debt
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.60
Lumen/Qwest launch exchange offers for ~$1.64B of notes; plan to delist old notes
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- Exchange offers for $977.5M of 6.5% notes due 2056 and $660M of 6.75% notes due 2057.
- Early exchange consideration: $25 principal + $0.0625 cash per $25; standard: $24.25 principal.
- Early participation deadline May 8, 2026; offers expire May 26, 2026.
- Qwest intends to delist old notes from NYSE (~April 30 Form 25, effective ~May 11) and deregister.
- Lumen provides full unconditional guarantee of the new notes on an unsecured basis.