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Exhibit 10ii  

 
 

AGREEMENT    
  

    THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 18th day of October, 2000, by and between BellSouth Corporation, a Georgia corporation ("Company"), and Gary D.
Forsee ("Executive"): 

    Reasons for this Agreement.  Company has identified Executive as an individual with significant skills and experience
critical to the business of Company. In view of the significant and growing demand for executive talent, the potential impact on Company's executives of the transformational changes occurring within
our industry and company, and the need to ensure continuity of Company's senior executive team, Company desires to provide Executive through this Agreement with certain incentives to remain in
Company's employment. This Agreement is also designed to provide additional motivation for meeting Company's goals and objectives, to address potential long term employment concerns of Executive, and
to impose certain reasonable restrictions on Executive's activities designed to protect Company's interests should Executive's employment terminate. 

    Executive
has been employed by Company since September 1999. Effective October 1, 2000, Executive was appointed Vice Chairman of the Company and President of BellSouth
International, Inc. Prior to this appointment, Executive served as Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Staff Officer, and was responsible for managing staff functions throughout
Company including corporate strategy and planning, business development, procurement, human resources, shared services and corporate support services. 

    Executive
acknowledges that Company and Affiliated Companies have disclosed or made available Confidential Information to Executive which could be used by Executive to Company's or
Affiliated Companies' detriment. In addition, in connection with his employment, Executive has developed important relationships and contacts with employees valuable to Company and Affiliated
Companies. 

    Executive
further acknowledges that the covenant not to compete and other restrictive covenants in this Agreement are fair and reasonable, that enforcement of the provisions of this
Agreement will not cause him undue hardship, and that the provisions of this Agreement are reasonably necessary and commensurate with the need to protect Company and Affiliated Companies and their
business interests and property from irreparable harm. 

    Executive
and Company have entered into an agreement in connection with Executive's becoming employed by Company, dated           (the "Prior Agreement"). Executive and
Company now desire to replace, in part, the Prior Agreement with this Agreement. 

    Agreement.  In consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Executive and Company agree as follows: 

    1.  Prior Agreement.  Executive and Company agree and acknowledge that, upon
execution of this Agreement, this Agreement supercedes the Prior Agreement in all respects, except for the terms of section 2 (regarding certain Special Bonus Payments), section 3
(regarding certain Equity Awards), and section 19 (regarding a Duty to Defend) of the Prior Agreement. 

    2.  Restricted Shares Award.  In connection with execution of this Agreement,
Company shall grant to Executive an award of one hundred thousand (100,000) restricted shares of Company's common stock (such award being referred to in this Agreement as the "Restricted Shares
Award"). The Restricted Shares Award shall be granted pursuant to an agreement (the "Restricted Shares Award Agreement") substantially identical to the BellSouth Corporation Restricted Shares Award
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated by this reference herein. 

    3.  Minimum SERP Benefit; Post-Retirement Medical Benefits.  In the
event Executive attains the age of fifty-eight (58) while still employed by Company: 

    (a)
in determining the amount of benefits payable with respect to Executive under SERP, Executive shall be entitled to benefits equal to the greater of: 

	(i)
	an
aggregate annual benefit based on forty-five percent (45%) of "Included Earnings" (as such term is defined in SERP), increased by two
(2) percentage points for each additional year of "Net Credited Service" (as such term is defined in SERP) earned by Executive after the year in which his fifty-eighth (58th)
birthday occurs (such percentage not to exceed, however, in the aggregate seventy percent (70%) of Included Earnings), instead of the formula described in section 4.4(a)(i)(A) of SERP; and 

 

	(ii)
	the
benefit provided to Executive under SERP without regard to this Section 3(a). 

 Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 3(a), all other terms and conditions of SERP shall govern Executive's entitlement to benefits thereunder. In the event SERP shall be
amended or restated or redesigned, benefits payable with respect to Executive under such amended, restated or redesigned plan shall include a benefit enhancement designed to approximate as nearly as
reasonably possible the SERP benefit enhancement described in this Section 3(a). 

and 

    (b)
if Executive's employment is subsequently terminated at a time when Executive has not yet satisfied age and service requirements for eligibility for Company-provided
post-retirement medical benefits, Executive shall be entitled to post-retirement medical benefits from Company comparable to the coverage provided by Company's medical benefits
plan(s) to similarly situated employees who do retire eligible for such post-retirement coverage. Such benefits shall be administered under procedures implemented by Company from time to
time with respect to such special post-retirement benefits. 

