Form 8-K

 

 

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: January 24, 2013

 

 

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):

 

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ITEM 8.01 – OTHER EVENTS

On January 24, 2013, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (“Cincinnati Bell”) issued a press release announcing that CyrusOne Inc., which owns and operates Cincinnati Bell’s former data center business (“CyrusOne”), has completed its previously announced initial public offering of its common stock. CyrusOne sold 18,975,000 shares of its common stock in total in the offering, which included 2,475,000 shares of common stock sold pursuant to the option granted to the underwriters by CyrusOne, which was exercised in full prior to the closing. 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 January 24, 2013

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: January 24, 2013     By:  

/s/ Christopher J. Wilson

      Christopher J. Wilson
      Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

    Description

99.1

    Press Release dated January 24, 2013.