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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-11-087471
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110929
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110928

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QWEST CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000068622
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				840273800
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B5
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-156101-03
		FILM NUMBER:		111113276

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 CALIFORNIA ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2950
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3038963099

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1801 CALIFORNIA ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2950
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910109
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<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#H84486tocpage">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 8pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Filed
    pursuant to Rule&#160;424(b)(5)<BR>
    Registration
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;333-156101-03</FONT></FONT></B>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutterright -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="6%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutterleft -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutterright -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="6%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; padding-left: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Title of Each Class of <BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Maximum Aggregate<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Registration<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; padding-left: 2pt">
    <B>Securities Offered</B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Offering Price</B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
    <B>Fee(1)</B>
</TD>
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<TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; padding-left: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
<DIV style="text-indent: -5pt; margin-left: 5pt">
    6.75%&#160;Notes due 2021 of Qwest Corporation
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    950,000,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    110,295
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



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    <TD width="31%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="68%"></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Calculated in accordance with Rule&#160;457(o) and
    Rule&#160;457(r).</TD>
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    <B><U><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Prospectus
    Supplement<BR>
    </FONT></U><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(To
    Prospectus dated December&#160;12, 2008)</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt">$950,000,000</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 24pt">Qwest Corporation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt">6.75%&#160;Notes due
    2021</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Qwest Corporation is offering $950,000,000 of 6.75%&#160;Notes
    due 2021 pursuant to this prospectus supplement. The Notes will
    bear interest at the rate of 6.75% per year from the date of
    issuance to December&#160;1, 2021, when they will mature. We
    will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on
    June&#160;1 and December&#160;1 of each year, beginning
    June&#160;1, 2012.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption
    prices described in this prospectus supplement under the caption
    &#147;Description of the Notes&#160;&#151; Optional
    Redemption.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Notes will be our senior unsecured obligations and will rank
    senior to any of our future subordinated debt and rank equally
    in right of payment with all of our existing and future
    unsecured and unsubordinated debt. We do not plan to list the
    Notes on any national securities exchange.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 5%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B>Investing in our Notes involves risks. See &#147;Risk
    Factors&#148; beginning on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">page&#160;S-7</FONT>
    of this prospectus supplement to read about certain risks you
    should consider before investing in the Notes.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<CENTER><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; width: 18%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV></CENTER>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="57%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="5%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="4%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="7%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="7%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Price to<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Underwriting<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Net Proceeds to<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Public(1)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Discount</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Qwest Corporation(2)</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Per Note
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    98.181
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.650
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    97.531
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    932,719,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6,175,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    926,544,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 13%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    (1)&#160;Plus accrued interest, if any, from October&#160;4,
    2011, if settlement occurs after that date.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    (2)&#160;Excluding our expenses.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<CENTER><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; width: 18%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV></CENTER>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B>Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
    securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
    securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the
    accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any
    representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The underwriters expect to deliver the Notes only in book-entry
    form through the facilities of The Depository Trust&#160;Company
    for the accounts of its participants, including Euroclear Bank
    S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, and Clearstream
    Banking, <I>societe anonyme,</I> against payment in New York,
    New York on or about October&#160;4, 2011.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<CENTER><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; width: 18%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV></CENTER>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Joint
    Book-Running Managers</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="50%"></TD>
    <TD width="50%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Citigroup</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    J.P. Morgan</FONT></B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

<TR>
    <TD width="33%"></TD>
    <TD width="33%"></TD>
    <TD width="33%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Deutsche
    Bank Securities</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    Mitsubishi UFJ Securities</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    SunTrust Robinson Humphrey</FONT></B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<CENTER><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; width: 18%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV></CENTER>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>Co-Managers</I>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

<TR>
    <TD width="50%"></TD>
    <TD width="50%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">BNY
    Mellon Capital Markets, LLC</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    Fifth Third Securities, Inc.</FONT></B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

<TR>
    <TD width="50%"></TD>
    <TD width="50%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Mizuho
    Securities</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    US Bancorp</FONT></B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The date of this prospectus supplement is September&#160;27,
    2011.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">TABLE OF
    CONTENTS</FONT></B>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Prospectus Supplement</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486101'>About This Prospectus Supplement</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    S-1
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486102'>Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
    Statements</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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    S-2
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<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486103'>Where You Can Find More Information</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    S-3
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486104'>Prospectus Supplement Summary</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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    S-4
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<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486105'>Risk Factors</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    S-7
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486106'>Use of Proceeds</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    S-8
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486107'>Capitalization</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
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    S-9
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486108'>Management</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    S-10
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<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486109'>Description of the Notes</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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    S-12
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486110'>Material United States Federal Income Tax
    Consequences</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    S-22
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    <A HREF='#H84486111'>Underwriting</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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    S-27
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    <A HREF='#H84486112'>Experts</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    S-29
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    <A HREF='#H84486113'>Legal Matters</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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<TD>&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    S-29
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Prospectus</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486115'>About This Prospectus</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    ii
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#H84486116'>Where You Can Find More Information</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    ii
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    <A HREF='#H84486117'>Incorporation by Reference</A>
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    <A HREF='#H84486118'>Forward-Looking Statements</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    <A HREF='#H84486119'>The Company</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
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    <A HREF='#H84486122'>Legal Matters</A>
</DIV>
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<TD>&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2
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    <A HREF='#H84486123'>Experts</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ABOUT
    THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are
    part of a registration statement that we and certain of our
    affiliates filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
    (the &#147;SEC&#148;) using a &#147;shelf&#148; registration
    process. Under this process, the document we use to offer
    securities is divided into two parts. The first part is this
    prospectus supplement, which describes the specific terms of the
    offering and also updates and supplements information contained
    in the accompanying prospectus and the documents incorporated by
    reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
    prospectus. The second part is the accompanying prospectus,
    which provides you with general information about us and
    offerings we may conduct. If the description of the offering
    varies between this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
    prospectus, you should rely on the information in this
    prospectus supplement. Before purchasing our Notes, you should
    carefully read both this prospectus supplement and the
    accompanying prospectus, together with the additional
    information described under the heading &#147;Where You Can Find
    More Information.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B>You should rely solely on the information contained in this
    prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus, any related
    free writing prospectus issued by us and the documents
    incorporated by reference herein or therein. We have not, and
    the underwriters have not, authorized any other person to
    provide you with different information. If anyone provides you
    with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely
    on it. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer
    of the Notes in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
    permitted. You should assume that the information contained or
    incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, the
    accompanying prospectus, any related free writing prospectus
    issued by us, and any document incorporated by reference herein
    or therein is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of
    those documents. Our business, financial condition, results of
    operations and prospects may have changed since that date.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Unless otherwise provided in this prospectus supplement or the
    context requires otherwise, in this prospectus supplement:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;QC&#148; refers to Qwest Corporation on a stand-alone
    basis;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;Qwest,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; the
    &#147;Company&#148; and &#147;our&#148; refer to Qwest
    Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;QSC&#148; refers to our direct parent company, Qwest
    Services Corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries;
</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;QCII&#148; refers to QSC&#146;s direct parent company and
    our indirect parent company, Qwest Communications International
    Inc., and its consolidated subsidiaries;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;CenturyLink&#148; refers to QCII&#146;s direct parent
    company and our ultimate parent company, CenturyLink, Inc., and
    its consolidated subsidiaries;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;Embarq&#148; refers to Embarq Corporation and its
    subsidiaries, which CenturyLink acquired on July&#160;1, 2009;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;Savvis&#148; refers to SAVVIS, Inc. and its subsidiaries,
    which CenturyLink acquired on July&#160;15, 2011;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;Notes&#148; refer to the notes being offered pursuant to
    this prospectus supplement.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CAUTIONARY
    STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus,
    including the documents incorporated by reference herein and
    therein, contain &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within
    the meaning of Section&#160;27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
    as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and
    Section&#160;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
    amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;). These statements are
    intended to be covered by the safe harbor for
    &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; provided by the Private
    Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may
    be made directly in this prospectus supplement or the
    accompanying prospectus or may be incorporated in this
    prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus by
    reference to other documents and may include statements for
    periods following the completion of this offering.
    Forward-looking statements are all statements other than
    statements of historical fact, such as statements regarding our
    financial plans, business plans, indebtedness, acquisitions,
    integration initiatives, and general economic and business
    conditions. Words such as &#147;anticipates,&#148;
    &#147;may,&#148; &#147;can,&#148; &#147;plans,&#148;
    &#147;feels,&#148; &#147;believes,&#148; &#147;estimates,&#148;
    &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;projects,&#148; &#147;intends,&#148;
    &#147;likely,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148;
    &#147;to be&#148; and similar expressions are intended to
    identify forward-looking statements.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Our forward-looking statements are based on current expectations
    only, and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and
    assumptions, many of which are beyond our control. Actual events
    and results may differ materially from those anticipated,
    estimated or projected if one or more of these risks or
    uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove
    incorrect. Factors that could affect actual results include but
    are not limited to: the timing, success and overall effects of
    competition from a wide variety of competitive providers; the
    risks inherent in rapid technological change; the effects of
    ongoing changes in the regulation of the communications industry
    (including those arising out of the proposed rules of the
    Federal Communication Commission (the &#147;FCC&#148;) regarding
    intercarrier compensation and universal service funds and the
    FCC&#146;s related Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released on
    February&#160;8, 2011); CenturyLink&#146;s ability to
    effectively adjust to changes in the communications industry and
    changes in the composition and management of our operations
    caused by CenturyLink&#146;s recent acquisitions of Savvis, QCII
    and Embarq; CenturyLink&#146;s ability to successfully integrate
    the operations of Savvis, QCII (including us) and Embarq into
    its operations, including the possibility that the anticipated
    benefits from these acquisitions cannot be fully realized in a
    timely manner or at all, or that integrating the acquired
    operations will be more difficult, disruptive or costly than
    anticipated; CenturyLink&#146;s and QCII&#146;s ability to use
    net operating loss carryovers in projected amounts; the effects
    of changes in CenturyLink&#146;s allocation of the QCII purchase
    price after the date hereof or the effects of allocating the
    Savvis purchase price in future quarters; CenturyLink&#146;s
    ability to effectively manage its and our expansion
    opportunities, including retaining and hiring key personnel;
    possible changes in the demand for, or pricing of, our products
    and services; our ability to successfully introduce new product
    or service offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis; our
    continued access to credit markets on favorable terms; our
    ability to collect our receivables from financially troubled
    communications companies; any adverse developments in legal
    proceedings involving CenturyLink or its subsidiaries;
    unanticipated increases or other changes in the future cash
    requirements of CenturyLink or us, whether caused by
    unanticipated increases in capital expenditures, pension
    contributions or otherwise; our ability to successfully
    negotiate collective bargaining agreements on reasonable terms
    without work stoppages; the effects of adverse weather; other
    risks referenced from time to time in this prospectus supplement
    and the accompanying prospectus or other of our filings with the
    SEC; and the effects of more general factors such as changes in
    interest rates, in tax rates, in accounting policies or
    practices, in operating, medical, pension or administrative
    costs, in general market, labor or economic conditions, or in
    legislation, regulation or public policy. These and other
    uncertainties are described in greater detail in Item&#160;1A of
    Part&#160;II of our Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the fiscal quarter ended June&#160;30, 2011, as they may be
    updated and supplemented by our subsequent SEC reports. For more
    information about these risks, see &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in
    this prospectus supplement.
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    You should be aware that new factors impacting our actual
    results may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for
    us to identify all such factors nor can we predict the impact of
    each such factor on the business or the extent to which any one
    or more factors may cause actual results to differ from those
    reflected in any forward-looking statements. You are further
    cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking
    statements, which speak only as of the date of the document in
    which they appear. Except for meeting our ongoing obligations
    under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to
    update or revise our forward-looking statements for any reason.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">WHERE YOU
    CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    We file annual, quarterly and current reports, and other
    information with the SEC. You may read and copy that information
    at the Public Reference Room of the SEC, located at
    100&#160;F&#160;Street, N.E., Washington,&#160;D.C. 20549. You
    may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference
    Room by calling the SEC at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-SEC-0330.</FONT>
    You may also obtain copies of this information by mail from the
    SEC at the above address, at prescribed rates. In addition, the
    SEC maintains an Internet site at www.sec.gov, from which
    interested persons can electronically access the registration
    statement of which this prospectus supplement and the
    accompanying prospectus forms a part, including the exhibits and
    schedules thereto, as well as reports and other information
    about us.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We are &#147;incorporating by reference&#148; into this
    prospectus supplement specific documents that we filed with the
    SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to
    you by referring you to those documents that are considered part
    of this prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. We
    incorporate by reference the documents listed below, and any
    future documents that we file with the SEC under
    Section&#160;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act until
    the termination or completion of the offering of all of the
    securities covered by this prospectus supplement. This
    prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus are part of a
    registration statement filed with the SEC, which may contain
    additional information that you might find important.
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    We are &#147;incorporating by reference&#148; into this
    prospectus supplement the following documents filed with the SEC
    by us; <I>provided,</I> <I>however,</I> we are not incorporating
    by reference, in each case, any such documents or portions of
    such documents that have been &#147;furnished&#148; but not
    &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of the Exchange Act:
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<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Qwest Corporation
    Filings</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Applicable Period</FONT></B>
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</TD>
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    Annual Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-K</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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    Fiscal year ended December 31, 2010
</TD>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Quarterly Reports on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    Quarterly periods ended March 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011
</TD>
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    Current Reports on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;8-K</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    Filed June 8, 2011 and September&#160;21, 2011
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We will provide to each person to whom this prospectus
    supplement and the accompanying prospectus is delivered, upon
    written or oral request and without charge, a copy of the
    documents referred to above that we have incorporated by
    reference (except for exhibits, unless the exhibits are
    specifically incorporated by reference into the filing). You can
    request copies of such documents if you call or write us at the
    following address or telephone number: Qwest Corporation, 100
    CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203, Attention: Investor
    Relations, or by telephoning us at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(318)&#160;388-9000.</FONT>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Each of this prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus
    and the information incorporated by reference herein or therein
    may contain summary descriptions of certain agreements that we
    have filed as exhibits to various SEC filings, as well as
    certain agreements that we will enter into in connection with
    the offering of securities covered by this prospectus
    supplement. These summary descriptions do not purport to be
    complete and are subject to, or qualified in their entirety by
    reference to, the definitive agreements to which they relate.
    Copies of the definitive agreements will be made available
    without charge to you by making a written or oral request to us.
</DIV>

