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Amendment to Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan dated January 1, 1997

 Exhibit (10)(iii)(A)(17.3) 
 AMENDMENT TO 
 CINCINNATI BELL MANAGEMENT PENSION PLAN 
 The Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan (the “Plan”), which for a certain prior period (that ended as of May 27, 2003) was named the
Broadwing Pension Plan, is hereby amended, effective as of January 1, 1997 and in order to correct inadvertent scrivener errors in the Plan, make certain provisions of the Plan consistent with each other, and clarify the method by which
benefits accrued by rehired Plan participants are to be determined, in the following respects. 
 1. Paragraph (j) of Subsection 2.1.9
of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows. 
 (j) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) above,
a person shall not in any event be considered a “Covered Employee” for any period that occurs on or after January 1, 1994 and prior to January 1, 1998 and during which he is or was considered a substantial service employee
(within the meaning of Treas. Reg. section 1.414(r)-11(b)(2)) with respect to MATRIXX Marketing Inc. or any direct or indirect subsidiary of MATRIXX Marketing Inc. 
 2. Subsection 2.1.16 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows. 
 2.1.16
“Normal Retirement Date” means, with respect to any Participant, the date on which the Participant first attains his Normal Retirement Age. 
 3. Paragraph (a) of Subsection 7.1.2 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows. 
 (a) Such commencement date shall not occur prior to the earlier of (i) the date immediately following the date on which the Participant ceases to be an Employee or (ii) the Participant’s Required Beginning Date; 

4. Paragraph (a) of Subsection 7.6.3 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows. 
 (a) If the payment of the Participant’s prior retirement benefit was paid in the form of a single sum payment or was paid in the form
of an annuity that was suspended pursuant to the provisions of clause (a) of Subsection 7.6.2 above, then the initially determined amount shall be reduced by the sum of each payment actually made to the Participant of his prior retirement
benefit before the commencement date of the Participant’s new retirement benefit, together with interest on such payment. When the commencement date of the Participant’s new retirement benefit occurs prior to October 1, 2003, such
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determined (without compounding) from the original date as of which such payment was made to the date the Participant is reemployed as an Employee at the
rate or rates of interest determined for purposes of section 41 l(c)(2)(C) of the Code for such initial period and from such reemployment date to the commencement date of the Participant’s new retirement benefit at the rate or rates that would
have been used under Section 5.5 above for determining interest credit amounts to a Cash Balance Account of the Participant if the Participant had had a Cash Balance Account throughout such latter period. When the commencement date of the
Participant’s new retirement benefit occurs on or after October 1, 2003, such interest shall be determined (without compounding) from the original date as of which such payment was made to the commencement date of the Participant’s
new retirement benefit at the rate or rates that would have been used under Section 5.5 above for determining interest credit amounts to a Cash Balance Account of the Participant if the Participant had had a Cash Balance Account throughout such
period. 
 5. Paragraph (c) of Subsection 7.6.3 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows. 
 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) above, no reduction shall be made in the initially determined amount by reason of
the provisions of paragraph (a) if (i) the Participant had received his prior retirement benefit in the form of a single sum payment prior to both the commencement date of the Participant’s new retirement benefit and January 1,
2003, (ii) the Participant is a Covered Employee after his reemployment, and (iii) the Participant repays, before the earlier of (A) five years after the first date on which he is reemployed as a Covered Employee or (B) the date
he incurs five consecutive Breaks in Service following the original date as of which the single sum payment of his prior retirement benefit was made, the full amount of such single sum payment plus interest thereon. When such repayment is made prior
to October 1, 2003, such interest shall be determined (without compounding) from the original date as of which such payment was made to the date the Participant is reemployed as an Employee at the rate or rates of interest determined for
purposes of section 41 l(c)(2)(C) of the Code for such initial period and from such reemployment date to the repayment date of such payment at the rate or rates that would have been used under Section 5.5 above for determining interest credit
amounts to a Cash Balance Account of the Participant if the Participant had had a Cash Balance Account throughout such latter period. When such repayment is made on or after October 1, 2003, such interest shall be determined (without
compounding) from the original date as of which such payment was made to the repayment date of such payment at the rate or rates that would have been used under Section 5.5 above for determining interest credit amounts to a Cash Balance Account
of the Participant if the Participant had had a Cash Balance Account throughout such period. 
  

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 6. Table 1 contained at the end of the Plan is amended by deleting the “2.875864” single sum
payment factor for payment age 34 that is set forth in such table and substituting therefore a single sum payment factor of “2.875664.” 
 IN ORDER TO EFFECT THE FOREGOING CHANGES TO THE PLAN, the Plan’s sponsor, Cincinnati Bell Inc., has caused its name to be subscribed to this Plan amendment. 
  

