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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001051470-23-000171"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCI"
cik: "0001051470"
company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:59:06.218714+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown Castle amends bylaws to remove 'Acting in Concert' provisions after Elliott challenge

## Summary
- Board adopted 2023 By-laws on Dec 6, 2023, removing 'Acting in Concert' provisions that could hinder stockholder proposals.
- Elliott Investment Management identified that prior bylaw language could interfere with stockholder nominations.
- Company commits to evaluate other shareholder concerns regarding director nomination ability in good faith.
- Full text of the amended and restated by-laws filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001051470-23-000171
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCI
- cik: 0001051470
- company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000171/0001051470-23-000171-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000171/cci-20231206.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-23-000171.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  CROWN CASTLE INC.: Amended and restated bylaws to remove Acting in Concert provisions regarding stockholder proposals and director nominations (effective 2023-12-06).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-06
  source text: On December 6, 2023, the Board amended and restated its By-laws (as amended and restated, "2023 By-laws"), effective immediately, removing the Acting in Concert provisions in the By-laws that required that stockholders seeking to submit proposals or to nominate director candidates provide the Company with information which could be difficult for such stockholders to obtain.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147023000171/0001051470-23-000171-index.htm

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