SEC Form 5
FORM 5

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Dodge, Steven     B.

(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
116 Huntington Avenue


(Street)
Boston, MA     02116

(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

American Tower Corporation   (AMT)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

           X          Director              X          10% Owner
           X          Officer                             Other

Officer/Other
Description           Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

7. Individual or Joint/Group
    Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X   Individual Filing
      Joint/Group Filing
3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    Month/Day/Year

    December 31, 2002


5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Day/Year)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)

2. Transaction Date
    (Month/Day/Year)
2A. Deemed
      Execution
      Date, if any

      (Month/Day/Year)
3. Transaction
    Code
    (Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of
    (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)





        Amount      |         A/D         |         Price          
5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned at
    End of
    Issuer's Fiscal
    Year

    (Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct(D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)
7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock
03/14/2002

G (1)
10,500   |           D           |                
1,099,030 (2)
D

Class A Common Stock
03/14/2002

G (1)
10,500   |           A           |                
37,227 (2)
I
By Trusts
Class A Common Stock




5,000 (2)
I
By Spouse








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Dodge, Steven B. - December 31, 2002
Form 5 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
    (Instr. 3)
2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security
3. Transaction
    Date

    (Month/
    Day/
    Year)
3A. Deemed
      Execution
      Date, if
      any

      (Month/
      Day/
      Year)
4. Transaction
    Code
5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed (D) Of

    (Instr. 3,4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
    Expiration Date(ED)
    (Month/Day/Year)






  (DE)     |     (ED)  
7. Title and Amount of
    Underlying Securities
    (Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)
9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    at End of
    Year
    (Instr.4)
10.
Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D)
or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr.4)
11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)












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/s/ Steven B. Dodge               __________________
** Signature of Reporting Person                         Date




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Dodge, Steven B. - December 31, 2002
Form 5 (continued)
FOOTNOTE Descriptions for American Tower Corporation (AMT)

Form 5 - December 2002

Steven B. Dodge
116 Huntington Avenue

Boston, MA 02116

Explanation of responses:

(1)   This form is being filed to report a gift by Mr. Dodge of 10,500 shares of Class A Common Stock owned directly by him to family trusts in March 2002.
(2)   The information set forth in column 5, 'Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at the end of Issuer's Fiscal Year' includes information, as of December 31, 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 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 or such transactions have been previously reported. As of December 31, 2002, Mr. Dodge held 924,864 shares of Class B Common Stock directly and 4,823,915 shares of Class B Common Stock indirectly.
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