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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lumen Technologies, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">72-0651161</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification Number)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 CenturyLink Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Monroe, Louisiana 71203 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, of registrants&#146; principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2024 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stacey W. Goff </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lumen Technologies, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 CenturyLink Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Monroe, Louisiana 71203 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(318) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">388-9000</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kelly
C. Simoneaux </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jones Walker LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 5100 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(504) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">582-8000</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shareholders of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (the &#147;<U>Company</U>,&#148; the &#147;<U>Registrant</U>,&#148; &#147;<U>we</U>,&#148;
&#147;<U>us</U>,&#148; or &#147;<U>our</U>&#148;) approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company (the &#147;<U>2024 Plan</U>&#148;) on May&nbsp;15, 2024 (the &#147;<U>Effective Date</U>&#148;). The following shares of the Company&#146;s
common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), are available for issuance under the 2024 Plan: (a)&nbsp;43,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the &#147;<U>New Shares</U>&#148;) and (b)&nbsp;any shares of Common Stock
that were subject to outstanding awards under the Company&#146;s Second Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;<U>2018 Plan</U>&#148;) as of the Effective Date, which shares will be available for future grants under the 2024 Plan
to the extent that, on or after the Effective Date, such awards are cancelled, forfeited, or expire (whether in full or in part) prior to exercise or realization. Upon shareholder approval of the 2024 Plan on the Effective Date, no new awards may be
granted under the 2018 Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register the New Shares that may be issued pursuant to
awards under the 2024 Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART&nbsp;I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information required by Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> to be contained in the applicable prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART&nbsp;II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which have been filed by us with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;), are
incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892624000016/lumn-20231231.htm">Annual
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2023</A>, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;22, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892624000054/lumn-20240331.htm">Quarterly
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended March<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2024</A>, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Our Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> or Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K/A</FONT> (in all cases other than information furnished rather than filed pursuant to any such form), filed <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312524014926/d717359d8k.htm">January
<U></U>&nbsp;25, 2024</A>; <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892624000008/lumn-20240206.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
6, 2024</A>; <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312524042860/d791427d8k.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;
22, 2024</A>; <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312524074789/d784307d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;
22, 2024</A>; <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312524080820/d784318d8k.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;
28, 2024</A>; <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000018926/000119312524107066/d799398d8k.htm">April<U></U>&nbsp;
23, 2024</A>; <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000018926/000001892624000053/lumn-20240430.htm">April<U></U>&nbsp;
30, 2024</A>; and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000018926/000119312524131970/d835783d8k.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;6, 2024</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of Company Common Stock included in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000119312515072488/d877062d8a12ba.htm">Amendment
 No.<U></U>&nbsp;4 to our Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> filed with the Commission on March<U></U>&nbsp;2, 2015</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents, reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed by
us with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all unsold securities shall, except to the extent otherwise provided by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> or any other rule
promulgated by the Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise provided in the relevant
filing with the Commission, we are not incorporating by reference any documents, portions of documents or information deemed to have been &#147;furnished&#148; and not &#147;filed&#148; in accordance with Commission rules. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other document subsequently filed or incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sections <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-850</FONT> through <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-859</FONT> of the Louisiana Business
Corporation Act provide in part that the Company may indemnify each of its current or former directors and officers (each, an &#147;<U>indemnitee</U>&#148;) against liability (including judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or reasonable
expenses) incurred by the indemnitee in a proceeding to which the indemnitee is a party if the indemnitee acted in good faith and reasonably believed either (i)&nbsp;in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that such indemnitee&#146;s conduct
was in the best interests of the Company or (ii)&nbsp;in all other cases, that such indemnitee&#146;s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, the indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe such indemnitee&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The Company may also advance expenses to the indemnitee provided that the indemnitee delivers (i)&nbsp;a written affirmation of such indemnitee&#146;s good faith belief that
the relevant standard of conduct has been met by such indemnitee or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated and (ii)&nbsp;a written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if (a)&nbsp;such indemnitee is not
entitled to mandatory indemnification by virtue of being wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such proceeding or (b)&nbsp;it is ultimately determined that such indemnitee has not met the relevant standard of conduct.
