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): September 10, 2015

 

 

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 September 10, 2015, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that its Board of Directors declared a cash distribution of $0.46 per share of the Company’s common stock, payable on October 7, 2015 to such stockholders of record at the close of business on September 23, 2015.

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 September 10, 2015.

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:    September 10, 2015       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 September 10, 2015.