{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001051470-25-000093","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CCI","cik":"0001051470","company_name":"CROWN CASTLE INC.","filed_at":"2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:02.813212+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-24T15:00:53.263860+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.72,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.72,"confidence":"high","headline":"Crown Castle names Sunit Patel as EVP and CFO effective April 1, 2025","bullets":["Sunit Patel resigned from the Board on March 17 and will become CFO on April 1, succeeding the prior CFO.","Patel brings 25+ years telecom finance experience; served as CFO of Ibotta and EVP/CFO of CenturyLink/Lumen.","Compensation: $625K base salary, $250K sign-on bonus, $4.45M annual RSUs (40% time-based, 60% performance), $3M sign-on RSUs.","CEO Moskowitz cited Patel's role in leading through Crown Castle's recently announced divestiture to become pure-play tower company."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-25-000093","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-25-000093.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-25-000093.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-25-000093.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147025000093/0001051470-25-000093-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147025000093/cci-20250312.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-24T15:00:53.263860+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"24a732f3ea","claim":"Sunit Patel was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CROWN CASTLE INC..","evidence_excerpt":"On March 12, 2025, the Board appointed Sunit Patel, age 63, as Executive Vice President (\"EVP\") and Chief Financial Officer (\"CFO\") of the Company, effective as of April 1, 2025 (\"Effective Date\").","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147025000093/0001051470-25-000093-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"5b5f9b550c","claim":"Sunit Patel resigned as Director at CROWN CASTLE INC..","evidence_excerpt":"On March 16, 2025, Sunit Patel, a non-employee director of Crown Castle Inc. (\"Company\"), notified the Company of his decision to resign from his position as a director on the Company's Board of Directors (\"Board\"), effective March 17, 2025.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147025000093/0001051470-25-000093-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}