    4.  Termination Allowance. In the event Executive's employment is terminated under circumstances
described below in this Section 4, Company shall pay to Executive a termination allowance. The termination allowance shall be an amount equal to the sum of (i) two hundred percent (200%)
of Executive's Base Salary in effect on the date of Executive's termination of employment, plus (ii) two hundred percent (200%) of the standard award amount applicable to Executive under the
BellSouth Short Term Incentive Award Plan ("STIAP") for the year in which his date of termination occurs, less all applicable withholdings, payable in a single lump sum payment. Payment of the
termination allowance shall be made as soon as practicable following Executive's termination of employment under circumstances entitling him to such payment, and satisfaction of all conditions
described in this Agreement on Executive's entitlement to such payment. 

    For
purposes of this Agreement, "Base Salary" shall refer to the gross annual base salary payable to Executive including (i) the amounts of any before-tax
contributions made by Executive from such salary to the BellSouth Retirement Savings Plan, or any other tax-qualified cash or deferred arrangement sponsored by Company, and (ii) the
amount of any other deferrals of such salary under any nonqualified deferred compensation plan(s) maintained by Company. 

    Executive's
employment shall be deemed to have been terminated under circumstances described in this Section 4 only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: 

	(A)
	Executive's
employment is terminated either (1) by Company, other than for Cause, or (2) by Executive for Good Reason; and

	(B)
	Executive
executes a release satisfying the terms of Section 7(b) of this Agreement; and

	(C)
	Executive
executes an agreement regarding competition with Company and Affiliated Companies satisfying the terms of Section 10(b) of this Agreement; and

	(D)
	Executive
is not transferred to or reemployed by an Affiliated Company. 

    5.  Vesting of Executive Benefits.  In the event Executive's employment is
terminated under circumstances described in Section 4 of this Agreement, all benefits of Executive under the BellSouth Supplemental Life Insurance Plan and the SERP, shall be determined as if
Executive, upon his termination of employment, had been eligible for a service pension under the terms and conditions of the BellSouth Personal Retirement Account Pension Plan. This provision shall be
disregarded in determining benefits of (or with respect to) Executive under any other Company-sponsored compensation or benefit plan or program, including without limitation the Stock Plan. 

    6.  Non-Vested Stock Options.  In the event Executive's employment is
terminated under circumstances described in Section 4 of this Agreement, Company shall pay to Executive an amount with respect to all Options (as such term is defined in the Stock Plan) to
acquire Company stock which are forfeited by virtue of having not been vested and exercisable at the time of such termination of employment, determined: 

	(i)
	by
multiplying the number of Options in each such grant by the amount, if any, by which the Fair Market Value of Company's common stock subject to
the Option exceeds the exercise price of those Options; and 

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	(ii)
	by
then multiplying the amount determined in (i) above with respect to each such Option grant by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of whole calendar months which shall have elapsed from the grant date of such Option through the date of Executive's employment termination date, and the denominator of which is the number of
calendar months in the full vesting period applicable to such grant. 

    Payment
of the amount so determined, less all applicable withholdings, shall be made in a single lump sum payment as soon as practicable following Executive's termination of
employment under circumstances entitling him to such payment, and satisfaction of all conditions described in this Agreement on Executive's entitlement to such payment. 

    For
purposes of this Agreement, "Fair Market Value" shall mean the average of the high and low sales prices of one share of Company stock subject to the Option on the New York Stock
Exchange for the last business day (on which the New York Stock Exchange operates and is open to the public for trading) of each of the three (3) months preceding the month in which Executive's
termination of employment occurs. 

    7.  Discharge and Waiver.  (a) Executive fully releases and forever
discharges Company and Affiliated Companies, and any employee, officer, director, representative, agent, successor or assign of Company and Affiliated Companies (both in their personal and official
capacities), and all persons acting by, through and under or in concert with any of them, from any and all claims, demands, causes of action, remedies, obligations, costs and expenses of whatever
nature, whether under the common law, state law, federal law (including but not limited to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967) or otherwise, through the date of this Agreement, including
those arising from or in connection with the terms and conditions of employment with Company (and Affiliated Companies). This paragraph is not intended to and shall not affect benefits to which
Executive may be entitled under any pension, savings, health, welfare, or other benefit plan in which Executive is a participant. 