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    Information contained in this prospectus supplement, the
    accompanying prospectus or in any particular document
    incorporated herein or therein by reference is not necessarily
    complete and is qualified in its entirety by the information and
    financial statements appearing in all of the documents
    incorporated by reference herein and therein and should be read
    together therewith. Any statement contained in a document
    incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
    prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus will be
    deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a
    statement contained in this prospectus supplement or in any
    subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
    incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
    accompanying prospectus modifies or supersedes such statement.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROSPECTUS
    SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY</FONT></B>
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    <I>The following summary does not contain all of the information
    you should consider before investing in the Notes and is
    qualified in its entirety by reference to the more detailed
    information and consolidated historical financial statements
    incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the
    accompanying prospectus, as well as the materials filed with the
    SEC that are considered to be part of this prospectus supplement
    and the accompanying prospectus. Before making an investment
    decision, you should read this prospectus supplement and the
    accompanying prospectus carefully, including &#147;Risk
    Factors&#148; and the documents incorporated by reference herein
    and therein (which, among other things, describe recent changes
    in our business, accounting and operating data counting
    methodologies, and include information on our ratios of earnings
    to fixed charges).</I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Qwest
    Corporation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Business</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We are an integrated communications company primarily engaged in
    providing an array of communications services to customers in
    14&#160;states principally in the western United States,
    including local voice, wholesale network access, broadband, data
    and video services. In certain markets, we also provide fiber
    transport and other services to competitive local exchange
    carriers, and other communications, professional and business
    information services. As of June&#160;30, 2011, we operated
    approximately 8.8&#160;million access lines, and served
    approximately 3.0&#160;million broadband subscribers.
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    We were incorporated in 1911 under the laws of the state of
    Colorado. As a result of CenturyLink&#146;s acquisition of QCII
    on April&#160;1, 2011, we are an indirect wholly owned
    subsidiary of CenturyLink. Our principal executive office is
    located at 100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203 and
    our telephone number is
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(318)&#160;388-9000.</FONT>
    Our website is located at <I><U>www.centurylink.com</U></I>. The
    information set forth on our website is not incorporated by
    reference into this prospectus supplement.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Corporate
    Structure of Our Parent Company</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    The following chart illustrates the corporate structure and debt
    capitalization of CenturyLink and certain of its principal
    consolidated subsidiaries as of June&#160;30, 2011. This chart
    (i)&#160;is provided for illustrative purposes only and has not
    been prepared in accordance with U.S.&#160;generally accepted
    accounting principles, (ii)&#160;reflects the face value of
    total current and long-term indebtedness for borrowed money,
    (iii)&#160;does not represent all legal entities of CenturyLink
    and its consolidated subsidiaries or all obligations of such
    entities and (iv)&#160;does not reflect certain guarantees among
    QCII, QSC and Qwest Capital Funding Inc.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Total
    CenturyLink Consolidated Debt:
    $20.565&#160;billion<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">1<BR>

    </SUP></FONT></B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(as
    of June&#160;30, 2011)
    </FONT>
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    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Excludes unamortized premiums, net of discounts, obligations
    under capital leases, and fair value hedge adjustments.</TD>
</TR>


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    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    CenturyLink also maintains a $1.7&#160;billion revolving credit
    facility (a portion of which can be used for letters of credit)
    and a $160&#160;million uncommitted revolving letter of credit
    facility. On June&#160;30, 2011, CenturyLink had no borrowings
    outstanding under its revolving credit facility and had an
    aggregate of $131&#160;million of letters of credit outstanding
    under its two facilities.</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (3) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    As described in &#147;Use of Proceeds,&#148; we expect to use
    the net proceeds from this offering, together with the
    $557&#160;million of net proceeds that we received on
    September&#160;21, 2011 in connection with the sale of our 7.50%
    Notes due 2051 (the &#147;Retail Notes&#148;), to redeem the
    $1.5&#160;billion aggregate principal amount of our outstanding
    8.875%&#160;Notes due 2012 (the &#147;8.875%&#160;Notes&#148;)
    prior to maturity. For more information on our capitalization,
    see &#147;Capitalization.&#148;</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Offering</FONT></B>
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    <B>Issuer</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Qwest Corporation, a Colorado corporation.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Notes</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    $950,000,000 of 6.75%&#160;Notes due 2021.</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Maturity Date</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The Notes will mature on December&#160;1, 2021.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Interest Rate</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The Notes will bear interest from October&#160;4, 2011 at a rate
    of 6.75% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Interest Payment Dates</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    June&#160;1 and December&#160;1 of each year, beginning
    June&#160;1, 2012.</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Optional Redemption</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    We may redeem the Notes, at any time in whole or from time to
    time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of
    (i)&#160;100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
    redeemed or (ii)&#160;the sum of the present values of the
    remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the
    Notes being redeemed, discounted to the redemption date at the
    then current Treasury Rate applicable to the Notes plus 50 basis
    points, together with any accrued and unpaid interest to the
    redemption date. See &#147;Description of the Notes&#160;&#151;
    Optional Redemption.&#148;</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>No Security</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    None of our obligations under the Notes will be secured by
    collateral or guaranteed by any of our affiliates or other
    persons.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Certain Covenants</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The indenture governing the Notes contains certain restrictions
    on our ability to create liens and to merge, consolidate or sell
    all or substantially all of our assets, subject to a number of
    important qualifications and limitations. See &#147;Description
    of the Notes&#160;&#151; Certain Covenants.&#148;</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Ranking</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The Notes will be our senior unsecured obligations. The Notes
    will rank senior to any of our future subordinated debt and rank
    equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future
    unsecured and unsubordinated debt. See &#147;Description of the
    Notes&#160;&#151; Ranking.&#148;</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Use of Proceeds</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    We expect to use the net proceeds from the offering of the
    Notes, together with the $557 million of net proceeds that we
    received on September&#160;21, 2011 in connection with the sale
    of the Retail Notes, to redeem the $1.5&#160;billion aggregate
    principal amount of our outstanding 8.875%&#160;Notes prior to
    maturity. See &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148;</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>No Listing</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The Notes are not and are not expected to be listed on any
    national securities exchange.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Governing Law</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    New York.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    U.S. Bank National Association.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    <B>Risk Factors</B></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Investing in the Notes involves risks. Before deciding whether
    to invest in the Notes, you should carefully consider the
    information set forth in the section of this prospectus
    supplement entitled &#147;Risk Factors&#148; beginning on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">page&#160;S-7,</FONT>
    as well as the other information contained in or incorporated by
    reference into this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
    prospectus.</TD>
</TR>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">RISK
    FACTORS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>Before purchasing the Notes, you should carefully consider
    the risks described below and the risks disclosed in
    Item&#160;1A of Part&#160;II of our Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the quarter ended June&#160;30, 2011, as well as the other
    information contained or incorporated by reference in this
    prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.</I>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Risk
    Factors Relating to the Notes</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">We and
    our affiliates have a significant amount of indebtedness, which
    could adversely affect our financial performance and impact our
    ability to make payments on the Notes.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The degree to which we, together with CenturyLink and its other
    subsidiaries, are leveraged could have important consequences to
    the holders of the Notes. See &#147;Capitalization.&#148; For
    example, it:
</DIV>

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<TR>
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    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    may limit our ability to obtain additional financing for working
    capital, capital expenditures or general corporate purposes,
    particularly if the ratings assigned to our debt securities by
    nationally recognized credit rating organizations (&#147;credit
    ratings&#148;) are revised downward;
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    will require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash
    flow from operations to the payment of interest and principal on
    our debt, reducing the funds available to us for other purposes
    including acquisitions, capital expenditures, marketing spending
    and expansion of our business;
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    may limit our flexibility to adjust to changing business and
    market conditions and make us more vulnerable to a downturn in
    general economic conditions as compared to our
    competitors;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    may put us at a competitive disadvantage to some of our
    competitors that are not as leveraged.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    As of June&#160;30, 2011, we owed approximately
    $7.8&#160;billion under unsecured and unsubordinated debt that
    would have ranked equally with the Notes.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Our
    financial performance and other factors could adversely impact
    our ability to make payments on the Notes.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Our ability to make scheduled payments or to refinance our
    obligations with respect to our indebtedness (including the
    Notes) will depend on our financial and operating performance,
    which, in turn, is subject to prevailing economic and
    competitive conditions and other factors beyond our control.
    Approximately $2.25&#160;billion aggregate principal amount of
    our debt obligations (including the 8.875%&#160;Notes, which we
    intend to redeem with the combined net proceeds from this
    offering and the offering of the Retail Notes) come due over the
    next three years. While we currently believe we will have the
    financial resources to meet our obligations when they become
    due, we cannot fully anticipate our future performance or
    financial condition, or the future condition of the credit
    markets or the economy generally.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Other
    than certain covenants limiting liens and certain corporate
    transactions, the Notes will not contain restrictive covenants,
    and there is no protection in the event of a change of control
    or a highly leveraged transaction.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The indenture governing the Notes does not contain restrictive
    covenants that would protect you from many kinds of transactions
    that may adversely affect you. The indenture does not contain
    provisions that permit the holders of the Notes to require us to
    repurchase the Notes in the event of a change of control of QC,
    recapitalization or similar transaction. In addition, the
    indenture does not contain covenants limiting any of the
    following:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the payment of dividends and certain other payments by us and
    our subsidiaries;
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the incurrence of additional indebtedness by us or our
    subsidiaries;
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the issuance of stock of our subsidiaries;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    our ability and our subsidiaries&#146; ability to enter into
    sale/leaseback transactions;
</TD>
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    <TD width="94%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    our creation of restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries
    to make payments to us;
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    our ability to engage in asset sales;&#160;and
</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    our ability or our subsidiaries&#146; ability to enter into
    certain transactions with affiliates.
</TD>
</TR>

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    As a result, we could enter into any such transaction even
    though the transaction could increase the total amount of our
    outstanding indebtedness, adversely affect our capital structure
    or the credit ratings of our debt securities, or otherwise
    adversely affect the holders of the Notes.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    CenturyLink has cash management arrangements with certain of its
    subsidiaries, including us, which result in substantial portions
    of our cash being transferred regularly to CenturyLink. Although
    we receive matching receivables from CenturyLink in exchange for
    these transfers, these arrangements expose us to the risk of
    nonpayment of such receivables by CenturyLink.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">An
    active trading market may not develop for the
    Notes.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We cannot provide assurances that an active, liquid or
    sustainable trading market for the Notes will develop, nor that
    you will be able to sell your Notes at attractive prices or at
    all. Future trading prices of the Notes will also depend on many
    other factors, including, among other things, prevailing
    interest rates, the market for similar securities, our
    performance and other factors. We do not intend to apply for
    listing of the Notes on any securities exchange or any automated
    quotation system.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Ratings
    of the Notes may not reflect all risks of an investment in the
    Notes, and changes in these ratings could adversely affect the
    market price of the Notes.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We expect that the Notes will be rated by at least one
    nationally recognized credit rating organization. A debt rating
    is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold the Notes.
    These ratings are not intended to correspond to market price or
    suitability for a particular investor. Additionally, ratings may
    be lowered or withdrawn in their entirety at any time. Any
    actual or anticipated downgrade or withdrawal of a rating by a
    rating agency governing the Notes could have an adverse effect
    on the trading prices or liquidity of the Notes.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Risk
    Factors Relating to Our Business, Our Regulatory Environment and
    Our Liquidity</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We face competitive, technological, regulatory, financial and
    other risks (including risks posed by the high debt levels of
    our affiliates), many of which are described in Item&#160;1A of
    Part&#160;II of our Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the quarter ended June&#160;30, 2011, which is incorporated
    by reference herein.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">USE OF
    PROCEEDS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes are expected to be
    approximately $926&#160;million, after deducting the
    underwriting discount and our estimated expenses. We expect to
    use the net proceeds from this offering, together with the
    $557&#160;million of net proceeds that we received on
    September&#160;21, 2011 in connection with the sale of the
    Retail Notes, to redeem the $1.5&#160;billion aggregate
    principal amount of our outstanding 8.875%&#160;Notes prior to
    their stated maturity date of March&#160;15, 2012, and to pay
    all related fees and expenses. Pending completion of this
    redemption of the 8.875%&#160;Notes, we intend to invest the net
    proceeds from this offering in short-term investment grade,
    interest-bearing securities.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CAPITALIZATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The following table sets forth our consolidated cash and cash
    equivalents and capitalization as of June&#160;30, 2011 on a
    historical basis. You should read the following table in
    conjunction with &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; herein and our
    consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto
    incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement and
    the accompanying prospectus.
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&nbsp;
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    <B>As of June&#160;30,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    <B>2011</B>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <B>(Unaudited)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(Dollars in millions)</B>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    Cash and cash equivalents(1)
</DIV>
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&nbsp;
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    $
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    12
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</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Long-term debt:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
    Unsecured notes and debentures(2)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,804
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
    Unamortized premiums, net of discounts
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    458
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 30pt">
    Capital leases and other
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    178
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 40pt">
    Total long-term debt
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    8,440
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total stockholder&#146;s equity
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10,110
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Total capitalization
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    18,550
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 13%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



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    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
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<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Shortly after CenturyLink&#146;s April&#160;1, 2011 acquisition
    of QCII, we entered into a cash management arrangement with
    CenturyLink, under which a substantial portion of our cash is
    transferred regularly to CenturyLink in exchange for matching
    receivables. For more information, see &#147;Risk
    Factors&#160;&#151; Risk Factors Relating to the Notes.&#148;</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering, together
    with the $557&#160;million of net proceeds that we received on
    September&#160;21, 2011 in connection with the sale of the
    Retail Notes, to redeem the $1.5&#160;billion aggregate
    principal amount of our outstanding 8.875%&#160;Notes prior to
    maturity. As a result, we do not believe that the combined
    effect of this offering and the offering of the Retail Notes
    will have a material effect on our capitalization. See &#147;Use
    of Proceeds.&#148;</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">MANAGEMENT</FONT></B>
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    Below you can find information about our current directors and
    executive officers:
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt">Name</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt">Age</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt">Position</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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    Glen F. Post,&#160;III
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    58
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Chief Executive Officer and President
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Karen A. Puckett
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    51
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    R. Stewart Ewing, Jr.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    60
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Stacey W. Goff
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    45
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Executive Vice President, General Counsel and a Director
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Dennis G. Huber
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    51
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Executive Vice President&#160;&#151; Network Services
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    William E. Cheek
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    56
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    President&#160;&#151; Wholesale Operations
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Christopher K. Ancell
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    49
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    President&#160;&#151; Business Markets Group
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    David D. Cole
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    54
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Senior Vice President&#160;&#151; Controller and Operations
    Support
</TD>
</TR>
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    <I>Glen F. Post,&#160;III,</I> has served as our Chief Executive
    Officer and President since April&#160;1, 2011. Mr.&#160;Post
    has served as Chief Executive Officer of CenturyLink since 1992,
    and President of CenturyLink since July&#160;1, 2009 (and from
    1990 to 2002). Mr.&#160;Post also served as Chairman of the
    Board of CenturyLink from June 2002 until June 2009, Vice
    Chairman of the Board of CenturyLink between 1993 and 2002 and
    held various other positions at CenturyLink between 1976 and
    1993, most notably Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
    Operating Officer. Mr.&#160;Post received both his
    Bachelor&#146;s Degree and Master&#146;s Degree in Business
    Administration from Louisiana Tech University.
</DIV>

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    <I>Karen A. Puckett</I> has served as our Executive Vice
    President and Chief Operating Officer since April&#160;1, 2011.
    Ms.&#160;Puckett has served as CenturyLink&#146;s Executive Vice
    President and Chief Operating Officer since July 2009, and
    President and Chief Operating Officer of CenturyLink from
    September 2002 until July 2009. Ms.&#160;Puckett holds her
    Bachelor&#146;s Degree from Indiana State University and a
    Master&#146;s Degree in Business Administration from Bellarmine
    College.
</DIV>

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    <I>R.&#160;Stewart Ewing,&#160;Jr.</I> has served as our
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a
    member of our Board of Directors since April&#160;1, 2011.
    Mr.&#160;Ewing has served as CenturyLink&#146;s Executive Vice
    President and Chief Financial Officer since 1999. Mr.&#160;Ewing
    received his Bachelor&#146;s Degree from Northwestern State
    University.
</DIV>

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    <I>Stacey W. Goff </I>has served as our Executive Vice President
    and General Counsel and a member of our Board of Directors since
    April&#160;1, 2011. Mr.&#160;Goff has served as
    CenturyLink&#146;s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
    Secretary since July&#160;1, 2009, and Senior Vice President,
    General Counsel and Secretary of CenturyLink prior to then.
    Mr.&#160;Goff holds his Bachelor&#146;s Degree from Mississippi
    State University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of
    Mississippi.
</DIV>

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    <I>Dennis G. Huber </I>has served as our Executive Vice
    President&#160;&#151; Network Services since April&#160;1, 2011.
    Mr.&#160;Huber has served as CenturyLink&#146;s Executive Vice
    President&#160;&#151; Network Services since July&#160;1, 2009
    (excluding the four-month period between May 2010 and September
    2010)&#160;and held various executive positions at Embarq and
    its predecessor companies from January 2003 through July&#160;1,
    2009. Mr.&#160;Huber received both his Bachelor&#146;s Degree
    and Master&#146;s Degree from Rockhurst University.
</DIV>

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    <I>William E. Cheek </I>has served as our President&#160;&#151;
    Wholesale Operations since April&#160;1, 2011. Mr.&#160;Cheek
    has served as CenturyLink&#146;s President&#160;&#151; Wholesale
    Operations since July&#160;1, 2009. Previously, Mr.&#160;Cheek
    served President&#160;&#151; Wholesale Markets for Embarq from
    May 2006 until July 2009. Mr.&#160;Cheek received his
    Bachelor&#146;s Degree from Hendrix College.
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    <I>Christopher K. Ancell </I>has served as President&#160;&#151;
    Business Markets Group of CenturyLink and QC since April&#160;1,
    2011. Previously, Mr.&#160;Ancell served as QCII&#146;s and our
    Executive Vice President&#160;&#151; Business Markets Group from
    August 2009 to April 2011 and QCII&#146;s Vice President of
    Sales, Western Region, for the Business Markets Group from 2004
    to August 2009. Mr.&#160;Ancell holds a Bachelor&#146;s Degree
    in economics from the University of Denver.
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    <I>David D. Cole </I>has served as our Senior Vice
    President&#160;&#151; Controller and Operations Support since
    April&#160;1, 2011; Mr.&#160;Cole has served as
    CenturyLink&#146;s Senior Vice President&#160;&#151; Operations
    Support since 1999, and as Controller of CenturyLink since
    April&#160;1, 2011. Mr.&#160;Cole holds both his Bachelor&#146;s
    Degree and Master&#146;s Degree in Business Administration from
    University of Louisiana at Monroe, Louisiana.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">DESCRIPTION
    OF THE NOTES</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>The following description of the Notes is only a summary and
    is not intended to be comprehensive. We have filed the Indenture
    referred to below as an exhibit to the registration statement
    referred to under the caption &#147;Where You Can Find More
    Information,&#148; and you may obtain a copy of it by following
    the directions described therein. Our description of the Notes
    below is qualified by reference to such Indenture, which we urge
    you to read. As used in this section, &#147;QC,&#148;
    &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our&#148; mean Qwest
    Corporation, a Colorado corporation, and its successors, but not
    any of its subsidiaries. Capitalized terms used but not
    otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
    such Indenture, and those definitions are incorporated herein by
    reference.</I>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">General</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Notes will be issued as a separate series of senior debt
    securities under an indenture, dated as of October&#160;15,
    1999, between Qwest Corporation (formerly known as
    U.S.&#160;WEST Communications, Inc.), as issuer, and Bank of New
    York Trust&#160;Company, National Association (as successor in
    interest to Bank One Trust&#160;Company), as previously amended
    or supplemented from time to time, and as will be supplemented
    by the ninth supplemental indenture thereto establishing the
    terms of the Notes between Qwest Corporation, as issuer, and
    U.S.&#160;Bank National Association, as trustee (the
    &#147;Trustee&#148;) (as amended and supplemented, the
    &#147;Indenture&#148;).
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Notes will be issued in the initial aggregate principal
    amount of $950,000,000. The Notes will be issued in minimum
    denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
    excess thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Notes will mature on December&#160;1, 2021, unless redeemed
    or repurchased prior to maturity, as described below. Interest
    on the Notes will accrue from the date of original issuance at
    the rate of 6.75% per year. Interest on the Notes will be
    computed on the basis of a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">360-day</FONT> year
    comprised of twelve
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">30-day</FONT>
    months. We will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in
    arrears on June&#160;1 and December&#160;1 of each year,
    beginning on June&#160;1, 2012, to the registered holders of the
    Notes as of the record date, which shall be, as long as the
    Notes remain in book-entry form, the close of business on the
    business day preceding each interest payment date.
</DIV>

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    If any interest payment date, maturity date or redemption date
    falls on a day that is not a business day, the required payment
    of principal, premium, if any, and interest will be made on the
    next succeeding business day as if made on the date that the
    payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so
    payable for the period from and after the interest payment date,
    maturity date or redemption date, as the case may be, to the
    date of that payment on the next succeeding business day.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We do not intend to apply for the listing or quotation of the
    Notes on any securities exchange or market.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    None of QC&#146;s affiliates or any other person has guaranteed
    the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the
    Notes or has any other obligation in connection with the Notes.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We or our affiliates may from time to time repurchase any of our
    outstanding Notes offered hereunder by tender, in the open
    market or by private agreement.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Further
    Issuances</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We may, without the consent of the holders of the Notes, issue
    additional notes having the same ranking and the same stated
    maturity date and other terms (except the issue price and issue
    date) as the Notes offered by this prospectus supplement. Any
    such additional notes, together with the Notes offered hereby,
    will constitute a single series of debt securities under the
    Indenture.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Ranking</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Notes will be our senior unsecured obligations. The Notes
    will rank senior to any of our future subordinated debt and rank
    equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future
    unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The Indenture does not limit
    the aggregate principal amount of senior debt securities that we
    may issue thereunder and provides that debt securities may be
    issued thereunder from time to time in one
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    or more series. As of June&#160;30, 2011, we owed approximately
    $7.8&#160;billion under unsecured and unsubordinated debt that
    would have ranked equally with the Notes, most of which was
    issued under the Indenture.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Optional
    Redemption</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Notes are redeemable, at any time in whole or from time to
    time in part, at our option, at a redemption price equal to the
    greater of:
</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;&#160;or
</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
    payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed
    (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption),
    discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis
    (assuming a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">360-day</FONT> year
    consisting of twelve
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">30-day</FONT>
    months) at the then current Treasury Rate applicable to the
    Notes plus 50 basis points.
</TD>
</TR>

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    We will pay any accrued and unpaid interest on the principal
    amount of the Notes being redeemed to the redemption date.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    For purposes of the foregoing discussion of our optional
    redemption rights, the following definitions are applicable:
</DIV>

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    <I>&#147;Comparable Treasury Issue&#148;</I> means the
    U.S.&#160;Treasury security selected by an Independent
    Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the
    remaining term (the &#147;Remaining Life&#148;) of the Notes to
    be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and
    in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new
    issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
    the remaining term of the Notes.
</DIV>

