• Lumen Technologies adopted new executive severance arrangements on October 22, 2026, with no material change to existing benefits.
• Participating executives qualify for 52 weeks of base salary upon qualifying termination outside the change-in-control window, with additional bonus benefits.
• Qualifying change-in-control terminations trigger cash severance of twice the sum of base salary and average annual bonus over the preceding three fiscal years.
• CEO Kate Johnson's restated agreement provides 104 weeks of base salary and her target annual bonus for qualifying non-change-in-control terminations.
• Johnson's qualifying change-in-control severance remains 2.5 times the sum of base salary and target annual bonus, with two years of continued benefits.

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