    (b)  Furthermore,
Company's obligations under this Agreement upon termination of Executive's employment, and Executive's entitlement to any such benefits, are expressly
conditioned upon execution by Executive, upon termination of his employment, of a release agreement substantially in the form of the release agreement attached to this Agreement as Exhibit "B," which
is incorporated herein by this reference. 

    8.  Covenant Not to Sue.  Executive covenants and agrees not to make or file any
claim, demand or cause of action or seek any remedy of whatever nature, whether under the common law, state law, federal law (including but not limited to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of
1967) or otherwise, arising from or in connection with the matters discharged and waived in Section 7, above. 

    9.  Confidential Information.  Executive agrees to protect Confidential
Information. Executive will not use, except in connection with work for Company or Affiliated Companies, threaten to use, disclose or threaten to disclose, give or threaten to give to others any
Confidential Information. For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" shall mean information, whether generated internally or externally, relating to Company's business or to Affiliated
Companies' businesses which derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to other Persons and is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to
maintain its secrecy or confidentiality, including, but not limited to, studies and analyses, technical or nontechnical data, programs, patterns, compilations, devices, methods, models (including cost
and /or pricing models and operating models), techniques, drawings, processes, employee compensation data, and financial data (including marketing information and strategies and personnel data). For
purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information does not include information which is not a trade secret three (3) years after termination of Executive's employment with Company, but shall
continue to include trade secrets as long as information remains a trade secret under applicable law. 

    10.  Employment with Competitors.  (a) While employed by Company or an
Affiliated Company, and during the period of eighteen (18) months after the termination of such employment, Executive agrees not to provide services (as more fully described below) in
competition with Company or any Affiliated Company to any person or entity which provides products or services identical to or similar to products and services provided by Company or Affiliated
Companies in the same market(s), whether as an employee, consultant, independent contractor or otherwise, within the Territory. 

    For
purposes of this Agreement, the term "Territory" shall mean the territory in which Executive provides services to Company and Affiliated Companies, consisting of those portions of
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

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Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and those additional markets listed on Exhibit "C" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, in which
Company or Affiliated Companies are engaged in business. Executive agrees that because of the widespread nature of Company's business, breach of this Agreement by engaging in competitive activity
anywhere in this broad Territory would irreparably injure Company or Affiliated Companies and that, therefore, a more limited geographic restriction is neither feasible nor appropriate. 

    The
services which Executive has provided to Company and Affiliated Companies, and which Executive shall be prohibited from providing in competition with Company or Affiliated
Companies in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be management, strategic planning, business planning, administration, or other participation in or providing advice with respect to the
communications services business, including without limitation all forms of wireline (including without limitation local exchange, exchange access and intraLATA toll) telecommunications services,
systems and products, all forms of wireless (including without limitation cellular, personal communications service, and mobile data) communications services, systems and products, all forms of
electronic commerce or communications including internet and other web based applications, data transmission and networking, entertainment services, systems and products, paging services, systems and
products, and advertising and publishing, to the extent engaged in by Company and Affiliated Companies on the date of this Agreement. 

    Executive
represents to Company that Executive's education, training and experience are such that this covenant not to compete will not jeopardize or significantly interfere with
Executive's ability to secure other gainful employment. 

    (b)
Company's obligation to provide any of the benefits, entitlements or payments described in this Agreement or in the Restricted Shares Award Agreement are expressly conditioned
upon execution by Executive of an agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Company, and reflecting terms substantially identical to the terms of Section 10(a) of this Agreement
updated, however, to reflect, as of the date of Executive's termination of employment, (i) the products and services provided by Company and Affiliated Companies, (ii) the territory in
which such products and services are provided by Company and Affiliated Companies, and (iii) the nature of the services provided, and activities engaged in, by Executive. Upon execution of such
agreement, the provisions of Section 10(a) of this Agreement shall thereafter be void. 

