---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-243230"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T10:25:20.361526+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen appoints Kate Johnson as President and CEO, effective Nov 7, 2022; Jeff Storey to retire

## Summary
- Kate Johnson succeeds Jeff Storey as President, CEO and Board member effective Nov 7, 2022.
- Johnson previously President of Microsoft U.S. and served on UPS board.
- Johnson receives $1.2M base salary, $2.4M target STI, $14.25M LTI, plus sign-on cash and equity awards totaling $2M.
- Storey to serve as Senior Advisor through Dec 31, 2022, then retire; receives $20,000 artwork and extended COBRA.
- Transition is result of multi-year planned succession per Board Chairman T. Michael Glenn.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-243230
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312522243230/0001193125-22-243230-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312522243230/d396237d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-243230
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-243230.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-243230.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kate Johnson was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Lumen Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 13, 2022, Lumen Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Kate Johnson would succeed Jeffrey K. Storey as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and its principal subsidiaries and as a director on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), expected to be effective as of November 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312522243230/0001193125-22-243230-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey K. Storey changed role as Senior Advisor to the Board and CEO at Lumen Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: role change
  - Role: Senior Advisor to the Board and CEO
  source text: Mr. Storey will resign as a member of the Board on the Transition Date, but will remain employed by the Company as its Senior Advisor to the Board and CEO from the Transition Date until December 31, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312522243230/0001193125-22-243230-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.