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CINCINNATI BELL INC.
221 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
PROXY STATEMENT
For the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
to be held on Friday, April 25, 2008
This Proxy Statement is furnished to the shareholders of Cincinnati Bell Inc., an Ohio corporation (the
“Company”), in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors for use at the 2008 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders. The Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, April 25, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern
Daylight Savings Time, at the Queen City Club, 331 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. The Notice of Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007 and the Company’s Summary 2007 Annual Report are first being furnished to the
shareholders on or about March 24, 2008.
The Company’s Board of Directors has established the close of business on February 27, 2008 as the record
date (the “Record Date”) for determining shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment
or postponement of the Annual Meeting. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date
will be entitled to vote on matters to be presented at the Annual Meeting.
The agenda for the Annual Meeting is as follows:
1. To elect three Class III directors to serve three-year terms ending in 2011 and to elect one Class I
director to serve the remainder of a term ending in 2009;
2. To approve an amendment to the Company’s Restated Amended Articles of Incorporation to declassify
the Board of Directors and to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended Regulations to
require the annual election of directors;
3. To approve an amendment to the Company’s Restated Amended Articles of Incorporation to require a
majority vote for the election of a director and to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended
Regulations addressing “holdover” directors;
4. 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 2008; and
5. To consider any other matters that may properly come before the meeting.
PLEASE VOTE — YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
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Proxy Statement