs or GTP Acquisition Partners, as applicable, from distributing excess cash flow to the Company. Furthermore, if the AMT Asset Subs or GTP Acquisition Partners were to default on the Loan or the Series 2015-2 Notes, the applicable trustee may seek to foreclose upon or otherwise convert the ownership of all or any portion of the Trust Sites or the 2015 Secured Sites, respectively, in which case the Company could lose the revenue associated with those assets. With respect to the Series 2015-2 Notes, upon the occurrence of, and during, an event of default, the applicable trustee may, in its discretion or at the direction of holders of more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal of the Series 2015-2 Notes, declare such notes immediately due and payable, in which case any excess cash flow would need to be used to pay holders of such notes.

Further, under the Loan Agreement and the 2015 Indenture, the AMT Asset Subs or GTP Acquisition Partners, respectively, are required to maintain reserve accounts, including for ground rents, real estate and personal property taxes and insurance premiums, and, under the 2015 Indenture and in certain circumstances under the Loan Agreement, to reserve a portion of advance rents from tenants on the Trust Sites. Based on the terms of the Loan Agreement and the 2015 Indenture, all rental cash receipts received for each month are reserved for the succeeding month and held in an account controlled by the applicable trustee and then released. The $251.8 million held in the reserve accounts with respect to the Trust Securitizations and the $107.0 million held in the reserve accounts with respect to the 2015 Securitization as of December 31, 2021 are classified as Restricted cash on the Company’s accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

Amounts outstanding and key terms of the India indebtedness consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 (in millions, except percentages):


	Amount Outstanding (INR)	Amount Outstanding (USD)		Interest Rate (Range)	Maturity Date (Range)

Working capital facilities (1)	—	$	—	5.09% -8.75%	February 4, 2022 - October 23, 2022
Overdraft facility (2)	—	$	—	N/A	September 14, 2022

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(1) 7.70 billion Indian Rupees (“INR”) ($103.5 million) of borrowing capacity as of December 31, 2021.

(2) 380.0 million INR ($5.1 million) of borrowing capacity as of December 31, 2021.

Other Subsidiary Debt—The Company’s other subsidiary debt as of December 31, 2021 includes (i) a note entered into by one of the Company’s subsidiaries in October 2018 in connection with the acquisition of sites in Kenya (the “Kenya Debt”) and (ii) U.S. subsidiary debt related to a seller-financed acquisition (the “U.S. Subsidiary Debt”).

As of December 31, 2020, other subsidiary debt also included a long-term credit facility entered into by one of the Company’s Colombian subsidiaries in October 2014 (the “Colombian Credit Facility”).

Amounts outstanding and key terms of other subsidiary debt consisted of the following as of December 31, (in millions, except percentages):


	Carrying Value (Denominated Currency) (1)		Carrying Value (USD) (1)				Interest Rate		Maturity Date
	2021	2020	2021		2020
Colombian Credit Facility (2)	—	40,000.0	$	—	$	11.6	N/A		N/A
Kenya Debt (3)	7.4	20.1	$	7.4	$	20.1	8.00	%	September 30, 2023
U.S. Subsidiary Debt (4)	0.6	1.2	$	0.6	$	1.2	—	%	January 1, 2022

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(1) Includes applicable deferred financing costs.

(2) Denominated in Colombian Pesos (“COP”), with an original principal amount of 200.0 billion COP. Debt accrued interest at a variable rate. The loan agreement for the Colombian Credit Facility required that the borrower managed exposure to variability in interest rates on certain of the amounts outstanding under the Colombian Credit Facility. On the April 24, 2021 maturity date, all amounts outstanding under the Colombia Credit Facility were repaid.

(3) Denominated in USD, with an original principal amount of $51.8 million. The loan agreement for the Kenya Debt requires that the debt be paid either (i) in future installments subject to the satisfaction of specified conditions or (ii) three years from the note origination date with an optional two year extension. In October 2021, the optional two year extension was exercised.

(4) Related to a seller-financed acquisition. Denominated in USD with an original principal amount of $2.5 million.

Each of the agreements governing the other subsidiary debt contains contractual covenants and other restrictions. Failure to comply with certain of the financial and operating covenants could constitute a default under the applicable debt agreement, which could result in, among other things, the amounts outstanding, including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, becoming immediately due and payable.

InSite Debt—The InSite Debt included securitizations entered into by certain InSite subsidiaries. The Company acquired this debt in connection with the InSite Acquisition. The InSite Debt was recorded at fair value upon acquisition. On January 15, 2021, the Company repaid the entire amount outstanding under the InSite Debt, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, January 15, 2021, for an aggregate redemption price of $826.4 million, including $2.3 million in accrued and unpaid interest. The Company recorded a loss on retirement of long-term obligations of approximately $25.7 million, which includes prepayment consideration partially offset by the unamortized fair value adjustment recorded upon acquisition. The repayment of the InSite Debt was funded with borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility and cash on hand.

CoreSite Debt—The CoreSite Debt included senior unsecured notes previously entered into by CoreSite. The Company acquired this debt in connection with the CoreSite Acquisition. The CoreSite Debt was recorded at fair value upon the closing of the CoreSite Acquisition. On January 7, 2022, the Company repaid the entire amount outstanding under the CoreSite Debt, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, January 7, 2022, for an aggregate redemption price of $962.9 million, including $80.1 million of prepayment consideration and $7.8 million in accrued and unpaid interest. The repayment of the CoreSite Debt was funded with borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and cash on hand.

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As of December 31, 2021, the key terms of the CoreSite Debt were as follows:


	Carrying Value		Interest Rate		Maturity Date
	2021

2023 Senior unsecured notes	$	156.7	4.19	%	June 15, 2023

2024 Senior unsecured notes	185.1		3.91	%	April 20, 2024

2026 Senior unsecured notes	219.4		4.11	%	April 17, 2026
2027 Senior unsecured notes	163.9		3.75	%	May 6, 2027
2029 Senior unsecured notes	230.0		4.31	%	April 17, 2029
Total CoreSite Debt	$	955.1

Finance Lease Obligations—The Company’s finance lease obligations approximated $31.6 million and $27.9 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Finance lease obligations are described further in note 4.

Maturities—Aggregate principal maturities of long-term debt, including finance leases, for the next five years and thereafter are expected to be:


Fiscal Year	Amount
2022	$	4,568.7
2023	4,512.7
2024	3,091.0
2025	8,134.5
2026	3,370.1
Thereafter	19,820.5
Total cash obligations	43,497.5
Unamortized discounts, premiums and debt issuance costs and fair value adjustments, net	(243.3)
Balance as of December 31, 2021	$	43,254.2

9. OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

Other non-current liabilities consisted of the following:


	As of
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020

Unearned revenue	$	540.2	$	576.1
Other miscellaneous liabilities	649.6		408.5
Other non-current liabilities	$	1,189.8	$	984.6

10. ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

The changes in the carrying amount of the Company’s asset retirement obligations were as follows:


	2021		2020
Beginning balance as of January 1,	$	1,571.3	$	1,384.1
Additions	361.9		94.2
Accretion expense	108.5		90.8
Revisions in estimates (1)	(30.3)		8.3
Settlements	(8.4)		(6.1)
Balance as of December 31,	$	2,003.0	$	1,571.3

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(1)Revisions in estimates include decreases to the liability of $62.0 million and $42.1 million related to foreign currency translation for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021, the estimated undiscounted future cash outlay for asset retirement obligations was $4.2 billion.

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11. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company determines the fair value of its financial instruments based on the fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Below are the three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:


			Level 1			Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

			Level 2			Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

			Level 3			Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis—The fair values of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are required to be measured on a recurring basis at fair value were as follows:


	December 31, 2021					December 31, 2020
	Fair Value Measurements Using					Fair Value Measurements Using
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Interest rate swap agreements	—		$	11.0	—	—		$	29.2	—
Investments in equity securities (1)	$	37.1	—		—	—		$	6.0	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swap agreements	—		—		—	—		$	0.1	—
Fair value of debt related to interest rate swap agreements (2)	$	12.2	—		—	$	31.4	—		—

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(1) Investments in equity securities are recorded in Notes receivable and other non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses for equity securities are recorded in Other income (expense) in the consolidated statements of operations in the current period. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized unrealized gains of $6.1 million for equity securities held as of December 31, 2021.

(2) Included in the carrying values of the corresponding debt obligations.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

The fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements is determined using pricing models with inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges, changes in the value of the derivatives are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations in the current period, along with the offsetting gain or loss on the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the Company records the change in fair value for the effective portion of the cash flow hedges in AOCL in the consolidated balance sheets and reclassifies a portion of the value from AOCL into Interest expense on a quarterly basis as the cash flows from the hedged item affects earnings. The Company records the settlement of interest rate swap agreements in (Loss) gain on retirement of long-term obligations in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the settlement occurs.

The Company entered into three interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $500.0 million related to the 3.000% senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the “3.000% Notes”). These interest rate swaps, which were designated as fair value hedges at inception, were entered into to hedge against changes in fair value of the 3.000% Notes resulting from changes in interest rates. The interest rate swap agreements require the Company to pay interest at a variable interest rate of one-month LIBOR plus applicable spreads and to receive fixed interest at a rate of 3.000% through June 15, 2023.

The Company entered into three interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $600.0 million related to the 2.250% Notes. These interest rate swaps, which were designated as fair value hedges at inception, were entered into to hedge against changes in fair value of the 2.250% Notes resulting from changes in interest rates. The interest rate swap agreements required the Company to pay interest at a variable interest rate of one-month LIBOR plus applicable spreads and to receive fixed interest at a rate of 2.250% through January 15, 2022. The interest rate swap agreements expired upon repayment of the 2.250% Notes in full on January 14, 2022 upon maturity.

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The fair value of the interest rate swap agreements in the United States at December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $11.0 million and $29.2 million, respectively, and was included in Other non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded net fair value adjustments of $0.9 million related to interest rate swaps and the change in fair value of debt due to interest rate swaps in Other expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

One of the Company’s Colombian subsidiaries was party to an interest rate swap agreement with certain lenders under the Colombian Credit Facility (the “Colombia Interest Rate Swap”). The Colombia Interest Rate Swap, which was designated as a cash flow hedge at inception, was entered into to manage exposure to variability in interest rates on debt. The Colombia Interest Rate Swap required the payment of a fixed interest rate of 5.37% and paid variable interest at the three-month Inter-bank Rate through the earlier of termination of the underlying debt or April 24, 2021.

On April 24, 2021, the interest rate swap agreement with certain lenders under the Colombian Credit Facility expired upon maturity of the underlying debt. As of December 31, 2021, there were no amounts outstanding under the Colombia Interest Rate Swap. The fair value of the Colombia Interest Rate Swap as of December 31, 2020 was less than $0.1 million and was included in Other non-current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

Items Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis

Assets Held and Used—The Company’s long-lived assets are recorded at amortized cost and, if impaired, are adjusted to fair value using Level 3 inputs.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, certain long-lived assets held and used with a carrying value of $49.0 billion were written down to their net realizable value as a result of an asset impairment charge of $173.7 million. During the year ended December 31, 2020, certain long-lived assets held and used with a carrying value of $24.1 billion were written down to their net realizable value as a result of an asset impairment charge of $222.8 million. The asset impairment charges are recorded in Other operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. These adjustments were determined by comparing the estimated fair value utilizing projected future discounted cash flows to be provided from the long-lived assets to the asset’s carrying value.

There were no other items measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments—The Company’s financial instruments for which the carrying value reasonably approximates fair value at December 31, 2021 and 2020 include cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable. The Company’s estimates of fair value of its long-term obligations, including the current portion, are based primarily upon reported market values. For long-term debt not actively traded, fair value is estimated using either indicative price quotes or a discounted cash flow analysis using rates for debt with similar terms and maturities. As of December 31, 2021, the carrying value and fair value of long-term obligations, including the current portion, were $43.3 billion and $44.1 billion, respectively, of which $28.5 billion was measured using Level 1 inputs and $15.6 billion was measured using Level 2 inputs. As of December 31, 2020, the carrying value and fair value of long-term obligations, including the current portion, were $29.3 billion and $31.4 billion, respectively, of which $24.0 billion was measured using Level 1 inputs and $7.4 billion was measured using Level 2 inputs.

12. INCOME TAXES

Beginning in the taxable year ended December 31, 2012, the Company has filed, and intends to continue to file, U.S. federal income tax returns as a REIT, and its domestic TRSs filed, and intend to continue to file, separate tax returns as required. The Company also files tax returns in various states and countries. The Company’s state tax returns reflect different combinations of the Company’s subsidiaries and are dependent on the connection each subsidiary has with a particular state and form of organization. The following information pertains to the Company’s income taxes on a consolidated basis.

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

The income tax provision from continuing operations consisted of the following:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Current:
Federal	$	(26.0)	$	8.7	$	(1.7)
State	(9.3)		(10.7)		(5.0)
Foreign	(267.7)		(150.1)		(48.2)
Deferred:
Federal	0.0		(1.0)		1.4
State	(2.5)		(1.0)		0.5
Foreign	43.7		24.5		53.2
Income tax (provision) benefit	$	(261.8)	$	(129.6)	$	0.2

The effective tax rate (“ETR”) on income from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the Company’s qualification for taxation as a REIT, as well as adjustments for state and foreign items. As a REIT, the Company may deduct earnings distributed to stockholders against the income generated by its REIT operations. In addition, the Company is able to offset certain income by utilizing its remaining NOLs, subject to specified limitations.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the change in the income tax provision was primarily attributable to increases in reserves for uncertain tax positions and tax audit settlements, primarily in the United States and Mexico, in the current year.

In 2019, there was an income tax law change in India that allows companies to elect into an optional concessional tax regime. The new regime allows for a lower effective tax rate from approximately 35% to approximately 25% and no minimum alternative tax, while disallowing the benefit of the minimum alternative tax credits. As a result, the Company recorded a $113.0 million one-time tax benefit during the year ended December 31, 2019 arising from revaluing its net deferred tax liability.

Reconciliation between the U.S. statutory rate and the effective rate from continuing operations is as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Statutory tax rate	21	%	21	%	21	%
Adjustment to reflect REIT status (1)	(21)		(21)		(21)

Foreign taxes	3		4		3
Foreign withholding taxes	2		3		3
Uncertain tax positions	4		1		1
Changes in tax laws	—		—		(6)
Impact from restructuring	—		—		(1)
Changes in valuation allowance	(0)		(1)		—
Effective tax rate	9	%	7%		(0)%

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(1) As a result of the ability to utilize the dividends paid deduction to offset the Company’s REIT income and gains.

The domestic and foreign components of income from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
United States	$	2,517.4	$	1,683.0	$	1,527.0
Foreign	312.0		138.1		389.4
Total	$	2,829.4	$	1,821.1	$	1,916.4

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The components of the net deferred tax asset and liability and related valuation allowance were as follows:


	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Assets:
Operating lease liability	$	1,171.8	$	837.1
Net operating loss carryforwards	270.1		327.1
Accrued asset retirement obligations	228.0		187.8
Stock-based compensation	7.0		9.2
Unearned revenue	36.7		34.6
Unrealized loss on foreign currency	22.0		4.9
Other accruals and allowances	90.1		83.4
Nondeductible interest	76.2		60.9
Tax credits	82.4		49.3
Items not currently deductible and other	45.4		16.5
Liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization	(2,128.2)		(1,140.3)
Right-of-use asset	(1,160.7)		(824.0)
Deferred rent	(108.1)		(92.9)
Investment in affiliate (1)	(0.6)		(60.4)
Other	(2.1)		(1.1)
Subtotal	(1,370.0)		(507.9)
Valuation allowance	(329.3)		(228.5)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(1,699.3)	$	(736.4)

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(1) Includes basis difference associated with investment in subsidiary related to the InSite Acquisition.

The Company provides valuation allowances if, based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management assesses the available evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to use the existing deferred tax assets. Valuation allowances may be reversed if, based on changes in facts and circumstances, the net deferred tax assets have been determined to be realizable.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company has provided a valuation allowance of $329.3 million and $228.5 million, respectively, which primarily relates to foreign items. The increase in the valuation allowance for the year ending December 31, 2021 is due to uncertainty as to the timing of, and the Company’s ability to recover, net deferred tax assets in certain foreign operations in the foreseeable future, offset by reversals and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The amount of deferred tax assets considered realizable, however, could be adjusted if objective evidence in the form of cumulative losses is no longer present and additional weight may be given to subjective evidence such as the Company’s projections for growth.

A summary of the activity in the valuation allowance is as follows:


	2021		2020		2019
Balance as of January 1,	$	228.5	$	194.2	$	151.9
Additions (1)	146.3		64.7		42.5
Usage, expiration and reversals	(26.2)		(22.0)		—
Foreign currency translation	(19.3)		(8.4)		(0.2)
Balance as of December 31,	$	329.3	$	228.5	$	194.2

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(1) Includes net charges to expense and allowances established due to acquisition.

The recoverability of the Company’s deferred tax assets has been assessed utilizing projections based on its current operations. Accordingly, the recoverability of the deferred tax assets is not dependent on material asset sales or other non-routine transactions. Based on its current outlook of future taxable income during the carryforward period, the Company believes that deferred tax assets, other than those for which a valuation allowance has been recorded, will be realized.

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

At December 31, 2021, the Company had net federal, state and foreign operating loss carryforwards available to reduce future taxable income. If not utilized, the Company’s NOLs expire as follows:


Years ended December 31,	Federal		State		Foreign
2022 to 2026	$	0.0	$	260.5	$	11.7
2027 to 2031	0.0		121.9		45.2
2032 to 2036	23.6		71.7		4.3
2037 to 2041	43.2		245.5		8.6
Indefinite carryforward	281.6		150.8		886.6
Total	$	348.4	$	850.4	$	956.4

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that would impact the ETR, if recognized, is $94.8 million and $105.9 million, respectively. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes additions to the Company’s existing tax positions of $32.0 million.

The Company expects the unrecognized tax benefits to change over the next 12 months if certain tax matters ultimately settle with the applicable taxing jurisdiction during this timeframe, or if the applicable statute of limitations lapses. The impact of the amount of such changes to previously recorded uncertain tax positions could range from zero to $35.1 million.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits are as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Balance at January 1	$	136.2	$	175.6	$	107.7
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year	7.5		4.7		33.3
Additions and reductions for tax positions of prior years (1) (2)	(17.5)		(5.0)		37.5

Foreign currency	(3.7)		(9.6)		(1.6)
Reduction as a result of the lapse of statute of limitations	(4.9)		(26.0)		(1.3)
Reduction as a result of effective settlements	(8.8)		(3.5)		—
Balance at December 31	$	108.8	$	136.2	$	175.6

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(1) Year ended December 31, 2021 includes adjustments of $(16.6) million due to a reclassification of unrecognized tax benefits to penalties and income tax-related interest expense.

(2) Year ended December 31, 2020 includes adjustments of $(21.0) million for positions related to the Eaton Towers Acquisition that were revised in connection with settlements or effective settlements.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the statute of limitations on certain unrecognized tax benefits lapsed and certain positions were effectively settled, including effective settlements and revisions of prior year positions, which resulted in a decrease of $54.2 million in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the statute of limitations on certain unrecognized tax benefits lapsed and certain positions were effectively settled, including effective settlements and revisions of prior year positions related to the Eaton Towers Acquisition, which resulted in a decrease in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits of $50.5 million. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the statute of limitations on certain unrecognized tax benefits lapsed and certain positions were effectively settled, which resulted in a decrease of $2.5 million in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits.

The Company recorded penalties and tax-related interest expense to the tax provision of $69.5 million, $16.4 million and $10.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company reduced its liability for penalties and income tax-related interest expense related to uncertain tax positions by $14.6 million due to the expiration of the statute of limitations in certain jurisdictions and certain positions that were effectively settled. In addition, as a result of a settlement in the United States, $45.8 million has been reclassified to Accrued income tax payable as of December 31, 2021. During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company reduced its liability for penalties and income tax-related interest expense related to uncertain tax positions by $4.8 million and $2.7 million, respectively, due to the expiration of the statute of limitations in certain jurisdictions and certain positions that were effectively settled.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the total amount of accrued income tax-related interest and penalties included in the consolidated balance sheets were $42.3 million and $34.4 million, respectively.

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The Company has filed for prior taxable years, and for its taxable year ended December 31, 2021 will file, numerous consolidated and separate income tax returns, including U.S. federal and state tax returns and foreign tax returns. The Company is subject to examination in the United States and various state and foreign jurisdictions for certain tax years. As a result of the Company’s ability to carryforward federal, state and foreign NOLs, the applicable tax years generally remain open to examination several years after the applicable loss carryforwards have been used or have expired. The Company regularly assesses the likelihood of additional assessments in each of the tax jurisdictions resulting from these examinations. The Company believes that adequate provisions have been made for income taxes for all periods through December 31, 2021.

13. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Summary of Stock-Based Compensation Plans—The Company maintains equity incentive plans that provide for the grant of stock-based awards to its directors, officers and employees. The Company’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2007 Plan”), provides for the grant of non-qualified and incentive stock options, as well as restricted stock units, restricted stock and other stock-based awards. Exercise prices for non-qualified and incentive stock options are not less than the fair value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Equity awards typically vest ratably, generally over four years for RSUs and stock options and three years for PSUs. Stock options generally expire 10 years from the date of grant. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had the ability to grant stock-based awards with respect to an aggregate of 5.9 million shares of common stock under the 2007 Plan. In connection with the CoreSite Acquisition, the Company assumed the remaining shares previously available for issuance under a plan approved by the CoreSite shareholders, which converted into 1.4 million shares of the Company’s common stock. These shares will be available for issuance under the 2007 Plan, however, will only be available for grants to certain employees and will not be available for issuance beyond the period when they would have been available under the CoreSite plan, or March 20, 2023, at which time they will no longer be available for grant. In addition, the Company maintains an employee stock purchase plan (the “ESPP”) pursuant to which eligible employees may purchase shares of the Company’s common stock on the last day of each bi-annual offering period at a 15% discount from the lower of the closing market value on the first or last day of such offering period. The offering periods run from June 1 through November 30 and from December 1 through May 31 of each year.

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded the following stock-based compensation expenses:


	2021 (1)		2020 (2)		2019 (2)
Stock-based compensation expense	$	119.5	$	120.8	$	111.4

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(1)For the year ended December 31, 2021, stock-based compensation expense consisted of $119.5 million, included in selling, general, administrative and development expense.

(2)For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, stock-based compensation expense consisted of (i) $1.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, included in Property costs of operations, (ii) $1.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively, included in Services costs of operations and (iii) $117.8 million and $108.6 million, respectively, included in selling, general, administrative and development expense. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, stock-based compensation expense capitalized as property and equipment was $1.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively.

Stock Options—There were no options granted during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019. The fair values of previously granted stock options were estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the assumptions at the date of grant.

The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $176.7 million, $176.3 million and $145.5 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, there was no unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options. The amount of cash received from the exercise of stock options was $82.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2021.

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(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

The Company’s option activity for the year ended December 31, 2021 was as follows (share and per share data disclosed in full amounts):


	Options	Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share	Weighted Average Remaining Life (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2021	2,016,261	$88.36
Granted	—	—
Exercised	(948,262)	87.00
Forfeited	—	—
Expired	—	—
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021	1,067,999	$89.57	3.05	$216.7
Exercisable as of December 31, 2021	1,067,999	$89.57	3.05	$216.7
Vested as of December 31, 2021	1,067,999	$89.57	3.05	$216.7

The following table sets forth information regarding options outstanding at December 31, 2021 (share and per share data disclosed in full amounts):


Options Outstanding					Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price Per Share	Outstanding Number of Options	Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share		Weighted Average Remaining Life (Years)	Options Exercisable	Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share

$62.00 - $77.75	93,992	$	76.13	1.14	93,992	$	76.13
$81.18 - $94.23	305,211	81.52		2.25	305,211	81.52
$94.57 - $94.71	649,820	94.64		3.66	649,820	94.64
$99.67 - $121.15	18,976	111.95		4.44	18,976	111.95
$62.00 - $121.15	1,067,999	$	89.57	3.05	1,067,999	$	89.57

Restricted Stock Units and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units—The Company’s RSU and PSU activity for the year ended December 31, 2021 was as follows (share and per share data disclosed in full amounts):


	RSUs	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		PSUs	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2021 (1)	1,245,075	$	188.23	320,510	$	177.22
Granted (2)	555,498	206.34		109,993	205.58
CoreSite replacement awards (3)	134,469	288.49		—	—
Vested and Released (4)	(580,272)	170.90		(162,882)	145.08
Forfeited	(56,592)	205.80		—	—
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021	1,298,178	$	213.35	267,621	$	208.44
Expected to vest as of December 31, 2021	1,298,178	$	213.35	267,621	$	208.44
Vested and deferred as of December 31, 2021 (5)	17,121	$	202.61	—	$	—

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(1)PSUs consist of the target number of shares issuable at the end of the three-year performance period for the 2020 PSUs and the 2019 PSUs (each as defined below), or 70,739 and 86,889 shares, respectively, and the shares issuable at the end of the three-year vesting period for the PSUs granted in 2018 (the “2018 PSUs”), based on achievement against the performance metrics for the three-year performance period, or 162,882 shares.

(2)PSUs consist of the target number of shares issuable at the end of the three-year performance period for the 2021 PSUs (as defined below), or 98,694 shares. PSUs also includes the shares above target that are issuable for the 2019 PSUs at the end of the three-year performance cycle based on exceeding the performance metric for the three-year performance period, or 11,299 shares.

(3)As discussed in note 6, pursuant to the terms of the CoreSite Acquisition, the Company issued the CoreSite Replacement Awards. The CoreSite Replacement Awards will continue to vest in accordance with the terms of CoreSite’s equity plan. The fair value of the CoreSite Replacement Awards for services rendered through December 28, 2021, the CoreSite Acquisition date, was recognized as a component of the purchase price, with the remaining fair value of the CoreSite Replacement Awards related to the post-combination services to be recorded as stock-based compensation over the remaining vesting period. As of December 31, 2021, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the CoreSite Replacement Awards was $21.7 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately two years.

(4)Includes 58,204 of previously vested and deferred RSUs. PSUs consist of shares vested pursuant to the 2018 PSUs. There are no additional shares to be earned related to the 2018 PSUs.

(5)Vested and deferred RSUs are related to deferred compensation for certain former employees.

The total fair value of RSUs and PSUs that vested during the year ended December 31, 2021 was $159.5 million.

Restricted Stock Units—As of December 31, 2021, total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested RSUs granted under the 2007 Plan was $152.1 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately two years. Vesting of RSUs is subject generally to the employee’s continued employment or death, disability or qualified retirement (each as defined in the applicable RSU award agreement).

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units—During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s Compensation Committee granted an aggregate of 98,694 PSUs (the “2021 PSUs”), 110,925 PSUs (the “2020 PSUs”) and 114,823 PSUs (the “2019 PSUs”), respectively, to its executive officers and established the performance metrics for these awards. During the year ended December 31, 2020, in connection with the retirement of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, an aggregate of 68,120 shares underlying the 2020 PSUs and the 2019 PSUs were forfeited, which included the target number of shares issuable at the end of the three-year performance period for such executive’s 2020 PSUs and the pro-rated target number of shares issuable at the end of the three-year performance period for such executive’s 2019 PSUs as calculated pursuant to the award agreement related to the 2019 PSUs.

Threshold, target and maximum parameters were established for the metrics for a three-year performance period with respect to each of the 2021 PSUs, the 2020 PSUs and the 2019 PSUs and will be used to calculate the number of shares that will be issuable when each award vests, which may range from zero to 200% of the target amounts. At the end of each three-year performance period, the number of shares that vest will depend on the degree of achievement against the pre-established performance goals. PSUs will be paid out in common stock at the end of each performance period, subject generally to the executive’s continued employment or death, disability or qualified retirement (each as defined in the applicable PSU award agreement). PSUs will accrue dividend equivalents prior to vesting, which will be paid out only in respect of shares that actually vest.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded $18.0 million in stock-based compensation expense for equity awards in which the performance goals have been established and were probable of being achieved. The remaining unrecognized compensation expense related to these awards at December 31, 2021 was $6.1 million based on the Company’s current assessment of the probability of achieving the performance goals. The weighted-average period over which the cost will be recognized is approximately two years.

14. REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

India Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests—On April 21, 2016, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, ATC Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., acquired a 51% controlling ownership interest in ATC TIPL (formerly Viom), a telecommunications infrastructure company that owns and operates wireless communications towers and indoor DAS networks in India (the “Viom Acquisition”), which was subsequently merged with the Company’s existing India property operations.

In connection with the Viom Acquisition, the Company, through one of its subsidiaries, entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”) with Viom and the following remaining Viom shareholders: Tata Sons Limited (“Tata Sons”), Tata Teleservices Limited (“Tata Teleservices”), IDFC Private Equity Fund III (“IDFC”), Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Investments Pte Limited and SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Trust (together, “Macquarie,” and, collectively with Tata Sons, Tata Teleservices and IDFC, the “Remaining Shareholders”).

The Shareholders Agreement provided the Remaining Shareholders with put options, which allowed them to sell outstanding shares of ATC TIPL to the Company, and the Company with call options, which allowed it to buy the noncontrolling shares of

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ATC TIPL. The put options, which were not under the Company’s control, could not be separated from the noncontrolling interests. As a result, the combination of the noncontrolling interests and the redemption feature required classification as redeemable noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheet, separate from equity.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company redeemed 50% of Tata Teleservices and Tata Sons’ combined holdings of ATC TIPL and 100% of IDFC’s holdings of ATC TIPL, for total consideration of INR 29.4 billion ($425.7 million at the date of redemption). As a result of the redemption, the Company’s controlling interest in ATC TIPL increased from 63% to 79% and the noncontrolling interest decreased from 37% to 21%.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company redeemed 100% of Tata Teleservices and Tata Sons’ remaining combined holdings of ATC TIPL, for total consideration of INR 24.8 billion ($337.3 million at the date of redemption). As a result of the redemption, the Company’s controlling interest in ATC TIPL increased from 79% to 92% and the noncontrolling interest decreased from 21% to 8%.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company redeemed 100% of Macquarie’s combined holdings in ATC TIPL, for total consideration of INR 12.9 billion (approximately $173.2 million at the date of redemption). The redemption is reflected in the consolidated statements of equity as (i) an increase in Additional Paid-in Capital of $84.2 million and (ii) an increase in Accumulated other comprehensive loss of $46.3 million. As a result of the redemption, the Company now holds a 100% ownership interest in ATC TIPL.

Other Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests—During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of MTN Group Limited’s noncontrolling interests in each of the Company’s joint ventures in Ghana and Uganda for total consideration of approximately $524.4 million, including a net adjustment of $1.4 million made during the three months ended March 31, 2020, which resulted in an increase in the Company’s controlling interests in such joint ventures from 51% to 100%. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company, through a subsidiary of ATC Europe, entered into an agreement with its local partners in France to form Eure-et-Loir Réseaux Mobiles SAS (“Eure-et-Loir”), a telecommunications infrastructure company that owned and operated wireless communications towers in France. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company liquidated its interests in Eure-et-Loir for total consideration of 2.2 million EUR (approximately $2.5 million at the date of redemption).

The changes in Redeemable noncontrolling interests for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019
Balance as of January 1,	$	212.1	$	1,096.5	$	1,004.8
Additions to redeemable noncontrolling interests	—		—		525.7
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	6.4		6.6		35.8
Adjustment to noncontrolling interest redemption value	1.2		(14.0)		(35.8)
Adjustment to noncontrolling interest due to purchase	(37.9)		—		—
Purchase of redeemable noncontrolling interest	(175.7)		(861.7)		(425.7)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests	(6.1)		(15.3)		(8.3)
Balance as of December 31,	$	—	$	212.1	$	1,096.5

15. EQUITY

Dividends—The Company may pay dividends in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in shares of common stock or any combination of cash and shares of common stock.

Sales of Equity Securities—The Company receives proceeds from sales of its equity securities pursuant to the ESPP and upon exercise of stock options granted under the 2007 Plan. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company received an aggregate of $96.8 million in proceeds upon exercises of stock options and sales pursuant to the ESPP.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

2020 “At the Market” Stock Offering Program—In August 2020, the Company established an “at the market” stock offering program through which it may issue and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $1.0 billion (the “2020 ATM Program”). Sales under the 2020 ATM Program may be made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or, subject to specific instructions of the Company, at negotiated prices. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from any issuances under the 2020 ATM Program for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, the funding of acquisitions, additions to working capital and repayment or refinancing of existing indebtedness. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has not sold any shares of common stock under the 2020 ATM Program.

Common Stock Offering—On May 10, 2021, the Company completed a registered public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at $244.75 per share. On May 10, 2021, the Company issued an additional 900,000 shares of its common stock in connection with the underwriters’ exercise in full of their over-allotment option. Aggregate net proceeds from this offering were approximately $2.4 billion after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses. The Company used the net proceeds to finance the Telxius Acquisition.

Stock Repurchase Programs—In March 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program, pursuant to which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of its common stock (the “2011 Buyback”). In December 2017, the Board of Directors approved an additional stock repurchase program, pursuant to which the Company is authorized to repurchase up to $2.0 billion of its common stock (the “2017 Buyback,” and, together with the 2011 Buyback, the “Buyback Programs”).

During the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no repurchases under either of the Buyback Programs. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has repurchased a total of 14,361,283 shares of its common stock under the 2011 Buyback for an aggregate of $1.5 billion, including commissions and fees. There were no repurchases under the 2017 Buyback.

Under the Buyback Programs, the Company is authorized to purchase shares from time to time through open market purchases or in privately negotiated transactions not to exceed market prices and subject to market conditions and other factors. With respect to open market purchases, the Company may use plans adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act in accordance with securities laws and other legal requirements, which allows the Company to repurchase shares during periods when it may otherwise be prevented from doing so under insider trading laws or because of self-imposed trading blackout periods.

The Company expects to fund any further repurchases of its common stock through a combination of cash on hand, cash generated by operations and borrowings under its credit facilities. Repurchases under the Buyback Programs are subject to, among other things, the Company having available cash to fund the repurchases.

Distributions—During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company declared the following cash distributions (per share data reflects actual amounts):


	For the year ended December 31,
	2021				2020				2019
	Distribution per share		Aggregate Payment Amount		Distribution per share		Aggregate Payment Amount		Distribution per share		Aggregate Payment Amount
Common Stock	$	5.21	$	2,359.4	$	4.53	$	2,010.7	$	3.78	$	1,672.8

The following table characterizes the tax treatment of distributions declared per share of common stock.


		For the year ended December 31,
		2021					2020					2019
		Per Share			%		Per Share			%		Per Share		%
Common Stock
	Ordinary dividend	$	6.1980		96.54	%	$	3.3200		100.00	%	$	3.7800	100.00	%
	Capital gains distribution	0.2220			3.46		—			—		—		—
	Total	$	6.4200	(1)	100.00	%	$	3.3200	(2)	100.00	%	$	3.7800	100.00	%

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(1) Includes dividend declared on December 15, 2021 of $1.39 per share, which was paid on January 14, 2022 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2021. Also includes dividend declared on December 3, 2020 of $1.21 per share, which was paid on February 2, 2021 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on December 28, 2020 and which applied to the 2021 tax year.

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(2) Excludes dividend declared on December 3, 2020 of $1.21 per share, which was paid on February 2, 2021 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on December 28, 2020 and which applied to the 2021 tax year.

The Company accrues distributions on unvested restricted stock units, which are payable upon vesting. The amount accrued for distributions payable related to unvested restricted stock units was $12.8 million and $12.6 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company paid $7.5 million of distributions upon the vesting of restricted stock units. To maintain its qualification for taxation as a REIT, the Company expects to continue paying distributions, the amount, timing and frequency of which will be determined, and subject to adjustment, by the Company’s Board of Directors.

16. NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS

Dividend to noncontrolling interest—Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries may, from time to time, declare dividends. During the year ended December 31, 2021, AT Iberia C.V. declared a dividend of 14.0 million EUR (approximately $15.9 million) payable pursuant to the terms of the ownership agreements to ATC Europe and PGGM in proportion to their respective equity interests in AT Iberia C.V. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the subsidiary that primarily consisted of the Company’s operations in France, Germany and Poland (“Former ATC Europe”) declared a dividend of 13.2 million EUR (approximately $16.2 million as of December 31, 2020) payable in cash to the Company and PGGM in proportion to their respective equity interests in Former ATC Europe. The dividend was paid on January 6, 2021.

Purchase of Interests—During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company purchased the remaining minority interests held in a subsidiary in the United States for total consideration of $6.0 million. The purchase price was settled with unregistered shares of the Company’s common stock, in lieu of cash. The Company now owns 100% of the subsidiary as a result of the purchase.

Reorganization of European Interests—During the year ended December 31, 2021, in connection with the funding of the Telxius Acquisition, the Company completed a reorganization of its subsidiaries in Europe. As part of the reorganization, PGGM converted its previously held 49% noncontrolling interest in Former ATC Europe into noncontrolling interests in new subsidiaries, consisting of the Company's operations in Germany and Spain, inclusive of the assets acquired pursuant to the Telxius Acquisition. The reorganization included cash consideration paid to PGGM of 178.0 million EUR (approximately $214.9 million). The reorganization is reflected in the consolidated statements of equity as (i) a reduction in Additional Paid-in Capital of $648.4 million and (ii) an increase in Noncontrolling Interests of $601.0 million, and in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) as an increase in Comprehensive income attributable to American Tower Corporation stockholders of $47.4 million.

CDPQ and Allianz Partnerships—During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into agreements with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) and Allianz insurance companies and funds managed by Allianz Capital Partners GmbH, including the Allianz European Infrastructure Fund (collectively, “Allianz”), for CDPQ and Allianz to acquire 30% and 18% noncontrolling interests, respectively, in ATC Europe (the “ATC Europe Transactions”). The Company completed the ATC Europe Transactions during the year ended December 31, 2021 for total aggregate consideration of 2.6 billion EUR (approximately $3.1 billion at the date of closing). After the completion of the ATC Europe Transactions, the Company holds a 52% controlling ownership interest in ATC Europe.

As of December 31, 2021, ATC Europe consists of the Company’s operations in France, Germany, Poland and Spain. The Company currently holds a 52% controlling interest in ATC Europe, with CDPQ and Allianz holding 30% and 18% noncontrolling interests, respectively. ATC Europe holds a 100% interest in the subsidiaries that consist of the Company’s operations in France and Poland and an 87% and an 83% controlling interest in the subsidiaries that consist of the Company’s operations in Germany and Spain, respectively, with PGGM holding a 13% and a 17% noncontrolling interest in each respective subsidiary.

Bangladesh Partnership—During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company acquired a 51% controlling interest in KTBL for 900 million BDT (approximately $10.6 million at the date of closing). Confidence Group holds a 49% noncontrolling interest in KTBL.

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The changes in noncontrolling interests were as follows:


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021
Balance as of January 1,	$	474.9
ATC Europe Transactions (1)	3,078.2
Bangladesh partnership (2)	10.2
Adjustment to noncontrolling interest due to reorganization (3)	601.0
Redemption of noncontrolling interest (4)	(1.7)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(7.7)
Foreign currency translation adjustment attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax	(163.4)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders	(3.1)
Balance as of December 31,	$	3,988.4

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(1) Represents the impact of contributions received from CDPQ and Allianz described above on Noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2021. Reflected within Contributions from noncontrolling interest holders in the consolidated statements of equity.

(2) Represents the impact of contributions made by the Company to establish the joint venture in Bangladesh described above on Noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2021. Reflected within Purchase of noncontrolling interest in the consolidated statements of equity.

(3) Represents the impact of the reorganization of European interests described above on Noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2021.

(4) Represents the impact of the purchase of interests described above on Noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2021.

17. OTHER OPERATING EXPENSE

Other operating expense consists primarily of impairment charges, net losses on sales or disposals of assets and other operating expense items. The Company records impairment charges to write down certain assets to their net realizable value after an indicator of impairment is identified and subsequent analysis determines that the asset is either partially recoverable or not recoverable. These assets consisted primarily of towers and related assets, which are typically assessed on an individual basis, network location intangibles, which relate directly to towers, tenant-related intangibles, which are assessed on a tenant basis, and right-of-use assets. Net losses on sales or disposals of assets primarily relate to certain non-core towers, other assets and miscellaneous items. Other operating expenses includes acquisition-related costs and integration costs.

Other operating expenses included the following for the years ended December 31,:


	2021		2020 (2)		2019 (3)
Impairment charges	$	173.7	$	222.8	$	94.2
Net losses on sales or disposals of assets	22.7		17.3		45.1
Other operating expenses (1)	202.3		25.7		27.0
Total Other operating expenses	$	398.7	$	265.8	$	166.3

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(1) The increase in Other operating expenses during the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to acquisition and merger related expenses associated with the Telxius Acquisition and the CoreSite Acquisition.

(2) For the year ended December 31, 2020, Other operating expenses includes an $11.9 million benefit in Brazil.

(3) For the year ended December 31, 2019, Other operating expenses includes $13.1 million of refunds related to pre-acquisition contingencies and settlements.

Impairment charges included the following for the years ended December 31,:


	2021		2020		2019
Tower and network location intangible assets	$	121.0	$	142.4	$	77.4
Tenant relationships (1)	42.2		—		—
Right-of-use assets	3.3		76.1		9.9
Other	7.2		4.3		6.9
Total impairment charges	$	173.7	$	222.8	$	94.2

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(1) During the year ended December 31, 2021, impairment charges relate to a fully impaired tenant relationship in Africa.

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18. EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

The following table sets forth basic and diluted net income per common share computational data for the years ended December 31, (shares in thousands, except per share data):


	2021		2020		2019


Net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders	$	2,567.7	$	1,690.6	$	1,887.8

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	451,498		443,640		442,319
Dilutive securities	1,796		2,464		3,201
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	453,294		446,104		445,520
Basic net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders per common share	$	5.69	$	3.81	$	4.27
Diluted net income attributable to American Tower Corporation common stockholders per common share	$	5.66	$	3.79	$	4.24

Shares Excluded From Dilutive Effect

The following shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would be anti-dilutive for the years ended December 31, (in thousands, on a weighted average basis):


	2021	2020	2019
Restricted stock awards	—	1	2

19. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation—The Company periodically becomes involved in various claims, lawsuits and proceedings that are incidental to its business. In the opinion of Company management, after consultation with counsel, there are no matters currently pending that would, in the event of an adverse outcome, materially impact the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Verizon Transaction—In March 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with various operating entities of Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) that currently provides for the lease, sublease or management of approximately 11,250 wireless communications sites commencing March 27, 2015. The average term of the lease or sublease for all sites at the inception of the agreement was approximately 28 years, assuming renewals or extensions of the underlying ground leases for the sites. The Company has the option to purchase the leased sites in tranches, subject to the applicable lease, sublease or management rights upon its scheduled expiration. Each tower is assigned to an annual tranche, ranging from 2034 to 2047, which represents the outside expiration date for the sublease rights to the towers in that tranche. The purchase price for each tranche is a fixed amount stated in the lease for such tranche plus the fair market value of certain alterations made to the related towers. The aggregate purchase option price for the towers leased and subleased is approximately $5.0 billion. Verizon will occupy the sites as a tenant for an initial term of ten years with eight optional successive five-year terms; each such term shall be governed by standard master lease agreement terms established as a part of the transaction.

