OREANDA-NEWS. September 14, 2015.  CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Qwest Corporation, agreed to sell \\$400 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Notes due 2055. Qwest also granted the underwriters of this offering an option to acquire up to an additional \\$60 million principal amount of these notes to cover any over-allotments.  The closing of this offering is expected to occur on September 21, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.

Qwest intends to apply to list the notes on the New York Stock Exchange. If the application is approved, Qwest expects trading in the notes to begin within 30 days after the initial issuance of the notes.

Qwest intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem all \\$250 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7.20% Debentures due 2026, at a redemption price of 100.302%, and to use the remainder of the net proceeds to redeem a portion of the \\$1.0 billion aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 6.875% Debentures due 2033, at a redemption price of 100.781%, in each case together with accrued and unpaid interest up to but not including the redemption date.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are the joint book-running managers for this offering.

Qwest is offering the notes pursuant to its existing shelf registration statement.  Qwest intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a definitive prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of this offering. When available, copies of the definitive prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus for this offering may be obtained by contacting Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 222 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10038, Attention: Prospectus Dept., toll free at 1-800-294-1322 or emailing dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll free at 1-800-584-6837, UBS Securities LLC toll free at 1-877-827-7275 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 608 2nd Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attention: WFS Customer Service, toll free at 1-800-645-3751 or emailing wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com.

This press release is not an offer to sell any securities, a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or a notice of redemption of any securities.  This offering will not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About CenturyLink

CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by technology industry analyst firms. The company is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers. CenturyLink provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. The company also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink® Prism™ TV and DIRECTV brands. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations.