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� � .A V• 7 CenturyLink- 2003 In June, CenturyTel purchased Digital Teleport, Incorporated's 5,700 route mile fiber network, of which 3,200 miles were lit, in portions of Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee. CenturyTel renamed the company LightCore. CenturyTel purchased the Midwest Fiber Optic Network (MFON) from Level 3 Communications, Inc. in December. This stand -alone system serves as a regional backbone for a number of carriers, including CenturyTel, in Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois. 2002 Founder and Chairman of the Board Clarke M. Williams died following a lengthy illness. CenturyTel's Board of Directors elected Glen F. Post, III as his successor and new Chairman. The company expanded operations to 22 states with the acquisition of about 300,000 Verizon access lines in Alabama. CenturyTel sold its wireless business to ALLTEL, entering a new era as a leading U.S. pure -play rural local exchange carrier. The company bought about 354,000 Verizon access lines in Missouri, bringing the total access lines served nationwide to nearly 2.5 million. The November 25 issue of Business Week ranked CenturyTel 16th among the 100 top information technology companies and ahead of all other U.S. -based telecommunication companies. Rankings were based on revenues, sales growth, profitability and stock appreciation. 2001 CenturyTel acquired CSW Net, Inc. of Russellville, Arkansas. The company successfully defeated a hostile take -over attempt by ALLTEL, Inc. 2000 Arkansas became CenturyTel's second largest state in terms of access lines served with the purchase of 230,500 GTE lines in that state. CenturyTel also bought 127,000 GTE lines in Missouri. CenturyTel became the second largest provider in Wisconsin with the purchase of about 133,000 additional lines in 77 exchanges. In two separate transactions with Verizon, CenturyTel spent about $195 million for an outright purchase of 70,000 access lines in 42 exchanges. The company also partnered with Telephone USA of Wisconsin, LLC to buy 62,650 lines in 35 additional exchanges for about $170 million.