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EX-10.1 FORM OF INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

 

Exhibit 10.1

Form of

ChoicePoint Inc.

Incentive Compensation Plan

Complete Plan

 

 

Incentive Compensation Plan

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Purpose	 	The ChoicePoint Incentive Compensation Plan (ICP) rewards eligible employees for their
contribution toward the success of the Corporation. The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and
reward the attainment of established annual individual, business unit and corporate goals.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Participation In The Plan	 	All Salaried employees, levels 65 and higher, who are not participating in any other incentive
plan are eligible to participate in the ICP. Participants in salary levels 65-79 and Executive
levels must be employed for at least three months as of December 31 of the Plan year to be eligible
for an incentive payment.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Participant must be an active employee at the date of the incentive payment.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Determination of Awards	 	Goals
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Each fiscal year, Management will establish minimum financial goals for the Corporation and each
Business Unit for Plan purposes. If the Corporation and the Business Unit fail to meet these
minimum goals for the year, then Management may, in its sole discretion, authorize incentive
payments to any, all, or none of the participants in the Plan.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	If the Corporation and the Business Unit meet the minimum financial goals for the year, incentive
awards will be determined on the basis of actual performance during the incentive year as compared
with established goals, as described below, and as indicated on the attachment to this Plan.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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	 	Management shall establish the financial goals required for
threshold, target and maximum incentive awards for each incentive
level.
	 

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	 	The threshold, target and maximum business unit goals applicable
to each participant shall be based on the annual business plan and
other relevant data.
	 

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	 	Individual performance goals will be established by the
appropriate management authority for each participant.
	 

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	 	Management shall establish the relative weighting of the above
mentioned goals for each business unit and incentive level.
	 

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	 	A threshold, target and maximum incentive award shall be
established for each participant, expressed in terms of a
percentage of that participant’s salary.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Individual incentive awards will be deemed earned based on the degree to which all established
goals are attained for the incentive year. Interpolation will be used between the designated award
levels. If the Corporation and/or Business Unit performance exceed the maximum financial goals,
the COO may recommend, and the CEO may designate incentive payments in excess of percent payouts on
the attachment to this Plan. In the event a participant is rated “marginal or partially met” on
his or her individual annual performance evaluation, no incentive payment is awarded except at the
discretion of the appropriate management authority.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Eligible Earnings
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Eligible earnings include base salary only. Transfer reimbursements, relocation pay, station
allowance, incentive pay and severance are excluded from the incentive calculation. Salary
received while on Short Term Disability or any other Leave of Absence is also excluded from
eligible earnings for incentive calculation purposes.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Eligible employees transferred into or out of organizational entities covered by this plan will be
paid incentive for the
month(s) in the specific unit. Those employees eligible for a portion of
the year will receive an award applicable only to the salary for that portion of the year eligible
under this Plan.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Payment of Awards
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Awards will normally be paid to eligible participants during February following the end of the Plan
Year or as soon as possible following the end of February.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Management Discretion
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The guidelines indicated above and on the attachment to this Plan can be changed at the discretion
of Management for any or all plan participants. The actual incentive payment made to any
individual plan participant is at the sole discretion of Management.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The plan is administered by the Compensation Department. The Compensation Department shall:
	Plan

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	 	Maintain the plan documents
	Administration

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	 	Determine eligibility for the plan
	 

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	 	Calculate incentive amounts
	 

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	 	Have final authority for administration and interpretation of the Plan
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The Chief Operating Officer shall establish Corporate and Business Unit goals and determine the
extent to which those goals have been met.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Participants’ managers shall establish individual goals and determine the extent to which those
goals have been met.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	The plan may be amended, suspended, or terminated at any time.

2EX-10.1

 

Exhibit 10.1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

WESTERN DIVISION

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	In Re Broadwing Inc.

	 	 	)	 	 	Case No. 1:02-CV-00857
	ERISA Litigation

	 	 	)	 	 	Judge Michael H. Watson
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	Magistrate Judge Timothy S. Hogan

STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT OF SETTLEMENT OF ERISA ACTIONS

     This Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of February 22, 2006, by and among the
following parties (as defined in this Agreement): (1) the Class Representatives Kevin Streckfuss
and Kathleen Kurtz and the Plans, by and through Class Counsel; and (2) the Defendants Cincinnati
Bell Inc. f/k/a Broadwing Inc., Lawrence J. Bouman, John F. Cassidy, Phillip R. Cox, J. Taylor
Crandall, Richard G. Ellenberger, William A. Friedlander, Karen M. Hoguet, James D. Kiggen, Kevin
W. Mooney, Mary D. Nelson, and T. Rowe Price; and the “Employees’ Benefit Committee,” by and
through their attorneys, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and subject to
the Court’s approval.

1. RECITALS

     This Agreement resolves the following actions originally filed in 2002 and 2003 in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the Defendants asserting claims
arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”): Kurtz, et
al. v. Broadwing Inc., et al., Case No. C-1-02-857; Streckfuss, et al. v. Broadwing Inc., et al.,
Case No. C-1-02-865; Fleager, et al. v. Broadwing Inc., et al., Case No. C-1-02-885; Bryant, et al.
v. Broadwing Inc., et al., Case No. C-1-03-028; Hughes, et al. v. Broadwing Inc., et al., Case No.
C-1-03-188. The Complaints allege that the Defendants breached their fiduciary duties and otherwise
violated ERISA by using employer and employee contributions to the Cincinnati Bell Savings and
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purchase the common stock of Broadwing Inc. at a time when, according to Plaintiffs, it was an
unsuitable and imprudent investment for the Plans.1 Plaintiffs also allege that
Defendants violated ERISA by failing to follow the terms of the Plans, and failing to take
appropriate actions to protect participants and beneficiaries from losses that resulted from the
imprudent acquisition and retention of Broadwing stock by the Plans during the same period.
Plaintiffs further allege that Defendants violated ERISA by misrepresenting to Plaintiffs and
participants of the Plans the financial status of Broadwing and, consequently, the true value of
Broadwing stock. These misrepresentations were alleged to include misleading, inaccurate, and
incomplete communications with participants regarding the value of Broadwing stock, and its
prudence as an investment for the Plans’ assets, both directly to participants by Defendants, and
in plan-related documents, including the summary plan descriptions. The Complaints seek equitable
and compensatory relief on behalf of Plaintiffs, the Class Members and the Plans, pursuant to ERISA
§§ 409, 502(a)(2), and 502(a)(3), plus attorneys’ fees, expenses, and costs pursuant to the common
fund doctrine, ERISA § 502(g)(1), and other law.

