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| FORM 4 | U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
+--------+ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
[_] Check this box if
no longer subject STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
obligations may Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
continue. See Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Instruction 1(b). Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Dodge Steven B.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
116 Huntington Avenue
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(Street)
Boston Massachusetts 02116
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity
(Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
August 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In-
Security Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct
(Instr. 3) (Month/ (Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Bene-
Day/ ---------------------------------------------- End of (D) or ficial
Year) Month Indirect Owner-
Code V Amount (A) or Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (I) ship
(D) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common 8/20/02 P 31,000 A $1.84
Stock (1)
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Class A Common 8/20/02 P 169,000 A $1.90 1,099,530 (2) D
Stock (1)
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37,227 (2) I By Trusts (3)
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5,000 (2) I By Spouse (3)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If this form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options,
convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of Deriv-
Security (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code atives Securities
Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) or
Price of (Month/ Disposed of (D)
Derivative Day/ (Instr. 3,4, and 5)
Security Year)
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Code V (A) (D)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants,
options, convertible securities) -- continued
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6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Na-
cisable and Underlying Securities of of Deriv- ship ture
Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) Deriv- ative Form of In-
Date ative Secur- of De- direct
(Month/Day/ Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Year) ity Bene- Secu- ficial
(Instr. ficially rity: Owner-
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Date Expira- Title Amount or at End (D) or (Instr.
Exer- tion Number of of Indi- 4)
cisable Date Shares Month rect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) This Form 4 is being filed to report Mr. Dodge's purchase of an aggregate
of 200,000 shares of Class A Common Stock on the open market on August 20,
2002. On August 20, 2002, Mr. Dodge also purchased on the open market an
aggregate of $1,754,000 principal amount of the Company's 9 3/8% senior
notes due 2009 for a purchase price of $580 per note, or an aggregate
purchase price of $1,017,320.
(2) The information set forth in column 5, "Amount of Securities Beneficially
Owned at End of Month" includes information, as of August 20, 2002, only
with respect to Mr. Dodge's beneficial ownership of Class A Common Stock.
It does not include information about Mr. Dodge's beneficial ownership of
shares of Class B Common Stock (which are convertible into Class A Common
Stock on a one-for-one basis) and stock options to purchase Class A and
Class B Common Stock because Mr. Dodge had no reportable transactions in
these other classes of securities during the period for which this report
is filed.
(3) Mr. Dodge disclaims any beneficial ownership in shares owned by the trusts
or his spouse.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/ Steven B. Dodge August 22, 2002
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Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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