Material Agreement, Financial Obligation (Form 8-K)

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 17, 2025, Cincinnati Bell Inc. (the "Company") entered into that certain Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement ("Amendment No. 6"), 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 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 existing Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement"), dated as of September 7, 2021, as amended as of November 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. 6 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 a new tranche of $925,937,519.64 senior secured term loans (the "Term B-5 Loans"). The proceeds of the Term B-5 Loans were used to refinance in full the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Term B-4 Loans and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the refinancing of the Term B-4 Loans. The other material terms, conditions and covenants of the Credit Agreement were unchanged by Amendment No. 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.