Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/02/2018		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CENTURYLINK, INC [CTL]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
60B ORCHARD ROAD #06-18 TOWER 2, THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SINGAPORE, U0 238891		 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share 110,544,205 (1)
I (1)
See Footnote (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
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 Authorised Signatory of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited 04/05/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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 2, 2018, Everitt Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Everitt") and Ellington Investments Pte. Ltd. ("Ellington") directly own 46,452,120 and 17,639,966 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 2, 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 2, 2018, Temasek Holdings may be deemed to beneficially own the 110,544,205 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in aggregate by Tembusu Capital and Temasek Capital.

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