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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 1, 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


 
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):
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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ITEM 8.01 – OTHER EVENTS

On July 1, 2015, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its subsidiary has consummated the sale to CyrusOne Inc. (“CyrusOne”) of 5,995,000 operating partnership units (including 1,695,000 operating partnership units sold because the underwriters exercised their option described below) in CyrusOne’s operating partnership, CyrusOne LP, for $28.41 per operating partnership unit (the “OP Units Sale”). CyrusOne announced on June 26, 2015 that it had closed the public offering of 12,995,000 shares of its common stock, which included 1,695,000 shares of common stock sold pursuant to the option granted to the underwriters by CyrusOne, a portion of the net proceeds of which were used to acquire operating partnership units from a subsidiary of the Company. 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 July 1, 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:  July 1, 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 July 1, 2015.