Document:

Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2007

 Exhibit 4.6 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of March 13, 2007, among LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”),
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), BROADWING FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Broadwing Financial”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as
trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 
 WITNESSETH: 
 WHEREAS the Issuer, Parent and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered (a) an Indenture dated as of October 30, 2006 (as
supplemented, the “Indenture”; capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture), providing for the issuance by the Issuer of its 9.25% Senior Notes due 2014 (the
“Securities”), (b) a Supplemental Indenture dated January 4, 2007, pursuant to which Broadwing Financial has guaranteed the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture (the “Subordinated Guarantee”) and
(c) a Supplemental Indenture dated January 4, 2007 (the “Old Supplemental Indenture”); 
 WHEREAS the Issuer,
Parent, certain lenders (together with their successors and assigns, the “Old Lenders”) and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Administrative Agent”), entered into
a Credit Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004 (the “Old Credit Agreement”), under which the Issuer borrowed term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $730,000,000 from the Old Lenders (the “Old Term
Loans”); 
 WHEREAS the obligations of the Issuer under the Old Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined therein)
were guaranteed by Broadwing Financial; 
 WHEREAS Broadwing Financial entered into the Old Supplemental Indenture in order to subordinate
the Subordinated Guarantee in any bankruptcy, liquidation or winding up proceedings of Broadwing Financial to the obligations of Broadwing Financial under the Loan Documents (as defined in the Old Credit Agreement); 
 WHEREAS the Issuer, Parent, certain lenders (together with their successors and assigns and any future Lenders under and as defined in the New Credit
Agreement (as hereafter defined), the “New Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent, as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “New Administrative Agent”), have entered into a Credit Agreement dated the date
hereof (the “New Credit Agreement”), under which the Issuer has (a) borrowed term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $1,400,000,000 from the New Lenders (the “New Term Loans”) and (b) refinanced the
Old Credit Agreement; 
 WHEREAS the obligations of the Issuer under the New Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined
therein) have been guaranteed by Broadwing Financial; 

 WHEREAS pursuant to Section 1308 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized and permitted to enter
into a supplemental indenture which subordinates in any bankruptcy, liquidation or winding up proceeding a guarantee of an Issuer Restricted Subsidiary as guarantor or borrower pursuant to the Indenture to the obligations of such Subsidiary under a
Qualified Credit Facility; 
 WHEREAS upon the guarantee of the Securities by an Issuer Restricted Subsidiary (other than Broadwing
Financial), the Issuer, Parent, the Trustee and such Issuer Restricted Subsidiary shall enter into a supplemental indenture in substantially the form of this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which such guarantee will be subordinated in any
bankruptcy, liquidation or winding up proceeding to the obligations of such Issuer Restricted Subsidiary under the Loan Documents (as defined in the New Credit Agreement); 
 WHEREAS the New Credit Agreement constitutes a Qualified Credit Facility and the guarantee of the obligations under the New Credit Agreement by Broadwing
Financial constitutes a Guarantee of a Qualified Credit Facility; 
 WHEREAS pursuant to Section 901 and Section 1308 of the
Indenture, the Trustee, Parent, the Issuer and Broadwing Financial are authorized and permitted to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture, which Supplemental Indenture amends and restates the Old Supplemental Indenture in its entirety;

 WHEREAS the consent of Holders is not necessary to effect the amendments contained herein; 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Parent, the
Issuer, Broadwing Financial and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 Amendment and Restatement 
 SECTION 1.1. Amendment and Restatement. Upon the execution and delivery to the Trustee of this Supplemental Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture
shall amend and restate the Old Supplemental Indenture in its entirety as follows: 

