UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 22, 2004
Crown Castle International Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-16441 | 76-0470458 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
510 Bering Drive
Suite 500
Houston, TX 77057
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 570-3000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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This document includes “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Other than statements of historical fact, all statements regarding industry prospects, the consummation of the transactions described in this document and the Company’s expectations regarding the future performance of its businesses and its financial position are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties.
ITEM 7.01 – REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
The Company is furnishing as Exhibit 99.1 hereto the following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information, which is based on the historical financial statements of the Company and its majority and wholly-owned subsidiaries, adjusted to give effect to (i) the sale of the Company’s UK subsidiary, CCUK, to NGG Telecoms Investment Limited (“NGG”), an affiliate of National Grid Transco plc, which was completed on August 31, 2004 and (ii) the repayment of the Company’s 2000 Credit Facility, contemporaneously with the closing of the sale of CCUK (“Transactions”):
(1) Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations Information for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2004; and
(2) Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations Information.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations Information for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2004 give effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred as of January 1, 2003.
ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
| (c) | Exhibits |
As described in Item 7.01 of the Report, the following Exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information of Crown Castle International Corp. | |
The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP. | ||
| By: |
/s/ E. Blake Hawk | |
| Name: |
E. Blake Hawk | |
| Title: |
Executive Vice President and General Counsel | |
Date: November 22, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information of Crown Castle International Corp. |
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