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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): January 15, 2021
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)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

116 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(617375-7500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value AMTNew York Stock Exchange
1.375% Senior Notes due 2025AMT 25ANew York Stock Exchange
1.950% Senior Notes due 2026AMT 26BNew York Stock Exchange
0.500% Senior Notes due 2028AMT 28ANew York Stock Exchange
1.000% Senior Notes due 2032AMT 32New York Stock Exchange
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
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) Director Election. On January 15, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) elected Kenneth R. Frank as a director and member of its Audit Committee, effective immediately. In accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws, Mr. Frank will serve as a director until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

Mr. Frank is the Chief Executive Officer of Turning Technologies. Prior to joining Turning Technologies, Mr. Frank was the CEO of Kibo Software from January 2016 to December 2018 and President and Chief Operating Officer of Aptean Software from October 2011 to December 2015. Prior to his role at Aptean, Mr. Frank held a number of executive positions at Alcatel-Lucent. He began his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1989 and has held leadership positions at BellSouth Telecommunications, Broadband Office and Masergy Communications. Mr. Frank is a director of Egenera, Inc. and was previously a director of Kibo Commerce and Eyecast.

For his service on the Board, Mr. Frank will receive the Company’s standard compensation for non-employee directors.

On January 19, 2021, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the appointment of Mr. Frank to the Board, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)    Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).




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:January 19, 2021By:/s/ Rodney M. Smith
Rodney M. Smith
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer