Edgar Filing: Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CENTURYLINK, INC [CTL]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

60B ORCHARD ROAD #06-18 TOWER 2, THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/05/2018

(Street)

SINGAPORE, U0 238891

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share	04/05/2018		P		5,036,884	A	$ 17.4116	123,201,207 ⁽¹⁾	I ⁽¹⁾	See Footnote ⁽¹⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd 60B ORCHARD ROAD #06-18 TOWER 2 THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD SINGAPORE, U0 238891		X

Signatures

TEMASEK HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LIMITED, By: /s/ Christina Choo, in her capacity as Authorized Signatory of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited		04/09/2018
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	As of April 6, 2018, Everitt Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Everitt") and Ellington Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Ellington") directly own 46,452,120 and 30,296,968 shares of the Issuer's common stock ("Common Stock"), respectively. Everitt and Ellington are each wholly owned by Bartley Investments Pte. Ltd., which in turn is wholly owned by Tembusu Capital Pte. Ltd. ("Tembusu Capital"). As of April 6, 2018, Aranda Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Aranda") directly own 46,452,119 shares of Common Stock. Aranda is wholly owned by Seletar Investments Pte Ltd, which in turn is wholly owned by Temasek Capital (Private) Limited ("Temasek Capital"). Tembusu Capital and Temasek Capital are each wholly owned by Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited ("Temasek Holdings"). Therefore, as of April 6, 2018, Temasek Holdings may be deemed to beneficially own the 123,201,207 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in aggregate by Tembusu Capital and Temasek Capital.

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