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): December 30, 2011

 

 

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Company 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

  02116
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(617) 375-7500

(Company’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 Company under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Explanatory Note:

As further described below, as part of the plan to reorganize the business operations of American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Predecessor Registrant”), so that it can elect to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes, the Predecessor Registrant merged with and into its wholly owned subsidiary American Tower REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on December 31, 2011, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 24, 2011 (the “Merger Agreement”), with the Company as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”). At 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 31, 2011, the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), the Company was renamed “American Tower Corporation” and commenced, directly or indirectly, conducting all of the business conducted by the Predecessor Registrant immediately prior to the Merger.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of establishing the Company as the successor issuer to the Predecessor Registrant pursuant to Rule 12g-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and to disclose events required to be disclosed on Form 8-K with respect to the Predecessor Registrant prior to the Effective Time and the Company as of the Effective Time. Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, the shares of Common Stock (as defined below) of the Company, as successor issuer, are deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Loan Assumption Agreement

On December 30, 2011, in connection with the Merger, the Company, the Predecessor Registrant and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC entered into an Assumption Agreement (the “Assumption Agreement”) with respect to the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2007, among the Predecessor Registrant, as Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Toronto Dominion Bank, New York Branch, as Issuing Banks, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and the several lenders that are parties thereto (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). Pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, as of the Effective Time, the Company assumed all of the obligations of the Predecessor Registrant under the Revolving Credit Facility and all related loan documents and other agreements.

The foregoing description of the Assumption Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Assumption Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

Supplemental Indentures

On December 30, 2011, in connection with the Merger, the Company, the Predecessor Registrant and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), entered into the following supplemental indentures (each a “Supplemental Indenture,” and collectively, the “Supplemental Indentures”):

 

   

Second Supplemental Indenture to the indenture dated as of October 1, 2007, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of December 2, 2008, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 7.000% Senior Notes due 2017;

 

   

Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to the indenture dated as of June 10, 2009, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 7.250% Senior Notes due 2019;

 

   

Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to the indenture dated as of October 20, 2009, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 4.625% Senior Notes due 2015; and

 

   

Supplemental Indenture No. 4 to the indenture dated as of May 13, 2010, as supplemented by supplemental indentures dated as of August 16, 2010, December 7, 2010 and October 6, 2011, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 5.050% Senior Notes due 2020, 4.500% Senior Notes due 2018 and 5.900% Senior Notes due 2021, respectively.


Pursuant to the Supplemental Indentures, as of the Effective Time, the Company assumed all of the obligations of the Predecessor Registrant under the respective indentures and related Senior Notes.

The foregoing description of the Supplemental Indentures is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Supplemental Indentures, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 and incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, the Predecessor Registrant was merged with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation. The Merger was consummated by the filing of a certificate of merger, effective as of December 31, 2011 (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. A copy of the Certificate of Merger is attached as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On January 3, 2012, the Company issued a press release, announcing the completion of the Merger, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

As a result of the Merger, as of the Effective Time, the Company assumed by operation of law all of the prior debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of the Predecessor Registrant and such debts, liabilities, obligations and duties may be enforced against the Company to the same extent as if the Company had itself incurred or contracted all such debts, liabilities, obligations and duties. For more information concerning these debts, liabilities, obligations and duties, see generally the Predecessor Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed prior to the date hereof.

The information included under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is also incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

 

Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

As further described below in Item 3.03, as of the Effective Time, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each outstanding share of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Predecessor Registrant (the “Class A Common Stock”) automatically converted into the right to receive an equal number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). Similar to the shares of Class A Common Stock prior to the Merger, the shares of Common Stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “AMT.” In anticipation of the Merger, the Predecessor Registrant requested the NYSE to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form 25 to remove the shares of Class A Common Stock from listing on the NYSE effective January 3, 2012. The Predecessor Registrant expects to file a Form 15 with the SEC to terminate the registration of shares of Class A Common Stock. The new listing of shares of Common Stock on the NYSE is effective as of January 3, 2012.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

As described above, as of the Effective Time, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock of the Predecessor Registrant automatically converted into the right to receive an equal number of shares of Common Stock of the Company. The issuance of the Common Stock was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-174684 ), which was declared effective by the SEC on September 22, 2011. The form of stock certificate for the Common Stock is set forth in Exhibit 4.2 hereto. The Common Stock is subject to certain share ownership and transfer restrictions as discussed below.


As a result of the Merger, as of the Effective Time, the rights of the stockholders of the Company are governed by the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”) and the Company’s amended and restated by-laws (the “Amended By-Laws”). To satisfy requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that are applicable to REITs in general and otherwise to address concerns relating to capital stock ownership, the Restated Certificate generally prohibits any stockholder from owning more than 9.8% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or any other class or series of the Company’s stock. These limitations are subject to waiver or modification by the board of directors of the Company.

The foregoing description of the Common Stock is qualified in its entirety by the description of the Common Stock contained in the “Description of Capital Stock” attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the foregoing description of the Common Stock is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Restated Certificate and the Amended By-Laws, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.3, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

The information included under the caption “Supplemental Indentures” under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is also incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Directors and Officers

The directors and executive officers of the Predecessor Registrant are also the directors and executive officers of the Company and remain so following the Merger, with each holding the same position or positions with the Company as with the Predecessor Registrant immediately prior to the Effective Time. The Company’s directors will be subject to re-election at the 2012 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company. In addition, the standing committees (Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance) are the same standing committees of the Predecessor Registrant, and the membership of each committee remains unchanged.

Assumption of Employee Stock Plans and Awards

As a result of the Merger, as of the Effective Time, the Company assumed the Predecessor Registrant’s equity incentive related plans and related award agreements, including the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, the Amended and Restated American Tower Systems Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan, the SpectraSite, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, the American Tower Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the American Tower Retirement Savings Plan (collectively, the “Plans,” and each a “Plan”). As of the Effective Time, all rights of participants to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock under any Plan were automatically converted into rights to acquire an equal number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Plans and the applicable award agreements.


The Predecessor Registrant maintained a number of benefit plans, compensation arrangements and policies for its directors, officers and employees. None of these plans, compensation arrangements or policies were affected by the Merger and the Company assumed any and all of Predecessor Registrant’s obligations under each of the plans, compensation arrangements and policies by operation of law in the Merger. Likewise, the employment agreements between Predecessor Registrant with each of Messrs. Taiclet, Bartlett, DiSanto, Hess, Marshall and Sharma were not affected by the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. None of the Company’s directors, officers or employees received any additional or special compensation (either in the form of cash, deferred compensation or equity awards) as a result of the Merger.

For more information concerning the Plans, compensation arrangements, policies and employment agreements, see generally the Predecessor Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed prior to the date hereof.

The Company has adopted forms of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (U.S.) and Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (International), both pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, which it will enter into in connection with grants of restricted stock units made after the Effective Time. The agreements provide for, among other things, the accrual of dividends declared on granted, but unvested, restricted stock units. The forms of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (U.S.) and Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (International) are attached here to as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

 

Item 5.03. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended By-Laws were declared effective immediately preceding the Effective Time. As of the Effective Time, the Company’s Restated Certificate and Amended By-Laws were amended, pursuant to the Certificate of Merger, to change the Company’s name from “American Tower REIT, Inc.” to “American Tower Corporation.”

The Company’s Restated Certificate, Certificate of Merger, and Amended By-Laws are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

3.1

   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Tower Corporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware effective as of December 31, 2011

3.2

   Certificate of Merger, effective as of December 31, 2011

3.3

   Amended and Restated By-Laws of American Tower Corporation, adopted effective as of December 31, 2011

4.1

   Description of American Tower Corporation Capital Stock

4.2

   Form of Common Stock Certificate

4.3

   Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 30, 2011, to Indenture dated as of October 1, 2007, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of December 2, 2008, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 7.000% Senior Notes, by and among, the Predecessor Registrant, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. as Trustee


Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.4    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of December 30, 2011, to Indenture dated as of June 10, 2009, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 7.250% Senior Notes, by and among, the Predecessor Registrant, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. as Trustee
4.5    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of December 30, 2011, to Indenture dated as of October 20, 2009, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 4.625% Senior Notes, by and among, the Predecessor Registrant, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. as Trustee
4.6    Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of December 30, 2011, to Base Indenture dated as of May 13, 2010, by and among, the Predecessor Registrant, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. as Trustee
10.1    Assumption Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2011, among the Company, the Predecessor Registrant and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, relating to the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2007, among American Tower Corporation, as Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Toronto Dominion Bank, New York Branch, as Issuing Banks, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and the several lenders that are parties thereto
10.2    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (U.S.) pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
10.3    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (International) pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
99.1    Press Release, dated January 3, 2012


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
Date: January 3, 2012     By:    /s/     Thomas A. Bartlett        
      Thomas A. Bartlett
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Tower Corporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware effective as of December 31, 2011
3.2    Certificate of Merger, effective as of December 31, 2011
3.3    Amended and Restated By-Laws of American Tower Corporation, adopted effective as of December 31, 2011
4.1    Description of American Tower Corporation Capital Stock
4.2    Form of Common Stock Certificate
4.3    Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 30, 2011, to Indenture dated as of October 1, 2007, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of December 2, 2008, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 7.000% Senior Notes, by and among, the Predecessor Registrant, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. as Trustee
4.4    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of December 30, 2011, to Indenture dated as of June 10, 2009, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 7.250% Senior Notes, by and among, the Predecessor Registrant, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. as Trustee
4.5    Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of December 30, 2011, to Indenture dated as of October 20, 2009, with respect to the Predecessor Registrant’s 4.625% Senior Notes, by and among, the Predecessor Registrant, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. as Trustee
4.6    Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of December 30, 2011, to Base Indenture dated as of May 13, 2010, by and among, the Predecessor Registrant, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. as Trustee
10.1    Assumption Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2011, among the Company, the Predecessor Registrant and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, relating to the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2007, among American Tower Corporation, as Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Toronto Dominion Bank, New York Branch, as Issuing Banks, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and the several lenders that are parties thereto
10.2    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (U.S.) pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
10.3    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (International) pursuant to the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
99.1    Press Release, dated January 3, 2012

Exhibit 3.1

RESTATED CERTIFICATE

OF INCORPORATION

AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.

American Tower REIT, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware hereby certifies as follows:

1. The date of filing of the original Certificate of Incorporation of American Tower REIT, Inc. with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was May 17, 2011 (the “ Original Certificate ”).

2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “ Restated Certificate ”) amends, restates and integrates the provisions of the Original Certificate and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time, (the “ Delaware General Corporation Law ”) was duly adopted by the Board of Directors and by the sole stockholder by written consent in accordance with Sections 141(f) and 228, respectively, of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

3. The text of the Original Certificate is hereby amended and restated to read as herein set forth in full.

FIRST : The name of the corporation (hereinafter the “ Corporation ”) is American Tower REIT, Inc.

SECOND : The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD : The nature of the business of the Corporation and the objects or purposes to be transacted, promoted or carried on by it are as follows: To engage in any lawful act or activity (including, without limitation or obligation, qualifying for taxation under Sections 856 through 860, or any successor sections, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor law, as a “real estate investment trust” (or “ REIT ”)) for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

FOURTH : The aggregate number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 1,020,000,000 shares, of which 20,000,000 shall be shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), and 1,000,000,000 shall be shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”).

A. GENERAL

No holder of any of the shares of stock of this Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized or issued, shall be entitled as of right to purchase or subscribe for (i) any unissued stock of any class, or (ii) any additional shares of any class to be issued by reason of any increase of the authorized stock of the Corporation of any class, or (iii) bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable, or carrying any right to purchase or otherwise acquire, stock of any class of the Corporation. Subject to the other terms of this Restated Certificate, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) may from time to time authorize by resolution the issuance of any or all shares of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock herein authorized, together with any additional shares of any class to be issued by reason of any increase of the authorized stock of the


Corporation of any class, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into or exchangeable, or carrying any right to purchase or otherwise acquire, stock of any class of the Corporation, for such purposes, in such amounts, to such Persons, for such consideration and, in the case of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, all as the Board of Directors in its sole and absolute discretion may from time to time determine and without any vote, approval, consent or other action by the stockholders, except as otherwise required by applicable law.

Every reference in this Restated Certificate to a majority or other portion of shares of stock, including without limitation the provisions set forth in Articles EIGHTH and TENTH, shall refer to such majority or other portion of the votes of such shares of stock.

The designations and the powers, preferences and rights, of the capital stock of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, shall be as set forth in Sections B, C, D and E below.

B. PREFERRED STOCK

The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of all or any shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to fix for each such series such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such distinctive designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, providing for the issuance of such series and as may be permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, including, without limitation, the authority to determine with respect to the shares of any such series (i) whether such shares shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates; (ii) whether such shares shall be entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or noncumulative) and, if so, the rates and conditions of such dividends, including the times at which such dividends are payable, the preferences in relation to the dividends payable on any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, and whether such dividends are payable, in whole or in part, in cash, in additional shares of such series, or in any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, or in other securities of the Corporation, or in any combination of the foregoing; (iii) the rights of such shares in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of such shares; (iv) whether such shares shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of stock, or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, or any other securities of the Corporation, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine; (v) whether the series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of such shares, and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund; (vi) the voting powers, if any, of such shares; and (vii) any other relative rights, preferences or limitations.

C. COMMON STOCK

1. Voting Rights and Powers . With respect to all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote, the holders of the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of Common Stock outstanding in the name of such stockholders on the record of stockholders.


2. Stock Splits, Dividends and Distributions . The Corporation shall not in any manner subdivide (by stock split or otherwise) or combine (by reverse stock split or otherwise), or pay or declare any stock dividend on, the outstanding shares of the Common Stock unless the outstanding Common Stock shall be proportionately subdivided or combined or the holders thereof shall have received a proportionate dividend.

3. Distribution of Assets Upon Liquidation . In the event the Corporation shall be liquidated, dissolved or wound up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, after there shall have been paid or set aside for the holders of all shares of the Preferred Stock then outstanding the full amounts to which they may be entitled, if any, under the resolutions authorizing the issuance of such Preferred Stock, the net assets of the Corporation remaining thereafter shall be distributed ratably to each share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph, neither the merger, consolidation or business combination of the Corporation with or into any other entity in which the stockholders of the Corporation receive capital stock and/or other securities (including debt securities) of the surviving entity (or of the direct or indirect parent entity thereof), nor the sale, lease or transfer by the Corporation of all or any part of its business and assets, nor the reduction of the capital stock of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

D. STOCK OWNERSHIP AND THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS LAWS

1. Definitions . For the purposes of this Article FOURTH, Section D, the following terms shall have the following meanings (references to the sections shall be to the sections of this Article FOURTH, Section D);

The term “ CFIUS Review ” shall mean review of any transaction by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“ CFIUS ”), or any successor body, pursuant to Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007, and its implementing regulations, and any successor laws and regulations.

The term Communications Act ” means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and regulations thereunder, and any successor laws and regulations.

The term “ Fair Market Value ” shall mean, with respect to a share of the Corporation’s capital stock of any class or series, the volume weighted average sales price for such a share on the New York Stock Exchange or, if such stock is not listed on such exchange, on the principal U.S. registered securities exchange on which such stock is listed, during the 30 most recent days on which shares of stock of such class or series shall have been traded preceding the day on which notice of redemption shall be given pursuant to Section 4; provided , however , that if shares of stock of such class or series are not traded on any securities exchange, “Fair Market Value” shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith; and provided , further , that “Fair Market Value” as to any stockholder who purchased his stock within 120 days of a Redemption Date shall be the lesser of the amount determined in accordance with the foregoing and the purchase price paid by him.

The term “ FCC ” means the Federal Communications Commission, and any successor agency.

The term “ Federal Communications Laws ” means any law of the United States now or hereafter in effect (and any regulation thereunder), including, without limitation, the Communications Act, to which the Corporation is subject as a result of its ownership, possession or other interest in communications-related infrastructure, licenses or authorizations.

The term “ person ” shall include not only natural persons but partnerships (limited or general), associations, corporations, limited liability companies, joint ventures and other legal entities.


The term “ Redemption Date ” shall mean the date fixed by the Board of Directors for the redemption of any shares of stock of the Corporation pursuant to Section 4.

The term “ Redemption Securities ” shall mean any debt or equity securities of the Corporation, any subsidiary of the Corporation or any other corporation or other entity, or any combination thereof, having such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Board of Directors and which, together with any cash to be paid as part of the redemption price, in the opinion of any nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors (which may be a firm which provides other investment banking, brokerage or other services to the Corporation), has a value, at the time notice of redemption is given pursuant to Section 4, at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4 (assuming, in the case of Redemption Securities to be publicly traded, such Redemption Securities were fully distributed and subject only to normal trading activity).

