Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 8, 2008

 

 

SBA Communications Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Florida   000-30110   65-0716501

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File No.)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

5900 Broken Sound Parkway N.W.

Boca Raton, FL

  33487
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 995-7670

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

On October 8, 2008, SBA Communications Corporation (the “Company”) entered into two negotiated transactions pursuant to which the Company agreed to repurchase $60,500,000 in principal amount of its 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 (the “0.375% Convertible Notes”) in exchange for 2,735,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, for an effective share price against principal indebtedness repurchased of $22.12. The transactions will settle by October 13, 2008. The notes repurchased represent 17.3% of the $350 million 0.375% Convertible Notes outstanding.

The shares will be issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
  By:  

/s/ Brendan T. Cavanagh

    Brendan T. Cavanagh
    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: October 8, 2008