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): May 21, 2013
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 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or ByLaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
As described in Item 5.07 below, at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of American Tower Corporation (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws”) to permit a stockholder (or group of stockholders) who beneficially owns at least twenty-five percent (25%) in the aggregate of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock and who has held that amount as a net long position continuously for at least one year, to cause the Company to call a special meeting of stockholders.
Additional details of the amendment to the By-Laws are included in the Company’s 2013 Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2013.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated through May 21, 2013, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Annual Meeting of the Company was held on May 21, 2013 to consider and act upon the four proposals listed below. Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 4 were approved and adopted. The final results of the stockholder voting regarding each proposal were as follows:
| 1. | Election of the following directors for the ensuing year or until their successors are elected and qualified. |
Nominee | Votes Cast For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||
Raymond P. Dolan | 322,037,645 | 2,448,352 | 455,548 | 21,348,904 | ||||
Ronald M. Dykes | 324,362,051 | 122,999 | 456,495 | 21,348,904 | ||||
Carolyn F. Katz | 324,109,661 | 384,620 | 447,264 | 21,348,904 | ||||
Gustavo Lara Cantu | 320,213,235 | 4,278,376 | 449,934 | 21,348,904 | ||||
JoAnn A. Reed | 324,371,237 | 123,211 | 447,097 | 21,348,904 | ||||
Pamela D.A. Reeve | 316,220,936 | 8,273,093 | 447,516 | 21,348,904 | ||||
David E. Sharbutt | 324,351,112 | 132,159 | 458,274 | 21,348,904 | ||||
James D. Taiclet, Jr. | 316,853,556 | 5,515,166 | 2,572,823 | 21,348,904 | ||||
Samme L. Thompson | 320,203,497 | 4,283,194 | 454,854 | 21,348,904 |
| 2. | Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2013. |
Votes Cast For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
338,898,100 | 6,231,232 | 1,161,117 | — |
| 3. | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation. |
Votes Cast For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
313,121,260 | 10,121,160 | 1,699,125 | 21,348,904 |
| 4. | Approval of an amendment to the Company’s By-Laws to reduce the ownership threshold required to call a special meeting. |
Votes Cast For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||
324,191,373 | 268,311 | 481,861 | 21,348,904 |
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On May 22, 2013, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that its board of directors declared a cash distribution of $0.27 per share payable on July 16, 2013 to holders of record of its common stock at the close of business on June 17, 2013. A copy of the Press Release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated By-Laws of American Tower Corporation, as amended and restated through May 21, 2013. | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated May 22, 2013. | |
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 | ||||||
| Date: | May 22, 2013 | By: | /s/ Thomas A. Bartlett | |||
| Thomas A. Bartlett | ||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated By-Laws of American Tower Corporation, as amended and restated through May 21, 2013. | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated May 22, 2013. | |