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): June 19, 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)

 

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On June 19, 2009, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its call for redemption of the principal amount of its 7.50% senior notes due 2012 (the “Notes”) that remains outstanding following the expiration of its previously announced tender offer on June 23, 2009. In accordance with the redemption provisions of the Notes and the Indenture dated as of February 4, 2004 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee, the Notes will be redeemed at a price equal to 101.875% of the principal amount. In addition, the Company will pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes up to, but excluding, the redemption date, which has been set for July 20, 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 June 19, 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: June 19, 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 June 19, 2009 (Furnished herewith).