UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: September 13, 2016

 

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CINCINNATI BELL INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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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

 

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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 September 13, 2016, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the intention to offer $425 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) in a private offering, subject to market and other conditions. The Notes will be guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis, by certain of the Company’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The Notes and the related guarantees will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

On September 13, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing the commencement of an offer to purchase for cash (the “Offer”) any and all of its outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2020 (CUSIP No. 171871AN6). The Offer is being made upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated September 13, 2016 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal and the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. The Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on September 19, 2016, unless extended or earlier terminated as described in the Offer to Purchase. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

This report does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. No offer, solicitation, or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

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.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated September 13, 2016
99.2		Press Release dated September 13, 2016