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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): November 12, 2024       Lumen Technologies, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)       Louisiana   001-7784   72-0651161 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)   100 CenturyLink Drive Monroe , Louisiana   71203 (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code) ( 318 ) 388-9000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)     Level 3 Parent, LLC (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)       Delaware   001-35134   47-0210602 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)   931 14 th Street Denver , Colorado   80202-2994 (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code) ( 720 ) 888-1000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)     Qwest Corporation (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)       Colorado   001-03040   84-0273800 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)   931 14th Street Denver , Colorado   80202 (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code) ( 318 ) 388-9000 (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:   ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))   ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Registrant   Title of Each Class   Trading Symbol   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered Lumen Technologies, Inc.   Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share   LUMN   New York Stock Exchange Lumen Technologies, Inc.   Preferred Stock Purchase Rights   N/A   New York Stock Exchange Qwest Corporation   6.5% Notes due 2056   CTBB   New York Stock Exchange Qwest Corporation   6.75% Notes due 2057   CTDD   New York Stock Exchange 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). Emerging growth company  ☐ 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. ☐       Item 8.01 Other Events. Tender Offers On November 12, 2024, Lumen Technologies, Inc. (“Lumen” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it and its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary Level 3 Financing, Inc. (“Level 3” and, together with Lumen, the “Offerors” and each, an “Offeror”) commenced cash tender offers (the “Offers”), pursuant to which:     (1) Lumen has offered to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 5.625% Senior Notes, Series X, due 2025 (the “5.625% Lumen Notes”), 7.200% Senior Notes, Series D, due 2025 (the “7.200% Lumen Notes”), 5.125% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Lumen Notes”), 4.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (Unsecured) (the “2027 Lumen Notes”), and 6.875% Debentures, Series G, due 2028 (the “2028 Lumen Notes” and, together with the 5.625% Lumen Notes, 7.200% Lumen Notes, 2026 Lumen Notes and 2027 Lumen Notes, the “Lumen Notes”); and     (2) Level 3 has offered to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 3.400% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (Unsecured) (the “3.400% Level 3 Notes”), 4.625% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “4.625% Level 3 Notes”), and 4.250% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “4.250% Level 3 Notes” and, together with the 3.400% Level 3 Notes and 4.625% Level 3 Notes, the “Level 3 Notes” and, together with the Lumen Notes, the “Notes”). The Offers are being made to each registered holder of the Notes solely in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, an Offer to Purchase, including the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery attached as Appendix A thereto, dated as of November 12, 2024 (collectively, the “Offer to Purchase”). The Offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 18, 2024, unless extended or earlier terminated by the applicable Offeror with respect to any Offer, as applicable. The foregoing description of the Offers does not purport to be complete, and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by (i) the above-referenced press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and (ii) the Offer to Purchase. No Offer or Solicitation Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 constitutes either (i) an offer to purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell, the Notes, or (ii) a solicitation to participate in the Offers. The Offers are not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with applicable laws.   Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits:   Exhibit No.    Description 99.1    Press Release dated November 12, 2024 announcing the Offers 104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (Embedded within the Inline XBRL document.)   1 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Lumen Technologies, Inc., Level 3 Parent, LLC, and Qwest Corporation have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.       LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Dated: November 12, 2024     By:   /s/ Chris Stansbury       Chris Stansbury       Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer     LEVEL 3 PARENT, LLC Dated: November 12, 2024     By:   /s/ Chris Stansbury       Chris Stansbury       Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer     QWEST CORPORATION Dated: November 12, 2024     By:   /s/ Chris Stansbury       Chris Stansbury       Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   2