     1.1 On November 15, 2004, the Plaintiffs moved for certification of the following class:

All participants and beneficiaries of the Cincinnati Bell, Inc. Savings and Security
Plan and the Broadwing Retirement Savings Plan, and any predecessor plan, who held shares or units of the Broadwing, Inc. Common Stock Fund or for whose benefit the
Plans held shares of Broadwing common stock at any time from November 9, 1999 to
through February 28, 2003 (the “Relevant Period”). Excluded from the Class are the
Court, the Defendants, the officers and directors of Broadwing, members of their
immediate families, their legal representatives, heirs, successors or assigns, and
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	1	 	The Plans are currently known as the
Cincinnati Bell Savings and Security Plan and the Cincinnati Bell Retirement
Savings Plan. For a period of time during the class period, the Retirement
Savings Plan was known as the “Broadwing Retirement Savings Plan.”

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     1.2 Defendants have denied and continue to deny each of the claims and allegations of
wrongdoing in the Complaints. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Complaint and Opposition to
Class Certification, all of which remain pending. Defendants have specifically denied and continue
to deny, inter alia, the allegations that they breached any fiduciary duties or any other
provisions of ERISA in connection with the acquisition or retention of Cincinnati Bell or Broadwing
stock by the Plans during the Class Period or at any time, deny that they in any way misrepresented
the financial performance of Broadwing or the value of Broadwing stock either directly or
indirectly to participants in the Plans, or that they failed to follow the terms of the Plans.
Defendants deny that Plaintiffs, the Class, or the Plans are entitled to any relief of any kind.

2. BASIS FOR SETTLEMENT

     2.1 Plaintiffs’ Counsel as defined below have conducted a thorough investigation into
Plaintiffs’ claims, the underlying events and transactions alleged in the Complaints, and the
operation and administration of the Plans, including interviews with members of the purported
Class. Plaintiffs’ Counsel have also reviewed thousands of documents produced by Defendants and
third parties through the discovery process, as well as documents obtained from public sources and
the files of Plaintiffs and putative class members. Additionally, Plaintiffs’ Counsel have
consulted with experts and made a thorough study of the legal principles applicable to the actual
and potential claims of Plaintiffs, the Plans, and the Class.

     2.2 Defendants’ Counsel as defined below also have conducted a thorough investigation into
Plaintiffs’ claims, the underlying events and transactions alleged in the Complaints, and the
operation and administration of the Plans, including interviews with employees of Broadwing.
Defendants’ Counsel have reviewed numerous documents and made a thorough study of the legal principles applicable to the actual and potential claims of
Plaintiffs, the Plans, and the Class in the Action.

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     2.3 The parties, after engaging in discovery, engaged in extensive settlement discussions.
The parties to the Action agreed to a settlement, the terms of which are embodied in this
Settlement Agreement.

     2.4 Although the Defendants continue to deny all liability with respect to any and all of the
claims alleged in the Complaints, the Defendants nevertheless consider it desirable that any and
all possible controversies and disputes that arise out of or relate to the matters, transactions,
and occurrences referenced in the Complaints and/or related to the Plans and the investment options
in the Plans, be conclusively settled and terminated on the terms and conditions set forth below.
The Settlement of the Action and the attendant final dismissal of the Complaints will avoid the
substantial expense, inconvenience, and risk of continued litigation and will bring the claims and
potential claims of Plaintiffs, the Plans, the Plans’ fiduciaries and the Class to an end.

     2.5 Based on Plaintiffs’ investigation and after considering: (a) the substantial benefits
that Plaintiffs, the Plans and the members of the Class will receive from the Settlement; (b) the
risk of litigation; (c) the likely length of time before final resolution of the claims, including
time spent in possible appeals if the Action were not settled; and (d) the desirability of
permitting the Settlement to be consummated as provided by the terms of this Agreement, Plaintiffs’
Counsel have concluded that the terms and conditions of the proposed Settlement as set forth in
this Agreement are fair, reasonable, and adequate to the Plaintiffs, the Plans and the members of
the Settlement Class, and Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ Counsel have agreed to settle and compromise
the Action pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement,
subject to the approval of the Court.

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3. SETTLEMENT TERMS

     ACCORDINGLY, THE UNDERSIGNED ATTORNEYS FOR THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE on behalf of
their respective clients and the Plans and the Class to settle, to compromise, and to dismiss this
Action with prejudice, subject to the approval of the Court, in the manner and on the terms and
conditions set forth below.

     In addition to the terms heretofore defined, as used in this Agreement:

     3.1 “Action” means, collectively, the consolidated lawsuits captioned In re Broadwing Inc.
ERISA Litigation, Case No. 1:02-CV-00857 (S.D. Ohio).

     3.2 “Administrative Contractors” means the persons or entities engaged by the Administrators,
if any, and to whom the Administrators may delegate duties assigned to the Administrators under
this Agreement, including, without limitation, duties associated with provision of Notice,
calculation of Claims, and preparation and filing of tax-related documents. It is agreed by the
parties hereto that neither the Administrators nor the Administrative Contractors are to be deemed
agents or representatives of the Defendants or Defendants’ Counsel for any purpose, and that
neither Defendants nor Defendants’ Counsel shall bear any responsibility or liability for any act
or omission of any Administrator or Administrative Contractor.

     3.3 “Administrative Expenses” means the expenses incurred in the administration of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, all expenses or costs associated with providing the
Notices described herein and all expenses or costs associated with distribution of the Net
Settlement Fund as described in Section 6, below and any fees and expenses charged by the
Independent Fiduciary. In addition, all reasonable expenses of the
Administrators and the reasonable fees and expenses of the Administrative Contractors that the Administrators engage,
shall be included as Administrative Expenses and paid from the Settlement Fund.

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     3.4 “Administrators” shall mean the entity appointed and supervised by Plaintiffs and
Plaintiffs’ Counsel for administration of the Settlement Fund. They shall serve as the
Administrators and trustees of the Settlement Fund and will be deemed to be acting in that capacity
when providing Notice pursuant to Section 10, below. “Administrators” shall, as the context
requires, also mean “Administrative Contractors.”

     3.5 “Agreement” means the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement entered herein by the
parties.

     3.6 “Attorneys’ Expenses” means the amount awarded by the Court as reimbursement for
Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s costs and expenses of litigation, other than costs and expenses authorized as
Administrative Expenses.

     3.7 “Attorneys’ Fees” means the amount awarded by the Court as compensation for the services
provided by Plaintiffs’ Counsel.

     3.8 “Authorized Claimants” refers collectively to Authorized Former Participant Claimants and
Authorized Participant Claimants, as defined herein.

     3.9 “Authorized Former Participant Claimant” means an Authorized Claimant who is a former
participant in either or both of the Plans as of the date the Net Settlement Fund is distributed to
the Plans.

     3.10 “Authorized Participant Claimant” means an Authorized Claimant who is a participant in
one of the Plans as of the date the Net Settlement Fund is distributed to the Plans.

     3.11 “Cincinnati Bell” means Cincinnati Bell Inc. formerly known as Broadwing Inc., and its
successors or predecessors.

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     3.12 “Cincinnati Bell stock” means the common stock issued by Cincinnati Bell Inc. or Broadwing
Inc., their predecessors or successors, and traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

     3.13 “Claimant” means any member of the Class.

     3.14 “Class” or “Settlement Class” means the class to be conditionally certified by the Court
consisting of all participants and beneficiaries of the Cincinnati Bell Inc. Savings and Security
Plan and the Cincinnati Bell Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (which was known as the Broadwing Inc.
Retirement Savings Plan from August 31, 2001 until July 24, 2003) and any predecessor plan, who
held shares or units of the Cincinnati Bell Inc. or Broadwing Inc. Common Stock Fund or for whose
benefit the Plans held shares of Cincinnati Bell or Broadwing common stock at any time from
November 9, 1999 through February 28, 2003 (the “Relevant Period”). Excluded from the Class are the
Court, the Defendants, members of their immediate families, their legal representatives, heirs,
successors or assigns, and any entity in which Defendants have had a controlling interest.

     3.15 “Class Counsel” or “Plaintiffs’ Counsel” means the firms of Whatley Drake, L.L.C.;
Provost Umphrey, LLP; Parry, Deering, Futscher & Sparks; and Ann Lugbill.

     3.16 “Class Period” means the period between November 9, 1999 through February 28, 2003.

     3.17
“Class Representative” and “Plaintiff” means the following persons: Kevin Streckfuss and
Kathleen Kurtz.

     3.18 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

     3.19 “Complaints” means the complaints and amended complaints filed in the lawsuits captioned
Kurtz, et al. v. Broadwing Inc., et al., Case No. C-1-02-857; Streckfuss, et al. v. Broadwing Inc.,
et al., Case No. C-1-02-865; Fleager, et al. v. Broadwing
Inc., et al., Case No. C-1-02-885; Bryant, et al. v. Broadwing Inc., et al., Case No. C-1-03-028; Hughes, et al.
v. Broadwing Inc., et al., Case No. C-1-03-188.

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     3.20 “Defendants” means Cincinnati Bell Inc. f/k/a Broadwing Inc., Lawrence Bouman, John F.
Cassidy, Phillip R. Cox, J. Taylor Crandall, Richard G. Ellenberger, William A. Friedlander, Karen
M. Hoguet, James D. Kiggen, Kevin W. Mooney, Mary D. Nelson, and the Employees’ Benefit Committee.

     3.21 “Defendants’ Counsel” means the firms of Frost Brown Todd, LLC and Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher LLP for Cincinnati Bell Inc. f/k/a Broadwing Inc., Crandall, Kiggen, Cassidy, Hoguet,
Mooney, Bouman, Nelson, Cox, Ellenberger, Friedlander, and Broadwing Employees’ Benefit Committee.

     3.22 “Escrow Agent” means an escrow agent selected by the parties who shall perform the duties
as set forth in this Agreement and who will take instructions on attorneys’ fees and costs
exclusively from Whatley Drake, to the extent that such directions are in accordance with Orders of
the Court.

     3.23 “Final Approval of the Settlement” means the entry of an Order and Final Judgment
approving this Agreement and the Settlement pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure and the full, final, and favorable determination of any appeals, petitions, motions for
reconsideration, or any other proceedings for review or, if no such review proceedings are taken,
the expiration of the applicable time to appeal or seek review from such order.

     3.24 “Initial Administrative Expense Payment” means the costs of the Class Notice and other
costs relating to the administration of the Settlement.

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     3.25 “Net Settlement Fund” means the Settlement Fund plus interest that has accrued thereon,
less the Attorneys’ Fees, Attorneys’ Expenses, Administrative Expenses, and the Total Plaintiffs’
Case Contribution Compensation, as defined herein.

     3.26 “Notice” and “Individual Notice” means the Notice of Pendency of Class Action, Proposed
Settlement, and Hearing attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.

     3.27 “Order and Final Judgment” means an order and judgment of the Court approving the
Settlement and entry of a final judgment in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, or upon
terms not materially different from those set forth in Exhibit C.

     3.28 “Person(s)” means a natural person, a corporation, partnership, association, or any other
entity.

     3.29 “Plaintiffs’ Case Contribution Compensation” means the amount of Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) or such amount as the Court may determine appropriate, which shall be paid from the
Settlement Fund to each Class Representative in recognition of their contributions to the Action.

     3.30 “Plan Account” means the account or accounts established or existing under the Plans
designated by the Plan Administrator into which the Net Settlement Fund shall be transferred for
distribution and allocation to the Class. Cincinnati Bell Inc. shall take all necessary steps to
establish the Plan Account.

     3.31 “Preliminary Approval of Proposed Settlement and Notice” means the date that the
Preliminary Approval Order is entered by the Court.

     3.32 “Preliminary Approval Order” means an order, substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit C, or as amended or modified by the Court approving the forms and procedure for
providing notice to the Class, conditionally certifying the named
Plaintiffs as the representatives of the Class and Plaintiffs’ Counsel as counsel to the Class, establishing a
procedure for members of the Class to follow in order to object to the Settlement, and setting a
date for a hearing on the approval of the Settlement.

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     3.33 “Publication Notice” means the abbreviated form of Notice, attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit D, to be published in a Cincinnati area publication mutually agreed upon by Class
Counsel and Defendants’ Counsel.

     3.34 “Related Parties” means each of Cincinnati Bell Inc. f/k/a Broadwing Inc.’s and the
respective Plans’ past, present, and future directors, officers, fiduciaries, committees,
employees, partners, principals, agents, members, independent contractors, registered
representatives, underwriters, issuers, insurers, coinsurers, reinsurers, controlling shareholders,
attorneys, accountants, auditors, investment bankers, advisors, consultants, trustees, fiduciaries,
personal representatives, predecessors, successors, successors-in-interest, parents, subsidiaries,
divisions, assigns, spouses, heirs, executors, administrators, associates, related or affiliated
entities, and members of their families.

