UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d) OF

~~THE~~of ~~SECURITIES~~the ~~EXCHANGE~~Securities ~~ACT~~Exchange OFAct of 1934

Date of Report (~~Date~~date of ~~Earliest~~earliest ~~Event~~event ~~Reported~~reported): February ~~September 17~~18, ~~2025~~2026

CINCINNATI BELL INC.

(Exact ~~Name~~name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in its ~~Charter~~charter)

Ohio		001-8519		31-1056105
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Commission File Number 001-8519

     Ohio

     31-1056105

     (State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

     (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

221 East Fourth Street

Cincinnati, OHOhio 45202

(Address of ~~Principal~~principal ~~Executive~~executive ~~Office~~offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 397-9900

~~(Registrant’s~~Check ~~telephone~~the ~~number,~~appropriate ~~including~~box ~~area~~below ~~code~~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):

~~Check~~☐ ~~the~~Written ~~appropriate~~communications ~~box~~pursuant ~~below if the Form 8-K filing is intended~~ to ~~simultaneously~~Rule ~~satisfy~~425 ~~the~~under ~~filing obligation of~~ the ~~registrant~~Securities ~~under~~Act ~~any~~(17 ofCFR ~~the following provisions:~~230.425)

☐ ~~Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) ☐~~ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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~~Exchange Act. ☐ □

Item 15.0102 Departure ~~Entry~~of ~~into~~Directors aor ~~Material~~Certain ~~Definitive~~Officers; ~~Agreement~~Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~September~~February 1718, ~~2025~~2026, ~~Cincinnati~~Colleen ~~Bell Inc~~W. ~~(the “Company”) entered into that certain Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 6”)~~Hanabusa, by and among the Company, Red Fiber Parent LLC (“Holdings”), the Guarantors party thereto, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and as the Additional Refinancing Lender and a ~~Term~~director ~~B-5 Lender (the “Additional Refinancing Lender”), CoBank, ACB, as the Term B-1 Lender and the Term B-3 Lender, and the Term B-5 Lenders party thereto, in order to amend certain terms~~ of ~~its~~Cincinnati ~~existing~~Bell ~~Credit~~Inc. ~~Agreement~~ (the “~~Credit Agreement~~Company”), ~~dated~~notified asthe ofCompany ~~September~~that 7,she ~~2021,~~was asresigning ~~amended~~ as ofa ~~November~~director ~~23, 2021, as amended as~~ of ~~May 3, 2023, as amended as of May 30, 2024, as amended as of June 14, 2024 and as amended as of December 19, 2024, by and among~~ the Company~~, Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and L/C Issuers party thereto~~. ~~Amendment No.~~ The 6Board ~~provides for (i) a reduction in the interest rate margin applicable to the Term B-1 Loans and the Term B-3 Loans under the Credit Agreement and (ii) the incurrence~~ of aDirectors ~~new~~accepted ~~tranche~~Ms. ofHanabusa’s ~~$925~~resignation,~~937,519.64~~ ~~senior~~effective ~~secured~~February ~~term~~23, ~~loans (the “Term B-5 Loans”)~~2026. Ms. ~~The~~Hanabusa’s ~~proceeds~~resignation ofwas ~~the~~not ~~Term~~due ~~B-5 Loans were used~~ to ~~refinance~~any indisagreement ~~full~~with the ~~outstanding~~Company ~~aggregate~~or ~~principal~~any ~~amount~~matter ofrelating ~~the Term B-4 Loans and~~ to ~~pay fees and expenses in connection with~~ the ~~refinancing~~Company’s ~~of the Term B-4 Loans. The other material terms~~operations, ~~conditions~~policies ~~and~~or ~~covenants of the Credit Agreement were unchanged by Amendment No~~practices. 6.

The foregoing summary of Amendment No. 6 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 6 that is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2025
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

(d) Exhibits:

The following exhibit is attached with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

     Exhibit No.

     Description

     104

     Cover page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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~~thereunto duly authorized.

	~~CINCINNATI BELL INC.~~	CINCINNATI BELL INC.
Date: September 18, 2025	By:	/s/ Joshua T. Duckworth
Date: February 24, 2026		By:/s/ Mary E. Talbott
		Name:	Joshua T. Duckworth
		Name: Mary E. Talbott
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer
		Title: Chief Legal Officer

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