| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC [ LVLT ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/01/2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 11/01/2017 | D(1) | 56,659(2) | D | $0(1) | 114,898 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 11/01/2017 | D(3) | 114,898 | D | $0(3) | 0.0000 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 11/01/2017 | D(3) | 1,724 | D | $0(3) | 0.0000 | I | By 401(k) | ||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Disposition pursuant to the Merger, with the Merger being a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(e). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement at the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding Level 3 restricted stock unit award granted on or after April 1, 2014 (other than those granted to non-employee members of Level 3's Board of Directors) was converted into a restricted stock unit award of a number of shares of CenturyLink common stock equal to the product of the (A) total number of shares of Level 3 common stock subject to such Level 3 restricted stock unit award multiplied by (B) the sum of the (i) Exchange Ratio and the (ii) quotient obtained by dividing (a) the Cash Consideration by (b) the volume weighted average price of a share of CenturyLink Common Stock on the NYSE for the 30 trading days ending with the trading day immediately preceding November 1, 2017 (the "RSU Consideration"). |
| 2. Represents shares of Level 3 Communications, Inc. ("Level 3") common stock which were subject to a Level 3 restricted stock unit award. |
| 3. Disposition pursuant to the merger (the "Merger") of Wildcat Merger Sub 1 LLC with and into Level 3 pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of October 31, 2016, by and between CenturyLink, Inc. ("CenturyLink"), Wildcat Merger Sub 1 LLC, WWG Merger Sub LLC and Level 3, with the Merger being a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(e). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement at the effective time of the Merger, each share of Level 3 common stock was converted into (A) 1.4286 shares of common stock of CenturyLink, par value $1.00 per share (the "Exchange Ratio") and (B) the right to receive $26.50 in cash, without interest (the "Merger Consideration"). Also, pursuant to the Merger Agreement at the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding restricted stock unit award granted prior to April 1, 2014 and each restricted stock unit award granted to a non-employee member of Level 3's Board of Directors was exchanged for Merger Consideration. |
| /s/ Neil J. Eckstein as Attorney in Fact | 11/03/2017 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
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