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Exhibit 10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION 

SEPARATION AGREEMENT

This Separation Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of May 25, 2011 by and
between Dex One Corporation (“Dex”), R.H. Donnelley Inc. (“RHD”), Dex Media West,
Inc. (“DMW”) and Dex Media East, Inc. (“DME”) (collectively, hereinafter the
“Company”), and Steven M. Blondy (the “Executive” and together with the Company,
the “Parties”).

WHEREAS, the Executive has been employed by Dex under that certain Amended and Restated
Employment Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2008, by and between the Executive and Dex, as
amended (the “Employment Agreement”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Employment Agreement;

WHEREAS, Executive’s employment with the Company will terminate by agreement of the Executive
and the Company (the “Separation”), effective as of the earlier of (i) July 31, 2011 or
(ii) the date a new chief financial officer of Dex is appointed (the “Separation Date”);
and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement in order to set forth the definitive
rights and obligations of the Parties in connection with the Separation.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which the
Parties acknowledge, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

1. Separation Date. Effective as of the Separation Date, Executive shall relinquish
his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dex and any other offices
or directorships which he holds at the Company or any of its subsidiaries and shall cease to be
employed by the Company. After the Separation Date, the Executive shall not represent himself as
being an employee, officer, agent or representative of the Company for any purpose. The Parties
acknowledge and agree that this termination of employment is pursuant to and covered by Section
8(d) of the Employment Agreement.

2. Payment Obligations. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, provided, except with
regard to clause (a) below, this Agreement and the General Release contained in Exhibit A (the
“General Release”) are signed and not revoked by the Executive, and so long as the
Executive continues to comply with Sections 8 and 9 of this Agreement, the Executive shall receive
the following payments in full satisfaction of the amounts due and owing to him under the
Employment Agreement:

(a) Base Salary and Accrued Vacation. Executive shall receive his Base Salary through
the Separation Date in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices, less (i) all
applicable withholding taxes and (ii) other customary payroll deductions authorized by the
Executive. Any accrued but unused vacation that Employee has as of the Separation Date will be
paid to Executive in his final regular payroll check. As of the date of this Agreement Executive
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(b) Prorated 2011 Annual Bonus. Executive shall receive a pro rata payment of his
actual 2011 bonus (the “Bonus”) reflecting his employment through the Separation Date,
which proration shall be calculated in accordance with Section 8(c)(i) of the Employment Agreement.
The Bonus will be paid at the same time annual bonuses are generally paid to employees, but no
later than March 15, 2012. The Bonus payment shall be reduced by all applicable withholding taxes.

(c) Severance Payment. Executive shall receive two million six hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($2,625,000) (the “Severance Payment”) less all applicable withholding
taxes. The Severance Payment will be paid to Executive within fourteen (14) business days
following the Executive’s execution of the General Release, but in no event later than seventy-four
(74) days following the Separation Date.

(d) Health, Medical, Dental and Long-Term Disability Insurance. Until the first to
occur of (i) the third anniversary of the Separation Date or (ii) the date on which comparable
insurance coverage is available to Executive in connection with the Executive becoming employed or
self-employed, provided that serving as a director on a board or consulting on a part-time basis
shall not constitute self-employment for such purposes (the “Benefits Termination Date”),
the Company shall reimburse the Executive for the additional costs, including any additional tax
costs associated with such reimbursements, of obtaining health, medical and dental insurance and
long term disability insurance benefits equivalent (e.g., for health, medical and dental, family
coverage versus employee only) to the plans in which he currently participates as follows: (i) the
Company shall reimburse Executive for the additional costs in continuing group health, medical and
dental benefits under COBRA for a period of eighteen (18) months from the Separation Date
(“COBRA Benefit Continuation Period”) or, if COBRA is not available or is not adequate, the
actual costs associated with any other coverage that may be necessary to obtain such equivalent
coverage, provided that such costs are consistent with the costs generally available on a
competitive basis for such coverage; (ii) for the period immediately following the end of the
18-month COBRA Benefit Continuation Period (the “Post-COBRA Period”), Executive shall also
be entitled to be reimbursed for the additional actual costs of obtaining equivalent health,
medical and dental insurance coverage through an insurance policy or policies he purchases on his
own, provided that such costs are consistent with the costs generally available on a competitive
basis for such coverage; and (iii) the Company shall reimburse Executive for the actual costs
incurred by Executive in obtaining an individual long term disability insurance policy equivalent
in coverage to the coverage that Executive currently has through the Company, provided that such
costs are consistent with the costs generally available on a competitive basis for such coverage.

