---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-197116"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:09:12.889248+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen guarantees Level 3 debt; Level 3 Parent ends separate SEC filings

## Summary
- Lumen provides unconditional senior unsecured guarantee on Level 3's 6.875% notes due 2033 and 7.000% notes due 2034.
- Lumen also guarantees Level 3's obligations under its Credit Agreement via a separate Guarantee Agreement dated April 30, 2026.
- Level 3 Parent will stop filing standalone SEC reports; Lumen's 10-K/10-Q will include Level 3 Parent's consolidated summary financials.
- Guarantees are subject to automatic release if Level 3 ceases to be a Lumen subsidiary or upon defeasance/satisfaction of indentures.
- Guarantees are senior unsecured and rank equally with Lumen's other senior unsecured indebtedness.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-197116
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312526197116/0001193125-26-197116-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312526197116/d123618d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1824e1d4e4ce42a3159a4efa001964ae5525b3ec
  claim: Lumen Technologies, Inc. entered into Lumen Parent Guarantee Agreement with Level 3 Financing, Inc., Wilmington Trust, National Association (effective 2026-04-30).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 30, 2026, Lumen entered into the Lumen Parent Guarantee Agreement (the “Guarantee Agreement”), by and among Lumen, Level 3, as borrower, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent, pursuant to which Lumen provided an unconditional guarantee on a senior unsecured basis of Level 3’s obligations under the credit facilities created pursuant to its Credit Agreement, dated March 22, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Level 3, as borrower, Level 3 Parent, as guarantor, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312526197116/0001193125-26-197116-index.htm
- claim_id: 9b917a296968c30ff54d085358d142288d8e5bc9
  claim: Lumen Technologies, Inc. entered into Supplemental Indentures with Level 3 Financing, Inc., Level 3 Parent, LLC, other guarantors, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, Wilmington Trust, National Association (effective 2026-04-30).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 30, 2026, Lumen Technologies, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“Lumen”), entered into supplemental indentures (the “Supplemental Indentures”) to (a) the indenture, dated as of June 30, 2025, by and among, Level 3 Financing, Inc. (“Level 3”), as issuer, Level 3 Parent, LLC (“Level 3 Parent”), as a guarantor, the other guarantors party thereto, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (the “Trustee”), as trustee, and Wilmington Trust, National Association (the “Collateral Agent”), as collateral agent, relating to the 6.875% first lien notes due 2033 of Level 3 and (b) the indenture, dated as of August 18, 2025, by and among Level 3, Level 3 Parent, the other guarantors party thereto, the Trustee, and the Collateral Agent, relating to the 7.000% first lien notes due 2034 of Level 3 (collectively, the “1L Indentures”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312526197116/0001193125-26-197116-index.htm

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