Exhibit 99.2
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| | NEWS RELEASE January 29, 2019 |
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| | Contacts: Dan Schlanger, CFO Ben Lowe, VP & Treasurer Crown Castle International Corp. 713-570-3050 |
Crown Castle Announces
Pricing of Senior Notes Offering
January 29, 2019 – HOUSTON, TEXAS – Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) (“Crown Castle”) announced today that it has priced its previously announced public offering of 4.300% Senior Notes due 2029 and 5.200% Senior Notes due 2049, in aggregate principal amounts of $600 million and $400 million, respectively. The Senior Notes due 2029 will have an interest rate of 4.300% per annum and will be issued at a price equal to 99.461% of their face value to yield 4.367%. The Senior Notes due 2049 will have an interest rate of 5.200% per annum and will be issued at a price equal to 99.894% of their face value to yield 5.207%.
The net proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $985 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses payable by Crown Castle. Crown Castle intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay outstanding borrowings under its existing revolving credit facility.
Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, MUFG and TD Securities are the joint book-running managers of the offering.
The offering is being made pursuant to the existing effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by contacting any joint book-running manager using the information provided below. An electronic copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement, together with the accompanying prospectus, is also available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
