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):

November 6, 2018

 

 

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.)

 

 

Qwest Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Colorado		001-03040		84-0273800
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
100 CenturyLink Drive
Monroe, Louisiana				71203
(Address of registrants’ principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

(318) 388-9000

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Level 3 Parent, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-35134		47-0210602
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1025 Eldorado Blvd.
Broomfield, Colorado				80021
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

(720) 888-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b), (e) On November 6, 2018, Amir Hussain, who previously served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, stepped down from all positions with CenturyLink, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries, effective immediately.

In addition to amounts payable to Mr. Hussain upon his termination of employment pursuant to the terms of previously-disclosed compensation arrangements, including the automatic acceleration of certain special equity awards granted to him in June 1, 2017, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Company’s board of directors approved certain adjustments to Mr. Hussain’s outstanding annual equity awards. Specifically, the Committee accelerated vesting of the shares of time-based restricted stock granted to Mr. Hussain during fiscal 2016 and 2017 (a total of 27,720 shares) effective as of November 6, 2018. With respect to his 86,518 outstanding shares of performance-based restricted stock granted to him in fiscal 2016 and 2017, Mr. Hussain will continue to hold those awards subject to their original performance conditions. However, the shares of time-based and performance-based restricted stock granted to him in February 2018 were forfeited upon his departure.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for historical and factual information, the matters set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K identified by words such as “expects,” “believes,” “will” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements as defined by the federal securities laws, and are subject to the “safe

harbor” protections thereunder. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are based on current expectations only, and are subject to uncertainties, including the completion of documentation of the above-described arrangements. Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated by us in those statements. We may change our intentions or plans discussed in our forward-looking statements without notice at any time and for any reason.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, CenturyLink, Inc., Qwest Corporation and Level 3 Parent, LLC have duly caused this Current Report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned officer hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Dated: November 7, 2018