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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 Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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 2010 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders. The Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 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, 2009 and the Company’s Summary 2009 Annual Report are being furnished to the shareholders on
or about March 22, 2010.
The Company’s Board of Directors has established the close of business on March 5, 2010 as the record
date (the “Record Date”) for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and 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 eight directors to serve a one-year term ending in 2011;
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 2010; and
3. To consider any other matters that may properly come before the meeting.
PLEASE VOTE — YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
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Proxy Statement