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<p ALIGN="right">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
30, 2002<br>
Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, D.C. 20549</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.<br>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
<blockquote>
  <blockquote>
    <blockquote>
      <table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="7" WIDTH="638">
        <tr>
          <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
            <p>Delaware<br>
            (State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>
            Incorporation or Organization)</font></td>
          <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
            <p>84-1339282<br>
            (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</font></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
      <table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="7" WIDTH="638">
        <tr>
          <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
            <p>1801 California Street<br>
            Denver, Colorado<br>
            (Address of principal executive offices)</font></td>
          <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
            <p><br>
            80202<br>
            (Zip Code)</font></td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Qwest Communications International Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan<br>
(Full title of plan)</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Yash A. Rana, Esq.<br>
Vice President<br>
Qwest Communications International Inc.<br>
1801 California Street<br>
Denver, Colorado 80202<br>
(Name and address of agent for service)</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
(303) 992-5109<br>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Copy to:<br>
Thomas A. Richardson, Esq.<br>
Holme Roberts &amp; Owen LLP<br>
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4100<br>
Denver, Colorado 80203<br>
(303) 861-7000</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION</font><font SIZE="3"> FEE</p>
</font>
<table BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="7" WIDTH="638">
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
      TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">AMOUNT TO BE REGISTERED</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      PROPOSED MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE (1)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      <br>
      PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE(1)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><br>
      AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
      <p>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center"><font SIZE="2">
      <p><br>
      2,745,962 shares</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center"><font SIZE="2">
      <p><br>
      $6.50</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center"><font SIZE="2">
      <p><br>
      $17,848,753</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center"><font SIZE="2">
      <p><br>
      $1643</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
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<p>(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the high
and low sales prices of the Registrant's Common<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stock on April 23, 2002, as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</font><font SIZE="3">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">Form S-8 Pursuant to General Instruction E</p>
<p>This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Qwest Communications
International Inc. (the &quot;Registrant&quot;) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. The Registrant is
registering an additional 2,745,962 shares of Common Stock which may be offered
and sold pursuant to the Qwest Communications International Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;). The contents of the earlier Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-65345 and 333-84877) filed with
respect to the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement on Form S-8.</p>
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    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">ITEM 8. </font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">EXHIBITS</font></td>
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    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">5.1</font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;<a href="exhibit_51.htm">Legal Opinion of Holme Roberts &amp;
      Owen LLP</a></font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">23.1</font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">C<a href="exhibit_23.htm">onsent of Arthur Andersen LLP</a></font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">23.2</font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">Consent of Holme Roberts &amp; Owen LLP is
      included in Exhibit 5.1</font></td>
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    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">24.1</font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">Power of Attorney of Directors of the
      Registrant (incorporated by reference from <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037949/000103570401500435/d90946ex24-a.txt"> Exhibit 24-A of the
      Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed October 30, 2001</a>)</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
<p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Denver, Colorado, on the 30th day of April, 2002.</p>
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                <p>QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.</p>
                <p>By:&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>/S/ Yash A. Rana&nbsp;</u><br>
                Name: Yash A. Rana<br>
                Title: Vice President</p>
              </blockquote>
            </blockquote>
          </blockquote>
        </blockquote>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated:</p>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p>NAME</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p>TITLE</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p>DATE</font></td>
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  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Philip F. Anschutz</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Chairman of the Board of Directors</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      /S/ Joseph P. Nacchio<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Joseph P. Nacchio</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p>Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<br>
      (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      /S/ Robin R. Szeliga<br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Robin R. Szeliga</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
      (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      <br>
      <br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </font></u><font SIZE="3"><br>
