United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 11-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
Commission file number 1-7784
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that
of the issuer named below:
CENTURYTEL SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
401 (k) PLAN AND TRUST
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address
of its principal executive office:
CENTURYTEL, INC.
100 CENTURYTEL DRIVE
MONROE, LA 71203
Independent Auditors' Report
The Board of Directors
CenturyTel, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits
of CenturyTel Security Systems, Inc. 401 (k) Plan and Trust as of December 31,
2000 and September 30, 2000, and the related statement of changes in net assets
available for benefits for the three month period ended December 31, 2000. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of CenturyTel
Security Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust as of December 31, 2000 and
September 30, 2000, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the
three month period ended December 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held
at end of year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a
required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information
required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and
Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This
supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The
supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in
the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly
stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole.
KPMG LLP
/s/ KPMG LLP
Shreveport, Louisiana
June 29, 2001
CENTURYTEL SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
401 (k) PLAN AND TRUST
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2000 and September 30, 2000
December 31, September 30,
2000 2000
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PLAN ASSETS
Investments, at fair value $ 83,253 85,037
Contribution receivable - participants 1,629 927
Cash - 2
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NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS $ 84,882 85,966
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
CENTURYTEL SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC
401 (k) PLAN AND TRUST
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
For the three month period ended December 31, 2000
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Additions to net assets:
Investment income (loss)
Net depreciation in fair value of investments $ (15,211)
Dividends and interest 6,233
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Net investment income (loss) (8,978)
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Contributions:
Participants 10,411
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Total additions 1,433
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Deductions from net assets:
Participant withdrawals 2,517
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Net decrease (1,084)
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Net Assets available for benefits:
Beginning of period 85,966
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End of period $ 84,882
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
CENTURYTEL SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
401 (k) PLAN AND TRUST
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2000
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN
Basis of Presentation
The CenturyTel Security Systems Inc., 401(k) Plan and Trust (the Plan) was
established on June 1, 1997. The accompanying financial statements of the
Plan have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting and present the
net assets available for benefits and changes in net assets available for
benefits. The Plan has made estimates in preparing the accompanying
financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
The assets of the Plan are invested by the Trustee in various investment
programs (funds) which are described in Note 2.
The following description of the Plan provides only general information.
Participants should refer to the Plan Document for a more complete
description of the Plan's provisions.
Participation
Participation in the Plan is available to each employee of CenturyTel
Security Systems, Inc. (the Company), other than those who are classified
as temporary employees or employees covered under a collective bargaining
agreement.
In order to participate in the Plan, an employee must execute a Salary
Deferral Agreement with the Company. In the Salary Deferral Agreement, an
employee agrees to a deferral of between one percent and sixteen percent
of compensation. The percentage of compensation a participant elects to
defer applies to the participant's base pay plus certain incentive
compensation received, including certain cash bonuses, commissions, and
lump sums granted in lieu of pay increases. The amount of compensation
deferred by each participant is credited to an account (Elective Deferral
Account) maintained for each participant by the Trustee. The Elective
Deferral Account is self-directed.
The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its discretion, elect at the
end of each year to contribute an additional amount to participants'
accounts (Additional Match Account).
An employee is permitted to transfer to the Plan as a contribution his
interest in another plan qualified under the Internal Revenue Code, as
amended (the Code). Such contribution must qualify as a "rollover"
contribution described in Section 402(c) or 408 (d)(3) of the Code. Such a
rollover will be credited to a rollover account on behalf of the
participant (the Rollover/Transfer Account).
The interest of a participant in his Elective Deferral Account, his
Rollover/Transfer Account and his Additional Match Account is fully vested
and non-forfeitable at all times.
Reports to Participants
All participants are furnished with quarterly statements which set forth
the status of their accounts in the Plan.
Distributions
If the employment of a participant with the employer ceases because of
death, retirement, disability, termination of employment or for any other
reason, the participant's entire interest in the Plan may be distributed
to him or to his beneficiary in a lump sum. If the participant dies
without designating a beneficiary, his beneficiary shall be, in the order
listed, (i) his spouse, (ii) his children, or (iii) his estate.
