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DIRECTOR
(Term Expires in 2011)
John F. Cassidy
Mr. Cassidy has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cincinnati Bell
Inc. since July 2003 and a director of Cincinnati Bell Inc. since September 2002.
Among other positions held with the Company, he has been President and Chief
Operating Officer of Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company since May 2001, and
President of Cincinnati Bell Wireless Company since 1997. Director since 2002.
Age 55.
Having served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since 2003, and having
served in various other senior-level management roles with the Company,
Mr. Cassidy brings to the Board of Directors critical knowledge and understanding of
the products and services offered by the Company as well as a thorough
understanding of the telecommunications industry in which it operates.
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
(Item 2 on the Proxy Card)
The Company’s Audit and Finance Committee Charter provides that the Committee shall have the sole
authority and responsibility to select, evaluate and, if necessary, replace the Company’s Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
On January 28, 2010, the Audit and Finance Committee retained Deloitte & Touche LLP as its Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm to audit the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2010.
The Company is asking the shareholders to ratify its appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.
If the shareholders do not ratify this appointment, the Audit and Finance Committee will consider the results of
the vote and determine whether to recommend and appoint a different independent registered public accounting
firm to audit the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.
One or more members of the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP will attend the Annual Meeting, will have an
opportunity to make a statement and will be available to answer questions.
Vote Required
Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm of the Company requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the common
shares and 6
3
⁄
4
% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, voting as one class, present or represented at
the annual meeting, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote on this proposal. Abstentions will have the
effect of a vote against the proposal. Since the Company believes this proposal to be “routine,” broker
non-votes will likely be voted by the organizations holding such shares in their discretion.
Our Recommendation
The Board recommends a vote FOR such ratification.
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