Lumen Technologies, Inc. (LUMN): M&A transaction — Lumen closes $5.75B sale of consumer fiber business to AT&T; targets debt reduction

On February 2, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), Lumen Technologies, Inc. (“Lumen” or the “Company”) and certain of its indirect wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Sellers”) completed the previously announced sale of Lumen’s Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington (the “Business” and the sale of the Business, the “Transaction”) following a series of pre-closing and closing transactions pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated May 21, 2025, with Forged Fiber 37, LLC (the “Purchaser”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”), and AT&T DW Holdings, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T. On the Closing Date, the Sellers received cash consideration of $5.75 billion, subject to adjustments for working capital and other negotiated purchase price adjustments specified in the Agreement.