That's going to be the focus -- to come up with a plea agreement. . . . We're going to try to work out a [deal] and ask for some time to get that done.

The company's focus remains on negotiating a new cost-competitive agreement by Feb. 28. Negotiations are continuing. AK Steel remains hopeful.

He's humiliated. He feels like he let himself down and everybody else around him down. He cares deeply for his family. He's torn up by what the impact of this will be on them. It's been a nightmare, a horrible ordeal. ... But this is what he believes is the appropriate thing to do.

What I've thus far reviewed has projected me to the conclusion that's the proper direction to take.

This has been an extremely difficult day for Jim.

Our whole focus was to wear him down and make him play defense. We wanted to make him work for everything he got on offense.