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): ~~March~~May 211, 2025

CINCINNATI BELL INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

(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~~ StreetCincinnati, OH 45202

Cincinnati, OH 45202

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

(513) 397-9900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A	N/A	N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-‑2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-‑2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Act. ☐

ITEMItem 15.0102 –- ENTRYDEPARTURE INTOOF ADIRECTORS MATERIALOR DEFINITIVECERTAIN AGREEMENTOFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

OnBy ~~March~~written 21action executed on May 1, 2025, (the ~~“Closing~~sole ~~Date”),~~shareholder of the Cincinnati Bell Inc. (the “Company”), ~~together~~elected ~~with~~Willam ~~certain~~L. ofBarney ~~its~~as ~~subsidiaries,~~a ~~amended~~director of the Company’s, ~~current accounts~~effective ~~receivables~~April ~~securitization~~17, ~~program~~2025, byto ~~entering~~fill ~~into~~a ~~the~~vacancy ~~Second~~on ~~Amendment (~~the ~~“Second~~Board ~~Amendment”),~~of byDirectors ~~and~~of ~~among~~the ~~Cincinnati~~Company. Mr. ~~Bell~~Barney ~~Funding~~was ~~LLC~~elected ~~(“CBF”),~~in asaccordance ~~Borrower,~~with the ~~Company,~~terms asof ~~Servicer,~~ the ~~various~~limited ~~Lenders,~~liability LCagreement ~~Participants and Group Agents party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”), as Administrator and Letter~~ of ~~Credit~~Red ~~Bank,~~Fiber ~~and~~Holdings ~~PNC Capital Markets~~ LLC (“~~PNC~~Red ~~Capital~~Fiber ~~Markets~~Holdings”), asof ~~Structuring Agent,~~ which ~~amends~~ the ~~Amended~~Company ~~and~~is ~~Restated~~an ~~Receivables~~indirect ~~Financing~~wholly-owned ~~Agreement~~subsidiary. The ~~dated as~~Red ofFiber ~~January~~Holdings ~~31,~~limited ~~2023~~liability ~~(as~~company ~~amended,~~agreement ~~supplemented~~gives orcertain ~~otherwise~~investors ~~modified~~in ~~prior~~Red toFiber ~~the~~Holdings ~~date hereof,~~ the ~~“Receivables~~right ~~Financing~~to ~~Agreement”),~~designate ~~among~~managers ~~CBF,~~of asRed ~~Borrower,~~Fiber ~~the Company~~Holdings, aswho ~~Servicer,~~also ~~the~~are ~~various~~elected ~~Lenders, Letter of Credit Participants and Group Agents from time to time party thereto, PNC,~~ as ~~Administrator~~directors ~~and Letter~~ of ~~Credit~~the ~~Bank, and PNC Capital Markets, as Structuring Agent~~Company. Mr. ~~The~~Barney ~~Second~~is ~~Amendment~~not ~~amends~~expected ~~the~~to ~~Receivables~~be ~~Financing~~named ~~Agreement~~ to, ~~among~~any ~~other~~committees ~~things:~~of ~~(a) extend~~ the ~~scheduled termination~~Board ~~date~~of toDirectors ~~March~~of ~~21, 2027 and (b) increase~~ the ~~maximum borrowing capacity from $55,000,000 to $60,000,000~~Company.

~~The~~Mr. ~~foregoing~~Barney ~~description~~will ~~of the Second Amendment does~~ not ~~purport~~receive toany becompensation ~~complete~~from ~~and~~the isCompany ~~qualified~~for inhis ~~its~~services ~~entirety~~as bya ~~reference~~director toof the ~~full~~ ~~text~~Company. There ofare ~~the~~no ~~Second~~transactions ~~Amendment,~~involving aMr. ~~copy~~Barney ofthat ~~which~~would isbe ~~filed~~required ~~herewith~~to asbe ~~Exhibit~~reported ~~10.1,~~under ~~and~~Item is404(a) ~~incorporated~~of ~~herein~~Regulation ~~by reference~~S-K.

ITEMItem 29.0301 –- CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONSTATEMENTS ORAND AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANTEXHIBITS

The disclosure set forth under Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.


Exhibit No.	Description
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

~~ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS~~SIGNATURES

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Second Amendment, dated as of March 21, 2025, by and among Cincinnati Bell Funding LLC, as Borrower, Cincinnati Bell Inc., as Servicer, the various Lenders, LC Participants and Group Agents party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator and Letter of Credit Bank, and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as Structuring Agent.

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.

SIGNATURES


			CINCINNATI BELL INC.

Date:	May 2, 2025	By:	/s/ Mary E. Talbott
			Name: Mary E. Talbott Title: Chief Legal Officer

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: March 24, 2025	By:	/s/ Joshua T. Duckworth
		Name:	Joshua T. Duckworth
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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