    (c)
In the event that Executive either (i) fails or refuses to execute an agreement satisfying the terms of Section 10(b) of this Agreement following his termination of
employment, or (ii) fails to comply with the terms of Section 10(a), the agreement described in Section 10(b), or Section 11 of this Agreement, then, in addition to all
other rights and remedies available to Company and Affiliated Companies under this Agreement or at law or in equity: 

	(A)
	all
amounts otherwise payable by Company or an Affiliated Company to (or on behalf of) Executive pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for periods subsequent to the date of
termination of employment, with regard to clause (i) above, or of such failure, with regard to clause (ii) above, as the case may be, shall be forfeited and Company and Affiliated
Companies shall cease to be under any further obligation to Executive with respect to the compensation and benefits described in this Agreement;

	(B)
	Executive
shall refund to Company promptly any and all amounts previously paid to or on behalf of Executive pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for periods subsequent to the
occurrence of any event described in clause (ii) above of this Section 10(c); and

	(C)
	Executive
shall promptly return to Company all shares of Company's common stock delivered to Executive pursuant to the Restricted Shares Award plus, if any of such shares shall have
been previously disposed of, a cash amount equal to the proceeds from such disposition (or the fair market value of such shares on the date of such disposition, if disposed of for less than fair
market value). 

    11.  Hiring or Solicitation of Company Employees.  While employed by Company or
an Affiliated Company, and during the period of eighteen (18) months after the termination of such employment, Executive will not hire or induce or attempt to induce or solicit to leave
employment with Company or Affiliated Companies, for himself or on behalf of any other Person, anyone who is or was, during Executive's employment with Company, an employee of Company or Affiliated
Companies. However, Executive may offer employment on behalf of himself or on behalf of 

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any company or entity to any such employee who terminated his or her employment without any inducement or attempted inducement or solicitation by Executive. 

    12.  Interpretation; Severability of Invalid Provisions.  Executive acknowledges
and agrees that the limitations described in this Agreement, including specifically the limitations upon his activities, are reasonable in scope, are necessary for the protection of Company's and
Affiliated Companies' business, and form an essential part of the consideration for which this Agreement has been entered into. It is the intention of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement
be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under applicable laws and public policies. Nonetheless, the rights and restrictions contained in this Agreement may be exercised and shall be applicable
and binding only to the extent they do not violate any applicable laws and are intended to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will not render this Agreement illegal, invalid or
unenforceable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and
effect. The provisions of this Agreement do not in any way limit or abridge Company's or Affiliated Companies' rights under the laws of unfair competition, trade secret, copyright, patent, trademark
or any other applicable law(s), all of which are in addition to and cumulative of Company's or Affiliated Companies' rights under this Agreement. Executive agrees that the existence of any claim by
Executive against Company or any Affiliated Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to enforcement by Company or any Affiliated Company of any or all
of such provisions or covenants. 

    13.  Relief.  The parties acknowledge that a breach or threatened breach by
Executive of any of the terms of this Agreement would result in material and irreparable damage and injury to Company or Affiliated Companies, and that it would be difficult or impossible to establish
the full monetary value of such damage. Therefore, Company and Affiliated Companies shall be entitled to injunctive relief in the event of Executive's breach or threatened breach of any of the terms
contained in this Agreement. In the event of any breach of this Agreement by Executive, if Company or any Affiliated Company should employ attorneys or incur other expenses for the enforcement of any
obligation or agreement of Executive contained herein, Executive agrees that, on demand and to the extent permitted by law, Executive shall reimburse Company or the Affiliated Company for its
reasonable attorneys' fees and such other reasonable expenses so incurred. 

    14.  Arbitration.  Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating
to this Agreement, or the breach, termination or invalidity hereof (collectively, a "Claim") shall be settled by arbitration pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Any such
arbitration shall be conducted by one arbitrator, with experience in the matters covered by this Agreement, mutually acceptable to the parties. If the parties are unable to agree on the arbitrator
within thirty (30) days of one party giving the other party written notice of intent to arbitrate a Claim, the American Arbitration Association shall appoint an arbitrator with such
qualifications to conduct such arbitration. The decision of the arbitrator in any such arbitration shall be conclusive and binding on the parties. Any such arbitration shall be conducted in Atlanta,
Georgia. 

    15.  Agreement Binding.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of Company and Affiliated Companies, and their successors, assignees, and designees, and Executive and Executive's heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives and assigns. 