AT&T Transaction—The Company has an agreement with SBC Communications Inc., a predecessor entity to AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”), that currently provides for the lease or sublease of approximately 2,000 towers commencing between December 2000 and August 2004. Substantially all of the towers are part of the Trust Securitizations. The average term of the lease or sublease for all sites at the inception of the agreement was approximately 27 years, assuming renewals or extensions of the underlying ground leases for the sites. The Company has the option to purchase the sites subject to the applicable lease or sublease upon its expiration. Each tower is assigned to an annual tranche, ranging from 2013 to 2032, which represents the outside expiration date for the sublease rights to that tower. The purchase price for each site is a fixed amount stated in the lease for that site plus the fair market value of certain alterations made to the related tower by AT&T. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has purchased an aggregate of approximately 400 of the subleased towers which are subject to the applicable agreement, including 58 towers purchased during the year ended December 31, 2021 for an aggregate purchase price of $35.3 million. The aggregate purchase option price for the remaining towers leased and subleased is $1.0 billion and includes per annum accretion through the applicable expiration of the lease or sublease of a site. For all such sites, AT&T has the right to continue to lease the reserved space through June 30, 2025 at the then-current monthly fee, which shall escalate in accordance with the standard master lease agreement for the remainder of AT&T’s tenancy. Thereafter, AT&T shall have the right to renew such lease for up to five successive five-year terms.

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Other Contingencies—The Company is subject to income tax and other taxes in the geographic areas where it holds assets or operates, and periodically receives notifications of audits, assessments or other actions by taxing authorities. Taxing authorities may issue notices or assessments while audits are being conducted. In certain jurisdictions, taxing authorities may issue assessments with minimal examination. These notices and assessments do not represent amounts that the Company is obligated to pay and are often not reflective of the actual tax liability for which the Company will ultimately be liable. In the process of responding to assessments of taxes that the Company believes are not enforceable, the Company avails itself of both administrative and judicial remedies. The Company evaluates the circumstances of each notification or assessment based on the information available and, in those instances in which the Company does not anticipate a successful defense of positions taken in its tax filings, a liability is recorded in the appropriate amount based on the underlying assessment.

On December 5, 2016, the Company received an income tax assessment of Essar Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited (“ETIPL”) from the India Income Tax Department (the “Tax Department”) for the fiscal year ending 2008 in the amount of INR 4.75 billion ($69.8 million on the date of assessment) related to capital contributions. The Company challenged the assessment before the Office of Commissioner of Income Tax - Appeals, which ruled in the Company’s favor in January 2018. However, the Tax Department has appealed this ruling at a higher appellate authority. The Company estimates that there is a more likely than not probability that the Company’s position will be sustained upon appeal. Accordingly, no liability has been recorded. Additionally, the assessment was made with respect to transactions that took place in the tax year commencing in 2007, prior to the Company’s acquisition of ETIPL. Under the Company’s definitive acquisition agreement with ETIPL, the seller is obligated to indemnify and defend the Company with respect to any tax-related liability that may arise from activities prior to March 31, 2010.

Guaranties and Indemnifications—The Company enters into agreements from time to time in the ordinary course of business pursuant to which it agrees to guarantee or indemnify third parties for certain claims. The Company has also entered into purchase and sale agreements relating to the sale or acquisition of assets containing customary indemnification provisions. The Company’s indemnification obligations under these agreements generally are limited solely to damages resulting from breaches of representations and warranties or covenants under the applicable agreements. In addition, payments under such indemnification clauses are generally conditioned on the other party making a claim that is subject to whatever defenses the Company may have and are governed by dispute resolution procedures specified in the particular agreement. Further, the Company’s obligations under these agreements may be limited in duration and amount, and in some instances, the Company may have recourse against third parties for payments made by the Company. The Company has not historically made any material payments under these agreements and, as of December 31, 2021, is not aware of any agreements that could result in a material payment.

20. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash investing and financing activities are as follows for the years ended December 31,:


	2021		2020		2019
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	791.2	$	762.3	$	750.2
Cash paid for income taxes (net of refunds of $46.7, $27.0 and $11.2, respectively)	225.2		146.3		147.5
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses for purchases of property and equipment and construction activities	57.9		45.8		(21.0)
Purchases of property and equipment under finance leases, perpetual easements and capital leases	58.8		75.0		81.3
Fair value of debt assumed through acquisitions (1)	955.1		800.0		329.8
Settlement of third-party debt	(12.7)		(5.0)		—
Replacement awards (2)	17.1		—		—

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(1) For the year ended December 31, 2021, consists of the CoreSite Debt. For the year ended December 31, 2020, consists of the InSite Debt.

(2) For the year ended December 31, 2021, consists of CoreSite Acquisition purchase consideration related to the CoreSite Replacement Awards (as described in note 6).

21. BUSINESS SEGMENTS

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Communications Sites and Related Communications Infrastructure—The Company’s primary business is leasing space on multitenant communications sites to wireless service providers, radio and television broadcast companies, wireless data providers, government agencies and municipalities and tenants in a number of other industries.

Data Centers—During the fourth quarter of 2021, as a result of the CoreSite Acquisition, the Company established the Data Centers segment as a reportable segment. The Data Centers segment relates to data center facilities and related assets that the Company owns and operates in the United States. The Data Centers segment offers different services from, and requires different resources, skill sets and marketing strategies than, the existing property operating segment in the U.S. & Canada. Prior to this revision, the Company operated in five property business segments: (i) U.S. & Canada property, (ii) Asia-Pacific property (iii) Africa property, (iii) Europe property and (iv) Latin America property.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s property operations consisted of the following:

•U.S. & Canada: property operations in Canada and the United States;

•Asia-Pacific: property operations in Australia, Bangladesh, India and the Philippines;

•Africa: property operations in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda;

•Europe: property operations in France, Germany, Poland and Spain;

•Latin America: property operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru; and

•Data Centers: data center property operations in the United States.

Services—The Company’s Services segment offers tower-related services in the United States, including AZP and structural analysis, which primarily support its site leasing business, including the addition of new tenants and equipment on its sites. The services segment is a strategic business unit that offers different services from, and requires different resources, skill sets and marketing strategies than, the property operating segments.

The accounting policies applied in compiling segment information below are similar to those described in note 1. Among other factors, in evaluating financial performance in each business segment, management uses segment gross margin and segment operating profit. The Company defines segment gross margin as segment revenue less segment operating expenses excluding stock-based compensation expense recorded in costs of operations; Depreciation, amortization and accretion; Selling, general, administrative and development expense; and Other operating expenses. The Company defines segment operating profit as segment gross margin less Selling, general, administrative and development expense attributable to the segment, excluding stock-based compensation expense and corporate expenses. These measures of segment gross margin and segment operating profit are also before Interest income, Interest expense, Gain (loss) on retirement of long-term obligations, Other income (expense), Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and Income tax benefit (provision). The categories of expenses indicated above, such as depreciation, have been excluded from segment operating performance as they are not considered in the review of information or the evaluation of results by management. There are no significant revenues resulting from transactions between the Company’s operating segments. All intercompany transactions are eliminated to reconcile segment results and assets to the consolidated statements of operations and consolidated balance sheets.

Summarized financial information concerning the Company’s reportable segments for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 is shown in the following tables. The “Other” column (i) represents amounts excluded from specific segments, such as business development operations, stock-based compensation expense and corporate expenses included in Selling, general, administrative and development expense; Other operating expenses; Interest income; Interest expense; Gain (loss) on retirement of long-term obligations; and Other income (expense), and (ii) reconciles segment operating profit to Income from continuing operations before income taxes.

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	Property												Total Property		Services		Other		Total
Year ended December 31, 2021	U.S. & Canada		Asia-Pacific		Africa		Europe		Latin America		Data Centers
Segment revenues	$	4,920.2	$	1,199.1	$	1,005.5	$	496.2	$	1,465.4	$	23.2	$	9,109.6	$	247.3			$	9,356.9
Segment operating expenses	853.5		724.3		346.1		194.0		458.3		9.1		2,585.3		96.7				2,682.0
Segment gross margin	4,066.7		474.8		659.4		302.2		1,007.1		14.1		6,524.3		150.6				6,674.9
Segment selling, general, administrative and development expense (1)	176.9		73.1		72.3		42.1		104.1		5.9		474.4		16.2				490.6
Segment operating profit	$	3,889.8	$	401.7	$	587.1	$	260.1	$	903.0	$	8.2	$	6,049.9	$	134.4			$	6,184.3
Stock-based compensation expense																	$	119.5	119.5
Other selling, general, administrative and development expense																	201.5		201.5
Depreciation, amortization and accretion																	2,332.6		2,332.6
Other expense (2)																	701.3		701.3
Income from continuing operations before income taxes																			$	2,829.4
Capital expenditures (3) (4)	$	440.1	$	175.1	$	460.7	$	58.9	$	260.9	$	2.5	$	1,398.2	$	—	$	9.6	$	1,407.8

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(1)Segment selling, general, administrative and development expenses exclude stock-based compensation expense of $119.5 million.

(2)Primarily includes interest expense and $173.7 million in impairment charges, partially offset by gains from foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

(3)Includes $5.4 million of finance lease payments included in Repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loans, senior notes, secured debt and finance leases in the cash flows from financing activities in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.

(4)Includes $35.2 million of perpetual land easement payments reported in Deferred financing costs and other financing activities in the cash flows from financing activities in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.


	Property										Total Property		Services		Other		Total
Year ended December 31, 2020	U.S. & Canada (1)		Asia-Pacific		Africa		Europe		Latin America
Segment revenues	$	4,517.0	$	1,139.4	$	890.2	$	149.6	$	1,257.4	$	7,953.6	$	87.9			$	8,041.5
Segment operating expenses (2)	808.0		661.4		297.7		28.1		392.5		2,187.7		36.5				2,224.2

Segment gross margin	3,709.0		478.0		592.5		121.5		864.9		5,765.9		51.4				5,817.3
Segment selling, general, administrative and development expense (2)	162.2		97.4		94.4		23.0		93.1		470.1		14.8				484.9
Segment operating profit	$	3,546.8	$	380.6	$	498.1	$	98.5	$	771.8	$	5,295.8	$	36.6			$	5,332.4
Stock-based compensation expense															$	120.8	120.8
Other selling, general, administrative and development expense															176.0		176.0
Depreciation, amortization and accretion															1,882.3		1,882.3
Other expense (3)															1,332.2		1,332.2
Income from continuing operations before income taxes																	$	1,821.1
Capital expenditures (4) (5)	$	360.6	$	112.9	$	334.9	$	31.6	$	221.1	$	1,061.1	$	—	$	10.1	$	1,071.2

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(1) For the year ended December 31, 2020, U.S. & Canada includes the following related to the Company’s data center assets (i) $8.5 million of property revenue, (ii) $2.5 million of segment operating expenses, (iii) $3.2 million of segment selling, general, administrative and development expenses and (iv) $0.5 million of capital expenditures.

(2) Segment operating expenses and segment selling, general, administrative and development expenses exclude stock-based compensation expense of $3.0 million and $117.8 million, respectively.

(3) Primarily includes interest expense, losses from foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and $222.8 million in impairment charges.

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(4) Includes $9.2 million of finance lease payments included in Repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loan, senior notes, secured debt and finance leases in the cash flows from financing activities in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.

(5) Includes $36.9 million of perpetual land easement payments reported in Deferred financing costs and other financing activities in the cash flows from financing activities in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.


	Property										Total Property		Services		Other		Total
Year ended December 31, 2019	U.S. & Canada (1)		Asia-Pacific		Africa		Europe		Latin America
Segment revenues	$	4,188.7	$	1,217.0	$	583.9	$	134.6	$	1,340.7	$	7,464.9	$	115.4			$	7,580.3
Segment operating expenses (2)	807.9		715.9		209.0		27.8		411.3		2,171.9		42.1				2,214.0

Segment gross margin	3,380.8		501.1		374.9		106.8		929.4		5,293.0		73.3				5,366.3
Segment selling, general, administrative and development expense (2)	175.5		99.9		53.7		23.2		101.0		453.3		12.0				465.3
Segment operating profit	$	3,205.3	$	401.2	$	321.2	$	83.6	$	828.4	$	4,839.7	$	61.3			$	4,901.0
Stock-based compensation expense															$	111.4	111.4
Other selling, general, administrative and development expense															156.5		156.5
Depreciation, amortization and accretion															1,778.4		1,778.4
Other expense (3)															938.3		938.3
Income from continuing operations before income taxes																	$	1,916.4
Capital expenditures (4) (5)	$	359.5	$	134.5	$	258.5	$	13.2	$	260.4	$	1,026.1	$	—	$	12.8	$	1,038.9

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(1)For the year ended December 31, 2019, U.S. & Canada includes the following related to the Company’s data center assets (i) $6.1 million of property revenue, (ii) $1.7 million of segment operating expenses, and (iii) $2.0 million of segment selling, general, administrative and development expenses.

(2)Segment operating expenses and segment selling, general, administrative and development expenses exclude stock-based compensation expense of $2.8 million and $108.6 million, respectively.

(3)Primarily includes interest expense.

(4)Includes $18.0 million of finance lease payments included in Repayments of notes payable, credit facilities, term loan, senior notes, secured debt and finance leases in the cash flows from financing activities in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.

(5)Includes $29.6 million of perpetual land easement payments reported in Deferred financing costs and other financing activities in the cash flows from financing activities in the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.

Additional information relating to the total assets of the Company’s operating segments is as follows for the years ended December 31,:


	2021		2020
Total Assets (1):
U.S. & Canada property (2)	$	27,416.3	$	27,352.9
Asia-Pacific property	5,203.6		5,191.8
Africa property	4,927.7		4,894.8
Europe property	12,068.5		1,868.6
Latin America property	8,433.5		7,434.2
Data Centers	11,136.3		—
Services	87.2		38.7
Other (3)	614.8		452.5
Total assets	$	69,887.9	$	47,233.5

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(1)Balances are translated at the applicable period end exchange rate, which may impact comparability between periods.

(2)Balance as of December 31, 2020 included $92.2 million of data center assets.

(3)Balances include corporate assets such as cash and cash equivalents, certain tangible and intangible assets and income tax accounts that have not been allocated to specific segments.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

Summarized geographic information related to the Company’s operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 and long-lived assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:


	2021		2020		2019
Operating Revenues:
U.S. & Canada:
Canada (1)	$	11.4	$	0.3	$	—
United States (2)	5,179.3		4,604.6		4,304.1
Asia-Pacific (1):
Australia	1.8		0.0		—
Bangladesh (3)	0.4		—		—
India	1,196.6		1,139.4		1,217.0
Philippines (4)	0.3		—		—
Africa (1):
Burkina Faso	44.7		43.9		—
Ghana	170.5		174.3		124.3
Kenya	107.4		97.7		27.3
Niger	41.6		40.0		—
Nigeria	296.5		249.5		229.9
South Africa	164.0		128.7		129.1
Uganda	180.8		156.1		73.3
Europe (1):
France	98.9		79.4		68.0
Germany	213.5		70.0		66.6
Poland	0.5		0.2		—
Spain (3)	183.3		—		—
Latin America (1):
Argentina	31.6		22.1		17.3
Brazil	614.6		506.4		605.5
Chile	88.0		67.3		43.3
Colombia	107.7		96.1		102.1
Costa Rica	22.8		23.4		21.1
Mexico	524.6		483.0		515.3
Paraguay	13.5		12.5		12.6
Peru	62.6		46.6		23.5

Total operating revenues	$	9,356.9	$	8,041.5	$	7,580.3

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(1) Balances are translated at the applicable exchange rate, which may impact comparability between periods.

(2) Balances include revenue from the Company’s Services and Data Centers segments.

(3) The Company began operations in Bangladesh through the Bangladesh Acquisition, which closed in August 2021. The Company began operations in Spain through the the Telxius Acquisition, which closed in June 2021.

(4) During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company began operations in the Philippines through the construction of sites therein.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)


	2021		2020
Long-Lived Assets (1):
U.S. & Canada:
Canada (2)	$	227.3	$	373.7
United States (3)	30,306.0		19,977.8
Asia-Pacific (2):
Australia	6.7		20.0
Bangladesh	16.6		—
India	3,349.0		3,482.3
Philippines	21.6		—
Africa (2):
Burkina Faso	296.5		315.7
Ghana	633.0		676.8
Kenya	789.8		730.0
Niger	215.9		215.7
Nigeria	722.1		663.7
South Africa	365.9		424.4
Uganda	926.6		867.3
Europe (2):
France	1,288.0		1,176.5
Germany	6,119.6		370.9
Poland	4.7		2.9
Spain	3,204.2		—
Latin America (2):
Argentina	188.7		111.9
Brazil	1,864.7		1,629.9
Chile	634.3		538.7
Colombia	301.1		350.7
Costa Rica	117.9		123.1
Mexico	1,331.1		1,395.2
Paraguay	100.3		103.6
Peru	829.7		380.4
Total long-lived assets	$	53,861.3	$	33,931.2

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(1) Includes Property and equipment, net, Goodwill and Other intangible assets, net.

(2) Balances are translated at the applicable period end exchange rate, which may impact comparability between periods.

(3) Balances include the Company’s data centers assets located in the United States.

The following customers within the property and services segments individually accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s consolidated operating revenues for the years ended December 31,:


	2021		2020		2019
T-Mobile	20	%	19	%	10	%
AT&T	19	%	22	%	22	%
Verizon Wireless	13	%	14	%	15	%

22. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company had no significant related party transactions.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

23. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Repayment of CoreSite Debt—On January 7, 2022, the Company repaid the entire amount outstanding under the CoreSite Debt, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, January 7, 2022, for an aggregate redemption price of $962.9 million, including $80.1 million of prepayment consideration and $7.8 million in accrued and unpaid interest. The repayment of the CoreSite Debt was funded with borrowings under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and cash on hand.

Repayment of 2.250% Senior Notes—On January 14, 2022, the Company repaid $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2.250% Notes upon their maturity. The 2.250% Notes were repaid using borrowings under the 2021 Credit Facility. Upon completion of the repayment, none of the 2.250% Notes remained outstanding.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular amounts in millions, unless otherwise disclosed)

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

SCHEDULE III—SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE

AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

(dollars in millions)


Description		Encumbrances			Initial cost to company	Cost capitalized subsequent to acquisition	Gross amount carried at close of current period			Accumulated depreciation at close of current period		Date of construction	Date acquired	Life on which depreciation in latest income statements is computed
218,353	Sites (1)	$	2,325.0	(2)	(3)	(3)	$	20,394.7	(5)	$	(7,541.7)	Various	Various	Up to 20 years
27	Data Centers	—			(4)	(4)	3,554.2		(5)	(6.4)		Various	Various	Up to 40 years

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(1) No single site exceeds 5% of the total amounts indicated in the table above.

(2) Certain assets secure debt of $2.3 billion.

(3) The Company has omitted this information, as it would be impracticable to compile such information on a site-by-site basis.

(4) The Company has aggregated data center information on a basis consistent with its tower portfolio.

(5) Does not include those sites under construction.


	2021		2020		2019
Gross amount at beginning	$	18,492.9	$	17,429.3	$	15,960.1
Additions during period:
Acquisitions (1)	5,017.6		722.4		887.0
Discretionary capital projects (2)	391.2		308.0		258.1
Discretionary ground lease purchases (3)	242.7		214.3		189.8
Redevelopment capital expenditures (4)	203.6		176.7		213.6
Capital improvements (5)	92.5		91.4		161.2
Start-up capital expenditures (6)	184.6		119.4		71.3
Other (7)	51.2		72.8		45.2
Total additions	6,183.4		1,705.0		1,826.2
Deductions during period:
Cost of real estate sold or disposed	(263.7)		(259.7)		(304.6)
Other (8)	(463.7)		(381.7)		(52.4)
Total deductions:	(727.4)		(641.4)		(357.0)
Balance at end	$	23,948.9	$	18,492.9	$	17,429.3


	2021		2020		2019
Gross amount of accumulated depreciation at beginning	$	(6,921.0)	$	(6,382.2)	$	(5,724.7)
Additions during period:
Depreciation	(863.8)		(771.5)		(768.4)
Other	—		—		—
Total additions	(863.8)		(771.5)		(768.4)
Deductions during period:
Amount of accumulated depreciation for assets sold or disposed	142.4		132.3		121.4
Other (8)	94.3		100.4		(10.5)
Total deductions	236.7		232.7		110.9
Balance at end	$	(7,548.1)	$	(6,921.0)	$	(6,382.2)

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(1)Includes amounts related to the acquisition of data centers.

(2)Includes amounts incurred primarily for the construction of new sites.

(3)Includes amounts incurred to purchase or otherwise secure the land under communications sites.

(4)Includes amounts incurred to increase the capacity of existing sites, which results in new incremental tenant revenue.

(5)Includes amounts incurred to enhance existing sites by adding additional functionality, capacity or general asset improvements.

(6)Includes amounts incurred in connection with acquisitions or new market launches. Start-up capital expenditures includes non-recurring expenditures contemplated in acquisitions, new market launch business cases or initial deployment of new technologies or platform expansion initiatives that lead to an increase in site-level cash flow generation.

(7)Primarily includes regional improvements and other additions.

(8)Primarily includes foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and other deductions.

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Exhibit 4.29

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES

REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

As of February 17, 2022, American Tower Corporation has ten classes of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”): (1) our common stock; (2) our 1.375% senior notes due 2025 (the “1.375% Notes”); (3) our 1.950% senior notes due 2026 (the “1.950% Notes”); (4) our 0.450% senior notes due 2027 (the “0.450% Notes”); (5) our 0.400% senior notes due 2027 (the “0.400% Notes”) (6) our 0.500% senior notes due 2028 (the “0.500% Notes”); (7) our 0.875% senior notes due 2029 (the “0.875% Notes”); (8) our 0.950% senior notes due 2030 (the “0.950% Notes”); (9) our 1.000% senior notes due 2032 (the “1.000% Notes”); and (10) our 1.250% senior notes due 2033 (the “1.250% Notes”).

DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

The description below summarizes the general terms of our common stock. This section is a summary, and it does not describe every aspect of our common stock. This summary is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the provisions of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate of Incorporation”) and our Amended and Restated By-Laws (“By-Laws”), each of which is filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) of which this Exhibit 4.29 is a part. We encourage you to read our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws and the applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) for additional information. References in this “Description of Common Stock” section to “we,” “our” and the “Company” refer to American Tower Corporation and its predecessor, as applicable, individually and collectively with its subsidiaries as the context requires.

Authorized Shares

As of February 17, 2022, we are authorized to issue up to one billion (1,000,000,000) shares of common stock with one cent ($0.01) par value per share.

Voting Rights

With respect to all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote, the holders of the outstanding shares of common stock are entitled to one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of common stock outstanding in the name of such stockholders on the record of stockholders. Generally, all matters to be voted on by stockholders must be approved by a majority (or by a plurality in the case of election of directors where the number of candidates nominated for election exceeds the number of directors to be elected) of the votes entitled to be cast by all shares of common stock present in person or by proxy.

Dividends and Other Distributions

Subject to applicable law and rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and other distributions, dividends and other distributions may be declared and paid on the common stock from time to time and in amounts as our board of directors may determine. We pay regular dividends and other distributions, but the amount, timing and frequency of any distribution are at the sole discretion of our board of directors. Dividends and other distributions are declared based upon various factors, including without limitation distributions required to maintain our qualification for taxation as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). The loan agreements for our credit facilities contain covenants that restrict our ability to pay dividends and other distributions unless certain financial covenants are satisfied.

Liquidation Rights

Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets available for distribution after payment in full to creditors and payment in

full to holders of preferred stock then outstanding of any amount required to be paid to them. Neither the merger, consolidation or business combination of American Tower with or into any other entity in which our stockholders receive capital stock and/or other securities (including debt securities) of the surviving entity (or the direct or indirect parent entity thereof), nor the sale, lease or transfer by us of any part of our business and assets, nor

the reduction of our capital stock, shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Other Provisions

The holders of common stock have no preemptive, subscription or redemption rights and are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund. The shares of common stock presently outstanding are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We may not subdivide, combine, or pay or declare any stock dividend on, the outstanding shares of common stock unless all outstanding shares of common stock are subdivided or combined or the holders of common stock receive a proportionate dividend.

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer

For us to comply with and have maximum business flexibility under the Federal Communications Laws (defined in our Certificate of Incorporation and including the Communications Act of 1934, as amended), and for us to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), our Certificate of Incorporation contains restrictions on stock ownership and stock transfers. These ownership and transfer restrictions could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of the stockholders.

Federal Communications Laws Restrictions. Our Certificate of Incorporation permits us to restrict the ownership or proposed ownership of shares of our stock if that ownership or proposed ownership (i) is or could be inconsistent with, or in violation of, Federal Communications Laws (as defined in our Certificate of Incorporation); (ii) limits or impairs, or could limit or impair, our business activities or proposed business activities under the Federal Communications Laws; or (iii) subjects or could subject us to CFIUS Review (as defined in our Certificate of Incorporation) or to any provision of the Federal Communications Laws, including those requiring any review, authorization or approval, to which we would not be subject but for that ownership or proposed ownership, including, without limitation, Section 310 of the Communications Act and regulations relating to foreign ownership, multiple ownership or cross-ownership (clauses (i) through (iii) above are collectively referred to as FCC Regulatory Limitations). We reserve the right to require any person to whom a FCC Regulatory Limitation may apply to promptly furnish to us such information (including, without limitation, information with respect to the citizenship, other ownership interests and affiliations) as we may request. If such person fails to furnish all of the information we request, or we conclude that such person’s ownership or proposed ownership of our stock, or the exercise by such person of any rights of stock ownership in connection with our stock, may result in a FCC Regulatory Limitation, we reserve the right to:


			•						refuse to permit the transfer of shares of our common stock and/or preferred stock to such person;


			•						to the fullest extent permitted by law, suspend those rights of stock ownership the exercise of which may cause the FCC Regulatory Limitation;


			•						require the conversion of any or all shares of our preferred stock held by such person into a number of shares of our common stock of equivalent value;


			•						redeem the shares of our common stock and/or our preferred stock held by such person pursuant to the procedures set forth below; and/or


			•						exercise any and all appropriate remedies, at law or in equity, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against any such person, with a view toward obtaining the information or preventing or curing any situation that may cause a FCC Regulatory Limitation.

The following procedures apply to the redemption of such person’s shares of our common stock and/or preferred stock:


			•						the redemption price of any redeemed shares of our common stock or preferred stock shall be the fair market value (as defined in our Certificate of Incorporation) of those shares;


			•						the redemption price may be paid in cash or any other of our debt or equity securities or any combination thereof;


			•						the board of directors in its sole discretion may decide to only redeem some (and not all) of such person’s shares, which may include the selection of the most recently purchased or acquired shares, selection by lot or selection by such other manner as the board of directors may determine;


			•						we must provide at least 15 days’ prior written notice of the date on which we plan to effect the redemption (unless waived by such person); provided, that the redemption date may be the date on which written notice is given to such person if the cash (or any other of our debt or equity securities) necessary to effect the redemption has been deposited in trust for the benefit of such person and is subject to immediate withdrawal by such person upon surrender of the stock certificates for the redeemed shares;


			•						from and after the date of the redemption, any and all rights relating to the redeemed shares shall cease and terminate and such person shall only possess the right to obtain cash (or such other of our debt or equity securities) payable upon the redemption; and


			•						such other terms and conditions as the board of directors may determine.

REIT Restrictions. For us to qualify as a REIT under the Code, our stock must be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year. In addition, not more than 50% of the value of the outstanding shares of our stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer “individuals” (as defined in the Code to include specified tax-exempt entities) during the last half of a taxable year. To ensure that these ownership requirements and other requirements for continued qualification as a REIT are met and to otherwise protect us from the consequences of a concentration of ownership among our stockholders, our Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions restricting the ownership or transfer of shares of our stock.

The relevant sections of our Certificate of Incorporation provide that, subject to the exceptions and the constructive ownership rules described below, no person (as defined in our Certificate of Incorporation) may beneficially or constructively own more than 9.8% in value of our aggregate outstanding stock, or more than 9.8% in value or number (whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of any class or series of our stock. We refer to these restrictions as the “ownership limits.”

The applicable constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause stock owned, actually or constructively, by a group of related individuals or entities to be treated as owned by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8% in value of our aggregate outstanding stock or less than 9.8% in value or number of our outstanding shares of any class or series of stock (including through the acquisition of an interest in an entity that owns, actually or constructively, any class or series of our stock) by an individual or entity could nevertheless cause that individual or entity, or another individual or entity, to own, constructively or beneficially, in excess of 9.8% in value of our aggregate outstanding stock or 9.8% in value or number of our outstanding shares of any class or series of stock.

In addition to the ownership limits, our Certificate of Incorporation prohibits any person from actually or constructively owning shares of our stock to the extent that such ownership would cause any of our income that would otherwise qualify as “rents from real property” for purposes of Section 856(d) of the Code to fail to qualify as such.

The board of directors may, in its sole discretion, exempt a person from the ownership limits and certain other REIT limits on ownership and transfer of our stock described above, and may establish a different limit on ownership for that person. However, the board of directors may not exempt any person whose ownership of outstanding stock in violation of these limits would result in our failing to qualify as a REIT. In order to be considered by the board of directors for an exemption or a different limit on ownership, a person must make such representations and undertakings as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that the person’s beneficial or constructive ownership of our stock will not now or in the future jeopardize our ability to qualify as a REIT and must agree that any violation or attempted violation of those representations or undertakings (or other action that is contrary to the ownership limits and certain other REIT limits on ownership and transfer of our stock described above) will result in the shares of stock being automatically transferred to a trust as described below. As a condition of its waiver, the board of directors may require an opinion of counsel or United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) ruling satisfactory to it with respect to our qualification as a REIT and may impose such other conditions as it deems appropriate in connection with the granting of the exemption or different limit on ownership.

In connection with the waiver of the ownership limits or at any other time, the board of directors may from time to time increase the ownership limits for one or more persons and decrease the ownership limits for all other persons; provided that the new ownership limits may not, after giving effect to such increase and under certain assumptions stated in our Certificate of Incorporation, result in us being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interests are held during the last half of a taxable year). Reduced ownership limits will not apply to any person whose percentage ownership of our aggregate outstanding stock or of the shares of a class or series of our stock, as applicable, is in excess of such decreased ownership limits until such time as that person’s percentage of our aggregate outstanding stock or of the shares of a class or series of stock, as applicable, equals or falls below the decreased ownership limits, but any further acquisition of shares of our stock or of a class or series of our stock, as applicable, in excess of such percentage ownership of shares of stock or of a class or series of stock will be in violation of the ownership limits.

Our Certificate of Incorporation further prohibits:


			•						any person from transferring shares of our stock if the transfer would result in our aggregate outstanding stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution); and


			•						any person from beneficially or constructively owning shares of our stock if that ownership would result in our failing to qualify as a REIT.

The foregoing provisions on transferability and ownership will not apply if the board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a REIT.

Any person who acquires, or attempts or intends to acquire, beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of our stock that will or may violate the ownership limits or any of the other foregoing restrictions on transferability and ownership will be required to give notice to us immediately (or, in the case of a proposed or attempted transaction, at least 15 days prior to the transaction) and provide us with such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of the transfer on our qualification as a REIT.

Pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, if there is any purported transfer of our stock or other event or change of circumstances that, if effective or otherwise, would violate any of the restrictions described above, then the number of shares causing the violation (rounded up to the nearest whole share) will be automatically transferred to a trust for the exclusive benefit of a designated charitable beneficiary, except that any transfer that results in the violation of the restriction relating to our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons will be

automatically void and of no force or effect. The automatic transfer will be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of the purported transfer or other event or change of circumstances that requires the transfer to the trust. We refer below to the person that would have owned the shares if they had not been transferred to the trust as the purported transferee. Any ordinary dividend paid to the purported transferee prior to our discovery that the shares had been automatically transferred to a trust as described above must be repaid to the trustee upon demand. Our Certificate of Incorporation also provides for adjustments to the entitlement to receive extraordinary dividends and other distributions as between the purported transferee and the trust. If the transfer to the trust as described above is not automatically effective for any reason, to prevent violation of the applicable restriction contained in our Certificate of Incorporation, the transfer of the excess shares will be automatically void and of no force or effect.

Shares of our stock transferred to the trustee are deemed to be offered for sale to us or our designee at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in the transfer to the trust or, if the purported transferee did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other similar transaction), the market price on the day of the event and (ii) the market price on the date we accept, or our designee accepts, the offer. We have the right to accept the offer until the trustee has sold the shares of our stock held in the trust pursuant to the clauses discussed below. Upon a sale

to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold terminates and the trustee must distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the purported transferee, except that the trustee may reduce the amount payable to the purported transferee by the amount of any ordinary dividends that we paid to the purported transferee prior to our discovery that the shares had been transferred to the trust and that is owed by the purported transferee to the trustee as described above. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the purported transferee will be immediately paid to the charitable beneficiary, and any ordinary dividends held by the trustee with respect to the stock will be paid to the charitable beneficiary.

If we do not buy the shares, the trustee must, as soon as reasonably practicable (and, if the shares are listed on a national securities exchange, within 20 days) after receiving notice from us of the transfer of shares to the trust, sell the shares to a person or entity who could own the shares without violating the restrictions described above. Upon such a sale, the trustee must distribute to the purported transferee an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid by the purported transferee for the shares or, if the purported transferee did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the market price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the trust, and (ii) the sales proceeds (net of commissions and other expenses of sale) received by the trustee for the shares. The trustee may reduce the amount payable to the purported transferee by the amount of any ordinary dividends that we paid to the purported transferee before our discovery that the shares had been transferred to the trust and that is owed by the purported transferee to the trustee as described above. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the purported transferee will be immediately paid to the charitable beneficiary, together with any ordinary dividends held by the trustee with respect to such stock. In addition, if prior to discovery by us that shares of stock have been transferred to a trust, the shares of stock are sold by a purported transferee, then the shares will be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the trust and, to the extent that the purported transferee received an amount for or in respect of the shares that exceeds the amount that the purported transferee was entitled to receive as described above, the excess amount will be paid to the trustee upon demand. The purported transferee has no rights in the shares held by the trustee.

The trustee will be indemnified by us or from the proceeds of sales of stock in the trust for its costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with conducting its duties and satisfying its obligations under our Certificate of Incorporation. The trustee will also be entitled to reasonable compensation for services provided as determined by agreement between the trustee and the board of directors, which compensation may be funded by us or the trust. If we pay any such indemnification or compensation, we are entitled on a first priority basis (subject to the trustee’s indemnification and compensation rights) to be reimbursed from the trust. To the extent the trust funds any such indemnification and compensation, the amounts available for payment to a purported transferee (or the charitable beneficiary) would be reduced.

The trustee will be designated by us and must be unaffiliated with us and with any purported transferee. Prior to the sale of any shares by the trust, the trustee will receive, in trust for the beneficiary, all distributions paid by us with respect to the shares, and may also exercise all voting rights with respect to the shares.

Subject to the DGCL, effective as of the date that the shares have been transferred to the trust, the trustee will have the authority, at the trustee’s sole discretion:


			•						to rescind as void any vote cast by a purported transferee prior to our discovery that the shares have been transferred to the trust; and


			•						to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary of the trust.

However, if we have already taken corporate action, then the trustee may not rescind and recast the vote.

In addition, if our board of directors determines that a proposed or purported transfer would violate the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock set forth in our Certificate of Incorporation, our board of directors may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent the violation, including but not limited to, causing us to repurchase shares of our stock, refusing to give effect to the transfer on our books or instituting proceedings to enjoin the transfer.

Following the end of each REIT taxable year, every owner of 5% or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding shares of any class or series of our stock, must, upon request, provide us written notice of the person’s name and address, the number of shares of each class and series of our stock that the person beneficially owns and a description of the manner in which the shares are held. Each such owner must also provide us with such additional information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such owner’s beneficial ownership on our qualification as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits. In addition, each beneficial owner or constructive owner of our stock, and any person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding shares of our stock for a beneficial owner or constructive owner will, upon demand, be required to provide us with such information as we may request in good faith in order to determine our qualification as a REIT and to comply with the requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.

As noted above, the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our common stock may be affected by the rights, preferences and privileges granted to holders of preferred stock. Because our board of directors will have the power to establish the preferences and rights of each series of preferred stock, it may afford the stockholders of any series of preferred stock preferences, powers and rights senior to the rights of holders of shares of our common stock that could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of American Tower. See “Description of Preferred Stock” for more information about our preferred stock.

Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions

Delaware Business Combination Provisions

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination or the transaction in which the stockholder became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. A “business combination” includes mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Subject to certain exceptions, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or within the prior three years owned, 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock.

Certain Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws

Our By-Laws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election of directors, other than nominations made by, or at the direction of, our board of directors.

The proxy access provisions in our By-Laws permit a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders who have owned at least three percent (3%) of the voting power of outstanding American Tower common stock continuously for at least three (3) years, to nominate and include in our proxy materials, qualifying director nominees constituting up to 25% of our Board of Directors. To be timely, any proxy access notice must be delivered in writing to our secretary not less than 120 days and not more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed (other than as a result of adjournment) by more than 70 days from the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice must be received no later than the later of (a) the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and (b) the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual meeting was first publicly disclosed by us. The complete proxy access provisions for director nominations are set forth in our By-Laws.

These advance notice and proxy access procedures may impede stockholders’ ability to bring matters before a meeting of stockholders or make nominations for directors at a meeting of stockholders.

Our Certificate of Incorporation includes provisions eliminating the personal liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and indemnifying our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though a derivative action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. In addition, the value of investments in our securities may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that any or all of the directors may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, by a vote of a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote. This provision may delay or prevent our stockholders from removing incumbent directors.

The ownership and transfer restrictions contained in our Certificate of Incorporation, and described above, may have the effect of inhibiting or impeding a change in control.

Our Certificate of Incorporation and our By-Laws provide that our By-Laws may be altered, amended, changed or repealed by (i) the approval or consent of not less than a majority of the total outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or (ii) a majority of the entire board of directors.

Certain Provisions of our Debt Obligations

Change of control and merger, consolidation and asset sale provisions in our indentures for our outstanding notes and loan agreements for our credit facilities may discourage a takeover attempt. These provisions may make acquiring us more difficult.

Listing of Common Stock

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “AMT.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Inc., P.O. Box 505000, Louisville, KY 40233, (866) 201-5087.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

The following description of the 1.375% Notes, the 1.950% Notes, the 0.450% Notes, the 0.400% Notes, the 0.500% Notes, the 0.875% Notes, the 0.950% Notes, the 1.000% Notes and the 1.250% Notes (together, the “notes”), is a summary and does not purport to be complete. The 1.375% Notes and the 1.950% Notes are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the indenture, dated as of May 23, 2013 (the “2013 Base Indenture”), by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as trustee, as supplemented in the case of the 1.375% Notes, by the Supplemental Indenture No. 7, dated as of April 6, 2017, by and between the Company, U.S. Bank, as trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch (“Elavon”), as paying agent, and the 1.950% Notes, by the Supplemental Indenture No. 10 (together with the 2013 Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture No. 7 and the Supplemental Indenture No. 10, the “2013 indenture”), dated as of May 22, 2018, by and between the Company, U.S. Bank, as trustee, and Elavon, as paying agent, which are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4.29 is a part. The 0.450% Notes, the 0.400% Notes, 0.500% Notes, the 0.875% Notes, the 0.950% Notes, the 1.000% Notes and the 1.250% Notes are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the indenture, dated as of June 4, 2019 (the “2019 Base Indenture”), by and between the Company and U.S. Bank, as trustee, as supplemented in the case of the 0.500% Notes and the 1.000% Notes, by the Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of September 10, 2020, by and between the Company, U.S. Bank, as trustee, and Elavon, as paying agent, the 0.450% Notes, the 0.875% Notes and the 1.250% Notes, by the Supplemental Indenture No. 9, dated as of May 21, 2021, by and between the Company, U.S. Bank, as trustee, and Elavon, as paying agent, and the 0.400% Notes and the 0.950% Notes, by the Supplemental Indenture No. 11, dated as of October 5, 2021, by and between the Company, U.S. Bank, as trustee, and Elavon, as paying agent, (collectively with the 2019 Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture No. 5, the Supplemental Indenture No. 9 and the Supplemental Indenture No. 11, the “2019 indenture,” and, the 2013 indenture and the 2019 indenture, each an “indenture”), which are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4.29 is a part.

You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this description under the subheading “—Certain Definitions.” Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the indenture and applicable supplemental indenture. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the indenture. In this description, the references to “American Tower,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer only to American Tower Corporation (and not to any of its affiliates, including Subsidiaries, as defined below).

The 1.375% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €500,000,000. The 1.950% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €500,000,000. The 0.450% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €750,000,000. The 0.400% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €500,000,000. The 0.500% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €750,000,000. The 0.875% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €750,000,000. The 0.950% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €500,000,000. The 1.000% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €650,000,000. The 1.250% Notes were initially issued in an aggregate principal amount of €500,000,000. The notes are senior unsecured obligations and rank equally with our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt from time to time outstanding. The notes were issued in minimum denominations of €100,000 and multiples of €1,000 thereafter.

The 1.375% Notes, the 1.950% Notes, the 0.450% Notes, the 0.400% Notes, the 0.500% Notes, the 0.875% Notes, the 0.950% Notes, the 1.000% Notes and the 1.250% Notes are each traded on the NYSE under the symbols “AMT 25A,” “AMT 26B,” “AMT 27C,” AMT 27D,” “AMT 28A,” “AMT 29B,” “AMT 30C,” “AMT 32” and “AMT 33,” respectively. We may, without the consent of the holders of the notes, issue additional notes having the same ranking, interest rate, maturity and other terms as the notes previously issued. Any additional notes having such similar terms, together with the notes previously issued, will constitute a single series of notes under the indenture. Further, any additional notes shall be issued under a separate CUSIP or ISIN number unless the additional notes are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening” of the original series, are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with no more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The 1.375% Notes will mature on April 4, 2025. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 1.375% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on April 4 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on April 4, 2018 to the persons in whose names the 1.375% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding March 15, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 1.375% Notes has accrued from April 6, 2017.

The 1.950% Notes will mature on May 22, 2026. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 1.950% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on May 22 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on May 22, 2019 to the persons in whose names the 1.950% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding May 1, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 1.950% Notes has accrued from May 22, 2018.

The 0.450% Notes will mature on January 15, 2027. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 0.450% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on January 15 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on January 15, 2022 to the persons in whose names the 0.450% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding January 1, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 0.450% Notes has accrued from May 21, 2021.

The 0.400% Notes will mature on February 15, 2027. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 0.400% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on February 15 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on February 15, 2022 to the persons in whose names the 0.400% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding February 1, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 0.400% Notes has accrued from October 5, 2021.

The 0.500% Notes will mature on January 15, 2028. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 0.500% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on January 15 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on January 15, 2021 to the persons in whose names the 0.500% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding January 1, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 0.500% Notes has accrued from September 10, 2020.

The 0.875% Notes will mature on May 21, 2029. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 0.875% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on May 21 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on May 21, 2021 to the persons in whose names the 0.875% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding May 6, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 0.875% Notes has accrued from May 21, 2021.

The 0.950% Notes will mature on October 5, 2030. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 0.950% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on October 5 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on October 5, 2022 to the persons in whose names the 0.950% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding September 20, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 0.950% Notes has accrued from October 5, 2021.