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    <I>&#147;Comparable Treasury Price&#148; </I>means, with respect
    to any redemption date, (1)&#160;the average of the Reference
    Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after
    excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer
    Quotations, or (2)&#160;if the trustee obtains fewer than four
    such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all
    such quotations.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>&#147;Independent Investment Banker&#148; </I>means one of
    the Reference Treasury Dealers that we appoint to act as the
    Independent Investment Banker from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer&#148; </I>means each of
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P.&#160;Morgan Securities
    LLC, their respective successors, or any other firm that is a
    primary U.S.&#160;Government securities dealer in New York City
    (each, a &#147;Primary Treasury Dealer&#148;) that we specify
    from time to time; provided, however, that if any of them ceases
    to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, we will substitute another
    Primary Treasury Dealer.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>&#147;Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations&#148;</I> means,
    with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any
    redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of
    the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
    (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount)
    quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
    Dealer at 5:00&#160;p.m., New York City time, on the third
    business day preceding such redemption date.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>&#147;Treasury Rate&#148; </I>means, with respect to any
    redemption date, the rate per year equal to: (i)&#160;the yield,
    under the heading which represents the average for the
    immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
    published statistical release designated &#147;H.15(519)&#148;
    or any successor publication which is published weekly by the
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which
    establishes yields on actively traded U.S.&#160;Treasury
    securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption
    &#147;Treasury Constant Maturities,&#148; for the maturity
    corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; provided that,
    if no maturity is within three months before or after the
    Remaining Life of the Notes to be redeemed, yields for the two
    published maturities most closely corresponding to the
    Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury
    Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a
    straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month; or
    (ii)&#160;if such release (or any successor release) is not
    published during the week preceding the calculation date or does
    not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to
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    the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
    Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable
    Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal
    amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
    redemption date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the
    third business day preceding the redemption date.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Notice of an optional redemption will be mailed at least 15 but
    not more than 60&#160;days before the redemption date to each
    holder of record of the Notes to be redeemed at its registered
    address. The notice of optional redemption for the Notes will
    state, among other things, the amount of Notes to be redeemed,
    the redemption date, the redemption price and the place or
    places that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender
    of Notes to be redeemed. If we have given notice of redemption
    as provided in the Indenture and funds for the redemption of any
    Notes (or any portion thereof) called for redemption will have
    been made available on the redemption date referred to in such
    notice, those Notes (or any portion thereof) will cease to bear
    interest on that redemption date and the only right of the
    holders of those Notes will be to receive payment of the
    redemption price.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    If we choose to redeem less than all of the Notes, the Trustee
    will select, in a manner it deems fair and appropriate, the
    Notes to be redeemed in part not more than 60&#160;days prior to
    the redemption date.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Payment</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Payment of principal of and interest on any Notes represented by
    one or more permanent global notes in definitive, fully
    registered form without interest coupons will be made to
    Cede&#160;&#038; Co., the nominee for The Depository
    Trust&#160;Company (the &#147;Depositary&#148;) as the
    registered owner of the global notes, by wire transfer of
    immediately available funds. Initially, the Trustee will act as
    paying agent for the Notes. Payments of principal and interest
    on the Notes will be made by us through the paying agent to the
    Depositary. See &#147;&#151;&#160;Book-Entry Only
    Securities&#148; below.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Holders of certificated Notes, if any, must surrender such
    certificated Notes to the paying agent to collect principal and
    interest payments at maturity. Principal and interest on
    certificated Notes will be payable at the office of the paying
    agent maintained for such purpose or, at the option of QC,
    payment of principal and interest may be made by check mailed to
    a holder&#146;s registered address. Notwithstanding the
    foregoing, a holder of Notes with an aggregate principal amount
    of $5&#160;million or more may request in writing, at least
    three business days prior to the relevant payment date, that
    interest be wired to an account specified by such holder.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable in
    U.S.&#160;dollars or in such other coin or currency of the
    United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
    tender for the payment of public and private debts. No service
    charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange
    of Notes, but QC may require payment of a sum sufficient to
    cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
    therewith. The Notes may be presented for registration of
    transfer or exchange at the office of the registrar for the
    Notes or at any other office or agency maintained by QC or the
    registrar for such purpose. Initially, the Trustee will act as
    registrar for the Notes.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Certain
    Covenants</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Other than as described below under &#147;&#151;&#160;Limitation
    on Liens&#148; and &#147;&#151;&#160;Consolidation, Merger and
    Sale of Assets&#148;, the Indenture does not contain any
    provisions that would limit the ability of QC to incur
    indebtedness or that would afford holders of Notes protection in
    the event of a sudden and significant decline in the credit
    quality of QC or a takeover, change of control, recapitalization
    or highly leveraged or similar transaction involving QC.
    Accordingly, QC could in the future enter into transactions that
    could increase the amount of its indebtedness or otherwise
    adversely affect QC&#146;s capital structure or credit rating.
    See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risk Factors Relating to the
    Notes.&#148;
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Limitation
    on Liens</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Indenture contains a covenant that if QC mortgages, pledges
    or otherwise subjects to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens)
    all or some of its property or assets, QC will secure the Notes,
    any other outstanding debt securities under the Indenture and
    any of its other obligations which may then be outstanding and
    entitled to the benefit of a covenant similar in effect to such
    covenant contained in the Indenture, equally and proportionally
    with the indebtedness or obligations secured by such Lien, for
    as long as any such indebtedness or obligation is so secured.
    &#147;Lien&#148; means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage,
    lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any
    kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement that has the
    practical effect of creating a security interest, in respect of
    such asset.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>&#147;Permitted Liens&#148; </I>means any of the following:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Liens existing on the date of the initial issuance of the Notes;
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Liens on any asset existing at the time such asset is acquired,
    if not created in contemplation of such acquisition;
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Liens on any asset (a)&#160;created within 180&#160;days after
    such asset is acquired, or (b)&#160;securing the cost of
    acquisition, construction or improvement of such asset;
    provided, in either case, that such Lien extends to no property
    or asset other than the asset so acquired, constructed or
    improved and property incidental thereto;
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    (a)&#160;Liens incidental to the conduct of QC&#146;s business
    or the ownership of its properties or otherwise incurred in the
    ordinary course of business which (i)&#160;do not secure Debt,
    and (ii)&#160;do not in the aggregate materially detract from
    the value of its assets taken as a whole or materially impair
    the use thereof in the operation of its business, and
    (b)&#160;Liens not described in clause&#160;(a) on cash, cash
    equivalents or securities that secure any obligation with
    respect to letters of credit or surety bonds or similar
    arrangements, which obligation in each case does not exceed
    $100&#160;million;
</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any Lien to secure public or statutory obligations or with any
    governmental agency at any time required by law in order to
    qualify QC to conduct all or some part of its business or in
    order to entitle QC to maintain self-insurance or to obtain the
    benefits of any law relating to workmen&#146;s compensation,
    unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social
    security, or with any court, board, commission or governmental
    agency as security incident to the proper conduct of any
    proceeding before it;
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any Liens for taxes, assessments, governmental charges, levies
    or claims and similar charges either (a)&#160;not delinquent or
    (b)&#160;being contested in good faith by appropriate
    proceedings and as to which a reserve or other appropriate
    provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with
    generally accepted accounting principles shall have been made;
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases,
    contracts, sureties, stays, appeals, indemnities, performance or
    similar bonds or public or statutory obligations of like nature,
    incurred in the ordinary course of business;
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    materialmen&#146;s, mechanics, repairmen&#146;s, employees,
    operators&#146; or other similar Liens or charges arising in the
    ordinary course of business incidental to the acquisition,
    construction, maintenance or operation of any asset of QC which
    have not at the time been filed pursuant to law and any such
    Liens and charges incidental to the acquisition, construction,
    maintenance or operation of any asset of QC, which, although
    filed, relate to obligations not yet due or the payment of which
    is being withheld as provided by law, or to obligations the
    validity of which is being contested in good faith by
    appropriate proceedings;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    zoning restrictions, servitudes, easements, licenses,
    reservations, provisions, covenants, conditions, waivers,
    restrictions on the use of property or minor irregularities of
    title (and with respect to leasehold interests, mortgages,
    obligations, Liens and other encumbrances incurred, created
    assumed or permitted to exist and arising by, through or under
    or asserted by a landlord or owner of the leased property, with
    or without consent of the lessee) and other similar charges or
    encumbrances, which will not individually
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    or in the aggregate interfere materially and adversely with the
    business of QC and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or proceeding
    which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
    proceedings and as to which levy and execution have been stayed
    and continue to be stayed or for which QC is maintaining
    adequate reserves or other provision in conformity with
    generally accepted accounting principles;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any interest or title of vendor or lessor in the property
    subject to any lease, conditional sale agreement or other title
    retention agreement;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Liens in connection with the securitization or factoring of
    QC&#146;s or any of its subsidiaries&#146; receivables in a
    transaction intended to be a &#147;true sale&#148;;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any Lien securing a refinancing, replacement, extension, renewal
    or refunding of any Debt secured by a Lien permitted by any of
    the foregoing clauses of this definition of &#147;Permitted
    Liens&#148; to the extent secured in all material respects by
    the same asset or assets.
</TD>
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    Notwithstanding the foregoing, &#147;Permitted Liens&#148; shall
    not include any Lien to secure Debt that is required to be
    granted on an equal and ratable basis under the &#147;negative
    pledge&#148;, or equivalent, provisions of a Debt instrument
    (including outstanding debt securities) as a result of the
    creation of a Lien that itself would constitute a
    &#147;Permitted Lien.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <I>&#147;Debt&#148; </I>of any person means, at any date,
    without duplication, (i)&#160;all obligations of such person for
    borrowed money, (ii)&#160;all obligations of such person
    evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
    instruments, (iii)&#160;all obligations of such person as lessee
    which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted
    accounting principles, (iv)&#160;all Debt secured by a Lien on
    any asset of such person, whether or not such Debt is otherwise
    an obligation of such person, and (v)&#160;all Debt of others
    guaranteed by such person.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Indenture does not prevent any other entity from mortgaging,
    pledging or subjecting to any lien any of its property or
    assets, whether or not acquired from QC.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Consolidation,
    Merger and Sale of Assets</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Under the Indenture, QC may not consolidate or merge with or
    transfer or lease its property and assets substantially as an
    entirety to another entity; provided that QC may consolidate or
    merge with or transfer or lease its property and assets
    substantially as an entirety to another entity if:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the successor entity is a corporation and assumes by
    supplemental indenture all of QC&#146;s obligations under the
    Notes, the Indenture and any other debt securities outstanding
    under the Indenture;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    after giving effect to the transaction, no default or Event of
    Default has occurred and is continuing.
</TD>
</TR>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Events of
    Default</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Any one of the following is an &#147;Event of Default&#148; with
    respect to the Notes:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if QC defaults in the payment of interest on the Notes, and such
    default continues for 90&#160;days;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if QC defaults in the payment of the principal of the Notes when
    the same becomes due and payable upon maturity, upon redemption
    or otherwise;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if QC fails to comply with any of its other agreements with
    respect to the Notes or in the Indenture, which failure
    continues for 90&#160;days after QC receives notice from the
    Trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate
    principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    if certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency occur with respect
    to QC.
</TD>
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    If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is
    continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in
    aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may
    declare the principal of the Notes to be due and payable
    immediately. The holders of a majority in principal amount of
    the Notes may rescind
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    such declaration and its consequences if the rescission would
    not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
    Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of
    principal or interest that has become due solely as a result of
    such acceleration.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes,
    except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require
    indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or
    the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, the holders of more
    than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
    outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting
    any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
    exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee. The
    Trustee may withhold from holders of Notes notice of any
    continuing default (except a default in the payment of principal
    or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in
    their interests.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Amendment
    and Waiver</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    With the written consent of the holders of a majority in
    principal amount of the debt securities of each series issued
    under the Indenture then outstanding (with each series
    (including the Notes) voting as a class), QC and the Trustee may
    amend or supplement the Indenture or modify the rights of the
    holders of the Notes; provided that any such amendment that
    affects the terms of the Notes as distinct from the other series
    of debt securities issued under the Indenture will require only
    the consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount
    of the Notes then outstanding. Such majority holders may also
    waive compliance by QC of any provision of the Indenture, any
    supplemental indenture or the Notes, except a default in the
    payment of principal or interest. However, without the consent
    of the holder of each Note affected, an amendment or waiver may
    not:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    reduce the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an
    amendment or waiver;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    change the rate or the time for payment of interest;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    change the principal or the fixed maturity;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    waive a default in the payment of principal or interest;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    make the Notes payable in a different currency;&#160;or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    make any change in the provisions of the Indenture concerning
    (a)&#160;waiver of existing defaults, (b)&#160;rights of holders
    of Notes to receive payment or (c)&#160;amendments and waivers
    without the consent of the holder of each Note affected.
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QC and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture without
    the consent of any holder of any of the Notes to:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture or
    the Notes;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    provide for the assumption of all of our obligations under the
    Notes and the Indenture by any corporation in connection with a
    merger, consolidation or transfer or lease of our property and
    assets substantially as an entirety;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or instead of
    certificated Notes;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    add to the covenants made by us for the benefit of the holders
    of any series of debt securities, including the Notes (and if
    such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series
    of debt securities, stating that such covenants are included
    solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right
    or power conferred upon us;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations, and
    restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of
    issue, authentication and delivery of the Notes, as set forth in
    the Indenture;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    secure any Notes as provided under the heading
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Certain Covenants&#160;&#151; Limitation on
    Liens&#148;;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and
    conditions of a series of debt securities or to establish the
    form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to
    the terms of the
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Indenture or any series of debt securities or to add to the
    rights of the holders of any series of debt securities;&#160;or
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
    holder of the Notes in any material respect.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Defeasance</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QC may terminate all of its obligations under the Notes and the
    Indenture or any installment of principal or interest on the
    Notes if QC irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money
    or U.S.&#160;government obligations sufficient to pay, when due,
    principal and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption or
    such installment of principal or interest, as the case may be,
    and if all other conditions set forth in the Indenture are met.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Governing
    Law</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Indenture and the Notes are governed by, and will be
    construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Concerning
    the Trustee and the Paying Agent</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QC and certain of its affiliates maintain banking and other
    business relationships in the ordinary course of business with
    U.S.&#160;Bank National Association. In addition, U.S.&#160;Bank
    National Association and certain of its affiliates serve as
    trustee, authenticating agent, or paying agent with respect to
    certain other debt securities of QC and its affiliates.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Book-Entry
    Only Securities</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The Notes will be issued only in book-entry form through the
    facilities of the Depositary. The Notes will be represented by
    one or more Global Securities (&#147;Global Securities&#148;)
    and will be registered in the name of a nominee of the
    Depositary. Holders of the Notes may elect to hold interests in
    a Global Security through the Depositary, Clearstream Banking,
    <I>societe anonyme </I>(&#147;Clearstream&#148;), or Euroclear
    Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System
    (&#147;Euroclear&#148;), if they are participants of such
    systems, or indirectly through organizations which are
    participants in such systems. Clearstream and Euroclear will
    hold interests on behalf of their participants through
    customers&#146; securities accounts in Clearstream and
    Euroclear&#146;s names on the books of their respective
    depositaries, which in turn will hold such interests in
    customers&#146; securities accounts in the depositaries&#146;
    names on the Depositary&#146;s books.
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    The Depositary has advised us that it is a limited-purpose trust
    company organized under the New York Banking Law, a
    &#147;banking organization&#148; within the meaning of the New
    York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a
    &#147;clearing corporation&#148; within the meaning of the New
    York Uniform Commercial Code, and a &#147;clearing agency&#148;
    registered pursuant to the provisions of section&#160;17A of the
    Exchange Act. The Depositary holds securities that its
    participants (&#147;Direct Participants&#148;) deposit with the
    Depositary. The Depositary also facilitates the settlement among
    its Direct Participants of securities transactions, such as
    transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through
    electronic computerized book-entry changes in its
    participants&#146; accounts, thereby eliminating the need for
    physical movement of securities. The Depositary&#146;s Direct
    Participants include securities brokers and dealers (including
    the underwriters), banks, trust companies, clearing
    corporations, and certain other organizations. The Depositary is
    owned by The Depository Trust&#160;&#038; Clearing Corporation,
    which is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries.
    Access to the Depositary&#146;s system is also available to
    others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust
    companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
    relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or
    indirectly (&#147;Indirect Participants&#148;). The rules
    applicable to the Depositary and its Direct and Indirect
    Participants are on file with the SEC.
</DIV>

