Lumen Technologies, Inc. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2016

Apr 5, 2016

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 18, 2016

| CENTURYLINK, INC. | Meeting Information Meeting Type: Annual Meeting For holders as of: March 30, 2016 Date: May 18,
2016 Time: 10:00 AM CDT | |
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| ● | Location: | Corporate Conference Room CenturyLink Headquarters 100 CenturyLink Drive Monroe, LA 71203 |
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information contained in the proxy materials before voting. | |
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| Voting items |
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| The Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR the following: |
| 1. Election of Directors |
| Nominees |
| 01 Martha H.
Bejar 02 Virginia Boulet 03 Peter C. Brown 04 W. Bruce Hanks 05 Mary L.
Landrieu |
| 06 Gergory J. McCray 07 William A.
Owens 08 Harvey P. Perry 09 Glen F. Post, III 10 Michael J. Roberts |
| 11 Laurie A. Siegel |
| The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following
proposal(s): |
| 2 Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent auditor for 2016. |
| 3 Approve an amendment to our 2011 Equity Incentive Plan. |
| 4 Advisory vote to approve our executive compensation. |
| The Board of
Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal(s): |
| 5 Shareholder proposal regarding our equity retention policies. |
| NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If you plan to attend the meeting and would
like directions, please visit our website, http://ir.centurylink.com. |

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