{"url_path":"/sec/amt/8-k/2026-05-21/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053507/0001053507-26-000116-index.html","accession_number":"0001053507-26-000116","cik":"0001053507","ticker":"AMT","issuer_name":"AMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053507/0001053507-26-000116-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001053507","primary_entity_name":"AMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/"},"word_count":403,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\n(e) On May 20, 2026, at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of American Tower Corporation (the “Company”), the stockholders of the Company approved the American Tower Corporation 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2026 Equity Plan”), which became effective as of such date. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company previously adopted the 2026 Equity Plan on March 5, 2026, subject to stockholder approval.\n\nUnder the 2026 Equity Plan, the Company may grant equity and equity-based awards, including options (including nonqualified stock options and incentive stock options), restricted stock, restricted stock units and other equity-based awards and cash awards, to employees, directors, consultants and advisors of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. The 2026 Equity Plan will be administered by the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of the Board. Subject to adjustment as described therein, the 2026 Equity Plan authorizes the issuance of (i) 12,000,000 new shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii) up to 1,778,230 additional shares of the Company’s common stock if awards under the Company’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, (the “Prior Plan”) expire or otherwise terminate without having been exercised in full, or are forfeited due to failure to vest on or after May 20, 2026 and (iii) a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the number of shares which remain available for issuance under the Prior Plan as of May 20, 2026.\n\nThe foregoing summary of the 2026 Equity Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed summary of the 2026 Equity Plan set forth in the section titled “Proposal 4: Approval of American Tower Corporation 2026 Equity Incentive Plan” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”), which summary is incorporated herein by reference, and to the full text of the 2026 Equity Plan, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.\n\nAdditionally, the Company adopted forms of award agreement (the “Award Agreements”) for grants of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) pursuant to the 2026 Equity Plan. Copies of the Award Agreements for the RSUs and the PSUs are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6."}