8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

August 19, 2022

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(318) 388-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Level 3 Parent, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(720) 888-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of any registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered by Lumen Technologies, Inc. pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether any registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Explanatory Note

On August 9, 2022, Lumen Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) and Level 3 Parent, LLC filed a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing the early results for the tender offers (the “Tender Offers”) of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Level 3 Financing, Inc. (“Level 3 Financing”) and Embarq Florida, Inc. (“Embarq Florida”), and consent solicitations (the “Consent Solicitations”) of Level 3 Financing, which commenced on July 25, 2022 and expired at midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 19, 2022 (the “Expiration Date”). This Current Report on Form 8-K provides information on the final results of the Tender Offers and Consent Solicitations, which were made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated July 25, 2022 (the “Offer to Purchase and Solicitation Statement”).

As of the Expiration Date, Level 3 Financing had not received the requisite consents needed from the holders of its outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) and 5.250% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) to effect the proposed amendments to the applicable indenture in connection with the Consent Solicitations.

On August 23, 2022, the Company settled the purchase of $6,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes, $3,000 aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes, $4,000 aggregate principal amount of Embarq Florida’s outstanding 7.125% Senior Notes due 2023 and $1,126,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 5.125% Senior Notes due 2026, in each case validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) following 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 5, 2022, but at or prior to the Expiration Date in the manner contemplated in the Offer to Purchase and Solicitation Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Lumen Technologies, Inc. and Level 3 Parent, LLC have duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned officer hereunto duly authorized.