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): April 23, 2007
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 April 23, 2007, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) issued (1) a press release announcing that that it intends to securitize revenues from 5,295 broadcast and wireless communications towers owned by two special-purpose subsidiaries of the Company through a securitization involving an offering, in a private transaction, of up to $1.75 billion of Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates and (2) a press release announcing that the Company has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of the outstanding 7.25% senior subordinated notes due 2011 of its wholly owned subsidiary, American Towers, Inc., and a related consent solicitation. Copies of the press releases are filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release, dated April 23, 2007. | |
| 99.2 | Press release, dated April 23, 2007. | |
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: April 23, 2007 | By: | /s/ BRADLEY E. SINGER | ||
| Bradley E. Singer | ||||
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release, dated April 23, 2007. | |
| 99.2 | Press release, dated April 23, 2007. | |