Withdrawals
A participant who is an employee and over age 59 1/2 may make withdrawals
from his vested accounts prior to meeting normal distribution
requirements. In addition, a hardship withdrawal may be made from a
Elective Deferral Account or a Rollover/Transfer Account only as a result
of financial hardship related to unreimbursable educational expenses,
medical expenses which are not reimbursable by insurance, the need to pay
for the funeral expenses of a family member, the purchase of a principal
residence of the Participant, or the prevention of eviction or foreclosure
from the Participant's principal residence. The determination of the
existence of a financial hardship and the amount required to be
distributed to meet the need created by the hardship shall be made
uniformly and without discrimination at the sole discretion of the Plan
Administrator.
Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the
right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to
change, suspend or terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Loans to Participants
The Plan has a provision whereby a participant can borrow from his
Participant Contribution Account or Participant Rollover Account. The
maximum loan is 50% of the account balance, up to $50,000. The loans are
repaid through payroll deductions and the interest rate is the prime rate
published in the Wall Street Journal for the last business day of the
previous quarter plus 1%. The loan repayment period may not exceed five
years except for loans for the purchase of the Participant's principal
residence which may be for any period not to exceed fifteen years.
Trustee
The Trustee of the Plan, as of December 31, 2000, was T. Rowe Price Trust
Company (T. Rowe Price). The Board of Directors of the Company may remove
the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. The Company and the Trustee
have entered into a Trust Agreement which provides for the establishment
of a Trust for the purpose of holding and investing the contributions to
the Trust pursuant to the provisions of the Plan.
Administration
The Company has appointed a committee to administer the Plan. The
individuals who administer the Plan serve at the discretion of the Board
of Directors of the Company and may be removed by the Board of Directors
at any time. The administrative costs of the Plan are paid by the Company.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
Investments in CenturyTel Common Stock are valued at the closing market
price on December 31, 2000 . Other investments in the funds, which consist
of shares of mutual funds, are valued by the Trustee based on the market
value at year-end of the underlying assets of each fund. Purchases and
sales of securities are recorded on a trade date basis. Interest income is
recorded on the accrual basis.
Plan Amendment and Restatement
Effective September 1, 2000, the Plan was amended and restated. The
amendment and restatement effectuated a change in the name of the Plan to
the CenturyTel Security Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan and Trust from the Delta
Security Alarm Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan. Additionally, Vernon E. Henson
was removed as trustee and replaced by T. Rowe Price Trust Company. The
amendment and restatement also changed the Plan year to a calendar year
effective October 1, 2000.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.
133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" ("SFAS
No.133"). SFAS No. 133 requires that an entity recognize all derivatives
and measure those instruments at fair value.
SFAS No. 133 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000.
Pursuant to SFAS No. 137, the Plan is required to adopt SFAS No. 133
effective January 1, 2001. Management has determined that the impact of
SFAS No. 133 on the Plan Financial statements would be immaterial.
(2) DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNDS
The following is a description of each of the funds which had outstanding
balances and were available to Plan participants as of December 31, 2000:
(a) Janus Overseas Fund - consists primarily of investments in foreign
equity securities ($22,291 and $25,256 at December 31, 2000 and
September 30, 2000, respectively).
(b) Janus Fund - consists primarily of investments in U. S. and foreign
equity securities ($20,970 and $24,155 at December 31, 2000 and
September 30, 2000, respectively).
(c) T. Rowe Price Equity Index 500 Fund - consists primarily of
investments in the same stocks and in substantially the same
percentages as the S & P 500 Index ($24,521 and $23,493 at December
31, 2000 and September 30, 2000, respectively).
(d) T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund - consists primarily of investments
in U. S. and foreign common stocks ($10,523 and $9,610 at December
31, 2000 and September 30, 2000, respectively).
(e) T. Rowe Price Summit Cash Reserves Fund - consists primarily of
investments in various money market instruments ($3,024 and $2,339 at
December 31, 2000 and September 30, 2000, respectively).
(f) PIMCO Total Return Fund - consists primarily of investments in debt
securities ($254 and $184 at December 31, 2000 and September 30,
2000, respectively).
(g) CenturyTel Common Stock Fund - consists of shares of CenturyTel
Common Stock ($840 at December 31, 2000).
(h) T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund - consists primarily of investments
in common stocks of companies whose market capitalization falls
within the range of companies in the S&P MidCap 400 Index ($590 at
December 31, 2000).