			
	CINCINNATI BELL INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher J. Wilson

	Title:	 	V.P. and General Counsel
	Date:	 	11-7-03

  

 3Amendment to Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan dated December 4, 2003

 Exhibit (10)(iii)(A)(17.4) 
 AMENDMENT TO 
 CINCINNATI BELL MANAGEMENT PENSION PLAN 
 The Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan (the “Plan”), which for a certain prior period (that ended as of May 27, 2003) was named the
Broadwing Pension Plan, is hereby amended, effective as of December 4, 2003 and in order to permit certain Plan participants to participate in both the non-qualified excess benefit part of the Plan and the Cincinnati Bell Inc. Pension Program,
by deleting Subsection 18.15.6 of the Plan in its entirety. 
 IN ORDER TO EFFECT THE FOREGOING CHANGES TO THE PLAN, the Plan’s sponsor;
Cincinnati Bell Inc., has caused its name to be subscribed to this Plan amendment. 
  

			
	CINCINNATI BELL INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher J. Wilson

	Title:	 	 Vice President and General Counsel

	Date:	 	 1-30-04Amendment to Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan dated August 19, 2004

 Exhibit (10)(iii)(A)(17.5) 
 AMENDMENT TO 
 CINCINNATI BELL MANAGEMENT PENSION PLAN 
 The Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan (the “Plan”) is hereby amended, effective as of August 19, 2004, by adding a new Article 19
reading as follows immediately after Plan Article 18. 
 ARTICLE 19 
 2004 EARLY RETIREMENT OFFER 
 19.1 Overview. This Article
19 is effective as of August 19, 2004 and provides for special benefits to be provided certain Participants who accept an offer of the Participating Employers of a special benefit program, all as is provided for in the following provisions of
this Article 19. 
 19.2 Special Definitions. For purposes of this Article 19 only, the following terms shall have the
meanings hereinafter set forth: 
 19.2.1 The term “Eligible Participant” means any person who is eligible under
Section 19.3 below to be offered the special benefit program described in this Article 19. 
 19.2.2 The term “Extra
Lump Sum Formula Amount” means, with respect to any Eligible Participant who accepts the special benefit program offer provided under this Article 19, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (a) a dollar amount equal to two
weeks value of the Eligible Participant’s base rate of pay as determined on October 1, 2004 by (b) the number of whole years included in the Eligible Participant’s Net Credited Service as determined on October 1, 2004.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, such Eligible Participant’s “Extra Lump Sum Formula Amount” shall in no event be deemed to exceed an amount equal to one year’s value of the Eligible Participant’s base
rate of pay as determined on October 1, 2004. For purposes of this Subsection 19.2.2, if such Eligible Participant is assigned to a sales division of a Participating Employer and received Sales Incentive Compensation Awards, all such awards
paid to him for the twelve month period ending on the day immediately preceding October 1, 2004 will be taken into account in determining his base rate of pay on October 1, 2004. In addition, for purposes of this Subsection 19.2.2 and
except as is provided in the immediately preceding sentence, night differentials, overtime pay, team incentive and other awards, bonuses, and any other amounts not part of such Eligible Participant’s basic rate of scheduled pay shall not be
included in determining such Eligible Participant’s base rate of pay. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for an Eligible Participant who is described in Subsection 19.4.4 below, each reference to “October 1, 2004” in the foregoing
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reference to the Eligible Participant’s last day of employment with the Affiliated Employers. 
 19.2.3 The term “Normal Retirement Extra Single Life Annuity Benefit” means, with respect to any Eligible Participant who
accepts the special benefit program offer provided under this Article 19 and when determined as of any date (for purposes of this Subsection 19.2.3, the “subject date”), a hypothetical Single Life Annuity payable to the Eligible
Participant that both (a) commences to be paid as of the later of the Eligible Participant’s Normal Retirement Date or the Eligible Participant’s Offer Retirement Date and (b) has a monthly amount that is actuarially equivalent
to a hypothetical single sum payment that both is made as of the subject date and is equal to the Eligible Participant’s Extra Lump Sum Formula Amount. The actuarial assumptions to be used in making such actuarially equivalent calculation shall
be solely the applicable interest rate and applicable mortality assumption that are in effect under Subsection 11.5.4 above for a benefit for which the subject date is the benefit’s commencement date. 
 19.2.4 The term “Offer Retirement Date” means, with respect to any Eligible Participant who accepts the special benefit program
offer provided under this Article 19, the date the Participant ceases to be an Employee pursuant to such offer. 
 19.2.5 The
term “Net Credited Service” means, with respect to any Participant, the Eligible Participant’s Term of Employment that would be determined under the terms of the Prior Pension Plan if all references to a “Covered Employee”
in such Prior Pension Plan were deemed to be references to an “Employee” (and if section 4.1.8 of such Prior Pension Plan were disregarded). 
 19.3 Eligible Participants. Any person shall be eligible to be offered the special benefit program described in this Article 19 if, and only if, he meets the following conditions: 
 19.3.1 He is on August 19, 2004 both a Covered Employee and a Participant in the Plan; and 
 19.3.2 He would by December 31, 2006, if he remained an Employee from August 19, 2004 to December 31, 2006, either
(a) have Net Credited Service of 30 or more years, (b) both be age 50 and have Net Credited Service of 25 or more years, (c) both be age 55 and have Net Credited Service of 20 or more years, or (d) both be age 60 and have Net
Credited Service of 10 or more years; and 
 19.3.3 He is not prevented by the Participating Employers from accepting the
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of business needs of the Participating Employers. In this regard, the Participating Employers may take actions to exclude employees performing certain jobs
from being eligible for such offer and/or to limit the number of employees in the Participating Employers in the aggregate, or in any department, job, or other unit, who will be permitted to accept such offer. 
 19.4 Offer. 
 19.4.1 The Participating Employers shall, on or about November 3, 2004, deliver or mail written material to each Eligible Participant setting forth the special benefit program offer described in this Article 19 (with such written
material being referred to in this Article 19 as an “offer package”). 
 19.4.2 Such special benefit program offer
shall provide that an Eligible Participant shall receive the benefits described in Sections 19.5 and 19.6 below if, and only if, the Eligible Participant: 
 (a) voluntarily terminates his employment with the Affiliated Employers on such date as is requested or agreed to by the Participating Employers (which date shall not be earlier than the date on which he receives the
offer package or later than December 31, 2006); 
 (b) accepts the special benefit program offered to him under this
Article 19 by, and only by, signing a form prepared by the Participating Employers for this purpose (which form sets forth the Eligible Participant’s agreement to accept the offer and to retire in accordance with the rules of paragraph
(a) of this Subsection 19.4.2) and filing such signed form with the Participating Employers on or prior to the latest date as of which the latest offer package received by him indicates he can accept such offer (which date shall not in any
event occur after November 29, 2004); and 
 (c) releases and waives any claims that he may have against the Affiliated
Employers and all of the Affiliated Employers’ related parties that are requested to be released by the Participating Employers in connection with the special benefit program offer provided under this Article 19, by, and only by, signing a form
prepared by the Participating Employers for this purpose and filing such signed form with the Participating Employers within such time period as is set by the Participating Employers (which generally will be his Offer Retirement Date or the three
immediately following business days); and 
 (d) meets all other conditions imposed by the Participating Employers for
accepting such offer. 
 19.4.3 If an Eligible Participant does not accept the special benefit program offer provided to him
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conditions set forth in Subsection 19.4.2 above, he shall not at any time be entitled to the benefits described in Sections 19.5 and 19.6 below. 

