Form 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 3, 2005

 


 

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)

 

510 Bering 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 October 3, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing that it has commenced an evaluation of strategic alternatives for its investment in Crown Castle Australia. The October 3 press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

ITEM 9.01 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


99.1   Press Release dated October 3, 2005

 

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 (“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: October 3, 2005

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


99.1   Press Release dated October 3, 2005

 

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