    16.  Entire Agreement; Previous Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire
agreement between the parties and no statements, promises or inducements made by any party hereto, or agent of either party, which are not contained in this Agreement shall be valid or binding;
provided, however, that the matters dealt with herein supersede previous written agreements between the parties on the same subject matters only to the extent such previous provisions are inconsistent
with this Agreement and other provisions in written agreements between the parties not inconsistent with this Agreement are not affected. This Agreement may not be enlarged, modified or altered except
in writing signed by the parties. 

    17.  Nonwaiver.  The failure of Company or any Affiliated Companies to insist
upon strict performance of the terms of this Agreement, or to exercise any option herein, shall not be construed as a waiver or a relinquishment for the future of such term or option, but rather the
same shall continue in full force and effect. 

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    18.  Notices.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications required
or permitted by this Agreement or by any statute relating to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered or mailed, first-class, certified mail, postage
prepaid, addressed as follows: 

	To Company:	 	Charles R. Morgan

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

BellSouth Corporation

2002 Campanile

1155 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309
	

To Executive:	
 	

Gary D. Forsee

4179 Randall Court

Atlanta, GA 30327

(or such other address as shall be provided by Executive to Company from time to time)

    19.  Pooling of Interests Accounting Treatment.  Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, if the application of any provision(s) of this Agreement, including without limitation, the grant of the Restricted Shares Award described in Section 2, would
preclude the use of pooling of interests accounting treatment with respect to a transaction for which such treatment otherwise is available and to be adopted by Company, this Agreement shall be
modified as it applies to such transaction, to the minimum extent necessary to prevent such impact, including if necessary the invalidation of such provisions (or the entire Agreement, as the case may
be). If the pooling of interests accounting rules require modification or invalidation of one or more provisions of this Agreement as it applies to such transaction, the adverse impact on the
Executive shall, to the extent reasonably possible, be proportionate to the adverse impact on other similarly situated employees of Company. The Board of Directors of Company shall, in its sole and
absolute discretion, make all determinations necessary under this Section; provided, that determinations regarding the application of the pooling of interests accounting rules for these purposes shall
be made by Company, with the concurrence of Company's independent auditors at the time such determination is to be made. 

    20.  Nonduplication.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, if
Executive becomes entitled to benefits under Article III of the CIC Agreement, (i) the severance benefits described in Article III(a) of the CIC Agreement shall be in lieu of any
termination allowance to which Executive is otherwise entitled under Section 4 of this Agreement; (ii) Article III(d) of the CIC Agreement shall apply in lieu of the provisions of
Section 5 of this Agreement; and (iii) Article IV of the CIC Agreement shall apply in lieu of the provisions of Section 6 of this Agreement. Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Section 20, both this Agreement and the CIC Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, and Article X(e) of the CIC Agreement shall be interpreted
consistently herewith. 

    21.  Nondisclosure.  Executive shall not disclose the existence or terms of this
Agreement to any third party (excluding Executive's spouse and children), except to receive advice of legal counsel, financial advisors or tax advisors (who shall also be required to maintain its
confidentiality) or to comply with any statutory or common law duty; provided that these restrictions on disclosure shall not apply to the extent that the existence of this Agreement are disclosed by
Company or any Affiliated Company as part of its periodic public filings and disclosures or otherwise. 

    22.  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. 

    23.  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed under and governed by the
laws of the State of Georgia. Executive has been advised to consult with an attorney, acknowledges having had ample opportunity to do so and fully understands the binding effect of this Agreement. In
this regard, Executive acknowledges that a copy of this Agreement was provided to Executive for review and consideration for up to twenty-two (22) days. Further, Executive
understands that this Agreement may be revoked by Executive within seven (7) days from the date of execution of this Agreement. 

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    24.  Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meaning specified below: 

    (a)  "Affiliated Companies"—shall mean Company and each entity in respect of which Company owns directly or indirectly
(i) with respect to a corporation, stock that represents at least ten (10%) percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in the corporation in connection with the election
of directors of such corporation, or (ii) in the case of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity, and interest of at least ten (10%) percent in the capital or
profits of such entity. 

    (b)
"Base Salary"—shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4 of this Agreement. 

