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: May 25, 2016
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:
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ITEM 8.01 Other Events
On May 25, 2016, 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 October 13, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, governing the Company’s 83/8% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”), notifying the Trustee of its election to redeem (the “Redemption”) on June 24, 2016 (the “Redemption Date”) a portion of the outstanding Notes equal to an aggregate principal amount of $81,000,000, at a redemption price of 104.188% 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.
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: | May 25, 2016 | By: | /s/ Christopher J. Wilson | |
Christopher J. Wilson | ||||
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||