Item 8.01 Other Events.

On July 25, 2022, Lumen Technologies, Inc. ("Lumen" or the "Company") announced that it and its indirect wholly owned subsidiaries Level 3 Financing, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Level 3 Financing"), and Embarq Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation ("Embarq Florida"), commenced cash tender offers, pursuant to which (i) Level 3 Financing has offered to purchase any and all of its outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes") and 5.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "2026 Notes" and, together with the 2025 Notes, the "Any and All Notes") (collectively, the "Any and All Tender Offers") and (ii) Embarq Florida has offered to purchase its 7.125% Senior Notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes") and 8.375% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "8.375% 2025 Notes" and, together with the 2023 Notes, the "Embarq Notes") and the Company has offered to purchase its outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Lumen Notes" and, together with the Embarq Notes, the "Maximum Tender Notes" and together with the Any and All Notes, the "Notes") (collectively, the "Maximum Tender Offers" and, together with the Any and All Tender Offers, the "Tender Offers") up to an aggregate principal amount of Maximum Tender Notes that will not exceed $1,000,000,000 less the aggregate principal amount of Any and All Notes purchased on the early settlement date of the Tender Offers, if any (or, if no early settlement date, those purchased on the final settlement date), subject to an aggregate principal amount sublimit of $350,000,000 applicable to the Lumen Notes. There is no aggregate principal amount sublimit applicable to any other series of Notes. In conjunction with the Any and All Tender Offers, Level 3 Financing also commenced consent solicitations with respect to the indentures governing each of the 2025 Notes and 2026 Notes (the "Consent Solicitations").

A copy of the Company's press release announcing the commencement of the Tender Offers and Consent Solicitations is attached herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





  (d) Exhibits:




Exhibit No.       Description

99.1                Press Release dated July 25, 2022 announcing Tender Offers and
                  Consent Solicitations.

104               Cover page formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101.

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