19.4.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections 19.4.1 through 19.4.3 above, any person who qualifies as an Eligible Participant
but who voluntarily terminated his employment with the Affiliated Employers between August 19, 2004 and November 2, 2004 shall, provided that he complies with the requirements of paragraph (c) of Subsection 19.4.2 above (within such
time, after he is notified as to the special benefit program described in this Article 19, as is provided him by the Participating Employers), be deemed for all of the provisions of this Article 19 to have been offered the special program benefit
offer described in this Article 19, to have accepted and complied with all of the conditions of such offer, and to have voluntarily terminated his employment with the Affiliated Employers under and pursuant to such offer. 
 19.5 Special Extra Retirement Benefit. If an Eligible Participant accepts the special benefit program offer provided under this
Article 19 and complies with all of the conditions of such offer, he shall be entitled to a special retirement benefit not otherwise provided under the foregoing Articles of this Plan. Such special retirement benefit is described in the following
provisions of this Section 19.5 and is referred to in such provisions and in Section 19.6 below as the “extra retirement benefit.” The monthly or single sum amount of the Eligible Participant’s extra retirement benefit shall
be determined under the provisions of Subsection 19.5.1 below, and all other details of the extra retirement benefit (including such benefit’s form of payment and commencement date) shall be determined under the provisions of Subsections 19.5.2
and 19.5.3 below. 
 19.5.1 The monthly or single sum amount of the Eligible Participant’s extra retirement benefit shall
be determined as follows: 
 (a) If the Eligible Participant’s extra retirement benefit is paid to the Eligible
Participant in the form of a Single Life Annuity that commences as of any certain date (for purposes of this paragraph (a), the “subject commencement date”), then the monthly amount of such benefit shall be equal to the greater of
(1) the amount that would make such Single Life Annuity actuarially equivalent to a hypothetical single sum payment that both is made as of the subject commencement date and is equal to the Eligible Participant’s Extra Lump Sum Formula
Amount or (2) the amount that would make such Single Life Annuity actuarially equivalent to the Eligible Participant’s Normal Retirement Extra Single Life Annuity Benefit determined as of the subject commencement date. The actuarial
assumptions to be used in making any of the actuarially equivalent calculations required under this paragraph (a) shall be solely the applicable interest rate and applicable mortality assumption that are in effect under Subsection 11.5.4 above
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 (b) If the Eligible Participant’s extra retirement benefit is paid to the Eligible
Participant in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity that commences as of any certain date, then the monthly amount of such benefit shall be the amount that would be determined under Subsection 7.2.2 above if the extra retirement
benefit were the Eligible Participant’s sole retirement benefit under the Plan; and 
 (c) If the Eligible
Participant’s extra retirement benefit is paid to the Eligible Participant in the form of a single sum payment that is made as of any certain date (for purposes of this paragraph (c), the “subject payment date”), then the single sum
amount of such benefit shall be an amount equal to the greater of (1) the Eligible Participant’s Extra Lump Sum Formula Amount or (2) the amount that would make such single sum payment actuarially equivalent to the Eligible
Participant’s Normal Retirement Extra Single Life Annuity Benefit determined as of the subject payment date. The actuarial assumptions to be used in making the actuarially equivalent calculation required under this paragraph (c) shall be
solely the applicable interest rate and applicable mortality assumption that are in effect under Subsection 11.5.4 above for a benefit for which the subject payment date is the benefit’s commencement date. 
 19.5.2 Except to the extent otherwise provided or modified in Subsection 19.5.3 below or to the extent the context of this Article 19
otherwise requires, all of the provisions of this Plan (other than Articles 3, 4, 5, and 9 above) shall apply as if the Eligible Participant’s extra retirement benefit were added to and were a part of the Eligible Participant’s retirement
benefit accrued under the Articles of this Plan that precede this Article 19 as of his Offer Retirement Date and as such benefit may be modified under the provisions of Section 19.6 below (for purposes of this Section 19.5 and
Section 19.6 below, his “regular retirement benefit”). In particular, except to the extent otherwise provided or modified in Subsection 19.5.3 below, the Eligible Participant’s extra retirement benefit and regular retirement
benefit shall be deemed to be one retirement benefit for purposes of determining the form of and commencement date of such benefits and applying the provisions of Articles 10 and 17 above (which provide for benefit limits and top heavy plan rules).

