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Long-Term Debt and Note Payable - Affiliate
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt and Note Payable - Affiliate
The following table reflects our consolidated long-term debt as of the dates indicated below, including unamortized discounts and premiums and unamortized debt issuance costs:

Interest Rates (1)
Maturities (1)
September 30, 2024December 31, 2023
   (Dollars in millions)
Senior notes
6.50% - 7.75%
2025-2057$1,974 1,986 
Term loan (2)
 SOFR + 2.50%
2027— 215 
Finance lease and other obligationsVariousVarious4 4 
Unamortized premiums, net  2 4 
Unamortized debt issuance costs(50)(52)
Total long-term debt  $1,930 2,157 
Less current maturities(241)(1)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities$1,689 2,156 
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(1)As of September 30, 2024.
(2)The Term Loan had an interest rate of 7.970% as of December 31, 2023.

Long-Term Debt Maturities

Set forth below is the aggregate principal amount of our long-term debt as of September 30, 2024 (excluding unamortized premiums, net and unamortized debt issuance costs) maturing during the following years:
(Dollars in millions)
2024 (remaining three months)$— 
2025239 
20261 
20271 
2028— 
2029 and thereafter1,737 
Total long-term debt$1,978 
Impact of Recent Debt Transactions

On March 22, 2024 (the "Effective Date"), Lumen Technologies, Level 3 Financing, Qwest Corporation and a group of creditors holding a majority of our consolidated debt completed transactions contemplated under the amended and restated transaction support agreement ("TSA") that such parties entered into on January 22, 2024 (the "TSA Transactions"), including (i) the repayment of our term loan maturing 2027 and (ii) the termination, repayment or exchange of previous commitments and debt of our affiliates and the issuance of new term loan facilities, notes, and revolving credit facilities by our affiliates.

During the third quarter of 2024, we repurchased approximately $12 million aggregate principal amount of our senior notes maturing in 2025.

Qwest Guarantees of Lumen Debt

Lumen’s obligations under its new credit agreements entered into on March 22, 2024 and its new superpriority secured senior notes issued on and after March 22, 2024 are unsecured, but Qwest Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries have provided an unconditional unsecured guarantee of payment of Lumen’s obligations under these agreements and senior notes.

Senior Notes and Intercompany Debt

For information about our senior notes and intercompany debt arrangement, see Note 6—Long-Term Debt and Note Payable - Affiliate to the financial statements included in Item 8 of Part II of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Compliance

As of September 30, 2024, we believe we were in compliance with the financial covenants contained in our material debt agreements in all material respects.