AMERICAN TOWER CORP /MA/
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 24, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Feb 24, 2026
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings
| ITEM 3. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
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We periodically become involved in various claims and lawsuits that are incidental to our business. While our management, after consultation with counsel, currently believes the ultimate outcome of these legal proceedings, individually and in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties. Were an unfavorable ruling to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
AT&T Mexico Dispute
We are currently engaged in an Arbitration with AT&T Mexico. AT&T Mexico, which represented approximately $300 million of tenant revenue in 2025, is challenging the calculation of the monthly lease amount established under the MLA, as well as certain other provisions of the MLA, seeking rent abatement both retroactively and prospectively, and had been withholding tower rents since the start of 2025. We incurred approximately $30 million of reserves during the year ended December 31, 2025 related to this customer. We expect to record future reserves until the Arbitration is settled. We believe we have meritorious defenses to the claims raised in this Arbitration, are vigorously defending the full enforceability of the MLA and remain confident in the terms and conditions of the MLA. The Arbitration is scheduled for a hearing in August 2026.
On September 23, 2025, we and AT&T Mexico reached an agreement pursuant to which AT&T Mexico will remit payment of the majority of the withheld tower rents and will resume monthly payments of the majority of its owed tower rents. The remainder of the outstanding receivables and the future monthly tower rent amounts not remitted directly to us will be deposited into an irrevocable escrow account, overseen by an independent trustee, to be released in accordance with a final ruling in the Arbitration or by mutual consent of us and AT&T Mexico.
DISH Dispute
On September 24, 2025, DISH delivered a notice purporting to be excused from its contractual obligations under the SCA. DISH has failed to meet its payment obligations, and as of January 2026 is in default under the SCA. We remain confident that DISH has not been excused from its obligations under the SCA, and that the SCA remains in full force and effect. On October 20, 2025, we filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado seeking a declaratory judgment that DISH has not been excused from its obligations under the SCA, that the SCA remains in full force and effect, and that DISH remains required to perform all of its obligations under the SCA. DISH represented approximately 2% and 4% of our total annual property revenue and total annual U.S. & Canada property revenue, respectively, for 2025.
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