Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 27, 2009

 

 

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-14195   65-0723837

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

116 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 375-7500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 27, 2009, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had completed its previously announced redemption of the remaining $162.2 million principal amount of its 3.00% convertible notes due August 15, 2012 (the “Notes”). In accordance with the conversion provisions of the Notes and the Indenture dated as of August 20, 2004 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Indenture”), holders of the Notes had the right at any time until and including, but not after the close of business on August 26, 2009, to convert their Notes into shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a conversion rate of 48.7805 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes. Holders of approximately $162.1 million of the Notes converted their Notes into an aggregate of 7,908,316 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock prior to redemption. In accordance with the redemption provisions of the Notes and the Indenture, approximately $0.1 million of the remaining Notes were redeemed at a price equal to 101.125% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes up to, but excluding, August 27, 2009.

A copy of the press release announcing the redemption of the Notes is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1

   Press release dated August 27, 2009 (Furnished herewith).

SIGNATURE

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

 

  AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
 

(Registrant)

Date: August 27, 2009   By:  

/s/ THOMAS A. BARTLETT

    Thomas A. Bartlett
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    Press release, dated August 27, 2009 (Furnished herewith).