(i) BGI LifePath 2010 Fund - consists primarily of investments in U. S.
and foreign equity and debt securities and money market instruments
and is managed for investors planning to retire (or begin to withdraw
substantial portions of their investment) around the year 2010
($1 at December 31, 2000).
(j) BGI LifePath 2020 Fund - consists primarily of investments in U. S.
and foreign equity and debt securities and money market instruments
and is managed for investors planning to retire (or begin to withdraw
substantial portions of their investment) around the year 2020
($142 at December 31, 2000).
(k) Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Small Company Growth Portfolio Fund -
consists primarily of investments in equity securities of small
companies ($97 at December 31, 2000).
Investments in Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Fund, T. Rowe Price Equity Index
500 Fund, and T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund were each greater than 5%
of assets available for benefits at December 31, 2000.
A participant may instruct that his contribution be allocated among the
various funds. A participant may change his investment allocation
instructions and his contribution percentage at any time.
(3) INCOME TAXES
The Plan and related trust were designed to meet the necessary
requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a) and, accordingly, the
trust underlying the Plan is exempt from income taxation pursuant to
Internal Revenue Code Section 501(a). A favorable determination letter
from the Internal Revenue Service has not been obtained for the Plan as
currently amended and restated. A request for such is to be filed.
However, the Plan administrator believes that the Plan is designed and is
currently being operated in compliance with the applicable provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(4) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by T. Rowe
Price, Janus Capital Corporation (Janus), Barclays Global Fund Advisors
(Barclays), Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management Inc. (Morgan
Stanley) or Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO). T. Rowe Price
is the Trustee as defined by the Plan. Therefore, T. Rowe Price, Janus,
Barclays, Morgan Stanley and PIMCO qualify as parties-in-interest. Fees
paid by the Company to T. Rowe Price for trustee, record keeping and other
services amounted to $3,025 for the three month period ended December 31,
2000.
(5) CONCENTRATION OF INVESTMENTS
Substantially all of the assets available for benefits were invested in
mutual funds managed by T. Rowe Price, Janus, Barclays, Morgan Stanley or
PIMCO. The remaining assest available for benefits were invested in
CenturyTel Common Stock.
CENTURYTEL SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
401 (k) PLAN AND TRUST
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2000
Identity of issuer, borrower, Description Current Value Per
lessor or similar party of Investment Value Share
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Investment in CenturyTel Common Stock 24 shares $ 840 35.75
Investment in Mutual Funds for
Qualified Employee Benefit Plans:
Managed by Janus:
Janus Overseas Fund 840 shares 22,291 (Note 1) 26.54
Janus Fund 630 shares 20,970 (Note 1) 33.29
Investment in Mutual Funds for
Qualified Employee Benefit Plans:
Managed by T. Rowe Price:
Equity Income Fund 427 shares 10,523 (Note 1) 24.67
Equity Index 500 Fund 691 shares 24,521 (Note 1) 35.50
Mid-Cap Growth Fund 15 shares 590 39.79
Summit Cash Reserves Fund 3,024 shares 3,024 1.00
Investments in Mutual Funds for
Qualified Employee Benefit Plans
Managed by PIMCO:
PIMCO Total Return Fund 24 shares 254 10.39
Investments in Mutual Funds for
Qualified Employee Benefit Plans
Managed by Barclays:
LifePath 2010 Fund .1 shares 1 12.61
LifePath 2020 Fund 9 shares 142 15.04
Investments in Mutual Funds for
Qualified Employee Benefit Plans
Managed by Morgan Stanley:
Small Company Growth Portfolio Fund 9 shares 97 10.68
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$ 83,253
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T. Rowe Price, Janus, PIMCO, Barclays and Morgan Stanley are considered
parties-in-interest. Additionally, CenturyTel, Inc., as sponsor of the Plan, is
considered a party-in-interest.
Notes: (1) These investments are greater than 5% of assets available for
benefits.
(2) Information on cost of investments is excluded as all investments
are participant directed.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Retirement Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on it
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
CenturyTel Security Systems, Inc.
401 (k) Plan and Trust
July 12, 2001 /s/R. Stewart Ewing, Jr.
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R. Stewart Ewing, Jr.
Retirement Committee Member and
Executive Officer of Issuer of
Plan Securities