ITEM 1.01 - ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
Indenture
On September 21, 2020, CyrusOne LP, a Maryland
limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CyrusOne Inc., a Maryland corporation
(the “Company”), and CyrusOne Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating
Partnership (together with the Operating Partnership, the “Issuers”) closed their previously announced offering of
$400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.150% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”).
The Notes have been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration
Nos. 333-231203, 333-231203-14 and 333-231203-15), a base prospectus, dated May 3, 2019, included as part of the registration statement,
and a prospectus supplement, dated September 15, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act.
The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture,
dated as of December 5, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Issuers and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the
“Trustee”), as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2020, related to the Notes
(the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the
Issuers, the Company, as guarantor, and the Trustee.
The Company is filing the Base Indenture
and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2 to this report, respectively.
The Issuers used the net proceeds from the
offering to repay $300 million of the outstanding indebtedness under the Operating Partnership’s senior unsecured term loans
due 2023 and the remainder for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of the borrowings outstanding under the Operating
Partnership’s revolving credit facility from time to time.
The Notes are unsecured senior obligations
of the Issuers, which rank equally in right of payment with all of the Issuers’ existing and future unsecured senior debt
and senior in right of payment to all of the Issuers’ future subordinated debt, if any. The Notes will be effectively subordinated
to any of the Issuers’ future secured debt, if any, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. The Notes
will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by CyrusOne Inc., the sole beneficial owner and sole trustee of CyrusOne GP, which
is the sole general partner of CyrusOne LP. The guarantees will rank equally in right of payment with all of CyrusOne Inc.’s
existing and future unsecured senior debt and senior in right of payment to all of CyrusOne Inc.’s future subordinated debt,
if any. The guarantees will be effectively subordinated to any of CyrusOne Inc.’s future secured debt to the extent of the
value of the assets securing such debt. In addition, the Notes will be structurally subordinated to the liabilities of any subsidiaries
CyrusOne LP (other than CyrusOne Finance Corp.). The guarantees will be structurally subordinated to the liabilities of any subsidiaries
of the Guarantor (other than the Issuers).
The Notes will bear interest at a rate of
2.150% per annum, payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on May 1 2021, to persons who are registered
holders of the Notes on the immediately preceding April 15 and October 15, respectively.
The Indenture limits the ability of CyrusOne
LP and its subsidiaries to incur secured or unsecured indebtedness and to merge, consolidate or transfer all or substantially all
of their assets, in each case subject to certain qualifications set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture also requires CyrusOne
LP and its subsidiaries to maintain total unencumbered assets of at least 150% of their unsecured indebtedness on a consolidated
basis.
The Notes will mature on November 1, 2030.
However, prior to August 1, 2030, the Issuers may redeem some or all of the Notes at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount
plus a “make-whole” premium. In addition, the Issuers may redeem some or all of the Notes on or after August 1, 2030,
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes. In each case, the Issuers must also pay accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.
The above description of the Indenture does
not purport to be a complete statement of the parties’ rights and obligations under the Indenture and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the terms of the Base Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, copies of which are attached hereto
as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, and which are incorporated herein by reference.