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    Clearstream advises that it is incorporated under the laws of
    Luxembourg as a bank. Clearstream holds securities for its
    customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of
    securities transactions between its customers through electronic
    book-entry transfers between their accounts. Clearstream
    provides to its
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    customers among other things, services for safekeeping,
    administration, clearance and settlement of internationally
    traded securities and securities lending and borrowing.
    Clearstream interfaces with domestic securities markets in over
    30 countries through established depository and custodial
    relationships. As a bank, Clearstream is subject to regulation
    by the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the
    Financial Sector, also known as the Commission de Surveillance
    du Secteur Financier. Its customers are recognized financial
    institutions around the world, including underwriters,
    securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing
    corporations and certain other organizations. Its customers in
    the United States are limited to securities brokers and dealers
    and banks. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to
    other institutions such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust
    companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
    relationship with the customer.
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    Euroclear advises that it was created in 1968 to hold securities
    for its participants and to clear and settle transactions
    between Euroclear participants through simultaneous electronic
    book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the
    need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from
    lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear
    provides various other services, including securities lending
    and borrowing and interfaces with domestic markets in several
    countries. Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.
    Euroclear Clearance establishes policy for Euroclear on behalf
    of Euroclear participants. Euroclear participants include banks,
    including central banks, securities brokers and dealers and
    other professional financial intermediaries and may include the
    initial purchasers. Indirect access to Euroclear is also
    available to other firms that clear through or maintain a
    custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either
    directly or indirectly. Securities clearance accounts and cash
    accounts with the Euroclear operator are governed by the terms
    and conditions governing use of Euroclear and the related
    operating procedures of Euroclear. These terms and conditions
    govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear,
    withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear, and receipts
    of payments with respect to securities in Euroclear. All
    securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without
    attribution of specific certificates to specific securities
    clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the terms
    and conditions only on behalf of Euroclear participants and has
    no record of or relationship with persons holding through
    Euroclear participants.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Euroclear further advises that investors that acquire, hold and
    transfer interests in the Notes by book-entry through accounts
    with the Euroclear operator or any other securities intermediary
    are subject to the laws and contractual provisions governing
    their relationship with their intermediary, as well as the laws
    and contractual provisions governing the relationship between
    such an intermediary and each other intermediary, if any,
    standing between themselves and the Global Securities.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Purchases of Global Securities under the Depositary system must
    be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a
    credit for the Global Securities on the Depositary&#146;s
    records. The beneficial interest of each actual purchaser of
    each Global Security (a &#147;Beneficial Owner&#148;) is in turn
    to be recorded on the records of the respective Direct
    Participant and Indirect Participant and Clearstream and
    Euroclear will credit on its book-entry registration and
    transfer system the number of Notes sold to certain
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;persons</FONT>
    to the account of institutions that have accounts with
    Euroclear, Clearstream or their respective nominee participants.
    Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from the
    Depositary of their purchase, but Beneficial Owners are expected
    to receive written confirmations providing details of the
    transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings,
    from the Direct Participant or Indirect Participant through
    which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction.
</DIV>

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    Title to book-entry interests in the Notes will pass by
    book-entry registration of the transfer within the records of
    Clearstream, Euroclear or the Depositary, as the case may be, in
    accordance with their respective procedures. Book-entry
    interests in the Notes may be transferred within Clearstream and
    within Euroclear and between Clearstream and Euroclear in
    accordance with procedures established for these purposes by
    Clearstream and Euroclear. Book-entry interests in the Notes may
    be transferred within the Depositary in accordance with
    procedures established for this purpose by the Depositary.
    Transfers of book-entry interests in the Notes among Clearstream
    and Euroclear and the Depositary may be effected in accordance
    with procedures established for this purpose by Clearstream,
    Euroclear and the Depositary.
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    Payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
    the Notes represented by the Global Securities registered in the
    name of and held by the Depositary or its nominee will be made
    to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the
    registered owners and holder of the Global Securities.
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    Conveyance of notices and other communications by the Depositary
    to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect
    Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect
    Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by
    arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory
    requirements as may be in effect from time to time.
</DIV>

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    Neither the Depositary nor any other nominee of the Depositary
    will consent or vote with respect to the Global Securities.
    Under its usual procedures, the Depositary mails an Omnibus
    Proxy to us as soon as possible after the record date. The
    Omnibus Proxy assigns the Depositary&#146;s consenting or voting
    rights to those Direct Participants to whose accounts the Global
    Securities are credited on the record date (identified in a
    listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy). Principal, premium, if
    any, and interest payments in respect of the Global Securities
    will be made to the Depositary or any other nominee as may be
    requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary. the
    Depositary&#146;s practice is to credit Direct
    Participants&#146; accounts, upon the Depositary&#146;s receipt
    of funds and corresponding detail information from us or the
    trustee on the payment date in accordance with their respective
    holdings shown on the Depositary&#146;s records. Payments by
    Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial
    Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary
    practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts
    of customers in bearer form or registered in &#147;street
    name,&#148; and will be the responsibility of each such Direct
    or Indirect Participant and not that of the Depositary, the
    trustee or us, subject to any statutory or regulatory
    requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Principal,
    premium, if any, and interest payments in respect of the Global
    Securities to the Depositary or other nominee requested by an
    authorized representative of the Depositary) is our
    responsibility, disbursement of such payments to Direct
    Participants will be the responsibility of the Depositary and
    disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners will be
    the responsibility of Direct Participants and Indirect
    Participants.
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    The laws of some states require that certain persons take
    physical delivery of securities in definitive form.
    Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a
    Global Security to those persons may be limited. In addition,
    because the Depositary can act only on behalf of Direct
    Participants, which, in turn, act on behalf of Indirect
    Participants and certain banks, the ability of a person having a
    beneficial interest in a Global Security to pledge that interest
    to persons or entities that do not participate in the Depositary
    system, or otherwise take actions in respect of that interest,
    may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing
    that interest.
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    Initial settlement for the Notes will be made in immediately
    available funds. Secondary market trading between the Depositary
    participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with
    the Depositary&#146;s rules and will be settled in immediately
    available funds using the Depositary&#146;s
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">same-day</FONT>
    funds settlement system. Secondary market trading between
    Clearstream customers
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way in
    accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of
    Clearstream and Euroclear and will be settled using the
    procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in immediately
    available funds.
</DIV>

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    Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or
    indirectly through the Depositary on the one hand, and directly
    or indirectly through Clearstream customers or Euroclear
    participants, on the other, will be effected in the Depositary
    in accordance with the Depositary&#146;s rules on behalf of the
    relevant European international clearing system by its
    U.S.&#160;depositary; however, such cross-market transactions
    will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European
    international clearing system by the counterparty in such system
    in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its
    established deadlines, in European time. The relevant European
    international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its
    settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its
    U.S.&#160;depository to take action to effect final settlement
    on its behalf by delivering interests in the Notes to or
    receiving interests in the Notes from the Depositary, and making
    or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">same-day</FONT>
    funds settlement applicable to the Depositary. Clearstream
    customers and Euroclear participants may not deliver
    instructions directly to their respective U.S.&#160;Depositaries.
</DIV>

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    Because of time-zone differences, credits of interests in the
    Notes received by Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a
    transaction with a the Depositary participant will be made
    during subsequent securities
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    settlement processing and dated the business day following the
    Depositary settlement date. Such credits or any transactions
    involving interests in such Notes settled during such processing
    will be reported to the relevant Clearstream customers or
    Euroclear participants on such business day. Cash received by
    Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of interests in
    the Notes by or through a Clearstream customer or a Euroclear
    participant to a the Depositary participant will be received
    with value on the Depositary settlement date but will be
    available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account
    only as of the business day following settlement in the
    Depositary.
</DIV>

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    Although the Depositary, Clearstream and Euroclear have each
    agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate
    transfers of interests in the Notes among their participants,
    they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform
    such procedures and such procedures may be changed or
    discontinued at any time.
</DIV>

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    The Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole to
    another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary
    selected or approved by us or to a nominee of that successor
    Depositary. A Global Security is exchangeable for definitive
    notes in registered form in authorized denominations only if:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="94%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the Depositary notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to
    continue as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not
    appointed by us within 90&#160;days;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered or in
    good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute
    or regulation and a successor corporation is not appointed by us
    within 90&#160;days;&#160;or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    we, in our sole discretion, determine not to require that all of
    the Notes be represented by a Global Security.
</TD>
</TR>

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    The information in this section has been obtained from sources
    that we believe to be reliable, but neither we nor the
    underwriters take any responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">MATERIAL
    UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES</FONT></B>
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    The following summary describes the material United States
    federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and
    disposition of the Notes, but does not purport to be a complete
    analysis of all potential tax considerations. This section is
    based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
    &#147;Code&#148;), its legislative history, existing regulations
    under the Code, published rulings and court decisions, all as
    currently in effect on the date hereof. These laws and
    interpretations are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive
    basis. No assurance can be given that the Internal Revenue
    Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) will agree with the views expressed in
    this summary, or that a court will not sustain any challenge by
    the IRS in the event of litigation.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Unless otherwise stated, this summary deals only with Notes held
    as capital assets within the meaning of Section&#160;1221 of the
    Code (generally, assets held for investment) by holders that
    purchase Notes in this offering at the offering price. The tax
    treatment of a holder may vary depending on that holder&#146;s
    particular situation. This summary does not address all of the
    tax consequences that may be relevant to holders that may be
    subject to special tax treatment such as, for example, insurance
    companies, broker-dealers, tax-exempt organizations, certain
    financial institutions, real estate investment trusts, traders
    in securities that elect to use a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">mark-to-market</FONT>
    method of accounting, regulated investment companies, persons
    holding Notes as part of a straddle, hedge, constructive sale,
    conversion transaction or other integrated transaction for
    U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes, persons holding Notes
    through a partnership or other pass-through entity or
    arrangement, U.S.&#160;holders whose functional currency is not
    the U.S.&#160;dollar, certain former U.S.&#160;citizens or
    long-term residents, persons that acquire their Notes in
    connection with employment or other performance of personal
    services, retirement plans (including individual retirement
    accounts and tax-deferred accounts), and persons subject to the
    alternative minimum tax. In addition, this summary does not
    address any aspects of state, local, or foreign tax laws or any
    U.S.&#160;federal tax considerations (e.g., estate or gift tax)
    other than U.S.&#160;federal income tax considerations, that may
    be applicable to particular holders.
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    If a partnership (including for this purpose any entity or
    arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S.&#160;federal
    income tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of a Note, the tax
    treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend
    upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of the
    partnership. A holder of a Note that is a partnership and any
    partners in such partnership should consult their own tax
    advisors.
</DIV>

