Lumen Technologies, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2009

Jul 7, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTURYTEL INC (CTL)
CIK: 0000018926
Period of Report: 2009-07-01

Reporting Person: GEPHARDT Richard A (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-07-01	Common Stock	A	2574	—	Acquired	2574	Direct
2009-07-02	Common Stock	A	3161	—	Acquired	5735	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-07-01	Restricted Stock Units	$0	A	3282	Acquired		Common Stock (3282)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Received in exchange for shares of common stock of Embarq Corporation in connection with the merger of Embarq Corporation and CenturyTel, Inc. on July 1, 2009.

F2: Represents a grant of restricted stock from the Issuer.

F3: These restricted stock units vest and underlying shares will be delivered to reporting person on April 30, 2010.