0001104659-10-021095 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of April 21, 2010, Among QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC., CENTURYTEL, INC. and SB44 ACQUISITION COMPANY

Merger Agreement • April 22nd, 2010 • Qwest Communications International Inc • Telephone communications (no radiotelephone) • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  April 22nd, 2010
• Company
  Qwest Communications International Inc
• Industry
  Telephone communications (no radiotelephone)
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) dated as of April 21, 2010, among QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (“Qwest”), CENTURYTEL, INC., a Louisiana corporation (“CenturyLink”), and SB44 Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of CenturyLink (“Merger Sub”).