0001193125-14-348754.txt : 20140922 0001193125-14-348754.hdr.sgml : 20140922 20140922171937 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-348754 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: FWP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140922 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140922 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QWEST CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000068622 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 840273800 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-179888-01 FILM NUMBER: 141114619 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 4065 STREET 2: 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE CITY: MONROE STATE: LA ZIP: 71203 BUSINESS PHONE: 3183889000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE STREET 2: P O BOX 4065 CITY: MONROE STATE: LA ZIP: 71203 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910109 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QWEST CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000068622 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 840273800 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 4065 STREET 2: 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE CITY: MONROE STATE: LA ZIP: 71203 BUSINESS PHONE: 3183889000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 CENTURYLINK DRIVE STREET 2: P O BOX 4065 CITY: MONROE STATE: LA ZIP: 71203 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910109 FWP 1 d792775dfwp.htm FWP FWP

ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-179888-01

Qwest Corporation

$500,000,000 6.875% Notes due 2054

Pricing Term Sheet

Date: September 22, 2014

This pricing term sheet supplements the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated September 22, 2014, relating to the securities described below. This pricing term sheet should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

Issuer:

    Qwest Corporation

Security:

    $500,000,000 6.875% Notes due 2054

Anticipated Ratings (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch)*:

    Baa3 / BBB- / BBB-

Principal Amount:

    $500,000,000

Over-allotment Option:

    Up to $75,000,000

Trade Date:

    September 22, 2014

Settlement Date:

    September 29, 2014 (T+5)

Maturity Date:

    October 1, 2054

Interest Payment Dates:

    January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, beginning on January 2, 2015

Coupon:

    6.875%

Price to Public:

    $25.00 per Note

Optional Redemption:

    Callable at Par, in whole or in part, at any time on or after October 1, 2019.

Listing:

    The Issuer intends to apply to list the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange and, if the application is approved, expects trading in the notes to begin within 30 days after the Settlement Date.

CUSIP/ISIN:

    74913G 105 / US74913G1058

Joint Book-Running Managers:

   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                    Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

UBS Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Co-Managers:

   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Raymond James & Associates, 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 (including the preliminary prospectus supplement) 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: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll free at 1-800-294-1322; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll free at 1-800-584-6837; UBS Securities LLC toll free at 1-877-827-6444 ext. 561-3884; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll free at 1-800-326-5897.

 

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