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10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025
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  • Substantially all of our towers can accommodate additional tenancy, either as currently constructed or with appropriate modifications.
  • Additionally, if so inclined as a result of a request for a tenant addition, we could generally replace an existing tower with another tower, subject to certain restrictions.
  • Discontinued Operations As of December 31, 2025, the Company owned or leased certain properties previously used in its Fiber segment, which has been classified as a discontinued operation.
  • These properties consist of approximately 90,000 route miles of fiber primarily supporting our (1) approximately 105,000 small cell nodes either currently generating revenue or under contract and (2) fiber solutions.
  • The majority of our fiber assets are located in major metropolitan areas, including a presence in most major U.S. markets.
  • As a result of the Strategic Fiber Transaction, these properties are classified as discontinued operations and are not utilized in the Company's continuing operations.
  • MD&A—General Overview", and note 3 to our consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the Strategic Fiber Transaction.
  • Offices Following the closure of the Strategic Fiber Transaction, which we expect to occur in the first half of 2026, we anticipate having four offices, including our principal corporate headquarters located in Houston, Texas.
  • See the disclosure in note 13 to our consolidated financial statements.
  • Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Market Information and Holders Our common stock is listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol "CCI." As of February 19, 2026, there were approximately 509 holders of record of our common stock.
  • We have updated our capital allocation framework to focus more on free cash flow generation and financial flexibility, which primarily drove our decision to reduce our dividend in the second quarter of 2025.
  • As we grow cash flows, we expect to increase our dividend per share.
  • MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financing Activities—Common Stock" and notes 10 and 11 to our consolidated financial statements.
  • Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities There were no sales of of unregistered equity securities for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025. 2024 At-the-Market Stock Offering Program As of February 19, 2026, we had $750 million of gross sales of common stock availability remaining on our 2024 ATM Program.
  • MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources" and note 11 to our consolidated financial statements.
  • Performance Graph The following performance graph is a comparison of the five-year cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Market Index and the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index for the period commencing December 31, 2020 and ending December 31, 2025.
  • Years Ended December 31, Company/Market/Index 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Crown Castle Inc. $ 100.00 $ 135.08 $ 91.08 $ 81.75 $ 68.35 $ 70.38 S&P 500 Market Index 100.00 128.71 105.40 133.10 166.40 196.16 FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index 100.00 141.30 106.05 118.09 123.90 126.71 The performance graph above and related text are being furnished solely to accompany this 2025 Form 10-K pursuant to Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of ours, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
  • As the aforementioned sale represents a material strategic shift for the Company, the Fiber Business' results and net assets are presented herein as discontinued operations and comparable prior periods have been recast to reflect this change.
  • Related to the classification of the Fiber Business as "held for sale", we have recognized a loss from disposal of discontinued operations of approximately $1.6 billion, inclusive of estimated transaction fees, for the year ended December 31, 2025.
  • Following the classification of the Fiber Business as discontinued operations, we have one reportable segment that constitutes consolidated results of our tower operations.
  • See notes 3 and 15 to our consolidated financial statements for a discussion of discontinued operations and our operating segment.
  • Unless otherwise noted, all activities and amounts reported in this document relate to continuing operations and exclude activities and amounts related to discontinued operations.
  • Highlights of Business Fundamentals and Results • Site rental revenues represented 95% of our 2025 net revenues.
  • Business—REIT Status" and notes 2 and 10 to our consolidated financial statements) • Potential growth resulting from the increasing demand for data ◦ We expect existing and potential new tenant demand for our towers will result from (1) new technologies, (2) increased usage of mobile entertainment, mobile internet, and machine-to-machine applications, (3) adoption of other emerging and embedded wireless devices (including smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables and other devices), (4) increasing smartphone penetration, (5) wireless carrier focus on expanding both network quality and capacity, (6) the adoption of other bandwidth-intensive applications (such as cloud services, artificial intelligence and video communications), (7) the availability of additional spectrum and (8) increased government initiatives to support connectivity throughout the U.S. ◦ We expect U.S. wireless carriers will continue to focus on improving network quality and expanding capacity (including through 5G initiatives).
