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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): December 14, 2016
 
 
 
 
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 December 14, 2016, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that its Board of Directors declared a cash distribution of $0.58 per share on shares of the Company’s common stock, payable on January 13, 2017 to such stockholders of record at the close of business on December 28, 2016.

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 December 14, 2016.
 
 






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:
December 14, 2016
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 December 14, 2016.