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Purple/blue editorial palette, consistent typography, strong annotated data viz. Elliott approached CCI privately in May 2020; this July 6, 2020 deck is the first public presentation (initial_thesis). Rhetorical spine is a 'tale of two businesses' — the 'Best Business Ever' towers vs the dilutive fiber/small-cell investment — repeatedly weaponizing CEO Jay Brown's and CFO Dan Schlanger's own past statements (p.27-28). Board critique presented structurally with anonymized 'Director 1-12' table showing tenure/age/gender (p.63). Appendix (p.66) carries an implicit SOTP showing fiber valued at just 12.2x EBITDA vs domestic towers ~33x. CCI is classified here as 'communications' (TMT infrastructure) though it is formally a REIT. 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