The term “ regulation ” shall include not only regulations but rules, published policies and published controlling interpretations by the FCC or any other administrative agency or body empowered to administer a statutory provision of the Federal Communications Laws.

2. Restrictions on Stock Ownership or Transfer . As contemplated by this Article FOURTH, Section D, the Corporation may restrict the ownership, or proposed ownership, of shares of capital stock of the Corporation by any person if such ownership or proposed ownership (a) is or could be inconsistent with, or in violation of, any provision of the Federal Communications Laws, (b) limits or impairs or could limit or impair any business activities or proposed business activities of the Corporation under the Federal Communications Laws or (c) subjects or could subject the Corporation to CFIUS Review or to any provision of the Federal Communications Laws, including those requiring any review, authorization or approval, to which the Corporation would not be subject but for such ownership or proposed ownership, including, without limitation, Section 310 of the Communications Act and regulations relating to foreign ownership, multiple ownership, or cross - ownership (clauses (a), (b) and (c) collectively, “ FCC Regulatory Limitations ”).

3. Requests for Information . If the Corporation believes that the ownership or proposed ownership of shares of capital stock of the Corporation by any person may result in an FCC Regulatory Limitation, such person shall furnish promptly to the Corporation such information (including, without limitation, information with respect to citizenship, other ownership interests and affiliations) as the Corporation shall request.

4. Denial of Rights, Refusal to Transfer . If (a) any person from whom information is requested pursuant to Section 3 of this Article FOURTH, Section D should not provide all the information requested by the Corporation, or (b) the Corporation shall conclude that a stockholder’s ownership or proposed ownership of, or that a stockholder’s exercise of any rights of ownership with respect to, shares of capital stock of the Corporation results or could result in an FCC Regulatory Limitation, then, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), the Corporation may (i) refuse to permit the transfer of shares of capital stock of the Corporation to such proposed stockholder, (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, suspend those rights of stock ownership the exercise of which causes or could cause such FCC Regulatory Limitation, (iii) require the conversion of any or all shares of Preferred Stock held by such stockholder into a number of shares of Common Stock of equivalent value, (iv) redeem such shares of capital stock of the Corporation held by such stockholder in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 4, and/or (v) exercise any and all appropriate remedies, at law or in equity, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against any such stockholder or proposed transferee, with a view towards obtaining such information or preventing or curing any situation which causes or could cause an FCC Regulatory Limitation. Any such refusal of transfer or suspension of rights pursuant to clauses (i) and


(ii), respectively, of the immediately preceding sentence shall remain in effect until the requested information has been received and the Corporation has determined that such transfer, or the exercise of such suspended rights, as the case may be, will not result in an FCC Regulatory Limitation. The terms and conditions of redemption pursuant to clause (iv) of this Section 4 shall be as follows:

(i) the redemption price of any shares to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 4 shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares;

(ii) the redemption price of such shares may be paid in cash, Redemption Securities or any combination thereof;

(iii) if less than all such shares are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected in such manner as shall be determined by the Board of Directors, which may include selection first of the most recently purchased shares thereof, selection by lot or selection in any other manner determined by the Board of Directors;

(iv) at least 15 days’ written notice of the Redemption Date shall be given to the record holders of the shares selected to be redeemed (unless waived in writing by any such holder); provided that the Redemption Date may be the date on which written notice shall be given to record holders if the cash or Redemption Securities necessary to effect the redemption shall have been deposited in trust for the benefit of such record holders and subject to immediate withdrawal by them upon surrender of the stock certificates for their shares to be redeemed;

(v) from and after the Redemption Date, any and all rights of whatever nature in respect of the shares selected for redemption (including, without limitation, any rights to vote or participate in dividends declared on stock of the same class or series as such shares), shall cease and terminate and the holders of such shares shall thenceforth be entitled only to receive the cash or Redemption Securities payable upon redemption; and

(vi) such other terms and conditions as the Board of Directors shall determine.

5. Legends . The Corporation shall instruct the Corporation’s transfer agent that the shares of capital stock of the Corporation are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article FOURTH, Section D and such restrictions shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate or certificates representing such capital stock or, in the case of uncertificated securities, contained in the notice or notices sent as required by applicable law.

E. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES

1. Definitions . For purposes of this Article FOURTH, Section E, the following terms shall have the following meanings (references to sections shall be to the sections of this Article FOURTH, Section E):

The term “ Beneficial Owner ” means, with respect to any shares of Equity Stock, (i) any Person who owns such shares, whether directly or indirectly, (ii) any Person for whose benefit such shares are held through a nominee, (iii) any Person who would be treated as the owner of such shares through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h) of the Code, and (iv) any Person who would be considered a beneficial owner of such shares for purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, provided, however, that in determining the number of shares Beneficially Owned by a Person, no share shall be counted more than once with respect to that Person. Whenever a Person


Beneficially Owns shares of Equity Stock that are not actually outstanding (e.g., shares issuable upon the exercise of an option, the conversion of a convertible security or the exchange of an exchangeable security) (“ Option Shares ”), then, whenever this Restated Certificate requires a determination of the percentage of outstanding shares of a class of Equity Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person, the Option Shares Beneficially Owned by such Person shall also be deemed to be outstanding. The terms “Beneficial Ownership,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

The term “ Business Day ” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

The term “ Charitable Beneficiary ” shall mean American Red Cross, until such time as the Trustee designates one or more other nonprofit organizations pursuant to Section 3.7.

The term “ Constructive Ownership ” shall mean ownership of Equity Stock by a Person, whether the interest in the shares of Equity Stock is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

The term “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder, all as from time to time in effect, or any successor law, regulations, and rulings, and any reference to any statutory, regulatory or ruling provision shall be deemed to be a reference to any successor statutory, regulatory or ruling provision.

The term “ Equity Stock ” shall mean all classes or series of stock of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the Common Stock or any series of the Preferred Stock.

The term “ Excepted Holder ” shall mean a stockholder of the Corporation for whom an Excepted Holder Limit is created by this Restated Certificate or by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.7.

The term “ Excepted Holder Limit ” shall mean, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.7, and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.8, the percentage limit established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.7.

The term “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The term “ Initial Date ” shall mean the effective time of the merger of American Tower Corporation with and into the Corporation pursuant to that Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 24, 2011 by and between American Tower Corporation and the Corporation.

The term “ Market Price ” on any date shall mean, with respect to any class or series of outstanding shares of Equity Stock, the Closing Price for such Equity Stock on such date. The “Closing Price” on any date shall mean the last sale price for such Equity Stock, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such Equity Stock, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if such Equity Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such Equity Stock is listed or


admitted to trading or, if such Equity Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the principal automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such Equity Stock is not quoted by any such system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Equity Stock selected by the Board of Directors or, in the event that no trading price is available for such Equity Stock, the fair market value of the Equity Stock, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

The term “ Non-Transfer Event ” shall mean any event or other changes in circumstances other than a purported Transfer, including, without limitation, any change in the value of any shares of Equity Stock, any redemption of any shares of Equity Stock, and any forfeiture of any shares of Equity Stock pursuant to Article FOURTH, Section D.

The term “ NYSE ” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

The term “ Person ” shall mean an individual, corporation, firm, unincorporated organization, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust (inter vivos or testamentary, including any trust qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, estate of a deceased, insane or incompetent individual, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust, government or quasi-governmental authority, or agency or political subdivision thereof, or other entity and also includes a “group” as that term is used for purposes of Rule 13d-5(b) or Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act and a group to which an Excepted Holder Limit applies.

The term “ Prohibited Owner ” shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event, any Person who, but for the provisions of Section 2.1, would beneficially own (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code), Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Equity Stock in excess of the Stock Ownership Limit, and if appropriate in the context, shall also mean any Person who would have been the record or actual owner of the shares that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.

The term “ Restriction Termination Date ” shall mean the first day after the Initial Date on which the Board of Directors determines pursuant to Article FIFTH, Section (g) of this Restated Certificate that it is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation to attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a REIT or that compliance with all or any of the restrictions and limitations on Beneficial Ownership, Constructive Ownership and Transfers of shares of Equity Stock set forth herein is no longer required in order for the Corporation to qualify as a REIT, but only with respect to such restrictions and limitations.

The term “ Stock Ownership Limit ” shall mean not more than 9.8 percent (or such other amount designated by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.8 in the aggregate or with respect to any class or series of Equity Stock) (i) in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of Equity Stock or (ii) in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of any class or series of Equity Stock.

The term “ Transfer ” shall mean any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition, as well as any other event that causes any Person to acquire beneficial ownership (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code), Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Equity Stock or the right to vote (other than revocable proxies or consents given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act) or receive dividends on Equity


Stock, or any agreement to take any such actions or cause any such events, including (a) the granting or exercise of any option (or any disposition of any option) or entering into any agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of Equity Stock (or of beneficial ownership (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code), Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Equity Stock), (b) any disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Stock or any interest in Equity Stock or any exercise of any such conversion or exchange right and (c) Transfers of interests in other entities that result in changes in beneficial ownership (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code), Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Equity Stock; in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, beneficially owned (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code), Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferring” and “Transferred” shall have the correlative meanings.

The term “ Trust ” shall mean any trust provided for in Section 3.1.

The term “ Trustee ” shall mean the Person unaffiliated with the Corporation and any Prohibited Owner that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code and is appointed by the Corporation to serve as trustee of the Trust.

2. Equity Stock

2.1 Ownership Limitations . During the period commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date, but subject to Section 4:

(a) Basic Restrictions

(i) No Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Equity Stock in excess of the Stock Ownership Limit, and no Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Equity Stock in excess of the Excepted Holder Limit for such Excepted Holder.

(ii) No individual (within the meaning of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code as modified by Section 856(h) of the Code) shall Beneficially Own shares of Equity Stock in excess of 9.8 percent in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of Equity Stock.

(iii) No Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Equity Stock to the extent that such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Equity Stock would result in the Corporation failing to qualify as a REIT.

(iv) No Person shall Constructively Own shares of Equity Stock to the extent that such Constructive Ownership would cause any income of the Corporation that would otherwise qualify as “rents from real property” for purposes of Section 856(d) of the Code to fail to qualify as such.

(v) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein but subject to Section 4, any Transfer of shares of Equity Stock that, if effective, would result in the Equity Stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 Persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void AB INITIO, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of Equity Stock.


(b) Transfer in Trust . If any Transfer or Non-Transfer Event occurs which, if effective or otherwise, would result in any Person Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning (as applicable) shares of Equity Stock in violation of Section 2.1(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv),

(i) then that number of shares of the Equity Stock the Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership (as applicable) of which otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section 2.1(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically transferred to a Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary, as described in Section 3, effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the date of such Transfer or Non-Transfer Event, and such Person (or, if different, the direct or beneficial owner of such shares) shall acquire no rights in such shares or shall be divested of its rights in such shares, as applicable, and to the extent that, upon a transfer of shares of Equity Stock pursuant to this Section 2.1(b)(i), a violation of any provision of Section 2.1(a) would nonetheless be continuing, then shares of Equity Stock shall be transferred to that number of Trusts, each having a distinct Trustee and a Charitable Beneficiary or Beneficiaries that are distinct from those of each other Trust, such that there is no violation of any provision of Section 2.1(a); or

(ii) if the transfer to the Trust or Trusts described in clause (i) of this sentence would not be effective for any reason to prevent the violation of Section 2.1(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), then the Transfer of that number of shares of Equity Stock that otherwise would cause any Person to violate Section 2.1(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be void AB INITIO, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of Equity Stock.

2.2 Remedies for Breach . If the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or Non-Transfer Event has taken place that results in a violation of Section 2.1(a) or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire Beneficial Ownership, Constructive Ownership or beneficial ownership (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) of any shares of Equity Stock in violation of Section 2.1(a) (whether or not such violation is intended), the Board of Directors or a committee thereof shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or Non-Transfer Event or otherwise prevent such violation, including, without limitation, causing the Corporation to repurchase shares, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or Non-Transfer Event; provided, however, that any Transfer or attempted Transfer in violation of Section 2.1(a) (or Non-Transfer Event that results in a violation of Section 2.1(a)) shall automatically result in the transfer to the Trust described above, or, if applicable, shall be void AB INITIO as provided above irrespective of any action (or non-action) by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.

2.3 Notice of Restricted Transfer . Any Person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire Beneficial Ownership, Constructive Ownership or beneficial ownership (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) of shares of Equity Stock that will or may violate Section 2.1(a) or any Person who held or would have owned shares of Equity Stock that resulted in a transfer to the Trust pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.1(b) shall immediately give written notice to the Corporation of such event, or in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice, and shall provide to the Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer on the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT.


2.4 Owners Required to Provide Information . From the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

(a) every owner of five percent or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding shares of any class or series of Equity Stock, upon request following the end of each taxable year of the Corporation, shall provide in writing to the Corporation the name and address of such owner, the number of shares of each class and series of Equity Stock and other shares of the Equity Stock Beneficially Owned by it and a description of the manner in which such shares are held. Each such owner shall provide to the Corporation such additional information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Stock Ownership Limit; and

(b) each Person who is a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of Equity Stock and each Person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding Equity Stock for a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner shall provide in writing to the Corporation such information as the Corporation may request, in good faith, in order to determine the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT and to comply with requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.

2.5 Remedies Not Limited . Subject to Article FIFTH, Section (g) of this Restated Certificate, nothing contained in this Section 2 shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of its stockholders in preserving the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT.

2.6 Ambiguity . The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of this Section 2 and Section 3 and any definition contained in Section 1, including in the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Section 2, Section 3, or any such definition, with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. In the event this Section 2 or Section 3 requires an action by the Board of Directors and this Restated Certificate fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Sections 1, 2 or 3. Without limitation of the foregoing, in response to shares (or other securities) forfeited under Article FOURTH, Section D, the Board of Directors may apply the Stock Ownership Limit, any Excepted Holder Limit, and the ownership limitations of Section 2.1(a) in any fashion that conservatively measures the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT, for example, treating such forfeited shares (or other securities) as outstanding and in the numerators of the Person who forfeited such shares (or other securities) but at the same time treating such forfeited shares (or other securities) as no longer outstanding and excluded from the denominators of other Persons.

2.7 Exceptions

(a) Subject to Section 2.1(a)(iii), the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may prospectively or retroactively exempt a Person from one or more of the ownership limitations set forth in Section 2.1(a)(i) and establish or increase an Excepted Holder Limit for such Person, may waive the provisions of Section 2.1(a)(ii) with respect to a Person, and/or may prospectively or retroactively waive the provisions of Section 2.1(a)(iv) with respect to a Person if:

(i) the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that such Person’s Beneficial Ownership and Constructive Ownership of such shares of Equity Stock in excess of the Stock Ownership Limit or in violation of the limitations imposed by Section 2.1(a)(ii) or Section 2.1(a)(iv), as applicable, will not now or in the future jeopardize the Corporation’s ability to qualify as a REIT under the Code; and


(ii) such Person agrees that any violation or attempted violation of such representations or undertakings (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 2.1 through 2.6) will result in such shares of Equity Stock being automatically transferred to a Trust in accordance with Sections 2.1(b) and 3.

(b) Prior to granting any exemption or waiver or creating any Excepted Holder Limit pursuant to Section 2.7(a), the Board of Directors may require a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT. Notwithstanding the receipt of any ruling or opinion, the Board of Directors may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with granting such exemption or waiver or creating any Excepted Holder Limit.

(c) Subject to Section 2.1(a)(iii), an underwriter or placement agent (or Person acquiring securities for a similar purpose and function) that participates in a public offering or a private placement of Equity Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Stock) may Beneficially Own and Constructively Own shares of Equity Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Stock) in excess of the Stock Ownership Limit but only to the extent necessary to facilitate such public offering or private placement.

(d) The Board of Directors may reduce the Excepted Holder Limit for an Excepted Holder only: (i) with the written consent of such Excepted Holder at any time, or (ii) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements and undertakings entered into with such Excepted Holder in connection with the establishment of the Excepted Holder Limit for that Excepted Holder. No Excepted Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage that is less than the Stock Ownership Limit.

2.8 Increase or Decrease in Stock Ownership Limit . Subject to Section 2.1(a)(iii), the Board of Directors may from time to time increase the Stock Ownership Limit (or any portion thereof) for one or more Persons and decrease the Stock Ownership Limit (or any portion thereof) for all other Persons; provided, however, that (i) any such decreased Stock Ownership Limit (or portion thereof) will not be effective for any Person whose ownership in Equity Stock is in excess of the decreased Stock Ownership Limit (or portion thereof) until such time as such Person’s ownership in Equity Stock equals or falls below the decreased Stock Ownership Limit (or such decreased portion thereof), but any further Transfers of any Equity Stock resulting in such Person’s Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership thereof creating an increased excess over the decreased Stock Ownership Limit (or portion thereof) will be in violation of the decreased Stock Ownership Limit (or portion thereof); and (ii) any new Stock Ownership Limit (or portion thereof) would not result in the Corporation being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code ( without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) if five unrelated individuals were to Beneficially Own the five largest amounts of Equity Stock permitted to be Beneficially Owned under such new Stock Ownership Limit, taking into account clause (i) of this proviso permitting ownership in excess of the decreased Stock Ownership Limit (or portion thereof) in certain cases.

