---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-299402"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCI"
cik: "0001051470"
company_name: "CROWN CASTLE INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T09:41:28.553988+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown Castle forms Fiber Review Committee, adds two directors in Elliott pact

## Summary
- Appoints Jason Genrich (Elliott) and Sunit Patel (ex-Level 3/T-Mobile) to board, effective Dec 19.
- Fiber Review Committee will oversee strategic alternatives for fiber/small cell biz, including sale, spin-off, JV.
- CEO Search Committee formed to find new CEO; Chair Tammy Jones, includes Bartolo, Genrich, Kabat.
- Directors Moreland and Pope resign; board now 12 directors (11 independent), Jay Brown to leave Jan 16, 2024.
- Financial advisors: Morgan Stanley & Co. and BofA Securities; legal counsel: Paul Weiss.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-299402
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCI
- cik: 0001051470
- company_name: CROWN CASTLE INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.03, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000119312523299402/0001193125-23-299402-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000119312523299402/d761825d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  W. Benjamin Moreland resigned as Director at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 18, 2023, W. Benjamin Moreland and Maria M. Pope informed the Board of their decisions to resign from their positions as directors on the Board. Mr. Moreland’s and Ms. Pope’s resignations from such roles were effective December 19, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000119312523299402/0001193125-23-299402-index.htm
- Executive change
  Maria M. Pope resigned as Director at CROWN CASTLE INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 18, 2023, W. Benjamin Moreland and Maria M. Pope informed the Board of their decisions to resign from their positions as directors on the Board. Mr. Moreland’s and Ms. Pope’s resignations from such roles were effective December 19, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000119312523299402/0001193125-23-299402-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  CROWN CASTLE INC.: Amended and restated By-laws removing provisions requiring stockholders to provide certain difficult-to-obtain information for proposals or director nominations (effective 2023-12-19).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-19
  source text: On December 19, 2023, the Board adopted amended and restated By-laws, effective immediately, removing certain provisions in the By-laws that required that stockholders seeking to submit proposals or to nominate director candidates provide the Company with certain information that could be difficult for such stockholders to obtain or provide.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000119312523299402/0001193125-23-299402-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  CROWN CASTLE INC. entered into Cooperation Agreement with Elliott Investment Management L.P., Elliott Associates, L.P. and Elliott International, L.P. (together, Elliott) (effective 2023-12-19).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Elliott Investment Management L.P., Elliott Associates, L.P. and Elliott International, L.P. (together, Elliott)
  - Effective: 2023-12-19
  source text: On December 19, 2023, Crown Castle Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) with Elliott Investment Management L.P., Elliott Associates, L.P. and Elliott International, L.P. (together, “Elliott”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051470/000119312523299402/0001193125-23-299402-index.htm

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