8-K

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 14, 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 8.01 – OTHER ITEMS

On October 14, 2014, Crown Castle International Corp. issued a press release announcing that it has received a letter from Corvex Management LP. The press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated October 14, 2014

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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/ E. Blake Hawk
Name: E. Blake Hawk
Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Date: October 14, 2014

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated October 14, 2014

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE October 14, 2014

	Contacts:	Jay Brown, CFO
		Son Nguyen, VP - Corporate Finance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		Crown Castle International Corp.
		713-570-3050

CROWN CASTLE CONFIRMS RECEIPT

OF SHAREHOLDER LETTER

October 14, 2014 - HOUSTON, TEXAS - Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) (“Crown Castle”) announced today that it has received a letter from Corvex Management LP.

“We always appreciate hearing from our shareholders,” stated Ben Moreland, Crown Castle’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We receive input from many of our shareholders on a regular basis, and we welcome the dialogue and perspective. Over the last decade, we have returned over $3 billion in capital to shareholders through share purchases and dividends. We continually review our capital allocation strategy and consider all input from our shareholders as we aim to create long-term shareholder value. As we have previously stated publicly, we plan to address our capital allocation policy, including dividends, on our 2014 third quarter earnings call scheduled for October 31, 2014.”

ABOUT CROWN CASTLE

Crown Castle provides wireless carriers with the infrastructure they need to keep people connected and businesses running. With approximately 40,000 towers and 13,000 small cell nodes supported by approximately 6,000 miles of fiber, Crown Castle is the nation’s largest provider of shared wireless infrastructure with a significant presence in the top 100 US markets. In addition, Crown Castle operates approximately 1,800 towers in Australia. For more information on Crown Castle, please visit www.crowncastle.com.

The Foundation for a Wireless World.

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