Management Change/Compensation (Form 8-K)

On December 1, 2025, David Ward, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Product Officer of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), resigned from his roles at the Company and its principal subsidiaries to assume the role of President and Chief Architect at Salesforce, Inc. Mr. Ward will cease to serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Product Officer on January 5, 2026, while continuing to serve as an employee to support his transition through January 23, 2026.

On December 3, 2025, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") appointed James Fowler, a member of the Board, to succeed Mr. Ward as the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Product Officer, effective January 5, 2026. In connection with his appointment as an officer of the Company, on December 4, 2025, Mr. Fowler resigned from the Board, effective December 5, 2025. Mr. Fowler will serve as an advisor to the Company through his employment start date.

Mr. Fowler, age 54, has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, a large U.S. insurance and financial services organization, since 2018. Prior to such role, he served as Group Chief Information Officer for General Electric ("GE"), a multinational conglomerate, from 2015 to 2018 and in other leadership roles since 2000. During his tenure at GE, he served in business unit CIO roles responsible for digital transformation at GE Capital, GE Power and Water, GE Intelligent Platforms, and GE Aviation. Mr. Fowler began his career at AT&T in 1993 and worked at Accenture before joining General Electric.

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