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    <I>Each holder is urged to consult its own tax advisor to
    determine the federal, state, local, foreign and other tax
    consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the
    Notes in the light of its own particular circumstances. This
    summary of the material United States federal income tax
    considerations is for general information only and is not tax
    advice.</I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">U.S.
    Holders</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    For purposes of this summary, the term
    &#147;U.S.&#160;holder&#148; means a beneficial owner of a Note
    that is, for United States federal income tax purposes:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    an individual citizen or resident of the United States,
    including an alien individual who is a lawful permanent resident
    of the United States or who meets the substantial presence test
    under Code Section&#160;7701(b);
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a legal entity (1)&#160;created or organized in or under the
    laws of the United States, any state in the United States or the
    District of Columbia and (2)&#160;treated as a corporation for
    United States federal income tax purposes;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    an estate the income of which is subject to United States
    federal income taxation regardless of its source;&#160;or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a trust if (1)&#160;a court within the United States is able to
    exercise primary supervision over the administration of the
    trust and one or more United States persons have the authority
    to control all substantial decisions of the trust or
    (2)&#160;the trust has in effect a valid election to be treated
    as a domestic trust for United States federal income tax
    purposes.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Optional
    Redemption</FONT></I></B>
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    We may redeem some or all of the Notes at the redemption prices
    described in this prospectus supplement under the caption
    &#147;Description of the Notes&#160;&#151; Optional
    Redemption.&#148; Under special rules governing these types of
    options, we will be deemed not to exercise these options to
    redeem the Notes, and the possibility of the receipt of
    redemption premium on the Notes will not affect the amount of
    income recognized by you in advance of your receipt of any such
    redemption premium.
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Stated
    Interest on the Notes</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    Generally, stated interest on a Note will be includible in a
    U.S.&#160;holder&#146;s gross income and taxable as ordinary
    income for U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes at the time
    such interest is paid or accrued in accordance with such
    holder&#146;s regular method of tax accounting. It is
    anticipated that the Notes will be issued without original issue
    discount or, if issued at a discount from the principal amount
    of the Notes, with an amount of discount that is less than the
    statutory <I>de minimis </I>amount.
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Sale,
    Exchange, Redemption or Retirement of a Note</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Each U.S.&#160;holder generally will recognize capital gain or
    loss upon a sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other
    taxable disposition of a Note measured by the difference, if
    any, between (i)&#160;the amount of cash and the fair market
    value of any property received (except to the extent that the
    cash or other property received in respect of a Note is
    attributable to the payment of accrued interest on the Note,
    which amount will be treated as a payment of interest) and
    (ii)&#160;the U.S.&#160;holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the
    Note. The gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if
    the Note has been held for more than one year at the time of the
    sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other taxable
    disposition. Long-term capital gains of non-corporate holders
    may be eligible for reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility
    of capital losses by both corporate and non-corporate holders is
    subject to limitations. A U.S.&#160;holder&#146;s adjusted basis
    in a Note generally will be the amount paid for the Note reduced
    by any principal payments received on the Note.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Recent
    Legislation&#160;&#151; Unearned Income Medicare
    Contribution</FONT></I></B>
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    Recently enacted legislation requires certain U.S.&#160;holders
    who are individuals, estates or trusts to pay an additional 3.8%
    Medicare tax on unearned income for taxable years beginning
    after December&#160;31, 2012. This tax would apply to interest
    on and capital gains from the sale or other disposition of a
    Note. U.S.&#160;holders should consult their tax advisors
    regarding the effect, if any, of this legislation on the
    ownership or disposition of a Note.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Information
    Reporting and Backup Withholding</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Information reporting will generally apply to reportable
    payments, including interest and principal on a Note, to
    U.S.&#160;holders that are not exempt recipients (such as
    individuals). In addition, backup withholding will apply if the
    U.S.&#160;holder, among other things, (i)&#160;fails to furnish
    a social security number or other taxpayer identification number
    (&#147;TIN&#148;) certified under penalties of perjury within a
    reasonable time after the request therefor, (ii)&#160;furnishes
    an incorrect TIN, (iii)&#160;fails to properly report the
    receipt of interest or dividends or (iv)&#160;under certain
    circumstances, fails to provide a certified statement, signed
    under penalties of perjury, that the TIN furnished is the
    correct number and that the holder is not subject to backup
    withholding. A U.S.&#160;holder that does not provide its
    correct TIN also may be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS.
</DIV>

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    The current backup withholding rate is 28%. That rate is
    scheduled to increase to 31% beginning January&#160;1, 2013.
    Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts
    withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a
    U.S.&#160;holder generally will be allowed as a refund or as a
    credit against that holder&#146;s U.S.&#160;federal income tax
    liability, provided the requisite procedures are followed.
    U.S.&#160;holders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors
    as to their qualification for exemption from backup withholding
    and the procedure for obtaining such exemption.
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    Information reporting and backup withholding will not apply with
    respect to payments made to &#147;exempt recipients&#148; (such
    as corporations and tax-exempt organizations) provided, if
    requested, their exemptions from backup withholding are properly
    established.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT>
    Holders</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The following discussion applies to you if you are a beneficial
    owner of a Note other than a U.S.&#160;holder as defined above
    or a partnership or other entity or arrangement treated as a
    partnership for U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes (a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">&#147;non-U.S.&#160;holder&#148;).</FONT>
    Special rules may apply to you or your shareholders if you are a
    &#147;controlled foreign corporation&#148; or &#147;passive
    foreign investment company.&#148; You should consult your own
    tax advisor to determine the United States federal, state, local
    and other tax consequences that may be relevant to you in your
    particular circumstances.
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Payments
    of Interest on the Notes</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Under the &#147;portfolio interest&#148; exemption, the 30%
    U.S.&#160;federal withholding tax that is generally imposed on
    interest from United States sources should not apply to any
    payment of principal or interest (including original issue
    discount) on the Notes, provided that:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    you do not conduct a trade or business within the United States
    to which the interest is effectively connected;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    you do not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the
    total combined voting power of all classes of our stock that are
    entitled to vote within the meaning of the Code and the
    U.S.&#160;Treasury regulations;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    you are not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to
    us through stock ownership;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    you are not a bank whose receipt of interest on the Notes is
    described in section&#160;881(c)(3)(A) of the Code;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    you fully and properly execute an IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8BEN</FONT>
    (or a suitable substitute form), and certify, under penalties of
    perjury, that you are not a United States person; or a qualified
    intermediary holding the Notes on your behalf provides us with
    an IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8IMY</FONT>
    (or a suitable substitute form) that, among other things,
    certifies that it has determined that you are not a
    U.S.&#160;person.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Special certification and other rules apply to certain
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;holders</FONT>
    that are pass-through entities rather than individuals.
</DIV>