Executive shall bear full responsibility for applying for COBRA coverage and for obtaining
coverage under any other insurance policy subject to reimbursement under this Section 2(d), and
nothing herein shall constitute a guarantee of COBRA continuation coverage or benefits or a
guarantee of eligibility for health, dental or long term disability insurance coverage.
Reimbursements under this Section 2(d) shall be made on a monthly basis, but in no event later than
the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expenses were incurred. Under no
circumstances will Executive be entitled to a cash payment or other benefit in lieu of
reimbursements for the actual costs of premiums for health, dental or long term disability coverage
hereunder. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during any calendar year shall not be
affected by the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other calendar year. Executive
shall provide the Company with notice of any subsequent employment or self-employment under which
equivalent health, dental or disability insurance becomes available within thirty (30) days of
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(e) Until the first to occur of (i) December 31, 2014 or (ii) the date on which comparable
life insurance coverage is available to Executive in connection with his subsequent employment or
self-employment, the Company shall reimburse Executive for the actual costs incurred by Executive,
including any additional tax costs associated with such reimbursements, in obtaining term life
insurance coverage equivalent in coverage to the coverage Executive currently has through the
Company. Executive shall bear full responsibility for applying for life insurance coverage subject
to reimbursement under this Section 2(e), and nothing herein shall constitute a guarantee of
eligibility for life insurance coverage. Reimbursements under this Section 2(e) shall be made on a
monthly basis but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in
which the expenses were incurred. Under no circumstances will Executive be entitled to a cash
payment or other benefit in lieu of reimbursements for the actual costs of premiums for term life
insurance coverage hereunder. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during any calendar
year shall not be affected by the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other
calendar year. Executive shall provide the Company with notice of any subsequent employment or
self-employment under which equivalent life insurance coverage becomes available within thirty (30)
days of commencement such employment.

(f) Until the Benefits Termination Date, the Company shall reimburse Executive, including any
additional tax costs associated with such reimbursements, for expenses: (i) relating to financial
planning services, up to a maximum amount per year of fifteen thousand forty three dollars
($15,043); (ii) executive health at the annual rate of four thousand eight hundred ninety dollars
($4,890); and (iii) reimbursement of expenses relating to outplacement services, subject to a
maximum total reimbursement of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). In connection with
reimbursements under Section 2(f)(i), reimbursements shall be made on a [monthly / quarterly] basis
but in no event later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the
expenses were incurred, under no circumstances will Executive be entitled to a cash payment or
other benefit in lieu of such reimbursements and the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement
during any calendar year shall not be affected by the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement
in any other calendar year. Executive shall be entitled to retain his Company laptop computer
after all Company files and programs have been removed.

3. Equity Awards. Following the Separation Date, Executive shall have no interest in
the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries by way of equity compensation awards other
than as follows (it being understood that Executive owns 1,000 shares of Dex One common stock and
nothing contained in this Agreement shall affect his rights with respect thereto):

(a) SARS. (i) The 39,952 currently vested Stock Appreciation Rights (collectively,
“SARs”) issued pursuant to that certain Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement dated March 1,
2010 (the “SAR Agreement”) and (ii) the pro rata portion of the 39,951 currently unvested
SARs that are scheduled to vest on March 1, 2012 calculated as provided in the SAR Agreement (which
shall be 16,747 SARs if the Separation Date is July 31, 2011). In the case of both subsections (i)
and (ii) of this Section 3(a), vested SARS may be exercised by Executive until the first
anniversary of the Separation Date at which time any and all unexercised SARs shall terminate. For
the avoidance of doubt, any currently unvested SARs that do not vest pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii)
(which shall be 23,204 SARs if the Separation Date is July 31, 2011) and the 39,951 SARs that are
scheduled to vest on March 1, 2013 are terminated in accordance
with the terms of the SAR Agreement effective as of the Separation Date. The SARs shall
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(b) Stock Options. 10,938 time-vested options (“Stock Options”) representing a
pro rata portion of the 43,750 time-vested stock options issued pursuant to that certain
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated March 2, 2011 (the “Stock Option Agreement”).
These vested Stock Options may be exercised by Executive until the first anniversary of the
Separation Date at which time any and all unexercised Stock Options shall terminate. For the
avoidance of doubt, the 32,812 currently unvested time-vested stock options that do not vest are
hereby terminated in accordance with the terms of the Stock Option Agreement effective as of the
Separation Date. All 262,500 price-vested stock options issued pursuant to that certain
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated March 2, 2011 (the “Price-Vested Stock Option
Agreement”) have not vested as of the date of this Agreement and are hereby terminated in
accordance with the terms of the Price-Vested Stock Option Agreement effective as of the Separation
Date.

(c) Restricted Stock. 14,584 shares of restricted stock (“Restricted Stock”)
representing a pro rata portion of the 43,750 shares of restricted stock issued pursuant to that
certain Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated March 2, 2011 (the “Restricted Stock Award
Agreement”). For the avoidance of doubt, the 29,166 shares of restricted stock that do not
vest are hereby terminated in accordance with the terms of the Restricted Stock Agreement effective
as of the Separation Date.

4. 2009 LTIP. Executive shall continue to participate in the Company’s 2009 Long-Term
Incentive Plan for Executive Officers (the “2009 LTIP”) and shall be eligible to receive a
payment of up to one million three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($1,375,000) on or about
March 15, 2012 subject to the satisfaction of the performance standards under the 2009 LTIP.
Executive acknowledges that any such payments will be in complete satisfaction of any amounts owed
pursuant to the 2009 LTIP and that following such payment the Executive shall have no further
rights thereunder. Any payments made under the 2009 LTIP shall be reduced by all applicable
withholding taxes.

5. Retirement Plans.

(a) PBEP. Pursuant to the Dex One Pension Benefit Equalization Plan, as amended and
restated January 1, 2011 (the “PBEP”), Executive shall be paid the balance of Executive’s
account under the PBEP as of the Separation Date, which balance shall be paid to Executive in
accordance with the terms of the PBEP, during the later of the seventh month following the
Separation Date or the month following the Executive’s 55th birthday. In addition,
Executive shall be paid his benefits under the Dex One Retirement Account in accordance with its
terms. The parties acknowledge that the foregoing amount is in complete satisfaction and settlement
of any amounts owed pursuant to the PBEP and following such payment neither party shall have any
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(b) Restoration Plan. Pursuant to the Dex One Corporation Restoration Plan, effective
January 1, 2011 (the “Restoration Plan”) the Executive shall be paid the balance of
Executive’s Account under the Restoration Plan which shall be paid in accordance with the terms of
such plan in the seventh month following the Separation Date. Executive acknowledges that such
payments are in complete satisfaction of any amounts owed pursuant to the Restoration Plan and that
following such payment the Executive shall have no further rights thereunder.

6. Certain Payments.

(a) If any payment or benefits received or to be received by Executive pursuant to this
Agreement in connection with a change in ownership or control, within the meaning defined in
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) (or any successor provision
thereto), (such payments or benefits, excluding the Gross-Up Payment, as hereinafter defined, shall
hereinafter be referred to as the “Total Payments”) will be subject to an excise tax as
provided for in Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), the Company shall pay to
Executive an additional amount no later than the due date for Executive’s tax return with respect
to such Excise Tax (the “Gross-Up Payment”) such that the net amount retained by Executive,
after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Total Payments and any federal, state and local income and
employment taxes and Excise Tax upon the Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the Total Payments;
provided, however, that if the Total Payments are less than 360% of the Executive’s Base Amount, as
defined in Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, the Executive shall not be entitled to the Gross-Up
Payment, and the Total Payments shall be reduced as provided for in Section 6(d) below.

(b) For purposes of determining whether any of the Total Payments will be subject to the
Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, (i) all of the Total Payments shall be treated as
“parachute payments” (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) unless, in the opinion
of tax counsel (“Tax Counsel”) reasonably acceptable to Executive and selected by the
accounting firm acting as the “Auditor”, as defined below, such payments or benefits (in whole or
in part) do not constitute parachute payments, including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the
Code, (ii) all “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code
shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax unless, in the opinion of Tax Counsel, such excess
parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually
rendered (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code) in excess of the Base Amount
allocable to such reasonable compensation, or are otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax, and
(iii) the value of any noncash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by
the Auditor in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For
purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive shall be deemed to pay
federal income tax at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in
which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal
rate of taxation on the Separation Date net of the actual reduction in federal income taxes which
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(c) In the event that the Excise Tax is finally determined to be less than the amount taken
into account hereunder in calculating the Gross-Up Payment, Executive shall repay to the Company,
at the time that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined, the portion of
the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (including that portion of the Gross-Up Payment
attributable to the Excise Tax and federal, state and local income and employment taxes imposed on
the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by Executive to the extent that such repayment results in a
reduction in Excise Tax and/or a federal, state or local income or employment tax deduction). In
the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder in
calculating the Gross-Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of
which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make an
additional Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties or additions
payable by Executive with respect to such excess) at the time that the amount of such excess is
finally determined. Executive and the Company shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in
connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of
liability for Excise Tax with respect to the Total Payments.