     3.35 “Released Claims” means any and all claims, demands, damages, defenses, rights,
liabilities, and causes of action in law or equity whatsoever, known or unknown, matured or
unmatured, accrued or unaccrued, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, arising under
state or federal law or any other source of law, by or on behalf of the Plaintiffs, the Plans, the
Plans’ fiduciaries, or any member of the Settlement Class on their own behalf and on behalf of any
Persons they represent (including the Plans and their respective spouses, heirs, executors,
administrators, past and present partners, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, predecessors,
successors and assigns), against any of the Released Persons based upon or arising out of or
relating in any way (in whole or in part) to the acquisition, disposition or retention by the

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Plaintiffs, the Plans or any members of the Settlement Class of Broadwing or Cincinnati Bell
stock during the Class Period, including, but not limited to, claims which relate directly or
indirectly to the facts, transactions, events, occurrences, acts, disclosures, statements,
omissions, or failures to act which were alleged or could have been alleged in any of the
Complaints filed in the Action, or which are based on or arise out of or in any way relate to
communications with participants or beneficiaries of the Plans directly or indirectly pertaining to
Broadwing or Cincinnati Bell stock. The “Released Claims” also shall include any and all claims by
or on behalf of each and every Defendant against Plaintiffs, the Settlement Class, and Class
Counsel relating to the institution, prosecution, or settlement of any or all claims asserted in
this action including, but not limited to, any action for costs or attorney’s fees as well as for
contribution, indemnification, or any other claims relating to payment of the Settlement Fund or
any Settlement Claims by the Defendants; Provided, however, that this Agreement shall not be
construed to preclude participation by the Plans or any member of the Settlement Class as claimants
in the event of a recovery (by settlement or otherwise) by the Plaintiffs in any securities class
action case, including In re Broadwing Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. C-1-02-795, now pending
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

     3.36 “Released Persons” means each of the Defendants and all their Related Parties.

     3.37 “Settlement” means the resolution of the Action in the manner and on the terms set forth
herein.

     3.38 “Settlement Claim” means the total dollar amount of each Authorized Claimant’s Settlement
Claims, as determined in Section 6.2, below.

     3.39 “Settlement Fund” means the sum of Eleven Million U.S. dollars ($11,000,000.00) to be
paid by Defendants pursuant to Section 5.1 below.

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     3.40 “Total Plaintiffs’ Case Contribution Compensation” means the sum that shall be paid to
the named Plaintiffs as Plaintiffs’ Case Contribution Compensation.

4. STIPULATION TO CLASS CERTIFICATION OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS

     4.1 The parties to this Agreement stipulate and agree that this Action shall proceed as a
non-opt out class action pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Rules 23(a)(1)-(4), 23(b)(1), and (b)(2) with
Whatley Drake, LLC, Provost Umphrey, LLP, Ann Lugbill, and Parry, Deering, Futscher & Sparks, as
Class Counsel, and with a Class and Class Period as defined above.

5. THE SETTLEMENT FUND

     5.1 Within thirty (30) days after the Court enters its Preliminary Approval Order, Defendants
shall cause their insurers to deposit with the Escrow Agent in an interest bearing account,
pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, the sum of Eleven Million Dollars $11,000,000.00,
which amount will be used to fund the Settlement Fund. Interest earned on the Settlement Fund
shall accrue to the benefit of, and be added to, the Settlement Fund. If the funds are not so
timely paid, interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum shall accrue to the settlement amount to
be paid by Defendants effective on the 31st day following the entry of the Order of
Preliminary Approval. If Final Approval of the Settlement does not occur as provided herein, or if
a party hereto exercises its right to withdraw from the Agreement, the Eleven Million Dollars in
the Escrow Account shall be returned, with all accumulated interest, but less any appropriate
expenses incurred, to Federal Insurance Company, within ten (10) days from receipt by the Escrow
Agent of notice from Defendants’ Counsel that there has been no Final Approval of the Settlement,
or that a party hereto has exercised its rights hereunder to withdraw from the Agreement.

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     5.2
Within a reasonable time following receipt of invoices therefor, the Escrow Agent shall pay from the Settlement Fund the costs of the class notice and other costs relating to
the administration of the settlement (including the Escrow Agent’s fees and expenses).

     5.3 Within thirty (30) days of the Final Approval of Settlement, the Escrow Agent shall pay to
Class Counsel out of the Settlement Fund (subject to the Court’s approval) the Plaintiffs’ Case
Contribution Compensation in an amount of $5000.00 for each class representative, or such other
amount as may be approved by the Court, which Class Counsel shall remit to the Plaintiffs.

     5.4 Also within thirty (30) days of the Final Approval of Settlement, the Escrow Agent shall
pay to Class Counsel out of the Settlement Fund such Attorneys’ Fees and Attorneys’ Expenses of
Class Counsel as may be approved by the Court in the Order and Final Judgment.

     5.5 Following the payment of amounts specified in Sections 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4, the Escrow Agent
shall pay over the Net Settlement Fund (at the joint written instruction of Class Counsel and
Defendants’ Counsel) to the Plans for administration by the Administrators, in accordance with the
provisions set forth herein. The Administrators shall deposit the Net Settlement Fund into the
Plan Account which shall be allocated as provided in Section 6.

	 	a.	 	The Administrators shall calculate Settlement Claims, identify
Authorized Claimants, and determine allocation of Claims. The Administrators
shall be solely responsible for all communications with Authorized Claimants
regarding their Claims, and neither Cincinnati Bell nor its agents shall have
any responsibility in this regard. Plaintiffs’ Counsel shall direct the
Administrators regarding the manner and content of the Administrators’ written
or other communications with Authorized Claimants regarding

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	 	 	 	their Claims. In addition, Class members will be instructed in the Notice
and Publication Notice to contact Plaintiffs’ Counsel, or an agent
designated by them, with any questions regarding the Settlement or
Settlement Claims. Neither the Administrators, nor Cincinnati Bell, nor its
agents, shall have any responsibility with respect to such questions. The
Administrators shall calculate the Claims and identify all Authorized
Claimants within thirty (30) days of Preliminary Approval.
	 
	 	b.	 	Although the Defendants deny any wrongdoing, the parties agree
that the payments described above are intended as settlement of breach of
fiduciary duty claims for a monetary remedy under ERISA for allegedly lost
earnings on assets in the Plans. It is the opinion of Plaintiffs’ Counsel that
these payments are properly treated as earnings on Plan assets for all purposes
under the Plans.

     5.6 Under no circumstances shall Defendants be required under this Agreement, or the
implementation thereof, to pay more than the Settlement Amount of Eleven Million U.S. dollars
($11,000,000.00), plus interest that may have accrued pursuant to Section 5.1. Upon such payment,
Defendants’ payment obligations under this Agreement shall be satisfied and fulfilled.