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    We do not intend to withhold on payments of interest on the
    Notes if the above requirements are met.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    If you cannot satisfy the requirements described above, interest
    payments made to you on the Notes generally will be subject to
    the 30% United States federal withholding tax. If a treaty
    applies, however, you may be eligible for a reduced rate of, or
    exemption from, withholding. Interest payments on the Notes that
    are effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or
    business within the United States are not subject to the 30%
    withholding tax, but instead are generally subject to United
    States federal income tax, on a net income basis, as described
    below. In order to claim any such exemption or reduction in the
    30% withholding tax, you should provide a properly executed IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8BEN</FONT>
    (or a suitable substitute form) claiming a reduction of or an
    exemption from withholding under an applicable tax treaty or IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8ECI</FONT>
    (or a suitable substitute form) stating that such payments are
    not subject to withholding because they are effectively
    connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United
    States. Such forms are available on the IRS website at
    <I>www.irs.gov</I>. You may be required to update these forms
    periodically. Special procedures are provided under applicable
    U.S.&#160;Treasury regulations for payments through qualified
    intermediaries or certain financial institutions that hold
    customers&#146; Notes in the ordinary course of their trade or
    business.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Except to the extent provided by an applicable income tax
    treaty, if you are engaged in a trade or business in the United
    States (and, if a tax treaty applies, you maintain a permanent
    establishment within the United States) and interest on the
    Notes is effectively connected with the conduct of that trade or
    business (and if a
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    treaty applies, attributable to that permanent establishment),
    you will be subject to United States federal income tax (but not
    the 30% withholding tax described above) on such income on a net
    income basis in generally the same manner as if you were a
    U.S.&#160;person. In addition, if you are a foreign corporation,
    you may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30%
    rate (or such lower rate or exemption as may be specified by an
    applicable tax treaty), which is generally imposed on a foreign
    corporation on the actual and deemed repatriation from the
    United States of earnings and profits attributable to a United
    States trade or business.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Sale,
    Exchange, Redemption or Retirement of a Note</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Any gain or income realized on the disposition of a Note
    generally will not be subject to United States federal income
    tax unless (1)&#160;that gain or income is effectively connected
    with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States;
    or (2)&#160;you are an individual who is present in the United
    States for 183&#160;days or more in the taxable year of that
    disposition, and certain other conditions are met.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Except to the extent provided by an applicable income tax
    treaty, gain that is effectively connected with the conduct of a
    U.S.&#160;trade or business will be subject to U.S.&#160;federal
    income tax on a net basis at the rates applicable to
    U.S.&#160;persons generally (and, if you are a corporation, may
    also be subject to the 30% branch profits tax described above
    unless reduced or exempted by an applicable income tax treaty).
    Except to the extent provided by an applicable income tax
    treaty, if you are an individual present in the United States
    for 183&#160;days or more in the taxable year and meet certain
    other conditions, then you will be subject to U.S.&#160;federal
    income tax at a rate of 30% on the amount by which capital gains
    from U.S.&#160;sources (including gains from the sale or other
    disposition of the Notes) exceed capital losses allocable to
    U.S.&#160;sources.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Information
    Reporting and Backup Withholding</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Generally, if you are a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;holder</FONT>
    we or our agent must report annually to you and to the IRS the
    amount of any payments of interest to you, your name and
    address, and the amount of tax withheld, if any. Copies of the
    information returns reporting those interest payments and
    amounts withheld may be available to the tax authorities in the
    country in which you reside under the provisions of any
    applicable income tax treaty or exchange of information
    agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    If you provide the applicable IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8BEN,</FONT>
    IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8IMY</FONT>
    or other applicable form, together with all appropriate
    attachments, signed under penalties of perjury, identifying
    yourself and stating that you are not a United States person,
    you generally will not be subject to U.S.&#160;backup
    withholding with respect to interest payments (provided that
    neither our Company nor our agent knows or has reason to know
    that you are a U.S.&#160;person or that the conditions of any
    other exemptions are not in fact satisfied).
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Under current Treasury Regulations, payments on the sale,
    exchange, redemption or other taxable disposition of a note made
    to or through a U.S.&#160;office of a broker generally will be
    subject to information reporting and backup withholding unless
    you either certify your status as a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;holder</FONT>
    under penalties of perjury on the applicable IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8BEN,</FONT>
    IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8IMY</FONT>
    or other applicable form (as described above) or otherwise
    establish an exemption. The payment of the proceeds on the
    disposition of a note by you to or through a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;office</FONT>
    of a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;broker</FONT>
    generally will not be subject to backup withholding or
    information reporting. However, the payment of proceeds on the
    disposition of a note to or through a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;office</FONT>
    of a U.S.&#160;broker or a U.S.&#160;Related Person (as defined
    below) generally will be subject to information reporting (but
    not backup withholding) unless you certify your status as a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;holder</FONT>
    under penalties of perjury or otherwise establish an exemption,
    or unless the broker has certain documentary evidence in its
    files as to your foreign status and has no actual knowledge or
    reason to know that you are a U.S.&#160;person or that the
    conditions of any other exemptions are not in fact satisfied.
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    For this purpose, a &#147;U.S.&#160;Related Person&#148; is
    (i)&#160;a &#147;controlled foreign corporation&#148; for
    U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes, (ii)&#160;a foreign
    person 50% or more of whose gross income from all sources for a
    specified three-year period is derived from activities that are
    effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S.&#160;trade or
    business, (iii)&#160;a foreign partnership with certain
    connections to the United States, or (iv)&#160;a
    U.S.&#160;branch of a foreign bank or insurance company.
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    Backup withholding is not an additional tax and may be refunded
    (or credited against the holder&#146;s U.S.&#160;federal income
    tax liability, if any), provided that certain required
    information is timely furnished to the IRS. You should consult
    your own tax advisor as to the application of withholding and
    backup withholding in your particular circumstance and your
    qualification for obtaining an exemption from backup withholding
    and information reporting under current Treasury regulations.
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    <B>THE PRECEDING DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN MATERIAL
    U.S.&#160;FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS IS FOR GENERAL
    INFORMATION ONLY AND IS NOT TAX ADVICE. WE URGE EACH PROSPECTIVE
    INVESTOR TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE PARTICULAR
    FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE
    ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF OUR NOTES, INCLUDING
    THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAWS.</B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">UNDERWRITING</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Under the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting
    agreement, dated the date of this prospectus supplement, we have
    agreed to sell to each of the underwriters named below, and each
    of the underwriters has agreed, severally but not jointly, to
    purchase, the principal amount of Notes set forth opposite its
    name below:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="15%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Amount of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Underwriter</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Notes</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    270,750,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    270,750,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    114,000,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    114,000,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    114,000,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    16,625,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Fifth Third Securities, Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    16,625,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Mizuho Securities USA Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    16,625,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    16,625,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Total
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    950,000,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    In the underwriting agreement, the underwriters have agreed,
    subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to
    purchase all of the Notes offered hereby if any of the Notes are
    purchased. The obligations of the underwriters, including their
    agreement to purchase the Notes from us, are several and not
    joint. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations
    of the underwriters pursuant thereto are subject to certain
    conditions and to approval of legal matters by counsel.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against, or
    contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make
    in respect of, certain liabilities, including liabilities under
    the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The underwriters have advised us that they propose to offer the
    Notes directly to purchasers at the related price to public set
    forth on the cover page of this prospectus supplement and may
    offer the Notes to certain securities dealers at such price less
    a concession not in excess of 0.400% of the principal amount of
    the Notes. The underwriters may allow, and such dealers may
    reallow to certain brokers and dealers, a concession not in
    excess of 0.250% of the principal amount of the Notes. After the
    Notes are released for sale to the public, the price to public
    and other selling terms may from time to time be varied by the
    underwriters.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The following table shows the underwriting discount that we have
    agreed to pay to the underwriters in connection with this
    offering (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of
    the Notes):
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Paid by Qwest<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Corporation</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Per Note
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.650
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We estimate that our total expenses for this offering, not
    including the underwriting discount, will be approximately
    $600,000.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    There is presently no trading market for the Notes and there is
    no assurance that a market will develop since we do not intend
    to apply for listing of the Notes on any national securities
    exchange. Although they are under no obligation to do so, the
    underwriters presently intend to act as market makers for the
    Notes in the secondary trading market, but may discontinue such
    market-making at any time without notice. No assurance can be
    given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the Notes.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    In order to facilitate the offering of the Notes, the
    underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain
    or otherwise affect the price of the Notes. Specifically, the
    underwriters may overallot in connection with the offering,
    creating a short position in the Notes for their own accounts.
    In addition, to cover
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    overallotments or to stabilize the price of the Notes, the
    underwriters may bid for, and purchase, the Notes in the open
    market. Finally, the underwriters may reclaim selling
    concessions allowed to a dealer for distributing the Notes in
    the offering, if they repurchase previously distributed Notes in
    transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilizing
    transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize
    or maintain the market price of the Notes above independent
    market levels. The underwriters are not required to engage in
    these activities and may end any of these activities at any time
    without notice.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area
    which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a
    &#147;Relevant Member State&#148;), each underwriter has
    represented and agreed that with effect from and including the
    date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that
    Relevant Member State (the &#147;Relevant Implementation
    Date&#148;) it has not made and will not make an offer of Notes
    which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this
    prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus to the
    public in that Relevant Member State other than:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    (a)&#160;to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as
    defined in the Prospectus Directive;
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    (b)&#160;to fewer than 100 or, if the Relevant Member State has
    implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending
    Directive, 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified
    investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted
    under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior
    consent of the underwriters for any such offer;&#160;or
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    (c)&#160;in any other circumstances falling within
    Article&#160;3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    provided that no such offer of Notes shall require us or any
    underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article&#160;3
    of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this provision,
    the expression an &#147;offer of notes to the public&#148; in
    relation to any Notes in any Relevant Member State means the
    communication in any form and by any means of sufficient
    information on the terms of the offer and the Notes to be
    offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase the
    Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any
    measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member
    State.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    This prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus have been
    prepared on the basis that any offer of Notes in any Relevant
    Member State will be made pursuant to an exemption under the
    Prospectus Directive from the requirement to publish a
    prospectus for offers of Notes. Accordingly, any person making
    or intending to make an offer in that Relevant Member State of
    Notes which are the subject of the placement contemplated in
    this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may
    only do so in circumstances in which no obligation arises for us
    or any of the underwriters to publish a prospectus pursuant to
    Article&#160;3 of the Prospectus Directive, in each case, in
    relation to such offer. Neither we nor the underwriters have
    authorized, nor do they authorize, the making of any offer of
    Notes in circumstances in which an obligation arises for us or
    the underwriters to publish a prospectus for such offer.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The expression &#147;Prospectus Directive&#148; means Directive
    2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD
    Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant
    Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in
    the Relevant Member State and the expression &#147;2010 PD
    Amending Directive&#148; means Directive 2010/73/EU.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    This prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are
    only being distributed to, and are only directed at,
    (1)&#160;persons who are outside the United Kingdom or
    (2)&#160;investment professionals falling within
    Article&#160;19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act
    2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the &#147;Order&#148;) or
    (3)&#160;high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it
    may lawfully be communicated, falling within
    Article&#160;49(2)(a) to (d)&#160;of the Order (each such person
    being referred to as a &#147;relevant person&#148;). The Notes
    are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to
    subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire the Notes will be
    engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a
    relevant person should not act or rely on this prospectus
    supplement or the accompanying prospectus or any of their
    contents.
</DIV>