(d) If the Total Payments would constitute an “excess parachute payment”, but are less than
360% of the Base Amount, such payments shall be reduced to the largest amount that may be paid to
the Executive without the imposition of the Excise Tax or the disallowance as deductions to the
Company under Section 280G of the Code of any such payments. Unless Executive shall have given
prior written notice to the Company specifying a different order, the Company shall reduce or
eliminate the payments or benefits by first reducing or eliminating the portion of the payments or
benefits that are not payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating cash payments, in each
case, in reverse chronological order, starting with payments or benefits that are to be paid
farthest in time from the applicable determination of the Auditor (as defined below). Any written
notice given by Executive pursuant to the preceding sentence shall take precedence over the
provisions of any plan, agreement or arrangement governing Executive’s entitlement and rights to
such payments or benefits.

(e) All determinations under this Section 6 shall be made by a nationally recognized
accounting firm selected by Executive (the “Auditor”), and the Company shall pay all costs
and expenses of the Auditor. The Company shall cooperate in good faith in making such
determinations and in providing the necessary information for this purpose.

7. Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company will
indemnify Executive (and his legal representative or other successors) to the fullest extent
permitted (including a payment of expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding) by
applicable law, as in effect at the time of the subject act or omission, or by the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company, as in effect at such time or on December 31, 2008, or by
the terms of any indemnification agreement between the Company and Executive (none of which are
released by this Agreement), whichever affords or afforded greatest protection to Executive, and
Executive shall be entitled to the protection of any insurance policies the Company may elect to
maintain generally for the benefit of its directors and officers (and to the extent the Company
maintains such an insurance policy or policies, Executive shall be covered by such policy or
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Company officer or director), against all costs, charges and expenses
 whatsoever incurred or sustained by him or his legal representatives (including but not
limited to any judgment entered by a court of law) at the time such costs, charges and expenses are
incurred or sustained, in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which Executive (or his
legal representatives or other successors) may be made a party by reason of his employment with the
Company or by reason of his having been a director, officer or employee of the Company, or any
subsidiary of the Company, or his having served any other enterprise as a director, officer or
employee at the request of the Company. Executive’s rights under this Section 7 shall continue
without time limit for so long as he may be subject to any such liability. For the avoidance of
doubt except as set forth in Section 12, the Company will not indemnify the Executive in connection
with any suit or proceeding by the Company against the Executive to enforce the terms of this
Agreement.

8. Non-Competition. Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive
nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly agrees that for one year
period commencing on the Separation Date:

(a) Executive will not directly or indirectly engage in any local directional advertising or
marketing (whether in print, electronic, wireless or other format) business or provide pre-press
publishing or utilize digital and intranet technologies to repurpose print directory information
for electronic, wireless or related distribution, in each case which is in competition with the
business then conducted by the Company or its affiliates, whether such engagement is as an officer,
director, proprietor, employee, partner, investor (other than as a holder of less than 5% of the
outstanding capital stock of a publicly traded corporation), consultant, advisor, agent, sales
representative or other participant, in any location in which the Company or any of its affiliates
then conducts any such competing line of business; and

(b) Executive will not directly or indirectly induce any employee of the Company or any of its
affiliates to engage in any activity in which Executive is prohibited to engage by this Section, or
to terminate his or her employment with the Company or any of its affiliates, and will not directly
or indirectly employ or offer employment to any person who was employed by the Company or any of
its affiliates unless such person shall have ceased to be employed by the Company or any of its
affiliates for a period of at least 12 months, provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
provisions of this Section 8(b) shall not be violated by (i) general advertising or solicitation
not specifically targeted at Company-related persons or entities, (ii) the Executive serving as a
reference, upon request, for any employee or former employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, provided such reference is not for an entity that is employing or
retaining the Executive; and

(c) Executive will not directly or indirectly solicit customers or suppliers of the Company or
its affiliates or induce any such person to materially reduce or terminate its relationship with
the Company.

