• Crown Castle discussed Q1 2026 results on April 22, with President, CEO and Director Christian Hillabrant, CFO Sunit Patel, Vice President-Corporate Finance and Treasurer Kristoffer Hinson, followed by Q&A with analysts including Ric Prentiss, Matthew Niknam, Ari Klein, Michael Funk, Richard Choe, Eric Luebchow, Nick Del Deo, Brendan Lynch, Madison Rezaei, David Barden, Batya Levi, Brandon Nispel, Michael Rollins.
• Management reiterated full-year 2026 outlook excluding discontinued Fiber segment, targeting about USD 3.9 billion site rental revenue, USD 2.7 billion adjusted EBITDA, USD 1.9 billion AFFO at midpoint.
• Sale of small cell and Fiber businesses remained on track to close in first half of 2026, with planning assumption of June 30 close.
• Post-close capital allocation called for about USD 1 billion of share repurchases, about USD 7 billion of debt repayment, with leverage target of 6-6.5x.
• Management said it terminated DISH agreement following January payment default, expanded litigation to include breach-of-contract claims against DISH plus a claim against EchoStar, while citing a Q1 restructuring expected to cut annualized run-rate costs by USD 65 million.

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