(August 31, 2015, 1:45 PM EDT) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Boeing Co. and participants in its 401(k) plan reached a provisional settlement on claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act related to excessive fees, ending nine years of litigation and canceling the bench trial that was set to begin Aug. 26 (Gary Spano, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al., No. 06-743, S.D. Ill.)....