For purposes of this Agreement, “directional advertising or marketing” shall mean advertising
or marketing primarily (1) designed for purposes of directing consumers who are seeking a product
or service to providers of that product or service in order to satisfy such consumer’s previously
recognized need or desire for such product or service and (2) generally delivered by non-intrusive
means; and shall be distinguished from “creative advertising or
marketing,” which is primarily (1) designed to stimulate (as opposed to direct) demand for
products or services in consumers who did not previously recognize such need or desire for such
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It is expressly understood and agreed that although Executive and the Company consider the
restrictions contained in this Section 8 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is
made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction
contained in this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of
this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum
time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to
be enforceable. Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction
contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make
it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions
contained herein.

9. Confidentiality; Nondisparagement.

(a) Executive will not at any time disclose or use for his own benefit or purposes or the
benefit or purposes of any other person, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation
or other business organization, entity or enterprise other than the Company and any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information
relating to customers, development programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales
activities, promotion, credit and financial data, manufacturing processes, financing methods,
plans, employees, organizational structure or the business and affairs of the Company generally, or
of any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to
information which is not unique to the Company or which is generally known to the industry or the
public other than as a result of Executive’s breach of this covenant. On or prior to the
Separation Date Executive shall return to the Company all memoranda, books, papers, plans,
information, letters and other data, and all copies thereof or therefrom, in any way relating to
the business of the Company and its affiliates, except for his personal computer (following
deletion of all Company specific information), personal notes, notebooks, rolodexes and diaries.
Executive further agrees that he will not retain or use for his account at any time any trade
names, trademark or other proprietary business designation used or owned in connection with the
business of the Company or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this
Section 9(a) shall not be violated by the Executive making truthful disclosures in any legal
proceeding or as otherwise required by federal, state, or local law.

(b) Executive will not knowingly disparage the reputation of the Company in a manner that
causes or is reasonably likely to cause material harm to its business; provided, however, that
Executive may comply with applicable legal process without being deemed to have violated this
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10. Material Inducement; Specific Performance.

Executive acknowledges and agrees that the covenants entered into by Executive in Section 8
and 9 are essential elements of the Parties’ agreement as expressed herein, are a material
inducement for the Company to enter into this Agreement and the breach thereof would
be a material breach of this Agreement. Executive further acknowledges and agrees that the
Company’s remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 8
or Section 9 would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that, in the
event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company,
without posting any bond, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific
performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable
remedy which may then be available.

11. Litigation Support. Executive agrees that he will reasonably assist and cooperate
with the Company, at the Company’s sole cost and expense in a manner so as to not unreasonably
interfere with any other employment obligations of Executive, in connection with the defense or
prosecution of any claim that may be made against or by the Company or its affiliates, or in
connection with any ongoing or future investigation or dispute or claim of any kind involving the
Company or its affiliates, including any proceeding before any arbitral, administrative, judicial,
legislative, or other body or agency, including testifying in any proceeding, to the extent such
claims, investigations or proceedings relate to services performed by Executive, pertinent
knowledge possessed by Executive, or any act or omission by Executive. Executive further agrees to
perform all acts and to execute and deliver any documents that may be reasonably necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Section, at the Company’s sole cost and expense and in a manner so as to
not unreasonably interfere with any other employment obligations of Executive. If Executive
determines in good faith that separate counsel is necessary in connection with its compliance with
this Section 11 as a result of a bona fide claim filed against Executive or the Company, then the
Company shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel retained by Executive in
connection herewith. This covenant shall expire and be of no further force or effect on the third
anniversary of the Separation Date.

12. Legal Fees. The Company will pay or reimburse Executive, as incurred, for all
legal fees and costs incurred by Executive in enforcing his rights under the Agreement, unless
Executive’s claim was frivolous or was brought or pursued by Executive in bad faith.

13. Participation In Other Plans. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the
applicable plan, the Executive’s participation in all other plans of the Company or previously
available to Executive shall cease on the Separation Date.

