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 22, 2015



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



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ITEM 8.01 – OTHER EVENTS
On June 22, 2015, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (“Cincinnati Bell”) issued a press release announcing that its subsidiary plans to enter into a purchase agreement with CyrusOne Inc. (“CyrusOne”) to sell 4,300,000 operating partnership units (plus up to an additional 1,695,000 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 11,300,000 shares of its common stock and granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,695,000 additional shares, a portion of 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 22, 2015
 
 


 
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 22, 2015
By:
/s/ Christopher J. Wilson  
    Name:  
Christopher J. Wilson
 
    Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
 
       

 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
99.1
  
Press Release dated June 22, 2015.