The 1.000% Notes will mature on January 15, 2032. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 1.000% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on January 15 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on January 15, 2021 to the persons in whose names the 1.000% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding January 1, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 0.500% Notes has accrued from September 10, 2020.

The 1.250% Notes will mature on May 21, 2033. Accrued and unpaid interest on the 1.250% Notes is payable in euros annually in arrears on May 21 of each year, which we refer to as the “interest payment date,” beginning on May 21, 2021 to the persons in whose names the 1.250% Notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding May 6, which we refer to as the “record date.” Interest on the 1.250% Notes has accrued from May 21, 2021.

Interest on the notes will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on which interest was paid on the notes, to but excluding the next scheduled interest payment date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market Association.

Any payment required to be made on any day that is not a Business Day will be made on the next Business Day as if made on the date that the payment was due and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from the original payment date to the date of that payment on the next Business Day.

We will pay principal, interest, premium, if any, and additional amounts, if any, on the notes in euros and at the office or agency maintained for that purpose, which initially will be the office of the paying agent located at 125 Old Broad Street, Fifth Floor, London EC2N 1AR, United Kingdom. We will register the transfer of the notes and exchange the notes at our office or agency maintained for that purpose, which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office of the trustee. We have initially appointed Elavon Financial Services DAC, UK Branch to act as paying agent in connection with the notes, and we have appointed U.S. Bank National Association to act as transfer agent and registrar. We may change the paying agent or transfer agent and registrar without prior notice to the holders of the notes, and we or any of our subsidiaries may act as paying agent or transfer agent and registrar. So long as the notes are represented by global debt securities, the interest payable on the notes will be paid to the nominee of the common depositary, or its registered assigns as the registered owner of such global debt securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each of the applicable interest payment dates. If any of the notes are no longer represented by a global debt security, we have the option to pay interest by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to the interest. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of notes, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable.

The notes are our senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all our existing and future senior unsecured debt. The notes are effectively junior to all of our secured indebtedness to the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness. Our operations are conducted through our subsidiaries and, therefore, we depend on the cash flow of our subsidiaries to meet our obligations, including our obligations under the notes. Our subsidiaries are not guarantors of the notes. Accordingly, the notes are effectively subordinated to all indebtedness and other obligations of our subsidiaries.

The notes are not subject to a sinking fund.

All payments on the notes will be payable in euros; provided that if on or after the date of this prospectus supplement the euro is unavailable to us due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond our control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the

international banking community, then all payments in respect of the notes will be made in U.S. dollars until the euro is again available to us or so used. The amount payable on any date in euros will be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate reported by Bloomberg as of the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event that Bloomberg has not reported a rate of conversion, on the basis of the most recent U.S. dollar/euro exchange rate mandated by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board on or prior to the second Business Day prior to the relevant payment date, or in the event the U.S. Federal Reserve Board has not mandated that exchange rate, the rate as determined in our sole discretion on the basis of the most recently available market exchange rate for the euro. Any payment in respect of the notes so made in U.S. dollars will not constitute an event of default under the notes or the indenture. Neither the trustee nor the paying agent will have any responsibility for obtaining exchange rates, effecting conversions or otherwise handling redenominations in connection with the foregoing. Investors will be subject to foreign exchange risks as to payments on the notes, which may have important economic consequences to them.

Transfer and Exchange

A holder may transfer or exchange notes in accordance with the indenture. The registrar and the trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a

transfer of notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. We are not required to transfer or exchange any note selected for redemption or tendered for repurchase. Also, we are not required to transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of notes to be redeemed.

Optional Redemption

The notes are redeemable at our election, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time.

If we redeem the 1.375% Notes prior to January 4, 2025 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 1.375% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 1.375% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 1.375% Notes, plus 25 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 1.375% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 1.375% Notes on or after January 4, 2025 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 1.375% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If we redeem the 1.950% Notes prior to February 22, 2026 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 1.950% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 1.950% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 1.950% Notes, plus 25 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 1.950% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 1.950% Notes on or after February 22, 2026 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 1.950% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If we redeem the 0.450% Notes prior to November 15, 2026 (two months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 0.450% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 0.450% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 0.450% Notes, plus 15 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 0.450% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 0.450% Notes on or after November 15, 2026 (two months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 0.450% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If we redeem the 0.400% Notes prior to December 15, 2026 (two months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 0.400% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 0.400% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 0.400% Notes, plus 20 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 0.400% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 0.400% Notes on or after December 15, 2026 (two months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 0.400% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If we redeem the 0.500% Notes prior to October 15, 2027 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 0.500% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 0.500% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 0.500% Notes, plus 20 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 0.500% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 0.500% Notes on or after October 15, 2027 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 0.500% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If we redeem the 0.875% Notes prior to February 29, 2029 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 0.875% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 0.875% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 0.875% Notes, plus 20 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 0.875% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 0.875% Notes on or after February 29, 2029 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 0.875% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If we redeem the 0.950% Notes prior to July 5, 2030 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 0.950% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 0.950% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 0.950% Notes, plus 25 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 0.950% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 0.950% Notes on or after July 5, 2030 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 0.950% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If we redeem the 1.000% Notes prior to October 15, 2031 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 1.000% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 1.000% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 1.000% Notes, plus 25 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 1.000% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 1.000% Notes on or after October 15, 2031 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 1.000% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If we redeem the 1.250% Notes prior to February 21, 2033 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to the greater of:


			(1)			100% of the principal amount of the 1.250% Notes to be redeemed then outstanding; and


			(2)			as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 1.250% Notes to be redeemed that would be due if such notes matured on the First Par Call Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate for the 1.250% Notes, plus 25 basis points;

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption on the 1.250% Notes to be redeemed.

If we redeem the 1.250% Notes on or after February 21, 2033 (three months prior to their maturity date), we will pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 1.250% Notes to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

If the optional redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the person in whose name the note is registered at the close of business on such record date.

We will mail or cause to be mailed a notice of redemption at least 15 (30 in the case of the 1.375% Notes and the 1.950% Notes) days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the notes to be redeemed at their registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the indenture. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the notes or portions thereof called for redemption. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption.

If less than all of the notes are to be redeemed, the trustee will select notes for redemption as follows:


			(1)			if the notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the notes are listed; or


			(2)			if the notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis (subject to the procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear or, to the extent a pro rata basis is not permitted, by lot or in such other manner as the trustee shall deem to be fair and appropriate.

However, no note of €100,000 in principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part. If any note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such note will state the portion of the principal amount to be redeemed. A new note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name of the holder thereof upon cancellation of the original note.

Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event

If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the notes, each holder of notes will have the right to require us to repurchase all or any part, equal to €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 thereafter, of that holder’s notes, provided that any unpurchased portion of the notes will equal €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 thereafter, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer on the terms set forth in the indenture. In the Change of Control Offer, we will offer a Change of Control Payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest on the notes up to but excluding the date of repurchase. Within

30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, if we had not, prior to the Change of Control Triggering Event, sent a redemption notice for all the notes in connection with an optional redemption permitted by the indenture, we will mail or cause to be mailed a notice to each registered holder briefly describing the transaction or transactions that constitute a Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase notes on the date specified in such notice (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the indenture and described in such notice.

We will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable to any Change of Control Offer. To

the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the indenture relating to the covenant described above, we will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached our obligations under the provisions of the indenture relating to the covenant described above by virtue of such conflict.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, we will, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept for payment all notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all notes or portions thereof properly tendered; and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the trustee the notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of notes or portions thereof being purchased by us.

The paying agent will promptly mail to each registered holder of notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such notes, and the trustee will promptly authenticate and mail, or cause to be transferred by book entry, to each holder a new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new note will be in a principal amount of €100,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 thereafter. Any note so accepted for payment will cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of Control Payment Date.

Except as described above, the provisions described above will be applicable regardless of whether or not any other provisions of the indenture are applicable. Other than with respect to a Change of Control Triggering Event, the indenture does not contain provisions that permit the holders of the notes to require that we repurchase or redeem the notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

Holders will not be entitled to require us to purchase their notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization, leveraged buyout or similar transaction that is not a Change of Control. We may nonetheless incur significant additional indebtedness in connection with such a transaction.

For the avoidance of doubt, a Change of Control will not be deemed to have occurred if we merge with an affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating American Tower in its current or another jurisdiction within the United States of America.

Holders may not be able to require us to purchase their notes in certain circumstances involving a significant change in the composition of our board of directors, including a proxy contest where our board of directors does not endorse the dissident slate of directors but approves them as Continuing Directors. In this regard, a decision of the Delaware Chancery Court (not involving us or our securities) considered a change of control redemption provision of an indenture governing publicly traded debt securities that is substantially similar to the change of control event described in clause (3) of the definition of “Change of Control.” In its decision, the court noted that a board of directors may “approve” a dissident shareholder’s nominees solely for purposes of such an indenture, provided the board of directors determines in good faith that the election of the dissident nominees would not be materially adverse to the interests of the corporation or its stockholders (without taking into consideration the interests of the holders of debt securities in making this determination). See “Risk Factors—We may be unable to repay the notes

when due or repurchase the notes when we are required to do so and holders may be unable to require us to repurchase their notes in certain circumstances.”

We will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by us and purchases all notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer.

A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control Triggering Event, and conditional upon the occurrence of such Change of Control Triggering Event, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control Triggering Event at the time of making the Change of Control Offer.

There can be no assurance that we will have sufficient funds available at the time of any Change of Control Triggering Event, and consummate a Change of Control Offer for all notes then outstanding, at a purchase price for

101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Change of Control Payment Date. The indentures for our other outstanding indebtedness also provide for repurchase rights upon a change in control and, in some cases, certain other events under different terms. As a result, holders of our other indebtedness may have the ability to require us to repurchase their debt securities before the holders of the notes offered hereby would have such repurchase rights. In addition, a Change of Control (as described herein) and certain other change of control events may constitute an event of default under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility and the 2021 Credit Facility. As a result, we may not be able to make any of the required payments on, or repurchases of, the notes without obtaining the consent of the lenders under the 2021 Multicurrency Credit Facility or the 2021 Credit Facility with respect to such payment or repurchase.

Payment of Additional Amounts

All payments of principal and interest in respect of the notes will be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges of whatsoever nature required to be deducted or withheld by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the United States, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law or the official interpretation or administration thereof.

In the event any withholding or deduction on payments in respect of the notes for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge is required to be deducted or withheld by the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, we will pay such additional amounts on the notes as will result in receipt by each holder of a note that is not a U.S. Person (as defined below) of such amounts (after all such withholding or deduction, including on any additional amounts) as would have been received by such holder had no such withholding or deduction been required. We will not be required, however, to make any payment of additional amounts for or on account of:

(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for (1) the existence of any present or former connection (other than a connection arising solely from the ownership of those notes or the receipt of payments in respect of those notes) between a holder of a note (or the beneficial owner for whose benefit such holder holds such note), or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, that holder or beneficial owner (if that holder or beneficial owner is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the United States, including that holder or beneficial owner, or that fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor, being or having been a citizen or resident or treated as a resident of the United States or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present in the United States or having had a permanent establishment in the United States or (2) the presentation of a note for payment on a date more than 30 days after the later of the date on which that payment becomes due and payable and the date on which payment is duly provided for;

(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, capital gains, excise, personal property, wealth or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(c) any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge imposed by reason of the holder’s or beneficial owner’s past or present status as a passive foreign investment company, a controlled foreign corporation, a foreign tax exempt organization or a personal holding company with respect to the United States or as a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax;

(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deducting from payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such notes;

(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any note if that payment can be made without withholding by at least one other paying agent;

(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure of a beneficial owner or any holder of notes to comply with a request to satisfy certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the United States of the beneficial owner or any holder of the notes (including, but not limited to, the requirement to provide Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, or any subsequent versions thereof or successor thereto, and including, without limitation, any documentation requirement under an applicable income tax treaty), provided such beneficial owner or holder is legally able to so comply and compliance is a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(g) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on interest received by or on behalf of (1) a 10-percent shareholder (as defined in Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations that may be promulgated thereunder) of us, (2) a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code, or (3) a bank receiving interest described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, to the extent such tax, assessment or other governmental charge would not have been imposed but for the holder’s or beneficial owner’s status as described in clauses (1) through (3) of this paragraph (g);

(h) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld or deducted under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections that is substantively comparable) (“FATCA”), any regulations or other guidance thereunder, or any agreement (including any intergovernmental agreement) entered into in connection therewith; or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing FATCA or an intergovernmental agreement in respect of FATCA; or

(i) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h);

nor will we pay any additional amounts to any holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of such notes, or a portion of such notes, or that is a fiduciary or partnership or a limited liability company, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to that fiduciary or a member of that partnership or limited liability company or a beneficial owner thereof would not have been entitled to the payment of those additional amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of those notes.

The notes are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal or other law or regulation or administrative or judicial interpretation applicable to the notes. Except as specifically provided under this heading “—Payment of Additional Amounts,” we will not be required to make any payment for any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority of or in any government or political subdivision.

As used under this heading “—Payment of Additional Amounts” and under the heading “—Redemption for Tax Reasons,” the term “United States” means the United States of America, the states of the United States, and the District of Columbia, and the term “U.S. Person” means any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia (other than a

partnership that is not treated as a United States person under any applicable U.S. Treasury regulations), or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.

Any reference in the terms of the notes to any amounts in respect of the notes shall be deemed also to refer to any additional amounts which may be payable under this provision.

Redemption for Tax Reasons

If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated under the laws) of the United States (or any political subdivision of or taxing authority in the United States), or any change in, or amendment to, an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the date of this prospectus supplement, we become or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by us, there is a substantial probability that we will become, obligated to pay additional amounts as described under the heading “—Payment of Additional Amounts” with respect to the notes, then we may at any time at our option redeem the note, in whole, but not in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest on the notes to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption.

Covenants

Limitations on liens

Under the indenture, we will not, and will not permit any of our Subsidiaries to, allow any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of our or our Subsidiaries’ property or assets (which includes Capital Stock) securing Indebtedness, unless the Lien secures the notes equally and ratably with, or prior to, any other Indebtedness secured by such Lien, so long as such other Indebtedness is so secured.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may, and may permit any of our Subsidiaries to, incur Liens securing Indebtedness without equally and ratably securing the notes if, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Liens, the aggregate amount (without duplication) of the Indebtedness secured by Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the property or assets (which includes Capital Stock) of us and our Subsidiaries shall not exceed the Permitted Amount at the time of the incurrence of such Liens (it being understood that Liens securing the SpectraSite ABS Facility shall be deemed to be incurred pursuant to this paragraph).

Trustee

The trustee for the notes is U.S. Bank National Association, and we have initially appointed the trustee as the transfer agent and registrar with regard to the notes. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the indenture. During the existence of an Event of Default, the trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it under the indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the trustee, subject to certain exceptions. Subject to these provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request of any holder of notes, unless such holder has offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

Pursuant and subject to the Trust Indenture Act, the trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions with us; however, if the trustee acquires any conflicting interest (as defined in the Trust Indenture Act), it would be required to eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. The trustee is also the trustee under the trust and servicing agreement related to our securitization transaction.

Governing Law

The indenture and the notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Book-Entry; Delivery and Form

We have obtained the information in this section concerning Clearstream and Euroclear and their book-entry systems and procedures from sources that we believe to be reliable. We take no responsibility for an accurate portrayal of this information. In addition, the description of the clearing systems in this section reflects our understanding of the rules and procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear as they are currently in effect. Those systems could change their rules and procedures at any time.

The notes will initially be represented by one or more fully registered global notes. Each such global note will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a common depositary and registered in the name of the nominee of the common depositary, for, and in respect of interests held through, Clearstream and Euroclear. Except as set forth below, the global notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to Clearstream or Euroclear or their respective nominees. You may hold your interests in the global notes in Europe through Clearstream or Euroclear, either as a participant in such systems or indirectly through organizations that are participants in such systems. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold interests in the global notes on behalf of their respective participating organizations or customers through customers’ securities accounts in Clearstream’s or Euroclear’s names on the books of their respective depositaries. Book-entry interests in the notes and all transfers relating to the notes will be reflected in the book-entry records of Clearstream and Euroclear.

The distribution of the notes will be cleared through Clearstream and Euroclear. Any secondary market trading of book-entry interests in the notes will take place through Clearstream and Euroclear participants and will settle in same-day funds. Owners of book-entry interests in the notes will receive payments relating to their notes in euro, except as described under the heading “—Issuance in Euros; Payment on the Notes.”

Clearstream and Euroclear have established electronic securities and payment transfer, processing, depositary and custodial links among themselves and others, either directly or through custodians and depositaries. These links allow the notes to be issued, held and transferred among the clearing systems without the physical transfer of certificates. Special procedures to facilitate clearance and settlement have been established among these clearing systems to trade securities across borders in the secondary market.

The policies of Clearstream and Euroclear will govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to an investor’s interest in the notes held by them. We have no responsibility for any aspect of the records kept by Clearstream or Euroclear or any of their direct or indirect participants. We also do not supervise these systems in any way.

Clearstream and Euroclear and their participants perform these clearance and settlement functions under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers. You should be aware that they are not obligated to perform or continue to perform these procedures and may modify them or discontinue them at any time.

Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in the notes will not be entitled to have the notes registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the notes in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders of the notes under the indenture, including for purposes of receiving any reports delivered by us or the trustee pursuant to the indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a note must rely on the procedures of the common depositary and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, in order to exercise any rights of a holder of notes.

Certificated Notes

If the common depositary for any of the notes represented by a registered global note is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as common depositary and a successor common depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days, we will issue registered notes in definitive form in exchange for the registered global note that had been held by the common depositary. Any notes issued in definitive form in exchange for a registered global note will be registered in the name or names that the common depositary gives to the trustee or other relevant agent of the trustee. It is expected that the common depositary’s instructions will be based upon directions received by the common depositary from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the registered global note that had

been held by the common depositary. In addition, we may at any time determine that the notes shall no longer be represented by a global note and will issue registered notes in definitive form in exchange for such global note pursuant to the procedure described above.

Reporting

The indenture provides that we will furnish to the trustee, within 15 days after we are required to file such annual and quarterly reports, information, documents and other reports with the SEC, copies of our annual report and of the information, documents and other reports that we are required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which we refer to as the Exchange Act. We will also comply with the other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, which we refer to as the Trust Indenture Act.

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets

The indenture provides that we may not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell or convey all or substantially all of our assets in any one transaction or series of related transactions to another person, unless:


			•						either we are the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, or our successor is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of our obligations under the indenture and all the debt securities; and


			•						immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing.

The term “default” for the purpose of this provision means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would become, an event of default.

Except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of our assets, the successor will be substituted for us in the indenture with the same effect as if it had been an original party to such indenture. Thereafter, the successor may exercise our rights and powers under the indenture.

Events of Default, Notice and Waiver

In the indenture, the term “event of default” with respect to debt securities of any series (including the notes) means any of the following:


			•						failure by us to pay interest, if any, on the debt securities of that series for 30 days after the date payment is due and payable;


			•						failure by us to pay principal of or premium, if any, on the debt securities of that series when due, at maturity, upon any redemption, by declaration or otherwise;


			•						failure by us to comply with other covenants in the indenture or the debt securities of that series for 90 days after notice that compliance was required; and


			•						certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of us or any of our significant subsidiaries.

The term “significant subsidiaries” for the purpose of this provision means any of our subsidiaries that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act.

If an event of default (other than relating to certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of us or breach of our reporting obligation) has occurred and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series may declare the entire principal of all the debt securities of the affected series to be due and payable immediately.

If an event of default relating to certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency of us occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of all of the outstanding debt securities and any accrued interest thereon will automatically become due and payable immediately, without any declaration or other act by the trustee or any holder.

The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of any series may, after satisfying conditions, rescind and annul any of the above-described declarations and consequences involving the debt securities of that series, except a continuing default or event of default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the debt securities of the affected series.

The indenture imposes limitations on suits brought by holders of debt securities of any series against us. Except for actions for payment of overdue principal or interest, no holder of a debt security of any series may institute any action against us under the indenture unless:


			•						the holder has previously given to the trustee written notice of an event of default and the continuance of that event of default;


			•						the holder or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have requested that the trustee pursue the remedy;


			•						such holder or holders have offered to the trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;


			•						the trustee has not instituted the action within 60 days of the receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity; and


			•						the trustee has not received inconsistent direction by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series.

We will be required to file annually with the trustee a certificate, signed by two officers of our company, stating whether or not the officers know of any default by us in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any condition or covenant of the indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole remedy for any breach of our obligation under the indenture to file or furnish reports or other financial information pursuant to section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act (or as otherwise required by the indenture) shall be the payment of liquidated damages, and the holders will not have any right under the indenture to accelerate the maturity of the debt securities of the affected series as a result of any such breach. If any such breach continues for 90 days after notice thereof is given in accordance with the indenture, we will pay liquidated damages to all the holders of the debt securities of that series at a rate per annum equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the debt securities of that series from the 90th day following such notice to but not including the 180th day following such notice (or such earlier date on which the event of default relating to the reporting obligations referred to in this paragraph shall have been cured or waived) and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the debt securities of that series from the 180th day following such notice to but not including the 365th day following such notice (or such earlier date on which the event of default relating to the reporting obligations referred to in this paragraph shall have been cured or waived). On such 365th day (or earlier, if the event of default relating to the reporting obligations referred to in this paragraph shall have been cured or waived prior to such 365th day), such additional interest will cease to accrue, and the debt securities of that series will be subject to acceleration as provided above if the event of default is continuing. The provisions of the indenture described in this paragraph will not affect the rights of the holders of the debt securities of any series in the event of the occurrence of any other event of default.

Modification and Waiver

Except as provided in the two succeeding paragraphs, the indenture provides that we and the trustee thereunder may, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of any series then outstanding, including the notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, debt securities of that series), voting as one class, add any

provisions to, or change in any manner, eliminate or modify in any way the provisions of, the indenture or modify in any manner the rights of the holders of the debt securities of that series.

We and the trustee may amend or supplement the indenture or the debt securities of any series, including the notes, without the consent of any holder to:


			•						secure the debt securities of any series;


			•						evidence the assumption by a successor corporation of our obligations under the indenture and the debt securities of any series in the case of a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets;


			•						add covenant(s) or events of default(s) for the protection of the holders of all or any series of debt securities;


			•						cure any ambiguity or correct any defect or inconsistency in the indenture or make any other provisions as we may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such provisions will materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of any debt securities;


			•						evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee in accordance with the indenture;


			•						provide for uncertificated debt securities in addition to, or in place of, certificated debt securities of any series in a manner that does not materially and adversely affect any holders of the debt securities of that series;


			•						conform the text of the indenture or the debt securities of any series to any provision of the “Description of Debt Securities” in the prospectus or “Description of Securities” in the prospectus supplement for that series to the extent that the provision in that description was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the indenture or the debt securities of that series;


			•						provide for the issuance of additional debt securities of any series in accordance with the limitations set forth in the indenture as of the date of the indenture;


			•						make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders of all or any series of debt securities or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the indenture of any such holder or any holder of a beneficial interest in the debt securities of that series;


			•						comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;


			•						establish the form or terms of debt securities of any series as permitted by the indenture;


			•						secure our obligations in respect of the debt securities of any series;


			•						in the case of convertible or exchangeable debt securities of any series, subject to the provisions of the supplemental indenture for that series, to provide for conversion rights, exchange rights and/or repurchase rights of holders of that series in connection with any reclassification or change of our common stock or in the event of any amalgamation, consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of us or our subsidiaries substantially as an entirety occurs;


			•						in the case of convertible or exchangeable debt securities of any series, to reduce the conversion price or exchange price applicable to that series;


			•						in the case of convertible or exchangeable debt securities of any series, to increase the conversion rate or exchange ratio in the manner described in the supplemental indenture for that series, provided that the increase will not adversely affect the interests of the holders of that series in any material respect; or


			•						any other action to amend or supplement the indenture or the debt securities of any series as described in the prospectus supplement with respect to that series of debt securities.

We and the trustee may not, without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby:


			•						change the final maturity of any debt security;


			•						reduce the aggregate principal amount on any debt security;


			•						reduce the rate or amend or modify the calculation, or time of payment, of interest, including defaulted interest on any debt security;


			•						reduce or alter the method of computation of any amount payable on any debt security upon redemption, prepayment or purchase of any debt security or otherwise alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any debt security, or waive a redemption payment with respect to any debt security;


			•						change the currency in which the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on any debt security is payable;


			•						impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on any debt security when due, or otherwise make any change in the provisions of the indenture relating to waivers of past defaults or the rights of holders of any debt security to receive payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any debt security;


			•						modify the provisions of the indenture with respect to modification and waiver (including waiver of certain covenants, waiver of a default or event of default in respect of debt securities of any series), except to increase the percentage required for modification or waiver or to provide for the consent of each affected holder;


			•						reduce the percentage of principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any series whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver of the indenture or the debt securities of that series;


			•						change the ranking provisions of the Subordinated Indenture in a manner adverse to the holders of debt securities issued thereunder in any material respect;


			•						impair the rights of holders of debt securities of any series that are exchangeable or convertible to receive payment or delivery of any consideration due upon the conversion or exchange of the debt securities of that series; or


			•						any other action to modify or amend the indenture or the debt securities of any series as may be described in the prospectus supplement with respect to that series of debt securities as requiring the consent of each holder affected thereby.

Defeasance

The indenture provides that we will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the debt securities of any series (except for certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the debt securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities, to maintain paying agencies and hold monies for payment in trust and to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on those debt securities), upon the deposit with the applicable trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. government obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal of the U.S.

government obligations in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay any installment of principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities of that series on the stated maturity date thereof in accordance with the terms of the indenture and the debt securities of that series. Also, the establishment of such a trust will be conditioned on the delivery by us to the trustee of an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the trustee to the effect that, based upon applicable U.S. federal income tax law or a ruling published by the United States Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, such a defeasance and discharge will not be deemed, or result in, a taxable event with respect to the holders. For the avoidance of doubt, such an opinion would require a change in current U.S. tax law.

We may also omit to comply with the restrictive covenants, if any, of any particular series of debt securities, other than our covenant to pay the amounts due and owing with respect to that series. Any such omission will not be an event of default with respect to the debt securities of that series, upon the deposit with the applicable trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. government obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal of the U.S. government obligations in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay any installment of principal and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the debt securities of that series on the stated maturity date thereof in accordance with the terms of the indenture and the debt securities of that series. Our obligations under the indenture and the debt securities of that series other than with respect to those covenants will remain in full force and effect. Also, the establishment of such a trust will be conditioned on the delivery by us to the trustee of an opinion of counsel to the effect that such a defeasance and discharge will not be deemed, or result in, a taxable event with respect to the holders.

Satisfaction and Discharge

At our option, we may satisfy and discharge the indenture with respect to the debt securities of any series (except for specified obligations of the trustee and ours, including, among others, the obligations to apply money held in trust) when:


			•						either (a) all debt securities of that series previously authenticated under the indenture have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation or (b) all debt securities of that series not yet delivered to the trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or (ii) will become due and payable within one year, and we have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the holders an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on debt securities of that series;


			•						no default or event of default with respect to debt securities of that series has occurred or is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of any other instrument to which we are bound;


			•						we have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by us under the indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture with respect to the debt securities of that series;


			•						we have delivered irrevocable instructions to the trustee to apply the deposited funds toward the payment of securities of that series at the stated maturity date or the redemption date, as applicable; and


			•						we have delivered to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that all conditions precedent relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture as to that series have been satisfied.

Certain Definitions

“Adjusted EBITDA” means, for the 12-month period preceding the calculation date, for us and our Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (a) Net Income, plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining Net Income, the sum of (i) Interest Expense, (ii) income tax expense, including, without limitation, taxes paid or accrued based on income, profits or capital, including state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill and

other intangible assets), (iv) extraordinary losses and non-recurring non-cash charges and expenses, (v) all other non-cash charges, expenses and interest (including, without limitation, any non-cash losses in respect of Commodity Agreements, Currency Agreements or Interest Rate Agreements, non-cash impairment charges, non-cash valuation charges for stock option grants or vesting of restricted stock awards or any other non-cash compensation charges, and losses from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness) and (vi) nonrecurring charges and expenses, restructuring charges, transaction expenses (including, without limitation, transaction expenses incurred in connection with any merger or acquisition) and underwriters’ fees or discounts, and severance and retention payments in connection with any merger or acquisition, in each case for such period, less extraordinary gains and cash payments (not otherwise deducted in determining net income) made during such period with respect to non-cash charges that were added back in a prior period; provided, however, (I) with respect to any Person that became a Subsidiary, or was merged with or consolidated into us or any Subsidiary, during such period, or any acquisition by us or any Subsidiary of the assets of any Person during such period, “Adjusted EBITDA” shall, at our option in respect of any or all of the foregoing, also include the Adjusted EBITDA of such Person or attributable to such assets, as applicable, during such period as if such acquisition, merger or consolidation had occurred on the first day of such period and (II) with respect to any Person that has ceased to be a Subsidiary during such period, or any material assets of us or any Subsidiary sold or otherwise disposed of by us or any Subsidiary during such period, “Adjusted EBITDA” shall exclude the Adjusted EBITDA of such Person or attributable to such assets, as applicable, during such period as if such sale or disposition of such Subsidiary or such assets had occurred on the first day of such period.

“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition.

“Board of Directors” means either our Board of Directors or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on our behalf.

“Board Resolution” means one or more resolutions duly adopted or consented to by the Board of Directors and in full force and effect.

“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, (1) which is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or The City of London are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close and (2) on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the TARGET2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.

“Capital Lease Obligations” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

“Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the adoption of a plan relating to our liquidation or dissolution;

(2) any “person,” as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of our Voting Stock; provided that a transaction in which we become a Subsidiary of another Person shall not constitute a Change of Control if (a) our stockholders immediately prior to such transaction Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, 50% or more of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of such other Person of whom we are a Subsidiary immediately following such transaction and (b) immediately following such transaction no person (as defined above) other than such other Person, Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power of our Voting Stock; or

(3) the first day on which a majority of the members of our Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.

“Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Decline.

“Commodity Agreement” of any Person means any commodity forward contract, commodity swap agreement, commodity option agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party.

“Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate calculation, a German government bond (Bundesanleihe) whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the notes, or if an Independent Investment Banker selected by the Company in its discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue, another German government bond as the Independent Investment Banker may, with the advice of three brokers of, and/or market makers in, German government bonds selected by such Independent Investment Banker, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.

“Comparable Government Bond Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the price, expressed as a percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), at which the gross redemption yield on the notes, if they were to be purchased at such price on the third Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption, would be equal to the gross redemption yield on such Business Day of the Comparable Government Bond on the basis of the middle market price of the Comparable Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Business Day as determined by an Independent Investment Banker selected by the Company.

“Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of our Board of Directors who:

(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the Issue Date; or

(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or election.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at One Federal Street, 3rd Floor, EX-MA-FED, Boston, MA 02110, Attention: David W. Doucette, Vice President, or such other address as the trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the holders of the notes and us, or the principal corporate trust office of any

successor trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the holders of the notes and us).

“Currency Agreement” of any Person means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is a party.

“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the Stated Maturity of the notes.

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset, the price that (after taking into account any liabilities relating to such asset) would be paid in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no

compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive if evidenced by a Board Resolution.

“First Par Call Date” means, in the case of the 1.375% Notes, January 4, 2025, in the case of the 1.950% Notes, February 22, 2026, in the case of the 0.450% Notes, November 15, 2026, in the case of the 0.400% Notes, December 15, 2026, in the case of the 0.500% Notes, October 15, 2027, in the case of the 0.875% Notes, February 21, 2029, in the case of the 0.950% Notes, July 5, 2030, in the case of the 1.000% Notes, October 15, 2031, and, in the case of the 1.250% Notes, February 21, 2033.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of, and whose principal business is conducted outside of, the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (for purposes of this definition only, the “United States”), or (b) any Subsidiary of such Person that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States whose only material assets are the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries meeting clause (a) of this definition.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the standards, statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect on the Issue Date, provided, however, that, in the case of the 0.500% Notes and the 1.000% Notes, leases shall continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with that reflected in the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 for all purposes, notwithstanding any change in GAAP relating thereto, including with respect to Accounting Standards Codification 842.

“Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) in respect of borrowed money;

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;

(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable;

(6) representing obligations under any Interest Rate Agreements, Commodity Agreements and Currency Agreements except for those entered into for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate, commodity price or foreign currency exchange risk; or

(7) all Disqualified Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any; provided that (a) if the Disqualified Stock does not have a fixed repurchase price, such maximum fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of the Disqualified Stock as if the Disqualified Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the indenture, and (b) if the maximum fixed repurchase price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of the Disqualified Capital Stock, the fair market value shall be the Fair Market Value thereof;

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and obligations under Interest Rate Agreements, Commodity Agreements and Currency Agreements) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person (the amount of such Indebtedness as of any date being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property or assets as of such date or the principal amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person so secured) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by such Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:

(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and

(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Government Bond Dealers appointed by us.

“Interest Expense” means, for any period, all cash interest expense (including imputed interest with respect to Capital Lease Obligations and commitment fees) with respect to any of our Indebtedness and our Subsidiaries’ Indebtedness on a consolidated basis during such period pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness.

“Interest Rate Agreement” of any Person means any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement, option or future contract or other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is a party.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or greater than BBB- by S&P and Fitch and Baa3 by Moody’s or the equivalent thereof under any new ratings system if the ratings system of any such agency shall be modified after the Issue Date, or the equivalent rating or any other Ratings Agency selected by us as provided in the definition of Ratings Agency.

“Issue Date” means, in the case of the 1.375% Notes, April 6, 2017, in the case of the 1.950% Notes, May 22, 2018, in the case of the 0.500% Notes and the 1.000% Notes, September 10, 2020, in the case of the 0.450% Notes, the 0.875% Notes and the 1.250% Notes, May 21, 2021, and, in the case of the 0.400% Notes and the 0.950% Notes, October 5, 2021.

“Licenses” means, collectively, any telephone, microwave, radio transmissions, personal communications or other license, authorization, certificate of compliance, franchise, approval or permit, whether for the construction, ownership or operation of any communications tower facilities, granted or issued by the Federal Communications Commission (or other similar or successor agency of the federal government administering the Communications Act of 1934 or any similar or successor federal statute) and held by us or any of our Subsidiaries.

“Lien” means, with respect to any property or assets, including Capital Stock, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

“Net Income” means, for any period of determination, net income (loss) of us and our Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Newly Created Subsidiary” means a newly created direct or indirect Subsidiary of us that is formed or organized after the Issue Date; provided that neither we nor any of our Subsidiaries shall have transferred, or may in the future

transfer, any assets (other than cash or cash equivalents) to such Newly Created Subsidiary for so long as such Newly Created Subsidiary remains designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Officers' Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by the the Company’s chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, or any vice president and by the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the controller, any assistant controller, the secretary or any assistant secretary of such Person in accordance with the applicable provisions of the indenture.

“Permitted Amount” means, on any date, an amount equal to 3.5 times Adjusted EBITDA as of the most recent fiscal quarter for which our financial statements are internally available immediately preceding such date.

“Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens in favor of us or our Subsidiaries;

(2) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than those securing the SpectraSite ABS Facility) and renewals and replacements thereof;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(4) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, vendors (solely to the extent arising by operation of law), laborers and materialmen incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet due or being diligently contested in good faith, if reserves or appropriate provisions shall have been made therefor;

(5) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance, social security obligations, assessments or government charges which are not overdue for more than 60 days;

(6) restrictions on the transfer of Licenses or assets of us or any of our Subsidiaries imposed by any of the Licenses as in effect on the Issue Date or imposed by the Communications Act of 1934, any similar or successor federal statute or the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (or other similar or successor agency of the federal government administering such Act or successor statute) thereunder, all as the same may be in effect from time to time;

(7) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of purchasers in connection with the sale of an asset; provided, however, that such Lien only encumbers the property being sold;

(8) Liens to secure performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds, bids or tenders;

(9) judgment Liens;

(10) Liens in connection with escrow or security deposits made in connection with any acquisition of assets;

(11) Liens securing Indebtedness since the Issue Date represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in any business of us or any of our Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, including all Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any other Indebtedness of the type described under this clause (11), not to exceed $500.0 million at any time outstanding for us and any of our Subsidiaries;

(12) Liens securing obligations under Interest Rate Agreements, Commodity Agreements and Currency Agreements not for speculative purposes;

(13) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, licenses or restrictions on use and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property that:

(a) are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit (other than trade credit in the ordinary course of business); and

(b) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of business by us and our Subsidiaries;

(14) Liens on property of us or any of our Subsidiaries at the time we or such Subsidiary acquired the property, including acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into us or any Subsidiary, or an acquisition of assets, and any replacement thereof, provided, however, that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition, and provided further that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by us or any of our Subsidiaries;

(15) leases and subleases of real or personal (in the case of the 0.500% Notes and the 1.000% Notes) property in the ordinary course of business (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding sale and lease-back transactions) which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business; and

(16) banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution; provided that:

(a) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board or other applicable law; and

(b) such deposit account is not intended to provide collateral to the depositary institution.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

“Ratings Agencies” means (1) S&P, Moody’s and Fitch; and (2) if any of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch ceases to rate the notes or ceases to make a rating on the notes publicly available, an entity registered as a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (registered as such pursuant to Rule 17g-1 of the Exchange Act) then making a rating on the notes publicly available selected by us (as certified by an Officers’ Certificate), which shall be substituted for S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be.

“Ratings Decline” means the occurrence of the following on, or within 90 days after, the date of the public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the intention by us or any third party to effect a Change of Control (which period shall be extended for so long as the rating of the notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Ratings Agencies if such period exceeds 90 days): (1) in the event that the notes have an Investment Grade Rating by all three Ratings Agencies, the notes cease to have an Investment Grade Rating by two of the three Rating Agencies, (2) in the event that the notes have an Investment Grade Rating by only two Ratings Agencies, the notes cease to have an Investment Grade Rating by both such Rating Agencies, or (3) in the event that the notes do not have an Investment Grade Rating, the rating of the notes by two of the three Ratings

Agencies (or, if there are less than three Rating Agencies rating the notes, the rating of each Rating Agency) decreases by one or more gradations (including gradations within ratings categories as well as between rating categories) or is withdrawn.

“Reference Government Bond Dealer” means any of the primary European government securities dealers.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

“SpectraSite ABS Facility” means that certain mortgage loan more fully described in the Offering Memorandum dated March 27, 2018 regarding the $1,800.0 million Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1A and 2013-2A.

“Stated Maturity” means, (1) with respect to any debt security, the date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which the final installment of principal of such debt security is due and payable and (2) with respect to any scheduled installment of principal of or interest on any debt security, the date specified in such debt security as the fixed date on which such installment is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or (2) any partnership (A) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof). The term “Subsidiary” with respect to us shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (a) any Foreign Subsidiary or Newly Created Subsidiary of us that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary until such time as the Board of Directors may designate it to be a Subsidiary, provided that no Default or Event of Default would occur or be existing following such designation, and (b) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the trustee by filing a Board Resolution with the trustee giving effect to such designation. At the time of designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be deemed to incur outstanding Indebtedness and grant any existing Liens.

“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is normally entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person.

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Exhibit 10.28

EXECUTION VERSION

FIRST AMENDMENT TO 3-YEAR TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

This First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement (this “Amendment”) is made as of December 8, 2021, by and among AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, as Borrower (the “Borrower”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the financial institutions whose names appear as lenders on the signature page hereof.

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent are party to that certain 3-Year Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time party thereto.

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders have agreed to amend the Loan Agreement pursuant to Section 11.11 of the Loan Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. DEFINED TERMS. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

2. AMENDMENTS. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Loan Agreement is amended as follows (as so amended, the “Amended Loan Agreement”).

(a) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is amended to add the following new defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order:

“First Amendment Date” shall mean December 8, 2021.

“Specified Merger” shall mean the acquisitions by the Buyer as contemplated by the Specified Merger Agreement without giving effect to amendments, supplements, waivers or other modifications to or consents under the Specified Merger Agreement that are adverse in any material respect to the Lenders in their capacities as such and that have not been approved by the Joint Lead Arrangers, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

“Specified Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among American Tower Investments LLC, Appleseed Holdco LLC, Appleseed Merger Sub LLC, Appleseed OP Merger Sub LLC, CoreSite Realty Corporation, CoreSite, L.P. and the Borrower, dated as of November 14, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time).

(b) Section 7.1(g) of the Loan Agreement is amended to replace the word “$3,000,000,000” with “$3,500,000,000”.

(m) Unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower to finance all or a portion of the Specified Merger.

(d) Section 7.6 of the Loan Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Section 7.6 Total Borrower Leverage Ratio.

As of the end of each fiscal quarter ending on or after the First Amendment Date, the Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (a) Total Debt on such calculation date to (b) Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter to be greater than 6.00 to 1.00; provided that in lieu of the foregoing, for any such date following the First Amendment Date occurring after a Qualified Acquisition (as defined below) and on or prior to the last day of the fourth full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the consummation of such Qualified Acquisition, the Borrower will not permit such ratio as of such date to exceed 7.50 to 1.00 (the “Qualified Acquisition Step Up”) so long as the Qualified Acquisition Step Up did not apply in the immediately preceding fiscal quarter.

“Qualified Acquisition” shall mean an Acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary which has been designated to the Lenders by an authorized officer of the Borrower as a “Qualified Acquisition” so long as, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Acquisition, the ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2) prior to such acquisition would be no less than 5.50 to 1.00; provided that (i) no such designation may be made with respect to any Acquisition prior to the end of the fourth full fiscal quarter following the completion of the most recently consummated Qualified Acquisition unless the ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2) prior to the consummation of such Acquisition was no greater than 6.00 to 1.00, (ii) the aggregate consideration for such Acquisition (including the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness assumed thereby) is equal to or greater than $850,000,000 and (iii) the Specified Merger shall constitute a “Qualified Acquisition” during the term of this Agreement for all purposes hereunder.

(e) Section 8.1(h) of the Loan Agreement is amended to replace the two references to the word “$500,000,000” with “$600,000,000”.

(f) Section 8.1(j) of the Loan Agreement is amended to replace the two references to the word “$500,000,000” with “$600,000,000”.

3. BRING-DOWN OF REPRESENTATIONS. The Borrower hereby certifies that, as of the date of this Amendment, (i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.1 of the Amended Loan Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Materially Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct, both before and after giving effect to this Amendment, except to the extent stated to have been made as of the Agreement Date, and (ii) no Default exists.

4. EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment shall become effective upon:

(a) the Administrative Agent receiving this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower and the Majority Lenders; and

(b) the payment in full of all fees and expenses required to be paid in connection with this Amendment to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (the date such conditions are satisfied is the “Amendment Effective Date”).

5. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.

6. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and performed in the State of New York.

7. MISCELLANEOUS.

(a) On and after the effective date of this Amendment, each reference in the Loan Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.

(b) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment or caused it to be executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year above written.

