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 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):

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

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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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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE October 31, 2014

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

CROWN CASTLE DECLARES

QUARTERLY COMMON STOCK DIVIDEND

October 31, 2014 - HOUSTON, TEXAS - As announced in Crown Castle International Corp.’s (NYSE: CCI) (“Crown Castle”) third quarter 2014 earnings release yesterday, Crown Castle’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.82 per common share. The quarterly dividend will be payable on December 31, 2014 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on December 19, 2014. Future dividends are subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors.

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 14,000 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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