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: March 31, 2015
CINCINNATI BELL INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Ohio
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001-8519
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31-1056105
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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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)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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ITEM 8.01 – OTHER EVENTS
On March 31, 2015, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (“Cincinnati Bell”) issued a press release announcing that it entered into a purchase agreement with CyrusOne Inc. (“CyrusOne”) to sell 12,400,000 operating partnership units (plus up to an additional 1,860,000 operating partnership units if the underwriters exercise their option described below) in CyrusOne’s operating partnership, CyrusOne LP, for $29.8752 per operating partnership unit. The number of operating partnership units to be sold was increased from the previously announced 12,200,00 operating partnership units. CyrusOne announced today it had priced the public offering of 12,400,000 shares of its common stock and granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,860,000 additional shares, the net proceeds of which will be used to acquire operating partnership units from two subsidiaries 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
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press Release dated March 31, 2015
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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.
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CINCINNATI BELL INC.
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Date: March 31, 2015
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By:
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/s/ Christopher J. Wilson |
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Name: Christopher J. Wilson |
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Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press Release dated March 31, 2015.
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