A Form 144 notice of proposed sale was filed on October 26, 2026, disclosing that the Catherine L Piche 2015 Living Trust DTD 09/30/2015 intends to sell 7,505 shares of Crown Castle Inc common stock through UBS Financial Services Inc on NYSE.

Key Highlights

  • Proposed sale: 7,505 shares of Crown Castle Inc common stock with an aggregate market value of $222,000, according to the filing.
  • Seller: The Catherine L Piche 2015 Living Trust DTD 09/30/2015, with Catherine L Piche serving as trustee and identified in the filing as an officer of Crown Castle - specifically Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer-Towers.
  • Broker: UBS Financial Services Inc, located at 1000 Harbor Blvd, 3rd Floor, Weehawken, NJ 07086, is named as the executing broker.
  • Approximate sale date: October 26, 2026, on the NYSE, where Crown Castle trades under the ticker NYSE:CCI as noted in the filing.
  • Shares outstanding: The filing reports 425,455,439 shares of common stock outstanding at the time of the notice.
  • Prior sales: The filing reports nothing to disclose for securities sold during the past 3 months by the selling person.

Crown Castle Trust Sale: Equity Compensation Shares Acquired Between 2015 and 2021

According to the Form 144 filing, the shares proposed for sale were acquired by the Catherine L Piche 2015 Living Trust in three separate transactions from Crown Castle, all characterized as private transactions from the company and paid for with equity compensation. The first tranche of 4,949 shares was acquired on February 19, 2021, with payment made on February 19, 2024. The second tranche of 2,454 shares was acquired on February 19, 2015, with payment on February 19, 2018. A third, smaller tranche of 102 shares was acquired on September 10, 2020, with payment on September 10, 2023.

The filing identifies the seller as the Catherine L Piche 2015 Living Trust DTD 09/30/2015. A remark in the filing states: "SELLER IS THE CATHERINE L PICHE 2015 LIVING TRUST DTD 09/30/2015, TRUSTEE IS CATHERINE L PICHE. CATHERINE L PICHE IS AN OFFICER AT CROWN CASTLE - EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIELF OPERATING OFFICER-TOWERS." The notice was signed by Mijo Suric, for UBS Financial Services Inc, as attorney-in-fact for the trust.

Crown Castle Inc is identified in the filing as headquartered at 8020 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024, with SEC File Number 001-16441. The proposed sale of 7,505 shares represents a small fraction of the 425,455,439 total shares outstanding reported in the filing. No securities were reported as sold by the trust during the prior three months.

What Was Disclosed

The Form 144 notice disclosed a proposed sale of 7,505 Crown Castle common shares, valued at approximately $222,000, by a trust associated with an executive officer. The shares were originally received as equity compensation across three acquisition dates spanning 2015 to 2021.