        6. PLAN OF ALLOCATION OF THE NET SETTLEMENT FUND

     6.1 Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, within sixty (60) days after preliminary approval,
Cincinnati Bell shall provide the Administrators or their designee with the following information
pertaining to the account(s) in the Plans of each member of the Settlement Class as identified and
maintained in the records of the Plans:

	 	a.	 	The Claimant’s name, last known address, and social security
number;

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	 	b.	 	The information necessary to make the calculations in Section
6.2 below. If precise data is not readily available, the parties shall meet and
confer regarding the data that will be used. This information shall include
for each claimant: (a) the account balance in U.S. dollars invested in the
Company Shares Fund, Cincinnati Bell stock, or Broadwing stock at the beginning
of the Class Period; (b) the dollar value of purchases of Cincinnati Bell
stock, Broadwing stock, or shares of the Employer Stock Fund during the Class
Period; (c) the dollar value of sales of Cincinnati Bell stock, Broadwing
stock, or shares of the Company Stock fund during the Class Period; and (d) the
account balance in U.S. dollars invested in Cincinnati Bell stock, Broadwing
stock, or the Company Shares Fund as of the end of the Class Period.
	 
	 	c.	 	Whether the Claimant is a current participant in either Plan as
of the most recent date for which such information is reasonably available.

     6.2 Within thirty (30) days of Final Approval, the Administrators shall calculate the
Claimants’ Settlement Claims based on the information described in Section 6.1 and according to the
following court approved-methodology:

	 	a.	 	For Participant Claimants, the Administrators shall determine
the approximate loss (“Loss”) for each member of the Settlement Class as
follows:
	 
	 	 	 	Loss = A + B – C – D, where, for each member’s Account:

	 	1.	 	A = the dollar value, if any, of the balance in
Cincinnati Bell or Broadwing stock on the first day of the Settlement
Class Period;

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	 	2.	 	B = the dollar value, if any, of all of the
purchases of Cincinnati Bell or Broadwing stock during the Settlement
Class Period as of the time of purchase(s);
	 
	 	3.	 	C = the dollar value, if any, of all sales of
stock during the Settlement Class Period as of the time of the sale(s);
and
	 
	 	4.	 	D = the dollar value, if any, of Cincinnati
Bell or Broadwing stock remaining on the last day of the Settlement
Class Period.

	 	b.	 	For Former Participant Claimants, the Administrators shall
determine the approximate loss (“Loss”) for each member of the Settlement Class
as follows: Loss = A + B – C – D, where, for each member’s Account:

	 	1.	 	A = the dollar value, if any, of the balance in
Cincinnati Bell or Broadwing stock on the first day of the Settlement
Class Period;
	 
	 	2.	 	B = the dollar value, if any, of all of the
purchases of Cincinnati Bell or Broadwing stock during the Settlement
Class Period as of the time of purchase(s);
	 
	 	3.	 	C = the dollar value, if any, of all sales of
Cincinnati Bell or Broadwing stock during the Settlement Class Period
as of the time of the sale(s); and
	 
	 	4.	 	D = the dollar value, if any, of Cincinnati
Bell or Broadwing stock remaining on the last day of the Settlement
Class Period.
	 
	 	5.	 	Such loss calculation for Former Participant
Claimants shall only include those shares that were vested as of the
time the Former Participant Claimants’ employment with Cincinnati Bell
or Broadwing ended.

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	 	c.	 	The Losses of the Claimants as calculated in Section 6.2(a) and
6.2(b) will be totaled to yield the Loss of the Plan as a whole over the Class
Period (the “Plan Loss”).
	 
	 	d.	 	The Administrators shall calculate for the Account of each
Authorized Claimant an amount which is the same percent of the Net Settlement
Fund as his Loss bears to the Plan Loss.
	 
	 	e.	 	Depending upon the manner in which the data is kept and the
efficiency with which it can be processed, it may be appropriate to simplify
some of the features of these calculations. Such simplifications are
acceptable as long as the two basic features of the distribution are preserved:
(1) that all members of the Settlement Class receive their share of the Net
Settlement Fund based approximately on the decline in the value of Broadwing or
Cincinnati Bell stock they held over the Class Period in comparison with the
amount held by others; and (2) that the distribution take place through the
Plan as an entity so as to maximize the tax advantages of investment in the
Plan.

     6.3 Promptly after calculating each Authorized Claimant’s Settlement Claim, the Administrators
shall provide to Cincinnati Bell the name, and amount of each Authorized Claimant’s Settlement
Claim, together with the total of all such Claims. The same information shall be provided to Class
Counsel.

     6.4 Any Claimant who is an Authorized Former Participant Claimant shall have his or her
account reinstated in the Plan(s) in which he or she held Cincinnati
Bell or Broadwing stock during the Class Period, for the sole purpose of receiving his or her allocation from the Net
Settlement Fund.

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     6.5 As promptly as possible after deposit of the Net Settlement Fund into the Plan Account
pursuant to Section 5.3, the Administrators, or their agents, shall direct the Plan to allocate
an amount to each Authorized Participant Claimant’s or Authorized Former Participant
Claimant’s Plan account equal to such individual’s Settlement Claim. Such amount shall be
allocated to the Authorized Claimant’s contribution source sub-account holding Broadwing stock
during the Class Period in accordance with the existing investment elections in effect for such
sub-account (except that amounts credited to the Company Shares Fund in the Plans, and all amounts
credited to Authorized Former Participant Claimants, shall be invested initially in the Fidelity
Managed Income Portfolio II investment option), shall be treated and administered thereafter for
all purposes under the Plans as income credited to the Authorized Claimant’s contribution source
sub-account under the Plans, and shall thereafter be distributed only in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Plans.

     6.6 The Administrators shall make available to Defendants’ Counsel and Class Counsel any and
all summaries, compilations, calculations, or tabulations of the claims and amounts described in
this Section 6, upon the request of Defendants’ Counsel, Class Counsel, or the Court.

          7. THE SETTLEMENT FUND AND THE ADMINISTRATORS

     7.1 The Parties shall treat the Settlement Fund as a “qualified settlement fund” within the
meaning of the regulations issued under Section 468B of the Internal Revenue Code and any
comparable provision of state or local law (collectively, the “Section 468B Regulations”). The
Administrator shall be the “administrator” for purposes of the Section 468B Regulations. As

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such, it shall comply with all of the requirements imposed on administrators by the Section
468B Regulations, including, without limitation, obtaining a taxpayer identification number for the
Settlement Fund, preparing and filing all income tax returns and information returns required to be
filed by the Settlement Fund and paying all taxes required to be paid by the Settlement Fund.
Cincinnati Bell shall be the “transferor” for purposes of the Section 468B Regulations. As such,
it shall comply with all of the requirements imposed on transferors by the Section 468B Regulations
including, without limitation, delivering to the Administrator a statement that complies with
Section 3(e) of the Section 468B Regulations and attaching a copy of that statement to its federal
income tax return for the taxable year in which it makes the required payment to the Settlement
Fund.