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    Each underwriter has represented and agreed that:
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    (a)&#160;it has only communicated or caused to be communicated
    and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an
    invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity
    (within the meaning of
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    Section&#160;21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
    (&#147;FSMA&#148;) received by it in connection with the issue
    or sale of the Notes in circumstances in which
    Section&#160;21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to us;&#160;and
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    (b)&#160;it has complied and will comply with all applicable
    provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in
    relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United
    Kingdom.
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    Several of the underwriters have performed investment banking
    and advisory services for us and our affiliates from time to
    time for which they have received customary fees and expenses.
    The underwriters may, from time to time, engage in transactions
    with and perform services for us and our affiliates in the
    ordinary course of their business. In addition, certain
    underwriters or their affiliates may provide credit to us and
    our affiliates as lenders, including as lenders under
    CenturyLink&#146;s $1.7&#160;billion revolving credit facility.
    An affiliate of one of the underwriters, U.S. Bancorp
    Investments, Inc., is the trustee for the Notes.
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    In addition, in the ordinary course of their business
    activities, the underwriters and their affiliates may make or
    hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and
    equity securities (or related derivative securities) and
    financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own
    account and for the accounts of their customers. Such
    investments and securities activities may involve securities
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    instruments of ours or our affiliates. Certain of the
    underwriters or their affiliates that have a lending
    relationship with us routinely hedge their credit exposure to us
    consistent with their customary risk management policies.
    Typically, such underwriters and their affiliates would hedge
    such exposure by entering into transactions which consist of
    either the purchase of credit default swaps or the creation of
    short positions in our securities, including potentially the
    Notes offered hereby. Any such short positions could adversely
    affect future trading prices of the Notes offered hereby. The
    underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment
    recommendations
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    publish or express independent research views in respect of such
    securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend
    to their clients that they acquire, long
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT> short
    positions in such securities and instruments.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We expect to deliver the Notes against payment for the Notes on
    or about the date specified in the last paragraph of the cover
    page of this prospectus supplement, which will be the fifth
    business day following the date of the pricing of the Notes.
    Pursuant to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;15c6-1</FONT>
    under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally
    are required to settle in three business days, unless the
    parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly,
    purchasers who wish to trade Notes on the date of this
    prospectus supplement or the next succeeding business day will
    be required to specify alternative settlement arrangements to
    prevent a failed settlement, and should consult their own
    advisors.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">EXPERTS</FONT></B>
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    The consolidated financial statements of Qwest Corporation as of
    December&#160;31, 2010 and 2009 and for each of the years in the
    three-year period ended December&#160;31, 2010, have been
    incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of
    KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm,
    incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said
    firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">LEGAL
    MATTERS</FONT></B>
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    Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#232;re&#160;&#038;
    Den&#232;gre, L.L.P., New Orleans, Louisiana, and Margaret E.
    McCandless, our internal legal counsel, will pass on certain
    legal matters for us relating to the offering of the Notes.
    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, New York, will
    pass on certain legal matters for the underwriters.
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    PROSPECTUS
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">QWEST
    COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">QWEST
    CORPORATION</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">QWEST
    SERVICES CORPORATION, as Guarantor</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">QWEST
    CAPITAL FUNDING, INC., as Guarantor</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Debt
    Securities<BR>
    Preferred Stock<BR>
    Common Stock<BR>
    Purchase Contracts<BR>
    Depositary Shares<BR>
    Guarantees of Debt Securities<BR>
    Warrants<BR>
    Units</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    By this prospectus, QCII, QC, QSC and QCF may from time to time
    offer securities to the public. We will provide specific terms
    of these securities in supplements to this prospectus. You
    should read this prospectus and each applicable supplement
    carefully before you invest. Any QCII debt securities we issue
    under this prospectus may be guaranteed by QSC
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT> QCF,
    direct wholly-owned subsidiaries of QCII.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QCII&#146;s common stock is listed on the New York Stock
    Exchange under the ticker symbol &#147;Q.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
    securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
    securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
    complete. Any representations to the contrary are a criminal
    offense.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    This prospectus may not be used to sell our securities unless it
    is accompanied by the applicable prospectus supplement.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    You should rely only on the information incorporated by
    reference or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus
    supplement. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you
    with different information or to make additional
    representations. We are not making or soliciting an offer of any
    securities other than the securities described in this
    prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We are not making or
    soliciting an offer of these securities in any state or
    jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted or in any
    circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.
    You should not assume that the information contained or
    incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus
    supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the
    front of those documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B>Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk.
    See &#147;Risk Factors&#148; contained in the applicable
    prospectus supplement.</B>
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    We will sell these securities directly, or through agents,
    dealers or underwriters as designated from time to time, or
    through a combination of these methods. We reserve the sole
    right to accept, and together with our agents, dealers and
    underwriters reserve the right to reject, in whole or in part,
    any proposed purchase of securities to be made directly or
    through agents, underwriters or dealers. If any agents, dealers
    or underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities, the
    relevant prospectus supplement will set forth any applicable
    commissions or discounts. Our net proceeds from the sale of
    securities also will be set forth in the relevant prospectus
    supplement.
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <B>The date of this prospectus is December&#160;12, 2008.</B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">TABLE OF
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    <A HREF='#X84486119'>The Company</A>
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    <A HREF='#X84486120'>Use of Proceeds</A>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ABOUT
    THIS PROSPECTUS</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    This prospectus is part of a registration statement that QCII,
    QC, QSC, and QCF filed with the Securities and Exchange
    Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) using a &#147;shelf&#148;
    registration or continuous offering process. Under this
    registration statement, we may sell any combination of the
    securities described in this prospectus from time to time,
    either separately or in units, in one or more offerings.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Each time we sell any securities under this prospectus, we will
    provide a prospectus supplement containing specific information
    about the terms of that offering. That prospectus supplement may
    also add, update or change information contained in this
    prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the
    information contained in this prospectus and any information
    incorporated by reference herein, on the one hand, and the
    information contained in any applicable prospectus supplement
    and any information incorporated by reference therein, on the
    other hand, you should rely on the information in the applicable
    prospectus supplement or incorporated by reference therein. You
    should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement
    together with the additional information described under the
    heading &#147;Where You Can Find More Information.&#148; The
    registration statement containing this prospectus, including the
    exhibits to the registration statement, provides additional
    information about us and the securities offered under this
    prospectus. The registration statement, including the exhibits,
    can be read at the SEC&#146;s website or at the SEC&#146;s
    offices mentioned under the heading &#147;Where You Can Find
    More Information.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    As used in this prospectus, unless the context otherwise
    requires or indicates:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;QCII&#148; refers to Qwest Communications International
    Inc., a Delaware corporation;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    &#147;QC&#148; refers to Qwest Corporation, a Colorado
    corporation, which is a direct subsidiary of QSC and an indirect
    subsidiary of QCII;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    &#147;QSC&#148; refers to Qwest Services Corporation, a Colorado
    corporation, which is a direct subsidiary of QCII;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;QCF&#148; refers to Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., a
    Colorado corporation, which is a direct subsidiary of
    QCII;&#160;and
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    <TD align="left">
    &#147;Qwest,&#148; the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148;
    &#147;us,&#148; and &#147;our&#148; or similar terms refer to
    QCII and its consolidated subsidiaries, including QC, QSC and
    QCF.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">WHERE YOU
    CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QCII files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy
    statements and other information with the SEC. QC files annual,
    quarterly and current reports with the SEC. You may access and
    read QCII&#146;s and QC&#146;s SEC filings, including the
    complete registration statement and all exhibits to it, over the
    Internet at the SEC&#146;s web site at
    <I><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.sec.gov</FONT></I>.
    This uniform resource locator is included in this prospectus as
    an inactive textual reference only. Unless specifically listed
    under &#147;Incorporation By Reference&#148; below, the
    information contained on the SEC website is not intended to be
    incorporated by reference in this prospectus and you should not
    consider that information a part of this prospectus.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    You may read and copy any document QCII or QC files with the SEC
    at the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room located at
    450&#160;Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,&#160;D.C. 20549. You
    may also request copies of the documents that QCII or QC files
    with the SEC by writing to the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room,
    450&#160;Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,&#160;D.C. 20549, at
    prescribed rates. Please call the SEC at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-SEC-0330</FONT>
    for further information on the operation of the Public Reference
    Room and copying charges.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QCII&#146;s SEC filings are also available at the offices of the
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20&#160;Broad Street, New York,
    NY 10005. We also post QCII&#146;s and QC&#146;s SEC filings on
    our website at
    <I><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.qwest.com</FONT></I>.
    Our website address is included in this prospectus as an
    inactive textual reference only. Information contained on our
    website is not intended to be incorporated by reference in this
    prospectus and you should not consider that information a part
    of this prospectus.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">INCORPORATION
    BY REFERENCE</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The SEC allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; the
    information we file with it, which means we can disclose
    important information to you by referring you to other documents
    that contain that information. The information incorporated by
    reference is an important part of this prospectus. Any
    information that we file with the SEC in the future and
    incorporate by reference will automatically update and supersede
    the information contained or incorporated by reference in this
    prospectus.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QCII (File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;001-15577)</FONT>
    filed the following documents with the SEC and incorporates them
    by reference into this prospectus:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the description of its common stock contained in its
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;8-A</FONT>
    filed December&#160;27, 1999, including any amendment or report
    filed for the purpose of updating this description;
</TD>
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<TR style="line-height: 4pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    its Annual Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-K</FONT>
    for the year ended December&#160;31, 2007, filed on
    February&#160;12, 2008 (&#147;QCII&#146;s 2007
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">10-K&#148;),</FONT>
    which incorporates by reference certain portions of its proxy
    statement dated April&#160;4, 2008;
</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    its Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the quarter ended March&#160;31, 2008, filed on May&#160;6,
    2008, its Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the quarter ended June&#160;30, 2008, filed on
    August&#160;6, 2008, and its Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the quarter ended September&#160;30, 2008, filed on
    October&#160;29, 2008 (&#147;QCII&#146;s 2008
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">10-Qs&#148;);&#160;and</FONT>
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    its Current Reports on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;8-K</FONT>
    filed January&#160;28, 2008, February&#160;12, 2008,
    February&#160;26, 2008, April&#160;4, 2008 (two filed on this
    date), May&#160;6, 2008, July&#160;29, 2008, August&#160;20,
    2008, and September&#160;15, 2008.
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QC (File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;001-03040)</FONT>
    filed the following documents with the SEC and incorporates them
    by reference into this prospectus:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    its Annual Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-K</FONT>
    for the year ended December&#160;31, 2007, filed on
    February&#160;12, 2008 (&#147;QC&#146;s 2007
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">10-K&#148;);</FONT>
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    its Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the quarter ended March&#160;31, 2008, filed on May&#160;6,
    2008, its Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the quarter ended June&#160;30, 2008, filed on
    August&#160;6, 2008, and its Quarterly Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;10-Q</FONT>
    for the quarter ended September&#160;30, 2008, filed on
    October&#160;30, 2008 (&#147;QC&#146;s 2008
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">10-Qs&#148;);&#160;and</FONT>
</TD>
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<TR style="line-height: 4pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    its Current Report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;8-K</FONT>
    filed April&#160;4, 2008.
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    All documents that QCII and QC file with the SEC pursuant to
    Sections&#160;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) after the
    date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of all
    offerings made pursuant to this prospectus also will be deemed
    to be incorporated herein by reference and will automatically
    update information in this prospectus. Nothing in this
    prospectus shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished
    but not filed with the SEC, including information furnished
    pursuant to Item&#160;2.02 or Item&#160;7.01 of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;8-K.</FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    Statements made in this prospectus, in any prospectus supplement
    or in any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus
    as to the contents of any contract or other document are not
    necessarily complete. In each instance we refer you to the copy
    of the contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the
    registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or as
    an exhibit to the documents incorporated by reference.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    We will provide to you, at no cost, a copy of any document
    incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any exhibits
    specifically incorporated by reference in those documents. You
    may request copies of these filings from us by mail at the
    following address: Corporate Secretary, Qwest Communications
    International Inc., 1801 California Street, Denver, Colorado
    80202, or by telephone at the following telephone number:
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(303)&#160;992-1400.</FONT>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QSC and QCF are consolidated wholly owned subsidiaries of QCII.
    Under SEC rules, QSC and QCF are not required to file separate
    reports with the SEC, although certain consolidated financial
    information about QSC and QCF can be found in the footnotes to
    QCII&#146;s financial statements.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">FORWARD-LOOKING
    STATEMENTS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    This prospectus contains or incorporates by reference
    forward-looking statements about our financial condition,
    results of operations and business. These statements include,
    among others:
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    statements concerning the benefits that we expect will result
    from our business activities and certain transactions we have
    completed, such as increased revenue, decreased expenses and
    avoided expenses and expenditures;&#160;and
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    statements of our expectations, beliefs, future plans and
    strategies, anticipated developments and other matters that are
    not historical facts.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    These statements may be made expressly in this prospectus or may
    be incorporated by reference to other documents we file with the
    SEC. You can find many of these statements by looking for words
    such as &#147;may,&#148; &#147;would,&#148; &#147;could,&#148;
    &#147;should,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;believes,&#148;
    &#147;expects,&#148; &#147;anticipates,&#148;
    &#147;estimates,&#148; or similar expressions used in this
    prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    These forward looking statements are subject to numerous
    assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual
    results to be materially different from any future results
    expressed or implied by us in those statements. Some of these
    risks are described under &#147;Risk Factors&#148; and in
    &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
    Condition and Results of Operations&#148; in QCII&#146;s 2007
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">10-K,</FONT>
    QCII&#146;s 2008
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">10-Qs,</FONT>
    QC&#146;s 2007
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">10-K</FONT> and
    QC&#146;s 2008
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">10-Qs.</FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    These risk factors should be considered in connection with any
    subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or
    persons acting on our behalf may issue. Given these
    uncertainties, we caution investors not to unduly rely on our
    forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation
    to review or confirm analysts&#146; expectations or estimates or
    to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking
    statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of
    this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
    events. Further, the information contained in this prospectus is
    a statement of our intention as of the date of this prospectus
    and is based upon, among other things, the existing regulatory
    environment, industry conditions, market conditions and prices,
    the economy in general and our assumptions as of such date. We
    may change our intentions, at any time and without notice, based
    upon any changes in such factors, in our assumptions or
    otherwise.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE
    COMPANY</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QCII provides voice, data, Internet and video services
    nationwide and globally. We continue to generate the majority of
    our revenue from services provided in the 14-state region of
    Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
    New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington
    and Wyoming. We refer to this region as our local service area.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QC,&#160;among other things, operates the regulated local
    telephone business of its ultimate parent, QCII. Its operations
    generally account for the majority of Qwest&#146;s consolidated
    revenue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QSC is the direct corporate parent of QC and Qwest
    Communications Corporation, the entity through which Qwest
    conducts substantially all of its unregulated business.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QCF facilitates the obtaining of debt financing for Qwest&#146;s
    affiliates.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Corporate
    Information</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QCII, a Delaware corporation, was incorporated on
    February&#160;18, 1997. QCII will be the issuer of the
    securities to be sold pursuant to this prospectus other than any
    debt securities issued by QC and any guarantees issued by QSC
    and QCF.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QC,&#160;a Colorado corporation, was incorporated on
    July&#160;17, 1911. QC may be an issuer of debt securities to be
    sold pursuant to this prospectus. QSC is the direct corporate
    parent of QC.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QSC, a Colorado corporation, was incorporated on
    January&#160;16, 1996. QSC may be the issuer of guarantees of
    QCII debt securities issued pursuant to this prospectus. QCII is
    the direct corporate parent of QSC.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    QCF, a Colorado corporation, was incorporated on June&#160;10,
    1986. QCF may be the issuer of guarantees of QCII debt
    securities issued pursuant to this prospectus. QCII is the
    direct corporate parent of QCF.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The principal executive offices of QCII, QC, QSC and QCF are
    located at 1801 California Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, and
    their telephone number is
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(303)&#160;992-1400.</FONT>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    The following chart illustrates the corporate structure of QCII
    and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the co-registrants.
    This chart is provided for illustrative purposes only and does
    not represent all legal entities of QCII and its consolidated
    subsidiaries.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">USE OF
    PROCEEDS</FONT></B>
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    Unless otherwise indicated in an accompanying prospectus
    supplement, the net proceeds we expect to receive from the sale
    of the securities will be used for general corporate purposes,
    which may include, among others, the following:
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    reduction or refinancing of existing debt;
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    making capital investments;
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    funding working capital requirements;&#160;and
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    funding possible acquisitions and investments.
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    Pending any specific application, net proceeds may initially be
    invested in short-term marketable securities or applied to the
    reduction of short-term indebtedness.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">RATIO OF
    EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES</FONT></B>
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    The following table sets forth QCII&#146;s and QC&#146;s
    consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the nine
    months ended September&#160;30, 2008 and each of the five years
    ended December&#160;31, 2007.
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    <B>Nine Months<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Ended<BR>
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    <B>Year Ended December&#160;31,</B>
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    <B>Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(a)</B>
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    <B>September&#160;30, 2008</B>
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    <B>2007</B>
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    <B>2006</B>
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    <B>2005</B>
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    <B>2004</B>
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    <B>2003</B>
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    QCII
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    1.9
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    1.5
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    1.4
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    &#151;
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    (b)
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    &#151;
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    (b)
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    &#151;
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    (b)
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    QC
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    4.4
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    4.6
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    3.7
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    3.3
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    3.7
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    3.7
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    &#147;Earnings&#148; for purposes of this ratio are unaudited
    and are computed by adding income (loss) before income taxes,
    discontinued operations, cumulative effect of changes in
    accounting principles and fixed charges (excluding capitalized
    interest). &#147;Fixed charges&#148; consist of interest
    (including capitalized interest) on indebtedness and an interest
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    Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by
    $759&#160;million, $1,705&#160;million and $1,837&#160;million
    for the years ended December&#160;31, 2005, 2004 and 2003,
    respectively.</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">LEGAL
    MATTERS</FONT></B>
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    Certain legal matters on behalf of QCII, QC, QSC and QCF will be
    passed upon for us by Stephen E. Brilz,&#160;Esq. If legal
    matters in connection with offerings made by this prospectus are
    passed on by other counsel for us or by counsel for the
    underwriters of an offering of the securities, that counsel will
    be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">EXPERTS</FONT></B>
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    The consolidated financial statements and the related
    consolidated financial statement schedule of Qwest
    Communications International Inc. and Qwest Corporation as of
    December&#160;31, 2007 and 2006, and for each of the years in
    the three-year period ended December&#160;31, 2007, and
    management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal
    controls over financial reporting of Qwest Communications
    International Inc. as of December&#160;31, 2007, have been
    incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of
    KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm,
    incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said
    firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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    The audit reports covering the consolidated financial statements
    of Qwest Communications International Inc. and Qwest Corporation
    as of December&#160;31, 2007 and 2006, and for each of the years
    in the three-year period ended December&#160;31, 2007, refer to
    the adoption of certain new accounting standards.
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt">$950,000,000</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 24pt">Qwest Corporation</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt">6.75%&#160;Notes due
    2021</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT</FONT></B>
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    <I>Joint Book-Running Managers</I>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Citigroup</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    J.P. Morgan</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Deutsche
    Bank Securities</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    Mitsubishi UFJ Securities</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    SunTrust Robinson Humphrey</FONT></B></TD>
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    <I>Co-Managers</I>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">BNY
    Mellon Capital Markets, LLC</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    Fifth Third Securities, Inc.</FONT></B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Mizuho
    Securities</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">
    US Bancorp</FONT></B></TD>
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    September&#160;27, 2011
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