---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001051470-26-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCI"
cik: "0001051470"
company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:23:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:26:42.725890+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown Castle shareholders elect all nine director nominees, ratify PwC, approve say-on-pay at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with between 88% and 99% of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2026 passed with 403.3M votes for, 6.5M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 348.9M for (88.3% of votes cast) and 46.0M against.
- Broker non-votes were 14.8M for director elections and say-on-pay; none for auditor ratification.
- Meeting held May 20, 2026; all proposals from the definitive proxy filed April 6, 2026 were approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001051470-26-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCI
- cik: 0001051470
- company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:23:33+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147026000065/0001051470-26-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147026000065/cci-20260520.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CROWN CASTLE INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2026 at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: The ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2026: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 403,302,019 6,525,343 191,248 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147026000065/0001051470-26-000065-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CROWN CASTLE INC. shareholders approved Non-binding, advisory vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: The non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 348,903,606 45,961,809 348,613 14,804,582
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147026000065/0001051470-26-000065-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CROWN CASTLE INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: At the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders ("Annual Meeting") of Crown Castle Inc. ("Company") held on May 20, 2026, the Company's stockholders (1) elected each of the nine nominees for director, to serve until the Company's next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147026000065/0001051470-26-000065-index.htm

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