CROWN CASTLE INC. — Capital/Financing Update 2012

Jan 10, 2012

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): January 10, 2012

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 No.)

1220 Augusta Drive Suite 500 Houston, TX 77057

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 570-3000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 January 10, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing that its subsidiary, Crown Castle Operating Company, is seeking to refinance its existing credit facility with a new $3.1 billion senior credit facility. The January 10 press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

ITEM 9.01—FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c) Exhibits

As described in Item 7.01 of this Report, the following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated January 10, 2012

The information in this Form 8-K 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/ E. Blake Hawk
	Name: E. Blake Hawk
	Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Date: January 10, 2012

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated January 10, 2012

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