Cincinnati Bell 2011 Annual Report Download - page 79

Pension Benefits
In February 2009, the Company made significant changes to the Management Pension Plan. The Company
froze pension benefits for certain management employees below 50 years of age and provided a 10-year
transition period for those employees over the age of 50 after which the pension benefit would be frozen. In
addition, any employee hired on or after January 1, 2009 was not eligible to participate in the Management
Pension Plan. As a result, Mr. Torbeck is not eligible to participate in the Management Pension Plan.
The Management Pension Plan was further amended to reduce benefits accrued by “grandfathered
participants” based on their compensation and service after December 31, 2011 by approximately one-half from
the prior accrual rates.
Of the NEOs, only Messrs. Cassidy, Freyberger, Wilson and Wojtaszek participate in the Management
Pension Plan. The following table sets forth information regarding pension benefits:
Name Plan Name
Number of
Years Credited
Service
(#) (e)
Present Value
of Accumulated
Benefit
($) (f)(g)
Payments
During
Last
Fiscal
Year ($)
John F. Cassidy Qualified Defined Benefit Plan (a) ..... 16 521,528 —
Non-Qualified Excess Plan (b) ........ 16 2,184,925
Non-Qualified Supplemental Plan (c) . . . 16 9,075,344
Employment Agreement (d) .......... 16 968,996
Total ........................... 12,750,793
Kurt A. Freyberger Qualified Defined Benefit Plan (a) ..... 6 87,204 —
Non-Qualified Excess Plan (b) ........ 6 22,891
Total ........................... 110,095
Gary J. Wojtaszek Qualified Defined Benefit Plan (a) ..... 3 33,645 —
Non-Qualified Excess Plan (b) ........ 3 —
Total ........................... 33,645
Christopher J. Wilson Qualified Defined Benefit Plan (a) ..... 13 215,839 —
Non-Qualified Excess Plan (b) ........ 13 94,020
Total ........................... 309,859
(a) Management Pension Plan.
(b) Nonqualified ERISA Excess Provisions of the Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan.
(c) See page 52 for further details on the SERP.
(d) Additional pension benefit from employment agreement between the Company and Mr. Cassidy.
(e) None of the executive officers have been granted additional years of service under any of the plans, and this
column reflects the actual years of service of each executive officer.
(f) Amounts in this column represent the accumulated benefit obligations computed using the same assumptions
as used for financial reporting purposes, described in more detail in Note 11 to our Consolidated Financial
Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.
(g) If any of the executive officers had retired on December 31, 2011, they would have been entitled to a benefit
equal to the balance then credited to them, without any reduction, under the Cincinnati Bell Management
Pension Plan (both the tax-qualified defined benefit plan portion and the non-qualified excess plan portion)
as of that date. They may elect a lump-sum or equivalent annuity form of payment subject to any payment
restrictions in place due to the funding status. In addition, Mr. Cassidy would have been eligible to receive
the benefit under his employment agreement as well any benefits under the SERP described above.
The Management Pension Plan is a tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan and is the same plan that is
available to other eligible salaried and certain non-union hourly employees. Mr. Cassidy also participates in the
SERP. Contributions to the Management Pension Plan’s trust and the SERP are made only by the Company.
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