2.9 Legend . Each certificate for shares of Equity Stock, if certificated, shall bear a legend that substantially describes the foregoing restrictions on transfer and ownership, as well as the legend required by Article Fourth, Section D.5, or, instead of such legend, the certificate, if any, may reference such restrictions and state that the Corporation will furnish a full statement about restrictions on transferability and ownership to a stockholder on request and without charge.


3. Transfer of Equity Stock in Trust

3.1 Ownership in Trust . Upon any purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event described in Section 2.1(b) that would result in a transfer of shares of Equity Stock to a Trust, such shares of Equity Stock shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Trustee as trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Trustee shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the purported Transfer or Non-Transfer Event that results in the transfer to the Trust pursuant to Section 2.1(b). The Trustee shall be appointed by the Corporation and shall be a Person that (1) is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code and (2) is unaffiliated with the Corporation and any Prohibited Owner. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by the Corporation as provided in Section 3.7.

3.2 Status of Shares Held by the Trustee . Shares of Equity Stock held by the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding shares of Equity Stock of the Corporation. The Prohibited Owner shall have no rights in the shares held by the Trustee. The Prohibited Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of any shares held in trust by the Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends or other distributions and shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares held in the Trust. The Prohibited Owner shall have no claim, cause of action or other recourse whatsoever against the purported transferor of such shares.

3.3 Ordinary Dividend and Voting Rights . The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to ordinary dividends with respect to shares of Equity Stock held in the Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any ordinary dividend paid prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the shares of Equity Stock have been transferred to the Trustee shall be paid by the recipient of such dividend to the Trustee upon demand and any ordinary dividend authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Trustee. Any ordinary dividend so paid to the Trustee shall be held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary. The Prohibited Owner shall not possess any rights to vote shares held in the Trust and, subject to Delaware law, effective as of the date that the shares of Equity Stock have been transferred to the Trust, the Trustee shall have the authority (at the Trustee’s sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the shares of Equity Stock have been transferred to the Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Corporation has already taken corporate action, as determined by the Board of Directors, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section E, until the Corporation has received notification that shares of Equity Stock have been transferred into a Trust, the Corporation shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer and other stockholder records for purposes of preparing lists of stockholders entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of stockholders.

3.4 Rights upon Liquidation . Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of or any distribution of the assets of the Company, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, ratably with each other holder of Equity Stock of the class or series of Equity Stock held in the Trust, that portion of the assets of the Company available for distribution to the holders of such class or series (determined based upon the ratio that the number of shares of such class or series of Equity Stock held by the Trustee bears to the total number of shares of such class or series of Equity Stock then outstanding). The Trustee shall distribute any such assets received in respect of the Equity Stock held in the Trust in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up or distribution of the assets of the Company, in accordance with Section 3.5.


3.5 Extraordinary Distribution and Sale of Shares by Trustee . As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notice from the Corporation that shares of Equity Stock have been transferred to the Trust (and no later than 20 days after receiving notice in the case of shares of Equity Stock that are listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange), the Trustee of the Trust shall sell the shares held in the Trust to a person whose ownership of the shares will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section 2.1(a). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate. Upon any such sale or receipt by the Trust of an extraordinary distribution, the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale or extraordinary distribution to the Prohibited Owner and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 3.5. The Prohibited Owner shall receive the lesser of (a) the price paid by the Prohibited Owner for the shares or, if the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction or in the case of a Non-Transfer Event), the Market Price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust, in each case reduced by any amounts previously received by the Prohibited Owner pursuant to this Section 3.5 in connection with prior extraordinary distributions and (b) the sales or extraordinary distribution proceeds received by the Trustee (net of any commissions and other expenses of the Trustee as provided in Section 3.8) from the sale or other disposition of the shares held in the Trust. The Trustee may reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner by the amount of ordinary dividends which has been paid to the Prohibited Owner and is owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3. Any net sales proceeds and extraordinary distributions in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be promptly distributed to the Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Corporation that shares of Equity Stock have been transferred to the Trustee, such shares are sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Prohibited Owner received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.5, such excess shall be paid to the Trustee upon demand and, when received, shall be promptly distributed to the Charitable Beneficiary.

3.6 Purchase Right in Stock Transferred to the Trustee . Shares of Equity Stock transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Trust (or, if the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction or in the case of a Non-Transfer Event), the Market Price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation shall have the right to accept such offer until the Trustee has sold the shares held in the Trust pursuant to Section 3.5. Upon such a sale to the Corporation, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale, reduced by any amounts previously received by the Prohibited Owner pursuant to Section 3.5 in connection with prior extraordinary distributions, to the Prohibited Owner; provided, however, that the Trustee may reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner by the amount of dividends and other distributions which has been paid to the Prohibited Owner and is owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be promptly distributed to the Charitable Beneficiary.

3.7 Designation of Charitable Beneficiaries . By written notice to the Trustee, the Corporation may change the Charitable Beneficiary by designating one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Trust such that (i) the shares of Equity Stock held in the Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 2.1(a) in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary and (ii) each such organization must be organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and must be described in Section 501(c)(1) or Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, and contributions to each such organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A) (other than clauses (vii) and (viii) thereof), 2055 and 2522 of the Code. Neither the failure of the Corporation to make such designation nor the failure of the Corporation to appoint the Trustee


before the automatic transfer provided for in Section 2.1(b)(i) shall make such transfer ineffective, provided that the Corporation thereafter makes such designation and appointment. The designation of a nonprofit organization as a Charitable Beneficiary shall not entitle such nonprofit organization to serve in such capacity and the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, designate a substitute or additional nonprofit organization meeting the requirements of this Section 3.7 as the Charitable Beneficiary at any time and for any or no reason. Any determination by the Corporation with respect to the application of this Article FOURTH, Section E shall be binding on each Charitable Beneficiary.

3.8 Costs, Expenses and Compensation of Trustee and the Company . The Trustee shall be indemnified by the Company or from the proceeds from the sale of shares of Equity Stock held in the Trust, as further provided in this Article FOURTH, Section E, for its costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with conducting its duties and satisfying its obligations pursuant to this Article FOURTH, Section E. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive reasonable compensation for services provided by the Trustee in connection with serving as a Trustee, the amount and form of which shall be determined by agreement of the Board of Directors and the Trustee. Costs, expenses and compensation payable to the Charitable Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.8 may be funded from the Trust or by the Company. The Company shall be entitled to reimbursement on a first priority basis (after payment in full of amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.8) from the Trust for any such amounts funded by the Company. Costs and expenses incurred by the Company in the process of enforcing the ownership limitation set forth in Section 2.1(a), in addition to reimbursement of costs, expenses and compensation of the Trustee which have been funded by the Company, may be collected from the Trust.

4. NYSE Transactions . Nothing in this Article FOURTH, Section E shall preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system. The fact that the settlement of any transaction occurs shall not negate the effect of any other provision of this Article FOURTH, Section E and any transferee in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in this Article FOURTH, Section E.

5. Enforcement . The Corporation is authorized specifically to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief, to enforce the provisions of this Article FOURTH, Section E. The Board of Directors shall have all power and authority necessary or advisable to implement the provisions of this Article FOURTH, Section E.

6. Non-Waiver . No delay or failure on the part of the Corporation or the Board of Directors in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any right of the Corporation or the Board of Directors, as the case may be, except to the extent specifically waived in writing.

7. Severability . If any provision of this Article FOURTH, Section E or any application of any such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or state court having jurisdiction over the issues, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected and other applications of such provisions shall be affected only to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.

FIFTH : For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders, it is further provided that:

(a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities herein or by statute expressly conferred upon it, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware, of this Restated Certificate and the By-Laws of the Corporation. Except as


otherwise provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law, any committee of the Board of Directors shall have and may exercise, to the extent provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation or by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation;

(b) The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as specified in the By-Laws of the Corporation but such number may from time to time be increased or decreased in such manner as may be prescribed by the By-Laws;

(c) Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancy in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or otherwise shall, subject to the provisions of and except as otherwise provided by applicable law, this Restated Certificate, the By-Laws of the Corporation or by resolution of the Board of Directors, be filled by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class of directors to which they have been chosen expires. If there are no directors in office, any officer or stockholder may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the By-Laws of the Corporation, at which meeting such vacancies shall be filled. No decrease in the authorized number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director;

(d) Unless and except to the extent that the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot. Directors need not be stockholders;

(e) In the event that any shares of Common Stock are listed and quoted on a national securities exchange and/or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, the Board of Directors shall ensure, and shall have all power and authority to ensure, that the membership of the Board of Directors shall at all times be consistent with the applicable rules and regulations, if any, of such exchange and/or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., as the case may be, for the Common Stock to be eligible for listing and quotation on such exchange and/or for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market;

(f) The Board of Directors shall ensure, and shall have all power and authority to ensure, that the composition of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries and the persons acting as officers of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries complies at all times with the provisions of the Communications Act (as defined in Article FOURTH, Section D) with respect to individuals who are Aliens serving on such Boards of Directors or as such officers; and

(g) The Corporation shall seek to elect and maintain its status and taxation as a REIT under Sections 856-860, or any successor sections, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or corresponding provisions of subsequent revenue laws). In furtherance of the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such actions as are necessary, and may take such actions as in its sole judgment and discretion are desirable, to preserve the qualification of the Corporation as a REIT. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a majority of the Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in the best interest of the Corporation to continue to have the Corporation qualify as a REIT, the Board of Directors may revoke or otherwise terminate the Corporation’s REIT election. The Board of Directors may also determine that compliance with any restrictions or limitations on stock ownership and transfers set forth in Article FOURTH, Section E is no longer required for REIT election and taxation.


As used in this Article FIFTH, the term “ Alien ” shall mean (i) a person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States; (ii) a representative of a person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States; (iii) a representative of an entity owned or controlled by a citizen of a country other than the United States or organized under the laws of a government other than the government of the United States or any state, territory or possession of the United States; and (iv) any other person included in the definitions of persons restricted by the foreign ownership or voting level provisions of Section 310(b)(3) or (4) of the Communications Act.

SIXTH : No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except, in addition to any and all other requirements for such liability, (i) for any breach of such directors’ duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) to the extent provided under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction for which such director derived an improper personal benefit. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article SIXTH nor the adoption of any provision of this Restated Certificate inconsistent with this Article SIXTH shall reduce, eliminate, or adversely affect the effect of this Article SIXTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article SIXTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

SEVENTH : The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless certain Persons as follows.

A. Indemnification .

1. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise or non profit entity against all liability, losses, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise or non profit entity against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the


extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or such other court shall deem proper.

3. To the extent that any person referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2 has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to therein, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.

4. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article SEVENTH, except for proceedings to enforce rights provided in this Article SEVENTH, the Corporation shall not be obligated under this Article SEVENTH to provide any indemnification or any payment or reimbursement of expenses to any director, officer, employee or other person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person (which shall not include counterclaims or cross-claims initiated by others) unless the Board of Directors has authorized or consented to such proceeding (or part thereof) in a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

B. Authorization . Any indemnification under Section 1 of this Article SEVENTH (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, partner, member, trustee, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 of this Article SEVENTH. Such determination shall be made with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination: (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (b) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (c) if there are no such directors or if such directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders.

C. Expense Advance . Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by a current officer or director of the Corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which such officer or director may be entitled to indemnification hereunder shall be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. However, any such officer or director seeking such payment or reimbursement must commit in writing that he or she shall repay any such amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not, in fact, entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation pursuant to this Article SEVENTH. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former officers or directors or other employees or agents of the Corporation may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.

D. Nonexclusivity . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other Sections of this Article SEVENTH shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

E. Insurance . The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, employee or


agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise or non profit entity against any liability asserted against and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article SEVENTH or Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

F. “The Corporation” . For the purposes of this Article SEVENTH, references to “ the Corporation ” shall include the resulting corporation and, to the extent that the Board of Directors of the resulting corporation so decides, all constituent corporations (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as director, officer, partner, member, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise or non profit entity shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article SEVENTH with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation if its separate existence had continued.

G. Other Indemnification . The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, trustee, partner, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or non profit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or non profit entity or from insurance. Nothing in this Article SEVENTH shall limit the power of the Corporation or the Board of Directors to provide rights of indemnification and to make payment of expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer to directors, officers, employees, agents, fiduciaries and other persons otherwise than pursuant to this Article SEVENTH.

H. Other Definitions . For purposes of this Article SEVENTH, references to “ other enterprises ” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “ fines ” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article SEVENTH.

I. Continuation of Indemnification . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article SEVENTH shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, partner, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

J. Effect of Amendment or Repeal . The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided in this Article SEVENTH shall be contract rights and shall be deemed to have vested at the time the indemnitee takes the office that entitles such person to such rights, which shall not later be subject to reduction or elimination for acts or omissions occurring prior to such reduction or elimination. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article SEVENTH nor the adoption of any provision of these By-Laws inconsistent with this Article SEVENTH shall reduce, eliminate or adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the effectiveness of such amendment, repeal or adoption. If any provision or provisions of this Article SEVENTH shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity, legality and


enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article SEVENTH (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article SEVENTH containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article SEVENTH (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article SEVENTH containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

EIGHTH : In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter, amend, and repeal the By-Laws. The By-Laws of the Corporation may be amended, altered, changed or repealed, and a provision or provisions inconsistent with the provisions of the By-Laws as they exist from time to time maybe adopted, only by the majority of the entire Board of Directors or with the approval or consent of the holders of not less than a majority, determined in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Section A of Article FOURTH, of the total number of the then outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

NINTH : Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article NINTH.

TENTH : The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate (including provisions as may hereafter be added or inserted in this Restated Certificate as authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware) in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other person whomsoever by and pursuant to this Restated Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted, subject to the rights reserved in this Article TENTH. From time to time any of the provisions of this Restated Certificate may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this Restated Certificate are granted subject to the provisions of this Article TENTH.

 

  4. This Restated Certificate shall become effective at 11:58 pm Eastern Time on December 31, 2011.

* * * * * *


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, American Tower REIT, Inc. has caused this Restated Certificate to be signed by its authorized officer, on this 27 th day of December, 2011.

 

AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.
By:   /s/    Edmund DiSanto
 

Edmund DiSanto

Executive Vice President, Chief

Administrative Officer, General Counsel

and Secretary

 

ATTEST:  
  /s/    Jody Hyvarinen  
   

Exhibit 3.2

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER OF

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

WITH AND INTO

AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.

Pursuant to Title 8, Section 251(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), American Tower REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ American Tower REIT ”), hereby certifies the following information relating to the merger of American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ American Tower ”), with and into American Tower REIT (the “ Merger ”).

FIRST: The name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations that is a party to the Merger (the “ Constituent Corporations ”), are as follows:

 

Name

  

State

American Tower Corporation

   Delaware

American Tower REIT, Inc.

   Delaware

SECOND : An Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 24, 2011 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and between American Tower and American Tower REIT, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Merger, has been approved, adopted, executed and acknowledged by each of the Constituent Corporations in accordance with Section 251 (and, with respect to American Tower REIT, by the written consent of its sole stockholder in accordance with Section 228) of the DGCL.

THIRD : The name of the surviving corporation is American Tower REIT, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the “ Surviving Corporation ”). The name of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended in the Merger to be “American Tower Corporation.”

FOURTH : The Certificate of Incorporation of American Tower REIT as in effect immediately prior to the Merger shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, except that, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, immediately following the Merger, Article First of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to substitute the words “American Tower Corporation” for the words “American Tower REIT, Inc.”

FIFTH : This Certificate of Merger, and the Merger provided for herein, shall become effective at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 31, 2011.

SIXTH : The executed Merger Agreement is on file at an office of the Surviving Corporation, which is located at 116 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.

SEVENTH : A copy of the Merger Agreement will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of either Constituent Corporation.

[signature page follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, American Tower REIT, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Merger to be executed by a duly authorized officer on this 27 th day of December, 2011.

 

AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.
By:   /s/    Edmund DiSanto
Name:   Edmund DiSanto
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief
  Administrative Officer, General Counsel
  and Secretary

Exhibit 3.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.

(a Delaware Corporation)


AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.

(a Delaware Corporation)

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE I.

   OFFICES    1

SECTION 1.

   Registered Office    1

SECTION 2.

   Other Offices    1

ARTICLE II.

   SEAL    1

ARTICLE III.

   MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS    1

SECTION 1.

   Place of Meeting    1

SECTION 2.

   Annual Meetings    1

SECTION 3.

   Special Meetings    1

SECTION 4.

   Notice    1

SECTION 5.

   Quorum and Adjournments    2

SECTION 6.

   Votes; Proxies    2

SECTION 7.

   Organization    3

SECTION 8.

   Notice of Stockholder Proposal    3

SECTION 9.

   Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting    4

ARTICLE IV.

   DIRECTORS    6

SECTION 1.

   Number    6

SECTION 2.

   Term of Office    6

SECTION 3.

   Vacancies    6

SECTION 4.

   Removal by Stockholders    6

SECTION 5.

   Procedure for Nominations by Stockholders    6

SECTION 6.

   Meetings    8

SECTION 7.

   Votes    8

SECTION 8.

   Quorum and Adjournment    8

SECTION 9.

   Compensation    8

SECTION 10.

   Action By Consent of Directors    9

ARTICLE V.

   COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS    9

SECTION 1.

   Executive Committee    9

SECTION 2.

   Audit Committee    10

SECTION 3.

   Other Committees    10

SECTION 4.

   Term of Office    11

ARTICLE VI.

   OFFICERS    11

SECTION 1.

   Officers    11

SECTION 2.

   Vacancies    11


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SECTION 3.

   Chairman of the Board    11

SECTION 4.

   President    11

SECTION 5.

   Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents    11

SECTION 6.

   Secretary    11

SECTION 7.

   Assistant Secretaries    12

SECTION 8.

   Treasurer    12

SECTION 9.

   Assistant Treasurers    12

SECTION 10.

   Controller    12

SECTION 11.

   Assistant Controller    12

SECTION 12.

   Subordinate Officers    12

SECTION 13.

   Compensation    12

SECTION 14.

   Removal    12

SECTION 15.

   Bonds    12

ARTICLE VII.

   CERTIFICATES OF STOCK    13

SECTION 1.

   Form and Execution of Certificates    13

SECTION 2.

   Transfer of Shares    13

SECTION 3.

   Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record (Other Than   
   For Written Consents)    13

SECTION 4.

   Lost or Destroyed Certificates    14

SECTION 5.

   Uncertificated Shares    14

ARTICLE VIII.

   EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS    14

SECTION 1.

   Execution of Checks, Notes, etc.    14

SECTION 2.

   Execution of Contracts, Assignments, etc.    14

SECTION 3.

   Execution of Proxies    14

ARTICLE IX.

   INSPECTION OF BOOKS    15

ARTICLE X.

   FISCAL YEAR    15

ARTICLE XI.

   AMENDMENTS    15


AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.

(a Delaware Corporation)

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. Registered Office . The registered office of American Tower REIT, Inc. (“the Corporation”) shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

SECTION 2. Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

SEAL

The seal of the Corporation shall, subject to alteration by the Board of Directors, consist of a flat-faced circular die with the word “Delaware”, together with the name of the Corporation and the year of incorporation, cut or engraved thereon.

ARTICLE III

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. Place of Meeting . Meetings of the stockholders shall be held either within or without the State of Delaware at such place, if any, as the Board of Directors may fix from time to time. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that meetings of stockholders shall be held solely by means of remote communications.

SECTION 2. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors on such date and at such time as the Board of Directors may fix from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.

SECTION 3. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the President or by the directors (either by written instrument signed by a majority or by resolution adopted by a vote of the majority), and special meetings shall be called by the President or the Secretary whenever stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote so request in writing. Such request of stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting and such purpose or purposes shall be included in the notice of meeting given by the Corporation pursuant to Section 4 of Article III.


SECTION 4. Notice . Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

SECTION 5. Quorum and Adjournments . Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders of the holders of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum. So long as the Certificate of Incorporation provides for more or less than one vote for any share, or any matter, every reference in these By-Laws to a majority or other proportion of shares shall refer to such majority or other proportion of the votes of such shares. If two or more classes of stock are entitled to vote as separate classes upon any question, then, in the case of each such class, a quorum for the consideration of such question shall, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, consist of a majority in interest of all stock of that class issued, outstanding and entitled to vote. If a majority of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat or, where a larger quorum is required, such quorum, shall not be represented at any meeting of the stockholders regularly called, the holders of a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereat shall have power to adjourn the meeting to another time, or to another time and place, without notice other than announcement of adjournment at the meeting, and there may be successive adjournments for like cause and in like manner until the requisite amount of shares entitled to vote at such meeting shall be represented; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. Subject to the requirements of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, on any issue on which two or more classes of stock are entitled to vote separately, no adjournment shall be taken with respect to any class for which a quorum is present unless the Chairman of the meeting otherwise directs. At any meeting held to consider matters which were subject to adjournment for want of a quorum at which the requisite amount of shares entitled to vote thereat shall be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual or special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or by the President. The chairman of a meeting of stockholders may adjourn or recess such meeting once convened, whether or not a quorum is present.

SECTION 6. Votes; Proxies . Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, at each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder of record on the record date set by the Board of Directors for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote which is registered in such stockholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.


Each stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person or may authorize another person or persons to vote for such stockholder by a proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized agent and delivered (including by electronic transmission) to the Secretary of the Corporation. No such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from the date of its execution, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or any interest in the Corporation generally. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing with the Secretary of the Corporation an instrument in writing or as otherwise permitted by law revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date.

Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot and, except as otherwise provided by law, need not be conducted by an inspector of election unless so determined by the Chairman of the meeting or by the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes which could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon which are present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting. If it is required or determined that an inspector of election be appointed, the Chairman shall appoint one inspector of election, who shall first take and subscribe an oath or affirmation faithfully to execute the duties of an inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors so appointed shall take charge of the polls and, after the balloting, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken. No director or candidate for the office of director shall be appointed as such inspector.

Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, at any meeting at which a quorum is present, all action with respect to matters properly brought before such meeting taken by a majority of the votes properly cast, excluding abstentions and broker non-votes, shall be valid and binding on the Corporation; provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes properly cast if the number of candidates properly nominated for election as directors exceeds the number of directors to be elected as of the close of business on the record date for such meeting. For purposes of this Section 6 of this Article, a majority of votes shall mean that the number of votes properly cast “for” an action must exceed the number of votes properly cast “against” such action.

SECTION 7. Organization . The Chairman of the Board, if there be one, or in his or her absence the Vice Chairman, or in the absence of a Vice Chairman, the President, or in the absence of the President, a Vice President, shall call meetings of the stockholders to order and shall act as chairman thereof. The Secretary of the Corporation, if present, shall act as secretary of all meetings of stockholders, and, in his or her absence, the presiding officer may appoint a secretary.

SECTION 8. Notice of Stockholder Proposal . (a) At any meeting of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by the Corporation pursuant to Section 4 of Article III of these By-Laws, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of notice as provided in this Section 8 and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 8.


(b) For any business to be properly brought before a meeting by a stockholder (other than the nomination of a person for election as a director, which is governed exclusively by Section 5 of Article IV of these By-Laws), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) with respect to the regularly scheduled annual meeting of stockholders, not earlier than the one-hundred twentieth (120 th ) day and not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to the first anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such first anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered or mailed and received not earlier than the one-hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to the date of such annual meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting is first made by the Corporation; and (ii) with respect to any other meeting, not earlier than the one-hundred twentieth (120 t h ) day prior to the date of such meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to the date of such meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. For purposes of the first annual meeting held after January 1, 2012, the anniversary date shall be deemed to be May 18, 2012. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a meeting or an announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c) A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the Corporation shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting: (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-Laws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment; (ii) as to the stockholder of record giving such notice and any beneficial owner on whose behalf such proposal is made, (A) the name and address of such stockholder and beneficial owner, (B) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and by such beneficial owner, respectively, and their respective affiliates (naming such affiliates), as of the date of such notice, (C) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, without limitation, any swap or other derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and securities lending or borrowing arrangement) to which such stockholder or beneficial owner and their respective affiliates is, directly or indirectly, a party as of the date of such notice (x) with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation or (y) the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage the potential risk or benefit of stock price changes (increases or decreases) for, or increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder or beneficial owner or any of their affiliates with respect to securities of the Corporation or which may have payments based in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, on the value (or change in value) of any class or series of securities of the Corporation (any agreement, arrangement or understanding of a type described in this clause (C), a “Covered Arrangement”), and (D) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business; (iii) a description of any direct or indirect material interest of the stockholder of record and of any beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal is made, and their respective affiliates, in such business (whether by holdings of securities, by virtue of being a creditor or contractual counterparty of the Company or of a third party, or otherwise), and all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and such beneficial owner and their respective affiliates, and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) in connection with the proposal of such business by the stockholder; (iv) if the stockholder of record or any beneficial owner intends (whether by itself or as part of a group) to solicit proxies in support of such proposal, a representation to that effect; (v) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the proposal pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the


Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (vi) an agreement that the stockholder of record and any related beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal is made will notify the Corporation in writing of the information set forth in clauses (ii)(B), (ii)(C) and (iii) above as of the record date for the meeting promptly (and, in any event, within five business days) following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first disclosed by public disclosure, and will update such information thereafter within two business days of any change in such information and, in any event, as of the close of business on the day preceding the meeting date. The foregoing notice requirements of this paragraph (c) of this Section 8 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business other than a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her or its intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such meeting.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no business (other than the nomination of a person for election as a director, which is governed exclusively by Section 5 of Article IV of these By-Laws, and matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) shall be conducted at any meeting of stockholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 8 of Article III. The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8 of Article III, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

(e) For purposes of this Section 8 of Article III and Section 5 of Article IV of these By-Laws, public disclosure shall be deemed to include a disclosure made in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Services, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

SECTION 9. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting . (a) Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted by the DGCL to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request that the Board of Directors fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which such written notice is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9(b)). If no record date has been fixed by the Board of


Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9(b) or otherwise within ten (10) days after the date on which such written notice is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date after the expiration of such ten (10) day time period on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or to any officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 9(b), the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by this Section 9 and applicable law, to the Corporation of written consent or consents to take corporate action and/or any related revocation or revocations, the Corporation shall engage independent inspectors of elections for the purpose of performing promptly a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent and without a meeting shall be effective until such inspectors have completed their review, determined that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents delivered to the Corporation in accordance with this Section 9 and applicable law have been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents, and certified such determination for entry in the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders. Nothing contained in this Section 9(c) shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).

(d) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days after the earliest dated written consent received in accordance with this Section 9, a valid written consent or valid written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed in this Section 9 and applicable law, and not revoked.

(e) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation. In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the DGCL other than Section 228 thereof, if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed under such other section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL, and that written notice has been given as provided in such Section 228.


ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. Number . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors consisting of not less than one director, none of whom needs to be a stockholder. The number of directors shall be fixed at each annual meeting of stockholders, but if the number is not so fixed, the number shall remain as it stood immediately prior to such meeting. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders shall elect directors.

At any time during any year, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, the number of directors may be increased or reduced, in each case by vote of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote for the election of directors or by resolution of the directors. No reduction in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any director.

SECTION 2. Term of Office . Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death or resignation, subject to the right of the stockholders at any time to remove any director or directors as provided in Section 4 of this Article.

SECTION 3. Vacancies . If any vacancy shall occur among the directors, or if the number of directors shall at any time be increased, the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, by a majority vote may fill the vacancies or newly-created directorships, or any such vacancies or newly-created directorships may be filled by the stockholders at any meeting.

SECTION 4. Removal by Stockholders . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, the holders of record of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors may, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon, remove any director or directors, with or without cause, and, in their discretion, elect a new director or directors in place thereof.

SECTION 5. Procedure for Nominations by Stockholders . (a) Any stockholder of record as of the time of the giving of notice as provided in this Section 5 and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote for the election of a director at any meeting of stockholders, may nominate one or more persons for such election only if such stockholder complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 5. In the case of a special meeting of stockholders at which the Board of Directors gives notice that directors are to be elected, a stockholder may nominate one or more persons for election only as provided in this Section 5 and only for such position(s) as are specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting as being up for election at such meeting.

(b) To nominate a person for election as a director, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) with respect to the regularly scheduled annual meeting of stockholders, not earlier than the one-hundred twentieth (120 th ) day and not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to the first anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such first anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered or mailed and received not earlier than the one-hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to the date of such annual meeting or the tenth (10 th )


day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting is first made by the Corporation; and (ii) with respect to any other meeting, not earlier than the one-hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to the date of such meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to the date of such meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. For purposes of the first annual meeting held after January 1, 2012, the anniversary date shall be deemed to be May 19, 2012. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a meeting or an announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c) A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the Corporation shall set forth: (i) as to the stockholder of record giving such notice and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, (A) the name and address of such stockholder and beneficial owner, (B) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and by such beneficial owner, respectively, and their respective affiliates (naming such affiliates), as of the date of such notice, (C) a description of any Covered Arrangement to which such stockholder or beneficial owner, and their respective affiliates is, directly or indirectly, a party as of the date of such notice, (D) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement in connection with a solicitation of proxies for the election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (E) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (ii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder or beneficial owner, and their respective affiliates, and each nominee or any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; (iii) if the stockholder or any related beneficial owner intends (whether by itself or as part of a group) to solicit proxies in support of such nomination, a representation to that effect; (iv) as to each person the stockholder of record proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (A) a description of any Covered Arrangement to which such nominee or any of his or her affiliates is a party as of the date of such notice, (B) the written consent of such nominee to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if so elected, and (C) a statement tendering, promptly following the stockholder meeting at which such nominee is elected or re-elected as director, an irrevocable resignation that will be effective upon (a) the failure to receive the required vote at the next stockholder meeting at which he or she faces re-election and (b) Board acceptance of such resignation, and (D) all other information relating to such nominee as would have been required to be included in a proxy statement filed in connection with a solicitation of proxies for the election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (v) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (vi) an agreement that the stockholder of record and any related beneficial owner will notify the Corporation in writing of the information set forth in clauses (i)(B), (i)(C), (ii) and (iv) above as of the record date for the meeting promptly (and, in any event, within five business days) following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first disclosed by public disclosure, and will update such information thereafter within two business days of any change in such information and, in any event, as of close of business on the day preceding the meeting date. The foregoing notice requirements of this paragraph (c) of this Section 5 shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to a nomination if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his, her or its intention to present the nomination at an annual meeting in compliance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s nomination has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.


(d) Notwithstanding anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, if the Chairman determines that a nomination of any candidate for election as a director was not made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5, such nomination shall be void.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, any stockholder intending to make a nomination at a meeting in accordance with this Section 5, and any related beneficial owner, shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these By-Laws; provided, however, that any references in these By-Laws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations made or intended to be made in accordance with this Section 5. Nothing in this Section 5 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

(f) Submission of Questionnaire; Representation and Agreement. To be eligible to be a nominee for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (not later than the deadline prescribed for delivery of notice under this Section 5) to the Secretary of the Corporation a written questionnaire, in the form prescribed by the Board of Directors, with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made and a written representation and agreement, in the form prescribed by the Board of Directors, that such person (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (B) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director, with such person’s duties under applicable law; (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein; and (iii) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director, and will comply with, applicable law and the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and other policies applicable to directors generally. The foregoing questionnaire and written agreement shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

SECTION 6. Meetings . Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board, if there be one, or by the President, and as may be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any meeting. Meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the Chairman of the Board, if there be one, or the President or any two (2) of the directors in office by oral, telecopy or other form of electronic transmission, or written notice, duly served or sent to each director not less than twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting, except that, if mailed, not less than seventy two (72) hours before such meeting.

Meetings may be held at any time and place without notice if all the directors are present and do not object to the holding of such meeting for lack of proper notice or if those not present shall, in writing or by telecopy or other form of electronic transmission, waive notice thereof. A regular meeting of the Board may be held without notice immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders at the place where such meeting is held. Regular meetings of the Board may also be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof need be specified in any written waiver of notice.


Members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

SECTION 7. Votes . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise in these By-Laws, the vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 8. Quorum and Adjournment . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise in these By-Laws, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement of the adjournment at the meeting, and at such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

SECTION 9. Compensation . Directors shall receive compensation for their services, as such, and for service on any Committee of the Board of Directors, as fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and for expenses of attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board or any Committee thereof. Nothing in this Section 9 shall be construed to preclude a director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

SECTION 10. Action By Consent of Directors . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing (which may be in counterparts) or by electronic transmission, and the writing, writings, or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such consent shall be treated as a vote adopted at a meeting for all purposes.

