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Issuer:     CROWN CASTLE INC. (CCI)
CIK:        0001051470
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-14T20:25:52+00:00
Accession:  0001051470-26-000081
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Crown Castle CFO Sunit Patel to retire in March 2027; COO Cathy Piche exits; Kris Hinson named next CFO
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- CFO Sunit Patel retires effective March 31, 2027; Kris Hinson will become EVP & CFO on April 1, 2027.
- COO Cathy Piche steps down from COO role Sept 23, 2026, stays as special advisor until Feb 22, 2027; search for successor launched.
- Hinson, currently EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, previously VP-Corporate Finance and Treasurer at Crown Castle.
- Patel and Piche receive separation benefits under 'qualifying termination' provisions; no Hinson compensation decided yet.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147026000081/0001051470-26-000081-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000105147026000081/cci-20260914.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001051470-26-000081

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