American Tower Corporation Announces Planned Class A Common Stock Offering.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003 American Tower Corporation Formed in 1995, American Tower Corporation is a publicly held company (NYSE: AMT) that is a leading owner and operator of wireless and broadcast communications sites in North America. Today American Tower owns and operates over 30,000 sites in the United States, Mexico and Brazil. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AMT See vPro. ) today announced that it intends to commence a public offering of 12.4 million shares of Class A common stock for an estimated $114.4 million in net proceeds Net Proceeds The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security. Notes: In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions). , subject to market conditions. The company plans to use the net proceeds of the offering to repurchase outstanding debt securities of American Tower Corporation or to make equity contributions to the borrower subsidiaries under its credit facilities credit facilities npl → facilidades fpl de crédito credit facilities npl → facilités fpl de paiement credit facilities , where the proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes. The offering will be made under the company's universal shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Offers to sell the shares will be made only by means of a prospectus, including the accompanying prospectus supplement relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the shares. Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as book-running manager for the offering. Copies of the preliminary prospectus Preliminary Prospectus A first draft registration statement filed by a firm prior to proceeding with an initial public offering of securities. The document, filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, is intended to provide pertinent information to prospective shareholders supplement and the accompanying prospectus are available from Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York 10004, telephone: (212) 902-1000. Concurrently with this offering, the company is separately offering $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible notes ($210.0 million if the initial purchasers of the notes exercise in full their option in full) in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The closing of one offering is not conditioned upon the closing of the other offering. This press release contains "forward-looking statements" regarding the company's ability to complete this public offering. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements include uncertainties relating to market conditions for equity securities generally, for the securities of telecommunications companies and for the company's Class A common stock in particular. |
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