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 (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 31, 2015
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 – OTHER EVENTS
On December 31, 2015, a subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell Inc., an Ohio corporation (together with all of its subsidiaries, the “Company”), exchanged all of its 6,346,835 operating partnership units in CyrusOne LP, a Maryland limited partnership and the operating partnership of CyrusOne Inc., a Maryland corporation (“CyrusOne”), for an equal number of newly issued shares of common stock of CyrusOne (the “Exchange”). As a result of the Exchange, the Company owns approximately 9.5 percent of CyrusOne’s common stock and no longer owns any operating partnership units in CyrusOne LP.
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.
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Date: December 31, 2015
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By:
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/s/ Christopher J. Wilson | ||
| Name: | Christopher J. Wilson | |||
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||