14. Receipt of Other Compensation. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that, other
than as specifically set forth in this Agreement, following the Separation Date, the Executive is
not and will not be due any compensation, including, but not limited to, compensation for unpaid
salary (except for amounts unpaid and owing for the Executive’s employment with the Company prior
to the Separation Date), unpaid bonus, severance and accrued or unused vacation time or vacation
pay from the Company or any of its operating divisions, subsidiaries or affiliates. Except as
provided herein, the Executive will not be eligible to participate in any of the benefit plans of
the Company after the Separation Date. However, the Executive will be entitled to receive benefits
which are vested and accrued prior to the Separation Date pursuant to the employee benefit plans of
the Company. Participation by the Executive in any of the compensation or benefit plans of the
Company as of and after the Separation Date shall be subject to and determined in accordance with
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The Company shall promptly reimburse the Executive for business expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of the Executive’s employment on or before the Separation Date, but not previously
reimbursed, provided the Company’s policies of documentation and approval are satisfied. Any such
reimbursement shall be paid within 60 days of the Separation Date.

15. Death of Executive. If Executive should die while any amount would still be
payable to Executive hereunder if Executive had continued to live, all such amounts, unless
otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to the
devisee, legatee or other designee of Executive or, if there is no such designee, to the estate of
Executive.

16. Executive’s Representation and Warranty. As of the date hereof, the Executive is
not aware of any matters relating to the Company’s fiscal year 2011 that would be required to be
disclosed in, or that would require a qualification of, the certificates of the principal financial
officer of the Company required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
(i) 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and (ii)
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (collectively, the “Sox Certificates”). On
or within three business days prior to the Separation Date, the Executive agrees to either (x)
confirm in writing that he is not aware of any matters relating to the Company’s fiscal year 2011,
as of and through the Separation Date, that would be required to be disclosed in, or that would
require a qualification of, the Sox Certificates, or (y) set forth in writing any matters referred
to in clause (x) of which the Executive has knowledge; provided that the Company will not file such
confirmation with the Securities and Exchange Commission; provided further that such confirmation
in the case of clause (x) or such statement in the case of clause (y) may acknowledge that the
Company has not completed the procedures employed by the Company for purposes of preparing Sox
Certificates.

17. Code Section 409A.

(a) Parties’ Intent. It is intended that any amounts payable under this Agreement
shall either be exempt from or comply with the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) of
the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and all regulations, guidance, or other
interpretative authority thereunder (the “Section 409A Requirements”) and shall be
interpreted accordingly. To the extent any of the payments or benefits required under this
Agreement are, or in the opinion of counsel to the Company or Executive, could be interpreted in
the future to create, a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that does not meet Section 409A
Requirements, the Company and Executive hereby agree to execute any and all amendments to this
Agreement or otherwise reform this Agreement as deemed necessary by either of such counsel, and
prepared by counsel to the Company, to either cause such payments or benefits not to be a
nonqualified deferred compensation plan or to meet the Section 409A Requirements. In amending or
reforming this Agreement for Code Section 409A purposes, the Company shall maintain, to the maximum
extent practicable, the original intent and economic benefit of this Agreement without subjecting
Executive to additional tax or interest; provided further, however, the Company shall not be
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(b) Delayed Distribution to Key Employees. If the Company determines, in accordance
with Sections 409A and 416(i) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, in the
Company’s sole discretion, that Executive is a Key Employee of the Company on the date his
employment with the Company terminates and that a delay in severance pay and benefits provided
under this Agreement is necessary for compliance with Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), then any severance
payments and any continuation of benefits or reimbursement of benefit costs provided under this
Agreement, and not otherwise exempt from Section 409A (for example as a “short term payment” or as
“involuntary severance”), shall be delayed until the earlier of (i) the first day of the seventh
(7th) calendar month commencing after Executive’s termination of employment, or (ii) Executive’s
death, consistent with and to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A
(the “409A Delay Period”). In such event, any such severance payments and the cost of any
such continuation of benefits provided under this Agreement that would otherwise be due and payable
to Executive during the 409A Delay Period shall be paid to Executive in a lump sum cash amount on
the first day of the seventh (7th) month coinciding with or following the end of the 409A Delay
Period. Any amounts delayed by reason of the prior sentence shall be credited with interest from
the scheduled payment date through the date of actual payment at the Wall Street Journal Prime rate
in effect as of the end of the applicable 409A Delay Period. For purposes of this Agreement, “Key
Employee” shall mean an employee who, on an Identification Date (“Identification Date”
shall mean each December 31) is a key employee as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code without
regard to paragraph (5) of that section. If Executive is identified as a Key Employee on an
Identification Date, then Employee shall be considered a Key Employee for purposes of this
Agreement during the period beginning on the first April 1 following the Identification Date and
ending on the following March 31.

