UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report: June 17, 2014

 


 

CINCINNATI BELL INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 


 

Ohio

 

001-8519

 

31-1056105

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

221 East Fourth Street

Cincinnati, OH 45202

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 397-9900

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 8.01 — OTHER EVENTS

 

On June 17, 2014, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (“Cincinnati Bell”) issued a press release announcing that it plans to enter into a purchase agreement with CyrusOne Inc. (“CyrusOne”) to sell 12,500,000 operating partnership units (plus up to an additional 1,875,000 operating partnership units if the underwriters exercise their option described below) in CyrusOne’s operating partnership, CyrusOne LP. CyrusOne announced today it had commenced the public offering of 12,500,000 shares of its common stock and granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,875,000 additional shares, the net proceeds of which will be used to acquire operating partnership units from a subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated June 17, 2014

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

CINCINNATI BELL INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: June 17, 2014

By:

/s/ Christopher J. Wilson

 

 

Christopher J. Wilson

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated June 17, 2014.

 

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