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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-001564"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNIT"
cik: "0002020795"
company_name: "Uniti Group Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:25:59.190439+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Uniti Group subsidiary issues $960M secured fiber notes, Series 2026-1 (5.219%-7.653%)

## Summary
- Issued $960.1M term notes: $677.71M Class A-2 (5.219%), $112.96M Class B (5.561%), $169.43M Class C (7.653%).
- Anticipated repayment date February 2031; also provides up to $150M variable funding and $14M liquidity notes.
- Secured by fiber network assets and residential customer contracts in TX, AR, KY, OH, GA.
- Proceeds for general corporate purposes including capital expenditures and/or debt repayment.
- Inaugural issuance under new fiber-to-the-home securitization program.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-001564
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNIT
- cik: 0002020795
- company_name: Uniti Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020795/000095010326001564/0000950103-26-001564-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020795/000095010326001564/dp241016_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Uniti Group Inc. incurred senior notes of $960,100,000 aggregate principal amount of secured fiber network revenue term notes with Wilmington Trust, National Association at 5.219% Series 2026-1, Class A-2 term notes, $112,960,000 5.561% Series 2026-1, C maturing anticipated repayment date (the "Term ARD") in February of 2031.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $960,100,000 aggregate principal amount of secured fiber network revenue term notes
  - Counterparty: Wilmington Trust, National Association
  - Rate: 5.219% Series 2026-1, Class A-2 term notes, $112,960,000 5.561% Series 2026-1, C
  - Maturity: anticipated repayment date (the "Term ARD") in February of 2031
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On January 30, 2026, Kinetic ABS Issuer LLC (the “Issuer”), an indirect, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of Uniti Group Inc. (the “Company”), completed a private offering of $960,100,000 aggregate principal amount of secured fiber network revenue term notes, consisting of $677,710,000 5.219% Series 2026-1, Class A-2 term notes, $112,960,000 5.561% Series 2026-1, Class B term notes and $169,430,000 7.653% Series 2026-1, Class C term notes (collectively, the “Term Notes”), each with an anticipated repayment date (the “Term ARD”) in February of 2031.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020795/000095010326001564/0000950103-26-001564-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Uniti Group Inc. entered into Series 2026-1 Supplement with Wilmington Trust, National Association valued at $960,100,000 aggregate principal amount (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: Wilmington Trust, National Association
  - Value: $960,100,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: The Term Notes were issued at an issue price of 100% of their respective principal amounts pursuant to an indenture, dated as of January 30, 2026 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a Series 2026-1 Supplement thereto, dated as of January 30, 2026 (the “Series 2026-1 Supplement”), in each case by and among the Issuer, Kinetic ABS AR LLC (“Kinetic AR”), Kinetic ABS GA LLC (“Kinetic GA”), Kinetic ABS KY LLC (“Kinetic KY”), Kinetic ABS OH LLC (“Kinetic OH”), Kinetic ABS TX LLC (together with Kinetic AR, Kinetic GA, Kinetic KY and Kinetic OH, the “Asset Entities” and, together with the Issuer, the “Obligors”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020795/000095010326001564/0000950103-26-001564-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Uniti Group Inc. entered into Base Indenture with Wilmington Trust, National Association valued at $960,100,000 aggregate principal amount (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: Wilmington Trust, National Association
  - Value: $960,100,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: The Term Notes were issued at an issue price of 100% of their respective principal amounts pursuant to an indenture, dated as of January 30, 2026 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a Series 2026-1 Supplement thereto, dated as of January 30, 2026 (the “Series 2026-1 Supplement”), in each case by and among the Issuer, Kinetic ABS AR LLC (“Kinetic AR”), Kinetic ABS GA LLC (“Kinetic GA”), Kinetic ABS KY LLC (“Kinetic KY”), Kinetic ABS OH LLC (“Kinetic OH”), Kinetic ABS TX LLC (together with Kinetic AR, Kinetic GA, Kinetic KY and Kinetic OH, the “Asset Entities” and, together with the Issuer, the “Obligors”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020795/000095010326001564/0000950103-26-001564-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Uniti Group Inc. entered into Class A-1-V Note Purchase Agreement with certain committed note purchasers, conduit investors and funding agents, and Barclays Bank PLC valued at up to $150,000,000 of Series 2026-1, Class A-1-V variable funding notes (effective 2026-01-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: certain committed note purchasers, conduit investors and funding agents, and Barclays Bank PLC
  - Value: up to $150,000,000 of Series 2026-1, Class A-1-V variable funding notes
  - Effective: 2026-01-30
  source text: In connection with the issuance of the Term Notes, the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Series 2026-1 Supplement, also provides for up to $150,000,000 of Series 2026-1, Class A-1-V variable funding notes (the “Class A-1 Variable Funding Notes”) to be issued by the Issuer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020795/000095010326001564/0000950103-26-001564-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.