     7.2 Each Authorized Participant Claimant and Authorized Former Participant Claimant shall be
solely responsible for the federal, state, and local tax consequences to him, her, or it of the
crediting of an allocable share of the Net Settlement Amount to his, her, or its Plan account
pursuant to Section 6.5 of this Agreement.

     7.3 The Administrators may resign by sixty (60) days written notice to the Court. The
Administrators may be removed by the Plaintiffs, acting through Plaintiffs’ Counsel, at anytime.
In the event of the removal or resignation of the Administrators, the Plaintiffs, acting through
Plaintiffs’ Counsel, may appoint successor Administrators. Upon executing a written acceptance of
an executed copy of this Agreement, and on the settlement of the accounts and discharge of the
prior Administrators, the successor Administrators shall have, without further act on the part of
anyone, all the duties, powers, functions, immunities, and discretion granted to the original
Administrators. Any Administrators who are replaced, by reason other than death, shall execute all
instruments and do all acts that may be necessary or that may be ordered or

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requested in writing by Plaintiffs acting through Plaintiffs’ counsel or the Court or by any
successor Administrators to transfer administrative powers over the Settlement Fund to the
successor Administrators. The appointment of successor Administrators, if any, shall not under any
circumstances require the Defendants to make any further payment of any nature into the Settlement
Fund or otherwise. All notices hereunder, including notices of resignation or removal of the
Administrators, must be in writing and directed to the Court, the Administrators, and the
Defendants’ Counsel.

     7.4 The Administrators and, if necessary, the Administrators’ Contractors, shall in any event
remain available and engaged to respond to inquiries from members of the Settlement Class regarding
their Claims or any other aspect of this Agreement for one year after the Final Approval
Order/Opinion, or six months after the Net Settlement Fund is first distributed to all Authorized
Claimants, whichever is later.

     7.5 The parties may apply to the Court to alter or amend the settlement administration terms
of this Agreement at any time, or from time to time, provided, however, that no such amendment or
modification shall in any way affect: (a) the purposes of the Settlement Fund; (b) the Court’s
jurisdiction over the parties; (c) the powers, duties, and liabilities of the Administrators under
this Agreement; (d) the total amount of money the Defendants are required to pay into the Fund; or
(e) any material term of the Agreement.

          8. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION OF COURT

     8.1 Each and every member of the Settlement Class and each and every Defendant submits to the
jurisdiction of the Court and will be bound by the terms of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, any and all releases, conditioned on the Final Approval of the Settlement and subject
to their right to object, as well as any other order of the Court
including, without limitation, the Order and Final Judgment barring further litigation against any of the
Released Persons on the Released Claims.

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     8.2 Each Claimant specifically and personally submits to the jurisdiction of the Court. Any
and all disputes relating to Claims that are not satisfactorily resolved by the Administrators
shall be submitted to the Court for final resolution. The parties agree to final adjudication of
all such claims by the U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge.

          9. NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS

     9.1 The Administrators shall send the Individual Notice by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
to the address of each member of the Settlement Class, at the last address known to the Plans, or
such other addresses as may be available, within thirty (30) days after entry of the Preliminary
Approval Order. The Administrators shall also cause the Publication Notice, which shall be an
abbreviated form of the Notice that adequately informs the Settlement Class of the details of the
Settlement and their right to object thereto, to be published in the Cincinnati Enquirer and
Cincinnati Post or some other publication mutually agreed upon by Class Counsel and Defendants’
Counsel and approved by the Court. Class Counsel shall establish and maintain a website to inform
class members of the settlement for a minimum period of one year following the date of the Final
Approval Order. The costs and expenses associated with the Publication Notice, the Notice, and
reasonable efforts by the Administrators to identify addresses for members of the Settlement Class,
shall be an Administrative Expense in accordance with Section 5, above. Plaintiffs’
Counsel may also post the Notices (Exhibits A and D) on their websites.

          10. PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT

     10.1 No later than ten (10) days after execution of this Agreement, Class Counsel shall file a
motion with the Court seeking immediate entry of the Preliminary
Approval Order and, after Notice is given to the Settlement Class, a hearing will be held by the Court pursuant to
Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the fairness of the Settlement to the Class
(“Settlement Fairness Hearing”) and entry of the Order and Final Judgment approving the settlement.

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     10.2 The Preliminary Approval Order proposed by the parties and submitted with Class Counsel’s
motion for approval of the settlement shall:

	 	a.	 	Give preliminary approval to this Agreement;
	 
	 	b.	 	Certify the Settlement Class for settlement purposes pursuant
to Rule 23(a) and b(1) and b(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;
	 
	 	c.	 	Approve the form of the Individual Notice and direct the
Administrators to mail the Notice to each potential member of the Settlement
Class, and publish within sixty (60) days of the entry of the Preliminary
Approval Order the Publication Notice in the Cincinnati Enquirer and the
Cincinnati Post or another publication mutually agreed upon by Class Counsel
and Defendants’ Counsel;
	 
	 	d.	 	Set a briefing schedule and a date and time for the Settlement
Fairness Hearing to determine whether the Agreement is fair, reasonable, and
adequate to the members of the Settlement Class, to determine Plaintiffs’
Counsel’s Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses, and to consider whether the Court
should enter an Order and Final Judgment;
	 
	 	e.	 	Set a deadline by which all objections to the Settlement must
be made;
	 
	 	f.	 	Stay all other proceedings in the Action until further order of
the Court and enjoin the filing or prosecution by any Class members of any
actions based on or in any way related to the Released Claims until the Settlement
Fairness Hearing and the rulings on the proposed Agreement; and

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	 	g.	 	Determine pursuant to Rule 23(c)(2) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure that the Notices constitute the best notice practicable under
the circumstances and due and sufficient notice of the hearing and the rights
of the members of the Settlement Class as to all Persons entitled to those
Notices.

     10.3 No later than five (5) business days after an Order of Preliminary Approval of the
Settlement, the Plaintiffs shall submit the Agreement and accompanying Exhibits to the U.S.
Department of Labor (“DOL”) with a notice of the date and time of the Settlement Fairness Hearing.

