---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001051470-22-000175"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCI"
cik: "0001051470"
company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC."
filed_at: "2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T19:17:12.014508+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown Castle EVP & General Counsel Simon to leave Dec 31; Adams named interim

## Summary
- Kenneth J. Simon to step down as EVP and General Counsel effective Dec 31, 2022; remains advisory through Mar 31, 2023.
- Simon eligible for severance payments under his 2015 hiring agreement due to qualifying termination.
- Edward B. Adams Jr., current SVP Legal, appointed interim General Counsel effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Adams joined Crown Castle in 2016 as VP Litigation; previously partner at Norton Rose Fulbright.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001051470-22-000175
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCI
- cik: 0001051470
- company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC.
- filed_at: 2022-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147022000175/0001051470-22-000175-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147022000175/cci-20221114.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-22-000175
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-22-000175.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-22-000175.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward B. Adams, Jr. was appointed as interim General Counsel at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim General Counsel
  source text: Until a successor is identified and appointed, Edward B. Adams, Jr. will serve as interim General Counsel beginning as of January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147022000175/0001051470-22-000175-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kenneth J. Simon departed as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  - Action: cease serving
  - Role: Executive Vice President and General Counsel
  source text: Kenneth J. Simon will, effective December 31, 2022, cease serving as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Crown Castle Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147022000175/0001051470-22-000175-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.