 19.5.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 19.5.2 above, as a special option and not in any event limiting the
forms of benefit in which the Eligible Participant’s extra retirement benefit and regular retirement benefit can be paid, the Eligible Participant may elect to receive his extra retirement benefit and regular retirement benefit, in lieu of the
normal form of benefit otherwise payable under Section 7.2 above or any other optional form of benefit described in Section 7.3 above and provided all of the election provisions of Section 7.4 above are met, in the following forms:

  

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 (a) a Single Life Annuity for his regular retirement benefit and a single sum payment
for his extra retirement benefit; or 
 (b) if the Eligible Participant is married as of the commencement date of his
retirement benefits under the Plan, a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity for his regular retirement benefit and a single sum payment for his extra retirement benefit. 
 The commencement date of the payment of each of his regular retirement benefit and his extra retirement benefit must in such case still be the same date and determined as if the Eligible Participant’s extra
retirement benefit and regular retirement benefit were one benefit. 
 19.6 Special Early Retirement Discount Factors for
Regular Retirement Benefit. If an Eligible Participant accepts the special benefit program offer provided under this Article 19 and complies with all of the conditions of such offer, then, in addition to the extra retirement benefit under
Section 19.5 above, he shall have his regular retirement benefit under the Plan determined in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan but with the following adjustment in the event the commencement date of his regular retirement
benefit occurs prior to December 31, 2006: his Prior Pension Plan Amount (as is otherwise defined in Subsection 9.2.4(a) above) as of the commencement date of his regular retirement benefit (which Prior Pension Plan Amount is sometimes used to
help determine his regular retirement benefit) shall be determined under the provisions of Subsection 9.2.4(a) above but with any early retirement discount reduction factors set forth in the provisions of the Prior Pension Plan that are used in such
determination (to the extent the provisions of Subsection 9.2.4(a) above would require that such Prior Pension Plan early retirement discount factors are used in determining the Prior Pension Plan Amount) being applied in such determination of the
Prior Pension Plan Amount based on the age and service with the Affiliated Employers that the Eligible Participant would have on December 31, 2006 if he continued in the employment of the Affiliated Employers from his actual date of termination
with the Affiliated Employers (pursuant to his acceptance of the special benefit program offer provided under this Article 19) to December 31, 2006. 
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 IN ORDER TO EFFECT THE FOREGOING CHANGES TO THE PLAN, the Plan’s sponsor, Cincinnati Bell Inc., has
caused its name to be subscribed to this Plan amendment. 
  

			
	CINCINNATI BELL INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher J. Wilson

	Title:	 	V.P. & General Counsel
	Date:	 	12-13-04

  

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