Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

February 22, 2017

 

 

 

LOGO

CenturyLink, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Louisiana   001-7784   72-0651161

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

100 CenturyLink Drive

Monroe, Louisiana

  71203
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(318) 388-9000

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 22, 2017, Gregory J. McCray, a director of CenturyLink, Inc. (the “Company”) since 2005, notified the Company of his decision to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors effective February 23, 2017, following his acceptance of a position with Access, an Alphabet subsidiary.

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Mr. McCray’s resignation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K is listed in the Exhibit Index, which appears at the end of this report and is incorporated herein by reference.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

CenturyLink, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Stacey W. Goff

  Stacey W. Goff
  Executive Vice President,
  Chief Administrative Officer,
  General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: February 23, 2017


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

99.1    Press release, dated February 23, 2017, announcing Mr. McCray’s resignation