Form 8-K

8-K — Uniti Group Inc.

Accession: 0000950103-26-005715

Filed: 2026-04-14

Period: 2026-04-13

CIK: 0002020795

SIC: 4813 (TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE))

Item: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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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):

April 13, 2026

Uniti Group Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its

charter)

Delaware

001-42779

85-2262564

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2101 Riverfront Drive, Suite A

Little Rock, Arkansas

72202

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including

area code: (501) 850-0820

Not Applicable

(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:

☐

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

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:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

UNIT

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

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 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

On April 13, 2026, Uniti Group Inc. (the “Company”) filed

a Certificate of Amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with

the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to change the notification deadline for electing the method of payment for dividends with

respect to its Series A Preferred Stock from the first day of each dividend period to the 10th calendar day immediately preceding the

dividend payment date relating to each dividend period.

The description of the Charter Amendment is qualified in its entirety

by reference to the full text of the Charter Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K

and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit

No.

Description of Exhibit

3.1

Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Uniti Group Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 13, 2026.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,

the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

UNITI GROUP INC.

By:

/s/ Daniel L. Heard

Name:

Daniel L. Heard

Title:

Senior Executive Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: April 14, 2026

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Exhibit

3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

UNITI GROUP INC.

Uniti Group Inc.,

a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies:

FIRST: Section

4(b)(i) of Annex A of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”)

is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(i) The Corporation shall notify the Holders

and the Dividend Disbursing Agent on or prior to the tenth calendar day immediately preceding

the Dividend Payment Date in respect of each Dividend Period whether it elects to pay dividends

in cash (“Cash Dividends”) or, in lieu of paying dividends in cash, add

to the Liquidation Preference of each share of Series A Preferred Stock in the manner set

forth in ‎Section 4(b)(ii) (“Compounded Dividends”) for such Dividend

Period; provided that if the Corporation does not so timely make such election,

then the Corporation shall be deemed to have elected Compounded Dividends (and, for the avoidance

of doubt, the failure to timely make such election will not constitute a breach of the Charter).

SECOND: The

Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”), acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and

242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, adopted resolutions approving the foregoing amendment to the Certificate

of Incorporation.

THIRD: Thereafter,

pursuant to the resolutions of the Board, this Certificate of Amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their

approval and was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 and Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the

State of Delaware.

[Signature Page

Follows]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,

the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed as of April 13, 2026.

UNITI GROUP INC.

By:

/s/ Daniel L. Heard

Name: Daniel L. Heard

Title: Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: April 13, 2026

[Signature Page to the Certificate of Amendment]

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