| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 01/12/2007 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP [ CCI ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) 01/22/2006 |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock | 192,528 | D | |
| Common Stock | 82,512 | I | By self as president of The Robert and Kate Niehaus Foundation |
| Common Stock | 2,062 | I | By self as trustee for John Robert Niehaus 1994 Trust |
| Common Stock | 2,062 | I | By self as trustee for Peter Southworth Niehaus 1994 Trust |
| Common Stock | 2,062 | I | By self as trustee for Ann Southworth Niehaus 1994 Trust |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| /s/ Ulrika Ekman, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert H. Niehaus | 03/14/2007 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Know
all
by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each
of Harold
J.
Rodriguez, Jr. and Ulrika Ekman, as the undersigned’s true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact to:
(1) execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a
reporting person pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules thereunder of Crown Castle
International Corp. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Exchange Act;
(2) do
and
perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and
timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take
any
other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in
the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve
in the discretion of any of such attorneys-in-fact.
The
undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the
substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully
do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.
This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
is
no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 14th
day of
March, 2007.
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Signature:
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/s/
Robert H. Niehaus
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Name:
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Robert
H. Niehaus
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