  • We believe our towers provide an efficient and cost-effective solution to our wireless tenants' growing infrastructure needs. ◦ Tenant additions on our towers are achieved at a low incremental operating cost, delivering high incremental returns. ◦ Substantially all of our towers can accommodate additional tenancy, either as currently constructed or with appropriate modifications. • Returning cash flows provided by operations to stockholders in the form of dividends (see also "Item 1.
  • Business—Strategy" ) ◦ During 2025, we paid common stock dividends totaling approximately $2.1 billion. • Investing capital efficiently to grow cash flows ◦ We had discretionary capital expenditures of $149 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, predominately related to improvements to existing towers to support additional tenants and purchases of land underneath our towers. ◦ We expect to continue to construct and acquire new towers that we expect will generate future cash flow growth and attractive long-term returns by adding tenants to those assets over time. ◦ We expect to continue to acquire land interests relating to land under our towers. • Site rental revenues under long-term tenant contracts ◦ Our tenant contracts have initial terms generally between five to 15 years with contractual escalators and multiple renewal periods generally between five to 10 years each, exercisable at the option of the tenant. ◦ As of December 31, 2025, our weighted-average remaining term was approximately six years, exclusive of renewals exercisable at the tenants' option, currently representing approximately $23.7 billion of expected future cash inflows, exclusive of amounts due under the Master Lease Agreement and underlying agreements with DISH.
  • MD&A—General Overview—Outlook Highlights" for further discussion. • Majority of our revenues from large wireless carriers ◦ For the year ended December 31, 2025, approximately 90% of our site rental revenues were derived from T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
  • Risk Factors" and note 15 to our consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of our largest customers. ◦ During 2025, our site rental revenues decreased approximately $200 million as a result of non-renewals related to the network consolidation of T-Mobile and Sprint. • Majority of land under our towers under long-term control ◦ For the year ended December 31, 2025, approximately 90% of our towers Adjusted Site Rental Gross Margin and approximately 80% of our towers Adjusted Site Rental Gross Margin was derived from towers located on land that we own or control for greater than 10 and 20 years, respectively.
  • The aforementioned percentages include towers located on land that is owned, including through fee interests and perpetual easements, which represented approximately 40% of our towers Adjusted Site Rental Gross Margin. • Minimal sustaining capital expenditure requirements ◦ For the year ended December 31, 2025, sustaining capital expenditures represented less than 1% of net revenues. • Debt portfolio with long-dated maturities extended over multiple years, with the vast majority of such debt having a fixed rate (see note 8 to our consolidated financial statements and "Item 7A.
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" for a further discussion of our debt) ◦ As of December 31, 2025, our outstanding debt had a weighted average interest rate of 3.9% and weighted average maturity of approximately six years (assuming anticipated repayment dates on certain debt). ◦ As of December 31, 2025, 84% of our debt has fixed rate coupons. ◦ Our debt service coverage and leverage ratios are within their respective financial maintenance covenants.
  • MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Debt Covenants" for a further discussion of our debt covenants. • During 2025, we repaid in full certain of our debt (see note 8 to our consolidated financial statements and "Item 7.
  • MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financing Activities" for further discussion of our debt transactions) • Significant cash flows from operations ◦ Net cash provided by operating activities was $3.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025. ◦ In addition to the positive impact of contractual escalators, we expect to grow our core business of providing access to our towers as a result of future anticipated additional demand. • 2023 and 2024 Restructuring Plans ◦ There were no restructuring charges in 2025 relating to either the 2023 Restructuring Plan or the 2024 Restructuring Plan.
  • See note 17 to our consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the 2023 Restructuring Plan and 2024 Restructuring Plan.
