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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 19, 2016.

CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
 
Meeting Information
 
 
 
 
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: March 28, 2016
Date: May 19, 2016 Time: 9:00 a.m., CDT
Location: Crown Castle Corporate Office
1220 Augusta Drive
Suite 600
Houston,TX 77057


1220 AUGUSTA DRIVE
HOUSTON, TX 77057


 
 
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Voting Items
 
 
 
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR each of the nominees in Proposal 1:
 
 
1.
Election of Directors
 
 
 
 
Nominees
 
 
 
 
1a. P. Robert Bartolo
 
 
1g. Lee W. Hogan
 
1b. Jay A. Brown
 
 
1h. Edward C. Hutcheson, Jr.
1c. Cindy Christy
 
 
1i. J. Landis Martin
 
1d. Ari Q. Fitzgerald
 
 
1j. Robert F. McKenzie
 
1e. Robert F. Garrison II
 
1k. Anthony J. Melone
 
1f. Dale N. Hatfield
 
 
1l. W. Benjamin Moreland

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR Proposals 2 and 3:

2.
The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2016.

3.    The non-binding, advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

NOTE: Also includes authorization of the named proxies to vote in their discretion upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

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