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OTHER MATTERS
Deadlines for Submitting Shareholder Nominations and Proposals for the 2017 Annual Meeting
Proxy Statement Proposals. In order to be eligible for inclusion in our 2017 proxy materials, any
shareholder proposal to elect shareholder-nominated candidates as directors or to take any other action at such
meeting must be received by December 6, 2016, and must comply with applicable federal proxy rules and our
bylaws. See “Corporate Governance — Director Nomination Process.” These shareholder proposals must be in
writing and received by the deadline described above at our principal executive offices at 100 CenturyLink
Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203, Attention: Stacey W. Goff, Secretary. If we do not receive a shareholder
proposal by the deadline described above, we may exclude the proposal from our proxy materials for our 2017
annual meeting.
Other Proposals and Nominations. In addition, our bylaws require shareholders to furnish timely advance
written notice of their intent to nominate a director or bring any other matter before a shareholders’ meeting,
whether or not they wish to include their candidate or proposal in our proxy materials. In general, notice must be
received in writing by our Secretary, addressed in the manner specified in the immediately-preceding paragraph,
between November 19, 2016 and February 17, 2017 and must contain various information specified in our
bylaws. (If the date of the 2017 annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after May 18,
2017, notice must be delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 180th day prior to the date of such
annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual
meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the
date of such annual meeting, then 10th day following the day on which such public announcement of the date of
such meeting is first made by the Company.) Notices that are not delivered in accordance with our bylaws may
be disregarded by us. For additional information on these procedures, see “Corporate Governance — Director
Nomination Process.”
Our above-described advance notice bylaw provisions are in addition to, and separate from, the
requirements that a shareholder must meet in order to have a candidate or proposal included in our proxy
materials.
Proxies granted by a shareholder will give discretionary authority to the proxy holders to vote on any
matters introduced pursuant to the above-described advance notice bylaw provisions, subject to applicable rules
of the SEC.
The summaries above are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of our bylaws. You may
obtain a full copy of our bylaws by reviewing our reports filed with the SEC, by accessing our website at
www.centurylink.com, or by contacting our Secretary in the manner specified below.
Proxy Materials
Most shareholders will receive only a written notice of how to access our proxy materials, and will not
receive printed copies of the proxy materials unless requested. If you would like to receive a paper copy of our
proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting the materials in the notice.
The full set of our materials include:
• the notice and proxy statement for the meeting,
• a proxy or voting instruction card, and
• our 2015 annual report furnished in the following two parts: (1) our 2015 Financial Report, which
constitutes Appendix B to this proxy statement, and (2) our 2015 review and CEO’s letter appearing at
the beginning of this booklet.
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