REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Dated May 16, 2007 Among QWEST CORPORATION, as Issuer, and As Representative of the Initial PurchasersRegistration Rights Agreement • May 18th, 2007 • Qwest Corp • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • New York
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Issuer and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of the Issuer and the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders form time to time of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Securities, the Issuer has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.