      Linda G. Alvarado</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </font></u><font SIZE="3"><br>
      Craig R. Barrett</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Hank Brown</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </font></u><font SIZE="3"><br>
      Thomas J. Donohue</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Jordan L. Haines</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Cannon Y. Harvey</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Peter S. Hellman</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Vinod Khosla</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Marilyn C. Nelson</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Frank Popoff</p>
      </font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">Craig D. Slater</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font SIZE="3">
      <p>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <br>
      </font></u><font SIZE="3">W. Thomas Stephens</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      Director</font></td>
    <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="3">
      <p><br>
      April 30, 2002</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>*By:&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>/S/ Yash A. Rana</u><br>
</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font SIZE="3">Yash A. Rana,<br>
</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font SIZE="3">as Attorney-In-Fact</p>
<u>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</p>
</u></font>
<table border="0" width="100%">
  <tr>
    <font SIZE="3">
    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">5.1</font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">&nbsp;<a href="exhibit_51.htm">Legal Opinion of Holme Roberts &amp;
      Owen LLP</a></font></td>
</font>
  </tr>
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    <font SIZE="3">
    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">23.1</font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">C<a href="exhibit_23.htm">onsent of Arthur Andersen LLP</a></font></td>
</font>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <font SIZE="3">
    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">23.2</font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">Consent of Holme Roberts &amp; Owen LLP is
      included in Exhibit 5.1</font></td>
</font>
  </tr>
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    <font SIZE="3">
    <td width="9%"><font SIZE="3">24.1</font></td>
    <td width="91%"><font SIZE="3">Power of Attorney of Directors of the
      Registrant (incorporated by reference from <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037949/000103570401500435/d90946ex24-a.txt"> Exhibit 24-A of the
      Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed October 30, 2001</a>)</font></td>
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Form S-8 filed April 25, 2002
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
30, 2002
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
84-1339282
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1801 California Street
Denver, Colorado
(Address of principal executive offices)
80202
(Zip Code)
Qwest Communications International Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
(Full title of plan)
Yash A. Rana, Esq.
Vice President
Qwest Communications International Inc.
1801 California Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Name and address of agent for service)
(303) 992-5109
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Thomas A. Richardson, Esq.
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP
1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4100
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 861-7000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
AMOUNT TO BE REGISTERED
PROPOSED MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE (1)
PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE(1)
AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION FEE
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
2,745,962 shares
$6.50
$17,848,753
$1643
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the high
and low sales prices of the Registrant's Common
Stock on April 23, 2002, as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange.
Form S-8 Pursuant to General Instruction E
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Qwest Communications
International Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. The Registrant is
registering an additional 2,745,962 shares of Common Stock which may be offered
and sold pursuant to the Qwest Communications International Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The contents of the earlier Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-65345 and 333-84877) filed with
respect to the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement on Form S-8.
ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS
5.1
Legal Opinion of Holme Roberts &
      Owen LLP
23.1
C
onsent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2
Consent of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is
      included in Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney of Directors of the
      Registrant (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 24-A of the
      Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed October 30, 2001
)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Denver, Colorado, on the 30th day of April, 2002.
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.
By:
/S/ Yash A. Rana
Name: Yash A. Rana
Title: Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated:
NAME
TITLE
DATE
*
Philip F. Anschutz
Chairman of the Board of Directors
April 30, 2002
/S/ Joseph P. Nacchio
Joseph P. Nacchio
Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 30, 2002
/S/ Robin R. Szeliga
Robin R. Szeliga
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
April 30, 2002
*
Linda G. Alvarado
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Craig R. Barrett
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Hank Brown
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Thomas J. Donohue
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Jordan L. Haines
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Cannon Y. Harvey
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Peter S. Hellman
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Vinod Khosla
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Marilyn C. Nelson
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Frank Popoff
Director
April 30, 2002
*
Craig D. Slater
Director
April 30, 2002
*
W. Thomas Stephens
Director
April 30, 2002
*By:
/S/ Yash A. Rana
Yash A. Rana,
as Attorney-In-Fact
EXHIBIT INDEX
5.1
Legal Opinion of Holme Roberts &
      Owen LLP
23.1
C
onsent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2
Consent of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is
      included in Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney of Directors of the
      Registrant (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 24-A of the
      Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed October 30, 2001
)