ARTICLE V

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. Executive Committee . The Board of Directors may by resolution appoint an Executive Committee of one (1) or more members, to serve during the pleasure of the Board, to consist of such directors as the Board may from time to time designate. The Board of Directors shall designate the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

 

  (a) Procedure . The Executive Committee shall, by a vote of a majority of its members, fix its own times and places of meeting, determine the number of its members constituting a quorum for the transaction of business, and prescribe its own rules of procedure, no change in which shall be made save by a majority vote of its members.

 

  (b)

Responsibilities . During the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in establishing such Committee or otherwise, the Executive Committee shall possess and may exercise all the powers of


  the Board in the management and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation; provided, however, that the Executive Committee shall not, except to the extent the Certificate of Incorporation or the resolution providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the DGCL, have the power:

 

  (i) to amend or authorize the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws;

 

  (ii) to authorize the issuance of stock in excess of one million (1,000,000) shares in any single transaction or group of related transactions;

 

  (iii) to adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation pursuant to which the Corporation will merge or consolidate or to recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the property and business of the Corporation;

 

  (iv) to recommend to the stockholders a dissolution, or a revocation of a dissolution, of the Corporation; or

 

  (v) to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the DGCL.

 

  (c) Reports . The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and all action by the Executive Committee shall be reported promptly to the Board of Directors. Such action shall be subject to review, amendment and repeal by the Board, provided that no rights of third parties shall be adversely affected by such review, amendment or repeal.

 

  (d) Appointment of Additional Members . The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the Executive Committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of the Executive Committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

SECTION 2. Audit Committee . The Board of Directors may by resolution appoint an Audit Committee of one (1) or more members who shall not be officers or employees of the Corporation to serve during the pleasure of the Board. The Board of Directors shall designate the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

 

  (a) Procedure . The Audit Committee, by a vote of a majority of its members, shall fix its own times and places of meeting, shall determine the number of its members constituting a quorum for the transaction of business, and shall prescribe its own rules of procedure, no change in which shall be made save by a majority vote of its members.

 

  (b) Responsibilities . The Audit Committee shall review the annual financial statements of the Corporation prior to their submission to the Board of Directors, shall consult with the Corporation’s independent auditors, and may examine and consider such other matters in relation to the internal and external audit of the Corporation’s accounts and in relation to the financial affairs of the Corporation and its accounts, including the selection and retention of independent auditors, as the Audit Committee may, in its discretion, determine to be desirable.


  (c) Reports . The Audit Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and all action by the Audit Committee shall, from time to time, be reported to the Board of Directors as it shall direct. Such action shall be subject to review, amendment and repeal by the Board, provided that no rights of third parties shall be adversely affected by such review, amendment or repeal.

 

  (d) Appointment of Additional Members . The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of the Audit Committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the Audit Committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of the Audit Committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

SECTION 3. Other Committees . The Board of Directors may by resolution appoint one or more other committees from and outside of its own number. Every such committee must include at least one member of the Board of Directors. The Board may from time to time designate or alter, within the limits permitted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and this Section 3, if applicable, the duties, powers and number of members of such other committees or change their membership, and may at any time abolish such other committees or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall not delegate to any committee which includes non-director members any powers which, by law, must be exercised by the Board of Directors.

 

  (a) Procedure . Each committee, appointed pursuant to this Section 3, shall, by a vote of a majority of its members, fix its own times and places of meeting, determine the number of its members constituting a quorum for the transaction of business, and prescribe its own rules of procedure, no change in which shall be made save by a majority vote of its members.

 

  (b) Responsibilities . Each committee, appointed pursuant to this Section 3, shall exercise the powers assigned to it by the Board of Directors in its discretion.

 

  (c) Reports . Each committee appointed pursuant to this Section 3 shall keep regular minutes of proceedings, and all action by each such committee shall, from time to time, be reported to the Board of Directors as it shall direct. Such action shall be subject to review, amendment and repeal by the Board, provided that no rights of third parties shall be adversely affected by such review, amendment or repeal.

 

  (d) Appointment of Additional Members . The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of each committee, appointed pursuant to this Section 3, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors (or, to the extent permitted, another person) to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.


SECTION 4. Term of Office . Each member of a committee shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting of stockholders (or until such other time as the Board of Directors may determine, either in the vote establishing the committee or at the election of such member or otherwise) and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed, is replaced by change of membership or becomes disqualified by ceasing to be a director (where membership on the Board is required), or until the committee is sooner abolished by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. Officers . The Board of Directors shall elect a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and, in their discretion, may elect a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a Controller, and one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Controllers as deemed necessary or appropriate. Such officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders (or at such other meeting as the Board of Directors determines), and each shall hold office for the term provided by the vote of the Board, except that each will be subject to removal from office in the discretion of the Board as provided herein. The powers and duties of more than one office may be exercised and performed by the same person.

SECTION 2. Vacancies . Any vacancy in any office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors, at any regular or special meeting.

SECTION 3. Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if elected, shall be a member of the Board of Directors and shall preside at its meetings. The Chairman, if other than the President, shall advise and counsel with the President, and shall perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. President . Unless the Board of Directors has designated another person as the Corporation’s chief executive officer, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. Subject to the directions of the Board of Directors, the President shall have and exercise direct charge of and general supervision over the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors. The President may but need not be a member of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 5. Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents . Each Executive Vice President and Vice President shall have and exercise such powers and shall perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or to her by the Board of Directors or the President.

SECTION 6. Secretary . The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors in books provided for the purpose; shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of law and these By-Laws; the Secretary shall be custodian of the records and of the corporate seal or seals of the Corporation; shall see that the corporate seal is affixed to all documents the execution of which, on behalf of the Corporation under its seal, is duly authorized, and, when the seal is so affixed, he or she may attest the same; the Secretary may sign, with the President, an Executive Vice President or a Vice President, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and, in general, the Secretary shall perform all duties incident to the office of secretary of a corporation, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.


SECTION 7. Assistant Secretaries . The Assistant Secretaries in order of their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe or as from time to time may be assigned by the Secretary.

SECTION 8. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the name of the Corporation, all monies or other valuable effects in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall, from time to time, be selected by the Board of Directors; may endorse for collection on behalf of the Corporation checks, notes and other obligations; may sign receipts and vouchers for payments made to the Corporation; may sign checks of the Corporation, singly or jointly with another person as the Board of Directors may authorize, and pay out and dispose of the proceeds under the direction of the Board; the Treasurer shall render to the President and to the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation; the Treasurer may sign, with the President, or an Executive Vice President or a Vice President, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and in general, shall perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer of a corporation, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine, the Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation.

SECTION 9. Assistant Treasurers . The Assistant Treasurers in order of their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe or as from time to time may be assigned by the Treasurer.

SECTION 10. Controller . The Controller, if elected, shall be the chief accounting officer of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of a controller of a corporation, and, in the absence of or disability of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe or as from time to time may be assigned by the President or the Treasurer.

SECTION 11. Assistant Controllers . The Assistant Controllers in order of their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Controller, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Controller and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe or as from time to time may be assigned by the Controller.

SECTION 12. Subordinate Officers . The Board of Directors may appoint such subordinate officers as it may deem desirable. Each such officer shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, authorize any officer to appoint and remove subordinate officers and to prescribe the powers and duties thereof.

SECTION 13. Compensation . The Board of Directors shall fix the compensation of all officers of the Corporation. It may authorize any officer, upon whom the power of appointing subordinate officers may have been conferred, to fix the compensation of such subordinate officers.

SECTION 14. Removal . Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by action of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 15. Bonds . The Board of Directors may require any officer of the Corporation to give a bond to the Corporation, conditional upon the faithful performance of his or her duties, with one or more sureties and in such amount as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors.


ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

SECTION 1. Form and Execution of Certificates . The interest of each stockholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates for shares of stock in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The certificates of stock of each class shall be consecutively numbered and signed by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, an Executive Vice President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and may be countersigned and registered in such manner as the Board of Directors may by resolution prescribe, and shall bear the corporate seal or a printed or engraved facsimile thereof. Where any such certificate is signed by a transfer agent or transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation, the signatures of any such Chairman, Vice Chairman, President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. In case any officer or officers, who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate or certificates, shall cease to be such officer or officers, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers.

In case the corporate seal which has been affixed to, impressed on, or reproduced in any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be the seal of the Corporation before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation as though the seal affixed thereto, impressed thereon or reproduced therein had not ceased to be the seal of the Corporation.

Every certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, or any agreement to which the Corporation is a party, shall have the restriction noted conspicuously on the certificate, and shall also set forth, on the face or back, either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction and (except if such restriction is imposed by law) a statement that the Corporation will furnish a copy thereof to the holder of such certificate upon written request and without charge.

Every certificate issued when the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class or series of stock shall set forth on its face or back either the full text of the preferences, voting powers, qualifications, and special and relative rights of the shares of each class and series authorized to be issued, or a statement of the existence of such preferences, powers, qualifications and rights, and a statement that the Corporation will furnish a copy thereof to the holder of such certificate upon written request and without charge.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares . The shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by his or her attorney lawfully constituted, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof or guaranty of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in


such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation. It shall be the duty of each stockholder to notify the Corporation of his or her post office address.

SECTION 3. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record (Other than For Written Consents) .

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

SECTION 4. Lost or Destroyed Certificates . The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

SECTION 5. Uncertificated Shares . The Board of Directors of the Corporation may by resolution provide that one or more of any or all classes or series of the stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares, subject to the provisions of Section 158 of the DGCL.

ARTICLE VIII

EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS

SECTION 1. Execution of Checks, Notes, etc . All checks and drafts on the Corporation’s bank accounts and all bills of exchange and promissory notes, and all acceptances, obligations and other instruments for the payment of money, shall be signed by such officer or officers, or agent or agents, as shall be thereunto authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, which may in its discretion authorize any such signatures to be facsimile.


SECTION 2. Execution of Contracts, Assignments, etc . Unless the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided generally or in a specific instance, all contracts, agreements, endorsements, assignments, transfers, stock powers, or other instruments shall be signed by the President, any Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. The Board of Directors may, however, in its discretion, require any or all such instruments to be signed by any two or more of such officers, or may permit any or all of such instruments to be signed by such other officer or officers, agent or agents, as it shall be thereunto authorize from time to time.

SECTION 3. Execution of Proxies . The President, any Executive Vice President or any Vice President, and the Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer, or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors, may sign on behalf of the Corporation proxies to vote upon shares of stock of other companies or other equity interests of other entities standing in the name of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IX

INSPECTION OF BOOKS

The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time whether, and if allowed, to what extent and at what time and places and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may by law be specifically open to inspection) or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, unless and until authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders of the Corporation.

ARTICLE X

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 of each year or such other date as determined from time to time by vote of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENTS

The By-Laws of the Corporation may be amended, altered, changed or repealed, and a provision or provisions inconsistent with the provisions of the By-Laws as they exist from time to time maybe adopted, only by the majority of the entire Board of Directors or with the approval or consent of the holders of not less than a majority, determined in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Section A of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, of the total number of the then outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

Exhibit 4.1

DESCRIPTION OF AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION CAPITAL STOCK

The following summarizes the material terms of the common stock and undesignated preferred stock of American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) as set forth in the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) and its Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws”). While we believe that the following description covers the material terms of Company’s common stock, the following summary may not contain all of the information that is important to you and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to applicable Delaware law and to the Charter and By-Laws.

Authorized Capital

The Charter authorizes the Company to issue up to 1,020,000,000 shares of stock, consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share.

Common Stock

All shares of the Company’s common stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Under Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), stockholders generally are not personally liable for a corporation’s acts or debts.

Voting Rights . With respect to all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote, the holders of the Company’s common stock will be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Company’s common stock outstanding in the name of such stockholders on the record of stockholders. Generally, all matters to be voted on by stockholders must be approved by a majority (or by a plurality in the case of election of directors where the number of candidates nominated for election exceeds the number of directors to be elected) of the votes entitled to be cast by all shares of the Company’s common stock present in person or by proxy.

Dividends . Subject to applicable law and rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the Company’s common stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared and paid on the Company’s common stock from time to time and in amounts as the board of directors may determine. We anticipate initiating a regular quarterly dividend in 2012, but the amount, timing and frequency of any such distribution will be at the sole discretion of our board of directors, and will be declared based upon various factors, including without limitation distributions required to maintain REIT status. There is no certainty as to the timing or amount of any distribution.

Liquidation Rights . Upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of the Company’s common stock will be entitled to share ratably in all assets available for distribution after payment in full to creditors and payment in full to holders of preferred stock then outstanding of any amount required to be paid to them. Neither the merger, consolidation or business combination of the Company with or into any other entity in which our stockholders receive capital stock and/or other securities (including debt securities) of the surviving entity (or the direct or indirect parent entity thereof), nor the sale, lease or transfer by us of any part of our business and assets, nor the reduction of our capital stock, will be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Other Provisions . The holders of the Company’s common stock will have no preemptive, subscription or redemption rights and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

The Company will not be permitted to subdivide, combine, or pay or declare any stock dividend on, the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock unless all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock are subdivided or combined or the holders of the Company’s common stock receive a proportionate dividend.


Preferred Stock

Pursuant to the Charter, the board of directors is empowered, without any approval of our stockholders, to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series, to establish the number of shares in each series, and to fix the relative rights, preferences, powers, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of each such series. The specific matters that may be determined by the board of directors include:

 

   

whether the shares of the series are redeemable, and if so, the prices at which, and the terms and conditions on which, the shares may be redeemed, including the date or dates upon or after which the shares shall be redeemable and the amount per share payable in case of redemption;

 

   

whether shares of the series will be entitled to receive distributions and, if so, the distribution rate on the shares, any restriction, limitation or condition upon the payment of the distributions, whether distributions will be cumulative, and the dates on which distributions are payable;

 

   

any preferential amount payable upon shares of the series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of American Tower REIT;

 

   

whether the shares of the series are convertible, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of stock or of any other series of stock, or any other securities of American Tower REIT, and if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including price or rates of conversion at which, and the terms and conditions on which, the shares of the series may be converted or exchanged into other securities;

 

   

terms and conditions of the purchase or sinking fund provisions, if any, for the purchase or redemption of shares of the series;

 

   

the distinctive designation of each series and the number of shares that will constitute the series;

 

   

the voting power, if any, of shares of the series; and

 

   

any other relative rights, preferences or limitations.

  Currently, there are no shares of American Tower REIT preferred stock issued and outstanding.

Because the board of directors will have the power to establish the preferences and rights of each series of preferred stock, it may afford the stockholders of any series of preferred stock preferences, powers and rights senior to the rights of holders of shares of common stock which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company.

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer

For us to comply with and have maximum business flexibility under the Federal Communications Laws (defined in the Charter and including the Communications Act of 1934, as amended), and for us to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the Charter contains restrictions on stock ownership and stock transfers. Although the Federal Communications Laws restrictions are not material to our qualification as a REIT, they could be material to our business, results of operation, or financial condition.

All certificates representing shares of capital stock, if any, will bear legends describing or referring to both sets of restrictions. Further, these ownership and transfer restrictions could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for the Company’s common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of the stockholders.

Federal Communications Laws Restrictions . The Charter permits us to restrict the ownership or proposed ownership of shares of the Company’s common stock if such ownership or proposed ownership (i) is or could be inconsistent with, or in violation of, Federal Communications Laws (as defined in the Charter), (ii) limits or impairs or could limit or impair our business activities or proposed business activities under the Federal Communications Laws, or (iii) subjects or could subject us to CFIUS Review (as defined in the Charter) or to any provision of the


Federal Communications Laws including those requiring any review, authorization or approval, to which we would not be subject but for such ownership or proposed ownership, including, without limitation, Section 310 of the Communications Act and regulations relating to foreign ownership, multiple ownership, or cross-ownership (the foregoing (i) through (iii) are collectively referred to as “FCC Regulatory Limitations”). We reserve the right to require any person to whom a FCC Regulatory Limitation may apply to promptly furnish to us such information (including, without limitation, information with respect to the citizenship, other ownership interests and affiliations) upon our request. If such person fails to furnish all of the information we request, or we conclude that such person’s ownership or proposed ownership of the Company’s common stock, or the exercise by such person of any rights of stock ownership in connection with the Company’s common stock, may result in an FCC Regulatory Limitation, we reserve the right to:

 

   

refuse to permit the transfer of shares of the Company’s common stock and/or preferred stock to such person;

 

   

to the fullest extent permitted by law, suspend those rights of stock ownership the exercise of which may cause such FCC Regulatory Limitation;

 

   

require the conversion of any or all shares of preferred stock held by such person into a number of shares of the Company’s common stock of equivalent value;

 

   

redeem such shares of the Company’s common stock and/or preferred stock from such person pursuant to the procedures set forth below; and/or

 

   

exercise any and all appropriate remedies, at law or in equity, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against any such person, with a view toward obtaining such information or preventing or curing any situation that may cause an FCC Regulatory Limitation.

