Lumen bolsters runway to execute transformation

Denver, Colorado – Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN) ("Lumen" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into an amended and restated transaction support agreement (the "TSA") with a broadened group of creditors who now represent, in the aggregate, over $12.5 billion of the outstanding indebtedness and commitments of the Company and its subsidiaries and represent over 70% in the aggregate of Lumen and Level 3 debt maturing through 2027.  The amended TSA announced today is supported by a significantly larger group of creditors across more of Lumen's capital structure than the agreement previously announced on October 31, 2023. The TSA will, among other things, extend debt maturities to primarily 2029 and beyond, provide $1.325 billion of financing to the Company through new long-term debt and provide access to a new revolving credit facility in an amount expected to be approximately $1 billion. Lumen expects to complete the transactions contemplated by the TSA in the first quarter of 2024, subject to the satisfaction of limited remaining closing conditions. The broad support across the Company's capital structure demonstrates creditors' and stakeholders' conviction in Lumen's turnaround plan and growth strategy.

"This agreement represents another positive step forward in the Lumen turnaround story and creates substantial runway for the Company to achieve its financial and capital structure goals. The TSA transactions, when completed, will provide Lumen significant flexibility as we continue to execute on our transformation journey of disrupting telecom," commented Kate Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lumen.

Lumen plans to make certain term loan transactions available to all holders in connection with the consummation of such transactions. The transactions related to certain notes of the Company and Level 3 will be executed on a privately negotiated basis under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Company does not plan to make such transactions available to all holders in connection with the consummation of such transactions. Following consummation of the TSA transactions, Lumen may assess potential follow-on transactions with respect to non-participating debt.

Additional information can be found in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC today and available on Lumen's investor relations website at https://ir.lumen.com.

Guggenheim Securities, LLC served as financial advisor and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz served as legal advisor to the Company.