Lumen Technologies, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2006

Sep 14, 2006

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: CENTURYTEL INC (CTL)
CIK: 0000018926
Period of Report: 2006-09-12

Reporting Person: PUCKETT KAREN A (President & COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-09-12	Common Stock	M	17246	$29.19	Acquired	110161.33	Direct
2006-09-13	Common Stock	M	7656	$29.19	Acquired	78819.33	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-09-12	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$29.19	M	17246	Disposed	2010-07-25	Common Stock (17246)	Direct
2006-09-13	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$29.19	M	7656	Disposed	2010-07-25	Common Stock (7656)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: One-third of the stock options are exercisable 7/25/01, one-third are exercisable 7/25/02, and remaining one-third are exercisable 7/25/03.