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American Tower to sell notes through private placement

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced it will sell $225 million principal amount of 7.5-percent senior notes due 2012 through an institutional private placement.

Net proceeds are expected to be approximately $221.7 million. The company plans to use the proceeds to redeem all its outstanding $212.7 million principal amount of 6.25-percent convertible notes due 2009 and to repurchase a portion of other outstanding notes.

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