# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001158324
**File Stem:** 0001104659-26-078858
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 7940
**Document Hash:** 8fdea7d4bf8b2ed014c3077349bf8810
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-26-078858.hdr.sgml**: 20260629

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-26-078858

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260629

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260629

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260629

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001158324
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** COMMUNICATION SERVICES, NEC [4899]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 522337274
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-51829
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261136093

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2450 N STREET, NW
- **CITY:** WASHINGTON
- **STATE:** DC
- **ZIP:** 20037
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2022954200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 2450 N STREET, NW
- **CITY:** WASHINGTON
- **STATE:** DC
- **ZIP:** 20037

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** COGENT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20010828

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**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 (Date of earliest event reported): **June 29, 2026**

**Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **000-51829** | **46-5706863** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of<br> incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |

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| **2450 N St. NW,** **Washington, D.C.** | **20037** |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **202-295-4200**

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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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:

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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:

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Title of each class** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Trading Symbol** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Name of each exchange on which<br> registered** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | &nbsp;&nbsp;CCOI | &nbsp;&nbsp;NASDAQ Global Select Market |

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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 Exchange Act. ◻

**Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.**

As previously announced, on May 22, 2026, Cogent Fiber, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Seller") and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with an affiliate of I Squared Capital (the "Buyer"), providing for the sale by the Seller to the Buyer of 10 data center facilities (the "Facilities"), together with certain personal property and customer contracts located at each of the Facilities (such transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, collectively, the "Transaction"). In accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, on June 29, 2026 (the "Closing Date"), the Seller completed the sale of the Facilities to the Buyer.

On the Closing Date, the Buyer consummated the Transaction pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, providing an aggregate purchase price of $225 million in cash.

On June 29, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Transaction, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) Exhibits.

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| **Exhibit <br> Number** | **Description** |
| [99.1](tm2619124d1_ex99-1.htm) | [Press Release of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. dated June 29, 2026.](tm2619124d1_ex99-1.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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**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 duly authorized.

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|  | Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. | Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. |
| June 29, 2026 | By: | /s/ David Schaeffer |
|  |  | Name: David Schaeffer |
|  |  | Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

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| **<u>Cogent Contacts:</u>** |  |
| <u>For Public Relations:</u> | <u>For Investor Relations:</u> |
| Jocelyn Johnson | John Chang |
| + 1 (202) 295-4299 | + 1 (202) 295-4212 |
| <u>jajohnson@cogentco.com</u> | <u>investor.relations@cogentco.com</u> |

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**Cogent Communications Announces**

**Closing of Sale of 10 Data Center Facilities**

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 29, 2026 – Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. ("Cogent") (NASDAQ: CCOI) today announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Cogent Fiber, LLC, has closed the previously announced sale of 10 data center facilities for an aggregate purchase price of $225 million in cash to a newly formed entity sponsored by I Squared Capital.

The 10 facilities are located in Phoenix, AZ, Anaheim, CA, Burbank, CA, Stockton, CA, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, Elkridge, MD, Kansas City, MO, Nashville, TN and Houston, TX.

**About Cogent**

Cogent (NASDAQ: CCOI) is a facilities-based provider of low cost, high speed Internet access and private network services to bandwidth intensive businesses. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network provides services in 306 markets globally.

Cogent is headquartered at 2450 N Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. For more information, visit <u>www.cogentco.com</u>. Cogent can be reached in the United States at (202) 295-4200 or via email at <u>info@cogentco.com</u>.

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