Cincinnati Bell 2008 Annual Report Download - page 46

Any general statement that incorporates this Proxy Statement into any filing under the Securities Act of
1933 or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall not be deemed to incorporate by reference this Audit
and Finance Committee Report and related disclosure. Except to the extent the Company specifically
incorporates such Report and related disclosure by reference, this information shall not otherwise be deemed to
have been filed under such Acts.
AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
The Audit and Finance Committee of the Board has reviewed and discussed the Company’s audited
financial statements with the management of the Company and has reviewed a report from management
assessing the Company’s internal controls. The Audit and Finance Committee has discussed with Deloitte &
Touche LLP, the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008, the matters required to be discussed by the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61,
Communications with Audit Committees (Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards, AU 380) and as
adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T, as currently in effect. The Audit
and Finance Committee has also received the written disclosures and letter from the Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm required by applicable standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board,
has discussed with Deloitte & Touche LLP their independence with respect to the Company, and has considered
the question of whether the auditors’ provision of non-audit services was compatible with the Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm maintaining their independence.
Based on its review and discussions referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Audit and Finance
Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements for the Company’s fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008 be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008.
The Board has determined that each member of the Audit and Finance Committee satisfies the independence
requirements of the rules and regulations of the SEC and the independence and other requirements of the rules
and listing standards of the NYSE. The Board has determined that Daniel J. Meyer, Robert W. Mahoney, Lynn
A. Wentworth and John M. Zrno are audit committee financial experts as defined in the rules and regulations of
the SEC and that each member of the Committee is financially literate as defined by the rules and listing
standards of the NYSE.
AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
Daniel J. Meyer, Chairman
Phillip R. Cox
Robert W. Mahoney
Lynn A. Wentworth
John M. Zrno
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