AMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/
8-K, 2000-11-03
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, NEC
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                       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):
                      November 3, 2000 (October 23, 2000)

                           AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                      001-14195                65-0723837
(State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission              (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)               File Number)         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)



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Item 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

The  following   information  serves  to  update  the  status  of  the  AirTouch
transaction as previously  disclosed in the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by
American Tower  Corporation (the "Company") on January 31, 2000, March 14, 2000,
May 23, 2000, June 23, 2000 and July 28, 2000.

On October 23, 2000, the Company leased 56 additional towers and paid total cash
consideration of approximately $18.7 million under the terms of the Agreement to
Sublease,  dated as of August 6,  1999,  by and among  AirTouch  Communications,
Inc.,  the other parties named therein as  sublessors,  the Company and American
Tower,  L.P.  ("ATLP").  The Company financed the transaction  through available
cash on-hand.

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

         (c)  Exhibits.

         Exhibit 10.1          Agreement to Sublease, dated as of August 6,
                               1999, by and among AirTouch Communications, Inc.,
                               the other parties  named  therein as  sublessors,
                               the Company and ATLP.*


*    Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
     the quarter ended June 30, 1999.



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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: November 3, 2000       By: /s/ Justin D. Benincasa
                                 Name: Justin D. Benincasa
                                 Title: Senior Vice President
                                        and Corporate Controller




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