Cincinnati Bell 2013 Annual Report Download - page 34

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, 2013, the matters required to be discussed by the Statement on Auditing Standard No. 16,
Communications with Audit Committees, and Related and Transitional Amendments to PCAOB Standards and
as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”). 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 PCAOB, 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, 2013 be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company’s fiscal year
ended December 31, 2013.
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 Lynn A. Wentworth and Jakki L. Haussler 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
Lynn A. Wentworth, Chair
Phillip R. Cox
Jakki L. Haussler
Craig F. Maier
Theodore H. Schell
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