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Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration no. 333-156101-03
Qwest Corporation
$575,000,000 7.375% Notes due 2051
Pricing Term Sheet
Date: June 1, 2011
     
Issuer:  
Qwest Corporation
 
Security:  
$575,000,000 7.375% Notes due 2051
 
Anticipated Ratings (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch)*:  
Baa3 / BBB- / BBB-
 
Principal Amount:  
$575,000,000
 
Over-allotment Option:  
$86,250,000
 
Trade Date:  
June 1, 2011
 
Settlement Date:  
T+5; June 8, 2011
 
Maturity Date:  
June 1, 2051
 
Coupon:  
7.375%
 
Interest Payment Dates:  
March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning September 1, 2011
 
Price to Public:  
$25 per Note
 
Optional Redemption:  
Callable at par, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 1, 2016
 
Listing:  
The Issuer intends to list the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange and expects trading in the Notes to begin within 30 days after the Settlement Date.
 
CUSIP/ISIN:  
74913G 204/US74913G2049
 
Joint Book-Running Managers:  
Barclays Capital Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                      Incorporated
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
UBS Securities LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
 
Lead Manager:  
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
 
Co-Managers:  
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital Inc. at 1-888-603-5847, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1-877-858-5407, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll free at 1-800-294-1322, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1-866-718-1649, UBS Securities LLC at 1-877-827-6444 ext. 561-3884 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-326-5897.