(c) Separation from Service. A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have
occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts
or benefits following or upon a termination of employment unless such termination also constitutes
a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A and, for purposes of any such
provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment,”
“separation from service” or like terms shall mean Separation from Service. An event will not be
considered a termination of Executive’s employment if it is reasonably anticipated that Executive
will continue to provide services for the Company or any entity treated as a single employer with
the Company for purposes of Section 409A (as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or
otherwise) after the event, unless it is reasonably anticipated that the level of such services
after the event will be no more than 20 percent of the average level of Executive’s services
performed over the 36-month period preceding the event.

(d) Separate Payments. Each payment required under this Agreement shall be considered
a separate payment for purposes of determining the applicability of or exemption from Section 409A.

 

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18. General Release.

On the Separation Date, and provided the Company is not in default of its obligations under
this Agreement, Executive shall execute and deliver to the Company the General Release in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A.

19. General Provisions.

(a) Amendment and Waiver. The terms of this Agreement may be modified, amended, or
waived only in a writing signed by both the Company and the Executive. The failure of any party to
enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a wavier of such
provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every
provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

(b) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New
York, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.

(c) Survival; Entire Agreement. All representations and warranties contained herein
and in the 2009 LTIP, the SAR Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement, the Restricted Stock Award
Agreement, the Restoration Plan and the PBEP shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement. This Agreement, the 2009 LTIP, the SAR Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement, the
Restricted Stock Award Agreement, the Restoration Plan and the PBEP contain the complete agreement
among the parties hereto and supersede any prior understandings, agreements or representations by
or among the parties hereto, written or oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in
any way, including, without limitation, the Employment Agreement.

(d) Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or
impaired

(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF
ACTION (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL
TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS
RELATED HERETO.

(f) Arbitration. Any dispute between the parties to this Agreement arising from or
relating to the terms of this Agreement (other than as specified under Section 10 with respect to
Sections 8 and 9(a) hereof) shall be submitted to expedited arbitration in Raleigh, North Carolina,
under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association. The Company shall bear the burden of
proving any breach by the Executive of Section 8 or 9.

 

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(g) Successors; Binding Agreement.

(i) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Such
assumption and agreement shall be obtained prior to the effectiveness of any such succession. As
used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor
to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by
operation of law, or otherwise.

(ii) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon personal or legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.

(iii) Executive agrees that Dex, RHD, DMW and DME may apportion payments under this Agreement
as determined by Dex’s Principal Accounting Officer, provided that such apportionment shall not
relieve the Company of any its obligations hereunder. The Company may assign this Agreement in
whole or in part, including any payment obligations hereunder, to any of its wholly-owned
subsidiaries, provided that no such assignment shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations
hereunder.

(h) Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications
provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed to Executive at the address appearing from time to time in the personnel records of the
Company and to the Company at the address of its corporate headquarters, directed to the attention
of the Board with a copy to the Secretary of the Company, or in either case to such other address
as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that
notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

(i) No Mitigation. Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, and no such
employment, if obtained, or compensation or benefits payable in connection therewith, shall reduce
any amounts or benefits to which Executive is entitled hereunder except as provided for in Sections
2(d), (e) and (f).

(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same
instrument.

[Signature page follows]

 

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

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	DEX ONE CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mark W. Hianik
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mark W. Hianik 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President,

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 	 
	 
	 	R.H. DONNELLEY INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mark W. Hianik
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mark W. Hianik 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President,

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 	 
	 
	 	DEX MEDIA WEST, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mark W. Hianik
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mark W. Hianik 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President,

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 	 
	 
	 	DEX MEDIA EAST, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mark W. Hianik
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mark W. Hianik 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President,

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                              /s/ Steven M. Blondy
 	 
	 	Steven M. Blondy 	 
	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Exhibit A

GENERAL RELEASE

I, Steven M. Blondy, do hereby consent and agree as follows:

1. Except with respect to Executive’s rights under his Separation Agreement dated as of May
_____, 2011 (the “Separation Agreement”), including, but not limited to the rights under
Section 7 thereof, Executive and Executive’s representatives, successors and assigns release and
forever discharge the Company and its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors,
officers, executives, employees, attorneys, agents and trustees or administrators of any Company
plan from any and all claims, demands, debts, damages, injuries, actions or rights of action of any
nature whatsoever (collectively “Executive’s Claims”), whether known or unknown, which
Executive had, now has or may have (provided, however, that Executive’s Claims accruing after the
Separation Date shall not be released hereby) against the Company, its successors, assigns,
subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, executives, attorneys, agents and trustees or
administrators of any Company plan, including, without limitation, Executive’s Claims relating to
or arising out of Executive’s employment with the Company, or for compensation for such employment,
including any claims for compensation under the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan or for
severance under any severance plan or practice maintained by the Company. Executive represents
that Executive has not filed any action, complaint, charge, grievance or arbitration against the
Company or any of its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers,
Executives, attorneys, agents and trustees or administrators of any Company plan.