The Company has the power to obtain and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was acting for us, regardless of whether the Company has the legal authority to indemnify, or advance expenses to, the insured person with respect to such
liability. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Article II, Section&nbsp;10 of the Company&#146;s amended and restated bylaws, which
we refer to as the indemnification bylaw, the Company is obligated to indemnify its current or former directors and officers under certain circumstances, except in connection with any derivative action if such person is held liable on the basis of
receiving a financial benefit to which such person was not entitled, unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such person is nonetheless entitled to indemnification. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As permitted by Louisiana law, the Company&#146;s articles of incorporation include a provision that, subject to certain exceptions,
eliminates personal liability of a director or officer to the Company and its shareholders for monetary damages resulting from breaches of the duty of care, and further provides that any amendment or repeal of this provision will not affect the
elimination of liability accorded to any director or officer for acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company&#146;s articles of incorporation authorize the Company to enter into contracts with directors and officers providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Company has entered into indemnification contracts providing
contracting directors or officers the procedural and substantive rights to indemnification currently set forth in the indemnification bylaw. The Company refers to these contracts as indemnification contracts. The right to indemnification provided by
these indemnification contracts applies to all covered claims, whether such claims arose before or after the effective date of the contract. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company maintains an insurance policy covering the liability of the directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries for actions
taken in their official capacity. Subject to certain limitations, the indemnification contracts provide that, to the extent insurance is reasonably available, the Company will maintain comparable insurance coverage for each contracting party as long
as such person serves as a director or officer and thereafter for so long as such person is subject to possible personal liability for actions taken in such capacities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Louisiana law, certain provisions of the Company&#146;s articles of
incorporation and bylaws, and the Company&#146;s indemnification contracts, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to (i)&nbsp;the relevant provisions of the Louisiana Business Corporation Act and
(ii)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s articles of incorporation, bylaws, and form of indemnification contract, each of which is on file with the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided,
however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </P>
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liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Stacey W. Goff</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stacey W. Goff</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kate Johnson, Christopher Stansbury and Stacey W. Goff or any one of them,
his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto such <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all that such <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2024.
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Louisiana
72-0651161
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
100 CenturyLink Drive
Monroe, Louisiana 71203
(Address, including zip code, of registrants' principal executive offices)
2024 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stacey W. Goff
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Lumen Technologies, Inc.
100 CenturyLink Drive
Monroe, Louisiana 71203
(318)
388-9000
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Kelly
C. Simoneaux
Jones Walker LLP
201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 5100
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100
(504)
582-8000
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated
filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging Growth Company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The shareholders of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (the "
Company
," the "
Registrant
," "
we
,"
"
us
," or "
our
") approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company (the "
2024 Plan
") on May 15, 2024 (the "
Effective Date
"). The following shares of the Company's
common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "
Common Stock
"), are available for issuance under the 2024 Plan: (a) 43,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the "
New Shares
") and (b) any shares of Common Stock
that were subject to outstanding awards under the Company's Second Amended and Restated 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the "
2018 Plan
") as of the Effective Date, which shares will be available for future grants under the 2024 Plan
to the extent that, on or after the Effective Date, such awards are cancelled, forfeited, or expire (whether in full or in part) prior to exercise or realization. Upon shareholder approval of the 2024 Plan on the Effective Date, no new awards may be
granted under the 2018 Plan.
The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register the New Shares that may be issued pursuant to
awards under the 2024 Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I of Form
S-8
to be contained in the applicable prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by us with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
"), are
incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
Our
Annual
 Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2023
, filed with the Commission on February 22, 2024;
(b)
Our
Quarterly
 Report on Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended March
31, 2024
, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2024;
(c)
Our Current Reports on Form
8-K
or Form
8-K/A
(in all cases other than information furnished rather than filed pursuant to any such form), filed
January
25, 2024
;
February
6, 2024
;
February
22, 2024
;
March
22, 2024
;
March
28, 2024
;
April
23, 2024
;
April
30, 2024
; and
May
6, 2024
; and
(d)
The description of Company Common Stock included in
Amendment
 No.
4 to our Registration Statement on Form
8-A
filed with the Commission on March
2, 2015
.
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In addition, all documents, reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed by
us with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all unsold securities shall, except to the extent otherwise provided by Regulation
S-K
or any other rule
promulgated by the Commission, be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise provided in the relevant
filing with the Commission, we are not incorporating by reference any documents, portions of documents or information deemed to have been "furnished" and not "filed" in accordance with Commission rules.
Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other document subsequently filed or incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections
1-850
through
1-859
of the Louisiana Business
Corporation Act provide in part that the Company may indemnify each of its current or former directors and officers (each, an "
indemnitee
") against liability (including judgments, settlements, penalties, fines, or reasonable
expenses) incurred by the indemnitee in a proceeding to which the indemnitee is a party if the indemnitee acted in good faith and reasonably believed either (i) in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that such indemnitee's conduct
was in the best interests of the Company or (ii) in all other cases, that such indemnitee's conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, the indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe such indemnitee's conduct was unlawful. The Company may also advance expenses to the indemnitee provided that the indemnitee delivers (i) a written affirmation of such indemnitee's good faith belief that
the relevant standard of conduct has been met by such indemnitee or that the proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been eliminated and (ii) a written undertaking to repay any funds advanced if (a) such indemnitee is not
entitled to mandatory indemnification by virtue of being wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such proceeding or (b) it is ultimately determined that such indemnitee has not met the relevant standard of conduct.
The Company has the power to obtain and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was acting for us, regardless of whether the Company has the legal authority to indemnify, or advance expenses to, the insured person with respect to such
liability.
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Under Article II, Section 10 of the Company's amended and restated bylaws, which
we refer to as the indemnification bylaw, the Company is obligated to indemnify its current or former directors and officers under certain circumstances, except in connection with any derivative action if such person is held liable on the basis of
receiving a financial benefit to which such person was not entitled, unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such person is nonetheless entitled to indemnification.
As permitted by Louisiana law, the Company's articles of incorporation include a provision that, subject to certain exceptions,
eliminates personal liability of a director or officer to the Company and its shareholders for monetary damages resulting from breaches of the duty of care, and further provides that any amendment or repeal of this provision will not affect the
elimination of liability accorded to any director or officer for acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
The
Company's articles of incorporation authorize the Company to enter into contracts with directors and officers providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Company has entered into indemnification contracts providing
contracting directors or officers the procedural and substantive rights to indemnification currently set forth in the indemnification bylaw. The Company refers to these contracts as indemnification contracts. The right to indemnification provided by
these indemnification contracts applies to all covered claims, whether such claims arose before or after the effective date of the contract.
The Company maintains an insurance policy covering the liability of the directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries for actions
taken in their official capacity. Subject to certain limitations, the indemnification contracts provide that, to the extent insurance is reasonably available, the Company will maintain comparable insurance coverage for each contracting party as long
as such person serves as a director or officer and thereafter for so long as such person is subject to possible personal liability for actions taken in such capacities.
The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Louisiana law, certain provisions of the Company's articles of
incorporation and bylaws, and the Company's indemnification contracts, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to (i) the relevant provisions of the Louisiana Business Corporation Act and
(ii) the Company's articles of incorporation, bylaws, and form of indemnification contract, each of which is on file with the Commission.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
5.1
Opinion of Jones Walker LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Jones Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this Registration Statement).
99.1
2024 Equity Incentive Plan.
107
Filing Fee Table.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
Provided,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
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(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Monroe, State of Louisiana, on May 16, 2024.
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Stacey W. Goff
Stacey W. Goff
Executive Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kate Johnson, Christopher Stansbury and Stacey W. Goff or any one of them,
his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto such
attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact
and agent or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kate Johnson
Kate Johnson
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 16, 2024
/s/ Christopher Stansbury
Christopher Stansbury
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 16, 2024
/s/ Andrea Genschaw
Andrea Genschaw
Senior Vice President, Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 16, 2024
/s/ Quincy L. Allen
Quincy L. Allen
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ Martha Helena Bejar
Martha Helena Bejar
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ Peter C. Brown
Peter C. Brown
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ Kevin P. Chilton
Kevin P. Chilton
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ Steven T. "Terry" Clontz
Steven T. "Terry" Clontz
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ James Fowler
James Fowler
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ T. Michael Glenn
T. Michael Glenn
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ Hal Stanley Jones
Hal Stanley Jones
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ Diankha Linear
Diankha Linear
Director
May 16, 2024
/s/ Laurie Siegel
Laurie Siegel
Director
May 16, 2024