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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☒			ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

or

☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                                to                               

Commission File No. 001-7784

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒        No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐        No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒        No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒        No ☐

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
Special Note Regarding Name Change			4
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements			4
Item 1. Business			6
Item 1A. Risk Factors			21
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments			33
Item 2. Properties			33
Item 3. Legal Proceedings			33
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures			33
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			34
Item 6. Selected Financial Data			34
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			34
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			57
Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			58
Consolidated Statements of Operations			63
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss			64
Consolidated Balance Sheets			65
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows			66
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity			67
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			68
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			129
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures			129
Item 9B. Other Information			130
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			131
Item 11. Executive Compensation			131
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			132
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence			132
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services			132
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			133
Item 16. Summary Business and Financial Information			142
Signatures			143

Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) references in this report on Form 10-K, for all periods presented, to "Lumen Technologies, Inc.", "Lumen Technologies" or "Lumen"," "we," "us", the "Company" and "our" refer to Lumen Technologies, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries and (ii) references in this report to "Level 3" refer to Level 3 Parent, LLC and its predecessor, Level 3 Communications, Inc., which we acquired on November 1, 2017.