Cincinnati Bell 2006 Annual Report Download - page 76

OTHER MATTERS
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company’s directors,
executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities
to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC and the NYSE and the National Stock
Exchange (f/k/a the Cincinnati Stock Exchange). Directors, executive officers and greater than 10% shareholders
are required by regulations of the SEC to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) reports that they
file. Such reports are filed on Forms 3, 4 and 5 under the Exchange Act. Based solely on the Company’s review
of the copies of such forms received by it, the Company believes that, during the period commencing January 1,
2006 and ending December 31, 2006, all such persons complied on a timely basis with the filing requirements of
Section 16(a), except as follows: each of the Company’s non-employee outside directors were granted 6,000
phantom shares on January 3, 2006. As a result of an administrative error by the Company, these grants of
phantom shares were reported for each non-employee outside director on January 27, 2006, rather than within
two business days of the grant.
Shareholder Proposals for Next Year’s Annual Meeting
Shareholder proposals intended for inclusion in next year’s Proxy Statement should be sent to
Christopher J. Wilson, General Counsel and Secretary, Cincinnati Bell Inc., 221 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45202, and must be received by November 24, 2007. Any such proposal must comply with Rule 14a-8
promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any shareholder, who
intends to propose any other matter to be acted upon at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders without
inclusion of such proposal in the Company’s Proxy Statement, must inform the Company no later than
February 7, 2008. If notice is not provided by that date, the persons named in the Company’s proxy for the 2008
Annual Meeting will be allowed to exercise their discretionary authority to vote upon any such proposal without
the matter having been discussed in the Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Shareholders may propose director candidates for consideration by the Governance and Nominating
Committee of the Board of Directors. Any such recommendations should be directed to Christopher J. Wilson,
General Counsel and Secretary, Cincinnati Bell Inc., 221 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, and must be
received no later than November 24, 2007 for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Other Matters to Come Before the Meeting
At the time this Proxy Statement was released for printing on March 14, 2007, the Company knew of no
other matters that might be presented for action at the meeting. If any other matters properly come before the
meeting, it is intended that the voting shares represented by proxies will be voted with respect thereto in
accordance with the judgment of the persons voting them.
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