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American Tower Corp./MA – ‘8-K’ for 4/29/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 4/29/21, at 7:04am ET · For: 4/29/21 · Accession #: 1053507-21-82 · File #: 1-14195

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 4/29/21  American Tower Corp./MA           8-K:2,9     4/29/21   13:929K

Current Report — Form 8-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     34K 
 2: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    218K 
 9: R1          Cover Cover                                         HTML     59K 
11: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     12K 
 8: XML         XBRL Instance -- amt-20210429_htm                    XML     38K 
10: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX      6K 
 4: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- amt-20210429_cal                XML      7K 
 5: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- amt-20210429_def                 XML     48K 
 6: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- amt-20210429_lab                      XML    103K 
 7: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- amt-20210429_pre               XML     48K 
 3: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- amt-20210429                          XSD     15K 
12: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks               16±    23K 
13: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001053507-21-000082-xbrl      Zip     49K

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Filing Submission 0001053507-21-000082 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

American Tower Corp./MA – ‘8-K’ for 4/29/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 4/29/21, at 7:04am ET · For: 4/29/21 · Accession #: 1053507-21-82 · File #: 1-14195

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