     10.4 The named fiduciaries of the respective Plans shall select, subject to the approval of
Class Counsel, an Independent Fiduciary, to whom they shall delegate the authority to review the
Settlement of this action on behalf of the Plans and, if appropriate, approve the Settlement, and
execute a Release, as provided herein, on behalf of the Plans. The Independent Fiduciary shall
make all reasonable and appropriate efforts to determine whether or not to approve the Settlement
at least fourteen (14) days before the deadline in the Preliminary Approval Order for Class members
to file objections to the settlement. Approval of the Settlement by the Independent Fiduciary
shall be made in accordance with DOL Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 2003-39. The fees of
such Independent Fiduciary shall be paid from the Settlement Fund, and Defendants shall have no
obligation to do so. If the Independent Fiduciary disapproves or otherwise does not authorize the
Settlement as set forth in this paragraph prior to the Settlement Fairness Hearing, then the
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condition, such option to be exercised in writing within the earlier of (i) ten (10) days of
the Defendants’ Counsels’ receipt of the Independent Fiduciary’s written determination, or (ii) ten
(10) days prior to (a) the date set for the Settlement Fairness Hearing, or (b) such later date to
which the Court may, in its discretion, continue the Settlement Fairness Hearing. If the
Independent Fiduciary has not rendered a written report regarding the Settlement by the eleventh
day prior to the date set for the Settlement Fairness Hearing, the Defendants may ask the Court to
continue the Settlement Fairness Hearing to allow the Independent Fiduciary to complete its
assessment of the Settlement. If the Defendants elect not to waive this condition, then this
Settlement Agreement shall terminate and become null and void and the provisions of Paragraph 12.8
shall apply.

     10.5 The Order and Final Judgment proposed by the parties and submitted with the motion for
approval of the Settlement shall:

	 	a.	 	Approve this Agreement and Settlement as a fair, reasonable,
and adequate settlement, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, and compromise of this Action, and direct payment of the Settlement
Fund and compliance with all other terms of this Agreement;
	 
	 	b.	 	Dismiss the Complaints and the Actions against each of the
Defendants with prejudice on the merits and without costs to any party;
	 
	 	c.	 	Terminate any and all of the Released Claims;
	 
	 	d.	 	Terminate any and all rights of the Defendants for
reimbursement of their attorneys’ fees in the Action;
	 
	 	e.	 	Bar and enjoin any action against Defendants and their related
parties, Defendants’ Counsel, any member of the Settlement
Class, or Class Counsel based on the amount of any Settlement Claim issued pursuant to the
Plan of Allocation approved in the Final Approval of the Settlement;

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	 	f.	 	Direct that each party shall bear its own costs to the extent
not allocated in this Agreement;
	 
	 	g.	 	Reserve jurisdiction over this Action and over any and all
further proceedings concerning the administration and consummation of the
Settlement and reimbursement of Administrative Expenses, to the extent any
party deems necessary;
	 
	 	h.	 	Permanently bar and enjoin the Plaintiffs, the Plans, all
members of the Settlement Class and any other party from the institution or
prosecution, either directly, indirectly, or in a representative capacity, of
any other action in any court asserting any Released Claim against any Released
Person; and
	 
	 	i.	 	Contain such other and further provisions consistent with the
terms of this Agreement as the Court may deem advisable and appropriate.

     11. PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL’S ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES

     11.1 Plaintiffs’ Counsel shall receive Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses as awarded by the Court.
The Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses shall be paid to Plaintiffs’ Counsel from the Settlement Fund
within thirty (30) days following the Final Approval of the Settlement. Plaintiffs’ Counsel shall
be solely responsible for allocating attorneys’ fees among co-counsel, and Defendants shall bear no
responsibility for this allocation and shall not be subject to suit under this Agreement or
otherwise for the same. Defendants will not object to or oppose Class Counsel’s application for an
award of reasonable Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses and shall take no

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position on the amount of such fees and expenses sought by Plaintiffs or awarded by the Court.
It is agreed that the allowance or disallowance (in whole or in part) by the Court of any
application by Plaintiffs’ Counsel for an award of fees or expenses is not a term or condition of
the settlement set forth in this Agreement, and any order or proceedings relating thereto, or any
appeal from any such order, shall not operate to terminate or cancel this Agreement.

12. RELEASE OF CLAIMS

     12.1 Upon Final Approval of the Settlement, the Plaintiffs, the Plans, through their
respective Independent Fiduciaries, and all members of the Settlement Class shall be deemed to
have, and by operation of the Order and Final Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever
released and shall be forever barred from the prosecution of any and all Released Claims against
any and all of the Released Persons.

     12.2 Upon Final Approval of the Settlement, Defendants shall be deemed to have, and by
operation of the Order and Final Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever released, and are
forever barred from the prosecution of, any and all rights for reimbursement of attorneys’ fees or
costs incurred in connection with the Actions, as against the Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs’ Counsel, and
all members of the Settlement Class.

     12.3 The Release of Claims set forth in this Agreement shall have no effect on any monetary
relief that is or could be sought or recovered in any Securities Action which may result in
recovery, and under no circumstances shall the Settlement Fund or any Settlement Claim be applied
as a set-off or credit against any judgment, recovery, or settlement obtained in the Securities
Action. Provided, however, that if the amount recovered in the Securities Action by the Plans or
any member of the Settlement Class when added to any amounts recovered pursuant to this Settlement
Agreement is in excess of the actual losses sustained by the Plans or such

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member as adjudicated or determined in the Securities Action then the amounts recovered by the
Plans or any member of the Settlement Class under this Settlement Agreement shall be set-off
against such recovery so that in no circumstances shall the Plans or the member recover more than
the actual loss adjudicated or determined in the Securities Action.

     12.4 The Release of Claims set forth in this Agreement shall have no effect on the obligations
set forth in and required by the Agreement. The Release of Claims granted in this Agreement shall
be effective as a bar to any and all currently unsuspected, unknown, or partially known claims
within the scope of the express terms and provisions of the Release set forth in this Section, and
Sections 3.35 and 3.36.

     12.5 This Agreement shall in no event be construed as or be deemed evidence of an admission or
a concession on the part of any party with respect to any claim, fault, liability, or damage
whatsoever. The Defendants deny any and all wrongdoing of any kind whatsoever and do not concede
any infirmity in the defenses to the Action that the Defendants have asserted or intend to assert.
The Defendants enter into this Agreement in order to avoid further expense, inconvenience, risk,
and delay and to dispose of expensive, burdensome, and likely protracted litigation. The
Plaintiffs, the Plans and the Settlement Class also do not concede any infirmity in any of their
claims against Defendants and enter into this Settlement Agreement in order to avoid further
expense, inconvenience, risk, and delay and to dispose of expensive, burdensome, and likely
protracted litigation.

