Member, Timken Board of Directors

Phillip R. Cox, 64, has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cox Financial Corporation, a financial services company that he founded, for over 35 years.  In addition to his service on the Company’s Board of Directors since 2004, Mr. Cox is currently non-executive Chairman of Cincinnati Bell, and he has served as a director there since 1993.  He also has served as a director of Touchstone Mutual Funds since 1994 and Diebold, Incorporated since 2005.  Mr. Cox formerly served as a director of Duke Energy Corporation from 2006 - 2008, and prior to its merger with Duke Energy, Cinergy Corp. from 1994-2005.  With his life-long background of dealing with financial matters, Mr. Cox brings significant acumen to the Board.  Mr. Cox’s term expires in 2013.