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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by Item 401, Item 405, Item 406 and 407 (c)(3), (d)(4) and (d)(5) of Regulation
S-K regarding directors of Cincinnati Bell Inc. can be found in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting and
is incorporated herein by reference.
The Company’s Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that applies to its Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer is filed as an exhibit to this Form 10-K and is posted on
the Company’s website at http://www.cincinnatibell.com. Within the time period required by the SEC and the
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the Company will post on its website any amendment to the Code of
Ethics for Senior Financial Officers and any waiver of such code relating to such senior executive officers of the
Company.
In addition to the certifications of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and filed as exhibits to this Annual Report on
Form 10-K, in May 2009 the Company’s Chief Executive Officer submitted to the NYSE the certification
regarding compliance with the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards required by Section 303 A.12 of
the NYSE Listed Company Manual.
Executive Officers of the Registrant:
The names, ages and positions of the executive officers of the Company are as follows:
Name Age Title
John F. Cassidy (a) ........ 55 President and Chief Executive Officer
Brian A. Ross ............ 52 Chief Operating Officer
Gary J. Wojtaszek ......... 43 Chief Financial Officer
Tara L. Khoury ........... 53 Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Christopher J. Wilson ...... 44 Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Brian G. Keating .......... 56 Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
Kurt A. Freyberger ........ 43 Vice President, Investor Relations and Controller
(a) Member of the Board of Directors
Officers are elected annually but are removable at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
JOHN F. CASSIDY, President and Chief Executive Officer since July 2003; Director of the Company
since September 2002; President and Chief Operating Officer of Cincinnati Bell Telephone since May 2001;
President of Cincinnati Bell Wireless since 1997; Senior Vice President, National Sales & Distribution of Rogers
Cantel in Canada from 1992-1996; Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Ericsson Mobile Communications from
1990-1992; Vice President, Sales and Marketing, General Electric Company from 1988-1990.
BRIAN A. ROSS, Chief Operating Officer of the Company since August 2008; Chief Financial Officer of
the Company from 2004 to July 2008; Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting of the Company in
2003; Vice President of Finance and Accounting of the Company’s Cincinnati-based operating subsidiaries from
2001-2003; Vice President of Finance and Accounting of Cincinnati Bell Wireless from 1999-2001.
GARY J. WOJTASZEK, Chief Financial Officer of the Company since August 2008; Senior Vice
President, Treasurer, and Chief Accounting Officer of Laureate Education Corporation from 2006-2008; Vice
President of Finance and principal accounting officer of Agere Systems, Inc. from 2001-2006.
TARA L. KHOURY, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Company since March
2009; Senior Vice President and Chief Global Marketing Officer of Kao Brands Company, 2005-2008; Senior
Vice President, Hillshire Farm division of Sara Lee Corporation, 2004-2005.
CHRISTOPHER J. WILSON, Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since August 2003;
Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary for the Company’s Cincinnati-based operating
subsidiaries from 1999-2003.
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