# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001053507
**File Stem:** 0001053507-26-000041
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 7858
**Document Hash:** a824b95f1f61601621d56b73ebfcd842
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001053507-26-000041.hdr.sgml**: 20260305

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001053507-26-000041

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260305

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260305

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260305

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001053507
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 05 Real Estate & Construction
- **EIN:** 650723837
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-14195
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26726446

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 222 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6173757500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 222 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** AMERICAN TOWER SYSTEMS CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19980128

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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): March 5, 2026** 

**AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION** 

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

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| **Delaware** | **001-14195** | **65-0723837** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |

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**222 Berkeley Street**

**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))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** 

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| **Common Stock, $0.01 par value** | **AMT** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **1.950% Senior Notes due 2026** | **AMT 26B** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **0.450% Senior Notes due 2027** | **AMT 27C** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **0.400% Senior Notes due 2027** | **AMT 27D** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **4.125% Senior Notes due 2027** | **AMT 27F** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **0.500% Senior Notes due 2028** | **AMT 28A** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **0.875% Senior Notes due 2029** | **AMT 29B** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **0.950% Senior Notes due 2030** | **AMT 30C** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **3.900% Senior Notes due 2030** | **AMT 30D** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **4.625% Senior Notes due 2031** | **AMT 31B** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **1.000% Senior Notes due 2032** | **AMT 32** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **3.625% Senior Notes due 2032** | **AMT 32B** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **1.250% Senior Notes due 2033** | **AMT 33** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **4.100% Senior Notes due 2034** | **AMT 34A** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

  

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**Item 8.01 Other Events.**

On March 5, 2026, American Tower Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release (the "Press Release") announcing that the Company's Board of Directors declared a cash distribution of $1.79 per share on shares of the Company's common stock, payable on April 28, 2026 to the stockholders of record at the close of business on April 14, 2026.

A copy of the Press Release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

**(d)**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Exhibits** 

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|:---|:---|
| **<u>Exhibit No.</u>** | **<u>Description</u>** |
| 99.1 | <u>[Press Release, dated March 5, 2026.](exhibit9912026q1dividend.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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**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.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | | AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION | AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION |
| | | (Registrant) | (Registrant) |
| Date: | March 5, 2026 | By: | /s/ Rodney M. Smith |
|  |  |  | Rodney M. Smith |
|  |  |  | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![image_0a.jpg](image_0a.jpg)

ATC Contact: Spencer Kurn

Senior Vice President, Investor Relations

Telephone: (617) 375-7517

**<u>AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION DECLARES QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTION</u>**

***Boston, Massachusetts — March 5, 2026*** — American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash distribution of $1.79 per share on shares of the Company's common stock. The distribution is payable on April 28, 2026 to the stockholders of record at the close of business on April 14, 2026.

**About American Tower**

American Tower, one of the largest global REITs, is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate with a portfolio of nearly 150,000 communications sites and a highly interconnected footprint of U.S. data center facilities. For more information about American Tower, please visit the "Earnings Materials" and "Investor Presentations" sections of our investor relations hub at www.americantower.com.

**Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements**

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" concerning the Company's goals, beliefs, expectations, strategies, objectives, plans, future operating results and underlying assumptions and other statements that are not necessarily based on historical facts. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the Company's forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those factors set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of its most recent annual report on Form 10-K, and other risks described in documents the Company subsequently files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

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