     12.6 This Agreement, whether or not consummated, and any proceedings taken pursuant to this
Agreement, shall not be construed as, or deemed to be evidence of, any presumption, concession, or
admission by any of the parties of: (a) the truth of any fact alleged by Plaintiffs or denial
alleged by Defendants; (b) the validity of any claim or defense that has

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been or could have been asserted in the Action; (c) the existence or non-existence of any
liability, breach of duty, prohibited transaction, violation of law, fault, wrongdoing, or other
wrongful act of any of the Defendants; (d) or as evidence, a presumption, a concession, or an
admission of any infirmity in any claim or defense of any of the parties.

     12.7 Plaintiffs and Defendants shall each have the right to terminate this Agreement by
providing written notice of their election to do so to all of the other parties hereto in the event
that (a) the Court declines to enter the Preliminary Approval Order or declines to enter some other
substantially similar order containing or incorporating the terms herein; (b) the Court declines to
enter the Order and Final Judgment or some other substantially similar order consistent with the
terms herein; or (c) the Order and Final Judgment approving settlement is modified or reversed in
any material respect on appeal, reconsideration, or rehearing (provided, however, that any
modification or reversal as to Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s Attorneys’ Fees or Expenses shall not be
deemed material for purposes of this paragraph). The parties agree that they will negotiate in
good faith to preserve this Agreement prior to exercising their rights of termination under this
paragraph. The Defendants’ right to terminate this agreement pursuant to Section 10.4 is separate
and independent from this Section.

     12.8 In the event this Agreement is terminated, it shall become null and void and of no
further force and effect, the parties shall be deemed to have reverted to their respective status
and positions as of the date immediately before the date of the execution hereof, and the parties
shall proceed in all respects as if this Agreement had not been executed. If the Agreement is
terminated, under no circumstances shall Plaintiffs, Class Counsel, or the Administrators be
required to reimburse Defendants for Administrative Expenses already incurred as of the date of
termination.

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          13. COOPERATION OF THE PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL

     13.1 The parties and their counsel agree to cooperate fully with one another to request Court
approval of this Agreement, and to use their best efforts to effect and consummate the terms of
this Agreement and the Settlement.

     13.2 The parties will cooperate to ensure that information they cause to disseminate in the
media will be accurate, truthful and non-disparaging of any parties, Class members, or counsel for
the parties. In order to assist in providing accurate information to the Class members, counsel for
the parties will endeavor to provide a copy of any proposed written press releases to Counsel for
the opposing parties for review and comment prior to dissemination. The foregoing sentence shall
not apply to any public statement accompanying any filing required by the securities law.

14. GENERAL PROVISIONS

     14.1 This Agreement incorporates by reference all Exhibits attached to it.

     14.2 This Agreement and the attached Exhibits A through D, incorporated herein by reference,
constitute the entire agreement of the parties and may not be modified or amended except by a
writing signed by all parties.

     14.3 The captions to this Agreement appear for the purpose of convenience only and have no
legal effect.

     14.4 Administration and consummation of the terms of this Agreement shall take place under the
supervision and authority of the Court, and all parties hereto expressly consent to the
jurisdiction of the Court for such purposes.

     14.5 The parties to this Agreement may execute this Agreement in any number of counterparts
and on separate counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original, but all counterparts together shall constitute one and the same document.

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     14.6 Except insofar as federal law is controlling, this Agreement and all documents necessary
to effect this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Ohio.

     14.7 Should any provision of this Agreement require judicial interpretation, the parties agree
that the Court or other adjudicating body shall not apply a presumption that the terms be more
strictly construed against the party who prepared same, it being agreed that all parties
collectively participated in the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement.

     14.8 The parties intend this Settlement to be a final and complete resolution of all disputes
between them with respect to the Action.

     14.9 Any notice required or desired to be given to any of the parties to this Agreement shall
be delivered by hand delivery, overnight mail, electronic mail (“e-mail”), or facsimile
transmission addressed as set forth in Exhibit A, or addressed as may otherwise be
designated by any party by written notice to the other parties.

     14.10 Any and all statutes of limitations, statutes of repose, and/or their defenses based
upon the passage of time applicable to Plaintiffs’ claims against Defendants shall be tolled for
the period from the oral notice to the Court on November 21, 2005 of the tentative proposed
settlement to the earlier of the date the Order and Final Judgment is entered or the termination of
this Agreement.

     14.11 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.12 The undersigned are duly authorized to execute this Agreement on behalf of the parties
they represent.

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     WHEREFORE, the parties stipulate and agree that they will move the Court to enter an order in
the form of the Preliminary Approval Order, attached hereto as Exhibit C, and schedule a
hearing on approval of this Settlement under the terms and conditions herein described on the first
available date at least 60 days after entry of the Preliminary Approval Order.

For Plaintiffs:

                                                                                

Joe R. Whatley, Jr.

Glen M. Connor

Whatley Drake, LLC

Post Office Box 10647

Birmingham, Alabama 35202-0647

(205) 328-9576; (205) 328-9669 (fax)

Plaintiffs= Co-Lead Counsel

Counsel for Plaintiff Bryant

                                                                                

Willie Briscoe

Provost Umphrey, LLP

3232 McKinney Ave., Suite 700

Dallas, Texas 75204

214-744-3000; 214-744-3015 (fax)

wbriscoe@provostumphrey.com

Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

                                                                                

James D. Baskin

The Baskin Law Firm

300 West 6th Street, Suite 1950

Austin, Texas 78701

512-381-6300; 512-322-9280 (fax)

jbaskin@baskin.com;

Counsel for Plaintiffs

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David A. Futscher

Parry Deering Futscher & Sparks

411 Garrard Street, Box 2618

Covington, Kentucky 41012

859-291-9000; 859-291-9300 (fax); dfutscher@pdfslaw.com

Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

                                                                                

Ann Lugbill

2406 Auburn Avenue

Cincinnati, Ohio 45219

(513) 784-1280

Fax (513) 784-1449

alugbill@choice.net

For Defendants:

                                                                                

William J. Kilberg

Paul Blankenstein

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-5306

                                                                                

Douglas Edward Hart

Frost Brown Todd LLC

2200 PNC Center

201 E 5th Street

Cincinnati, OH 45202-4182

513-651-6800; 513-651-6981 (fax); dhart@fbtlaw.com 

Counsel for Defendants Broadwing Inc., Crandall, Kiggen, Cassidy, Hoguet, Mooney, Bouman,
Nelson, Cox, Ellenberger, Friedlander, and Broadwing Employee Benefit Committee

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