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OPPORTUNITY
MULTIPLIED
✕
2011 Review and CEO’s Message

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    OPPORTUNITY MULTIPLIED✕ 2011 Review and CEO's Message

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    ... We completed the Embarq integration and closed the Qwest acquisition, creating the third largest telecommunications company in the country. We enhanced our broadband network capabilities, expanded our CenturyLink™ Prism™ TV service, built fiber to thousands of cell tower sites to gain wireless...

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    ... of Savvis, Inc., creating a premier service provider with global scale in the high-growth sector of colocation, managed hosting and cloud services and with data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. December 31 Completed the Embarq integration on plan, capturing $375 million in annual run-rate...

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    ... and 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Form 10-K") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Proxy Statement will be mailed to shareholders. A copy of our Form 10-K can be obtained at no charge by contacting our Investor Relations department at 800.833.1188 or by accessing our Web site...

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    ...route-miles, offering access to numerous new market opportunities, and we now have a global reach to our business. With the completion of the Qwest and Savvis acquisitions, CenturyLink became a national, industry-leading communications company providing broadband, voice and Verizon Wireless services...

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    ...-speed Internet, Ethernet, CenturyLinkâ„¢ Prismâ„¢ TV, MPLS and VoIP. In 2011, we completed the Embarq integration and closed the Qwest acquisition, creating the third largest telecommunications company in the country. We also took an important strategic step in our transformation, acquiring Savvis...

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    ... than one million households. We ended 2011 with a CenturyLinkâ„¢ Prismâ„¢ TV penetration rate of nearly 7 percent of homes passed. We also realized strong demand for our Core Connect bundles, which include Internet, e-mail, phone and Web site services for small-to-medium-size businesses and...

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    ... on managing costs and achieving targeted synergies, we generated solid free cash ï¬,ow in 2011 and returned $1.556 billion to our stockholders through dividend payments. Investing for growth With the people, products and capabilities we've added through our three recent major acquisitions, we...

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    ... total return is 295.17 percent. GROWING •฀ We฀achieved฀double-digit฀revenue฀ growth in managed hosting and cloud computing services. •฀ Data฀center฀expansions฀and฀openings฀brought฀ sellable space to 1.3 million square feet at year-end. •฀ Savvis฀was฀recognized...

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    ... industry veteran Jim Ousley Chief Executive Officer, Savvis President, Enterprise Markets Group 36-year industry veteran Karen A. Puckett Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 29-year industry veteran Girish Varma Executive Vice President, Information Technology Services 34-year...

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    ...the CenturyLink Board of Directors. CenturyLink's annual meeting of shareholders will be held Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 10 a.m. Central Time at the following location: Corporate Headquarters 100 CenturyLink Drive Monroe, Louisiana 71203 Design: Savage, Branding + Corporate Design, Houston, Texas

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    CenturyLink, Inc. 100 CenturyLink Drive Monroe, Louisiana 71203 800.833.1188 www.centurylink.com