BORROWER:

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

By:/s/RODNEY M. SMITH

Name:

Rodney M. Smith

Title:

Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]

LENDERS:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as

Administrative Agent and as a Lender

By:/s/BRANDON BOLIO

Name:

Brandon Bolio

Title:

Director

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


BANCO DE SABADELL, S.A., MIAMI BRANCH,
as a Lender

By:/s/IGNACIO ALCARAZ
Name: Ignacio Alcaraz
Title: Head of Structured Finance Americas

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as a Lender

By:/s/JOSEPH WARD
Name: Joseph Ward
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


Commerzbank AG, New York Branch,
as a Lender,

By:/s/MATHEW WARD
Name: Mathew Ward
Title: Managing Director


By:/s/PAOLO DE ALESSANDRINI
Name: Paolo de Alessandrini
Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as a Lender

By:/s/MAHESH MOHAN
Name: Mahesh Mohan
Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


ING Capital LLC, as Lender

By:/s/PIM ROTHWEILER
Name: Pim Rothweiler
Title: Managing Director


By:/s/SHIRIN FOZOUNI
Name: Shirin Fozouni
Title: Director

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
as a Lender

By:/s/TRACY RAHN
Name: Tracy Rahn
Title: Executive Director

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


MUFG Bank, Ltd. as a Lender

By:/s/MARLON MATHEWS
Name: Marlon Mathews
Title: Director

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


PNC Bank, National Association,
as a Lender

By:/s/BRANDON K. FIDDLER
Name: Brandon K. Fiddler
Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender

By:/s/D. W. SCOTT JOHNSON
Name: D.W. Scott Johnson
Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, as a Lender

By:/s/JONATHAN LOGAN
Name: Jonathan Logan
Title: Director

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

By:/s/JEFFREY GUIYAB
Name: Jeffrey Guiyab
Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]


BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

By:/s/BRIAN CROWLEY
Name: Brian Crowley
Title: Managing Director


By:/s/MIRIAM TRAUTMANN
Name: Miriam Trautmann
Title: Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to First Amendment to 3-Year Term Loan Agreement]

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Exhibit 10.29

Execution Version

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT

AGREEMENT

AMONG

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

AND CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,

AS THE BORROWERS;

TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC

AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE LENDERS;

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTIES HERETO;

AND WITH

TD SECURITIES (USA), LLC,

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS¹

and

MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC

AS JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS AND JOINT BOOKRUNNERS;

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.

AS SYNDICATION AGENT;

AND

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

and

MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC]

AS CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENTS.

Dated as of December 8, 2021

¹	A brand name for the capital markets businesses of ROYAL BANK OF CANADA and its affiliates.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page
ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS			1
Section 1.1	Definitions		1
Section 1.2	Interpretation		36
Section 1.3	Cross References		37
Section 1.4	Accounting Provisions		37
Section 1.5	Letter of Credit Amounts		37
Section 1.6	Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents		37
Section 1.7	Additional Alternative Currencies		38
Section 1.8	Divisions		39
Section 1.9	LIBOR Notification		39

ARTICLE 2 - LOANS			40
Section 2.1	The Revolving Loans		40
Section 2.2	Manner of Advance and Disbursement		40
Section 2.3	Interest		45
Section 2.4	Commitment and Letter of Credit Fees		47
Section 2.5	Commitment Reductions		49
Section 2.6	Prepayments and Repayments		50
Section 2.7	Notes; Loan Accounts		51
Section 2.8	Manner of Payment		52
Section 2.9	Reimbursement		53
Section 2.10	Pro Rata Treatment		54
Section 2.11	Capital Adequacy		55
Section 2.12	Lender Tax Forms		56
Section 2.13	Letters of Credit		57
Section 2.14	Incremental Commitments		66
Section 2.15	Cash Collateral		67
Section 2.16	Defaulting Lenders		68
Section 2.17	Swingline Loans		70
Section 2.18	Maturity Date Extension		73

ARTICLE 3 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT			74
Section 3.1	Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement		74
Section 3.2	Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance to Each Subsidiary Borrower		75
Section 3.3	Conditions Precedent to Each Advance (Other than a Certain Funds Advance)		76
Section 3.4	Conditions Precedent to Issuance of Letters of Credit		77
Section 3.5	Conditions Precedent to Certain Funds Advance		78

ARTICLE 4 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES			79
Section 4.1	Representations and Warranties		79
Section 4.2	Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.		82

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Table of Contents (continued)


		Page
ARTICLE 5 - GENERAL COVENANTS			82
Section 5.1	Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters		83
Section 5.2	Compliance with Applicable Law		83
Section 5.3	Maintenance of Properties		83
Section 5.4	Accounting Methods and Financial Records		83
Section 5.5	Insurance		83
Section 5.6	Payment of Taxes and Claims		83
Section 5.7	Visits and Inspections		84
Section 5.8	Use of Proceeds		84
Section 5.9	Maintenance of REIT Status		84
Section 5.10	Senior Credit Facility		84

ARTICLE 6 - INFORMATION COVENANTS			85
Section 6.1	Quarterly Financial Statements and Information		85
Section 6.2	Annual Financial Statements and Information		86
Section 6.3	Performance Certificates		86
Section 6.4	Copies of Other Reports		86
Section 6.5	Notice of Litigation and Other Matters		87
Section 6.6	Certain Electronic Delivery; Public Information		87
Section 6.7	Know Your Customer Information		88
Section 6.8	Additional Requested Information		88

ARTICLE 7 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS			89
Section 7.1	Indebtedness; Guaranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries		89
Section 7.2	Limitation on Liens		91
Section 7.3	Liquidation, Merger or Disposition of Assets		91
Section 7.4	Restricted Payments		92
Section 7.5	Senior Secured Leverage Ratio		92
Section 7.6	Total Company Leverage Ratio		92
Section 7.7	[Reserved]		93
Section 7.8	Affiliate Transactions		93
Section 7.9	Restrictive Agreements		93
Section 7.10	Use of Proceeds		94

ARTICLE 8 - DEFAULT			94
Section 8.1	Events of Default		94
Section 8.2	Remedies		96
Section 8.3	Payments Subsequent to Declaration of Event of Default		98

ARTICLE 9 - THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT			98
Section 9.1	Appointment and Authorization		98
Section 9.2	Rights as a Lender		98
Section 9.3	Exculpatory Provisions		99
Section 9.4	Reliance by Administrative Agent		100

Table of Contents (continued)


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Section 9.5	Resignation of Administrative Agent		100
Section 9.6	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders		101
Section 9.7	Indemnification		102
Section 9.8	No Responsibilities of the Agents		102
Section 9.9	Lender ERISA Matters		102
Section 9.10	Erroneous Payments		102

ARTICLE 10 - CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING LIBOR ADVANCES
	AND INCREASED COSTS		104
Section 10.1	Interest Rate Basis Determination Inadequate or Unfair		104
Section 10.2	Illegality		106
Section 10.3	Increased Costs and Additional Amounts		107
Section 10.4	Effect On Other Advances		110
Section 10.5	Claims for Increased Costs and Taxes; Replacement Lenders		110

ARTICLE 11 - GUARANTY			111
Section 11.1	Unconditional Guaranty		111
Section 11.2	Guaranty Absolute		111
Section 11.3	Waivers and Acknowledgments		112
Section 11.4	Subrogation		113
Section 11.5	Subordination		114
Section 11.6	Continuing Guaranty; Assignments		115

ARTICLE 12 - MISCELLANEOUS			115
Section 12.1	Notices		115
Section 12.2	Expenses		117
Section 12.3	Waivers		118
Section 12.4	Assignment and Participation		118
Section 12.5	Indemnity		124
Section 12.6	Subsidiary Borrowers		125
Section 12.7	Counterparts		126
Section 12.8	Governing Law; Jurisdiction		126
Section 12.9	Severability		128
Section 12.10	Interest		128
Section 12.11	Table of Contents and Headings		128
Section 12.12	Amendment and Waiver		128
Section 12.13	Power of Attorney		130
Section 12.14	Entire Agreement		130
Section 12.15	Other Relationships; No Fiduciary Relationships		130
Section 12.16	Directly or Indirectly		130
Section 12.17	Reliance on and Survival of Various Provisions		131
Section 12.18	Senior Debt		131
Section 12.19	Obligations		131
Section 12.20	Confidentiality		131

Table of Contents (continued)


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Section 12.21	Judgment		132
Section 12.22	Substitution of Currency		132
Section 12.23	Right of Set-off		133
Section 12.24	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions		133
Section 12.25	USA Patriot Act		134

ARTICLE 13 - WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL			134
Section 13.1	Waiver of Jury Trial		134

SCHEDULES


Schedule 1		Commitments; Commitment Ratios
Schedule 2		Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3		Existing ABS Facilities
Schedule 4		Subsidiaries on the Effective Date
Schedule 5		Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Notice Addresses

EXHIBITS


Exhibit A		Form of Request for Advance
Exhibit B		Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit C		Form of Revolving Loan Note
Exhibit D		Form of Loan Certificate
Exhibit E		Form of Performance Certificate
Exhibit F		Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit G		Form of Swingline Loan Notice
Exhibit H		Form of Designation Agreement

(v)

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Third Amended And Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement is made as of December 8, 2021, by and among AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as a Borrower, the Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined herein), TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as Administrative Agent, and the financial institutions parties hereto (together with any permitted successors and assigns of the foregoing).

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1—DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement:

“364-Day Term Loan Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Effective Date Credit Agreements”.

“2-Year Term Loan Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Effective Date Credit Agreements”.

“ABS Facility” shall mean one or more secured loans, borrowings or facilities that may be included in a commercial real estate securitization transaction.

“Acquisition” shall mean (whether by purchase, lease, exchange, issuance of stock or other equity or debt securities, merger, reorganization or any other method) (i) any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Company, which Person shall then become consolidated with the Company or such Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP; (ii) any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of all or any substantial part of the assets of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Company; (iii) any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any business (or related contracts) primarily engaged in the tower, tower management or related businesses; or (iv) any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any communications towers or communications tower sites.

“Act” have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.25 hereof.

losses in respect of Hedge Agreements, non-cash impairment charges, non-cash valuation charges for stock option grants or vesting of restricted stock awards or any other non-cash compensation charges, and losses from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness), (vi) non-recurring integration costs and expenses resulting from operational changes and improvements (including, without limitation, severance costs and business optimization expenses) and (vii) non-recurring charges and expenses, restructuring charges, transaction expenses (including, without limitation, transaction expenses incurred in connection with any merger or acquisition) and underwriters’ fees, and severance and retention payments in connection with any merger or acquisition, in each case for such period, less extraordinary gains and cash payments (not otherwise deducted in determining Net Income) made during such period with respect to non-cash charges that were added back in a prior period; provided, however, (A) with respect to any Person that became a Subsidiary of the Company, or was merged with or consolidated into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, during such period, or any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the assets of any Person during such period, “Adjusted EBITDA” shall, at the option of the Company in respect of any or all of the foregoing, also include the Adjusted EBITDA of such Person or attributable to such assets, as applicable, during such period as if such acquisition, merger or consolidation, including any concurrent transaction entered into by such Person or with respect to such assets as part of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, had occurred on the first day of such period and (B) with respect to any Person that has ceased to be a Subsidiary of the Company during such period, or any material assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries sold or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during such period, “Adjusted EBITDA” shall exclude the Adjusted EBITDA of such Person or attributable to such assets, as applicable, during such period as if such sale or disposition of such Subsidiary or such assets had occurred on the first day of such period.

“Administrative Agent” shall mean Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, or any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 9.5 hereof.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 5, or such other address or account as may be designated pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.1 hereof.

“Advance” shall mean the aggregate amounts advanced by the Lenders to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Article 2 hereof on the occasion of any borrowing and having the same Interest Rate Basis and Interest Period; and “Advances” shall mean more than one Advance.

“Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

“Affected Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.5 hereof.

“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such first Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any Person, shall mean the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

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“Agreed Currency” shall mean Dollars and each Alternative Currency.

“Agreement” shall mean this Third Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in writing from time to time.

“Alternative Currency” shall mean each of Euro, Sterling, Yen, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.7.

“Alternative Currency Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.

“Alternative Currency Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $3,500,000,000 and (b) the Available Amount. The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Loan Commitments.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to money laundering, bribery or corruption.

“Applicable Debt Rating” shall mean the highest Debt Rating received from any of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch; provided that if the lowest Debt Rating received from any such rating agency is two or more rating levels below the highest Debt Rating received from any such rating agency, the Applicable Debt Rating shall be the level that is one level below the highest of such Debt Ratings; provided, however, that if two ratings are at the same highest level, the Applicable Debt Rating shall be the highest level.

“Applicable Law” shall mean, in respect of any Person, all provisions of constitutions, statutes, treaties, rules, regulations and orders of governmental bodies or regulatory agencies applicable to such Person, including, without limiting the foregoing, the Licenses, the Communications Act, zoning ordinances and all environmental laws, and all orders, decisions, judgments and decrees of all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or actions to which the Person in question is a party or by which it is bound.

“Applicable Margin” shall mean the interest rate margin applicable to Base Rate Advances, SONIA Rate Advances and LIBOR Advances, as the case may be, in each case determined in accordance with Section 2.3(f) hereof.

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“Attributable Debt” in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction shall mean, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended). Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Australian Dollars” or “AUD” shall mean the lawful currency of Australia.

“Authorized Signatory” shall mean such senior personnel of a Person as may be duly authorized and designated in writing by such Person to execute documents, agreements and instruments on behalf of such Person.

“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.13(b)(iii) hereof.

“Available Amount” shall mean (a) prior to the Full Availability Date, the Interim Available Amount and (b) on or after the Full Availability Date, the Interim Available Amount plus the Incremental Available Amount; provided that after the Full Availability Expiration, the Available Amount shall be the Interim Available Amount.

“Available Revolving Loan Commitment” shall mean, as of any date, the difference between (i) the Available Amount in effect on such date minus (ii) the sum of (A) the Dollar Equivalent of the Revolving Loans then outstanding plus (B) the Dollar Equivalent of the L/C Obligations then outstanding plus (C) the Swingline Loans then outstanding.

“Available Tenor” shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 10.1(f).

“Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

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“Base Rate”shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Toronto Dominion as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Toronto Dominion based upon various factors including Toronto Dominion costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Toronto Dominion shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

“Base Rate Advance” shall mean an Advance denominated in Dollars which the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower requests to be made as a Base Rate Advance or is Converted to a Base Rate Advance, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof, and which shall be in a principal amount of at least $1,000,000.00 and in an integral multiple of $500,000.00.

“Base Rate Basis” shall mean a simple interest rate equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rate and (ii) the Applicable Margin applicable to Base Rate Advances for the applicable Loans. The Base Rate Basis shall be adjusted automatically as of the opening of business on the effective date of each change in the Base Rate to account for such change, and shall also be adjusted to reflect changes of the Applicable Margin applicable to Base Rate Advances.

“Benchmark” shall mean, initially, the Relevant Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of Section 10.1.

“Benchmark Replacement” shall mean for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date; provided that, in the case of any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, “Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the alternative set forth in clause (3) below:

(1) the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

(2) the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; and

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information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; provided further that, solely with respect to a Loan denominated in Dollars, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event and the delivery of a Term SOFR Notice, on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date the Benchmark Replacement shall revert to and shall be deemed to be the sum of (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment as set forth in clause (1) of this definition (subject to the first proviso above).

If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1), (2) or (3) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” shall mean, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement:

(1) for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:

(a) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; and

(b) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) as of the Reference Time such Benchmark Replacement is first set for such Interest Period that would apply to the fallback rate for a derivative transaction referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon an index cessation event with respect to such Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor; and

(2) for purposes of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time; provided that, in the case of clause (1) above, such adjustment is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such Benchmark Replacement Adjustment from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

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“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate”, the definition of “Business Day”, the definition of “Interest Period”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of look-back periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent reasonably decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

“Benchmark Replacement Date” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:

(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein;

(3) in the case of a Term SOFR Transition Event, the date that is thirty days after the date a Term SOFR Notice is provided to the Lenders and the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(c); or

(4) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the sixth Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Majority Lenders.

For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) above with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

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“Benchmark Transition Event” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board, the NYFRB, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component thereof), in each case which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

“Benchmark Unavailability Period” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of the definition thereof has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 10.1 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 10.1.

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“Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

“Borrower” shall mean the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower designated from time to time by the Company until (in the case of any Subsidiary Borrower) such time as such Subsidiary Borrower is removed as a party hereto pursuant to Section 12.6(b) hereto.

“Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.6 hereof.

“Bridge Commitment Letter” shall mean the commitment letter with respect to the bridge facility dated November 14, 2021 between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

“Bridge Facility” shall mean shall mean the senior unsecured bridge facility of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount of up to $10.5 billion described in the Bridge Commitment Letter.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and

(a) if such day relates to any Revolving Loan made as a LIBOR Advance and denominated in a currency other than Euro or Yen, shall mean any such day that is also a London Banking Day;

(b) if such day relates to any Revolving Loan made as a LIBOR Advance and denominated in Euro, shall mean any such day that is also a TARGET Day;

(c) if such day relates to any Revolving Loan made as a LIBOR Advance and denominated in a currency other than Dollars, Yen or Euro, shall also mean any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency;

(d) if such day relates to any Revolving Loan made as an SONIA Rate Advance, any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in London; and

(e) if such day relates to any Revolving Loan made as a LIBOR Advance and denominated in Yen, shall mean any such day on which banks are also open for business in Japan.

“Buyer” shall mean American Tower Investments LLC, a California limited liability company and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company.

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“Canadian Dollars”, “CAD” or “Cdn. $” shall mean the lawful currency of Canada.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” shall mean that portion of any obligation of a Person as lessee under a lease which at the time would be required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such lessee in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Collateralize” shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or Issuing Banks (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Issuing Bank benefiting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the applicable Issuing Bank. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“Cash Equivalents” shall mean ‘cash equivalents’ as defined under and determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

“CDOR Rate” shall mean the rate per annum, equal to the average of the annual yield rates applicable to Canadian banker’s acceptances at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Canada time) on the first day of such Interest Period on the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page or commercially available source displaying Canadian interbank bid rates for Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or if such Interest Period is not equal to a number of months, for a term equivalent to the number of months closest to such Interest Period.

“Certain Funds Advance” shall mean a single drawing of Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars by the Company made or to be made during the Certain Funds Period where such Revolving Loans are to be made solely to the Company and to finance a Certain Funds Purpose in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Certain Funds Sublimit.

“Certain Funds Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, its Commitment hereunder to make Certain Funds Advances hereunder in an amount equal to its pro rata share of the Certain Funds Sublimit.

“Certain Funds Period” shall mean the period from and including the Effective Date until the first to occur of (i) the consummation of the Specified Merger and (ii) the Full Availability Expiration.

“Certain Funds Purpose” shall mean one or more of the purposes set out in Section 5.8(b).

“Certain Funds Sublimit” shall mean $3,400,000,000, which shall automatically be reduced to $0 (x) after the making of any Certain Funds Advances on the Full Availability Date and (y) the last day of the Certain Funds Period. The Certain Funds Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Loan Commitments, and shall expire at the end of the Certain Funds Period.

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“Change of Control” shall mean (a) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the voting stock of either the Company (if the Company is not a Subsidiary of any Person) or of the ultimate parent entity of which the Company is a Subsidiary (if the Company is a Subsidiary of any Person), as the case may be, by way of merger or consolidation or otherwise, or (b) a change shall occur in a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors (including the Chairman and President) within a year-long period such that such majority shall no longer consist of Continuing Directors.

“Closing Date” shall mean the date when all of the conditions set forth in Section 3.5 shall have been satisfied or waived.

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Commercial Letter of Credit” shall mean a documentary letter of credit issued in respect of the purchase of goods or services by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by an Issuing Bank in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Commitment Ratio” shall mean the percentage in which a Lender is severally bound to fund its portion of Advances to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower under the Revolving Loan Commitments, as set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto (together with Dollar amounts) (and which may change from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, before the Full Availability Date, the Commitment Ratio for any Lender shall be a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s “Interim Available Amount” as set forth in Part B of Schedule I, as may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and any applicable Assignment and Acceptance, and the denominator of which is the “Total Interim Available Amount” then in effect as set forth in Part B of Schedule I (it being understood any modification of any Lender’s Commitment or the aggregate amount of Revolving Loan Commitments shall be deemed to result in the same modification of such Lender’s “Interim Available Amount” or the “Total Interim Available Amount” as set forth in Part B of Schedule I on a ratable basis, respectively).

“Commitments” shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Loan Commitments and, if applicable, the L/C Commitments.

“Communications Act” shall mean the Communications Act of 1934, and any similar or successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the FCC or other similar or successor agency thereunder, all as the same may be in effect from time to time.

“Company” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble hereof.

“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean as of any date the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date and determined in accordance with GAAP.

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“Continue”, “Continuation”, “Continuing” and “Continued” shall mean the continuation pursuant to Article 2 hereof of a LIBOR Advance as a LIBOR Advance from one Interest Period to a different Interest Period.

“Continuing Director” shall mean a director who either (a) was a member of the Company’s board of directors on the date of this Agreement, (b) becomes a member of the Company’s board of directors subsequent to the date of this Agreement and whose appointment, election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the directors referred to in clause (a) above constituting at the time of such appointment, election or nomination at least a majority of that board, or (c) becomes a member of the Company’s board of directors subsequent to the date of this Agreement and whose appointment, election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the directors referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above constituting at the time of such appointment, election or nomination at least a majority of that board.

“Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted” shall mean a conversion pursuant to Article 2 hereof of a LIBOR Advance denominated in Dollars into a Base Rate Advance or of a Base Rate Advance into a LIBOR Advance, as applicable.

“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor shall mean, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.

“Credit Extension” shall mean each of the following: (a) an Advance and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

“Daily Simple SOFR” shall mean, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining Daily Simple SOFR for business loans; provided, that, if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.

“Debt Rating” shall mean, as of any date, the senior unsecured debt rating of the Company that has been most recently announced by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be.

“Default” shall mean any Event of Default, and any of the events specified in Section 8.1 hereof, regardless of whether there shall have occurred any passage of time or giving of notice, or both, that would be necessary in order to constitute such event an Event of Default.

“Default Rate” shall mean a simple per annum interest rate equal to the sum of (a) the then applicable Interest Rate Basis (including the Applicable Margin), and (b) two percent (2.0%).

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“Defaulting Lender” shall mean, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Company, or the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements generally in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a voluntary proceeding under any bankruptcy or other debtor relief law or has become the subject of a Bail-In Action, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any voluntary or involuntary proceeding under any bankruptcy or other debtor relief law or any such appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a governmental authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such governmental authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Company, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.

“Designated Person” shall mean a person or entity (a) listed in the annex to, or otherwise subject to the provisions of, any Executive Order (as defined in the definition of “Sanctions Laws and Regulations”), (b) named as a “Specifically Designated National and Blocked Person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list (the “SDN List”), (c) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom or any EU member state, (d) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (e) in which an entity or person on the SDN List (or any combination of such entities or persons) has 50% or greater direct or indirect ownership interest or that is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, by an entity or person on the SDN List (or any combination of such entities or persons).

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“Designation Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any Subsidiary Borrower, an agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto signed by such Subsidiary Borrower and the Company.

“Dollar” and “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States.

“Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.

“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that is not a Foreign Subsidiary. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Domestic Subsidiary” or to “Domestic Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Domestic Subsidiary or Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company.

“Early Opt-in Election” shall mean:

(a) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, the occurrence of: (1) a notification by the Administrative Agent to (or the request by the Company to the Administrative Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review), and (2) the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Company to trigger a fallback from LIBOR Rate and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders; and

(b) in the case of Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency, the occurrence of: (1) (i) a determination by the Administrative Agent or the Company or (ii) a notification by the Majority Lenders to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Company) that the Majority Lenders have determined that syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Alternative Currency being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 10.1 are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the Relevant Rate, and (2) (i) the joint election by the Administrative Agent and the Company or (ii) the election by the Majority Lenders to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision, as applicable, by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Company and the Lenders or by the Majority Lenders of written notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.

“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

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“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“Effective Date” shall mean the date when all of the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 shall have been satisfied or waived.

“Effective Date Credit Agreements” shall mean (i) the Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto, (ii) the 364-Day Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto (the “364-Day Term Loan Agreement”) (iii) the 2-Year Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto (the “2-Year Term Loan Agreement”) and (iv) the Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date among the Borrower, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto.

“EMU” shall mean the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.

“EMU Legislation” shall mean the legislative measures of the EMU for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from time to time.

“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any Person, including a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the Company, that is a member of any group of organizations of which the Company is a member and is treated as a single employer with the Company under Section 414 of the Code.

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

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average rate of the Banking Federation of the EMU as the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Lenders and the Company, shall reasonably select or (b) if no quotation for the Euro for the relevant period is displayed and the Administrative Agent has not selected an alternative service on which a quotation is displayed, the rate per annum at which deposits in Euro for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Advance being made, Continued or Converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Toronto Dominion’s London branch (or other branch or Affiliate) to leading banks in the European interbank market at or about 11:00 A.M. (Central European time) two TARGET Days before the first day of such Interest Period.

“Euro”, “EUR” and “€” shall mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.

“Eurocurrency Rate” shall mean, for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Advance, the rate per annum equal to

(a) with respect to any Advance denominated in Dollars (i) the ICE Benchmark Administration Settlement Rate (or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making such a rate available) (“LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or, (ii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Advance being made, Continued or Converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Toronto Dominion’s London branch (or other branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period;

(b) with respect to any Advance denominated in Euro, the EURIBOR Rate;

(c) with respect to any Advance denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to (i) the CDOR Rate plus 0.10% per annum or (ii) if such rate is not available at such time for such term for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the discount rate (calculated on an annual basis and rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1,000 of 1% being rounded up) as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Canada time) on such day at which the Administrative Agent is then offering to purchase bankers’ acceptances accepted by it having an aggregate face amount equal to the aggregate face amount of, and with a term equivalent to or comparable to the term of, such Interest Period (or if such Interest Period is not equal to a number of months, having a term equivalent to the number of months closest to such Interest Period); and

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(d) with respect to Australian Dollars (i) the rate of interest per annum equal to the per annum rate of interest which appears as “BID” on the page designated as “BBSY” on the Reuters Monitor System (or such other comparable page as may, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, replace such BBSY page on such system for the purpose of displaying the bank bill swap rates) with maturities comparable to such Interest Period at approximately 10:30 am (Sydney time) on the first day of such Interest Period or (ii) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the average of the buying rates quoted to Toronto Dominion’s London branch at or around 10:30 am (Sydney time) on the first day of such Interest Period for bills of exchange accepted by leading Australian banks which have a tenor equal to such Interest Period;

(e) with respect to any Advance denominated in Yen, the TIBOR Rate.

provided that if the Eurocurrency Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” shall mean the percentage which is in effect from time to time under Regulation D of the Board, as such regulation may be amended from time to time, as the maximum reserve requirement applicable with respect to Eurocurrency Liabilities (as that term is defined in Regulation D), whether or not any Lender has any such Eurocurrency Liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that time.

“Event of Default” shall mean any of the events specified in Section 8.1 hereof; provided, however, that any requirement stated therein for notice or lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Existing ABS Facility” shall mean each mortgage loan facility existing on the Effective Date and listed on Schedule 3.

“Existing Credit Agreements” shall mean (i) the Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto, (ii) the 364-Day Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto, (iii) the 2-Year Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto (iv) the 3-Year Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, as amended, among the Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto; and (v) the Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto.

“Existing Multicurrency Credit Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 10, 2021 (as amended, amended and restated or otherwise supplemented from time to time immediately prior to the Effective Date).

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“Extending Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.18 hereof.

“Extension Date” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.18 hereof.

“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among governmental authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

“FCC” shall mean the Federal Communications Commission, or any other similar or successor agency of the Federal government administering the Communications Act.

“Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the rate published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the NYFRB for overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

“Fitch” shall mean Fitch, Inc. (Fitch Ratings), and its successors.

“Floor” shall mean the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Eurocurrency Rate.

“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary whose place of registration, incorporation, organization or domicile is outside of the United States of America. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Foreign Subsidiary” or to “Foreign Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company.

“Foreign Subsidiary Borrower” shall mean any Subsidiary Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Fronting Exposure” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Ratio of the outstanding L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Ratio of Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.

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“Full Availability Date” means the Pre-Closing Funding Date or the Closing Date, as applicable; provided that if following a Pre-Closing Funding Date the Closing Date does not occur on or prior to the applicable Return Date, the Full Availability Date shall be deemed not to have occurred and the Available Amount shall be reduced to the Interim Available Amount until the next Full Availability Date (if any).

“Full Availability Expiration” means the earlier of (i) the termination in accordance with the terms of the Specified Merger Agreement or the public announcement by the Company of the abandonment of the Specified Merger if the Closing Date has not occurred on or prior to such date and (ii) 11:59 p.m. New York City time on May 13, 2022.

“Funds From Operations” shall mean net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property and extraordinary and unusual items, plus depreciation, amortization and dividends declared on preferred stock, and after adjustments for unconsolidated minority interests, on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries.

“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied and as in effect on the date of this Agreement.

“Granting Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.4(f) hereof.

“Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.1 hereof.

“Guaranty”, as applied to an obligation, shall mean and include (a) a guaranty, direct or indirect, in any manner, of all or any part of such obligation, and (b) any agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of all or any part of such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, any reimbursement obligations as to amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of outstanding letters of credit or capital call requirements; provided, however, that the term “Guaranty” shall only include guarantees of Indebtedness.

“Hedge Agreements” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any agreements or other arrangements to which such Person is a party relating to any rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, interest rate cap transaction, interest rate floor transaction, interest rate collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, or any other similar transaction, including an option to enter into any of the foregoing or any combination of the foregoing.

“Honor Date” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.13(c)(i) hereof.

“Incremental Available Amount” shall mean the portion of the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments in an aggregate amount of $1,900,000,000 (as such amount may be reduced pursuant to this Agreement). For the avoidance of doubt, the Incremental Available Amount will constitute Certain Funds Commitments subject to the Certain Funds Sublimit.

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“Incremental Commitment” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.14 hereof.

“Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Person and without duplication:

(a) indebtedness for money borrowed of such Person and indebtedness of such Person evidenced by notes payable, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments or drafts accepted representing extensions of credit;

(b) all indebtedness of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid (other than trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business, but only if and so long as such accounts are payable on customary trade terms);

(d) all reimbursement obligations of such Person with respect to outstanding letters of credit;

(e) all indebtedness of such Person issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property or services (other than trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business, but only if and so long as such accounts are payable on customary trade terms);

(f) all net obligations of such Person under Hedge Agreements valued on a marked to market basis on the date of determination;

(g) all direct or indirect obligations of any other Person secured by any Lien to which any property or asset owned by such Person is subject, but only to the extent of the higher of the fair market value or the book value of the property or asset subject to such Lien (if less than the amount of such obligation), if the obligation secured thereby shall not have been assumed; and

(h) Guaranties by such Person of any of the foregoing of any other Person.

“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.5 hereof.

“Initial Issuing Banks” shall mean the banks listed on the signature pages hereof as the Initial Issuing Banks.

“Interest Expense” shall mean, for any Person and for any period, all cash interest expense (including imputed interest with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and commitment fees) with respect to any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the Obligations) and Attributable Debt of such Person during such period pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness.

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“Interest Period” shall mean (a) in connection with any Base Rate Advance, the period beginning on the date such Advance is made as or Converted to a Base Rate Advance and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such Advance is made as or Converted to a Base Rate Advance; provided, however, that if a Base Rate Advance is made or Converted on the last day of any fiscal quarter, it shall have an Interest Period ending on, and its Payment Date shall be, the last day of the following fiscal quarter, (b) in connection with any SONIA Rate Advance, the period beginning on the date such Advance is made and ending on the date that is on the numerically corresponding day of the following calendar month (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such month) and (c) in connection with any LIBOR Advance, the term of such LIBOR Advance selected by the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower or otherwise determined in accordance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, (i) any applicable Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next Business Day unless, with respect to LIBOR Advances only, such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any applicable Interest Period, with respect to LIBOR Advances only, which begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month during which such Interest Period is to end shall (subject to clause (i) above) end on the last day of such calendar month, and (iii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Borrower shall select an Interest Period which extends beyond the Maturity Date or such earlier date as would interfere with any Borrower’s repayment obligations under Section 2.6 hereof. Interest shall be due and payable with respect to any Advance as provided in Section 2.3 hereof.

“Interest Rate Basis” shall mean the Base Rate Basis, the SONIA Rate Basis or the LIBOR Basis, as appropriate.

“Interim Available Amount” shall mean, at any time, the lesser of $4,100,000,000 and the aggregate amount of Revolving Loan Commitments at such time.

“Investment” shall mean any investment or loan by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in or to any Person which Person, after giving effect to such investment or loan, is not consolidated with the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

“ISDA Definitions” shall mean the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.

“ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“Issuer Documents” shall mean with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Company (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the applicable Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.

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“Issuing Banks” shall mean each Initial Issuing Bank, each Lender with an outstanding Letter of Credit listed on Schedule 2, and any other Lender approved as a Issuing Bank by the Administrative Agent and the Company and any assignee to which a L/C Commitment hereunder has been assigned pursuant to Section 12.4 so long as each such Lender or such assignee expressly agrees to perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Issuing Bank and notifies the Administrative Agent of its applicable lending office and the amount of its L/C Commitment (which information shall be recorded by the Administrative Agent in the Register), for so long as such Initial Issuing Bank, Lender or assignee, as the case may be, shall have a L/C Commitment.

“Joint Lead Arrangers” shall mean TD Securities (USA) LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and each other financial institution identified as a joint lead arranger on the cover of this Agreement.

“known to the Company”, “to the knowledge of the Company” or any similar phrase, shall mean known by, or reasonably should have been known by, the executive officers of the Company (which shall include, without limitation, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, if any, the chief financial officer and the general counsel of the Company).

“L/C Advance” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as Revolving Loans.

“L/C Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Issuing Bank at any time, the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule 1 hereto under the caption “L/C Commitment” or set forth for such Issuing Bank in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 12.4(c) as such Issuing Bank’s “L/C Commitment,” as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.5, or such other amount as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Company.

“L/C Loan” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Advance in accordance with its Commitment Ratio.

“L/C Credit Extension” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

“L/C Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Advances. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.5. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

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“Lenders” shall mean the Persons whose names appear as “Lenders” on Schedule 1, any other Person which becomes a “Lender” hereunder after the Effective Date by executing an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto in accordance with the provisions hereof, any New Lender and, unless the context requires otherwise, the Swingline Lender; and “Lender” shall mean any one of the foregoing Lenders.

“Letter of Credit Application” shall mean an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable Issuing Bank.

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” shall mean the day that is seven (7) days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

“Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.4(b)(ii).

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall mean, at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) the Available Amount. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Loan Commitments.

“Letters of Credit” shall mean, collectively, each Standby Letter of Credit or Commercial Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Banks on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that any Commercial Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall provide solely for cash payment upon presentation of a sight draft.

“LIBOR” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”.

“LIBOR Advance” shall mean an Advance which the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower requests to be made as, Converted to or Continued as a LIBOR Advance in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof, and which shall be in a principal amount of at least the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000.00 and in an integral multiple of the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000.00. Revolving Loans made as a LIBOR Advances may be denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency. All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be made as LIBOR Advances.

“LIBOR Basis” shall mean a simple per annum interest rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of one percent (1%)) equal to the sum of (a) the quotient of (i) the Eurocurrency Rate divided by (ii) one (1) minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage, if any, stated as a decimal, plus (b) the Applicable Margin. The LIBOR Basis shall apply to Interest Periods of one (1), three (3), or six (6) months (other than with respect to Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars), and, once determined, shall remain unchanged during the applicable Interest Period, except for changes to reflect adjustments in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage and the Applicable Margin as adjusted pursuant to Section 2.3(f) hereof. The LIBOR Basis for any LIBOR Advance shall be adjusted as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.

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“Licenses” shall mean, collectively, any telephone, microwave, radio transmissions, personal communications or other license, authorization, certificate of compliance, franchise, approval or permit, whether for the construction, the ownership or the operation of any communications tower facilities, granted or issued by the FCC and held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, title retention agreement or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such property.

“Loan Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, all fee letters, all Designation Agreements, Requests for Advance, all Requests for Issuance of Letters of Credit, all Letters of Credit and all other certificates, documents, instruments and agreements executed or delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower in connection with or contemplated by this Agreement.

“Loans” shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Loans, the L/C Loans and the Swingline Loans.

“London Banking Day” shall mean any day on which dealings are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank Eurocurrency market.

“Majority Lenders” shall mean Lenders the total of whose Revolving Loan Commitments at such time (or, after the termination thereof, the Dollar Equivalent of the Revolving Loans of such Lenders then outstanding and such Lenders’ Commitment Ratios of the Swingline Loans then outstanding and the Dollar Equivalent of the L/C Obligations then outstanding) exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders in effect at such time (or, after the termination thereof, the Dollar Equivalent of the Revolving Loans of all Lenders then outstanding, the Swingline Loans then outstanding and the L/C Obligations then outstanding), in each case, held by all Lenders entitled to vote hereunder; provided that the Revolving Loan Commitment of, and the portion of the Dollar Equivalent of the Revolving Loans then outstanding held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender, and any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Ratio of the Swingline Loans then outstanding and the Dollar Equivalent of the L/C Obligations then outstanding shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Majority Lenders.

“Margin stock” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1(k) hereof.

“Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Company whose Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of any fiscal year, is greater than ten percent (10%) of the Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.

“Material Subsidiary Group” shall mean one or more Subsidiaries of the Company when taken as a whole whose Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of any fiscal year, is greater than ten percent (10%) of the Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.

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“Materially Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) any material adverse effect upon the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) a material adverse effect upon any material rights or benefits of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

“Maturity Date” shall mean June 30, 2025, or such earlier date as payment of the Loans shall be due (whether by acceleration, reduction of the Commitments to zero or otherwise).

“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investor’s Service, Inc., and its successors.

“Necessary Authorizations” shall mean all approvals and licenses from, and all filings and registrations with, any governmental or other regulatory authority, including, without limiting the foregoing, the Licenses and all approvals, licenses, filings and registrations under the Communications Act, necessary in order to enable the Company and its Subsidiaries to own, construct, maintain, and operate communications tower facilities and to invest in other Persons who own, construct, maintain, manage and operate communications tower facilities.

“Net Income” shall mean, for any Person and for any period of determination, net income of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP.

“New Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.14 hereof.

“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.12(c) hereof.

“Non-Extending Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.18 hereof.

“Non-Extension Notice” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.13(b)(iii) hereof.

“Non-U.S. Person” shall mean a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

“Notes” shall mean, collectively, the Revolving Loan Notes.

“NYFRB” shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

“Obligations” shall mean all payment and performance obligations of every kind, nature and description of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Administrative Agent, or any of them, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any interest, fees and other charges on the Loans or otherwise under the Loan Documents that would accrue but for the filing of a bankruptcy action with respect to any Borrower, whether or not such claim is allowed in such bankruptcy action and the L/C Obligations), as they may be amended from time to time, or as a result of making the Loans or issuing Letters of Credit, whether such obligations are direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, contractual or based in tort, liquidated or unliquidated, arising by operation of law or otherwise, now existing or hereafter arising.

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“OFAC” shall mean the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

“Outstanding Amount” shall mean (i) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Company of Unreimbursed Amounts.

“Ownership Interests” shall mean, as applied to any Person, corporate stock and any and all securities, shares, partnership interests (whether general, limited, special or other), limited liability company interests, membership interests, equity interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated and of any character) of corporate stock of such Person or any of the foregoing issued by such Person (whether a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company or another type of entity) and includes, without limitation, securities convertible into Ownership Interests and rights, warrants or options to acquire Ownership Interests.

“Participating Member State” shall mean each state so described in any EMU Legislation.

“Payment Date” shall mean the last day of any Interest Period (provided that the Payment Date for any Interest Period of more than three months’ in duration, shall be each Business Day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period).

“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

“Permitted Liens” shall mean, collectively, as applied to any Person:

(a) (i) Liens on real estate or other property for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent and (ii) Liens for taxes, assessments, judgments, governmental charges or levies or claims the non-payment of which is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been set aside on such Person’s books in accordance with GAAP;

(b) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business (i) for sums not yet due or being diligently contested in good faith, or (ii) incidental to the ownership of its assets that, in each case, were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, such as Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, vendors (solely to the extent arising by operation of law), laborers and materialmen, in each case, if reserves in accordance with GAAP or appropriate provisions shall have been made therefor;

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(c) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance, social security obligations, assessments or government charges which are not overdue for more than sixty (60) days;

(d) restrictions on the transfer of the Licenses or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries imposed by any of the Licenses by the Communications Act and any regulations thereunder;

(e) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, licenses, reservations or restrictions on use and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of such Person or the use of such property in the operation of the business by such Person;

(f) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of purchasers in connection with any asset sale permitted hereunder; provided, however, that such Lien only encumbers the property being sold;

(g) Liens in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, so long as such Liens only attach to the assets leased thereunder, and Liens reflected by Uniform Commercial Code financing statements filed in respect of true leases or subleases of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(h) Liens to secure performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds, bids or tenders;

(i) judgment Liens which do not result in an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h) hereof;

(j) Liens in connection with escrow or security deposits made in connection with Acquisitions permitted hereunder;

(k) Liens created on any Ownership Interests of Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Material Subsidiaries held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Lien is not securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries;

(l) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(m) banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution; provided that such deposit account is not (i) a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board or other Applicable Law; and (ii) intended to provide collateral to the depositary institution;

(n) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person in the ordinary course of business;

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(o) Liens in the nature of trustees’ Liens granted pursuant to any indenture governing any Indebtedness permitted hereunder, in each case in favor of the trustee under such indenture and securing only obligations to pay compensation to such trustee, to reimburse its expenses and to indemnify it under the terms thereof;

(p) Liens on property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Company or such Subsidiary acquired the property, including acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or such Subsidiary, or an acquisition of assets; provided that such Liens (i) are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition and (ii) may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or such Subsidiary;

(q) Liens on property or assets of any Foreign Subsidiary securing the Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary; and

(r) Liens securing obligations under Hedge Agreements in an aggregate amount of such obligations not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding.

“Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, limited liability company, association, partnership, joint venture, trust or estate, an unincorporated organization, a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.

“Plan” shall mean an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA or any other employee benefit plan maintained for employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates.

“Platform” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.6 hereof.

“Post-Petition Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.5(c) hereof.

“Pre-Closing Funded Amount” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(f) hereof.

“Pre-Closing Funding Account” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(f) hereof.

“Pre-Closing Funding Date” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(f) hereof.

“Pre-Closing Funding Election” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(f) hereof.

“Primary Currency” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.21(c) hereof.

“Proposed Change” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.12(c) hereof.

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“Reference Time” with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark shall mean (1) if such Benchmark is the Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is two London Banking Days preceding the date of such setting and (2) if such Benchmark is not the Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“Register” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.4(c) hereof.

“REIT” shall mean a “real estate investment trust” as defined and taxed under Section 856-860 of the Code.

“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“Relevant Governmental Body” shall mean (a) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loan denominated in Dollars, the Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto and (b) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency, (i) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (A) such Benchmark Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement or (ii) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (A) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated, (B) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (1) such Benchmark Replacement or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (C) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (D) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.

“Relevant Rate” shall mean (a) with respect to any LIBOR Advance denominated in Dollars, LIBOR (as determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”), (b) with respect to any LIBOR Advance denominated in Canadian Dollars, the CDOR Rate (as determined in accordance with clause (c) of “Eurocurrency Rate”), (c) with respect to any LIBOR Advance denominated in Euros, the EURIBOR Rate (as determined in accordance with the definition thereof), (d) with respect to any LIBOR Advance denominated in Australian Dollars, the rate determined in accordance with clause (d) of the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”, (e) with respect to any LIBOR Advance denominated in Yen, the TIBOR Rate (as determined in accordance with the definition thereof) and (f) with respect to any SONIA Rate Advance, the SONIA Rate.

“Replacement Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.5 hereof.

“Request for Advance” shall mean a certificate designated as a “Request for Advance,” signed by an Authorized Signatory of the applicable Borrower requesting an Advance, Continuation or Conversion hereunder, which shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

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“Resolution Authority” shall mean an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

“Restricted Payment” shall mean any direct or indirect distribution, dividend or other payment to any Person (other than to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) on account of any Ownership Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than dividends payable solely in Ownership Interests of such Person or in warrants or other rights or options to acquire such Ownership Interests).

“Restrictive Change” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.10 hereof.

“Return Date” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(f) hereof.

“Revaluation Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Revolving Loan made as a LIBOR Advance, each of the following: (i) each date of a LIBOR Advance of such Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of such LIBOR Advance of such Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Majority Lenders shall reasonably require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the relevant Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer shall determine or the Majority Lenders shall reasonably require.

“Revolving Loan Commitments” shall mean, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swingline Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth (i) opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1, (ii) in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, or (iii) opposite such New Lender’s name on the signature page executed by such New Lender, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and in each case subject to the Available Amount on such date. The aggregate amount of Revolving Loan Commitments on the Effective Date is $6,000,000,000, consisting of the Interim Available Amount and the Incremental Available Amount.

“Revolving Loan Notes” shall mean, collectively, those certain revolving promissory notes in an aggregate original principal amount of up to the Revolving Loan Commitments, issued by the applicable Borrower to the Lenders having a Revolving Loan Commitment, each one substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto, and any extensions, renewals or amendments to, or replacements of, the foregoing.

“Revolving Loan” and “Revolving Loans” shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 2.1 hereof.

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“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings, and its successors.

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall mean any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any third party whereby the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and whereby the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall then or thereafter rent or lease as lessee such property or any part thereof or other property which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries intend to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for such arrangements for fair market value.

“Sanctioned Country” shall mean a country or territory that is itself the target or subject of a country-wide or region-wide sanctions program administered by (a) OFAC or (b) the United Nations Security Council, European Union, any European Union member state or the United Kingdom (currently, Cuba, the Crimea region, Iran, North Korean and Syria).

“Sanctions Laws and Regulations” shall mean (i) any sanctions, prohibitions or requirements imposed by any U.S. executive order (an “Executive Order”) or by any sanctions program administered by OFAC; and (ii) any sanctions measures imposed by the United Nations Security Council, European Union, any European Union member state or the United Kingdom.

“Senior Secured Debt” shall mean, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of any date, the aggregate amount of secured Indebtedness plus Attributable Debt of such Persons as of such date (including, without limitation, Indebtedness under any Existing ABS Facility and Indebtedness under any additional ABS Facilities entered into in accordance with Section 7.1(h) hereof).

“SOFR” shall mean, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website at approximately 8:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

“SOFR Administrator” shall mean the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“SOFR Administrator’s Website” shall mean the NYFRB’s website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

“SONIA” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average for such Business Day published by the SONIA Administrator on the SONIA Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day; provided that if SONIA shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

“SONIA Administrator” means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).

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“SONIA Administrator’s Website” means the Bank of England’s website, currently at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time.

“SONIA Rate” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, (a) SONIA published on the fifth Business Day preceding such date (provided however that if such determination date is not a Business Day, “SONIA Rate” means such rate that applied on the first Business Day immediately prior thereto) plus (b) 0.0326%.

“SONIA Rate Advance” shall mean an Advance denominated in Sterling which the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower requests to be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof and which shall be in a principal amount of at least the Dollar Equivalent of $5,000,000.00 and in an integral multiple of the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000.00.

“SONIA Rate Basis” shall mean a simple interest rate equal to the sum of (i) the SONIA Rate and (ii) the Applicable Margin applicable to SONIA Rate Advances for the applicable Loans. The SONIA Rate Basis shall be adjusted automatically as of the opening of business on the effective date of each change in the SONIA Rate to account for such change, and shall also be adjusted to reflect changes of the Applicable Margin applicable to SONIA Rate Advances.

“SPC” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.4(f) hereof.

“Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.

“Specified Merger Agreement Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties made by the Target and/or the Target Operating Partnership, as applicable, in the Specified Merger Agreement with respect to the Target and its subsidiaries and/or the Target Operating Partnership, as applicable, that are material to the interests of the Joint Lead Arrangers or the Lenders, but only to the extent that the Borrower has the right under the Specified Merger Agreement not to consummate the Specified Merger, or to terminate its obligations under the Specified Merger Agreement, as a result of such representations and warranties in such Specified Merger Agreement not being true and correct.

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“Specified Merger Related Conditions” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2(f).

“Specified Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties contained in (a) the first sentence of Section 4.1(a), (b) Section 4.1(b), (c) Section 4.1(c)(iii) or (iv) (in the case of indentures, agreements, or other instruments, solely to the extent such indentures, agreements or other instruments evidence Indebtedness in an aggregate amount in excess of $400,000,000 (including, without limitation, the Existing Credit Agreements)), without giving effect to any materiality qualification therein, (d) Section 4.1(k), (e) Section 4.1(l), (f) Section 4.1(m), (g) Section 4.1(n) (in the case of Anti-Corruption Laws, solely with respect to the use of proceeds of the Loans).

“Specified Transactions” shall mean (i) the Specified Merger, (ii) the entering into this Agreement and the Effective Date Credit Agreements and the funding hereunder and thereunder in connection with the consummation of the Specified Merger and (iii) the payment of costs and expenses in connection with the foregoing.

“Spot Rate” for a currency shall mean the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided, further, that the relevant Issuing Bank may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.

“Standby Letter of Credit” shall mean a letter of credit issued by an Issuing Bank in accordance with the terms hereof to support obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business, and which is not a Commercial Letter of Credit.

“Sterling”, “GBP” and “£” shall mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

“Subordinated Obligations” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.5 hereof.

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and/or such Person’s Subsidiaries directly or indirectly own less than a majority of such Subsidiary’s Ownership Interests, then such Subsidiary’s operating or governing documents must require (i) such Subsidiary’s net cash after the establishment of reserves be distributed to its equity holders no less frequently than quarterly and (ii) the consent of such Person and/or such Person’s Subsidiaries to amend or otherwise modify the provisions of such operating or governing documents requiring such distributions, or (b) any other entity which is directly or indirectly controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person, or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

“Subsidiary Borrower” shall mean any Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 12.6(a) until such time as such Subsidiary Borrower is removed as a party hereto pursuant to Section 12.6(b).

“Swingline Advance” shall mean an Advance of a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.17.

“Swingline Lender” shall mean The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch in its capacity as provider of Swingline Loans, or any successor swingline lender hereunder.

“Swingline Loan” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a).

“Swingline Loan Notice” shall mean a notice of a Swingline Advance pursuant to Section 2.17(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

“Swingline Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $50,000,000 and (b) the Available Amount. The Swingline Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Loan Commitments.

“Syndication Agent” shall mean Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

“Target” shall mean CoreSite Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation.

“TARGET Day” shall mean any day on which TARGET2 is open for business.

“Target Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning ascribed to the term “Company Material Adverse Effect” in the Specified Merger Agreement as in effect on November 14, 2021.

“Target Operating Partnership” shall mean CoreSite, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

“TARGET2” shall mean the Trans-European Automated Real Time Gross Settlement Express transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and which was launched on 19 November 2007.

“Taxes” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.3(b).

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“Term SOFR” shall mean, for the applicable Corresponding Tenor as of the applicable Reference Time, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.

“Term SOFR Notice” shall mean a notification by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders and the Company of the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event.

“Term SOFR Transition Event” shall mean the determination by the Administrative Agent that (a) Term SOFR has been recommended for use by the Relevant Governmental Body, (b) the administration of Term SOFR is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent and (c) a Benchmark Transition Event has previously occurred resulting in a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 10.1 that is not Term SOFR.

“TIBOR Rate” shall mean, for any Interest Period for each Advance denominated in Yen comprising part of the same Borrowing, the TIBOR Screen Rate two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

“TIBOR Screen Rate” means the Tokyo interbank offered rate administered by the Ippan Shadan Hojin JBA TIBOR Administration (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant currency and period displayed on page DTIBOR01 of the Reuters screen (or, in the event such rate does not appear on such Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion) as published at approximately 1:00 p.m. Japan time two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

“Ticking Fee Rate” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.4(b).

“Toronto Dominion” shall mean Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC or any of its affiliates that is a bank.

“Total Debt” shall mean, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of any date, (a) the sum (without duplication) of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans as of such date, (ii) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness plus Attributable Debt of such Persons as of such date, (iii) the aggregate amount of all Guaranties by such Persons of Indebtedness as of such date, and (iv) to the extent payable by the Company, an amount equal to the aggregate exposure of the Company under any Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, as calculated on a marked to market basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter being tested or the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, as applicable less (b) the sum of all unrestricted domestic cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date.

“UCP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).

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“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States of America, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under any laws of the United States of America, or any estate or trust that is subject to Federal income taxation regardless of the source of its income.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Unreimbursed Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.13(c)(i).

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Company that is hereafter designated by the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; provided that (a) no Material Subsidiary shall be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, (b) the aggregate Adjusted EBITDA of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (without duplication) shall not exceed 20% of consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (c) no Subsidiary of the Company may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; provided, further, that the designation by the Company of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary may be revoked by the Company at any time by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders so long as no Default would be caused thereby, from and after which time such Subsidiary will no longer be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.

“Yen” and “¥” shall mean the lawful currency of Japan.

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or document as so amended, restated, supplemented, confirmed or modified, unless stated to be as in effect on a particular date. All terms defined in this Agreement in the singular shall have comparable meanings when used in the plural and vice versa. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

Section 1.3 Cross References. Unless otherwise specified, references in this Agreement and in each other Loan Document to any Article or Section are references to such Article or Section of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be, and, unless otherwise specified, references in any Article, Section or definition to any clause are references to such clause in such Article, Section or definition.

Section 1.4 Accounting Provisions. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references in this Agreement to GAAP shall mean GAAP as in effect on the date of this Agreement as published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. All accounting terms used in this Agreement and not defined expressly, completely or specifically herein shall have the respective meanings given to them, and shall be construed, in accordance with GAAP. All financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with that used to prepare the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries. All financial or accounting calculations or determinations required pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, and all references to the financial statements of the Company, Adjusted EBITDA, Senior Secured Debt, Total Debt, Interest Expense, Consolidated Total Assets and other such financial terms shall be deemed to refer to such items, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, leases shall continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with that reflected in the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 for all purposes, notwithstanding any change in GAAP relating thereto, including with respect to Accounting Standards Codification 842.

Section 1.5 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

Section 1.6 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

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(a) The Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies and shall promptly provide notice thereof to the Company. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by the Company hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as applicable.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a LIBOR Advance or SONIA Rate Advance, conversion, continuation or prepayment of Revolving Loan made as a LIBOR Advance or SONIA Rate Advance or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Revolving Loan made as a LIBOR Advance, SONIA Rate Advance or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank, as the case may be.

Section 1.7 Additional Alternative Currencies.

(a) The Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, may from time to time request that LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency”; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of LIBOR Advances, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders; and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank.

(b) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the relevant Issuing Bank, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Issuing Bank thereof. Each Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans) or the relevant Issuing Bank (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., five (5) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.

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(c) Any failure by a Lender or any Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to permit LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders consent to making LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the relevant Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans; and if the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances by such Issuing Bank. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.7, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the relevant Borrower.

Section 1.8 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity interests at such time.

Section 1.9 LIBOR Notification. The interest rate on LIBOR Advances is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate. The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market. In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “IBA”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate. As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on LIBOR Advances. In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, Section 10.1(b) and (c) provide the mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, pursuant to Section 10.1(e), of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on LIBOR Advance is based. However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including, without limitation, (i) any such alternative, successor or replacement rate implemented pursuant to Section 10.1(b) or (c), whether upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event

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or an Early Opt-in Election, and (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes pursuant to Section 10.1(d)), including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the Eurocurrency Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.

ARTICLE 2—LOANS

Section 2.1 The Revolving Loans.

(a) If a Pre-Closing Funding Election has not been made, the Lenders agree severally, and not jointly, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, to make Loans (each such Loan, a “Revolving Loan” and, collectively, the “Revolving Loans”) to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies from time to time prior to the Maturity Date in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount not to exceed, (i) in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, the Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders, (ii) individually, such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment as in effect from time to time minus such Lender’s Commitment Ratio of the Swingline Loans and the Dollar Equivalent of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (iii) in the case of a Certain Funds Advance, the Certain Funds Sublimit;

(b) If a Pre-Closing Funding Election has been made, each Lender severally and not jointly agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to advance same day funds denominated in Dollars to the Administrative Agent on the Pre-Closing Funding Date in an amount requested by the Borrower and otherwise in accordance with Section 2.2, not to exceed an amount equal to such Lender’s Certain Funds Commitments immediately prior to the making of such advance;

provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Borrower may request (and the Lenders shall have no obligation to make) (x) an Advance under this Section 2.1 in excess of the Available Revolving Loan Commitment on such date or (y) an Advance denominated in any Alternative Currency to the extent that, after giving effect thereto, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Advances and the outstanding amount of Letters of Credit, in each case denominated in any Alternative Currency, exceeds the Alternative Currency Sublimit.

Section 2.2 Manner of Advance and Disbursement.

(a) Choice of Interest Rate, Certain Funds Advance, Etc. (x) Any Advance hereunder denominated in Dollars shall, at the option of the relevant Borrower, be made as a Base Rate Advance or a LIBOR Advance, (y) any Advance hereunder denominated in Sterling shall be made as SONIA Rate Advance and (z) any Advance hereunder denominated in any other Alternative Currency shall be made as a LIBOR Advance; provided, however, that, in each case, at such time as there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default hereunder and upon request by the Majority Lenders, no Borrower shall have the right to (i) in

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the case of Advances of Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, receive or Continue a LIBOR Advance or to Convert a Base Rate Advance to a LIBOR Advance denominated in Dollars or (ii) in the case of Advances of Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, receive or Continue a LIBOR Advance, and the Majority Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternate Currency be, at the option of the Borrower, (A) prepaid or (B) redenominated into Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto (provided that if no election is made by the Borrower by the earlier of (x) the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of such notice and (y) the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Revolving Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (B) above). In addition, the Company (but not any other Borrower) may request that an Advance that is in the form of a Revolving Loan be made as a Certain Funds Advance. If the Company requests a Revolving Loan but fails to specify whether it is a Certain Funds Advance, such Advance will be deemed not to be a Certain Funds Advance. Any notice given to the Administrative Agent in connection with a requested LIBOR Advance hereunder shall be given to the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time in order for such Business Day to count toward the minimum number of Business Days required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) a Swingline Loan may not be converted to a LIBOR Advance and (ii) the borrowing procedures with respect to Swingline Loans shall be governed by Section 2.17.

(b) Base Rate Advances.

(i) Advances. The relevant Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent in the case of Base Rate Advances irrevocable prior telephonic notice followed immediately by a Request for Advance by 9:00 A.M. New York City time on the date of such proposed Base Rate Advance; provided, however, that the relevant Borrower’s failure to confirm any telephonic notice with a Request for Advance shall not invalidate any notice so given if acted upon by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of such notice from the relevant Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender by telephone, followed promptly by email or telecopy of the contents thereof.

(ii) Conversions. The relevant Borrower may, without regard to the applicable Payment Date and upon at least three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable prior telephonic notice followed by a Request for Advance, Convert all or a portion of the principal of a Base Rate Advance to a LIBOR Advance. On the date indicated by the relevant Borrower, such Base Rate Advance shall be so Converted. The failure to give timely notice hereunder with respect to the Payment Date of any Base Rate Advance shall be considered a request to Continue such a Base Rate Advance as a Base Rate Advance for a subsequent Interest Period.

(c) LIBOR and SONIA Advances. Upon request, the Administrative Agent, whose determination in absence of manifest error shall be conclusive, shall determine the available LIBOR Basis or the SONIA Rate Basis and shall notify the relevant Borrower of such Interest Rate Basis.

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(i) LIBOR Advances. The relevant Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent (A) in the case of LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars at least three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable prior telephonic notice followed immediately by a Request for Advance, (B) in the case of LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency at least four (4) Business Days (or five (5) Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency)irrevocable prior telephonic notice followed immediately by a Request for Advance or (C) in the case of LIBOR Advances of Revolving Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars or Australian Dollars at least five (5) Business Days’ irrevocable prior telephonic notice followed immediately by a Request for Advance; provided, however, that, in each case, the relevant Borrower’s failure to confirm any telephonic notice with a Request for Advance shall not invalidate any notice so given if acted upon by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of such notice from the relevant Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender by telephone, email or telecopy of the contents thereof.

(ii) Conversions and Continuations of LIBOR Advances. At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Payment Date for each LIBOR Advance of Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars and at least four (4) Business Days prior to the Payment Date for each LIBOR Advance of Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, the relevant Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice followed by written notice specifying whether all or a portion of such LIBOR Advance (A) is to be Continued in whole or in part as one or more LIBOR Advances, (B) is to be Converted in whole or in part to a Base Rate Advance, or (C) is to be repaid. If the relevant Borrower fails to give such notice, such Advance shall automatically be Continued on its Payment Date as a LIBOR Advance with an Interest Period of one month. Upon such Payment Date such LIBOR Advance will, subject to the provisions hereof, be so Continued, Converted or repaid, as applicable. No LIBOR Advance of Revolving Loans may be Continued as or Converted into a LIBOR Advance of Revolving Loans denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid or repaid in the original currency of such LIBOR Advance of Revolving Loans and may thereafter be reborrowed in the other currency.

(iii) SONIA Rate Advances. The relevant Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent in the case of SONIA Rate Advances at least three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable prior telephonic notice followed immediately by a Request for Advance; provided, however, that the relevant Borrower’s failure to confirm any telephonic notice with a Request for Advance shall not invalidate any notice so given if acted upon by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of such notice from the relevant Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender by telephone, followed promptly by email or telecopy of the contents thereof.

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notify each Lender having the applicable Commitment by telephone, followed promptly by written notice or telecopy, of the contents thereof and the amount (and currency) of such Lender’s portion of the Advance. Each Lender having the applicable Commitment shall, not later than 12:00 p.m. New York City time on the date of borrowing specified in such notice, make available to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, or at such account as the Administrative Agent shall designate, the amount of its portion of any Advance that represents an additional borrowing hereunder in immediately available funds in the applicable currency. Each Lender at its option may make any Advance by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Advance; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the relevant Borrower to repay such Advance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Disbursement.

(i) Prior to 2:00 p.m. New York City time on the date of an Advance hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Article 3 hereof, disburse the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders in like funds by (A) transferring the amounts so made available by wire transfer pursuant to the relevant Borrower’s instructions, or (B) in the absence of such instructions, crediting the amounts so made available to the account of the relevant Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent.

(ii) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender having an applicable Commitment prior to 12:00 p.m. New York City time on the date of any Advance that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of such Advance, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made or will make such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Advance and the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion and in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the requesting Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent an applicable Lender does not make such ratable portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the requesting Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing.

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Administrative Agent, with interest at (A) the Federal Funds Rate in the case of Advances denominated in Dollars or (B) the cost of funds incurred by the Administrative Agent in respect of such amount in the case of Advances denominated in Alternative Currencies, in each case from the date the Administrative Agent made such amount available to the relevant Borrower. The relevant Borrower shall not be obligated to pay, and such amount shall not accrue, any interest or fees on such amount other than as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. The failure of any Lender to fund its portion of any Advance shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to fund its respective portion of the Advance on the date of such borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for any such failure of any other Lender.

(f) Pre-Closing Funding Election.

(i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Pre-Closing Funding Election has been made, subject solely to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Majority Lenders) of the conditions set forth in Section 3.5 other than the Specified Merger Related Conditions, each Lender shall, before 12:00 p.m. New York City time on the pre-closing funding date specified in the Request for Advance (such date, the “Pre-Closing Funding Date”), which date may be either one or two Business Days prior to the proposed date of the borrowing of the Certain Funds Advances set forth in such Request for Advance, fund into the Pre-Closing Funding Account, in same day funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of such borrowing (such amounts, the “Pre-Closing Funded Amount”).

(ii) Each Lender authorizes the Administrative Agent to release all amounts deposited by the Lenders into the Pre-Closing Funding Account and make such funds available to the Borrower on the Closing Date subject solely to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Majority Lenders) of each of the Specified Merger Related Conditions on the date of the consummation of the Specified Merger, whereupon the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower in immediately available funds to the account or accounts specified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in the Request for Advance; provided that, (x) the “Pre-Closing Funding Election” shall mean the election by the Borrower to cause the Pre-Closing Funded Amount to be funded to the Pre-Closing Funding Account on the Pre-Closing Funding Date, which election shall be set forth in or accompany a Request for Advance delivered not later than (i) in the case of LIBOR Advances, 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the third Business Day prior to the Pre-Closing Funding Date and (ii) in the case of Base Rate Advances, 9:00 A.M. New York City time on the Business Day prior to the Pre-Closing Funding Date and (y) each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required under Section 3.5 to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender, in each case unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Pre-Closing Funding Date specifying its objection thereto.

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(iii) In the event the satisfaction (or waiver by Majority Lenders) of the conditions set forth in Section 3.5 does not occur by 12:00 p.m. New York City time on the date that is two Business Days after the Pre-Closing Funding Date (the “Return Date”), the Pre-Closing Funded Amount shall be returned to the respective Lenders within one Business Day of the Return Date, and the Borrower shall simultaneously therewith pay interest accrued thereon from the Pre-Closing Funding Date to the Return Date, together with any amounts due thereon pursuant to Section 2.9, calculated as if the return of such funds was a prepayment of Advances in an equal principal amount on the Return Date; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Pre-Closing Funded Amount has been returned to the Lenders in accordance with this sentence, (i) the Borrower shall not be prohibited from submitting a subsequent Request for Advance in accordance with this Section 2.2 and (ii) the Commitment of each Lender shall be determined without giving effect to such Lender’s funding of the Pre-Closing Funded Amount.

(iv) The Borrower agrees that interest shall accrue on the Pre-Closing Funded Amount from and including the Pre-Closing Funding Date as if the Pre-Closing Funded Amount had been advanced to the Borrower as an Advance hereunder; provided, that if a Pre-Closing Funding Election has been made by the Borrower, no commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.4(a) and no ticking fee pursuant to Section 2.4(c) shall accrue on any date on which the Pre-Closing Funded Amount is held in the Pre-Closing Funding Account. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) the funding of the Pre-Closing Funded Amount shall not constitute an Advance to (or Borrowing by) the Borrower until such amount has been released to the Borrower on the Closing Date in accordance with this Section 2.2(f), and (y) any return of the Pre-Closing Funded Amount to the Lenders in accordance with this Section 2.2(f) shall not constitute a prepayment of an Advance.

(v) For the purpose of this Section 2.2(f), the “Pre-Closing Funding Account” means an account in the name of (i) the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent or (ii) a financial institution (in its capacity as escrow agent) designated by the Administrative Agent and approved by the Borrower, which account has been identified as the “Pre-Closing Funding Account” by notice in writing from the Borrower to the Lenders, and which account shall have terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and “Specified Merger Related Conditions” means the conditions set forth in Sections 3.5(b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (i).

Section 2.3 Interest.

(a) On Base Rate Advances. Interest on each Base Rate Advance, including Swingline Loans, computed pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Base Rate, shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365/366 days and interest on each Base Rate Advance, including Swingline Loans, computed pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable at the Base Rate Basis for such Advance, in arrears on the applicable Payment Date. Interest on Base Rate Advances then outstanding shall also be due and payable on the Maturity Date.

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(b) On LIBOR Advances. Interest on each LIBOR Advance shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year (or, in each case of LIBOR Advances denominated in Alternative Currencies where market practice differs, in accordance with market practice) for the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable at the LIBOR Basis for such Advance, in arrears on the applicable Payment Date, and, in addition, if the Interest Period for a LIBOR Advance exceeds three (3) months, interest on such LIBOR Advance shall also be due and payable in arrears on every three (3) month anniversary of the beginning of such Interest Period. Interest on LIBOR Advances then outstanding shall also be due and payable on the Maturity Date.

(c) On SONIA Rate Advances. Interest on each SONIA Rate Advance shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable at the SONIA Rate Basis for such Advance, in arrears on the applicable Payment Date. Interest on SONIA Rate Advances then outstanding shall also be due and payable on the Maturity Date.

(d) Interest Upon Event of Default. Immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.1(b), (f) or (g) hereunder and following a request from the Majority Lenders upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default hereunder, the outstanding principal balance of the Loans shall bear interest at the Default Rate. Such interest shall be payable on demand by the Majority Lenders and shall accrue until the earlier of (i) waiver or cure of the applicable Event of Default, (ii) agreement by the Majority Lenders (or, if applicable to the underlying Event of Default, the Lenders) to rescind the charging of interest at the Default Rate or (iii) payment in full of the Obligations.

(e) LIBOR Contracts. At no time may the number of outstanding LIBOR Advances hereunder exceed ten (10).

(f) Applicable Margin.

(i) With respect to any Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Applicable Debt Rating (as such Applicable Debt Rating is determined pursuant to Section 2.3(f)(ii)) in effect on such date as set forth below:


Applicable Debt Rating		LIBOR Advance and SONIA Rate Advance Applicable Margin	Base Rate Advance Applicable Margin
A.	≥ A- / A3 / A-	0.875%	0.000%
B.	BBB+ / Baa1/ BBB+	1.000%	0.000%
C.	BBB / Baa2 / BBB	1.125%	0.125%
D.	BBB- / Baa3 / BBB-	1.250%	0.250%
E.	BB+ / Ba1 / BB+	1.500%	0.500%
F.	≤ BB/ Ba2 / BB	1.750%	0.750%

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(ii) Changes in Applicable Margin; Determination of Debt Rating. Changes to the Applicable Margin shall be effective as of the next Business Day after the day on which the Debt Rating changes. Any change to any Debt Rating established by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced publicly by the applicable rating agency making such change and on and after that day the changed Debt Rating shall be the Debt Rating of such rating agency for purposes of this Agreement. If none of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall have in effect a Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin shall be set in accordance with part F of the table set forth in Section 2.3(f)(i). If S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall change the basis on which ratings are established, each reference to the Debt Rating announced by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be, shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be.

Section 2.4 Commitment and Letter of Credit Fees.

(a) Commitment Fees.

(i) Subject to Section 2.16(a)(iii), the Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each of the Lenders having a Revolving Loan Commitment in accordance with such Lender’s applicable Commitment Ratio, a commitment fee, in Dollars, on the unused portion of the Available Amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment (and any portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment of a Lender corresponding to the Dollar Equivalent amount of an outstanding Letter of Credit (whether drawn or not) shall be deemed used) for each day from the Effective Date through and including the Maturity Date at the applicable rate set forth below, based upon the Applicable Debt Rating (as such Applicable Debt Rating is determined pursuant to Section 2.4(a)(ii)) in effect on such date as set forth below:


Applicable Debt Rating		Rate per Annum
A.	≥ A- / A3 / A-		0.0800	%
B.	BBB+ / Baa1/ BBB+		0.1000	%
C.	BBB / Baa2 / BBB		0.1100	%
D.	BBB- / Baa3 / BBB-		0.1500	%
E.	BB+ / Ba1 / BB+		0.2000	%
F.	≤ BB/ Ba2 / BB		0.3000	%

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Such commitment fee shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365/366 days for the actual number of days elapsed, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the third Business Day after the end of each fiscal quarter commencing December 31, 2021, and shall be fully earned when due and non-refundable when paid. A final payment of any commitment fee then payable with respect to the Revolving Loan Commitment shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the Revolving Loan Commitment for purposes of calculating the commitment fee.

(ii) Changes in Commitment Fee and Ticking Fee Rate; Determination of Debt Rating. Changes to the commitment fee and/or ticking fee shall be effective as of the next Business Day after the day on which the Debt Rating changes. Any change to any Debt Rating established by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced publicly by the applicable rating agency making such change and on and after that day the changed Debt Rating for such rating agency shall be the Debt Rating of such rating agency for purposes of this Agreement. If none of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall have in effect a Debt Rating, the commitment fee and ticking fee shall be set in accordance with part F of the table set forth in Section 2.4(a)(i). If S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall change the basis on which ratings are established, each reference to the Debt Rating announced by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be, shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be.

(b) Letter of Credit Fees.

(i) The Company agrees to pay directly to the applicable Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, in Dollars, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank from the date of issuance through and including the expiration date of each such Letter of Credit at a rate agreed in writing between the Company and such Issuing Bank, which fee shall be computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on the basis of a year of 365/366 days for the actual number of days elapsed, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the third Business Day after the end of each fiscal quarter commencing December 31, 2021, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand (provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, such Letter of Credit fee shall be payable on the next Business Day), and shall be fully earned when due and non-refundable when paid. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.5. In addition, the Company shall pay directly to the applicable Issuing Bank for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such Issuing Bank relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

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“Letter of Credit Fee”), in Dollars, on the stated amount (reduced by the amount of any draws) of any outstanding Letters of Credit for each day from the date of issuance thereof through the expiration date for each such Letter of Credit at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Advances under the Revolving Loan Commitments; provided, however, that (x) any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender or the Company has not provided Cash Collateral reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.15(a) shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Commitment Ratios allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the applicable Issuing Bank for its own account and (y) no Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue or be payable under an outstanding Letter of Credit to the extent that the Company has provided Cash Collateral sufficient to eliminate the applicable Fronting Exposure of a Defaulting Lender. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.5. Such Letter of Credit Fee shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365/366 days for the actual number of days elapsed, shall be payable quarterly in arrears for each quarter on the third Business Day after the end of each fiscal quarter commencing December 31, 2021, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand, and shall be fully earned when due and non-refundable when paid. The Letter of Credit Fee set forth in this Section 2.4(b)(ii) shall be subject to increase and decrease on the dates and in the amounts set forth in Section 2.3(f)(i) hereof in the same manner as the adjustment of the Applicable Margin with respect to LIBOR Advances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Majority Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.

(c) Ticking Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender a ticking fee equal to the ticking fee rate (the “Ticking Fee Rate”) equal to the rate applicable to the commitment fee, mutatis mutandis, as set forth in Section 2.4(a) (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be) on the undrawn amount of each Lender’s Incremental Available Amount, during the period from the later of (x) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and (y) January 13, 2022, to and including the last day of the earlier of the Closing Date and the Full Availability Expiration, which ticking fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears (i) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and (ii) on the earlier of (x) the Closing Date and (y) the Full Availability Expiration.

Section 2.5 Commitment Reductions.

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and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000.00. As of the date of cancellation or reduction set forth in such notice, the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced to the amount stated in such notice for all purposes herein, and the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the applicable Lenders the amount necessary to reduce the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans, all Swingline Loans and all L/C Obligations then outstanding under the Revolving Loan Commitments to not more than the amount of Revolving Loan Commitments as so reduced, together with accrued interest on the amount so prepaid and any commitment fees accrued through the date of the reduction with respect to the amount reduced.

(b) Mandatory. The Incremental Available Amount shall automatically be reduced to zero at 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the Full Availability Expiration. Following the Certain Funds Period, if the Incremental Available Amount has not been terminated pursuant to this Section 2.5, the Incremental Available Amount will be available on the same basis as the other Revolving Loan Commitments.

Section 2.6 Prepayments and Repayments.

(a) Prepayment. (i) Optional. The principal amount of any Base Rate Advance, including any Swingline Loan, may be prepaid in full or ratably in part at any time, without premium or penalty and without regard to the Payment Date for such Advance. The principal amount of any LIBOR Advance may be prepaid in full or ratably in part, upon three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice (in the case of any LIBOR Advance denominated in Dollars) or upon four (4) Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior written notice (in the case of any LIBOR Advance denominated in an Alternative Currency), or telephonic notice followed immediately by written notice, to the Administrative Agent, without premium or penalty; provided, however, that, to the extent prepaid prior to the applicable Payment Date for such LIBOR Advance, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall reimburse the applicable Lenders, on the earlier of demand by the applicable Lender or the Maturity Date, for any loss or out-of-pocket expense incurred by any such Lender in connection with such prepayment, as set forth in Section 2.9 hereof; and provided further, however, that (i) the Company’s or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower’s failure to confirm any telephonic notice with a written notice shall not invalidate any notice so given if acted upon by the Administrative Agent and (ii) any notice of prepayment given hereunder may be revoked by the relevant Borrower at any time. The principal amount of any SONIA Rate Advance may be prepaid in full or ratably in part, upon five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, without premium or penalty. Any prepayment hereunder shall be in amounts of not less than $2,000,000.00 and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000.00. Amounts prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.6(a), with respect to the Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans, shall be fully revolving and accordingly may be reborrowed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof. Amounts prepaid shall be paid together with accrued interest on the amount so prepaid.

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(ii) Mandatory. (x) If, on any date, the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that, on any interest payment date, the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all Advances denominated in Dollars plus the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding denominated in Dollars plus (B) the Equivalent in Dollars (determined on the third Business Day prior to such interest payment date) of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances denominated in Alternative Currencies plus the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding denominated in Alternative Currencies then outstanding exceeds 105% of the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of the Lenders on such date, the Borrowers shall, as soon as practicable and in any event within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Advances owing by the Borrowers in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such sum to an amount not to exceed 100% of the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of the Lenders on such date, together with any accrued interest and fees with respect thereto; provided that if the Borrowers have Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.15(a), the amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been reduced by the amount of such Cash Collateral. (y) If, on any date, the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that, on any interest payment date, the Equivalent in Dollars (determined on the third Business Day prior to such interest payment date) of the aggregate principal amount of all Advances denominated in Alternative Currencies plus the aggregate amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding denominated in Alternative Currencies then outstanding exceeds the Alternative Currency Sublimit, the Borrowers shall, as soon as practicable and in any event within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, prepay the outstanding principal amount of any such Advances owing by the Borrowers in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such sum to an amount not to exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit, together with any accrued interest and fees with respect thereto; provided that if the Borrowers have Cash Collateralized Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.15(a), the amount of the outstanding Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been reduced by the amount of such Cash Collateral.

The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice of any prepayment required under this Section 2.6(b)(ii) to the Company and the Lenders, and shall provide prompt notice to the Company of any such notice of required prepayment received by it from any Lender.

(b) Repayments. The Borrowers shall repay the Loans as follows:

(i) Swingline Loans. The relevant Borrower shall repay each Swingline Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date.

(ii) Maturity Date. In addition to the foregoing, a final payment of all Loans, together with accrued interest and fees with respect thereto, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.

Section 2.7 Notes; Loan Accounts.

(a) The Loans shall be repayable in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth herein. If requested by a Lender, one (1) Revolving Loan Note duly executed and delivered by one or more Authorized Signatories of the relevant Borrower, shall be issued by the relevant Borrower and payable to such Lender in accordance with such Lender’s applicable Commitment Ratio for Revolving Loans.

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(b) Each Lender may open and maintain on its books in the name of the relevant Borrower a loan account with respect to its portion of the Loans and interest thereon. Each Lender which opens such a loan account shall debit such loan account for the principal amount of its portion of each Advance made by it and accrued interest thereon, and shall credit such loan account for each payment on account of principal of or interest on its Loans. The records of a Lender with respect to the loan account maintained by it shall be prima facie evidence of its portion of the Loans and accrued interest thereon absent manifest error, but the failure of any Lender to make any such notations or any error or mistake in such notations shall not affect the relevant Borrower’s repayment obligations with respect to such Loans.

Section 2.8 Manner of Payment.

(a) Each payment (including, without limitation, any prepayment) by any Borrower (except with respect to principal of and interest on, Advances denominated in an Alternative Currency) shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, for the account of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds. Each payment (including, without limitation, any prepayment) by any Borrower with respect to principal of and interest on, Advances denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. New York City time on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, for the account of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in such Alternative Currency in same day funds. Any payment received by the Administrative Agent after 1:00 p.m. New York City time shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment intended for any Lender or Lenders hereunder prior to 1:00 p.m. New York City time on any Business Day shall be deemed to constitute receipt by such Lender or Lenders on such Business Day. In the case of a payment for the account of a Lender, the Administrative Agent will promptly, but no later than the close of business on the date such payment is deemed received, thereafter distribute the amount so received in like funds to such Lender. If the Administrative Agent shall not have received any payment from the relevant Borrower as and when due, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the applicable Lenders accordingly. In the event that the Administrative Agent shall fail to make distribution to any Lender as required under this Section 2.8, the Administrative Agent agrees to pay such Lender interest from the date such payment was due until paid at the Federal Funds Rate.

(b) Each Borrower agrees to pay principal, interest, fees and all other amounts due hereunder or under the Notes without set-off or counterclaim or any deduction whatsoever, except as provided in Section 10.3 hereof.

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(c) Prior to the acceleration of the Loans under Section 8.2 hereof, if some but less than all amounts due from any Borrower are received by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Obligations, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such amounts in the following order of priority, all on a pro rata basis to the Lenders: (i) to the payment on a pro rata basis of any fees or expenses then due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks, or any of them or expenses then due and payable to the Lenders; (ii) to the payment of interest then due and payable on the Loans on a pro rata basis and of fees then due and payable to the Lenders on a pro rata basis; (iii) to the payment of all other amounts not otherwise referred to in this Section 2.8(c) then due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, or any of them, hereunder or under the Notes or any other Loan Document; and (iv) to the payment of principal then due and payable on the Loans on a pro rata basis.

(d) Subject to any contrary provisions in the definition of Interest Period, if any payment under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is specified to be made on a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing interest and fees, if any, in connection with such payment.

Section 2.9 Reimbursement.

(a) Whenever any Lender shall sustain or incur any losses or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with (i) the failure by any Borrower to borrow, Continue, Convert or prepay any LIBOR Advance after having given notice of its intention to borrow, Continue, Convert or prepay such Advance in accordance with Section 2.2 or 2.6 hereof (whether by reason of the relevant Borrower’s election not to proceed or the non-fulfillment of any of the conditions set forth in Article 3 hereof, but not as a result of a failure of such Lender to make a Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), or (ii) the prepayment other than on the applicable Payment Date (or failure to prepay after giving notice thereof) of any LIBOR Advance in whole or in part for any reason, the relevant Borrower agrees to pay to such Lender, upon such Lender’s demand, an amount sufficient to compensate such Lender for all such losses and out-of-pocket expenses. Such Lender’s good faith determination of the amount of such losses or out-of-pocket expenses, as set forth in writing and accompanied by calculations in reasonable detail demonstrating the basis for its demand, shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error.

(b) Losses subject to reimbursement hereunder shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Lender or any participant of such Lender permitted hereunder in connection with the re-employment of funds prepaid, paid, repaid, not borrowed, or not paid, as the case may be, but not losses resulting from lost Applicable Margin or other margin. Losses subject to reimbursement will be payable whether the Maturity Date is changed by virtue of an amendment hereto (unless such amendment expressly waives such payment) or as a result of acceleration of the Loans.

(c) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the relevant Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any losses or expenses incurred more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the relevant Borrower of the circumstances giving rise to such losses or expenses and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor.

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Section 2.10 Pro Rata Treatment.

(a) Advances. Each Advance under the Revolving Loan Commitments from the Lenders hereunder (other than Swingline Advances) shall be made pro rata on the basis of the applicable Commitment Ratios of the Lenders having a Revolving Loan Commitment.

(b) Payments. Except as provided in Section 2.16 hereof and Article 10 hereof, each payment and prepayment of principal of, and interest on, the Loans shall be made to the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective unpaid principal amounts outstanding under the applicable Loans immediately prior to such payment or prepayment.

(c) Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it or the participations in Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in the Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitment Ratios, provided that:

(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.15, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in the Swingline Loans or L/C Obligations to any assignee or participant.

Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including, without limitation, the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such purchasing Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

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(d) Commitment Reductions. Any reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments required or permitted hereunder shall reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment of each Lender having a Revolving Loan Commitment on a pro rata basis based on the Commitment Ratio of such Lender for the Revolving Loan Commitment.

Section 2.11 Capital Adequacy. If after the date hereof, the adoption of any Applicable Law regarding the capital adequacy or liquidity of banks or bank holding companies, or any change in Applicable Law (whether adopted before or after the Effective Date) or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, including any such change resulting from the enactment or issuance of any regulation or regulatory interpretation affecting existing Applicable Law, or compliance by such Lender (or the bank holding company of such Lender) with any directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity (whether or not having the force of law) of any such governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on any Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans and the Commitments to a level below that which it could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity immediately before such adoption, change or compliance and assuming that such Lender’s (or the bank holding company of such Lender) capital was fully utilized prior to such adoption, change or compliance) by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender to be material, then, upon demand by such Lender, the relevant Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate such Lender (on an after-tax basis and without duplication of amounts paid by the relevant Borrower pursuant to Section 10.3) for such reduced return which is reasonably allocable to this Agreement, together with interest on such amount from the fourth (4th) Business Day after the date of demand or the Maturity Date, as applicable, until payment in full thereof at the Default Rate; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be enacted, adopted or issued after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued. A certificate of such Lender setting forth the amount to be paid to such Lender by the relevant Borrower as a result of any event referred to in this paragraph and supporting calculations in reasonable detail shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11, no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased cost or reduction referred to above if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other credit agreements. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the relevant Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for

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any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the relevant Borrower of the circumstances giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the circumstances giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six (6) month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

Section 2.12 Lender Tax Forms.

(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in paragraphs (ii)(a) and (ii)(b) of this Section) shall not be required if in the Lenders’ reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(a) On or prior to the Effective Date and on or prior to the first Business Day of each calendar year thereafter, to the extent it may lawfully do so at such time, each Lender which is a Non-U.S. Person shall provide each of the Administrative Agent, the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower (other than a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower) (A) if such Lender is a “bank” under Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, with a properly executed original of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or W-8BEN-E, as applicable) or W-8ECI (or any successor form) prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service or other documents satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, certifying (i) as to such Lender’s status as exempt from United States Federal withholding taxes with respect to all payments to be made to such Lender hereunder and under the Notes or (ii) that all payments to be made to such Lender hereunder and under the Notes are subject to such taxes at a rate reduced to zero by an applicable tax treaty, or (B) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and intends to claim exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a Form W-8BEN (or W-8BEN-E, as applicable), or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto (and, if such Lender delivers a Form W-8BEN (or W-8BEN-E, as applicable), a certificate representing that such Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a ten-percent (10%) shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Company or any relevant

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Subsidiary Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, indicating that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States Federal income taxes as permitted by the Code. If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement would be subject to withholding Tax imposed under FATCA if such Lender fails to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower (other than a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower), at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Company or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower, such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (included as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Company or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower as may be necessary for the Administrative Agent, the Company or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.

(b) On or prior to the Effective Date, and to the extent permitted by applicable U.S. Federal law, on or prior to the first (1^st) Business Day of each calendar year thereafter, each Lender which is a U.S. Person shall provide the Administrative Agent, the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower a duly completed and executed copy of the Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or successor form to the effect that it is a U.S. Person.

Section 2.13 Letters of Credit.

