September 23, 2013
CINCINNATI, Ohio – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE: CBB) In connection with the appointment of Leigh Fox as chief financial officer of Cincinnati Bell, effective October 1, 2013, the company reaffirms its 2013 financial guidance which excludes the results of its former data center segment:
| Category | 2013 Guidance |
| Revenue | $1.2 billion |
| Adjusted EBITDA1 | Approx. $390 million* |
*Plus or minus 2 percent
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release contains information about adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA) This non-GAAP financial measure is used by Cincinnati Bell management when evaluating results of operations and cash flow. Management believes this measure also provide users of the financial statements with additional and useful comparisons of current results of operations and cash flows with past and future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as being more important than comparable GAAP measures. Detailed reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to comparable GAAP financial measures are available in the Investor Relations section of www.cincinnatibell.com.
1Adjusted EBITDA provides a useful measure of operational performance. The company defines Adjusted EBITDA as GAAP operating income plus depreciation, amortization, restructuring charges, asset impairments, components of pension and other retirement plan costs related to interest costs, asset returns, and amortization of actuarial gains and losses, and other special items.
About Cincinnati Bell
With headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) provides integrated communications solutions—including local and long distance voice, data, high-speed Internet, entertainment, and wireless services—that keep residential and business customers in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton connected with each other and with the world. In addition, enterprise customers across the United States rely on CBTS, a wholly-owned subsidiary, for efficient, scalable office communications systems and end-to-end IT solutions. Cincinnati Bell is the majority owner of CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE), which provides best-in-class data center colocation services to enterprise customers through its facilities with fully redundant power and cooling solutions that are currently located in the Midwest, Texas, Arizona, London, and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.cincinnatibell.com.
Source: Cincinnati Bell Inc.
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