SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

60B ORCHARD ROAD #06-18 TOWER 2

THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD

(Street)

SINGAPORE

238891

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CENTURYLINK, INC [ CTL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/03/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share	04/03/2018		P		3,311,267	A	$16.4276	113,855,472⁽¹⁾	I⁽¹⁾	See Footnote⁽¹⁾
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share	04/04/2018		P		4,308,851	A	$16.9366	118,164,323⁽¹⁾	I⁽¹⁾	See Footnote⁽¹⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. As of April 4, 2018, Everitt Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Everitt") and Ellington Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Ellington") directly own 46,452,120 and 25,260,084 shares of the Issuer's common stock ("Common Stock"), respectively. Everitt and Ellington are each wholly owned by Bartley Investments Pte. Ltd., which in turn is wholly owned by Tembusu Capital Pte. Ltd. ("Tembusu Capital"). As of April 4, 2018, Aranda Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Aranda") directly own 46,452,119 shares of Common Stock. Aranda is wholly owned by Seletar Investments Pte Ltd, which in turn is wholly owned by Temasek Capital (Private) Limited ("Temasek Capital"). Tembusu Capital and Temasek Capital are each wholly owned by Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited ("Temasek Holdings"). Therefore, as of April 4, 2018, Temasek Holdings may be deemed to beneficially own the 118,164,323 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in aggregate by Tembusu Capital and Temasek Capital.

Remarks:

	TEMASEK HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LIMITED, By: /s/ Christina Choo, in her capacity as Authorized Signatory of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited	04/05/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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