  • Common Stock Dividend During the first quarter of the year ended 2025, we paid a common stock dividend of $1.565 per share and during each of the following three quarters, we paid a common stock dividend of $1.0625 per share, totaling approximately $2.1 billion.
  • See note 11 to our consolidated financial statements.
  • Outlook Highlights The following are certain highlights of our outlook that impact our business fundamentals described above. • In January 2026, we delivered a notice of default and termination to DISH relating to our Master Lease Agreement and underlying agreements with DISH as a result of DISH failing to make required payments and defaulting on its obligations under the agreements.
  • As a result of the termination, we assert in the notice that DISH owes us all remaining payments under the agreements, which total in excess of $3.5 billion.
  • Our 2026 Outlook does not include any revenues from DISH. • We expect a year over year reduction in site rental revenues related to (1) approximately $220 million from the aforementioned DISH termination, and (2) a decline in long-term deferred revenue amortization. • In February 2026, we initiated a restructuring plan ("2026 Restructuring Plan") as part of our efforts to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our tower business. ◦ We expect to realize approximately $65 million annualized run-rate savings in operating costs, of which approximately $55 million will be realized in 2026 due to timing.
  • The remaining savings of approximately $10 million will be realized in 2027.
  • We expect to incur aggregate restructuring charges of approximately $30 million in 2026 as a result of the 2026 Restructuring Plan, most of which we expect to incur in the first and second quarters of 2026.

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  • Substantially all of our communications infrastructure can accommodate additional tenancy, either as currently constructed or with appropriate modifications.
  • Additionally, if so inclined as a result of a request for a tenant addition, we could generally replace an existing tower with another tower, replace a small cell network antenna with another antenna or overlay additional fiber in order to provide additional coverage or capacity, subject to certain restrictions.
  • Offices Our principal corporate headquarters is owned and located in Houston, Texas.
  • In addition, we have offices throughout the U.S. in locations convenient for the management and operation of our communications infrastructure, with significant consideration being given to the amount of our communications infrastructure located in a particular area.
  • See the disclosure in note 12 to our consolidated financial statements.
  • Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Market Information and Holders Our common stock is listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol "CCI." As of March 12, 2025, there were approximately 540 holders of record of our common stock.
  • We are updating our capital allocation framework to focus more on free cash flow generation and financial flexibility, which we currently expect to result in a reduction to our dividend, beginning with our expected second quarter 2025 dividend.
  • As we grow cash flows thereafter, we expect to increase our dividend per share.
  • MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financing Activities—Common Stock" and notes 9 and 10 to our consolidated financial statements.
  • Performance Graph The following performance graph is a comparison of the five-year cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Market Index and the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index for the period commencing December 31, 2019 and ending December 31, 2024.
  • Years Ended December 31, Company/Market/Index 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Crown Castle Inc. $ 100.00 $ 115.61 $ 156.16 $ 105.39 $ 94.54 $ 79.04 S&P 500 Market Index 100.00 118.40 152.39 124.79 157.59 197.02 FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index 100.00 94.88 134.06 100.62 112.04 117.56 The performance graph above and related text are being furnished solely to accompany this 2024 Form 10-K pursuant to Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of ours, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
  • The Fiber Business did not meet the criteria for assets held for sale as of December 31, 2024, and therefore remains presented as a component of continuing operations.
  • As a result, this document, unless otherwise noted, does not contemplate the planned sale of the Fiber Business.
  • Highlights of Business Fundamentals and Results • Site rental revenues represented 97% of our 2024 consolidated net revenues.
  • Business—REIT Status" and notes 2 and 9 to our consolidated financial statements) • Potential growth resulting from the increasing demand for data ◦ We expect existing and potential new tenant demand for our communications infrastructure will result from (1) new technologies, (2) increased usage of mobile entertainment, mobile internet, and machine-to-machine applications, (3) adoption of other emerging and embedded wireless devices (including smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables and other devices), (4) increasing smartphone penetration, (5) wireless carrier focus on expanding both network quality and capacity, including the use of both towers and small cells, (6) the adoption of other bandwidth-intensive applications (such as cloud services, artificial intelligence and video communications), (7) the availability of additional spectrum and (8) increased government initiatives to support connectivity throughout the U.S. ◦ We expect U.S. wireless carriers will continue to focus on improving network quality and expanding capacity (including through 5G initiatives) by utilizing a combination of towers and small cells.
