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): September 5, 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 September 5, 2007, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Mr. Amit Sharma had joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Asia. A copy of the Company’s press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press release, dated September 5, 2007 (Furnished herewith).


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 5, 2007   By:  

/s/ BRADLEY E. SINGER

    Bradley E. Singer
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press release, dated September 5, 2007 (Furnished herewith).