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CINCINNATI BELL INC.
201 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD APRIL 28, 2006
To Our Shareholders:
The 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Cincinnati Bell Inc. (the “Company”) will be held on Friday,
April 28, 2006, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time, at the METS Center, 3861 Olympic Boulevard,
Erlanger, Kentucky 41018, for the following purposes:
1. To elect three Class I directors to serve three-year terms ending in 2009;
2. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting
firm to audit the financial statements of the Company for the year 2006; and
3. To consider any other matters that may properly come before the meeting.
The Board of Directors has established the close of business on February 28, 2006 as the record date (the
“Record Date”) for determining the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any
adjournment or postponement of the meeting. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on the Record
Date are entitled to vote on matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ THE ENCLOSED MATERIAL AND VOTE YOUR
SHARES. YOU CAN VOTE VIA THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE, OR BY MAILING YOUR
COMPLETED AND SIGNED PROXY CARD OR VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE. IF YOU ARE THE SHAREHOLDER OF RECORD FOR YOUR SHARES,
YOU CAN ALSO VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.
Your prompt response will also help reduce proxy costs and will help you avoid receiving follow-up
telephone calls or mailings. Voting via the Internet or by telephone will help reduce proxy costs even further.
We have enclosed the Proxy Statement with this notice of the Annual Meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Christopher J. Wilson
General Counsel and Secretary
March 15, 2006