Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

(15)   Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

	Quarterly Financial Data
	Successor
2012	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Twelve Months Total
	(Dollars in millions)
Operating revenues	$	2,840		2,835		2,825		2,856		11,356
Operating income		290		291		322		375		1,278
Income tax expense (benefit)		48		27		54		67		196
Net income (loss)		77		37		83		111		308

	Quarterly Financial Data
	Predecessor		Successor
2011	First Quarter		Second Quarter			Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter			Nine Months Total
	(Dollars in millions)
Operating revenues	$	2,846		2,769			2,765		2,793			8,327
Operating income		579		138			223		182			543
Income tax expense (benefit)		146		—			33		(1	)		32
Net income (loss)		211		(13	)		32		—			19

Second Quarter 2011

        We recognized $127 million of certain expenses associated with activities related to CenturyLink's acquisition of us during the successor three months ended June 30, 2011. These expenses were comprised primarily of severance of $99 million, retention bonuses of $14 million, share-based compensation of $11 million and system integration consulting of $1 million.