    (c)  "Cause"—shall mean Executive's (i) engaging in an act (or acts) of willful dishonesty involving Company or
Affiliated Companies or their business(es) that is demonstrably injurious to Company or Affiliated Companies; (ii) refusal or failure to follow reasonable instructions of Company's Chief
Executive Officer or Board of Directors; or (iii) conviction of a crime classified as a felony. 

    (d)
"CIC Agreement"—the Executive Severance Agreement entered into by and between Executive and Company on
September 1, 1999, providing certain benefits in the event of a change in corporate control of Company, as amended from time to time. 

    (e)  "Fair Market Value"—shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6 of this Agreement. 

    (f)
"Good Reason"—shall mean, without Executive's express written consent, a reduction in Executive's Base Salary, or his
compensation band, as in effect immediately prior to such reduction, or the failure to pay a bonus award to which Executive is otherwise entitled under any of the short term or long term incentive
plans in which Executive participates (or any successor incentive compensation plans) at the time such awards are usually paid. 

    (g)  "Person"—shall mean any individual, corporation, bank, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, governmental or other legal or business entity. 

    (h)
"Prior Agreement"—shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the preamble to this Agreement. 

    (i)
"Restricted Shares Award"—shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2 of this Agreement. 

    (j)  "Restricted Shares Award Agreement"—shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2 of this Agreement. 

    (k)
"SERP"—the BellSouth Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended from time to time. 

    (l)
"Stock Plan"—the BellSouth Corporation Stock Plan and related award agreements, as amended from time to time. 

    (m)
"Territory"—shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10 of this Agreement. 

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative, and Executive has executed
this Agreement, as of the date written above. 

	EXECUTIVE:	 	BELLSOUTH CORPORATION:
	

/s/ GARY D. FORSEE   
 GARY D. FORSEE	
 	

By: /s/ RICHARD D. SIBBERNSEN 

   

	 	 	Title: Vice President—Human Resources

    

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Exhibit 10ii-1  

 
 

BELLSOUTH CORPORATION STOCK PLAN
  RESTRICTED SHARES AWARD AGREEMENT    
  

    BellSouth Corporation ("BellSouth") and Gary D. Forsee ("Executive"), in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth and for other good and valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, hereby agree to the terms of this Restricted Shares Award Agreement ("Agreement") effective as of
October 18, 2000: 

    1.
Award Grant. BellSouth, acting pursuant to action of its Board of Directors and in accordance with the BellSouth Corporation Stock
Plan (the "Plan"), hereby grants to Executive, and Executive hereby accepts, one hundred thousand (100,000) Restricted Shares of BellSouth Corporation $1.00 par value common stock (the "Shares"),
effective as of the date above. This Award is subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to the further terms and conditions applicable to Restricted Shares as set forth in the Plan and to
applicable terms and conditions regarding change in control in the Executive Severance Agreement dated September 1, 1999 between BellSouth and Executive (the "CIC Agreement"). 

    2.
Restriction Period.

    (a)
Vesting Schedule. Executive's interest in the Shares shall vest in accordance with the following schedule: 

	Vesting Date
 
	 	Number of Shares

	October 1, 2003	 	thirty-three thousand three hundred thirty-three (33,333) shares
	October 1, 2004	 	an additional thirty-three thousand three hundred thirty-three (33,333) shares
	October 1, 2005	 	the remaining thirty-three thousand three hundred thirty-four (33,334) shares

    (b)
Death or Disability. Executive's interest in the Shares also will vest upon any earlier termination of employment by Executive with
the Company or any Subsidiary, or any employer described in paragraph 9 (also referred to herein as a "Subsidiary"), by reason of (i) death or (ii) disability, provided as a
result of such disability Executive is eligible for disability benefits under the BellSouth Corporation Long Term Disability Plan or disability benefits under an alternative plan maintained by
Executive's employer which BellSouth determines to be comparable to such disability benefits. 

    (c)  Change in Control. Executive's interest in the Shares also will vest at any earlier time upon which Executive's general executive
benefits vest under paragraph (d) of Article III of the CIC Agreement in the same manner as if Executive's interest in the Shares was specifically listed in such paragraph (d). 

    (d)
Forfeiture. In the event Executive terminates employment with BellSouth and its Subsidiaries before his interest in the Shares is
fully vested under this Paragraph (2) above, Executive shall forfeit all of his interest in the Shares to the extent not then vested. 

