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CLAIM #7021 · American Tower Corp (AMT) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 28, 2025 · due Aug 31, 2026

We expect future reserves of approximately $8 million to $10 million per quarter until the arbitration is settled.

Rod Smith · CFO

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graded after results covering Aug 31, 2026 are reported

How to check this claim

Look at: Quarterly revenue reserves related to AT&T Mexico arbitration, as disclosed by American Tower

It came true if: Each quarter's reported reserve amount falls between $8 million and $10 million until arbitration is settled

Where: Company earnings release / 10-Q disclosures and management commentary on quarterly calls

In context

Mexico, whereby AT&T Mexico has paid American Tower the majority of withheld payments and will resume monthly payments of the majority of tower rents owed going forward. The remainder of the rents not paid to American Tower are to be deposited into an irrevocable escrow account administered by an independent trustee. The funds in escrow will be released in accordance with the final ruling of the arbitration or by mutual consent of the company and AT&T Mexico. We remain confident in the terms of our master lease agreement with AT&T Mexico and expect to prevail in the arbitration. Per our conservative reserve policies, our 2025 outlook assumes approximately $30 million of revenue reserves for the full year, of which $19 million are already reflected in our results through the third quarter. We expect future reserves of approximately $8 million to $10 million per quarter until the arbitration is settled. The arbitration is scheduled for a hearing in August of 2026, and the final ruling may come at a later date. Moving to adjusted EBITDA on Slide 8. We are raising our adjusted EBITDA outlook by $45 million at the midpoint, which implies approximately 4% growth year-over-year or approximately 7% growth year-over-year, excluding noncash net straight-line and FX impacts. The increase to outlook was driven by $30 million of FX tailwinds and $15 million of upside from consolidated operating profit, primarily driven by U.S. services outperformance. And finally, moving to our outlook for AFFO on Slide 9. We are raising our attributable AFFO outlook by $50 million, which now implies growth at the midpoint of approximately 7% year-over-year on an as-adjusted basis or approximately 9%, excluding fin

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SEC filings for AMT · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.