  The following procedures apply to the redemption of such person’s Company common stock and/or preferred stock:

 

   

the redemption price of any redeemed shares of the Company’s common stock or preferred stock shall be the fair market value (as defined in the Charter) of such shares;

 

   

the redemption price may be paid in cash or any other of our debt or equity securities or any combination thereof;

 

   

the board of directors in its sole discretion may decide to only redeem some (but not all) of such person’s shares, which may include the selection of the most recently purchased or acquired shares, selection by lot or selection by such other manner as determined by the board of directors;

 

   

we must provide at least 15 days’ prior written notice of the date on which we plan to effect the redemption (unless waived by such person); provided, that the redemption date may be the date on which written notice is given to such person if the cash (or any other of our debt or equity securities) necessary to effect the redemption have been deposited in trust for the benefit of such person and are subject to immediate withdrawal by such person upon surrender of the stock certificates for the redeemed shares;

 

   

from and after the date of the redemption, any and all rights relating to the redeemed shares shall cease and terminate and such person shall only possess the right to obtain cash (or any other of our debt or equity securities) payable upon the redemption; and

 

   

such other terms and condition as the board of directors determines.

REIT Restrictions . For us to qualify as a REIT under the Code, the Company’s stock must be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made). Also, not more than 50% of the value of the outstanding shares of the Company’s stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer “individuals” (as defined in the Code to include certain entities such as private foundations) during the last half of a taxable year (other than the first taxable year for which an election to be a REIT has been made). To satisfy these ownership requirements and other requirements for continued qualification as a REIT and to otherwise protect us from the consequences of a concentration of ownership among the Company’s stockholders, the Charter contains provisions restricting the ownership or transfer of shares of the Company’s stock.


The relevant sections of the Charter provide that, subject to the exceptions and the constructive ownership rules described below, no person (as defined in the Charter) may beneficially or constructively own more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the Company’s outstanding shares of stock, including the Company’s common stock and preferred stock, or more than 9.8% in value or number (whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of any class or series of the Company’s stock. We refer to these restrictions as the “ownership limits.”

The applicable constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause stock owned actually or constructively by a group of related individuals and/or entities to be treated as owned by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8% in value of the Company’s outstanding stock or less than 9.8% in value or number of the Company’s outstanding shares of any class or series of stock (including through the acquisition of an interest in an entity that owns, actually or constructively, any class or series of the Company’s stock) by an individual or entity could nevertheless cause that individual or entity, or another individual or entity, to own, constructively or beneficially, in excess of 9.8% in value of the Company’s outstanding stock or 9.8% in value or number of the Company’s outstanding shares of any class or series of stock.

In addition to the ownership limits, the Charter prohibits any person from actually or constructively owning shares of the Company’s stock to the extent that such ownership would cause any of our income that would otherwise qualify as “rents from real property” for purposes of Section 856(d) of the Code to fail to qualify as such.

The board of directors may, in its sole discretion, exempt a person from the ownership limits and certain other REIT limits on ownership and transfer of the Company’s stock described above, and may establish a different limit on ownership for any such person. However, the board of directors may not exempt any person whose ownership of outstanding stock in violation of these limits would result in our failing to qualify as a REIT. In order to be considered by the board of directors for exemption or a different limit on ownership, a person must make such representations and undertakings as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that such person’s beneficial or constructive ownership of the Company’s stock will not now or in the future jeopardize our ability to qualify as a REIT under the Code and must agree that any violation or attempted violation of such representations or undertakings (or other action that is contrary to the ownership limits and certain other REIT limits on ownership and transfer of the Company’s stock described above) will result in the shares of stock being automatically transferred to a trust as described below. As a condition of its waiver, the board of directors may require an opinion of counsel or IRS ruling satisfactory to the board of directors with respect to our qualification as a REIT and may impose such other conditions as it deems appropriate in connection with the granting of the exemption or a different limit on ownership.

In connection with the waiver of the ownership limits or at any other time, the board of directors may from time to time increase the ownership limits for one or more persons and decrease the ownership limits for all other persons; provided that the new ownership limits may not, after giving effect to such increase and under certain assumptions stated in the Charter, result in us being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interests are held during the last half of a taxable year). Reduced ownership limits will not apply to any person whose percentage ownership of the Company’s total shares of stock or of the shares of a class or series of the Company’s stock, as applicable, is in excess of such decreased ownership limits until such time as such person’s percentage of total shares of stock or of the shares of a class or series of stock, as applicable, equals or falls below the decreased ownership limits, but any further acquisition of the Company’s shares of stock or of the shares of a class or series of the Company’s stock, as applicable, in excess of such percentage ownership of shares of stock or of a class or series of stock will be in violation of the ownership limits.

The Charter further prohibits:

 

   

any person from transferring shares of the Company’s stock if such transfer would result in shares of the Company’s stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution); and

 

   

any person from beneficially or constructively owning shares of the Company’s stock if such ownership would result in our failing to qualify as a REIT.

The foregoing provisions on transferability and ownership will not apply if the board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to qualify as a REIT.


Any person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of the Company’s stock that will or may violate the ownership limits or any of the other foregoing restrictions on transferability and ownership will be required to give notice to us immediately (or, in the case of a proposed or attempted transaction, at least 15 days prior to such transaction) and provide us with such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such transfer on our qualification as a REIT.

Pursuant to the Charter, if there is any purported transfer of the Company’s stock or other event or change of circumstances that, if effective or otherwise, would violate any of the restrictions described above, then the number of shares causing the violation (rounded up to the nearest whole share) will be automatically transferred to a trust for the exclusive benefit of a designated charitable beneficiary, except that any transfer that results in the violation of the restriction relating to the Company’s stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons will be automatically void and of no force or effect. The automatic transfer will be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of the purported transfer or other event or change of circumstances that requires the transfer to the trust. We refer below to the person that would have owned the shares if they had not been transferred to the trust as the purported transferee. Any ordinary dividend paid to the purported transferee, prior to our discovery that the shares had been automatically transferred to a trust as described above, must be repaid to the trustee upon demand. The Charter also provides for adjustments to the entitlement to receive extraordinary dividends and other distributions as between the purported transferee and the trust. If the transfer to the trust as described above is not automatically effective, for any reason, to prevent violation of the applicable restriction contained in the Charter, then the transfer of the excess shares will be automatically void and of no force or effect.

Shares of the Company’s stock transferred to the trustee are deemed to be offered for sale to us or our designee at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the trust or, if the purported transferee did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the market price at the time of such event and (ii) the market price on the date we accept, or our designee accepts, such offer. We have the right to accept such offer until the trustee has sold the shares of the Company’s stock held in the trust pursuant to the clauses discussed below. Upon a sale to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold terminates and the trustee must distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the purported transferee, except that the trustee may reduce the amount payable to the purported transferee by the amount of any ordinary dividends that we paid to the purported transferee prior to our discovery that the shares had been transferred to the trust and that is owed by the purported transferee to the trustee as described above. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the purported transferee shall be immediately paid to the charitable beneficiary, and any ordinary dividends held by the trustee with respect to such stock will be paid to the charitable beneficiary.

If we do not buy the shares, the trustee must, as soon as reasonably practicable (and, if the shares are listed on a national securities exchange, within 20 days) after receiving notice from us of the transfer of shares to the trust, sell the shares to a person or entity who could own the shares without violating the restrictions described above. Upon such a sale, the trustee must distribute to the purported transferee an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid by the purported transferee for the shares or, if the purported transferee did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in trust (e.g., in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the market price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the trust, and (ii) the sales proceeds (net of commissions and other expenses of sale) received by the trustee for the shares. The trustee may reduce the amount payable to the purported transferee by the amount of any ordinary dividends that we paid to the purported transferee before our discovery that the shares had been transferred to the trust and that is owed by the purported transferee to the trustee as described above. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the purported transferee will be immediately paid to the charitable beneficiary, together with any ordinary dividends held by the trustee with respect to such stock. In addition, if prior to discovery by us that shares of the Company’s common stock have been transferred to a trust, such shares of stock are sold by a purported transferee, then such shares will be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the trust and, to the extent that the purported transferee received an amount for or in respect of such shares that exceeds the amount that such purported transferee was entitled to receive as described above, such excess amount shall be paid to the trustee upon demand. The purported transferee has no rights in the shares held by the trustee.

The trustee will be indemnified by us or from the proceeds of sales of stock in the trust for its costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with conducting its duties and satisfying its obligations under the Charter. The trustee will also be entitled to reasonable compensation for services provided as determined by


agreement between the trustee and the board of directors, which compensation may be funded by us or the trust. If we pay any such indemnification or compensation, we are entitled on a first priority basis (subject to the trustee’s indemnification and compensation rights) to be reimbursed from the trust. To the extent the trust funds any such indemnification and compensation, the amounts available for payment to a purported transferee (or the charitable beneficiary) would be reduced.

The trustee will be designated by us and must be unaffiliated with us and with any purported transferee. Prior to the sale of any shares by the trust, the trustee will receive, in trust for the beneficiary, all distributions paid by us with respect to the shares, and may also exercise all voting rights with respect to the shares.

Subject to DGCL, effective as of the date that the shares have been transferred to the trust, the trustee will have the authority, at the trustee’s sole discretion:

 

   

to rescind as void any vote cast by a purported transferee prior to our discovery that the shares have been transferred to the trust; and

 

   

to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary of the trust.

However, if we have already taken corporate action, then the trustee may not rescind and recast the vote.

In addition, if the board of directors determines that a proposed or purported transfer would violate the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company’s stock set forth in the Charter, the board of directors may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such violation, including but not limited to, causing us to repurchase shares of the Company’s stock, refusing to give effect to the transfer on our books or instituting proceedings to enjoin the transfer.

Following the end of each taxable year, every owner of 5% or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury regulations thereunder) of the outstanding shares of any class or series of the Company’s stock, must, upon request, provide us written notice of the person’s name and address, the number of shares of each class and series of the Company’s stock that the person beneficially owns and a description of the manner in which the shares are held. Each such owner must also provide us with such additional information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such owner’s beneficial ownership on our qualification as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits. In addition, each beneficial owner or constructive owner of the Company’s stock, and any person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding shares of the Company’s stock for a beneficial owner or constructive owner will, upon demand, be required to provide us with such information as we may request in good faith in order to determine our qualification as a REIT and to comply with the requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.

Listing of Common Stock

The Company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AMT.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for the Company’s common stock is The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 525 William Penn Place, 7th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15259, telephone number (412) 234-7571.

Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions

Delaware Business Combination Provisions. We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of DGCL. Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a period of three years after the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination or the transaction in which the stockholder became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. A “business combination” includes mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Subject to certain exceptions, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or within the prior three years owned, 15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock.


Certain Provisions of our Charter and By-Laws. Our By-Laws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election of directors, other than nominations made by, or at the direction of, our board of directors. These procedures may impede stockholders’ ability to bring matters before a meeting of stockholders or make nominations for directors at a meeting of stockholders.

Our Charter includes provisions eliminating the personal liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and indemnifying our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our Charter may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though a derivative action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. In addition, the value of investments in our securities may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

Our Charter provides that any or all of the directors may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, by a vote of a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote. This provision may delay or prevent our stockholders from removing incumbent directors. The ownership and transfer restrictions contained in our Charter, and described above, may have the effect of inhibiting or impeding a change in control.

Our Charter and our By-Laws provide that our By-Laws may be altered, amended, changed or repealed by (i) the approval or consent of not less than a majority of the total outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or (ii) a majority of the entire board of directors.

Certain Provisions of our Debt Obligations. Change of control and merger, consolidation and asset sale provisions in our indentures for our outstanding notes and loan agreements for our credit facilities may discourage a takeover attempt. These provisions may make acquiring us more difficult.

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AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH STOCKHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS, A SUMMARY OF THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL OR OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF EACH CLASS OF STOCK OF THE COMPANY AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF SUCH PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS, AND THE VARIATIONS IN RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND LIMITATIONS DETERMINED FOR EACH SERIES, WHICH ARE FIXED BY THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY AND THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY, AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO DETERMINE VARIATIONS FOR FUTURE SERIES. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE MADE TO THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY OR TO THE TRANSFER AGENT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY REQUIRE THE OWNER OF A LOST OR DESTROYED STOCK CERTIFICATE, OR HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, TO GIVE THE COMPANY A BOND TO INDEMNIFY IT AND ITS TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS AGAINST ANY CLAIM THAT MAY BE MADE AGAINST THEM ON ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY SUCH CERTIFICATE.

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND OWNERSHIP THAT ARE SPECIFIED IN THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH A FULL STATEMENT DESCRIBING THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND OWNERSHIP TO THE HOLDER OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM

   – as tenants in common       UNIF GIFT MIN ACT–                              Custodian                           

TEN ENT

   – as tenants by the entireties                  (Cust)                              (Minor)

JT TEN

   – as joint tenants with right of     survivorship and not as tenants in     common         

under Uniform Gifts to Minors

Act                                         

                             (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For value received,                                                                                        hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

        IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

 
      

 

 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                            Shares of the common stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                                                                                                    

 

 

Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated,                                               

 

        
NOTICE:    THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST
CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN
UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE, IN
EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION
OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY
AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM),
PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
    

Exhibit 4.3

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of December 30, 2011

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 1, 2007


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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Article I Assumption      1   

Section 1.01.

   Assumption of Obligations      1   

Section 1.02.

   Successor Corporation Substituted      2   

Article II Miscellaneous

  

Section 2.01.

   Trust Indenture Act Controls      2   

Section 2.02.

   Counterpart Originals      2   

Section 2.03.

   Governing Law      2   

Section 2.04.

   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      2   

Section 2.05.

   Severability      2   

Section 2.06.

   Headings      2   

Section 2.07.

   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders      2   

Section 2.08.

   Provisions of Supplemental Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders      3   

Section 2.09.

   Execution as Supplemental Indenture      3   

Section 2.10.

   Ratification and Incorporation of Indenture      3   

Section 2.11.

   Trustee      3   

 

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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of December 30, 2011, by and among American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ American Tower ”), American Tower REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of American Tower (“ American Tower REIT ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture (as defined below).

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, American Tower and the Trustee are parties to an indenture, dated as of October 1, 2007, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of December 2, 2008 (as so supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), with respect to American Tower’s 7.000% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, American Tower and American Tower REIT entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 24, 2011 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), providing for the merger of American Tower with and into American Tower REIT (the “ Merger ”), with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, Section 5.01(1) of the Indenture provides that in the event of a merger, the surviving corporation shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture all of American Tower’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes;

WHEREAS, the Merger complies with the other provisions of Section 5.01 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(2) of the Indenture permits American Tower and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental indenture to the Indenture without prior notice to or consent of the Holders of any outstanding Notes for the purpose of evidencing the assumption of American Tower’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of American Tower or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of American Tower;

WHEREAS, effective as of 11:59 pm on December 31, 2011 (the “ Effective Time ”), American Tower will merge pursuant to the Merger Agreement, with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation (which will be renamed American Tower Corporation simultaneous with or immediately following the Merger);

WHEREAS, American Tower has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects; and

WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by the parties hereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of American Tower and American Tower REIT, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE:

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE I ASSUMPTION

Section 1.01. A SSUMPTION OF O BLIGATIONS .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT, as the surviving entity in the Merger, expressly assumes by this Supplemental Indenture all of the obligations of American Tower under the Indenture and the Notes.


Section 1.02. S UCCESSOR C ORPORATION S UBSTITUTED .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the Effective Time, the provisions of the Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to American Tower REIT and not to American Tower), and may exercise every right and power of, American Tower under the Indenture with the same effect as if American Tower REIT had been named as the Company therein.

ARTICLE II MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.01. T RUST I NDENTURE A CT C ONTROLS .

If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

Section 2.02. C OUNTERPART O RIGINALS .

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

Section 2.03. G OVERNING L AW .

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 2.04. N O A DVERSE I NTERPRETATION OF O THER A GREEMENTS .

This Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of American Tower, American Tower REIT or any of their respective Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 2.05. S EVERABILITY .

In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 2.06. H EADINGS .

The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 2.07. N O P ERSONAL L IABILITY OF D IRECTORS , O FFICERS , E MPLOYEES AND S TOCKHOLDERS .

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of American Tower or American Tower REIT, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of American Tower or American Tower REIT under this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

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Section 2.08. P ROVISIONS OF S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE FOR THE S OLE B ENEFIT OF P ARTIES AND H OLDERS .

Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Notes, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 2.09. E XECUTION AS S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE .

This Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Indenture and, as provided in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof.

Section 2.10. R ATIFICATION AND I NCORPORATION OF I NDENTURE .

As supplemented hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 2.11. T RUSTEE .

The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein.

