CROWN CASTLE INC. — Capital/Financing Update 2012

Apr 4, 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): April 4, 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 Number)

1220 Augusta Drive

Suite 500

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)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

ITEM 7.01 – REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On April 4, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the withdrawal of its previously announced senior notes offering and the termination of its previously announced cash tender offer for its outstanding 9% Senior Notes due 2015. The April 4 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 April 4, 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: April 4, 2012

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated April 4, 2012

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