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: July 9, 2014
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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ITEM 8.01
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Other Events
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On July 9, 2014, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (the “Company”) delivered a notice to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”) under the Indenture dated as of March 15, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, governing the Company’s 8¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”), notifying the Trustee of its election to redeem (the “Redemption”) on August 8, 2014 (the “Redemption Date”) a portion of the outstanding Notes equal to an aggregate principal amount of $325,000,000, at a redemption price of 104.375% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed together with accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to the Redemption Date and instructing the Trustee to provide notice of the Redemption to holders of the Notes.
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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Date: July 9, 2014
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By: | /s/ Christopher J. Wilson | |
| Name: Christopher J. Wilson | |||
| Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||