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitments.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section 2.13 and within the limits of its L/C Commitment, (1) from time to time on any Business Day until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (1) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and L/C Obligations shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, (2) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Commitment Ratio of the Dollar Equivalent of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations plus such Lender’s Commitment Ratio of the Swingline Loans then outstanding shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, (3) the Dollar Equivalent of the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of such Issuing Bank’s L/C Commitment, (4) the Dollar Equivalent of the Outstanding Amount

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of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit and (5) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Advances and the Outstanding Amount of Letters of Credit, in each case denominated in any Alternative Currency, exceeds the Alternative Currency Sublimit; and provided, further, that none of Barclays Bank PLC, Royal Bank of Canada or Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. shall have any obligation to issue commercial letters of credit. Each request by the Company for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Company that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Each letter of credit listed on Schedule 2 shall be deemed to constitute a Letter of Credit issued hereunder, and each Lender that is an issuer of such a Letter of Credit shall, for purposes of this Section 2.13, be deemed to be an Issuing Bank for each such letter of credit, provided than any renewal or replacement of any such letter of credit shall be issued by an Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Company may obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

(ii) No Issuing Bank shall issue any Letter of Credit, if:

(1) subject to Section 2.13(b)(iii), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Majority Lenders have approved such expiry date; provided that each Auto-Extension Letter of Credit shall not be deemed to have an expiry date longer than twelve (12) months after the date of its issuance; or

(2) the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date.

(iii) No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(1) any order, judgment or decree of any governmental authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any governmental authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital or liquidity requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the date hereof, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it; provided, however, that any such circumstance shall not affect such Lender’s obligations pursuant to Section 2.13(c);

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(2) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally;

(3) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a Commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

(4) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;

(5) any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such Issuing Bank (in its sole discretion) with the Company or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such Issuing Bank has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or

(6) the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.

(i) No Issuing Bank shall amend any Letter of Credit if such Issuing Bank would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(ii) No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.

(iii) Each Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article 9 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article 9 included such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Issuing Banks.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.

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(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Company delivered to the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the applicable Issuing Bank and signed by a responsible officer of the Company. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least, in the case of Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars, two (2) Business Days (or, if the Issuing Bank is Barclays Bank PLC or any of its affiliates, three (3) Business Days) and, in the case of Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, four (4) Business Days (or, if the Issuing Bank is Barclays Bank PLC or any of its affiliates, five (5) Business Days) (or, in each case, such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as such Issuing Bank may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as such Issuing Bank may require. Additionally, the Company shall furnish to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may require.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Company and, if not, such Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the applicable Issuing Bank has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Company, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article 3 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable Issuing Bank a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Commitment Ratio times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

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(iii) If the Company so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to such Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that such Issuing Bank shall not permit any such extension if (A) such Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.13(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Majority Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Company that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 3.4 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such Issuing Bank not to permit such extension.

(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank will also deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

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amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Ratio thereof. In such event, the Company shall be deemed to have requested an Advance of Base Rate Advances to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples for the principal amount of Base Rate Advances, but subject to the amount of the Available Revolving Loan Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 3.3 (other than the delivery of a Request for Advance). Any notice given by an Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.13(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.13(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Commitment Ratio of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.13(c)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Advances to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable Issuing Bank.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by an Advance of Base Rate Advances because the conditions set forth in Section 3.3 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable Issuing Bank an L/C Advance in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Advance shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.13(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Advance and shall constitute an L/C Loan from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.13.

(iv) Until each Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Loan pursuant to this Section 2.13(c) to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit issued by it, interest in respect of such Lender’s Commitment Ratio of such amount shall be solely for the account of such Issuing Bank.

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Section 3.3 (other than delivery by the Company of a Request for Advance). No such making of an L/C Loan shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for the amount of any payment made by such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit issued by it, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.13(c) by the time specified in Section 2.13(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Bank at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by such Issuing Bank in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such Issuing Bank in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant Advance or L/C Loan in respect of the relevant L/C Advance, as the case may be. A certificate of the applicable Issuing Bank submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after an Issuing Bank has made a payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Loan in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.13(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such Issuing Bank any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Company or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its applicable pro rata share thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.13(c)(i) is required to be returned because it is invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Issuing Bank in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party in connection with any proceeding under any debtor relief law or otherwise, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its Commitment Ratio thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

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(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Company to reimburse each Issuing Bank for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Loan shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Company or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), such Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(iv) any payment by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any bankruptcy or other debtor relief law; or

(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any Subsidiary.

The Company shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Company’s instructions or other irregularity, the Company will immediately notify the applicable Issuing Bank. The Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against such Issuing Bank and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

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be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Majority Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Company hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Company’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of an Issuing Bank shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.13(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may have a claim against an Issuing Bank, and an Issuing Bank may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Company which the Company proves were caused by such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Issuing Bank’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, an Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no Issuing Bank shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

(g) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Company when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each Commercial Letter of Credit.

(h) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(i) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

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actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, but excluding Taxes, which shall be governed exclusively by Section 10.3) which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any such Lender in any way relating to or arising out of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, except that the Company shall not be liable to the Administrative Agent, any such Issuing Bank or any such Lender for any portion of such claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification as determined by a non-appealable judicial order. This Section 2.13(l) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

(k) Letter of Credit Reports. Within two (2) Business Days after the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall send a written notice to the Administrative Agent setting forth the face amount, the expiration date and the name of the beneficiary with respect to such Letter of Credit. Upon any cancellation or termination of a Letter of Credit prior to its stated expiration date, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent of such termination or cancellation in writing. On the second (2nd) Business Day of each month, each Issuing Bank shall deliver a report to the Administrative Agent identifying (i) each Letter of Credit issued by it during the prior month, and (ii) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it that remains outstanding, (A) the face amount thereof as of the end of the prior month and the maximum potential face amount thereof (b) the amount thereof that was drawn in the prior month and (C) the amount thereof that remains undrawn as of the last Business Day of the prior month.

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Commitments no more than five (5) times. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Incremental Commitment made pursuant to this Section 2.14 may be effected by adding one or more tranches of Revolving Loan Commitments that are denominated in an Alternative Currency and/or term loan commitments (which shall be deemed to be “Revolving Loan Commitments” for purposes of this Section 2.14 (other than clause (iv) above)), and the Lenders agree that any amendment required to implement an Incremental Commitment may be effected by the consent of the Company and only those Lenders that agree to participate in any such tranche, provided that the aggregate amount of the commitments do not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $8,000,000,000 at any time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Lender shall be required to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.14.

Section 2.15 Cash Collateral.

(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank (i) if such Issuing Bank has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Advance, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Company shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in demand deposit bank accounts in U.S. financial institutions that are either member banks of the Federal Reserve system or state-chartered banks regulated by the FDIC. The Company, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.15(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Company or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.15 or Sections 2.6, 2.13, 2.16 or 8.2 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

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(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 12.4(b)(vi))) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of the Company shall not be released after acceleration of the Loans as provided in Section 8.2(a) or (b) until all amounts due in accordance with Section 8.2(a) or (b), as applicable, are paid, and (y) the Company or the applicable Defaulting Lender providing Cash Collateral, as applicable, on the one hand, and the applicable Issuing Bank, on the other hand, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

Section 2.16 Defaulting Lenders. (a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:

(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 12.12.

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deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; eighth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Swingline Lender or this Issuing Banks as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or Issuing Bank against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; ninth, so long as no Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Company as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Company against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and tenth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advances or L/C Advances in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Advances or L/C Advances were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 3.3 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Loans owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Loans owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.4(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Company shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.4(b)(ii).

(iv) Reallocation of Commitment Ratios to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.13 or Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.17, the “Commitment Ratio” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated by computing such “Commitment Ratio” without giving effect to the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Revolving Loan Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender.

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notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Commitment Ratios (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Company while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties and subject to Section 12.24, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

Section 2.17 Swingline Loans

(a) The Swingline. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section, shall make loans (each such loan, a “Swingline Loan”) from time to time on any Business Day until the Maturity Date. Each such Swingline Loan may be made, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, in Dollars in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swingline Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swingline Loans, when aggregated with the Commitment Ratio of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Swingline Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitments; provided, however, that (i) after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, (A) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments, and (B) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Commitment Ratio of all Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment, (ii) no Borrower shall use the proceeds of any Swingline Loan to refinance any outstanding Swingline Loan, and (iii) the Swingline Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swingline Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such borrowing may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, a Borrower’s ability to obtain Swingline Loans shall be fully revolving, and accordingly any Borrower may borrow under this Section, prepay under Section 2.6, and reborrow under this Section. Each Swingline Advance shall be a Base Rate Advance. Immediately upon the making of a Swingline Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Commitment Ratio times the amount of such Swingline Loan.

(b) Swingline Loan Advance Procedures. Each Swingline Advance shall be made upon the relevant Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, and (ii) the requested date of the

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Swingline Advance (which shall be a Business Day). Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swingline Loan Notice; provided, however, that the relevant Borrower’s failure to confirm any telephonic notice with a written Swingline Loan Notice shall not invalidate any notice so given if acted upon by the Swingline Lender. Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any telephonic Swingline Loan Notice, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swingline Loan Notice and, if not, the Swingline Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swingline Advance (A) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.17(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article 3 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swingline Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swingline Loan available to the relevant Borrower.

(i) The Swingline Lender at any time in its sole discretion may request, on behalf of the relevant Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Revolving Loan (in the form of a Base Rate Advance) in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment Ratio multiplied by the amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Request for Advance for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.2, subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment and the conditions set forth in Section 3.2. The Swingline Lender shall furnish the relevant Borrower with a copy of the applicable Request for Advance promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Commitment Ratio multiplied by the amount specified in such Request for Advance available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swingline Loan) for the account of the Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Request for Advance, whereupon, subject to Section 2.17(c)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan (in the form of a Base Rate Advance) to the relevant Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swingline Lender.

(ii) If for any reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such an Advance in accordance with Section 2.17(c)(i), the request for a Revolving Loan submitted by the Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swingline Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swingline Loan and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.17(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

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(iii) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.17(c) by the time specified in Section 2.17(c)(i), the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swingline Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant funded participation in the relevant Swingline Loan. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 2.17(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swingline Lender, the relevant Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.17(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 (other than delivery by the relevant Borrower of a Request for Advance). No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the relevant Borrower to repay Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its Commitment Ratio thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swingline Lender.

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Swingline Lender its Commitment Ratio thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Interest for Account of Swingline Lender. The Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the relevant Borrower for interest on the Swingline Loans. Until each Lender funds its Revolving Loan (in the form of a Base Rate Advance) or risk participation pursuant to this Section to refinance such Lender’s Commitment Ratio of any Swingline Loan, interest in respect of such Commitment Ratio shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.

(f) Payments Directly to Swingline Lender. The relevant Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swingline Loans directly to the Swingline Lender.

Section 2.18 Maturity Date Extension.

The Company may request that the Lenders’ Revolving Loan Commitments be renewed for up to two additional one year periods by providing notice of such request to the Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice to the Lenders) no later than the third anniversary of the Effective Date and no more than once per year, and shall specify the date upon which such extension will become effective (the “Extension Date”). If a Lender agrees, in its individual and sole discretion, to renew its Revolving Loan Commitment (an “Extending Lender”), it will notify the Administrative Agent, in writing, of its decision to do so no later than 20 days after receipt of such extension notice. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company, in writing, of the Lenders’ decisions no later than five days after the date the Lenders are required to respond to such extension notice. As of the Extension Date, the Extending Lenders’ Revolving Loan Commitment will be renewed for an additional one year from the Maturity Date at that time, provided that more than 50% of the Revolving Loan Commitments are extended or otherwise committed to by Extending Lenders and any new Lenders. Any Lender that declines the Company’s request, or does not respond to the Company’s request for a commitment renewal (a “Non-Extending Lender”) will have its Revolving Loan Commitment terminated on the Maturity Date then in effect (without regard to any extensions by other Lenders). The Company will have the right to accept commitments from third party financial institutions acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender in an amount equal to the amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of any Non-Extending Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Maturity Date shall not extend beyond the fifth anniversary of the Extension Date.

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ARTICLE 3—CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. The effectiveness of this Agreement on the Effective Date is subject to the prior or contemporaneous fulfillment (in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent) or, if applicable, receipt by the Administrative Agent (in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) of each of the following:

(a) this Agreement duly executed by all relevant parties;

(b) a loan certificate of the Company dated as of the Effective Date, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, including a certificate of incumbency with respect to each Authorized Signatory of the Company, together with the following items: (i) a true, complete and correct copy of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Company as in effect on the Effective Date, (ii) a certificate of good standing for the Company issued by the Secretary of State of Delaware, and (iii) a true, complete and correct copy of the resolutions of the Company authorizing it to execute, deliver and perform each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(c) legal opinions of (i) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special counsel to the Company and (ii) Edmund DiSanto, Esq., General Counsel of the Company, addressed to each Lender and the Administrative Agent and dated as of the Effective Date;

(d) receipt by the Company of all Necessary Authorizations, other than Necessary Authorizations the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Materially Adverse Effect, including all necessary consents to the closing of this Agreement, that have been obtained or made, are in full force and effect and are not subject to any pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened reversal or cancellation;

(e) each of the representations and warranties in Article 4 hereof are true and correct in all material respects, except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Materially Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct, as of the Effective Date, and no Default then exists;

(f) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, to the extent reasonably requested in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, the documentation that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are required to obtain from the Company under Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT ACT (P.L. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001)) and under any other provision of the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508, 84 Stat. 1118 (1970)) or any regulations under such Act or the Patriot Act that contain document collection requirements that apply to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (ii) to the extent the Company qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Beneficial Ownership Certification to each Lender that so requests;

(g) all fees and expenses required to be paid in connection with this Agreement to the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall have been (or shall be simultaneously) paid in full;

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(h) audited consolidated financial statements for the three years ended December 31, 2020, and unaudited consolidated financial statements for each of the three quarters ended March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021 and September 30, 2021, in each case of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided that financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (h) shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which reports containing such financial statements are made publicly available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database;

(i) a certificate of the president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the Company as to the financial performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, and, to the extent applicable, using information contained in the financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (h) of this Section 3.1 in respect of the quarter ended September 30, 2021;

(j) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower confirming that the commitments with respect to the Bridge Commitment Letter have been (or concurrently with the occurrence of the Effective Date will be) reduced by $3,400,000,000; and

(k) the administrative agent and the lenders under the Existing Multicurrency Credit Agreement shall have received (i) all fees and other amounts due and payable by the Company and the other obligors under the Existing Multicurrency Credit Agreement and (ii) all loans and other outstanding obligations thereunder shall have been paid in full or be deemed to be Obligations under this Agreement on or prior to the Effective Date.

Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance to Each Subsidiary Borrower. The obligation of each Lender to make an initial Loan to each Subsidiary Borrower is subject to the prior or contemporaneous fulfillment (in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent) or, if applicable, receipt by the Administrative Agent (in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) of each of the following:

(a) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of such Subsidiary Borrower (with a certified English translation if the original thereof is not in English) approving this Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement.

(b) A certificate of a proper officer of such Subsidiary Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Subsidiary Borrower authorized to sign its Designation Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.

(c) A certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company, certifying that such Subsidiary Borrower has obtained all governmental and third party authorizations, consents, approvals (including exchange control approvals) and licenses required under applicable laws and regulations necessary for such Subsidiary Borrower to execute and deliver its Designation Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder other than governmental and third party authorizations, consents, approvals and licenses the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Materially Adverse Effect.

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(d) A Designation Agreement duly executed by such Subsidiary Borrower and the Company.

(e) Favorable opinions of counsel (which may be in-house counsel) to such Subsidiary Borrower as to such matters as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(f) (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information regarding such Subsidiary Borrower reasonably requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, to the extent reasonably requested in writing of such Subsidiary Borrower and (ii) to the extent such Subsidiary Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to such Subsidiary Borrower, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Subsidiary Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification.

(g) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

Section 3.3 Conditions Precedent to Each Advance (Other than a Certain Funds Advance). The obligation of the Lenders to make each Advance (other than a Certain Funds Advance) on or after the Effective Date is subject to the fulfillment of each of the following conditions immediately prior to or contemporaneously with such Advance:

(a) (i) all of the representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than those set forth in Section 4.1(f)(ii) and Section 4.1(i) hereof), which, pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof, are made at and as of the time of such Advance, and additionally, if such Advance shall have been requested by a Subsidiary Borrower, the representations and warranties of such Subsidiary Borrower contained in its Designation Agreement, in each case shall be true and correct at such time in all material respects, except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Materially Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct, both before and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such Advance, and after giving effect to any updates to information provided to the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement except to the extent stated to have been made as of the Effective Date, and (ii) no Default hereunder shall then exist or be caused thereby;

(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed Request for Advance for Revolving Loans or, in the case of an Advance of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender shall have received a duly executed Swingline Loan Notice for Swingline Loans;

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(c) the incumbency of the Authorized Signatories shall be as stated in the applicable certificate of incumbency contained in the certificate of the Company delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to or on the Effective Date or as subsequently modified and reflected in a certificate of incumbency delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders having a Revolving Loan Commitment;

(d) if such Advance shall have been requested by a Subsidiary Borrower, such Subsidiary Borrower shall not be the subject of any proceeding or action described in Section 8.1(f) or (g); and

(e) if such Advance consists of an Alternative Currency, there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls that would make it impracticable for such Advance to be denominated in such Alternative Currency.

Section 3.4 Conditions Precedent to Issuance of Letters of Credit. The obligation of the Issuing Banks to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder is subject to the fulfillment of each of the following conditions immediately prior to or contemporaneously with such issuance:

(a) all of the representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement (other than those set forth in Section 4.1(i) hereof), which, in accordance with Section 4.2 hereof, are made at and as of the time of an Advance, and additionally, if such Letter of Credit shall have been requested by a Subsidiary Borrower, the representations and warranties of such Subsidiary Borrower contained in its Designation Agreement, in each case shall be true and correct at such time in all material respects, except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Materially Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct, both before and after giving effect to the issuance of such Letter of Credit and after giving effect to any updates to information provided to the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement except to the extent stated to have been made as of the Effective Date;

(b) the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank shall have received a duly executed Letter of Credit Application;

(d) there shall not exist, on the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit and after giving effect thereto, a Default or an Event of Default hereunder; and

(e) if such Letter of Credit shall have been requested by a Subsidiary Borrower, such Subsidiary Borrower shall not be the subject of any proceeding or action described in Section 8.1(f) or (g).

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Section 3.5 Conditions Precedent to Certain Funds Advance. The obligation of the Lenders to make a Certain Funds Advance on the Closing Date during the Certain Funds Period is subject to the fulfillment of each of the following conditions immediately prior to or contemporaneously with such Certain Funds Advance (or, to the extent the Pre-Closing Funding Election has been made, the conditions other than the Specified Merger Related Conditions shall only be required to be met on the Pre-Closing Funding Date as contemplated by Section 2.2(f)):

(a) The Effective Date shall have occurred.

(b) The Specified Merger shall have been consummated, or substantially concurrently with the funding hereunder shall be consummated, in each case pursuant to and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Specified Merger Agreement and without giving effect to amendments, supplements, waivers or other modifications to or consents under the Specified Merger Agreement that are adverse in any material respect to the Lenders in their capacities as such and that have not been approved by the Joint Lead Arrangers, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being understood and agreed that (a) any decrease in the purchase price shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the Lenders unless the aggregate decrease does not exceed 10% and is allocated to reduce the commitments under the Bridge Facility (or, if the commitment under the Bridge Facility have been reduced to zero, to reduce the commitments under the 364-Day Term Loan Agreement and, if such commitments have been reduced to zero, to reduce the commitments under the 2-Year Term Loan Agreement), (b) any increase in the purchase price shall be deemed not to be materially adverse so long as not financed with the incurrence of Indebtedness) and (c) any amendment to the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” in the Merger Agreement shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the Lenders.

(c) The Joint Lead Arrangers shall have received in the case of the Company (i) audited consolidated balance sheets and related audited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for each of the three fiscal years most recently ended at least 60 days prior to the Closing Date (and audit reports for such financial statements shall not be subject to any qualification or “going concern” disclosures) and (ii) unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related unaudited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company for each subsequent fiscal quarter ended at least 40 days prior to the Closing Date (but excluding the fourth quarter of any fiscal year). Reports and financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such reports, or reports containing such financial statements, are made publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR database.

(d) All costs, fees, expenses and other compensation required by the Bridge Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter (as defined in the Bridge Commitment Letter) to be payable to the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders at or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of expenses, to the extent invoiced at least two business days prior to the Closing Date) shall have been paid to the extent due.

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(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B.

(f) After giving effect to the Specified Transactions, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under Section 8.1(b), (f) or (g).

(g) The Specified Representations and Specified Merger Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects.

(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 a duly executed Request for Advance for Revolving Loans.

(i) Since the date of the Merger Agreement, there shall not have been any Target Material Adverse Effect or any event, change, or effect that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Target Material Adverse Effect.

Each submission by the Company to the Administrative Agent of a Request for Advance for Revolving Loans with respect to a Certain Funds Advance and the acceptance by the Company of the proceeds of each such Certain Funds Advance made hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company as of the Closing Date in respect of such Certain Funds Advance that the conditions contained in this Section 3.5 have been satisfied.

ARTICLE 4—REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and warrants in favor of the Administrative Agent and each Lender on the Effective Date, the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Specified Transactions) and each other date as set forth in Article 3 that:

(a) Organization; Ownership; Power; Qualification. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. The Company has the power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being and as proposed hereafter to be conducted. The Subsidiaries of the Company and the direct and indirect ownership thereof as of the Effective Date are as set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto. As of the Effective Date and except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, each Subsidiary of the Company is a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other legal entity duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and has the power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being and as proposed hereafter to be conducted.

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each of the other Loan Documents to which the Company is party is, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity.

(c) Compliance with Other Loan Documents and Contemplated Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance, in accordance with their respective terms, by the Company of this Agreement, the Notes, and each of the other Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do not (i) require any consent or approval, governmental or otherwise, not already obtained, (ii) violate any Applicable Law respecting the Company, (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation or by-laws, as amended, of the Company, or under any indenture, agreement, or other instrument, including without limitation the Licenses, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its respective properties is bound that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any of the Material Subsidiaries, except for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof.

(d) Compliance with Law. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Applicable Law, except where the failure to be in compliance therewith would not individually or in the aggregate have a Materially Adverse Effect.

(e) Title to Assets. As of the Effective Date, the Company and its Subsidiaries have good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of their respective assets, except for such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Materially Adverse Effect. None of the properties or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary is subject to any Liens, except for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof.

(f) Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, including without limitation the Licenses, in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any governmental body (including, without limitation, the FCC) that (i) calls into question the validity of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (ii) as of the Effective Date, would reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, other than as may be disclosed in the public filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Effective Date.

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income, profits or assets, which are due and payable, have been paid, except any such taxes (i) (x) the payment of which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is diligently contesting in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (y) for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of such Person, and (z) as to which no Lien other than a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof has attached, or (ii) which may result from audits not yet conducted, or (iii) as to which the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

(h) Financial Statements. As of the Effective Date, the Company has furnished or caused to be furnished to the Administrative Agent the audited financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the nine months then ended, duly certified by the chief financial officer of the Company, all of which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly, subject, in the case of said balance sheet as at September 30, 2021, and said statements of income and cash flows for the nine months then ended, to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, on and as at such dates and the results of operations for the periods then ended. As of the Effective Date, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis other than as disclosed in the financial statements referred to in the preceding sentence or in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Effective Date or the Obligations.

(i) No Material Adverse Change. Other than as may be disclosed in the public filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Effective Date, there has occurred no event since December 31, 2020 which has had or which would reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

(j) ERISA. The Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the best of their knowledge, their ERISA Affiliates have fulfilled their respective obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan and are in compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code except where any failure or non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Materially Adverse Effect.

(k) Compliance with Regulations U and X. The Company does not own or presently intend to own an amount of “margin stock” as defined in Regulations U and X (12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224) of the Board (“margin stock”) representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total assets of the Company, as measured on both a consolidated and unconsolidated basis. Neither the making of the Loans nor the use of proceeds thereof will violate, or be inconsistent with, the provisions of any of the above-mentioned regulations.

(l) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required to register under the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

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(m) Solvency. As of the Effective Date and the Closing Date, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, (i) the assets and property of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the capital of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not be unreasonably small to conduct its business as such business is now conducted and expected to be conducted following the Effective Date; (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have incurred debts, or have intended to incur debts, beyond their ability to pay such debts as they mature; and (iv) the present fair salable value of the assets and property of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay their probable liabilities (including debts) as they become absolute and matured. For purposes of this Section, the amount of contingent liabilities at any time will be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing as such time, can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

(n) Designated Persons; Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors or officers is a Designated Person. The Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and to the knowledge of the Company, its directors, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations, in each case, in all material respects.

(o) Beneficial Ownership Certifications. As of the date so delivered, to the best knowledge of the applicable Borrower, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if any, provided by such Borrower to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all respects.

Section 4.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement and any other Loan Document (other than those set forth in Section 4.1(f)(ii) hereof and Section 4.1(i) hereof) shall be deemed to be made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects, except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Materially Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct, at and as of the Effective Date, the Closing Date and on the date the making of each Advance or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, except to the extent stated to have been made as of the Effective Date or the Closing Date. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall survive, and not be waived by, the execution hereof by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, any investigation or inquiry by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or the making of any Advance under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 5—GENERAL COVENANTS

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Section 5.1 Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters. Except as permitted under Section 7.3 hereof or to the extent required for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain its status as a REIT, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, preserve and maintain its existence, and its material rights, franchises, licenses and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, including, without limitation, the Licenses and all other Necessary Authorizations, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

Section 5.2 Compliance with Applicable Law. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply in all respects with the requirements of all Applicable Law, except when the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

Section 5.3 Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in the ordinary course of business in good repair, working order and condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted) all properties then used or useful in their respective businesses (whether owned or held under lease) that, individually or in the aggregate, are material to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, except where the failure to maintain would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

Section 5.4 Accounting Methods and Financial Records. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis to, maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, keep adequate records and books of account in which complete entries will be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and reflecting all transactions required to be reflected by generally accepted accounting principles, and keep accurate and complete records of their respective properties and assets.

Section 5.5 Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, maintain insurance (including self-insurance) with respect to its properties and business that are material to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis from responsible companies in such amounts and against such risks as are customary for companies engaged in the same or similar business, with all premiums thereon to be paid by the Company and the Material Subsidiaries.

Section 5.6 Payment of Taxes and Claims. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge all Federal income, other material Federal and material state and other material taxes required to be paid by them or imposed upon them or their income or profits or upon any properties belonging to them, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, which, if unpaid, might become a Lien or charge upon any of their properties (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof); provided, however, that no such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim need be paid which is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on the appropriate books or where the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

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Section 5.7 Visits and Inspections. The Company will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and any of the Lenders, upon reasonable notice, to (a) visit and inspect the properties of the Company or any Material Subsidiary during business hours, (b) inspect and make extracts from and copies of their respective books and records, and (c) discuss with their respective principal officers and accountants (with representatives of the Company participating in such discussions with their accountants) their respective businesses, assets, liabilities, financial positions, results of operations and business prospects, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.

Section 5.8 Use of Proceeds. (a) Each Borrower will use the aggregate proceeds of all Advances (other than Certain Funds Advances) made on or after the Effective Date for working capital needs, to finance acquisitions and other general corporate purposes of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, to refinance or repurchase Indebtedness and to purchase issued and outstanding Ownership Interests of such Borrower).

(b) The Company will use the aggregate proceeds of all Certain Funds Advances made during the Certain Funds Period to finance all or a portion of the Specified Transactions.

Section 5.9 Maintenance of REIT Status. The Company will, at all times, conduct its affairs in a manner so as to continue to qualify as a REIT and elect to be treated as a REIT under all Applicable Laws, rules and regulations until such time as the board of directors of the Company deems it in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders not to remain qualified as a REIT.

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fail to maintain, or prevent it from being able to elect, REIT status. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Restrictive Change made to this Agreement hereunder shall remain in effect until such time as such Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, at which point, unless the Company’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, Lenders and the Company will take such steps as are necessary to amend this Agreement to remove entirely any such amendments made under this Section 5.10 to this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that (A) the applicable Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, and (B) the Company’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to modify such Restrictive Change with respect to its application for the remainder of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 6—INFORMATION COVENANTS

So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and unpaid or the Lenders have an obligation to fund Advances hereunder or any Issuing Bank has an obligation to issue Letters of Credit hereunder (in each case, whether or not the conditions to borrowing or to issuing a Letter of Credit, as applicable, have been or can be fulfilled), the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent (with the Administrative Agent to make the same available to the Lenders) at its office:

Section 6.1 Quarterly Financial Statements and Information. Within forty-five (45) days after the last day of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the end of such quarter and as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, and the related consolidated statement of operations and the related consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and for the elapsed portion of the year ended with the last day of such quarter, which shall set forth in comparative form such figures as at the end of and for such quarter and appropriate prior period and shall be certified by the chief financial officer of the Company to have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the results of operations for such period, and for the elapsed portion of the year ended with the last day of such period, subject only to normal year-end and audit adjustments; provided that in the event of any change in generally accepted accounting principles used in the preparation of such financial statements, the Company shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance with Section 7.5 and 7.6, a statement of reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.1, no financial statements delivered pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall be required to include footnotes.

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Section 6.2 Annual Financial Statements and Information. As soon as available, but in any event not later than the earlier of (a) the date such deliverables are required (if at all) by the Securities and Exchange Commission and (b) one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related audited consolidated statement of operations for such fiscal year and for the previous fiscal year, the related audited consolidated statements of cash flow and stockholders’ equity for such fiscal year and for the previous fiscal year, which shall be accompanied by an opinion of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a statement of such accountants (unless the giving of such statement is contrary to accounting practice for the continuing independence of such accountant) that in connection with their audit, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the Company was not in compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof insofar as they relate to accounting matters; provided that in the event of any change in generally accepted accounting principles used in the preparation of such financial statements, the Company shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance with Section 7.5 and 7.6 a statement of reconciliation conforming such financial statements to GAAP.

Section 6.3 Performance Certificates. At the time the financial statements are furnished pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, a certificate of the president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the Company as to the financial performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E:

(a) setting forth as and at the end of such quarterly period or fiscal year, as the case may be, the arithmetical calculations required to establish whether or not the Company was in compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof; and

(b) stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge, no Default has occurred and is continuing as at the end of such quarterly period or year, as the case may be, or, if a Default has occurred, disclosing each such Default and its nature, when it occurred, whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by the Company with respect to such Default.

Section 6.4 Copies of Other Reports.

(a) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of the management letter prepared in connection with the annual audit referred to in Section 6.2 hereof.

(b) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any adverse notice or report regarding any License that would reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

(c) From time to time and promptly upon each request, such data, certificates, reports, statements, documents or further information regarding the business, assets, liabilities, financial position, projections, results of operations or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

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(d) Promptly after the sending thereof, copies of all statements, reports and other information which the Company sends to public security holders of the Company generally or publicly files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but solely in the event that any such statement, report or information has not been made publicly available by the Securities and Exchange Commission on the EDGAR or similar system or by the Company on its internet website.

Section 6.5 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Unless previously disclosed in the public filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, notice specifying the nature and status of any of the following events, promptly, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the occurrence of any of the following events becomes known to the Company:

(a) the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any governmental body and all actions and proceedings in any court or before any arbitrator against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the extent known to the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which would reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect;

(b) any material adverse change with respect to the business, assets, liabilities, financial position, results of operations or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than changes which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect and other than changes in the industry in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operates or the economy or business conditions in general;

(d) the commencement or threatened commencement of any litigation regarding any Plan or naming it or the trustee of any such Plan with respect to such Plan or any action taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of the Company to withdraw or partially withdraw from any Plan or to terminate any Plan, that in each case would reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect.

Section 6.6 Certain Electronic Delivery; Public Information. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Company’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 5; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Company’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that the Administrative Agent shall receive notice (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and shall be provided access (by electronic mail) to electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents.

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The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Company hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Company or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Company hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Company shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Company or its securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute confidential information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 12.19); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC.”

Section 6.7 Know Your Customer Information. Upon a merger or consolidation pursuant to Section 7.3(b), the Company (or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower) or the surviving corporation into which the Company (or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower) is merged or consolidated shall deliver for the benefit of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent, such other documents as may reasonably be requested in connection with such merger or consolidation, including, without limitation, information in respect of “know your customer” and similar requirements, an incumbency certificate and an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Lenders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting the assumption of the Obligations of the Company (or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower) under the Notes, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to the terms of Section 7.3(b) are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof.

Section 6.8 Additional Requested Information. Promptly upon request, information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

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ARTICLE 7—NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Section 7.1 Indebtedness; Guaranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur or otherwise become or remain obligated in respect of, or permit to be outstanding, any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Guaranty) except:

(a) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and disclosed in the public filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any refinancing, extensions, renewals and replacements (including through open market purchases and tender offers) of any such Indebtedness that do not (i) increase the outstanding principal amount and any existing commitments not utilized thereunder, or accreted value thereof (or, in the case of open market purchases and tender offers, exceed the current market value thereof) plus any accrued interest thereon, the amount of any premiums and any costs and expenses incurred to effect such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement, (ii) result in an earlier maturity date or decrease the weighted average life thereof or (iii) change the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto;

(b) Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(c) Indebtedness existing at the time a Subsidiary of the Company (not having previously been a Subsidiary) (i) becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary of the Company and any refinancing, extensions, renewals and replacements (including through open market purchases and tender offers) of any such Indebtedness that do not (x) increase the outstanding principal amount, including any existing commitments not utilized thereunder, or accreted value thereof (or, in the case of open market purchases and tender offers, exceed the current market value thereof) plus any accrued interest thereon, the amount of any premiums and any costs and expenses incurred to effect such refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement or (y) result in an earlier maturity date or decrease the weighted average life thereof; provided that such Indebtedness is not created in contemplation of such merger or consolidation;

(d) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens;

(e) Capitalized Lease Obligations;

(f) obligations under Hedge Agreements; provided that such Hedge Agreements shall not be speculative in nature;

(g) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Company, so long as (i) no Default exists or would be caused thereby and (ii) the principal outstanding amount of such Indebtedness at the time of its incurrence does not exceed (when taken together with the principal outstanding amount at such time of Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.1(i) hereof (or portion thereof) that is guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company), in the aggregate, the greater of (x) $3,500,000,000 and (y) fifty percent (50%) of Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter;

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(h) Indebtedness under (i) each Existing ABS Facility and (ii) any additional ABS Facilities entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any increase of any Existing ABS Facility) so long as, in each case after giving pro forma effect to such ABS Facility, the Company is in compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof;

(i) (i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and (ii) other Indebtedness of the Company so long as, in each case after giving pro forma effect to such other Indebtedness, the Company is in compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof;

(j) Guaranties by the Company of any of the foregoing except for the Indebtedness set forth under Section 7.1(h) hereof;

(k) Guaranties by any Subsidiary of the Company of any of the foregoing except for the Indebtedness set forth under Section 7.1(h) hereof; provided that there shall be no prohibition against Guaranties by any Subsidiaries of the Company that (i) are special purposes entities directly involved in any ABS Facilities and (ii) have no material assets other than the direct or indirect Ownership Interests in special purpose entities directly involved in such ABS Facilities; provided further that the principal outstanding amount of any Indebtedness set forth in Section 7.1(i) hereof (or portion thereof) that is guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company shall not exceed (when taken together with the principal outstanding amount at such time of Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.1(g) hereof), in the aggregate, the greater of (x) $3,000,000,000 and (y) fifty percent (50%) of Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter;

(l) In respect of Subsidiaries of the Company that are owned by the Company and one or more joint venture partners, Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries owed to such joint venture partners; and

(m) Unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower to finance all or a portion of the Specified Merger.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.1, (A) if an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described above, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses, although the Company may divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in one or more of the types of Indebtedness and may later re-divide or reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this Section 7.1 and (B) the amount of Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof shall be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in conformity with GAAP.

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Section 7.2 Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur or permit to exist or to be created, assumed, incurred or permitted to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for (i) Liens securing the Obligations (if any), (ii) Permitted Liens, and (iii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.1(a) (but only if and to the extent such Indebtedness (or the Indebtedness which was refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced) is secured as of the date hereof), Section 7.1(c) (but only if and to the extent such Indebtedness (or the Indebtedness which was refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced) is secured as of the date the Subsidiary that incurred such Indebtedness became a Subsidiary of the Company), Section 7.1(g), Section 7.1(h) or Section 7.1(k).

Section 7.3 Liquidation, Merger or Disposition of Assets.

(a) Disposition of Assets. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time sell, lease, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any assets (other than assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business), except for (i) the transfer of assets among the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding Subsidiaries of such Persons described in clause (b) of the definition of “Subsidiary” if the requirements of clause (a) thereof are not otherwise met) or the transfer of assets between or among the Company’s Subsidiaries (excluding Subsidiaries of such Persons described in clause (b) of the definition of “Subsidiary” if the requirements of clause (a) thereof are not otherwise met), (ii) the transfer of assets by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to Unrestricted Subsidiaries representing an amount not to exceed, in any given fiscal year, fifteen percent (15%) of Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, but in aggregate for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending of the date of such transfer, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of such transfer, or (iii) the disposition of assets for fair market value so long as no Default exists or will be caused to occur as a result of such disposition; provided that, in respect of this clause (iii), the fair market value of all such assets disposed of by the Company and its Subsidiaries during any fiscal year shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year. For the avoidance of doubt, cash and cash equivalents shall not be considered assets subject to the provisions of this Section 7.3(a).

(b) Liquidation or Merger. Neither Company nor any Subsidiary Borrower shall, at any time, liquidate or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or otherwise wind up, or enter into any merger or consolidation, other than (i) a merger or consolidation among the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower and one or more of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower is the surviving Person, (ii) in connection with an Acquisition permitted hereunder effected by a merger in which the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower is the surviving Person, or (iii) a merger or consolidation (including, without limitation, in connection with an Acquisition permitted hereunder) among the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, on the one hand, and any other Person (including, without limitation, an Affiliate), on the other hand, where the surviving Person (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary Borrower) (A) is a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (B) on the effective date of such merger or consolidation expressly assumes, by supplemental agreement, executed and delivered to the

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Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Lenders, all the Obligations of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower under the Notes, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, however, that, in each case, no Default exists or would be caused thereby.

Section 7.4 Restricted Payments. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payments; provided, however that the Company and its Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payments so long as no Default exists or would be caused thereby, and, provided, further that, (a) for so long as the Company is a REIT, during the continuation of a Default, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payments provided they do not exceed in the aggregate for any four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company occurring from and after March 31, 2013, (i) 95% of Funds From Operations for such four fiscal quarter period, or (ii) such greater amount as may be required to comply with Section 5.9 or to avoid the imposition of income or excise taxes on the Company, and (b) the Company may make any Restricted Payment required to comply with Section 5.9, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Restricted Payment necessary to satisfy the requirements of section 857(a)(2)(B) of the Code, or any successor provision, or to avoid the imposition of any income or excise taxes.

Section 7.5 Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. As of the end of each fiscal quarter, the Company shall not permit the ratio of (i) Senior Secured Debt on such calculation date to (ii) Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, to be greater than 3.00 to 1.00.

Section 7.6 Total Company Leverage Ratio. As of the end of each fiscal quarter, the Company shall not permit the ratio of (a) Total Debt on such calculation date to (b) Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter to be greater than 6.00 to 1.00; provided that in lieu of the foregoing, for any such date occurring after a Qualified Acquisition (as defined below) and on or prior to the last day of the fourth full fiscal quarter of the Company after the consummation of such Qualified Acquisition, the Company will not permit such ratio as of such date to exceed 7.50 to 1.00; provided that the above step-up will be available only if during the immediately preceding quarter such step-up did not apply.

“Qualified Acquisition” shall mean an Acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary which has been designated to the Lenders by an authorized officer of the Company as a “Qualified Acquisition” so long as, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Acquisition, the ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2) prior to such acquisition would be no less than 5.50 to 1.00; provided that (i) no such designation may be made with respect to any Acquisition prior to the end of the fourth full fiscal quarter following the completion of the most recently consummated Qualified Acquisition unless the ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company (for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2) prior to the consummation of such Acquisition was no greater than 6.00 to 1.00, (ii) the aggregate consideration for such Acquisition (including the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness assumed thereby) is equal to or greater than $850,000,000 and (iii) the Specified Merger shall constitute a “Qualified Acquisition” for all purposes hereunder.

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Section 7.7 [Reserved].

Section 7.8 Affiliate Transactions. Except (i) as specifically provided herein (including, without limitation, Sections 7.1, 7.3 and 7.4 hereof), (ii) investments of cash and cash equivalents in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and (iii) as may be disclosed in the public filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time engage in any transaction with an Affiliate, other than between or among the Company and/or any Subsidiaries of the Company or in the ordinary course of business, or make an assignment or other transfer of any of its properties or assets to any Affiliate, in each case on terms less advantageous in any material respect to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be the case if such transaction had been effected with a non-Affiliate.

Section 7.9 Restrictive Agreements. The Company shall not, nor shall the Company permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Material Subsidiary of the Company to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Company or any other Material Subsidiary of the Company; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by Applicable Law or by any Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Material Subsidiary of the Company pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Material Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions contained in any instrument governing Indebtedness or Ownership Interests of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred, or such Ownership Interests were issued, in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the property or assets of the Person so acquired, and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those instruments; provided that the encumbrances or restrictions contained in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings, taken as whole, are not materially more restrictive than the encumbrances or restrictions contained in instruments as in effect on the date of acquisition, (iv) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers or lessors under contracts or leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, (v) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented materials or other intellectual property and customary provisions in agreements that restrict the assignment of such agreements or any rights thereunder, (vi) the foregoing shall not apply

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to restrictions and conditions imposed by contracts or leases entered into in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries with such Person’s customers, lessors or suppliers and (vii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed upon the “borrower”, “issuer”, “guarantor”, “pledgor” or “lender” entities under ABS Facilities permitted under Section 7.1(h) hereof or which arise in connection with any payment default regarding Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Section 7.1 hereof.

Section 7.10 Use of Proceeds. The Company shall not, nor shall the Company permit any of its Subsidiaries to, use the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit directly, or to the Company’s knowledge indirectly, to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to a Designated Person or a Sanctioned Country, in material violation of Anti-Corruption Laws or in any manner that would result in the violation by any party hereto of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations.

