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): March 20, 2019

 

 

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 No.)
1220 Augusta Drive, Suite 600 Houston, TX				77057
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 570-3000

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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ITEM 1.01 — ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On March 20, 2019, Crown Castle International Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), entered into Amendment No. 4 (“Amendment”) among the Borrower, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPM”), as administrative agent, to the Credit Agreement dated as of January 21, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and JPM, as administrative agent.

The Amendment provides for, among other things, the exclusion of the “no litigation” and “no material adverse effect” representations and warranties from the conditions to borrowing under the Credit Agreement.

The foregoing summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The Credit Agreement has been previously filed with, and is described in, the Borrower’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 22, 2016.

ITEM 9.01 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Amendment No. 4 dated as of March  20, 2019, among Crown Castle International Corp., the lenders and issuing banks party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, to the Credit Agreement dated as of January  21, 2016, by and among Crown Castle International Corp., the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent

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.

 

Date: March 20, 2019