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): May 24, 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):

 

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ITEM 5.07 – SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company was held on May 24, 2012 (“Annual Meeting”), at which meeting the stockholders of the Company (1) elected each of the four nominees for class II directors for a three-year term expiring in 2015, (2) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2012, and (3) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. The final voting results for each proposal submitted to a vote are set forth below:

Election of class II directors:

 

Name

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Cindy Christy

     255,057,935         1,164,374         8,300,938   

Ari Q. Fitzgerald

     254,618,333         1,603,976         8,300,938   

Robert E. Garrison II

     254,600,601         1,621,708         8,300,938   

John P. Kelly

     249,512,246         6,710,063         8,300,938   

The ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2012:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

263,694,361

  725,859   103,027   0

The non-binding, advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

251,850,347

  4,189,836   182,126   8,300,938

 

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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: May 24, 2012

 

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