Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP - Important Deadline Reminder for CenturyLink, Inc. Shareholders

RADNOR, Pa., July 12, 2017 -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP reminds CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) (“CenturyLink” or the “Company”) shareholders that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against CenturyLink on behalf of purchasers of the Company’s securities between March 1, 2013 and June 19, 2017, inclusive (the “Class Period”). 

Important Deadline Reminder:  CenturyLink shareholders who purchased securities during the Class Period may, no later than August 21, 2017, seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class.  For additional information, or to learn how to participate in this action, please visit https://www.ktmc.com/new-cases/centurylink-inc#join.

CenturyLink provides communication services to residential, business, wholesale, and governmental customers in the United States. The Company offers broadband, Ethernet, video entertainment, and satellite digital television services.

The shareholder class action complaints allege that CenturyLink and certain of its executive officers made false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company’s business and compliance policies during the Class Period, including the following: (i) CenturyLink’s policies allowed its employees to add services or lines to accounts without customer permission, resulting in millions of dollars in unauthorized charges to CenturyLink customers; (ii) accordingly, the Company’s revenues were the product of illicit conduct and unsustainable; and (iii) the foregoing illicit conduct was likely to subject CenturyLink to heightened regulatory scrutiny.

On June 16, 2017, Bloomberg published an article entitled “CenturyLink Is Accused of Running a Wells Fargo-Like Scheme” which revealed that a lawsuit had been filed by former CenturyLink employee Heidi Heiser (“Heiser”). The article reported that Heiser had been “fired for blowing the whistle on the telecommunications company’s high-pressure sales culture that left customers paying millions of dollars for accounts they didn’t request,” and that Heiser “was fired days after notifying Chief Executive Officer Glen Post of the alleged scheme during a companywide question-and-answer session held on an internal message board.” 

Following this news, shares of the Company’s stock declined $1.23 per share, or over 4.5%, to close on June 16, 2017 at $25.72.

Then on June 19, 2017, Bloomberg reported that a lawsuit had been filed against CenturyLink alleging that the Company engaged in “fraud, unfair competition, and unjust enrichment.”  Bloomberg further discussed that lawsuit as follows: “Ms. Heiser’s allegations of what she observed, and what CenturyLink corporate culture encouraged, are consistent with the experiences of hundreds of thousands and potentially millions of consumers who have been defrauded by CenturyLink.”

Following this news, shares of the Company’s stock declined an additional $0.36 per share, to close on June 19, 2017 at $25.36 per share.

If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check (Darren J. Check, Esq., D. Seamus Kaskela, Esq. or Adrienne O. Bell, Esq.) at (888) 299–7706 or (610) 667–7706, or via e-mail at [email protected].

CenturyLink shareholders may, no later than August 21, 2017, seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.  A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation.  In order to be appointed as a lead plaintiff, the Court must determine that the class member’s claim is typical of the claims of other class members, and that the class member will adequately represent the class in the action.  Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff. 

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check prosecutes class actions in state and federal courts throughout the country.  Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check is a driving force behind corporate governance reform, and has recovered billions of dollars on behalf of institutional and individual investors from the United States and around the world.  The firm represents investors, consumers and whistleblowers (private citizens who report fraudulent practices against the government and share in the recovery of government dollars).  The complaint in this action was not filed by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check.  For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, please visit www.ktmc.com.

CONTACT:

Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP
Darren J. Check, Esq.
D. Seamus Kaskela, Esq.
Adrienne O. Bell, Esq.
280 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087
(888) 299-7706
(610) 667-7706
[email protected]