---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001051470-24-000200"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCI"
cik: "0001051470"
company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:59:25.937027+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown Castle COO–Towers retiring; Catherine Piche appointed as successor

## Summary
- Michael J. Kavanagh to retire as EVP and COO–Towers effective Oct 28, 2024, advisory through Dec 31, 2024.
- Catherine Piche appointed as EVP and COO–Towers effective Oct 28; she previously held the same role from 2021-2023.
- Piche receives $550k base salary and $1.2M in RSUs vesting in two equal installments Nov 2025 and 2026.
- Piche enters severance agreement with one-year non-compete covering fiber and towers in US and other countries.
- Kavanagh eligible for benefits under Extended Service Separation Program; no additional terms disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001051470-24-000200
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCI
- cik: 0001051470
- company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147024000200/0001051470-24-000200-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147024000200/cci-20240923.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-24-000200
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-24-000200.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-24-000200.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: c759d2017b
  claim: Catherine Piche was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer–Towers at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  evidence_excerpt: On September 23, 2024, the Board of Directors ("Board") of the Company appointed Catherine Piche, age 53, as EVP and COO–Towers, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147024000200/0001051470-24-000200-index.htm
- claim_id: d4c8601fe2
  claim: Michael J. Kavanagh retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer–Towers at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  evidence_excerpt: On September 23, 2024, Crown Castle Inc. ("Company") was notified by Michael J. Kavanagh, its Executive Vice President ("EVP") and Chief Operating Officer ("COO")–Towers, that he has elected to retire from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147024000200/0001051470-24-000200-index.htm

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