--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001051470-23-000111" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "CCI" cik: "0001051470" company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC." filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:08:02.287227+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.2 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Crown Castle stockholders approve officer exculpation amendment and elect directors at 2023 annual meeting ## Summary - Amendment to charter providing officer exculpation approved with 328.7M votes for, 45.2M against. - All ten director nominees elected; Jay Brown received highest votes (372.8M for). - Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for FY2023 approved with 390.8M votes for. - Non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 359.4M for, 15.2M against. - Charter amendment effective May 17, 2023 upon filing with Delaware Secretary of State. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001051470-23-000111 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: CCI - cik: 0001051470 - company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC. - filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.2 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000111/0001051470-23-000111-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000111/cci-20230517.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-23-000111 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-23-000111.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-23-000111.txt ## Key facts - Governance Changes CROWN CASTLE INC.: Amendment to Article IX of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for exculpation of certain officers (effective 2023-05-17). - Change: charter amendment - Effective: 2023-05-17 source text: the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to Article IX of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended ("Charter"), to provide for exculpation of certain officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company's Board of Directors previously approved the amendment to the Charter subject to stockholder approval. The Charter amendment became effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment of the Charter with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 17, 2023. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000111/0001051470-23-000111-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CROWN CASTLE INC. shareholders approved Amendment to the Charter regarding officer exculpation at the 2023-05-17 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-17 source text: 4) An amendment to the Charter regarding officer exculpation: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 328,724,954 45,201,513 951,562 19,771,680 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000111/0001051470-23-000111-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CROWN CASTLE INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-17 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-17 source text: 2) The ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 390,807,369 3,714,085 128,255 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000111/0001051470-23-000111-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CROWN CASTLE INC. shareholders approved Non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-17 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-17 source text: 3) The non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 359,358,776 15,201,242 318,011 19,771,680 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000111/0001051470-23-000111-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CROWN CASTLE INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-17 source text: 1) Election of Directors: Name Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes P. Robert Bartolo 366,303,799 8,027,103 547,127 19,771,680 Jay A. Brown 372,849,148 1,822,779 206,102 19,771,680 Cindy Christy 366,782,143 7,890,735 205,151 19,771,680 Ari Q. Fitzgerald 359,648,090 14,997,493 232,446 19,771,680 Andrea J. Goldsmith 371,150,649 3,521,738 205,642 19,771,680 Tammy K. Jones 365,449,196 9,220,806 208,027 19,771,680 Anthony J. Melone 366,179,514 8,466,039 232,476 19,771,680 W. Benjamin Moreland 371,361,366 3,314,443 202,220 19,771,680 Kevin A. Stephens 372,401,765 2,242,870 233,394 19,771,680 Matthew Thornton, III 366,391,027 8,252,205 234,797 19,771,680 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000111/0001051470-23-000111-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.