---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-231849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LUMN"
cik: "0000018926"
company_name: "Lumen Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T12:59:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T13:08:04.598979+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lumen announces early results of $750M debt tender offers; $1.41B tendered, $765.9M accepted

## Summary
- ~$1.41B principal tendered across all note series; $765.9M accepted up to $750M aggregate purchase cap.
- Accepted notes: Level 3 Financing 4.250% '28, 3.625% '29, 3.750% sustainability-linked '29 notes.
- Early settlement expected May 21, 2026; no further acceptances due to cap. Expiration June 4, 2026.
- Offerors include Lumen, Level 3 Financing, and Qwest Capital Funding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-231849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LUMN
- cik: 0000018926
- company_name: Lumen Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T12:59:18+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312526231849/0001193125-26-231849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312526231849/d134603d8k.htm

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