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, 2012

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) was held on June 19, 2012 to consider and act upon the four proposals listed below. Proposals 1, 2 and 3 were approved and adopted. Proposal 4 was rejected. 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

      324,414,232         4,484,801         138,493         19,965,107   

Ronald M. Dykes

      327,980,960         918,494         138,072         19,965,107   

Carolyn F. Katz

      327,674,637         1,233,667         129,222         19,965,107   

Gustavo Lara Cantu

      327,969,024         922,575         145,927         19,965,107   

JoAnn A. Reed

      327,957,810         951,463         128,253         19,965,107   

Pamela D.A. Reeve

      327,665,961         1,233,382         138,183         19,965,107   

David E. Sharbutt

      327,696,720         1,202,453         138,353         19,965,107   

James D. Taiclet, Jr.

      320,723,790         7,827,683         486,053         19,965,107   

Samme L. Thompson

      327,636,938         1,223,543         177,045         19,965,107   

 

2. Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012.

 

Votes Cast For

     Votes Against     Votes
Abstained		     Broker
Non-Votes		  
  342,784,583        6,092,866        125,184        —     

 

3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation.

 

Votes Cast For

     Votes Against     Votes
Abstained		     Broker
Non-Votes		  
  323,802,890        3,759,922        1,474,714        19,965,107   

4. Approval of a stockholder proposal to require executives to retain a significant percentage of stock acquired through equity pay programs until one year following termination of their employment.

 

Votes Cast For

     Votes Against     Votes
Abstained		     Broker
Non-Votes		  
  87,836,256        240,625,090        576,180        19,965,107   

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 20, 2012, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that its board of directors declared a cash distribution of $0.22 per share payable on July 18, 2012 to holders of record of its common stock at the close of business on July 2, 2012. 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

99.1    Press Release, dated June 20, 2012.

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: June 20, 2012     By:  

/S/    THOMAS A. BARTLETT        

      Thomas A. Bartlett
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

99.1    Press Release, dated June 20, 2012.