Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 26, 2022, Lumen Technologies, Inc. ("Lumen" or the "Company") announced that it and its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries Embarq Florida, Inc. ("Embarq Florida") and Qwest Capital Funding, Inc. ("QCF") commenced cash tender offers (the "Offers"), pursuant to which (i) Lumen has offered to purchase any and all of its outstanding 6.750% Senior Notes, Series W, due 2023 (the "Series W Notes"), 7.500% Senior Notes, Series Y, due 2024 (the "Series Y Notes"), 5.625% Senior Notes, Series X, due 2025, 7.200% Senior Notes, Series D, due 2025, 5.125% Senior Notes due 2026, 6.875% Debentures, Series G, due 2028 and 5.375% Senior Notes due 2029; (ii) Embarq Florida has offered to purchase any and all of its outstanding 7.125% Senior Notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes") and 8.375% Senior Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes" and together with the 2023 Notes, the "Embarq Florida Notes"); and (iii) QCF has offered to purchase any and all of its outstanding 6.875% Senior Notes due 2028 and 7.750% Senior Notes due 2031.

The Offers are made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, including the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, dated as of September 26, 2022. The Offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September 30, 2022, unless extended or earlier terminated by Lumen, Embarq Florida or QCF, as applicable.


Concurrently with the commencement of the Offers, (i) Embarq Florida intends to
issue notices to redeem any of the Embarq Florida Notes that remain outstanding
as of the redemption date at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and
(ii) Lumen intends to issue notices to redeem, subject to the completion of a
divestiture transaction (discussed in the press release filed on Exhibit 99.1 to
this Current Report on Form
8-K),
any of its Series W Notes and Series Y Notes that remain outstanding as of the
redemption date at a redemption price equal to the greater of par or par plus
the "make-whole" premium set forth in the terms of such Notes, plus accrued and
unpaid interest.

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



Neither this Current Report on Form
8-K
nor anything contained herein is a notice of redemption for the Embarq Florida
Notes, the Series W Notes or the Series Y Notes, or any other debt securities
under the applicable indentures governing such debt securities.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





  (d)  Exhibits:




Exhibit
  No.     Description

99.1        Press Release dated September 26, 2022 announcing Offers.

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

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