    3.  Share Certificates. The certificates for the Shares (the "Certificates") shall be registered in the name of Executive. Executive,
immediately upon receipt of the Certificates, shall execute with BellSouth an escrow agreement provided by BellSouth for this purpose substantially in the form attached hereto (the "Escrow Agreement")
and deposit the Certificates with the escrow agent under such agreement (the "Escrow Agent") together with stock powers appropriately endorsed in blank. After Executive becomes vested in Shares as
provided in Paragraph 2 above, the Escrow Agent shall release the applicable Certificate representing the number of vested Shares to Executive (or to his Beneficiary or his legal
representative, if appropriate). In the event of Executive's forfeiture of Shares under Paragraph 2 above, the Escrow Agent shall release the applicable Certificate representing the number of
forfeited Shares to BellSouth. 

    4.
Stockholder Status. Executive shall have all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Shares prior to any forfeiture,
including the right to vote the Shares and to receive all regular cash dividends paid with respect to the Shares, subject to terms of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Plan. Notwithstanding
the above, Executive shall have no right to sell, assign, transfer, exchange or encumber or make subject to any creditor's process, whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law, any of his
interest in Shares to the extent not then vested under Paragraph 2 above, and any attempt to do so shall be of no effect. In addition, all shares of capital stock or other securities issued
with respect to or in substitution of any Shares not then vested under Paragraph 2 

 

above, whether by BellSouth or by another issuer, any cash or other property received on account of a redemption of such Shares or with respect to such Shares upon the liquidation, sale or merger of
BellSouth, and any other distributions with respect to such Shares with the exception of regular cash dividends, shall remain subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 

    5.
Employment and Termination. Neither the Plan, this Agreement nor the Escrow Agreement shall give Executive the right to continued
employment by BellSouth or by any Subsidiary or shall adversely affect the right of any such company to terminate Executive's employment with or without cause at any time. 

    6.
Securities Law Restrictions. Executive certifies that he is acquiring the Shares for his own account and that he has no present
intention to sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares. Executive acknowledges that the Shares shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions on any resale and on any other disposition as
BellSouth shall deem necessary or desirable under any applicable laws or regulations or in light of any stock exchange requirements and that the Certificates shall bear legends as determined to be
appropriate by BellSouth. 

    7.
Tax Withholding. BellSouth or any Subsidiary shall have the right to withhold from any payment to Executive, require payment from
the Executive, or take such other action which such company deems necessary to satisfy any income or other tax withholding or reporting requirements arising from this Award of Restricted Shares, and
Executive shall provide to any such company such information, and pay to it upon request such amounts, as it determines are required to comply with such requirements. 

    8.
Jurisdiction and Venue. Executive consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, and the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for all purposes in connection with any suit, action, or other proceeding relating to this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement,
including the enforcement of any rights under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement and any process or notice of motion in connection with such situation or other proceeding may be serviced by
certified or registered mail or personal service within or without the State of Georgia, provided a reasonable time for appearance is allowed. 

    9.  Certain Employment Transfers. In the event Executive is transferred to any company or business in which BellSouth directly or
indirectly owns an interest but which is not a "subsidiary" as defined in the Plan, then Executive shall not be deemed to have terminated his employment under this Agreement until such time, if any,
as Executive terminates employment with such organization and, if applicable, fails to return to BellSouth or a Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of Executive's assignment, or Executive
otherwise fails to meet the terms of Executive's assignment, at which time Executive's deemed termination of employment shall be treated in the same manner as a termination of employment from
BellSouth or a Subsidiary under this Agreement. 

    10.  Miscellaneous

    (a)
Executive's rights under this Agreement can be modified, suspended or canceled only in accordance with the terms of the Plan. 

    (b)
This Agreement shall be subject to the applicable provisions, definitions, terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, all of which are incorporated by this reference in this
Agreement and, unless defined in this Agreement, any capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the same meaning assigned to those terms under the Plan. 

    (c)
The Plan and this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia. 

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    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written. 

	 	 	BELLSOUTH CORPORATION:
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/ RICHARD D. SIBBERNSEN   

	

 	
 	

EXECUTIVE:
	

 	
 	

 	

/s/ GARY D. FORSEE   
 GARY D. FORSEE

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