Cincinnati Bell 2012 Annual Report Download - page 15

Q: How can I get electronic access to the proxy materials?
A: Instructions regarding how to view the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting on the internet and to
instruct the Company to send future proxy materials to you via email or in printed form are included in the
Notice and on the website. If you elect to receive future proxy materials by email, the Company will save the cost
of printing and mailing the proxy materials. You will also receive an email next year with instructions containing
a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. The election to receive proxy materials by email will
remain in effect until you terminate it.
Q: What shares can I vote?
A: You may vote all Company common shares and 6 3/4% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares that
you own (or for which you have been given the right to provide instructions as to how such shares should be
voted) as of the close of business on the Record Date. This includes: (i) shares held directly in your name as the
shareholder of record, including common shares purchased through the Cincinnati Bell Employee Stock Purchase
Plan; (ii) shares that are held by a trust used in connection with a Company employee or director plan pursuant to
which the value of such shares has been credited to your account under such plan; and (iii) shares held for you as
the beneficial owner through a broker or other nominee.
Q: What is the difference between holding shares as a shareholder of record and as a beneficial owner?
A: Many Cincinnati Bell shareholders hold their shares through a broker or other nominee rather than
directly in their own name. As summarized below, there are some distinctions between shares held of record and
those owned beneficially.
Shareholder of Record
If your shares are registered directly in your name with Cincinnati Bell’s transfer agent, Computershare
Investor Services, LLC, you are considered the shareholder of record for those shares. As a shareholder of record,
you may grant your voting proxy over the internet, by mail, by telephone or you may vote your shares in person
at the meeting.
Beneficial Owner
If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by another nominee (including a trust used in
connection with a Company employee or director plan), you are considered the beneficial owner of shares held in
street name, and your broker or nominee is considered to be the shareholder of record. If you are a participant in
the Cincinnati Bell Inc. Retirement Savings Plan or the Cincinnati Bell Inc. Savings and Security Plan, you are
the beneficial owner of the shares credited to your account. As the beneficial owner, a Notice and/or proxy card
was forwarded to you by the shareholder of record. As the beneficial owner, you may direct and provide voting
instructions to your broker or nominee to vote the shares held in your account by proxy over the internet or by
telephone by following the instructions provided in the Notice or the proxy card. You can also mail your proxy to
the Company by following the instructions provided in the proxy card (if forwarded by your broker or nominee).
You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. However, since you are not the shareholder of record, you
may not vote these shares in person at the meeting unless you obtain a signed proxy from the shareholder of
record authorizing you to vote the shares.
Q: How can I attend and vote my shares at the meeting?
A: Shares held directly in your name as the shareholder of record may be voted in person at the Annual
Meeting. If you choose to attend the meeting and vote in person, you will need to provide proof of identification
and then you will be presented a proxy card. Beneficial shares, held either in street name or credited to your
account under a Company employee or director plan, cannot be voted at the Annual Meeting unless you obtain a
signed proxy from the shareholder of record authorizing you to vote these shares.
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