HOUSTON, July 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE:CCI) ("Crown Castle") today announced that all the outstanding shares of its 6.875% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock") will mandatorily convert on August 1, 2020 ("Mandatory Conversion Date"). On the Mandatory Conversion Date, holders of Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive 8.8043 shares of Crown Castle Common Stock ("Common Stock") for each share of Preferred Stock converted. Cash will be paid in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock. Dividends on the Preferred Stock will cease to accrue on the Mandatory Conversion Date. As of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 29, 2020, Crown Castle had approximately 1.3 million shares of Preferred Stock outstanding and approximately 419.7 million shares of Common Stock outstanding.