ARTICLE 8—DEFAULT

Section 8.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any governmental or non-governmental body:

(a) any representation or warranty made under this Agreement shall prove to be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to be made pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof;

(b) the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower shall default in the payment of (i) any interest hereunder or under any of the Notes or fees or other amounts payable to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any of them, when due, and such Default shall not be cured by payment in full within five (5) Business Days from the due date or (ii) any principal hereunder or under any of the Notes when due;

(c) the Company or any Material Subsidiary, as applicable, shall default in the performance or observance of any agreement or covenant contained in Sections 5.1 (as to the existence of the Company), 5.8, 5.10, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 and 7.9 hereof;

(d) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall default in the performance or observance of any other agreement or covenant contained in this Agreement not specifically referred to elsewhere in this Section 8.1, and such default shall not be cured within a period of thirty (30) days (or with respect to Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.4, 6.5 and 7.8 hereof, such longer period not to exceed sixty (60) days if such default is curable within such period and the Company is proceeding in good faith with all diligent efforts to cure such default) from the later of (i) occurrence of such Default and (ii) the date on which such Default became known to the Company;

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(e) there shall occur any default in the performance or observance of any agreement or covenant or breach of any representation or warranty contained in any of the Loan Documents (other than this Agreement or as otherwise provided in this Section 8.1) by the Company, which shall not be cured within a period of thirty (30) days (or such longer period not to exceed sixty (60) days if such default is curable within such period and the Company is proceeding in good faith with all diligent efforts to cure such default) from the date on which such default became known to the Company;

(f) there shall be entered and remain unstayed a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy law or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group, or of any substantial part of their respective properties, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group; or an involuntary petition shall be filed against the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group, and (i) such petition shall not be diligently contested, or (ii) any such petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days;

(g) the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group shall file a petition, answer or consent seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy law or other similar law, or the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group shall consent to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment or taking of possession of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group or of any substantial part of their respective properties, or the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group shall fail generally to pay their respective debts as they become due or shall be adjudicated insolvent; or the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group shall take any action in furtherance of any such action;

(h) a judgment not covered by insurance or indemnification, where the indemnifying party has agreed to indemnify and is financially able to do so, shall be entered by any court against the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group for the payment of money which exceeds singly, or in the aggregate with other such judgments, $600,000,000, or a warrant of attachment or execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against property of the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group which, together with all other such property of the Company or any Material Subsidiary Group subject to other such process, exceeds in value $600,000,000 in the aggregate, and if, within thirty (30) days after the entry, issue or levy thereof, such judgment, warrant or process shall not have been paid or discharged or stayed pending appeal or removed to bond, or if, after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment, warrant or process, shall not have been paid or discharged or removed to bond;

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(i) except to the extent that would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect collectively or individually, (i) there shall be at any time any “accumulated funding deficiency,” as defined in ERISA or in Section 412 of the Code, with respect to any Plan maintained by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, or to which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any liabilities, or any trust created thereunder; (ii) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States District Court to administer any such Plan; (iii) PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any such Plan; (iv) the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate shall incur any liability to PBGC in connection with the termination of any such Plan; or (v) any Plan or trust created under any Plan of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate shall engage in a “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) which would subject any such Plan, any trust created thereunder, any trustee or administrator thereof, or any party dealing with any such Plan or trust to material tax or penalty on “prohibited transactions” imposed by Section 502 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code;

(j) there shall occur (i) any acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Material Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $600,000,000, or, as a result of a failure to comply with the terms thereof, such Indebtedness shall otherwise have become due and payable prior to its scheduled maturity; or (ii) any failure to make any payment when due (after any applicable grace period) with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Material Subsidiary (other than the Obligations) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $600,000,000;

(k) any material Loan Document or any material provision thereof, shall at any time and for any reason be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof (exclusive of questions of interpretation of any provision thereof), or the Company shall deny that it has any liability or obligation for the payment of principal or interest purported to be created under any Loan Document (other than in accordance with its terms);

(l) there shall occur any Change of Control; or

(m) so long as any Subsidiary of the Company is a Subsidiary Borrower, any provision of Article 11 shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company, or the Company shall so state in writing.

Section 8.2 Remedies.

(a) If an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1 (other than an Event of Default under Section 8.1(f) or (g) hereof) shall have occurred and shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Majority Lenders but subject to Section 9.3 hereof, shall (i) (A) terminate the Revolving Loan Commitments and/or (B) declare the principal of and interest on the Loans and the Notes, if any, and all other amounts owed to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the Notes and any other Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything in this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, and the Revolving Loan Commitments shall thereupon forthwith terminate, and (ii) require the Company to, and the Company shall thereupon, deposit in an interest bearing account with the Administrative Agent, as Cash Collateral for the Obligations, an amount equal to the maximum amount currently or at any time thereafter available to be drawn on all outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.15.

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(b) Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(f) or (g) hereof, all principal, interest and other amounts due hereunder and under the Notes, and all other Obligations, shall thereupon and concurrently therewith become due and payable and the Revolving Loan Commitments shall forthwith terminate and the principal amount of the Loans outstanding hereunder shall bear interest at the Default Rate, and the Company shall thereupon forthwith deposit in an interest bearing account with the Administrative Agent, as Cash Collateral for the Obligations, an amount equal to the maximum amount currently or at any time thereafter available to be drawn on all outstanding Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.15, all without any action by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Majority Lenders, the Issuing Banks, or any of them, and without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived, anything in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that in the case of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Subsidiary Borrower, all principal, interest and other amounts due hereunder and under the Notes, and all other Obligations of such Subsidiary Borrower, shall thereupon and concurrently therewith become due and payable and the principal amount of the Loans outstanding hereunder shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

(c) Upon acceleration of the Loans, as provided in Section 8.2(a) or (b) hereof, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall have all of the post-default rights granted to them, or any of them, as applicable under the Loan Documents and under Applicable Law.

(d) The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder shall be cumulative, and not exclusive.

(e) In the event that the Administrative Agent establishes a cash collateral account as contemplated by this Section 8.2, the Administrative Agent shall invest all funds in demand deposit bank accounts in U.S. financial institutions that are either member banks of the Federal Reserve system or state-chartered banks regulated by the FDIC). The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that any interest earned on such funds shall be retained by the Administrative Agent as additional collateral for the Obligations. Upon satisfaction in full of all Obligations and the termination of the Commitments, the Administrative Agent shall pay any amounts then held in such account to the Company.

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Certain Funds Period and (y) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not have any right to terminate any undrawn Revolving Loan Commitments in respect of the Certain Funds Sublimit upon the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default (except for any Default or Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.1(f) or Section 8.1(g)).

Section 8.3 Payments Subsequent to Declaration of Event of Default. Subsequent to the acceleration of the Loans under Section 8.2 hereof, payments and prepayments (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not Cash Collateral) under this Agreement made to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders or otherwise received by any of such Persons shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent (if necessary) and distributed by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the Administrative Agent’s, Lenders’ and Issuing Banks’ reasonable costs and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the collection of such payment or prepayment, including, without limitation, all amounts under Section 12.2(b) hereof; second, to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks for any fees hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents then due and payable; third, to the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective unpaid principal amounts (except as provided in Section 2.2(e) hereof), for the payment of any unpaid interest which may have accrued on the Obligations and any fees hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents then due and payable; fourth, to the Lenders pro rata until all Loans have been paid in full and participations in the Letters of Credit purchased by the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.13(d) hereof shall be paid on a pro rata basis with the Loans), for the payment of the Loans (including the aforementioned obligations under Hedge Agreements and participations in the Letters of Credit); fifth, to the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective unpaid amounts, for the payment of any other unpaid Obligations; and sixth, to the Company or as otherwise required by Applicable Law.

ARTICLE 9—THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 9.1 Appointment and Authorization. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and the Borrowers shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

Section 9.2 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

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Section 9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law , including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any debtor relief law; and

(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 12.12 and 8.2) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company, a Lender, the Swingline Lender or an Issuing Bank.

The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 3 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

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Section 9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

Section 9.5 Resignation of Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, which shall (i) be a bank with (A) an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of a bank with an office in the United States, and (B) combined capital and reserves in excess of $250,000,000 (clauses (A) and (B) together, the “Agent Qualifications”) and (ii) so long as no Event of Default is continuing, be reasonably acceptable to Company. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and in consultation with the Company, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the Agent Qualifications. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

(b) If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (v) of the definition thereof, the Majority Lenders may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Company and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the Agent Qualifications and which, so long as no Event of Default is continuing, is reasonably acceptable to Company. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Majority Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.

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(c) With effect from, as applicable, the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each Issuing Bank directly, until such time as the Majority Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Sections 12.2 and 12.5 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

(d) Any resignation by Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute the resignation of Toronto Dominion as an Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender. If Toronto Dominion resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Loans (in the form of Base Rate Advances) or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.17(c). Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, (ii) the retiring Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring Issuing Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit.

Section 9.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

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Section 9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders severally, and not jointly, agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company but without effecting the Company’s obligations with respect thereto) pro rata according to their respective Commitment Ratios, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses (other than the loss of principal, interest and fees hereunder in the event of a bankruptcy or out-of-court ‘work-out’ of the Loans), damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, or reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of experts, agents, consultants and counsel), or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other document contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other document contemplated by this Agreement, except that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, or reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent as determined by a final, non-appealable judicial order of a court having jurisdiction over the subject matter.

Section 9.8 No Responsibilities of the Agents. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Syndication Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners (as set forth on the cover page hereof) shall not have any duties or responsibilities, nor shall the Syndication Agent or any of the Joint Lead Arrangers or Joint Bookrunners have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Syndication Agent or any of the Joint Lead Arrangers or Joint Bookrunners.

Section 9.9 Lender ERISA Matters. Each Lender represents and warrants as of the date hereof to the Administrative Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, for the benefit of the Company or any other Borrower, that such Lender is not and will not be (i) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code; (iii) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plans or accounts for purposes of ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code that is using “plan assets” of any such plans or accounts to fund or hold Loans or perform its obligations under this Agreement; or (iv) a “governmental plan” within the meaning of ERISA.

Section 9.10 Erroneous Payments.

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(a) Each Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this Section 9.10 shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(b) Each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.

(c) The Borrower hereby agrees that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are not recovered from any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower.

(d) Each party’s obligations under this Section 9.10 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.

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ARTICLE 10—CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES

AFFECTING LIBOR ADVANCES AND INCREASED COSTS

Section 10.1 Interest Rate Basis Determination Inadequate or Unfair.

(a) If with respect to any proposed LIBOR Advance or SONIA Rate Advance for any Interest Period, (a) the Majority Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurocurrency Rate for any Interest Period for such Advance will not adequately reflect the cost to such Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their LIBOR Advances or SONIA Rate Advances, as applicable, for such Interest Period, or (b) the Administrative Agent determines after consultation with the Lenders that adequate and fair means do not exist for determining the LIBOR Basis or the SONIA Rate Basis, as applicable, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders, whereupon until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such situation no longer exist, with respect to LIBOR Advances, the obligations of any affected Lender to make its portion of such LIBOR Advances shall be suspended and each affected Lender shall make its portion of such LIBOR Advance as a Base Rate Advance and with respect to SONIA Rate Advances the obligations of any affected Lender to make its portion of such SONIA Rate Advances shall be suspended,

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Majority Lenders.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document and subject to the proviso below in this paragraph, solely with respect to a Loan denominated in Dollars, if a Term SOFR Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then the applicable Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder or under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that this paragraph (b) shall not be effective unless the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders and the Company a Term SOFR Notice.

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(d) In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(e) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, a Term SOFR Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (f) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 10.1, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 10.1.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or the Eurocurrency Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

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Unavailability Period and, failing that, either (x) the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any request for a borrowing of LIBOR Advances denominated in Dollars into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Advances denominated in Dollars or (y) any borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be ineffective. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate (if any) based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate. Furthermore, if any LIBOR Advance in any Agreed Currency is outstanding on the date of the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such LIBOR Advance, then (i) if such LIBOR Advance is denominated in Dollars, then on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Loan shall be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, a Base Rate Advance denominated in Dollars on such day or (ii) if such Advance is denominated in any Alternative Currency, then such Loan shall as of the date of determination, or, with respect to a term-based rate, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), at the Borrower’s election prior to such day, (A) be prepaid by the Borrower on such day or (B) be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and (subject to the remainder of this subclause (B)) shall constitute, a Base Rate Advance denominated in Dollars (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) on such day (it being understood and agreed that if the Borrower does not so prepay such Loan on such day by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, the Administrative Agent is authorized to effect such conversion of such Advance into a Base Rate Advance denominated in Dollars), and, in the case of such subclause (B), upon any subsequent implementation of a Benchmark Replacement in respect of such Alternative Currency pursuant to this Section 10.1, such Base Rate Advance denominated in Dollars shall then be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an Advance denominated in such original Alternative Currency (in an amount equal to the Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) on the day of such implementation, giving effect to such Benchmark Replacement in respect of such Alternative Currency.

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affected LIBOR Advance, together with accrued interest thereon or convert such LIBOR Advance to a Base Rate Advance, on either (a) the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such affected LIBOR Advances if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain and fund its portion of such LIBOR Advance to such day or (b) immediately if such Lender may not lawfully continue to fund and maintain its portion of such affected LIBOR Advances to such day. Concurrently with repaying such portion of each affected LIBOR Advance, any Borrower may borrow a Base Rate Advance from such Lender, whether or not it would have been entitled to effect such borrowing, and such Lender shall make such Advance, if so requested, in an amount such that the outstanding principal amount of the Advance shall equal the outstanding principal amount of the affected LIBOR Advance of such Lender immediately prior to such repayment.

Section 10.3 Increased Costs and Additional Amounts.

(a) If after the date hereof, the adoption of any Applicable Law, or any change in any Applicable Law (whether adopted before or after the Effective Date), or any interpretation or change in interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any directive issued after the Effective Date (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency:

(i) shall subject any Lender to any Tax with respect to its obligation to make its portion of LIBOR Advances, or its portion of other Advances, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender of the principal of or interest on its portion of LIBOR Advances or in respect of any other amounts due under this Agreement, or its obligation to make its portion of Advances (except for changes with respect to Taxes imposed on the revenues or net income of such Lender, and except for any Taxes referred to in Section 10.3(b) hereof); or

(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without limitation, any imposed by the Board, but excluding any included in an applicable Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage), special deposit, capital adequacy or liquidity, assessment or other requirement or condition against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or commitments or credit extended by, any Lender or shall impose on any Lender or the London interbank borrowing market any other condition affecting its obligation to make its portion of such LIBOR Advances or its portion of existing Advances;

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requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be enacted, adopted or issued after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

(b) Except as required by Applicable Law, all payments made by any Borrower under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income or other similar taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Taxes”), now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any governmental authority. If any Taxes are required to be withheld or deducted from any such payment, the relevant Borrower shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by a Lender after such withholding or deduction is equal to the amount that the Lender would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required; provided, however, that the relevant Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender if such Lender fails to comply with the requirements of Section 2.12 hereof; provided, further, that the relevant Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amounts in respect of Taxes imposed under FATCA, provided, further, that the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any U.S. withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of any Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office (including due to the exercise of Lender’s option pursuant to Section 2.2(d)), except, in each case, to the extent that, pursuant to this Section 10.3, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office , provided, further, that the Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amounts in respect of Taxes imposed on a Lender by reason of any connection between the Lender and the taxing jurisdiction other than a connection that is solely attributable to executing, delivering, performing or enforcing this Agreement and receiving payments hereunder. Whenever any Taxes are payable by the relevant Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.3(b), as promptly as possible thereafter the relevant Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the relevant Borrower showing payment thereof. If the relevant Borrower fails to pay any Taxes as required by this Section 10.3(b) when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other documentary evidence, the relevant Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. The relevant Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after receipt of written demand therefor from the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be. The agreements set forth in this Section 10.3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations. Each Lender will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 10.3 and will designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender made in good faith, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

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(c) Any Lender claiming compensation under this Section 10.3 shall provide the relevant Borrower with a written certificate setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder and calculations therefor in reasonable detail. Such certificate shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error. In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.3 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that, other than in respect of Taxes, no Borrower shall be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section if the circumstances giving rise to such compensation occurred more than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrowers of such circumstances and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if such circumstances are retroactive, then the six (6) month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). If any Lender demands compensation under this Section 10.3, the relevant Borrowers may at any time, upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior notice to such Lender, prepay in full such Lender’s portion of the then outstanding LIBOR Advances, together with accrued interest and fees thereon to the date of prepayment, along with any reimbursement required under Section 2.9 hereof and this Section 10.3. Concurrently with prepaying such portion of LIBOR Advances the relevant Borrower may, whether or not then entitled to make such borrowing, borrow a Base Rate Advance, or a LIBOR Advance not so affected, from such Lender, and such Lender shall, if so requested, make such Advance in an amount such that the outstanding principal amount of such Advance shall equal the outstanding principal amount of the affected LIBOR Advance of such Lender immediately prior to such prepayment.

(d) The relevant Borrowers shall pay any present or future stamp, transfer or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes that may be imposed in connection with the execution, delivery or registration of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents.

(e) If any party receives a refund of any Taxes for which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 10.3, it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant governmental authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (e) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant governmental authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such governmental authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (e), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (e) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been

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deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

Section 10.4 Effect On Other Advances. If notice has been given pursuant to Section 10.1, 10.2 or 10.3 hereof suspending the obligation of any Lender to make its portion of any LIBOR Advance, or requiring such Lender’s portion of LIBOR Advances to be repaid or prepaid, then, unless and until such Lender notifies the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such repayment no longer apply, all amounts which would otherwise be made by such Lender as its portion of LIBOR Advances shall be instead as Base Rate Advances, unless otherwise notified by the relevant Borrowers.

Section 10.5 Claims for Increased Costs and Taxes; Replacement Lenders. In the event that any Lender shall (v) decline to make LIBOR Advances pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 hereof, (w) have notified the Borrowers that it is entitled to claim compensation pursuant to Section 10.3, 2.8, 2.9 or 2.11 hereof or is unable to complete the form required or is subject to withholding on account of any Tax, (x) not consent to any request for an extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.18 hereof or (y) become a Defaulting Lender (each such lender being an “Affected Lender”), the relevant Borrower at its own cost and expense may designate a replacement lender (a “Replacement Lender”) to assume the Revolving Loan Commitments and the obligations of any such Affected Lender hereunder, and to purchase the outstanding Loans of such Affected Lender and such Affected Lender’s rights hereunder and with respect thereto, and within ten (10) Business Days of such designation the Affected Lender shall (a) sell to such Replacement Lender, without recourse upon, warranty by or expense to such Affected Lender, by way of an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto, for a purchase price equal to (unless such Lender agrees to a lesser amount) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans of such Affected Lender, plus all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all other amounts owing to such Affected Lender hereunder, including without limitation, payment by the relevant Borrower of any amount which would be payable to such Affected Lender pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof (provided that the administrative fee set forth in Section 12.4(b)(iv) shall not apply to an assignment described in this clause (a)), and (b) assign the Revolving Loan Commitments of such Affected Lender and upon such assumption and purchase by the Replacement Lender, such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Lender shall cease to be a “Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations or rights hereunder (other than any obligations or rights which according to this Agreement shall survive the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments); provided that the relevant Borrower shall not replace any Defaulting Lender during the continuance of any Default.

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ARTICLE 11—GUARANTY

Section 11.1 Unconditional Guaranty.

The Company hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all obligations of each other Borrower now or hereafter existing under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all documented out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in enforcing any rights under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such Borrower. This is a guaranty of payment and not collection.

Section 11.2 Guaranty Absolute. (a) The Company guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto. The obligations of the Company under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of any other Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Company to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against any Borrower or whether any Borrower is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of the Company under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and the Company hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of any Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;

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(iii) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(iv) any manner of application of any collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of any Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any other assets of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(v) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(vi) any failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to disclose to the Company any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any Borrower now or hereafter known to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (the Company waiving any duty on the part of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to disclose such information);

(vii) the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of the Company or other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or

(viii) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower or any other guarantor or surety.

(b) This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

Section 11.3 Waivers and Acknowledgments(a) . To the maximum extent permitted by Applicable Law:

(a) The Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Borrower or any other Person or any collateral.

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(b) The Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.

(c) The Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of the Company or other rights of the Company to proceed against any Borrower, any other guarantor or any other Person or any collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the obligations of the Company hereunder.

(d) The Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to disclose to the Company any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by the Administrative Agent or such Lender.

(e) The Company acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Agreement and the Notes and that the waivers set forth in Section 11.2 and this Section 11.3 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 11.4 Subrogation. The Company hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against any Borrower or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Company’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Borrower or any other insider guarantor or any collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Borrower or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash, all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated and the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated. If any amount shall be paid to the Company in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) the latest Maturity Date and (c) the latest date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of the Company and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited

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and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or to be held as collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If (i) the Company shall make payment to the Administrative Agent or any Lender of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash, (iii) the latest Maturity Date shall have occurred and (iv) all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will, at the Company’s request and expense, execute and deliver to the Company appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Company of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by the Company pursuant to this Guaranty.

Section 11.5 Subordination. The Company hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other obligations owed to the Company by any Borrower (the “Subordinated Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 11.5:

(a) Prohibited Payments, Etc. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to such Borrower), and after notice from the Administrative Agent not to accept such payments, the Company may receive regularly scheduled payments from such Borrower on account of the Subordinated Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to such Borrower), however, unless the Majority Lenders otherwise agree, the Company shall not demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.

(b) Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations. In any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to such Borrower, the Company agrees that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding (“Post-Petition Interest”)) before the Company receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.

(c) Turn-Over. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to such Borrower), the Company shall, if the Administrative Agent so requests, collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post Petition Interest), together with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of the Company under the other provisions of this Guaranty.

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(d) Administrative Agent Authorization. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to such Borrower), the Administrative Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of the Company, to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and to apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post Petition Interest), and (ii) to require the Company (A) to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and (B) to pay any amounts received on such obligations to the Administrative Agent for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post Petition Interest) until the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations.

Section 11.6 Continuing Guaranty; Assignments. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the latest of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (ii) the latest Maturity Date and (iii) the latest date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, (b) be binding upon the Company, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Administrative Agent or such Lender herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in Section 12.4.

ARTICLE 12—MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.1 Notices.

(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to any Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 5; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified to the Administrative Agent (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Company).

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Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent and the Company, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Banks pursuant to Article 2 if such Lender, Swingline Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent and the Company that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

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liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Company’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and Applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Company or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.

(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, Issuing Banks and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Company even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, each Issuing Bank, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Company. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

Section 12.2 Expenses. The Borrowers will promptly pay, or reimburse:

(a) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder any amendments, waivers and consents associated therewith, including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, special counsel for the Administrative Agent; and

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(b) all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks of enforcement under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of collection if an Event of Default occurs in the payment of the Notes, which in each case shall include, without limitation, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks and one counsel for all of the Lenders.

Section 12.3 Waivers. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Majority Lenders, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks, or any of them, in exercising any right, shall operate as a waiver of such right. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section 12.13, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

Section 12.4 Assignment and Participation.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section, or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of subsection (g) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

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(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts.

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swingline Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swingline Loans;

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A) the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender;

(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender; and

(C) the consent of each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for each assignment of Commitments.

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(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates, or (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural person.

(vi) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Company and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities under this Agreement then due and owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance with its Commitment Ratio. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 10.3, 10.2 and 10.5 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the relevant Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.

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(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Company (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. This Section 12.4(c) shall be construed so that the Obligations are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (and any other relevant or successor provisions of the Code or Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder). The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company and any Lender, as to its Commitments only, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (ii)(A), (B) or (C) of Section 12.12(a) that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.3 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.

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A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 10.3 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant. A Participant that would be a foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.12 unless the Company is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Company, to comply with Section 2.12 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except each Lender that sells a participation shall make a copy of the Participant Register available for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

(e) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central banking authority; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

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notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the relevant Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Advances to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the relevant Borrower and the Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Advances and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Advances to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. This Section 12.4(f) may not be amended without the written consent of any SPC which has been designated in writing as provided in the first sentence hereof and holds any outstanding Loans. The designation by a Granting Lender of an SPC to fund Advances shall be deemed to be a representation, warranty, covenant and agreement by such Granting Lender to the Borrowers and all other parties hereunder that (A) the funding and maintaining of such Advances by such SPC shall not constitute a “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code), and (B) such designation, funding and maintenance would not result in any interest requiring registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or qualification under any state securities law. The SPC shall from time to time provide to the relevant Borrower the tax and other forms required pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof with respect to such SPC as though such SPC were a Lender hereunder. In no event shall any Borrower or any Lender other than the Granting Lender be obligated hereunder to pay any additional amounts under any provision of this Agreement (pursuant to Article 10 hereof or otherwise) by reason of a Granting Lender’s designation of an SPC or the funding or maintenance of Advances by such SPC, in excess of amounts which the relevant Borrower would have been obligated to pay if such Granting Lender had not made such designation and such Granting Lender were itself funding and maintaining such Advances. The Administrative Agent shall register the interest of any SPC in an Advance from time to time on the Register maintained pursuant to Section 12.4(c) hereof.

(g) Resignation as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Toronto Dominion assigns all of its Revolving Loan Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Toronto Dominion may, (i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Company and the Lenders, resign as Issuing Bank and (ii) (i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Company, resign as Swingline Lender. In the event of any such resignation as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, the Company shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Company to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Toronto Dominion as Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be. If Toronto Dominion resigns as Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Issuing Bank and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Advances or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.13(c)). If Toronto Dominion resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Loans (in the form of Base Rate Advances) or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.17(c). Upon the appointment of a successor Issuing Bank or

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Swingline Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, and (b) the successor Issuing Bank shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Toronto Dominion to effectively assume the obligations of Toronto Dominion with respect to such Letters of Credit.

Section 12.5 Indemnity. The Borrowers agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and each of their respective Affiliates, employees, representatives, shareholders, partners, agents, officers and directors (any of the foregoing shall be an “Indemnitee”) from and against any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, actions, reasonable and documented external attorneys’ fees and expenses (as such fees and expenses are reasonably incurred), penalties, judgments, suits, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and demands by any third party, including the costs of investigating and defending such claims, whether or not the Company or the Person seeking indemnification is the prevailing party (a) resulting from any breach or alleged breach by the Company of any representation or warranty made hereunder or under any Loan Document; or (b) otherwise arising out of (i) the Commitments or otherwise under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds of Loans hereunder in any fashion by any Borrower or the performance of its obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) allegations of any participation by a Lender, the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or any of them, in the affairs of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or allegations that any of them has any joint liability with the Company for any reason and (iii) any claims against the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or any of them, by any shareholder or other investor in or lender to any Borrower, by any brokers or finders or investment advisers or investment bankers retained by such Borrower or by any other third party, arising out of the Commitments or otherwise under this Agreement, except to the extent that (A) the Person seeking indemnification hereunder is determined in such case to have acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct, in any case, by a final, non-appealable judicial order of a court of competent jurisdiction or (B) such claims are for lost profits, foreseeable and unforeseeable, consequential, special, incidental or indirect damages or punitive damages. Upon receipt of notice in writing of any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding for which indemnification is provided pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence (a “Relevant Proceeding”), the recipient shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the other parties hereto) thereof, and the Company and the Lenders agree to consult, to the extent appropriate, with a view to minimizing the cost to the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall be entitled, to the extent feasible, to participate in any Relevant Proceeding and shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof with counsel of the Company’s choice; provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to such of the Indemnitees as are parties thereto; provided, further, however, that, after the Company has assumed the defense of any Relevant Proceeding, it will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any order adjudicating or otherwise disposing of any claims against any Indemnitee (1) if such settlement, compromise or order involves the payment of money damages, except if the

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Company agrees, as between the Company and such Indemnitee, to pay such money damages, and, if not simultaneously paid, to furnish such Indemnitee with satisfactory evidence of its ability to pay the same, and (2) if such settlement, compromise or order involves any relief against such Indemnitee other than the payment of money damages, except with the prior written consent of such Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). Notwithstanding the Company’s election to assume the defense of such Relevant Proceeding, such of the Indemnitees as are parties thereto shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such action or proceeding at the expense of such Indemnitee. The obligations of the Company under this Section 12.5 are in addition to, and shall not otherwise limit, any liabilities which the Company might otherwise have in connection with any warranties or similar obligations of the Company in any other Loan Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 12.5 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

Section 12.6 Subsidiary Borrowers . (a) Designation. The Company may at any time, and from time to time, upon not less than 15 Business Days’ notice in the case of any Subsidiary so designated after the Effective Date, notify the Administrative Agent that the Company intends to designate a Subsidiary as a “Subsidiary Borrower” for purposes of this Agreement. On or after the date that is 15 Business Days after such notice, upon delivery to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of a Designation Letter duly executed by the Company and the respective Subsidiary and substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, such Subsidiary shall thereupon become a “Subsidiary Borrower” for purposes of this Agreement and, as such, shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Borrower hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Company’s notice of such pending designation by the Company and the identity of the respective Subsidiary. Following the giving of any notice pursuant to this Section 12.6(a), if the designation of such Subsidiary Borrower obligates the Administrative Agent or any Lender to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Company shall, promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, supply such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in order for the Administrative Agent or such Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with the results of all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations.

As soon as practicable after receiving notice from the Company or the Administrative Agent of the Company’s intent to designate a Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower, and in any event no later than five Business Days after the delivery of such notice, for a Subsidiary Borrower that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than of the United States or a political subdivision thereof, any Lender that may not legally lend to, establish credit for the account of and/or do any business whatsoever with such Subsidiary Borrower directly or through an Affiliate of such Lender as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph (a “Protesting Lender”) shall so notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing. With respect to each Protesting Lender, the Company shall, effective on or before the date that such Subsidiary Borrower shall have the right to borrow hereunder, either (A) notify the Administrative Agent

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and such Protesting Lender that the Commitments of such Protesting Lender shall be terminated; provided that such Protesting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and/or Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), or (B) cancel its request to designate such Subsidiary as a “Subsidiary Borrower” hereunder.

(b) Termination. Upon the payment and performance in full of all of the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes of any Subsidiary Borrower then, so long as at the time no Request for Advance in respect of such Subsidiary Borrower is outstanding, such Subsidiary’s status as a “Subsidiary Borrower” shall terminate upon notice to such effect from the Administrative Agent to the Lenders (which notice the Administrative Agent shall give promptly upon its receipt of a request therefor from the Company). Thereafter, the Lenders shall be under no further obligation to make any Loan hereunder to such Subsidiary Borrower.

Section 12.7 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Requests for Advances, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.

Section 12.8 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. (a) Governing Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed the State of New York; provided that the determination of whether the Specified Merger has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Specified Merger Agreement, the determination of whether the Specified Merger Agreement Representations are accurate and whether as a result of any inaccuracy thereof the Buyer has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to decline to consummate the Specified Merger(s) or to terminate its obligations (or otherwise do not have an obligation to close) under the relevant Specified Merger Agreement and the interpretation of the definition of “Target

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Material Adverse Effect” and whether or not a Target Material Adverse Effect has occurred shall, in each case be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland without giving effect to conflicts of laws principles (whether of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland).

(b) Jurisdiction. Each Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank, or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Waiver of Venue. Each Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 12.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each Subsidiary Borrower hereby agrees that service of process may be made upon the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Company its authorized agent to accept such service of process, and agrees that the failure of the Company to give any notice of any such service shall not impair or affect the validity of such service or of any judgment rendered in any action or proceeding based thereon. To the extent that each Subsidiary Borrower has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, each Subsidiary Borrower hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement.

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Section 12.9 Severability. To the extent permitted by law, any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 12.10 Interest.

(a) In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable hereunder or under the Notes exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law, and in the event any such payment is inadvertently made by any Borrower or inadvertently received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal, unless, if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the relevant Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, in writing, that it elects to have such excess sum returned forthwith. It is the express intent hereof that the Borrowers not pay and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders not receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may legally be paid by the Borrowers under Applicable Law.

(b) Notwithstanding the use by the Lenders of the Base Rate and the Eurocurrency Rate as reference rates for the determination of interest on the Loans, the Lenders shall be under no obligation to obtain funds from any particular source in order to charge interest to the Borrowers at interest rates related to such reference rates.

Section 12.11 Table of Contents and Headings. The Table of Contents and the headings of the various subdivisions used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not in any way modify or amend any of the terms or provisions hereof, nor be used in connection with the interpretation of any provision hereof.

Section 12.12 Amendment and Waiver.

(a) Neither this Agreement nor any Loan Document nor any term hereof or thereof may be amended orally, nor may any provision hereof or thereof be waived orally but only by an instrument in writing signed by or at the written direction of:

(i) except as set forth in (ii) and (iii) below, the Majority Lenders and, in the case of any amendment, by the Company;

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permitted hereunder (in which case, such release shall require no further approval by the Lenders) and except, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of any Subsidiary Borrower, pursuant to Section 12.6(b) above, (E) any amendment to the pro rata treatment of the Lenders set forth in Section 8.3 hereof, (F) any amendment of this Section 12.12, of the definition of Majority Lenders, or of any Section herein to the extent that such Section requires action by all Lenders or the Issuing Banks, (G) any subordination of the Loans in full to any other Indebtedness, (H) any extension of the Maturity Date or any other scheduled maturity of any Loan or the time for payment thereof (other than in accordance with Section 2.18), or (I) a release of any Guaranty provided in Article 11 hereto, the affected Lenders and in the case of an amendment, the Company, and, if applicable, the Swingline Lender or Issuing Banks (it being understood that, for purposes of this Section 12.12(a)(ii), changes to provisions of the Loan Documents that relate only to one or more of the Revolving Loans shall be deemed to “affect” only the Lenders holding such Loans); and

(iii) (x) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (y) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each Swingline Lender, in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or obligations of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement, and (z) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuing Banks in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, adversely affect the rights or obligations of the Issuing Banks in their capacities as such under this Agreement.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended, nor amounts owed to such Lender reduced or the final maturity thereof extended, without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

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Consenting Lenders for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the Non-Consenting Lenders and all accrued interest and fees and other amounts due (including without limitation amounts due to such Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof) or outstanding to such Non-Consenting Lender through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form on Exhibit F attached hereto. Upon execution of any Assignment and Assumption pursuant to this Section 12.12(c), (i) the Replacement Lender shall be entitled to vote on any pending waiver, amendment or consent in lieu of the Non-Consenting Lender replaced by such Replacement Lender, (ii) such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and (iii) such Non-Consenting Lender shall cease to be a “Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations or rights hereunder (other than any obligations or rights which according to this Agreement shall survive the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments).

Section 12.13 Power of Attorney. Each Subsidiary of the Company may from time to time authorize and appoint the Company as its attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver (a) any amendment, waiver or consent in accordance with Section 12.1 on behalf of and in the name of such Subsidiary and (b) any notice or other communication hereunder, on behalf of and in the name of such Subsidiary. Such authorization shall become effective as of the date on which such Subsidiary delivers to the Administrative Agent a power of attorney enforceable under applicable law and any additional information to the Administrative Agent as necessary to make such power of attorney the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Subsidiary.

Section 12.14 Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other documents described or contemplated herein or therein will embody the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and thereto and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

Section 12.15 Other Relationships; No Fiduciary Relationships. No relationship created hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall in any way affect the ability of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender to enter into or maintain business relationships with the Company or any Affiliate thereof beyond the relationships specifically contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Company agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.

Section 12.16 Directly or Indirectly. If any provision in this Agreement refers to any action taken or to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person, whether or not expressly specified in such provision.

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Section 12.17 Reliance on and Survival of Various Provisions. All covenants, agreements, statements, representations and warranties made by the Company herein or in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall (a) be deemed to have been relied upon by the Administrative Agent, each of the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by them and (b) survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any Loans are outstanding and unpaid. Any right to indemnification hereunder, including, without limitation, rights pursuant to Sections 2.9, 2.11, 10.3, 12.2 and 12.5 hereof, shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment and performance of all Obligations.

Section 12.18 Senior Debt. The Obligations are intended by the parties hereto to be senior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company that by its terms is subordinated to any other Indebtedness of the Company.

Section 12.19 Obligations. The obligations of the Administrative Agent, each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereunder are several, not joint.

Section 12.20 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks shall hold confidentially all non-public and proprietary information and all other information designated by the Company as confidential, in each case, obtained from the Company or its Affiliates pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement in accordance with their customary procedures for handling confidential information of this nature and in accordance with safe and sound lending practices; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Banks may make disclosure of any such information (a) to their examiners, Affiliates, outside auditors, counsel, consultants, appraisers, agents, other professional advisors, any credit insurance provider relating to the Borrowers and their obligations and any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such counterparty’s professional advisor in connection with this Agreement or as reasonably required by any proposed syndicate member or any proposed transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated transfer of any Note or participation therein (including, without limitation, any pledgee referred to in Section 12.4(e) hereof), in each case, so long as any such Person (other than any examiners) receiving such information is advised of the provisions of this Section 12.20 and agrees to be bound thereby, (b) as required or requested by any governmental authority or self-regulatory body or representative thereof or in connection with the enforcement hereof or of any Loan Document or related document or (c) pursuant to legal process or with respect to any litigation between or among the Company and any of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Banks. In no event shall the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank be obligated or required to return any materials furnished to it by the Company. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank

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with respect to information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public (other than through the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Issuing Bank), (ii) is already in the possession of the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Issuing Bank on a non-confidential basis, or (iii) comes into the possession of the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Issuing Bank from a source other than the Company or its Affiliates in a manner not known to the Administrative Agent, such Lender, the Swingline Lender or such Issuing Bank to involve a breach of a duty of confidentiality owing to the Company or its Affiliates.

Section 12.21 Judgment. (a) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase Dollars with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s principal office in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.

(b) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in an Alternative Currency into Dollars, the parties agree to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase such Alternative Currency with Dollars at the Administrative Agent’s principal office in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.

(c) The obligation of any Borrower in respect of any sum due from it in any currency (the “Primary Currency”) to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any other currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be), of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the applicable Primary Currency with such other currency; if the amount of the applicable Primary Currency so purchased is less than such sum due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, each Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) against such loss, and if the amount of the applicable Primary Currency so purchased exceeds such sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) agrees to remit to such Borrower such excess.

Section 12.22 Substitution of Currency. If a change in any Alternative Currency occurs pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation of any governmental, monetary or multi-national authority, this Agreement (including, without limitation, the definition of Eurocurrency Rate) will be amended to the extent determined by the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably and in consultation with the Company) to be necessary to reflect the change in currency and to put the Lenders and the Borrowers in the same position, so far as possible, that they would have been in if no change in such Alternative Currency had occurred.

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Section 12.23 Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held, and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing, by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, Issuing Bank or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Advances owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

Section 12.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

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(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any applicable Resolution Authority.

Section 12.25 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Borrower in accordance with the Act.

ARTICLE 13—WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

Section 13.1 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH SUBSIDIARY BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANKS AND THE LENDERS, HEREBY AGREE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO WAIVE AND HEREBY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY COURT AND IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY TYPE IN WHICH THE COMPANY, ANY SUBSIDIARY BORROWER, ANY OF THE LENDERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE SWINGLINE LENDER, ANY OF THE ISSUING BANKS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS IS A PARTY, AS TO ALL MATTERS AND THINGS ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE NOTES OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE RELATIONS AMONG THE PARTIES LISTED IN THIS SECTION 13.1. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION, ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE SWINGLINE LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ISSUING BANK, THE SWINGLINE LENDER OR ANY LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS

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AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN FULLY DISCLOSED BY AND TO THE PARTIES AND THE PROVISIONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO NO EXCEPTIONS. NO PARTY HAS IN ANY WAY AGREED WITH OR REPRESENTED TO ANY OTHER PARTY THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WILL NOT BE FULLY ENFORCED IN ALL INSTANCES.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment or caused it to be executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year above written.


BORROWER:	AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

	By:	/s/ RODNEY M. SMITH
	Name:	Rodney M. Smith
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as a Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ JOHN KOWALCZUK
Name:		John Kowalczuk
Title:		Executive Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as Administrative Agent

By:		/s/ JEFFREY GUIYAB
Name:		Jeffrey Guiyab
Title:		Authorized Signatory


THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Lender, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ JEFFREY GUIYAB
Name:		Jeffrey Guiyab
Title:		Authorized Signatory

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
as a Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ TRACY RAHN
Name:		Tracy Rahn
Title:		Executive Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ SEAN DUGGAN
Name:		Sean Duggan
Title:		Vice President

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


BANK OF AMERICA N.A.,
as a Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ BRANDON BOLIO
Name:		Brandon Bolio
Title:		Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


CITIBANK, N.A.,
as a Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ MICHAEL VONDRISKA
Name:		Michael Vondriska
Title:		Vice President

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


MUFG Bank, Ltd.
as a Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ MARLON MATHEWS
Name:		Marlon Mathews
Title:		Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.,
as a Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ MICHAEL KING
Name:		Michael King
Title:		Authorized Signatory

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender and Issuing Bank

By:		/s/ D. W. SCOTT JOHNSON
Name:		D.W. Scott Johnson
Title:		Authorized Signatory

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. NEW YORK BRANCH,

as a Lender

By:		/s/ BRIAN CROWLEY
Name:		Brian Crowley
Title:		Managing Director



By:		/s/ MIRIAM TRAUTMANN
Name:		Miriam Trautmann
Title:		Senior Vice President

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


BANCO SANTANDER, S.A., NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Lender

By:		/s/ ANDRES BARBOSA
Name:		Andres Barbosa
Title:		Managing Director



By:		/s/ RITA WALZ-CUCCIOLI
Name:		Rita Walz-Cuccioli
Title:		Executive Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


Société Générale,
as a Lender,

By:		/s/ SHELLEY YU
Name:		Shelley Yu
Title:		Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
as a Lender,

By:		/s/ MICHAEL MAGUIRE
Name:		Michael Maguire
Title:		Managing Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as a Lender

By:		/s/ MICHELLE C. PHILLIPS
Name:		Michelle C. Phillips
Title:		Managing Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


Commerzbank AG, New York Branch,
as a Lender,

By:		/S/ MATHEW WARD
Name:		Mathew Ward
Title:		Managing Director



By:		/S/ PHILIP WADDILOVE
Name:		Philip Waddilove
Title:		Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


ING Capital LLC, as Lender

By:		/S/ PIM ROTHWEILER
Name: Title:		Pim Rothweiler Managing Director

By:

/S/ SHIRIN FOZOUNI

Name:

Title:

Shirin Fozouni

Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


PNC Bank, National Association, as a Lender

By:		/s/ BRANDON K. FIDDLER
Name: Title:		Brandon K. Fiddler Senior Vice President

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


Standard Chartered Bank, as a Lender

By:		/s/ KRISTOPHER TRACY
Name: Title:		Kristopher Tracy Director, Financing Solutions

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]


CoBank ACB, as a Lender

By:		/s/ GLORIA HANCOCK
Name: Title:		Gloria Hancock Managing Director

[Third A&R Multicurrency Revolver]

SCHEDULE 1

COMMITMENT AMOUNTS

PART A:


Entity	Revolving Loan Commitment		Commitment Ratio			L/C Commitment
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.	$	425,000,000		7.083333333	%	$	25,000,000
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch	$	425,000,000		7.083333333	%	$	25,000,000
Mizuho Bank Ltd.	$	425,000,000		7.083333333	%	$	25,000,000
Barclays Bank PLC	$	425,000,000		7.083333333	%	$	25,000,000
Bank of America N.A.	$	425,000,000		7.083333333	%	$	25,000,000
Citibank, N.A.	$	425,000,000		7.083333333	%	$	25,000,000
MUFG BANK, LTD.	$	255,000,000		4.250000000	%	$	15,000,000
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.	$	170,000,000		2.833333333	%	$	10,000,000
Royal Bank of Canada	$	425,000,000		7.083333333	%	$	25,000,000
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. New York Branch	$	335,000,000		5.583333333	%
Banco Santander, S.A., New York Branch	$	335,000,000		5.583333333	%
Societe Generale	$	335,000,000		5.583333333	%
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation	$	335,000,000		5.583333333	%
The Bank of Nova Scotia	$	335,000,000		5.583333333	%
Commerzbank AG, New York Branch	$	223,000,000		3.716666667	%
ING Capital LLC	$	223,000,000		3.716666667	%
PNC Bank, National Association	$	223,000,000		3.716666667	%
Standard Chartered Bank	$	153,000,000		2.550000000	%
CoBank, ACB	$	103,000,000		1.716666667	%

Total	$	6,000,000,000		100.00	%	$	200,000,000

PART B:


Entity	Interim Available Amount
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.	$	290,416,667
The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch	$	290,416,667
Mizuho Bank Ltd.	$	290,416,667
Barclays Bank PLC	$	290,416,667
Bank of America N.A.	$	290,416,667
Citibank, N.A.	$	290,416,667
MUFG BANK, LTD.	$	174,250,000
Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.	$	116,166,666
Royal Bank of Canada	$	290,416,667
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. New York Branch	$	228,916,667
Banco Santander, S.A., New York Branch	$	228,916,667
Societe Generale	$	228,916,667
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation	$	228,916,667
The Bank of Nova Scotia	$	228,916,667
Commerzbank AG, New York Branch	$	152,383,333
ING Capital LLC	$	152,383,333
PNC Bank, National Association	$	152,383,333
Standard Chartered Bank	$	104,549,999
CoBank, ACB	$	70,383,332

Total Interim Available Amount:	$	4,100,000,000

SCHEDULE 2

EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT

USD $

Alias

Pricing Option

Current Amount

CCY

Effective Date

Actual Expiry

3029729

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

20,000.00

USD

28-Jun-13

26-Sep-22

68074976

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

343,400.00

USD

28-Jun-13

1-Jun-22

68088958

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

31,376.00

USD

28-Jun-13

19-Dec-22

68088959

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

29,700.00

USD

28-Jun-13

19-Dec-22

68088960

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

30,580.00

USD

28-Jun-13

19-Dec-22

68088961

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

36,300.00

USD

28-Jun-13

19-Dec-22

68088962

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

30,250.00

USD

28-Jun-13

19-Dec-22

68089625

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

5,000.00

USD

28-Jun-13

17-Jan-23

68096266

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

38,640.00

USD

28-Jun-13

26-Apr-22

68096267

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

37,950.00

USD

28-Jun-13

26-Apr-22

68096268

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

37,950.00

USD

28-Jun-13

26-Apr-22

68096270

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

34,500.00

USD

28-Jun-13

26-Apr-22

BB5B0MZ6S

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

2,452,000.00

USD

26-Feb-14

26-Feb-22

BB8ATJ7MN

Standby Letter of Credit

AMERICAN TOWER CORP

372,501.00

USD

1-Oct-13

28-Jun-22

SCHEDULE 3

EXISTING ABS FACILITIES

$1,300.0 million aggregate principal amount of Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2013-2, Subclass A and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass A issued by the American Tower Trust I

$525.0 million aggregate principal amount American Tower Secured Revenue Notes, Series 2015-2, Class A issued by GTP Acquisition Partners I, LLC

SCHEDULE 4

SUBSIDIARIES ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE

10 Presidential Way Associates, LLC

3267351 Nova Scotia Company

3286208 Nova Scotia Company

3298099 Nova Scotia Company

52 Eighty Partners, LLC

52 Eighty Tower Partners I, LLC

52 Eighty, LLC

ACC Tower Sub, LLC

ActiveX Telebroadband Services Private Limited

Adquisiciones y Proyectos Inalámbricos, S. de R. L. de C.V.