[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
By:   /s/    Edmund DiSanto
  Name:    Edmund DiSanto
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.
By:   /s/    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Name:    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE

By:   /s/ Raymond K. O’Neil
  Name:   Raymond K. O’Neil
  Title:   Senior Associate

[Second Supplemental Indenture with respect to the October 2007 Indenture]

Exhibit 4.4

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1

Dated as of December 30, 2011

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 10, 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

Article I Assumption

     1   

Section 1.01.  Assumption of Obligations

     1   

Section 1.02.  Successor Corporation Substituted

     2   

Article II Miscellaneous

     2   

Section 2.01.  Trust Indenture Act Controls

     2   

Section 2.02.  Counterpart Originals

     2   

Section 2.03.  Governing Law

     2   

Section 2.04.  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

     2   

Section 2.05.  Severability

     2   

Section 2.06.  Headings

     2   

Section 2.07.  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

     2   

Section 2.08.  Provisions of Supplemental Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders

     3   

Section 2.09.  Execution as Supplemental Indenture

     3   

Section 2.10.  Ratification and Incorporation of Indenture

     3   

Section 2.11.  Trustee

     3   

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of December 30, 2011, by and among American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ American Tower ”), American Tower REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of American Tower (“ American Tower REIT ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture (as defined below).

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, American Tower and the Trustee are parties to an indenture, dated as of June 10, 2009 (as supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), with respect to American Tower’s 7.25% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, American Tower and American Tower REIT entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 24, 2011 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), providing for the merger of American Tower with and into American Tower REIT (the “ Merger ”), with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, Section 5.01(1) of the Indenture provides that in the event of a merger, the surviving corporation shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture all of American Tower’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes;

WHEREAS, the Merger complies with the other provisions of Section 5.01 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(2) of the Indenture permits American Tower and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental indenture to the Indenture without prior notice to or consent of the Holders of any outstanding Notes for the purpose of evidencing the assumption of American Tower’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of American Tower or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of American Tower;

WHEREAS, effective as of 11:59 pm on December 31, 2011 (the “ Effective Time ”), American Tower will merge pursuant to the Merger Agreement, with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation (which will be renamed American Tower Corporation simultaneous with or immediately following the Merger);

WHEREAS, American Tower has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects; and

WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by the parties hereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of American Tower and American Tower REIT, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE:

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE I ASSUMPTION

Section 1.01. A SSUMPTION OF O BLIGATIONS .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT, as the surviving entity in the Merger, expressly assumes by this Supplemental Indenture all of the obligations of American Tower under the Indenture and the Notes.

 


Section 1.02. S UCCESSOR C ORPORATION S UBSTITUTED .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the Effective Time, the provisions of the Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to American Tower REIT and not to American Tower), and may exercise every right and power of, American Tower under the Indenture with the same effect as if American Tower REIT had been named as the Company therein.

ARTICLE II MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.01. T RUST I NDENTURE A CT C ONTROLS .

If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

Section 2.02. C OUNTERPART O RIGINALS .

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

Section 2.03. G OVERNING L AW .

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 2.04. N O A DVERSE I NTERPRETATION OF O THER A GREEMENTS .

This Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of American Tower, American Tower REIT or any of their respective Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 2.05. S EVERABILITY .

In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 2.06. H EADINGS .

The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 2.07. N O P ERSONAL L IABILITY OF D IRECTORS , O FFICERS , E MPLOYEES AND S TOCKHOLDERS .

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of American Tower or American Tower REIT, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of American Tower or American Tower REIT under this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

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Section 2.08. P ROVISIONS OF S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE FOR THE S OLE B ENEFIT OF P ARTIES AND H OLDERS .

Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Notes, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 2.09. E XECUTION AS S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE .

This Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Indenture and, as provided in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof.

Section 2.10. R ATIFICATION AND I NCORPORATION OF I NDENTURE .

As supplemented hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 2.11. T RUSTEE .

The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
By:   /s/    Edmund DiSanto
  Name:    Edmund DiSanto
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.
By:   /s/    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Name:    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE
By:   /s/ Raymond K. O’Neil
  Name: Raymond K. O’Neil
  Title: Senior Associate

[Supplemental Indenture No. 1 with respect to the June 2009 Indenture]

Exhibit 4.5

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1

Dated as of December 30, 2011

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 20, 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

Article I Assumption

     1   

Section 1.01.  Assumption of Obligations

     1   

Section 1.02.  Successor Corporation Substituted

     2   

Article II Miscellaneous

     2   

Section 2.01.  Trust Indenture Act Controls

     2   

Section 2.02.  Counterpart Originals

     2   

Section 2.03.  Governing Law

     2   

Section 2.04.  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

     2   

Section 2.05.  Severability

     2   

Section 2.06.  Headings

     2   

Section 2.07.  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

     2   

Section 2.08.  Provisions of Supplemental Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders

     3   

Section 2.09.  Execution as Supplemental Indenture

     3   

Section 2.10.  Ratification and Incorporation of Indenture

     3   

Section 2.11.  Trustee

     3   

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of December 30, 2011, by and among American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ American Tower ”), American Tower REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of American Tower (“ American Tower REIT ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture (as defined below).

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, American Tower and the Trustee are parties to an indenture, dated as of October 20, 2009 (as supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), with respect to American Tower’s 4.625% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, American Tower and American Tower REIT entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 24, 2011 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), providing for the merger of American Tower with and into American Tower REIT (the “ Merger ”), with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, Section 5.01(1) of the Indenture provides that in the event of a merger, the surviving corporation shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture all of American Tower’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes;

WHEREAS, the Merger complies with the other provisions of Section 5.01 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(2) of the Indenture permits American Tower and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental indenture to the Indenture without prior notice to or consent of the Holders of any outstanding Notes for the purpose of evidencing the assumption of American Tower’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of American Tower or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of American Tower;

WHEREAS, effective as of 11:59 pm on December 31, 2011 (the “ Effective Time ”), American Tower will merge pursuant to the Merger Agreement, with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation (which will be renamed American Tower Corporation simultaneous with or immediately following the Merger);

WHEREAS, American Tower has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects; and

WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by the parties hereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of American Tower and American Tower REIT, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE:

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE I ASSUMPTION

Section 1.01. A SSUMPTION of O BLIGATIONS .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT, as the surviving entity in the Merger, expressly assumes by this Supplemental Indenture all of the obligations of American Tower under the Indenture and the Notes.

 


Section 1.02. S UCCESSOR C ORPORATION S UBSTITUTED .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the Effective Time, the provisions of the Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to American Tower REIT and not to American Tower), and may exercise every right and power of, American Tower under the Indenture with the same effect as if American Tower REIT had been named as the Company therein.

ARTICLE II MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.01. T RUST I NDENTURE A CT C ONTROLS .

If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties shall control.

Section 2.02. C OUNTERPART O RIGINALS .

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

Section 2.03. G OVERNING L AW .

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 2.04. N O A DVERSE I NTERPRETATION OF O THER A GREEMENTS .

This Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of American Tower, American Tower REIT or any of their respective Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 2.05. S EVERABILITY .

In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 2.06. H EADINGS .

The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 2.07. N O P ERSONAL L IABILITY OF D IRECTORS , O FFICERS , E MPLOYEES AND S TOCKHOLDER s.

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of American Tower or American Tower REIT, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of American Tower or American Tower REIT under this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

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Section 2.08. P ROVISIONS OF S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE FOR THE S OLE B ENEFIT OF P ARTIES AND H OLDERS .

Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Notes, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 2.09. E XECUTION AS S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE .

This Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Indenture and, as provided in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof.

Section 2.10. R ATIFICATION AND I NCORPORATION OF I NDENTURE .

As supplemented hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 2.11. T RUSTEE .

The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
By:   /s/    Edmund DiSanto
  Name:    Edmund DiSanto
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
By:   /s/    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Name:    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE

By:   /s/ Raymond K. O’Neil
  Name: Raymond K. O’Neil
  Title: Senior Associate

[Supplemental Indenture No. 1 with respect to the October 2009 Indenture]

Exhibit 4.6

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 4

Dated as of December 30, 2011

to

BASE INDENTURE

Dated as of May 13, 2010


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

         Page  

Article I Assumption

     2   

Section 1.01.

  Assumption of Obligations      2   

Section 1.02.

  Successor Corporation Substituted      2   

Article II Miscellaneous

     2   

Section 2.01.

  Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act      2   

Section 2.02.

  Duplicate Originals      2   

Section 2.03.

  New York Law to Govern      2   

Section 2.04.

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      2   

Section 2.05.

  Severability      2   

Section 2.06.

  Effect of Headings      2   

Section 2.07.

  No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders      3   

Section 2.08.

  Provisions of Supplemental Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders      3   

Section 2.09.

  Execution as Supplemental Indenture      3   

Section 2.10.

  Ratification and Incorporation of Indenture      3   

Section 2.11.

  Trustee      3   

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 4 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of December 30, 2011, by and among American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ American Tower ”), American Tower REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of American Tower (“ American Tower REIT ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture (as defined below).

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, American Tower and the Trustee are parties to a base indenture, dated as of May 13, 2010 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of August 16, 2010 with respect to the establishment of a series of its Securities entitled “5.050% Senior Notes due 2020”, a supplemental indenture dated as of December 7, 2010 with respect to the establishment of a series of its Securities entitled “4.500% Senior Notes due 2018” and a supplemental indenture dated as of October 6, 2011 with respect to the establishment of a series of its Securities entitled “5.900% Senior Notes due 2021” (as so supplemented, amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”);

WHEREAS, American Tower and American Tower REIT entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 24, 2011 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), providing for the merger of American Tower with and into American Tower REIT (the “ Merger ”), with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, Section 8.01(a) of the Base Indenture provides that in the event of a merger, the surviving corporation shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture all of American Tower’s obligations under the Indenture and all the Securities;

WHEREAS, the Merger complies with the other provisions of Section 8.01 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 7.01(b) of the Base Indenture permits American Tower and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture without prior notice to or consent of the Holders of any outstanding Securities for the purpose of evidencing the assumption of American Tower’s obligations to Holders of the Securities in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of American Tower or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of American Tower;

WHEREAS, effective as of 11:59 pm on December 31, 2011 (the “ Effective Time ”), American Tower will merge pursuant to the Merger Agreement, with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation (which will be renamed American Tower Corporation simultaneous with or immediately following the Merger);

WHEREAS, American Tower has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects; and

WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when executed and delivered by the parties hereto, the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of American Tower and American Tower REIT, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE:

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities.

 


ARTICLE I ASSUMPTION

Section 1.01. A SSUMPTION OF O BLIGATIONS .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT, as the surviving entity in the Merger, expressly assumes by this Supplemental Indenture all of the obligations of American Tower under the Indenture and all the Securities.

Section 1.02. S UCCESSOR C ORPORATION S UBSTITUTED .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the Effective Time, the provisions of the Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to American Tower REIT and not to American Tower), and may exercise every right and power of, American Tower under the Indenture with the same effect as if American Tower REIT had been named as the Company therein.

ARTICLE II MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.01. C ONFLICT OF A NY P ROVISION OF I NDENTURE WITH T RUST I NDENTURE A CT .

If and to the extent that any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Supplemental Indenture by operation of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act (an “ Incorporated Provision ”), such Incorporated Provision shall control.

Section 2.02. D UPLICATE O RIGINALS .

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

Section 2.03. N EW Y ORK L AW TO G OVERN .

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 2.04. N O A DVERSE I NTERPRETATION OF O THER A GREEMENTS .

This Supplemental Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of American Tower, American Tower REIT or any of their respective Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Supplemental Indenture.

Section 2.05. S EVERABILITY .

If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable law, then the remaining provisions hereof shall be construed as though such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision were not contained herein.

Section 2.06. E FFECT OF H EADINGS .

The Article and Section headings in this Supplemental Indenture and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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Section 2.07. N O P ERSONAL L IABILITY OF D IRECTORS , O FFICERS , E MPLOYEES AND S TOCKHOLDERS .

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of American Tower or American Tower REIT, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of American Tower or American Tower REIT under this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities of any series.

Section 2.08. P ROVISIONS OF S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE FOR THE S OLE B ENEFIT OF P ARTIES AND H OLDERS .

Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders of the Securities.

Section 2.09. E XECUTION AS S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE .

This Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture and, as provided in the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof.

Section 2.10. R ATIFICATION AND I NCORPORATION OF I NDENTURE .

As supplemented hereby, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 2.11. T RUSTEE .

The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
By:   /s/    Edmund DiSanto
  Name:    Edmund DiSanto
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.
By:   /s/    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Name:    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE

By:   /s/ Raymond K. O’Neil
  Name: Raymond K. O’Neil
  Title: Senior Associate

[Supplemental Indenture No. 4 to May 2010 Indenture]

Exhibit 10.1

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (the “ Assumption Agreement ”), dated as of December 30, 2011, is made by and among American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ American Tower ”), American Tower REIT, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of American Tower (“ American Tower REIT ”), and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent for the lenders (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”), for itself and on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement (as defined below).

WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS, American Tower, the Administrative Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Toronto Dominion Bank, New York Branch, as Issuing Banks, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and the Lenders are all parties to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of June 8, 2007 (as amended, modified, restated and supplemented from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, American Tower and American Tower REIT entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 24, 2011 (the “ Merger Agreement ”), providing for the merger of American Tower with and into American Tower REIT (the “ Merger ”), with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation;

WHEREAS, Section 7.3(b)(iii) of the Loan Agreement provides that in the event of a merger, the surviving Person shall on the effective date of such merger expressly assume, by supplemental agreement, executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Lenders, all of the Obligations of American Tower under the Notes, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

WHEREAS, the Merger complies with the other provisions of Section 7.3 of the Loan Agreement;

WHEREAS, Section 11.11(a)(ii)(D) of the Loan Agreement permits the amendment of the Loan Agreement with respect to any release of American Tower from the Loan Agreement in connection with a merger, sale or disposition permitted under the Loan Agreement, without further approval by the Lenders;

WHEREAS, effective as of 11:59 pm on December 31, 2011 (the “ Effective Time ”), American Tower will merge pursuant to the Merger Agreement, with American Tower REIT as the surviving corporation (which will be renamed American Tower Corporation simultaneous with or immediately following the Merger); and

WHEREAS, American Tower has requested that the Administrative Agent execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement, for itself and on behalf of the Lenders, and the execution and delivery of this Assumption Agreement has been duly authorized in all respects.

NOW, THEREFORE:

In consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged:

ARTICLE I ASSUMPTION

Section 1.01. A SSUMPTION OF O BLIGATIONS .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT, as the surviving entity in the Merger, expressly assumes by this Assumption Agreement all of the Obligations, liabilities and duties of American Tower under the Notes, the Loan Agreement, and the other Loan Documents whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, and hereby affirms that each and every Obligation of American Tower under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party before giving effect to this Agreement shall continue and be Obligations of American Tower REIT after giving effect to this Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower


REIT hereby ratifies and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions applicable to American Tower, whether jointly or severally, contained in the Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms set forth herein, American Tower REIT hereby acknowledges it is liable for all Obligations, including all representations, warranties, covenants, and indemnities, set forth in the Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents to which American Tower is a party in accordance with the terms thereof, after giving effect to this agreement.

Section 1.02. S UCCESSOR C ORPORATION S UBSTITUTED .

Effective as of the Effective Time, American Tower REIT shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the Effective Time, the provisions of the Loan Agreement referring to the “Borrower” shall refer instead to American Tower REIT and not to American Tower), and may exercise every right and power of, American Tower under the Loan Agreement with the same effect as if American Tower REIT had been named as the Borrower therein.

ARTICLE II MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.01. N O D EFAULT , E TC .

American Tower hereby (i) certifies that no Default or Event of Default exists under the Loan Agreement or any Loan Document on the date hereof or after giving effect to the assumption contemplated by the terms hereof and (ii) represents that all of the representations and warranties set forth under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct, in all material respects, as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Time, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date. American Tower further represents and warrants that: the execution, delivery and performance of this Assumption Agreement in accordance with its terms by American Tower and American Tower REIT (a) are within such Person’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action on the part of such Person, and do not (A) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the organizational documents of such Person or under any indenture, agreement or other instrument, including without limitation the Licenses, to which American Tower or American Tower REIT is a party or by which American Tower or American Tower REIT or its respective properties is bound that is material to such Person and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or (B) violate any Applicable Law respecting American Tower or American Tower REIT; and (b) do not require any consent or approval, governmental or otherwise, not already obtained.

Section 2.02. C OUNTERPARTS .

This Assumption Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 2.03. G OVERNING L AW .

This Assumption Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to the agreement made and to be performed in the State of New York.

Section 2.04. N O A DVERSE I NTERPRETATION OF O THER A GREEMENTS .