  • We believe our product offerings of towers and small cells provide a comprehensive solution to our wireless tenants' growing communications infrastructure needs. ◦ We expect organizations will continue to increase the usage of high-bandwidth applications that will require the utilization of more fiber infrastructure and fiber solutions, such as those we provide. ◦ Within our Fiber segment, we are able to generate growth and returns for our stockholders by deploying our fiber for both small cells and fiber solutions tenants. ◦ Tenant additions on our existing communications infrastructure are achieved at a low incremental operating cost, delivering high incremental returns. ◦ Substantially all of our communications infrastructure can accommodate additional tenancy, either as currently constructed or with appropriate modifications. • Returning cash flows provided by operations to stockholders in the form of dividends (see also "Item 1.
  • Business—Strategy" ) ◦ During 2024, we paid common stock dividends totaling approximately $2.7 billion. • Investing capital efficiently to grow long-term dividends per share ◦ We had discretionary capital expenditures of $1.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, predominately resulting from the construction of new communications infrastructure and improvements to existing communications infrastructure in order to support additional tenants. ◦ We expect to continue to construct and acquire new communications infrastructure based on our tenants' needs and generate attractive long-term returns by adding additional tenants over time.
  • See note 16 to our consolidated financial statements for a discussion of the 2024 Restructuring Plan, which resulted in, among other things, an increase in return thresholds on new growth opportunities in the Fiber segment and a reduction in Fiber segment capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2024. • Site rental revenues under long-term tenant contracts ◦ Our wireless tenant contracts have initial terms generally between five to 15 years with contractual escalators and multiple renewal periods generally between five to 10 years each, exercisable at the option of the tenant. ◦ Our fiber solutions tenant contracts' initial terms generally vary between one to 20 years. ◦ As of December 31, 2024, our weighted-average remaining term was approximately six years, exclusive of renewals exercisable at the tenants' option, currently representing approximately $35.9 billion of expected future cash inflows. • Majority of our revenues from large wireless carriers ◦ For the year ended December 31, 2024, approximately three-fourths of our site rental revenues were derived from T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
  • Risk Factors" and note 14 to our consolidated financial statements for a further discussion of our largest customers. • Majority of land under our towers under long-term control ◦ For the year ended December 31, 2024, approximately 90% of our towers site rental gross margin and approximately 80% of our towers site rental gross margin was derived from towers located on land that we own or control for greater than 10 and 20 years, respectively.
  • The aforementioned percentages include towers located on land that is owned, including through fee interests and perpetual easements, which represented approximately 40% of our towers site rental gross margin. • Majority of our fiber assets are located in major metropolitan areas and are on public rights-of-way • Minimal sustaining capital expenditure requirements ◦ For the year ended December 31, 2024, sustaining capital expenditures represented approximately 1% of net revenues. • Debt portfolio with long-dated maturities extended over multiple years, with the vast majority of such debt having a fixed rate (see note 7 to our consolidated financial statements and "Item 7A.
  • Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" for a further discussion of our debt) ◦ As of December 31, 2024, our outstanding debt had a weighted average interest rate of 3.9% and weighted average maturity of approximately eight years (assuming anticipated repayment dates on certain debt). ◦ As of December 31, 2024, 90% of our debt has fixed rate coupons. ◦ Our debt service coverage and leverage ratios are within their respective financial maintenance covenants.
  • MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Debt Covenants" for a further discussion of our debt covenants. • During 2024, we refinanced and extended the maturities of certain of our debt (see note 7 to our consolidated financial statements and "Item 7.
  • MD&A—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financing Activities" for further discussion of our debt transactions) • Significant cash flows from operations ◦ Net cash provided by operating activities was $2.9 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024. ◦ In addition to the positive impact of contractual escalators, we expect to grow our core business of providing access to our communications infrastructure as a result of future anticipated additional demand for our communications infrastructure. • When compared to full year 2023, full year 2024 results were impacted by a reduction of the small cell and fiber solutions lease cancellations ("Sprint Cancellations") related to the previously disclosed T-Mobile and Sprint network consolidation.
  • For full year 2024, there was a reduction in cash payments related to Sprint Cancellations of $165 million to satisfy the remaining rental obligations.
  • Additionally, $59 million in accelerated amortization of prepaid rent from the remaining deferred revenues was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2023 that did not recur for the year ended December 31, 2024. • Restructuring Plan ◦ In July 2023, we initiated the 2023 Restructuring Plan as part of our efforts to reduce costs to better align our operational needs with lower tower activity.
  • See note 16 to our consolidated financial statements and " Item 2.
  • MD&A—Results of Operations " for further discussion of the 2023 Restructuring Plan. ◦ In June 2024, we initiated the 2024 Restructuring Plan as part of our efforts to drive operational efficiencies, enhance returns by increasing return thresholds on new growth opportunities and reduce operating costs and capital expenditures, with a primary focus on our Fiber segment.
  • MD&A—Results of Operations " for further discussion of the 2024 Restructuring Plan. • In December 2023, we announced a strategic and operating review of our Fiber business, and in the second quarter of 2024, we concluded our operating review and implemented changes to our operating plans and strategy based on the findings.
  • Additionally, in March 2025, we concluded the strategic review following the announcement of the Strategic Fiber Transaction, as discussed above.
  • MD&A—Results of Operations " for further discussion of the 2024 Restructuring Plan and " Item 1.
  • Business—Overview" for further discussion of the pending sale of the Fiber Business. ◦ As part of the announced plans to enhance returns in the Fiber segment, during the fourth quarter of 2024 we completed discussions with certain of our tenants regarding approximately 7,000 previously-identified greenfield small cell nodes in our contracted backlog that we mutually agreed to cancel.
  • We wrote off property and equipment deemed to have no alternative future use, and as a result, recognized approximately $106 million as "Asset write-down charges" on our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2024. • Goodwill Impairment ◦ Management performed its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of 2024.
  • The quantitative impairment test indicated that the carrying amount of our Fiber reporting unit exceeded its estimated fair value.
  • As such, management recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $5.0 billion for the year ended December 31, 2024, resulting in no goodwill remaining for the Fiber reporting unit.
  • MD&A—Accounting and Reporting Matters—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates" and note 5 to our consolidated financial statements.
  • Common Stock Dividend During each of the quarters in the year ended 2024, we paid a common stock dividend of $1.565 per share, totaling approximately $2.7 billion.
  • See notes 10 and 17 to our consolidated financial statements.
  • Outlook Highlights The following are certain highlights of our outlook that impact our business fundamentals described above. • Beginning in the first quarter 2025, the Fiber Business will be presented as a discontinued operation, and its net assets will be classified as held for sale and comparable prior periods will be recast to reflect this change.
  • Upon classification as held for sale in the first quarter of 2025, we expect to recognize a loss of between $700 and $800 million, inclusive of estimated transaction fees. • We expect a year over year reduction in site rental revenues in our Towers segment related to (1) higher Towers non-renewals in 2025, which are expected to reduce site rental revenues by approximately $200 million as a result of the T-Mobile US, Inc. and Sprint network consolidation and (2) a decline in long-term deferred revenue amortization. • As part of the aforementioned 2024 Restructuring Plan: ◦ We expect to realize approximately $100 million annualized run-rate labor and facilities cost savings, of which approximately $65 million was realized in 2024.
  • The remaining savings of approximately $35 million are expected to be realized in 2025, with $30 million expected in selling, general and administrative and $5 million in site rental costs of operations.

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