UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 31, 2014
Crown Castle International Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-16441 | 76-0470458 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
1220 Augusta Drive
Suite 600
Houston, TX 77057
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 570-3000
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):
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ITEM 7.01 – REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
On October 31, 2014, Crown Castle International Corp. (“Company”) issued a press release noting that, as previously announced in the Company’s third quarter 2014 earnings release dated October 30, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.82 per share of Company common stock, par value $0.01 per share, payable on December 31, 2014 to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 19, 2014. The October 31, 2014 press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits
As described in Item 7.01 of this Report, the following exhibits are furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated October 31, 2014 |
The information in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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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.
| CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP. | ||
| By: |
/s/ Jay A. Brown | |
| Name: Jay A. Brown | ||
| Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
Date: October 31, 2014
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated October 31, 2014 |
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