Cincinnati Bell 2006 Annual Report Download - page 13

CINCINNATI BELL INC.
221 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
PROXY STATEMENT
For the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
to be held on Thursday, May 3, 2007
This Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card or voting instruction card are 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 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Annual Meeting will
be held on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Savings Time, at the METS Center, 3861
Olympic Boulevard, Erlanger, Kentucky. The combined Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy
Statement and the accompanying proxy card or voting instruction card, the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the Company’s Summary Annual Report 2006 is first being
mailed to the shareholders on or about March 23, 2007.
The Company’s Board of Directors has established the close of business on March 5, 2007 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 II directors to serve three-year terms ending in 2010;
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 2007;
3. To approve the Cincinnati Bell Inc. 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan;
4. To approve the Cincinnati Bell Inc. 2007 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors; and
5. To consider any other matters that may properly come before the meeting.
PLEASE VOTE — YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
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