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): July 6,
2007
Crown
Castle International Corp.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
(State
or Other
Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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001-16441
(Commission
File
Number)
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76-0470458
(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
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510
Bering 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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CFR
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ITEM
8.01 – OTHER
EVENTS
On
July
6, 2007, Crown Castle International Corp. issued a press release announcing
the
closing of its previously announced registered public secondary offering. A
copy
of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
ITEM
9.01 -- FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d)
Exhibits
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated July 6, 2007
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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. | |||
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Date:
July
6, 2007
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By:
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/s/ E. Blake Hawk | |
| Name: E. Blake Hawk | |||
| Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel | |||
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated July 6, 2007
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4
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; Contacts:
Ben
Moreland, CFO
Jay
Brown,
Treasurer
Crown
Castle International
Corp.
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
713-570-3000
CROWN
CASTLE ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF SECONDARY COMMON STOCK OFFERING BY SELLING
STOCKHOLDERS
July
6,
2007 – HOUSTON, TEXAS–
Crown
Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) today announced that on July 5, 2007,
it
closed the previously announced secondary offering of 36,389,617 shares of
its
common stock at an offering price of $35.83 per share. All of the shares were
sold by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC, Greenhill
Capital Partners, LLC and certain of its affiliated investment funds, and
certain investment funds affiliated with Abrams Capital, LLC. Crown Castle
did
not receive any proceeds from the sale of its common stock by such selling
stockholders.
The
offering was made only by means of
a prospectus and related prospectus supplement. An effective registration
statement (and related prospectus) is on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) and a copy of the prospectus supplement, together with the
prospectus, is available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated was the sole book runner of the offering.
Allen & Company LLC and Bank of America Securities LLC served as co-managers
of the offering. The prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus
may
also be obtained by contacting Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Prospectus
Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, 866-718-1649,
or
by e-mail at prospectus@morganstanley.com.
This
press release does not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described
herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other
jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.
Crown
Castle International Corp.
engineers, deploys, owns and operates technologically advanced shared wireless
infrastructure, including extensive networks of towers. Crown Castle offers
significant wireless communications coverage to 91 of the top 100 US markets
and
to substantially all of the Australian population. Crown Castle owns, operates
and manages over 22,000 and over 1,400 wireless communication sites in the
US
and Australia, respectively. For more information on Crown Castle, please visit
http://www.crowncastle.com.
SOURCE:
Crown Castle International Corp.