Agile Airband Ohio, LLC

Agile Connect, LLC

Agile IWG Holdings, LLC

Agile Network Builders, LLC

Agile Networks Indiana, LLC

Agile Networks Site Development, LLC

Agile Towers, LLC

Alternative Networking LLC

American Tower Asset Sub II, LLC

American Tower Asset Sub, LLC

American Tower Charitable Foundation, Inc.

American Tower Chile I S.A.

American Tower Chile II S.A.

American Tower Corporation

American Tower Delaware Corporation

American Tower Depositor Sub, LLC

American Tower do Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas Ltda.

American Tower do Brasil – Communicação Multimídia Ltda.

American Tower España, S.L.U.

American Tower Guarantor Sub, LLC

American Tower Holding Sub, LLC

American Tower Holding Sub II, LLC

American Tower IB Participações Imobiliárias Ltda.

American Tower Inmosites, S.L.U.

American Tower International Holding I LLC

American Tower International Holding II LLC

American Tower International, Inc.

American Tower Investments LLC

American Tower Latam, SLU

American Tower LLC

American Tower Management, LLC

American Tower Perú S.A.C.

American Tower Servicios Fibra, S. de R.L. de C.V.

American Tower Tanzania Operations Limited

American Tower T. Torres do Brasil Ltda.

American Towers LLC

AT Atlantic Holding

AT Iberia C.V.

AT Kenya C.V.

AT Netherlands C.V.

AT Netherlands Coöperatief U.A.

AT Rhine C.V.

AT Sher Netherlands Coöperatief U.A.

AT South America C.V.

ATC Africa Holding B.V.

ATC Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd

ATC Antennas Holding LLC

ATC Antennas LLC

ATC Argentina Coöperatief U.A.

ATC Argentina Holding LLC

ATC Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

ATC Atlantic C.V. (1)

ATC Atlantic I B.V.

ATC Atlantic II B.V.

ATC Atlantic III B.V.

ATC Atlantic IV B.V.

ATC Backhaul LLC

ATC Brasil – Serviços de Conectividades Ltda.

ATC Brazil Holding LLC

ATC Brazil I LLC

ATC Brazil II LLC

ATC Burkina Faso S.A.

ATC Chile Holding LLC

ATC Colombia B.V.

ATC Colombia Holding I LLC

ATC Colombia Holding LLC

ATC Colombia I LLC

ATC CSR Foundation India

ATC Ecuador Holding LLC

ATC Edge LLC

ATC EH GmbH & Co. KG (2)

ATC Ethiopia Infrastructure Development Private Limited Company

ATC Europe B.V. (1)

ATC Europe Coöperatief U.A.

ATC Europe C.V.

ATC Europe LLC (3)

ATC European Holdings B.V.

ATC European Holdings LLC

ATC Fibra de Colombia, S.A.S.

ATC France Holding SAS

ATC France Holding II SAS

ATC France Réseaux SAS

ATC France SNC

ATC France Services SAS

ATC Germany Holding I B.V.

ATC Germany Holding II B.V.

ATC Germany Holdings GmbH

ATC Germany Munich GmbH

ATC Germany Services GmbH

ATC Ghana ServiceCo Limited

ATC GP GmbH (3)

ATC Global Employment B.V.

ATC Green Grass LLC

ATC Heston B.V.

ATC Holding Fibra Mexico S. de R.L. DE C.V.

ATC Iberia Holding LLC

ATC India Infrastructure Private Limited

ATC Indoor DAS Holding LLC

ATC Indoor DAS LLC

ATC International Coöperatief U.A.

ATC International Financing B.V.

ATC International Financing II B.V.

ATC International Financing II Holding LLC

ATC International Holding Corp.

ATC IP LLC

ATC Iris I LLC

ATC Kenya Operations Limited

ATC Kenya Services Limited

ATC Latin America S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R.

ATC Managed Sites Holding LLC

ATC Managed Sites LLC

ATC MexHold LLC

ATC Mexico Holding LLC

ATC MIP III REIT Iron Holdings LLC

ATC Niger Wireless Infrastructure S.A.

ATC Nigeria Coöperatief U.A.

ATC Nigeria Holding LLC

ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure Limited

ATC On Air + LLC

ATC Operations LLC

ATC Outdoor DAS, LLC

ATC Paraguay Holding LLC

ATC Paraguay S.R.L.

ATC Peru Holding LLC

ATC Polska sp. z o.o.

ATC Ponderosa B-I LLC

ATC Ponderosa B-II LLC

ATC Ponderosa K LLC

ATC Ponderosa K-R LLC

ATC Rhine Holding LLC

ATC Scala Operations, S.L.

ATC Scala Spain Holding S.L.

ATC Sequoia LLC

ATC Sitios de Argentina S.A.

ATC Sitios de Chile S.A.

ATC Sitios de Colombia S.A.S.

ATC Sitios del Peru S.R.L.

ATC Sitios Infraco S.A.S.

ATC South Africa Investment Holdings (Proprietary) Limited

ATC South Africa Services Pty Ltd

ATC South Africa Wireless Infrastructure (Pty) Ltd

ATC South Africa Wireless Infrastructure II (Pty) Ltd

ATC South America Holding LLC

ATC South LLC

ATC Tanzania Holding LLC

ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited (1)

ATC Tower (Ghana) Limited (3)

ATC Tower Services LLC

ATC TRS I LLC

ATC TRS II LLC

ATC TRS III LLC

ATC TRS IV LLC

ATC Uganda Limited (2)

ATC Uganda ServiceCo (SMC) Limited

ATC Watertown LLC

ATC WiFi LLC

ATS-Needham LLC (1)

Blue Sky Towers Pty Ltd

Blue Transfer Sociedad Anonima

Broadcast Towers, LLC

California Tower, Inc.

Cell Site NewCo II, LLC

Cell Tower Lease Acquisition LLC

Central States Tower Holdings, LLC

CNC2 Associates, LLC

Colo ATL, LLC

Communications Properties, Inc.

Comunicaciones y Consumos S.A.

Connectivity Infrastructure Services Limited

DCS Tower Sub, LLC

Digital Access Ohio LLC

Eaton Towers Ghana Limited

Eaton Towers Ghana (M) Limited

Eaton Towers Holdings Limited

Eaton Towers Kenya Limited

Eaton Towers Limited

Eaton Towers Uganda Limited

Ghana Tower InterCo B.V. (1)

Global Tower Assets III, LLC

Global Tower Assets, LLC

Global Tower Holdings, LLC

Global Tower Services, LLC

Global Tower, LLC

Gondola Tower Holdings LLC

Grain HoldCo Parent, LLC

Grain HoldCo, LLC

GrainComm I, LLC

GrainComm II, LLC

GrainComm III, LLC

GrainComm LLC

GrainComm V, LLC

GrainComm Marketing, LLC

GTP Acquisition Partners I, LLC

GTP Acquisition Partners II, LLC

GTP Acquisition Partners III, LLC

GTP Costa Rica Finance, LLC

GTP Infrastructure I, LLC

GTP Infrastructure II, LLC

GTP Infrastructure III, LLC

GTP Investments LLC

GTP LATAM Holdings B.V.

GTP LatAm Holdings Coöperatieve U.A.

GTP Operations CR, S.R.L.

GTP South Acquisitions II, LLC

GTP Structures I, LLC

GTP Structures II, LLC

GTP Torres CR, S.R.L.

GTP Towers I, LLC

GTP Towers II, LLC

GTP Towers III, LLC

GTP Towers IV, LLC

GTP Towers IX, LLC

GTP Towers V, LLC

GTP Towers VII, LLC

GTP Towers VIII, LLC

GTP TRS I LLC

GTPI HoldCo, LLC

Haysville Towers, LLC (1)

Idaho Tower Company LLC

InSite (BCEC) LLC

InSite (MBTA) LLC

InSite Borrower, LLC

InSite Co-Issuer Corp.

InSite Guarantor, LLC

InSite Hawaii, LLC

InSite Issuer, LLC

InSite Licensing, LLC

InSite Tower Services LLC

InSite Towers Development 2, LLC

InSite Towers Development LLC

InSite Towers International 2, LLC

InSite Towers International Development LLC

InSite Towers International, LLC

InSite Towers of Puerto Rico, LLC

InSite Towers, LLC

InSite Wireless Development LLC

InSite Wireless Group, LLC

Insite Wireless, LLC

Invisible IWG Holdings, LLC

Invisible Towers LLC

IW Equipment, LLC

IWD Equipment, LLC

IWG Holdings, LLC

IWG II Holdings, LLC

IWG II, LLC

IWG Miami, LLC

IWG Towers Assets I, LLC

IWG Towers Assets II, LLC

IWG-TLA Australia Pty, Ltd.

IWG-TLA Canada Corp.

IWG-TLA Encanto 1, LLC

IWG-TLA Encanto 2, LLC

IWG-TLA Encanto 3, LLC

IWG-TLA Encanto, LLC

IWG-TLA Holdings, LLC

IWG-TLA Media 2, LLC

IWG-TLA Media, LLC

IWL-TLA Telecom 2, LLC

IWG-TLA Telecom, LLC

JT Communications, LLC

Kirtonkhola Tower Bangladesh Limited

Lap do Brasil Empreendimentos Imobiliários Ltda

LAP Inmobiliaria Limitada

LAP Inmobiliaria S.R.L.

Lease Advisors-AU PTY LTD

LL B Sheet 1, LLC

Loxel SAS

MATC Digital, S. de R.L. de C.V.

MATC Infraestructura, S. de R.L. de C.V.

MATC Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V.

MC New Macland Properties, LLC

MCSU Properties, LLC

MHB Tower Rentals of America, LLC

Microwave, Inc.

MIP III U.S. Iron LLC

Mountain Communications, LLC

Municipal Bay, LLC

Municipal-Bay Holdings, LLC

New Towers LLC

PCS Structures Towers, LLC

R-CAL I, LLC

Repeater Communications Group IV, LLC

Repeater Communications Group I, LLC

Repeater Communications Group II, LLC

Repeater Communications Group III, LLC

Repeater Communications Group of New York, LLC

Repeater Communications Group V, LLC

Repeater Communications Group VI, LLC

Repeater Communications Group, LLC

Repeater IWG Holdings, LLC

Richland Towers, LLC

RSA Media LLC

Signum/IWG Tower Corp.

Southeast Network Access Point, LLC

SpectraSite Communications, LLC

SpectraSite, LLC

Spectrum Sites, LLC

T8 Ulysses Site Management LLC

Telecom Lease Advisors Management 2, LLC

TLA PR-1, LLC

TLA PR-2, LLC

Tower Management, Inc. (4)

Towers of America, L.L.L.P.

Transcend Infrastructure Holdings Pte. Ltd.

Transcend Towers Infrastructure (Philippines), Inc.

Turris Sites Development Corp.

Turris Sites IWG Corp

Tysons II DAS, LLC

Uganda Tower Interco B.V. (1)

Ulysses Asset Sub I, LLC

Ulysses Asset Sub II, LLC

UniSite, LLC

UniSite/Omnipoint FL Tower Venture, LLC (1)

UniSite/Omnipoint NE Tower Venture, LLC (1)

UniSite/Omnipoint PA Tower Venture, LLC (1)

Vangard Wireless, LLC

Verus Management One, LLC

Virdi IWG Holdings, LLC

(1)	Majority interest owned by a wholly owned subsidiary.

(2)	Majority interest owned by a majority owned subsidiary.

(3)	Wholly owned by a majority owned subsidiary.

(4)	50% owned by a wholly owned subsidiary.

SCHEDULE 5

AGENT’S OFFICE;

CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

BORROWER:

American Tower Corporation

116 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02116

Attention: Treasurer (or General Counsel if legal notice)

Telephone: 617-375-7500

Fax: 617-375-7575

Website: www.americantower.com

U.S. Taxpayer ID: 65-0723837

AGENT:

Administrative Agent’s Office

(for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions):

Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC

TD North Tower, 26th Floor, 77 King Street West,

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5K 1A2

Attention: Administrative Agent

Telephone: 212 827 2752

TDSAgencyAdmin@tdsecurities.com

Wire Instructions for US Dollar Payments:

Bank of America, NT & SA

100 33rd Street W. New York, NY 10001, United States

ABA #: 026009593

Credit: Toronto Dominion (TEXAS) LLC.

Account #: 6550-6-53000

Ref: American Tower Corporation

Wire Instructions for Euro Dollar Payments:

Intermediary: CITIGB2LXXX

Account With: TDOMCATTTOR

Account #: GB25CITI18500808548277

Beneficiary Inst: TD TEXAS INC-HOUSTON

Account #: 0360-01-2275451

Sender to Rec: Ref: American Tower Corporation

Wire Instructions for GBP Payments:

Intermediary: BARCGB22XXX Sort Code 203253

Account With: TDOMCATTTOR

Account #: GB67BARC20325383942627

Beneficiary Inst: TD TEXAS INC-HOUSTON

Account #: 0360-01-2275548

Sender to Rec: Ref: American Tower Corporation

Wire Instructions for CDN Payments:

Account With: TDOMCATTTOR

Beneficiary Inst: TD TEXAS INC-HOUSTON

Account #: 0360-01-2275257

Sender to Rec: Ref: American Tower Corporation

Wire Instructions for JPY Payments:

Intermediary: SMBCJPJT

Account With: TDOMCATTTOR

Account #: 3439

Beneficiary Inst: TD TEXAS INC-HOUSTON

Account #: 0360-01-2275645

Sender to Rec: Ref: American Tower Corporation

Wire Instructions for AUD Payments:

Intermediary: WPACAU2S

Account With: TDOMCATTTOR

Account #: TOR9993972

Beneficiary Inst: TD TEXAS INC-HOUSTON

Account #: 0360-01-2275160

Sender to Rec: Ref: American Tower Corporation

ISSUING BANKS:

The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch

TD North Tower, 26th Floor, 77 King Street West,

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5K 1A2

Attention: Administrative Agent

Telephone: 212 827 2752

TDSAgencyAdmin@tdsecurities.com

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Contact Person: Jane Yoon

Telephone No: 201-626-9235

E-mail Address: LAU_USCorp1@mizuhogroup.com

Bank of America, N.A.

1 Fleet Way

Mail code: P6-580-02-30

Scranton, PA 18507

Charles Herron: 570-496-9564 / 800-370-7519

scranton_standby_lc@bankofamerica.com

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue, New York, NY, 10019 8th Floor

Nnamdi Otudoh

(212) 526-8527

xrabdmlcsupport@barclays.com

Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich St.

New York, NY 10013

Attn: Denise Brown-Saddler

Tel: 212-816-8397 / Fax: 646-291-1750

Email: denise.brownsaddler@citi.com

with a copy to:

Attn: Gopinath Elogovan

Tel: 201-472-4024 / Fax: 212-994-0847

Email: Global.Loans.LCRecon@citi.com

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Sandeep Parihar

383 Madison Ave Fl 24

New York, NY 10179

Telephone: 212-270-3279

E-mail address: Sandeep.S.Parihar@jpmorgan.com

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

210 Hudson Street

Suite 500

Jersey City, New Jersey 07311]

Attn: Antonina Bondi

Tel: (201) 413-8823

Email: abondi@us.mufg.jp

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.

1300 Thames Street, 4th Floor

Thames Street Wharf

Baltimore, MD 21231

Telephone: 443-627-4555

Telecopier: 212 507-5010

Email address: MSB.LOC@,morganstanley.com

Royal Bank of Canada

30 Hudson Street

28th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302-4699

Attn: Credit Administration

Tel: 212-428-6298

Email: CM-USA-NYCreditAdministration@rbc.com

Facsimile: 212-428-3015

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF REQUEST FOR ADVANCE

Date: ___________, _____

To: Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Third Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

The undersigned hereby requests (select one):

☐ An Advance of Revolving Loans ☐ A conversion or continuation of Revolving Loans

On (a Business Day).

In the amount of .

In the Agreed Currency of ______________.

Comprised of . [Type of Revolving Loan requested]

For LIBOR Advances: with an Interest Period of months.

If the Company is the applicable Borrower, the requested Advance is (select one):

☐ A Certain Funds Advance ☐ Not a Certain Funds Advance

The Advance, if any, requested herein complies with the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.1 of the Agreement.

The applicable Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in Section 3.3 (in the case of a non-Certain Funds Advance) or Section 3.5 (in the case of a Certain Funds Advance) shall be satisfied on and as of the date of the requested Advance.

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This letter agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in the State of New York.


[INSERT NAME OF BORROWER]

By:
Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Pursuant to Section 3.5(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies, solely in such undersigned’s capacity as [chief financial officer] [chief accounting officer] [specify other officer with equivalent duties] of the Company, and not individually, as follows:

As of the date hereof, after giving effect to the consummation of the Specified Transactions, including the making of the Certain Funds Advances under the Credit Agreement, and after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of such indebtedness:

The fair value of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, exceeds, on a consolidated basis, their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise;

The present fair saleable value of the property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability, on a consolidated basis, of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured;

The Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such liabilities become absolute and matured; and

The Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are not engaged in, and are not about to engage in, business for which they have unreasonably small capital.

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For purposes of this Certificate, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that would reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate in such undersigned’s capacity as [chief financial officer] [chief accounting officer] [specify other officer with equivalent duties] of the Company, on behalf of the Company, and not individually, as of the date first stated above.


AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

By:__________________________________
Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF REVOLVING LOAN NOTE

_____________________

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to _____________________ or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Third Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among American Tower Corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent.

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in the Agreed Currency in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.

This Revolving Loan Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Revolving Loan Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement. Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Revolving Loan Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Revolving Loan Note.

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Form of Note

THIS REVOLVING LOAN NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[INSERT NAME OF BORROWER]

By: ________________________________________

Name: ______________________________________

Title: _______________________________________

C-2

Form of Note

LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO

Date

Type of

Loan Made

Agreed

Currency

and

Amount of

Loan Made

End of

Interest

Period

Amount of
Principal or
Interest

Paid This

Date

Outstanding
Principal
Balance

This Date

Notation

Made By

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Form of Note

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF LOAN CERTIFICATE

The undersigned, _______ the Secretary of American Tower Corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify in the name of and on behalf of the Company pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, dated December 8, 2021 (the “Loan Agreement”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, Lenders party thereto, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, as follows:

1. All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, complete and correct copy of the certificate of incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of the date given on the certificate. The Certificate of Incorporation has not been amended or restated, and no document with respect to an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation has been filed with the Secretary of State since such date.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, complete and correct copy of the Bylaws of the Company, as have been in full force and effect at all times from the date thereof through the date hereof.

4. (i) Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting duly convened on December 6, 2021 (the “Resolutions”) (ii) that the Resolutions have not been amended, modified or rescinded and remain in full force and effect, and (iii) that the Resolutions constitute all of the resolutions or consents of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.

5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D are the names and the respective offices and the true and genuine specimen signatures of the duly elected, qualified and acting officers of the Company authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Company the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and all other documents necessary or appropriate to consummate the transactions contemplated therein or in the Loan Agreement and the Loan Documents.

6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true, correct and complete copy of a Certificate of Good Standing as of a recent date for the Company issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

7. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is entitled to rely on this certificate in rendering its opinion pursuant to Section 3.1(c) of the Loan Agreement.

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Form of Loan Certificate

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this certificate as of the date first written above.


By:
Name:
Title:

The undersigned, _________, _________ of the Company, hereby certifies that _________, who executed the foregoing Certificate, is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of the Company and that the signature set forth above his name is his genuine signature.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the date first above written.


Name:
Title:

D-2

Form of Loan Certificate

EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

D-1

Form of Loan Certificate

EXHIBIT B

BY-LAWS

D-2

Form of Loan Certificate

EXHIBIT C

RESOLUTIONS

D-3

Form of Loan Certificate

EXHIBIT D


Name	Office	Signature

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Form of Loan Certificate

EXHIBIT E

GOOD STANDING CERTIFICATE

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Form of Loan Certificate

EXHIBIT E

FORM OF PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE

Financial Statement Date: ,

To:	Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent

The undersigned __________, as [Chief Financial Officer] [President] [Treasurer] of AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify in name of and on behalf of the Company in connection with that certain Third Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021 (the “Loan Agreement”) by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent for said Lenders, as follows that:

Calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 of the Loan Agreement are set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto; and

To the knowledge of the undersigned, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred, each such Default and its nature, when it occurred, whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by the Borrowers with respect to such Default are set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meaning given to them in the Loan Agreement.

[REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

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Form of Performance Certificate

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Performance Certificate in my capacity as [Chief Financial Officer] [President] [Treasurer] and not in my individual capacity, as of the date first written above.


AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation



By:
		Name: Title:

E-2

Form of Performance Certificate

For the Quarter/Year ended ___________________(“Statement Date”)

SCHEDULE 1

to the Compliance Certificate

($ in 000’s)

ARTICLE 14—Section 7.5 of the Loan Agreement


1. Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Compliance
(a) Senior Secured Debt as of the last day of such fiscal quarter or on any other calculation date, as applicable = the aggregate amount of secured Indebtedness as of such date (including, without limitation, Indebtedness under any Existing ABS Facility and Indebtedness under any additional ABS Facilities entered into in accordance with Section 7.1(h) of the Loan Agreement)		$

divided by
(b) Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, if calculated as of the end of a fiscal quarter, or as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2 of the Loan Agreement, if calculated at the time of incurrence of any Indebtedness = the sum of (in each case determined in accordance with GAAP):
(1) Net Income		$

plus (to the extent deducted in determining such Net Income)
(2) The sum of:
(A) depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets)		$

plus
(B) Interest Expense		$

plus
(C) income tax expense, including, without limitation, taxes paid or accrued based on income, profits or capital, including state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes		$

plus

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(D) extraordinary losses and non-recurring non-cash charges and expenses	$

plus
(E) all other non-cash charges, expenses and interest (including, without limitation, any non-cash losses in respect of Hedge Agreements, non-cash impairment charges, non-cash valuation charges for stock option grants or vesting of restricted stock awards or any other non-cash compensation charges and losses from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness)	$

plus
(F) non-recurring integration costs and expenses resulting from operational changes and improvements (including, without limitation, severance costs and business optimization expenses)	$

plus
(G) non-recurring charges and expenses, restructuring charges, transaction expenses (including, without limitation, transaction expenses incurred in connection with any merger or acquisition) and underwriters’ fees, and severance and retention payments in connection with any merger or acquisition	$

less
(H) extraordinary gains and cash payments (to the extent not otherwise deducted in determining Net Income) made during such period with respect to non-cash charges that were added back in a prior period	$

SUBTOTAL for (b):	$

TOTAL SENIOR SECURED LEVERAGE RATIO (line (a) divided by line (b)) =		____: 1.00
Maximum ratio permitted for applicable period =		3.00: 1.00

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Form of Performance Certificate


ARTICLE 15—Section 7.6 of the Loan Agreement
1. Total Borrower Leverage Ratio Compliance
(a) Total Debt as of the last day of such fiscal quarter or on any other calculation date, as applicable = the sum (without duplication) of, in each case for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis:
(1) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans as of such date		$

plus
(2) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness plus Attributable Debt of such Persons as of such date		$

plus
(3) the aggregate amount of all Guaranties by such Persons of Indebtedness as of such date		$

plus
(4) to the extent payable by the Company, an amount equal to the aggregate exposure of the Company under any permitted Hedge Agreement permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Loan Agreement as calculated on a marked to market basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter being tested or the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, as applicable		$

minus
(5) the sum of all unrestricted domestic cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date		$

SUBTOTAL for (a):		$

divided by
(b) Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, if calculated as of the end of a fiscal quarter, or as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2 of the Loan Agreement, if calculated at the time of incurrence of any Indebtedness = the sum of (in each case determined in accordance with GAAP):
(1) Net Income		$

plus (to the extent deducted in determining such Net Income)

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(2) The sum of:
(A) depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets)		$

plus
(B) Interest Expense		$

plus
(C) income tax expense, including, without limitation, taxes paid or accrued based on income, profits or capital, including state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes		$

plus
(D) extraordinary losses and non-recurring non-cash charges and expenses		$

plus
(E) all other non-cash charges, expenses and interest (including, without limitation, any non-cash losses in respect of Hedge Agreements, non-cash impairment charges, non-cash valuation charges for stock option grants or vesting of restricted stock awards or any other non-cash compensation charges and losses from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness)		$

plus
(F) non-recurring integration costs and expenses resulting from operational changes and improvements (including, without limitation, severance costs and business optimization expenses)		$

plus
(G) non-recurring charges and expenses, restructuring charges, transaction expenses (including, without limitation, transaction expenses incurred in connection with any merger or acquisition) and underwriters’ fees, and severance and retention payments in connection with any merger or acquisition		$

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less
(H) extraordinary gains and cash payments (to the extent not otherwise deducted in determining Net Income) made during such period with respect to non-cash charges that were added back in a prior period	$

SUBTOTAL for (b):	$

TOTAL BORROWER LEVERAGE RATIO (line (a) divided by line (b)) =		____:1.00
Maximum ratio permitted for applicable period =		[____]²: 1.00
ARTICLE 16—

²	Insert applicable maximum Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio level from Section 7.6 of the Loan Agreement.

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EXHIBIT F

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]³ Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]⁴ Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]⁵ hereunder are several and not joint.]⁶ Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement identified below (the “Loan Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Loan Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Loan Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below (including, without limitation, the Letters of Credit and the Swing Line Loans included in such facilities⁷) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Loan Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations

³	For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.

⁴	For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.

⁵	Select as appropriate.

⁶	Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

⁷	Include all applicable subfacilities.

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Form of Assignment and Assumption

sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.


1.		Assignor[s]:



2.		Assignee[s]:



		[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate] of [identify Lender]]

3.		Borrower(s):

4.	Administrative Agent: Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as the administrative agent under the Loan Agreement

Loan Agreement: Third Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021 among American Tower Corporation, the Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent

6.	Assigned Interest[s]:

Assignor[s]⁸

Assignee[s]⁹

Aggregate
Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for all Lenders¹⁰

Amount of
Commitment/
Loans
Assigned

Percentage
Assigned of
Commitment/
Loans¹¹

CUSIP
Number

________________

_________

____________

________________

_________

____________

________________

_________

____________

⁸	List each Assignor, as appropriate.

⁹	List each Assignee, as appropriate.

¹⁰	Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

¹¹	Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

[7.	Trade Date: __________________]¹²

Effective Date: __________________, 20__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:


ASSIGNOR [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:
		Title:

ASSIGNEE [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:
Title:

[Consented to and]¹³ Accepted:

Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as

Administrative Agent

By: _________________________________

Title:

[Consented to:]¹⁴

By: _________________________________

Title:

¹²	To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

¹³	To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

¹⁴	To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g. Swing Line Lender, Issuing Bank) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.

ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1. Assignor. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2. Assignee. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Loan Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 12.4(b)(i), (iii), (iv) and (vi) of the Loan Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 12.4(b)(iii) of the Loan Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Loan Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Loan Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section __ thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

EXHIBIT G

FORM OF SWINGLINE LOAN NOTICE

Date: ___________, _____

To: Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby requests a Swingline Advance:

On____________________________________ (a Business Day).

In the amount of $________________________.

The Swingline Advance, if any, requested herein complies with the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.1 of the Agreement.

The applicable Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in Sections 3.3 shall be satisfied on and as of the date of the requested Swingline Advance.


[INSERT NAME OF BORROWER]

By:
Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT H

FORM OF

DESIGNATION AGREEMENT

[DATE]

To each of the Lenders

parties to the Loan Agreement

(as defined below) and to Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC,

as Administrative Agent for such Lenders

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Third Amended and Restated Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2021 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) among American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined in the Loan Agreement), the Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender for the Lenders. Terms defined in the Loan Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.

Please be advised that the Company hereby designates its undersigned Subsidiary, ____________ (“Subsidiary Borrower”), as a “Subsidiary Borrower” under and for all purposes of the Loan Agreement.

The Subsidiary Borrower, in consideration of each Lender’s agreement to extend credit to it under and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement, does hereby assume each of the obligations imposed upon a “Subsidiary Borrower” and a “Borrower” under the Loan Agreement and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Subsidiary Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Lender as follows:

(a) The Subsidiary Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. The Subsidiary Borrower has the power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being and as proposed hereafter to be conducted.

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(b) The Subsidiary Borrower has the corporate power, and has taken all necessary action, to authorize it to borrow under the Loan Agreement, to execute and deliver this Designation Agreement and to perform the Loan Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Designation Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Subsidiary Borrower and the Loan Agreement is, and each of the other Loan Documents to which the Subsidiary Borrower is party is, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Subsidiary Borrower and enforceable against the Subsidiary Borrower in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity.

(c) The execution and delivery of this Designation Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it and the performance, in accordance with their respective terms, by the Subsidiary Borrower of the Loan Agreement, the Notes, and each of the other Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do not (i) require any consent or approval, governmental or otherwise, not already obtained, (ii) violate any Applicable Law respecting the Subsidiary Borrower, (iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation or by-laws, as amended, of the Subsidiary Borrower, or under any indenture, agreement, or other instrument, including without limitation the Licenses, to which the Subsidiary Borrower is a party or by which the Subsidiary Borrower or its respective properties is bound that is material to the Subsidiary Borrower or (iv) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Subsidiary Borrower, except for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Loan Agreement.

(d) The Subsidiary Borrower is in compliance with all Applicable Law, except where the failure to be in compliance therewith would not individually or in the aggregate have a Materially Adverse Effect.

(e) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending against, or, to the knowledge of the Subsidiary Borrower, threatened against the Subsidiary Borrower or any of its respective properties, including without limitation the Licenses, in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any governmental body (including, without limitation, the FCC) that calls into question the validity of this Designation Agreement, the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(f) The Subsidiary Borrower is not required to register under the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

The Subsidiary Borrower hereby agrees that service of process in any action or proceeding brought in any New York State court or in federal court may be made upon the Company at its offices at 116 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, Attention: __________ (the “Process Agent”) and the Subsidiary Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Process Agent to give any notice of any such service of process, and agrees that the failure of the Process Agent to give any notice of any such service shall not impair or affect the validity of such service or of any judgment rendered in any action or proceeding based thereon.

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The Company hereby accepts such appointment as Process Agent and agrees with you that (i) the Company will maintain an office in [Boston, Massachusetts] through the Termination Date and will give the Agent prompt notice of any change of address of the Company, (ii) the Company will perform its duties as Process Agent to receive on behalf of the Subsidiary Borrower and its property service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any action or proceeding in any New York State or federal court sitting in New York City arising out of or relating to the Loan Agreement and (iii) the Company will forward forthwith to the Subsidiary Borrower at its address at ___________________ or, if different, its then current address, copies of any summons, complaint and other process which the Company received in connection with its appointment as Process Agent.

This Designation Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.


Very truly yours,

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

By
		Name:
		Title:

[THE SUBSIDIARY BORROWER]

By
		Name:
		Title:

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Exhibit 10.30

Execution Version

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

AMONG

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION,

AS THE BORROWER;

TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC

AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE LENDERS;

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTIES HERETO;

AND WITH

TD SECURITIES (USA), LLC,

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS¹

and

MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC

AS JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS AND JOINT BOOKRUNNERS;

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.

AS SYNDICATION AGENT;

AND

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

and

MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC

AS CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENTS.

Dated as of December 8, 2021

¹	A brand name for the capital markets businesses of ROYAL BANK OF CANADA and its affiliates.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS			2
Section 1.1	Definitions		2
Section 1.2	Interpretation		33
Section 1.3	Cross References		34
Section 1.4	Accounting Provisions		34
Section 1.5	Letter of Credit Amounts		34
Section 1.6	Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents		34
Section 1.7	Additional Alternative Currencies		35
Section 1.8	Divisions		36

ARTICLE 2 - LOANS			37
Section 2.1	The Revolving Loans		37
Section 2.2	Manner of Advance and Disbursement		37
Section 2.3	Interest		42
Section 2.4	Commitment and Letter of Credit Fees		43
Section 2.5	Commitment Reductions		45
Section 2.6	Prepayments and Repayments		46
Section 2.7	Notes; Loan Accounts		47
Section 2.8	Manner of Payment		48
Section 2.9	Reimbursement		49
Section 2.10	Pro Rata Treatment		49
Section 2.11	Capital Adequacy		50
Section 2.12	Lender Tax Forms		51
Section 2.13	Letters of Credit		52
Section 2.14	Incremental Commitments		61
Section 2.15	Cash Collateral		61
Section 2.16	Defaulting Lenders		62
Section 2.17	Swingline Loans		64
Section 2.18	Maturity Date Extension		67

ARTICLE 3 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT			68
Section 3.1	Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement		68
Section 3.2	[Reserved]		69
Section 3.3	Conditions Precedent to Each Advance		69
Section 3.4	Conditions Precedent to Issuance of Letters of Credit		70
Section 3.5	Conditions Precedent to Certain Funds Advance		70

ARTICLE 4 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES			72
Section 4.1	Representations and Warranties		72
Section 4.2	Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc		75

ARTICLE 5 - GENERAL COVENANTS			75
Section 5.1	Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters		75

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Section 5.2	Compliance with Applicable Law		75
Section 5.3	Maintenance of Properties		75
Section 5.4	Accounting Methods and Financial Records		75
Section 5.5	Insurance		76
Section 5.6	Payment of Taxes and Claims		76
Section 5.7	Visits and Inspections		76
Section 5.8	Use of Proceeds		76
Section 5.9	Maintenance of REIT Status		76
Section 5.10	Senior Credit Facility		77

ARTICLE 6 - INFORMATION COVENANTS			77
Section 6.1	Quarterly Financial Statements and Information		77
Section 6.2	Annual Financial Statements and Information		78
Section 6.3	Performance Certificates		78
Section 6.4	Copies of Other Reports		78
Section 6.5	Notice of Litigation and Other Matters		79
Section 6.6	Certain Electronic Delivery; Public Information		79
Section 6.7	Know Your Customer Information		80
Section 6.8	Additional Requested Information		80

ARTICLE 7 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS			81
Section 7.1	Indebtedness; Guaranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries		81
Section 7.2	Limitation on Liens		82
Section 7.3	Liquidation, Merger or Disposition of Assets		83
Section 7.4	Restricted Payments		83
Section 7.5	Senior Secured Leverage Ratio		84
Section 7.6	Total Company Leverage Ratio		84
Section 7.7	[Reserved]		84
Section 7.8	Affiliate Transactions		84
Section 7.9	Restrictive Agreements		85
Section 7.10	Use of Proceeds		85

ARTICLE 8 - DEFAULT			86
Section 8.1	Events of Default		86
Section 8.2	Remedies		88
Section 8.3	Payments Subsequent to Declaration of Event of Default		89

ARTICLE 9 - THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT			89
Section 9.1	Appointment and Authorization		89
Section 9.2	Rights as a Lender		89
Section 9.3	Exculpatory Provisions		90
Section 9.4	Reliance by Administrative Agent		91
Section 9.5	Resignation of Administrative Agent		91
Section 9.6	Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders		92

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Section 9.7	Indemnification		93
Section 9.8	No Responsibilities of the Agents		93
Section 9.9	Lender ERISA Matters		93

ARTICLE 10 - CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING LIBOR ADVANCES AND INCREASED COSTS			94
Section 10.1	Interest Rate Basis Determination Inadequate or Unfair		94
Section 10.2	Illegality		97
Section 10.3	Increased Costs and Additional Amounts		97
Section 10.4	Effect On Other Advances		100
Section 10.5	Claims for Increased Costs and Taxes; Replacement Lenders		100

ARTICLE 11 - [Reserved]			101

ARTICLE 12 - MISCELLANEOUS			101
Section 12.1	Notices		101
Section 12.2	Expenses		103
Section 12.3	Waivers		103
Section 12.4	Assignment and Participation		103
Section 12.5	Indemnity		108
Section 12.6	[Reserved]		109
Section 12.7	Counterparts		110
Section 12.8	Governing Law; Jurisdiction		110
Section 12.9	Severability		111
Section 12.10	Interest		111
Section 12.11	Table of Contents and Headings		111
Section 12.12	Amendment and Waiver		111
Section 12.13	[Reserved]		113
Section 12.14	Entire Agreement		113
Section 12.15	Other Relationships; No Fiduciary Relationships		113
Section 12.16	Directly or Indirectly		113
Section 12.17	Reliance on and Survival of Various Provisions		114
Section 12.18	Senior Debt		114
Section 12.19	Obligations		114
Section 12.20	Confidentiality		114
Section 12.21	Judgment		115
Section 12.22	Substitution of Currency		115
Section 12.23	Right of Set-off		115
Section 12.24	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions		116
Section 12.25	USA Patriot Act		117

ARTICLE 13 - WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL			117
Section 13.1	Waiver of Jury Trial		117

SCHEDULES


Schedule 1		Commitments; Commitment Ratios
Schedule 2		Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3		Existing ABS Facilities
Schedule 4		Subsidiaries on the Effective Date
Schedule 5		Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Notice Addresses

EXHIBITS


Exhibit A		Form of Request for Advance
Exhibit B		Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit C		Form of Revolving Loan Note
Exhibit D		Form of Loan Certificate
Exhibit E		Form of Performance Certificate
Exhibit F		Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit G		Form of Swingline Loan Notice

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement is made as of December 8, 2021, by and among AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as the Borrower, TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as Administrative Agent, and the financial institutions parties hereto (together with any permitted successors and assigns of the foregoing).

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement:

“364-Day Term Loan Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Effective Date Credit Agreements”.

“2-Year Term Loan Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Effective Date Credit Agreements”.

“ABS Facility” shall mean one or more secured loans, borrowings or facilities that may be included in a commercial real estate securitization transaction.

“Act” have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 12.25 hereof.

improvements (including, without limitation, severance costs and business optimization expenses) and (vii) non-recurring charges and expenses, restructuring charges, transaction expenses (including, without limitation, transaction expenses incurred in connection with any merger or acquisition) and underwriters’ fees, and severance and retention payments in connection with any merger or acquisition, in each case for such period, less extraordinary gains and cash payments (not otherwise deducted in determining Net Income) made during such period with respect to non-cash charges that were added back in a prior period; provided, however, (A) with respect to any Person that became a Subsidiary of the Company, or was merged with or consolidated into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, during such period, or any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the assets of any Person during such period, “Adjusted EBITDA” shall, at the option of the Company in respect of any or all of the foregoing, also include the Adjusted EBITDA of such Person or attributable to such assets, as applicable, during such period as if such acquisition, merger or consolidation, including any concurrent transaction entered into by such Person or with respect to such assets as part of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, had occurred on the first day of such period and (B) with respect to any Person that has ceased to be a Subsidiary of the Company during such period, or any material assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries sold or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during such period, “Adjusted EBITDA” shall exclude the Adjusted EBITDA of such Person or attributable to such assets, as applicable, during such period as if such sale or disposition of such Subsidiary or such assets had occurred on the first day of such period.

“Advance” shall mean the aggregate amounts advanced by the Lenders to the Company pursuant to Article 2 hereof on the occasion of any borrowing and having the same Interest Rate Basis and Interest Period; and “Advances” shall mean more than one Advance.

“Affected Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any EEA Financial Institution, or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

“Affected Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.5 hereof.

“Agreed Currency” shall mean Dollars and each Alternative Currency.

“Agreement” shall mean this Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified in writing from time to time.

“Alternative Currency” shall mean Euro and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.7; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, Yen and Sterling have not been approved as of the Effective Date.

“Alternative Currency Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $2,500,000,000 and (b) the Available Amount. The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Loan Commitments.

“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.13(b)(iii) hereof.

“Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

“Base Rate” shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Toronto Dominion as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Toronto Dominion based upon various factors including Toronto Dominion costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Toronto Dominion shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

“Base Rate Advance” shall mean an Advance denominated in Dollars which the Company requests to be made as a Base Rate Advance or is Converted to a Base Rate Advance, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof, and which shall be in a principal amount of at least $1,000,000.00 and in an integral multiple of $500,000.00.

(1) the sum of: (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

(2) the sum of: (a) Daily Simple SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; and

(3) the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, in the case of clause (1), such Benchmark Replacement is displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; provided further that, solely with respect to a Loan denominated in Dollars, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Term SOFR Transition Event and the delivery of a Term SOFR Notice, on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date the Benchmark Replacement shall revert to and shall be deemed to be the sum of (a) Term SOFR and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment as set forth in clause (1) of this definition (subject to the first proviso above).

(1) for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:

“Benchmark Replacement Date” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:

(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein;

(3) in the case of a Term SOFR Transition Event, the date that is thirty days after the date a Term SOFR Notice is provided to the Lenders and the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(c); or

“Benchmark Transition Event” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

“Borrower” shall mean the Company.