2. Executive covenants that neither Executive, nor any of Executive’s respective heirs,
representatives, successors or assigns, will commence, prosecute or cause to be commenced or
prosecuted against the Company or any of its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates,
directors, officers, executives, attorneys, agents and trustees or administrators of any Company
plan any action or other proceeding based upon any claims, demands, causes of action, obligations,
damages or liabilities which are to be released by this General Release, nor will Executive seek to
challenge the validity of this General Release, except that this covenant not to sue does not
affect Executive’s future right to enforce appropriately in a court of competent jurisdiction the
applicable terms of the Agreement.

3. By releasing the claims described in Section 1 of this General Release, Executive does not
waive any claims that cannot be waived as a matter of law, including without limitation any claims
filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor or claims
under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act that arise after the date of this General Release.

 

 

4. Executive acknowledges that (i) Executive has been advised to consult with an attorney
before executing this Agreement and that Executive has been advised by an attorney or has knowingly
waived Executive’s right to do so, (ii) Executive has been offered a period of at least twenty-one
(21) days to consider the release of claims included in this General Release, such period
commencing on May 18, 2011, the date this General Release was delivered to Executive, (iii)
Executive has a period of seven (7) days from the date he executes this General
Release within which to revoke it and that this General Release will not become effective or
enforceable until the expiration of this seven (7) day revocation period, (iv) Executive fully
understands the terms and contents of this General Release and freely, voluntarily, knowingly and
without coercion enters into this General Release, and (v) the waiver or release by Executive of
rights or claims Executive may have under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Executive
Separation Income Security Act of 1974, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Older
Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act,
the Rehabilitation Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (all as amended) and/or any other
local, state or federal law dealing with employment or the termination thereof is knowing and
voluntary and, accordingly, that it shall be a breach of this General Release to institute any
action or to recover any damages that would be in conflict with or contrary to this acknowledgment
or the releases Executive has granted hereunder. Executive understands and agrees that the
Company’s acknowledgment of this General Release, payment of money and other benefits to Executive
and Executive’s signing of this General Release, does not in any way indicate that Executive has
any viable claims against the Company or that the Company admits any liability whatsoever. For
avoidance of doubt, the Company and Executive acknowledge and agree that in the event the Executive
does revoke this General Release, then the Separation Agreement shall be null and void, ab initio.

5. Defined terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in
that certain Separation Agreement dated as of May _____, 2011, by and between the Executive and the
Company.

	 	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	 	 
	Dated:                     , 2011

	 	 	Steven M. Blondy

 

2Exhibit 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

100 Parson Pond Drive

Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417

(201) 269-3400

May 24, 2011

Mr. David B. Snow, Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

100 Parsons Pond Drive

Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417

Re: Employment Agreement Amendment

Dear Dave:

This letter shall confirm that the Employment Agreement between you and Medco Health
Solutions, Inc. dated as of February 10, 2009 (the “Employment Agreement”), is hereby amended as of
the date hereof as follows:

The “Employment Period” is extended through March 31, 2015. Accordingly, all references in
the Employment Agreement to March 31, 2012 are amended to read March 31, 2015.

Except as expressly amended hereby, all the terms and conditions of the Agreement remain
unchanged and continue in full force and effect.

Please confirm your agreement with this amendment by signing both copies of this letter below
and returning one of them to Thomas M. Moriarty. Please retain one copy for your personal files.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	Sincerely,
 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	/s/ John L. Cassis 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	John L. Cassis
Chairman, Compensation Committee 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Agreed to and accepted this

24th day of May, 2011	 	 	 	Agreed to and accepted this

24th day of May, 2011	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ David B. Snow, Jr.	 	 	 	/s/ Thomas M. Moriarty	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	David B. Snow, Jr.	 	 	 	Medco Health Solutions, Inc.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	Thomas M. Moriarty	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	General Counsel, Secretary
and President,
Global Pharmaceutical
Strategies

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