This Assumption Agreement and the Loan Agreement may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of American Tower, American Tower REIT or any of their respective Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Assumption Agreement or the Loan Agreement.

Section 2.05. S EVERABILITY .

To the extent permitted by law, any provision of this Assumption Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without

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invalidating the remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 2.06. H EADINGS .

The headings of the various subdivisions used in this Assumption Agreement are for convenience only and shall not in any way modify or amend any of the terms or provisions hereof, nor be used in connection with the interpretation of any provision hereof.

Section 2.07. P ROVISIONS OF A SSUMPTION A GREEMENT FOR THE S OLE B ENEFIT OF P ARTIES AND L ENDERS .

Nothing in this Assumption Agreement, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Lenders, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Assumption Agreement or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Lenders.

Section 2.08. E XECUTION AS A SSUMPTION A GREEMENT .

This Assumption Agreement is executed and shall be construed as an agreement supplemental to the Loan Agreement and a part thereof.

Section 2.09. R ATIFICATION AND I NCORPORATION OF L OAN A GREEMENT .

As supplemented hereby, the Loan Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Loan Agreement and this Assumption Agreement shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION
By:   /s/    Edmund DiSanto
  Name:    Edmund DiSanto
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

AMERICAN TOWER REIT, INC.
By:   /s/    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Name:    Thomas A. Bartlett
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE LENDERS
By:   /s/ David Perlman
  Name: David Perlman
  Title: Vice President

 

[Assumption Agreement for June 8, 2007 Loan Agreement]

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

American Tower Corporation

Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units and RSU

Agreement (U.S. Employee / Time)

  

American Tower Corporation

ID: 65-0723837

116 Huntington Ave

Boston, MA 02116

Administrator

116 Huntington Avenue 11 th Floor

Boston MA United States 02116

  

Participant Name:

RSU Number:

Plan:

ID:

American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the Participant named above (“you”) restricted stock units (the “RSUs”) representing the right to receive the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company set forth below (or, if so determined by the Committee, the value of such shares, payable in cash or such other property as the Committee determines) and the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs on the terms of this Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units and RSU Agreement (this “Agreement”), subject to your acceptance of this Agreement and the provisions of the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”).

Date of grant:                                                                   , 20         

Number of shares:                                                                          

The RSUs will vest and the underlying shares will become issuable on the following schedule (each date, a “scheduled vesting date”):

                                     on                                      , 20      , as to                  shares,

                                     on                                      , 20      , as to                  additional shares,

                                     on                                      , 20      , as to                  additional shares, and

                                     on                                      , 20      , as to                  additional shares.

By your signature below, you agree with the Company to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Participant

    Date  


Terms of Restricted Stock Units

1. Plan Incorporated by Reference . The provisions of the Plan are incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement by this reference. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Plan. The Committee administers the Plan, and its determinations regarding the interpretation and operation of the Plan and this Agreement are final and binding. The Board may in its sole discretion at any time terminate or from time to time modify and amend the Plan as provided therein. You may obtain a copy of the Plan without charge upon request to the Company’s Human Resources Department.

2. Vesting of RSUs . The RSUs will vest, while you are employed by the Company or one of its Affiliates, for the respective numbers of shares and on the scheduled vesting dates stated in the vesting schedule on the first page of this Agreement, subject to the other terms hereof. RSUs are an unfunded, unsecured obligation of the Company. You shall not earn any rights under the RSUs except in conformity with such schedule and until all other conditions that are required to be met in order to issue the underlying shares have been satisfied. Subject to Section 6, within sixty (60) days after the scheduled vesting date for any RSUs, the Company will deliver to you or your legal representative the number of shares underlying the number of vested RSUs associated with such scheduled vesting date on the vesting schedule (or such cash or other property as the Committee determines).

3. Dividend Equivalents . While the RSUs are outstanding and unvested, the Company will accrue dividend equivalents on your behalf. The dividend equivalent with respect to each RSU will be equal to the sum of the cash dividend declared and paid by the Company with respect to each share of Stock while the RSU is outstanding (but not dividends declared and paid before January 1, 2012). No interest will accrue on the dividend equivalents. The dividend equivalents with respect to each RSU shall be earned and paid out in cash at the same time as the RSU is earned and paid out.

4. Termination of RSUs . Upon termination of your employment with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason, any of the RSUs that are unvested as of the termination date, together with any accrued dividend equivalents, will be canceled for no value. Authorized leave of absence or absence on military or government service shall not constitute termination of your employment for this purpose so long as either (a) such absence is for a period of no more than 90 calendar days or (b) your right to re-employment after such absence is guaranteed either by statute or by contract.

5. Withholding Taxes . Upon the vesting of the RSUs, the Company shall withhold from issuance in settlement of such RSUs the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the minimum tax withholding obligations arising from such vesting with such shares of Stock valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of withholding; provided, that the Company may permit, at the discretion of the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, or the Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, a holder of RSUs to pay the associated tax withholding obligations to the Company in cash (in lieu of the Company withholding shares of Stock), if such holder submits a written request therefor in advance of the vesting date for such RSUs and remits to the Company such payment no later than the date of delivery of the remaining shares to the holder in settlement of the RSUs. Withholding from dividend equivalents will be made by the Company in cash.

6. Termination; Forfeiture . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, you shall be obligated to (a) transfer to the Company any shares, cash or other property previously issued upon vesting of RSUs and dividend equivalents and (b) pay to the Company all gains realized by any person from the disposition of any such shares or other property if: (I) your employment with the Company or any Affiliate is terminated for cause or (II) following termination of employment for any reason, either (A) the Company determines that you engaged in conduct while an employee that would have justified termination for cause or (B) you violate any applicable confidentiality or non-competition agreement with the Company or any Affiliate. Termination for cause means criminal conduct involving a felony in the U.S. or the equivalent of a felony under the laws of other countries, material violations of civil law related to your job responsibilities, fraud, dishonesty, self-dealing, breach of your obligations regarding the Company’s intellectual property, or willful misconduct that the Committee determines to be injurious to the Company.

 

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7. Compliance with Law; Lock-Up Agreement . The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Stock or other securities upon vesting of the RSUs unless the Company is satisfied that all requirements of law or any applicable stock exchange in connection therewith (including without limitation the effective registration or exemption of the issuance of such shares or other securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws) have been or will be complied with, and the Committee may impose any restrictions on your rights as it shall deem necessary or advisable to comply with any such requirements; provided that the Company will issue such shares or other securities on the earliest date at which it reasonably anticipates that such issuance will not cause such violation . You further agree hereby that, as a condition to the issuance of shares upon vesting of the RSUs, you will enter into and perform any underwriter’s lock-up agreement requested by the Company from time to time in connection with public offerings of the Company’s securities.

8. Rights as Stockholder . You shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Stock or other securities covered by the RSUs until the issuance of such actual shares of Stock or other securities.

9. Effect on Your Employment . Neither the adoption, maintenance or operation of the Plan nor the award of the RSUs and the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs confers upon you any right to continue your employment with the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall they interfere with the rights of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate or otherwise change the terms of such employment or service at any time, including, without limitation, the right to promote, demote or reassign you from one position to another in the Company or any Affiliate. Unless the Committee otherwise provides in any case, your employment with an Affiliate shall be deemed to terminate for purposes of the Plan when such Affiliate ceases to be an Affiliate of the Company.

10. Nontransferability . You may not assign or transfer the RSUs or any rights with respect thereto, including without limitation, the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or to the extent expressly permitted in writing by the Committee.

11. Corporate Events . The terms of the RSUs and the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs may be changed without your consent as provided in the Plan upon a change in control of, or certain other corporate events affecting, the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, the number and kind of shares or other securities or property issuable upon vesting of the RSUs may be changed, the vesting schedule may be accelerated, the RSUs may be assumed by another issuer, or the RSUs may be terminated, as the Committee may consider equitable to the participants in the Plan and in the best interests of the Company.

12. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the applicable laws of the United States of America and the law (other than the law governing conflict of law questions) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts except to the extent the laws of any other jurisdiction are mandatorily applicable.

13. Amendment and Termination of the RSUs . The RSUs and the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs may be amended or terminated by the Company with or without your consent, as permitted by the Plan.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

American Tower Corporation

Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units and RSU

Agreement (Non-U.S. Employee / Time)

  

American Tower Corporation

ID: 65-0723837

116 Huntington Ave

Boston, MA 02116

Administrator

116 Huntington Avenue 11 th Floor

Boston MA United States 02116

  

Participant Name:

RSU Number:

Plan:

ID:

American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby grants to the Participant named above (“you”) restricted stock units (the “RSUs”) representing the right to receive the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company set forth below (or, if so determined by the Committee, the value of such shares, payable in cash or such other property as the Committee determines) and the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs on the terms of this Notice of Grant of Restricted Stock Units and RSU Agreement (this “Agreement”), subject to your acceptance of this Agreement and the provisions of the American Tower Corporation 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”).

Date of grant:                                                                   , 20         

Number of shares:                                                                          

The RSUs will vest and the underlying shares will become issuable on the following schedule (each date, a “scheduled vesting date”):

                                     on                                      , 20      , as to                  shares,

                                     on                                      , 20      , as to                  additional shares,

                                     on                                      , 20      , as to                  additional shares, and

                                     on                                      , 20      , as to                  additional shares.

By your signature below, you agree with the Company to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Participant

    Date  


Terms of Restricted Stock Units

1. Plan Incorporated by Reference . The provisions of the Plan are incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement by this reference. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the Plan. The Committee administers the Plan, and its determinations regarding the interpretation and operation of the Plan and this Agreement are final and binding. The Board may in its sole discretion at any time terminate or from time to time modify and amend the Plan as provided therein. You may obtain a copy of the Plan without charge upon request to the Company’s Human Resources Department.

2. Vesting of RSUs . The RSUs will vest, while you are employed by the Company or one of its Affiliates, for the respective numbers of shares and on the scheduled vesting dates stated in the vesting schedule on the first page of this Agreement, subject to the other terms hereof. RSUs are an unfunded, unsecured obligation of the Company. You shall not earn any rights under the RSUs except in conformity with such schedule and until all other conditions that are required to be met in order to issue the underlying shares have been satisfied. Subject to Section 6, within sixty (60) days after the scheduled vesting date for any RSUs, the Company will deliver to you or your legal representative the number of shares underlying the number of vested RSUs associated with such scheduled vesting date on the vesting schedule (or such cash or other property as the Committee determines).

3. Dividend Equivalents . While the RSUs are outstanding and unvested, the Company will accrue dividend equivalents on your behalf. The dividend equivalent with respect to each RSU will be equal to the sum of the cash dividend declared and paid by the Company with respect to each share of Stock while the RSU is outstanding (but not dividends declared and paid before January 1, 2012). No interest will accrue on the dividend equivalents. The dividend equivalents with respect to each RSU shall be earned and paid out in cash at the same time as the RSU is earned and paid out.

4. Termination of RSUs . Upon termination of your employment with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason, any of the RSUs that are unvested as of the termination date, together with any accrued dividend equivalents will be canceled for no value. Authorized leave of absence or absence on military or government service shall not constitute termination of your employment for this purpose so long as either (a) such absence is for a period of no more than 90 calendar days or (b) your right to re-employment after such absence is guaranteed either by statute or by contract.

5. Withholding Taxes . Upon the vesting of the RSUs, the Company shall withhold from issuance in settlement of such RSUs the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the minimum tax withholding obligations arising from such vesting with such shares of Stock valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of withholding; provided, that the Company may permit, at the discretion of the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, or the Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, a holder of RSUs to pay the associated tax withholding obligations to the Company in cash (in lieu of the Company withholding shares of Stock), if such holder submits a written request therefor in advance of the vesting date for such RSUs and remits to the Company such payment no later than the date of delivery of the remaining shares to the holder in settlement of the RSUs. Withholding from dividend equivalents will be made by the Company in cash.

6. Termination; Forfeiture . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, you shall be obligated to (a) transfer to the Company any shares, cash or other property previously issued upon vesting of RSUs and dividend equivalents and (b) pay to the Company all gains realized by any person from the disposition of any such shares or other property if: (I) your employment with the Company or any Affiliate is terminated for cause or (II) following termination of employment for any reason, either (A) the Company determines that you engaged in conduct while an employee that would have justified termination for cause or (B) you violate any applicable confidentiality or non-competition agreement with the Company or any Affiliate. Termination for cause means criminal conduct involving a felony in the U.S. or the equivalent of a felony under the laws of other countries, material violations of civil law related to your job responsibilities, fraud, dishonesty, self-dealing, breach of your obligations regarding the Company’s intellectual property, or willful misconduct that the Committee determines to be injurious to the Company.

 

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7. Compliance with Law; Lock-Up Agreement . The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Stock or other securities upon vesting of the RSUs unless the Company is satisfied that all requirements of law or any applicable stock exchange in connection therewith (including without limitation the effective registration or exemption of the issuance of such shares or other securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws) have been or will be complied with, and the Committee may impose any restrictions on your rights as it shall deem necessary or advisable to comply with any such requirements; provided that the Company will issue such shares or other securities on the earliest date at which it reasonably anticipates that such issuance will not cause such violation . You further agree hereby that, as a condition to the issuance of shares upon vesting of the RSUs, you will enter into and perform any underwriter’s lock-up agreement requested by the Company from time to time in connection with public offerings of the Company’s securities.

8. Rights as Stockholder . You shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares of Stock or other securities covered by the RSUs until the issuance of such actual shares of Stock or other securities.

9. Effect on Your Employment . Neither the adoption, maintenance or operation of the Plan nor the award of the RSUs and the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs confers upon you any right to continue your employment with the Company or any Affiliate, nor shall they interfere with the rights of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate or otherwise change the terms of such employment or service at any time, including, without limitation, the right to promote, demote or reassign you from one position to another in the Company or any Affiliate. Unless the Committee otherwise provides in any case, your employment with an Affiliate shall be deemed to terminate for purposes of the Plan when such Affiliate ceases to be an Affiliate of the Company.

10. Nontransferability . You may not assign or transfer the RSUs or any rights with respect thereto, including without limitation, the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or to the extent expressly permitted in writing by the Committee.

11. Corporate Events . The terms of the RSUs and the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs may be changed without your consent as provided in the Plan upon a change in control of, or certain other corporate events affecting, the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, the number and kind of shares or other securities or property issuable upon vesting of the RSUs may be changed, the vesting schedule may be accelerated, the RSUs may be assumed by another issuer, or the RSUs may be terminated, as the Committee may consider equitable to the participants in the Plan and in the best interests of the Company.

12. Data Privacy . You hereby explicitly consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of your personal data as described in this Notice and Agreement by and among, as applicable, the Company and its Affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan. You understand that the Company and its Affiliates hold certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, your name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company or its Affiliates, details of all RSUs or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan (“Data”). You understand that Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in your country of residence or elsewhere, and that the recipient’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections than your country. You understand that you may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting your local Human Resources representative. You authorize the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party. You understand that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage your participation in the Plan. You understand that you may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing your local Human Resources representative. You understand, however, that refusing or withdrawing your consent may affect your ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, you understand that you may contact your local Human Resources representative.

 

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13. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the applicable laws of the United States of America and the law (other than the law governing conflict of law questions) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts except to the extent the laws of any other jurisdiction are mandatorily applicable.

14. Amendment and Termination of the RSUs . The RSUs and the dividend equivalents with respect to the RSUs may be amended or terminated by the Company with or without your consent, as permitted by the Plan.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

LOGO

Contact: Leah Stearns

Director, Investor Relations

Telephone: (617) 375-7500

AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION COMPLETES MERGER

AND COMMENCES OPERATIONS AS A REIT

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – January 3, 2012 – American Tower Corporation (NYSE:AMT) today announced the completion of the merger of American Tower Corporation (the “Company”) with and into American Tower REIT, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The merger was the final step in the Company’s plan to reorganize its business operations so that it can elect to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the taxable year commencing January 1, 2012. The merger was effective as of 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 31, 2011.

As a result, the Company began operating as a REIT beginning January 1, 2012 and the stockholders of the Company automatically became stockholders of American Tower REIT, Inc., which was renamed “American Tower Corporation” as of the effective time of the merger. Shares of the Company’s common stock will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under American Tower’s current symbol, “AMT.”

About American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of broadcast and wireless communications sites. American Tower Corporation currently owns and operates approximately 40,000 communications sites in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Ghana, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. For more information about American Tower Corporation, please visit www.americantower.com .

Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” concerning American Tower Corporation’s goals, beliefs, expectations, strategies, objectives, plans, future operating results and underlying assumptions, and other statements that are not necessarily based on historical facts. Examples of these statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the ability to qualify or continue to qualify as a REIT. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated in American Tower Corporation’s forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those factors set forth in Item 1A of its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 under the caption “Risk Factors.” American Tower Corporation undertakes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

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