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8-K CINCINNATI BELL INC.




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: June 4, 2012


CINCINNATI BELL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ohio
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
1-8519
(Commission File Number)
 
31-1056105
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

221 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
(Address of principal
executive offices)
 
45202
(Zip Code)
 
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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Form 8-K
 
Cincinnati Bell Inc.
 
Section 1 - Registrant's Business and Operations
 
Item 1.01 Amendment of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement

On June 4, 2012, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (the “Company”), its wholly-owned receivables subsidiary Cincinnati Bell Funding LLC (“CB Funding”), the various Purchasers and Purchaser Agents identified therein and PNC Bank, National Association as Administrator and LC Bank entered into the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Second Amendment”). The Second Amendment amends the Company's Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement originally entered into on June 6, 2011 among the Company, CB Funding, the various Purchasers and Purchaser Agents identified therein and PNC Bank, National Association as Administrator and LC Bank (the “Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement”), by making conforming changes to account for provisions of the Dodd-Frank banking act and extending the term of the Amended and Restated Purchase Agreement to June 3, 2013.

A copy of the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits
 
 
 
 
99.1
Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 4, 2012, among Cincinnati Bell Funding LLC, as Seller, Cincinnati Bell Inc., as Servicer, the Various Purchaser Groups identified therein, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator and LC Bank.








Form 8-K
 
Cincinnati Bell Inc.


SIGNATURE
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:
June 8, 2012
 
By:  
/s/ Christopher J. Wilson
 
 
 
 
Christopher J. Wilson
 
 
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
Exhibit Index



Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit
 
 
99.1
 
Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 4, 2012, among Cincinnati Bell Funding LLC, as Seller, Cincinnati Bell Inc., as Servicer, the Various Purchaser Groups identified therein, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator and LC Bank.