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 23, 2003 (December 22, 2003)

 

 

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.    Other Events.

 

On December 22, 2003, American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Verestar, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is seeking to reorganize. This press release is filed as Exhibit 99 and is hereby incorporated by reference.

 

Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(c)    Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Item
99		Press release, dated December 22, 2003.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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 22, 2003				By:		/s/    BRADLEY E. SINGER
						Name: Bradley E. Singer Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99		Press release, dated December 22, 2003.

 

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