Current Report

 

 

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: November 8, 2010

 

 

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 November 8, 2010, Cincinnati Bell Inc. issued a press release announcing it has commenced a registered offering of $275 million of additional 8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.    Description
12.1    Statement Regarding Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
99.1    Press Release dated November 8, 2010.

 

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: November 8, 2010   By:  

/s/ Christopher J. Wilson

    Christopher J. Wilson
    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.    Description
12.1    Statement Regarding Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
99.1    Press Release dated November 8, 2010.