0001104659-13-058831.txt : 20130917 0001104659-13-058831.hdr.sgml : 20130917 20130801131831 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-13-058831 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130801 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTURYLINK, INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000018926 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 720651161 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 4065 STREET 2: 100 CENTURYLINK DR CITY: MONROE STATE: LA ZIP: 71203 BUSINESS PHONE: 3183889000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 CENTURYLINK DR STREET 2: P O BOX 4065 CITY: MONROE STATE: LA ZIP: 71203 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CENTURYTEL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990602 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CENTURY TELEPHONE ENTERPRISES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL TELEPHONE & ELECTRONICS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19720512 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

August 1, 2013

VIA EDGAR

Mr. Larry Spirgel

Assistant Director

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporate Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

CenturyLink, Inc.

Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2012

Filed March 1, 2013

File No. 1-07784

Dear Mr. Spirgel:

On behalf of CenturyLink, Inc., I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your letter, dated July 18, 2013, relating to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. As we discussed with Robert Littlepage on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, we intend to respond to your letter in approximately one week. As a result of your comments, we are currently considering including additional disclosures in our next Report on Form 10-Q, but as we are still in the middle of drafting that Report on Form 10-Q we need additional time to ensure that any additional disclosures are thoroughly vetted through our full disclosure review process. Thank you for your understanding. Please call me at (318) 388-9512 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

/s/ R. Stewart Ewing
R. Stewart Ewing
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary

cc: W. Bruce Hanks, Chair — CenturyLink, Inc. Audit Committee

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