 ARTICLE II 
 Subordination 
 SECTION 2.1. Subordination. The Trustee hereby agrees that all obligations in
respect of any amounts payable by Broadwing Financial pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee, including the guarantee of the payment of principal, premium (if any), interest or all other amounts payable in respect of the Securities (the
“Subordinated Obligations”), shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Indenture (as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture), to the prior payment in full in cash of
all obligations (including without limitation the Obligations (as defined in the New Credit Agreement)) of Broadwing Financial under or in respect of the Loan Documents (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), including the payment of principal,
premium (if any), interest (including interest arising after the commencement of a bankruptcy or other proceeding, whether or not such a claim is permitted in such proceeding), the guarantees thereof or all other amounts payable thereunder (the
“Senior Obligations”). 
 SECTION 2.2. Subordination in the Event of Dissolution or Insolvency of Broadwing
Financial. Upon any distribution of assets of Broadwing Financial in connection with its dissolution or insolvency or upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of Broadwing Financial, whether in bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, arrangement or receivership or similar proceedings, or upon any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of the assets and liabilities of Broadwing Financial: 
 (a) the holders of the Senior Obligations (the “Senior Creditors”) shall first be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of the
Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of such Senior Obligations before the Securityholders shall be entitled to receive any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations owed by Broadwing Financial in respect of the Securities,
whether of principal, premium (if any), interest, pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee or otherwise; and 
 (b) any payment by, or
distribution of the assets of, Broadwing Financial of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Securityholders would be entitled except for the provisions of Section 1308 of the Indenture and this
Supplemental Indenture shall be paid or delivered by the Person making such payment or distribution (whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver, custodian or liquidating trustee or otherwise) directly to the New Administrative Agent or the Senior
Creditors to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash of all Senior Obligations remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the New Administrative Agent or the Senior Creditors in respect of the
Senior Obligations. 
 SECTION 2.3. Certain Payments Held in Trust. In the event that any payment by, or distribution of the assets
of, Broadwing Financial of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, and whether directly or otherwise, shall be received by or on behalf of the Trustee or the Securityholders at a time when such payment is prohibited by or
contrary to the agreements set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over to, the New Administrative Agent or the 

 
Senior Creditors to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash of all Senior Obligations remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to the New Administrative Agent or the Senior Creditors in respect of such Senior Obligations. 
 SECTION 2.4
Trustee Not Fiduciary. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the Senior Creditors and shall not be liable to any such Senior Creditor if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to the
Securityholders or to the Issuer or to any other person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Obligations shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Senior Obligations, the Trustee
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Obligations shall be read into this Supplemental
Indenture against the Trustee. 
 SECTION 2.5. Legend. Any and all instruments or records now or hereafter creating or evidencing the
Subordinated Obligations, whether upon refunding, extension, renewal, refinancing, replacement or otherwise, shall contain the following legend: 
 “Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the principal of nor the interest on, nor any other amounts payable in respect of, the indebtedness created or evidenced by this instrument
or record shall be paid or payable with or by the funds provided by Broadwing Financial Services, Inc., except to the extent permitted under the Supplemental Indenture dated March 13, 2007 among Level 3 Communications, Inc., Broadwing Financial
Services, Inc., Level 3 Financing, Inc. and the Trustee, which Supplemental Indenture is incorporated herein with the same effect as if fully set forth herein.” 
 SECTION 2.6. Obligations Hereunder Not Affected. So long as the New Credit Agreement shall constitute a Qualified Credit Facility, this Supplemental Indenture shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as
the case may be, if at any time any payment of the Senior Obligations or any part thereof shall be rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the New Administrative Agent and the Senior Creditors upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
Broadwing Financial or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. 
 ARTICLE III 
 Miscellaneous 
 SECTION 3.1.
Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF
THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 

 SECTION 3.2. Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Supplemental Indenture shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. 

SECTION 3.3. Opinion of Counsel. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of Parent, the Issuer and Broadwing Financial and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, this Supplemental Indenture is a legal, valid
and binding obligation of Parent, the Issuer and Broadwing Financial, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms. 
 SECTION 3.4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof
shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. 
 SECTION 3.5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but
all of them together represent the same agreement. 
 SECTION 3.6. Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for
convenience of reference only, are not part of this Supplemental Indenture and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Supplemental Indenture. 
 SECTION 3.7 Trustee. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and
statements herein are deemed to be those of the Issuer, Parent and Broadwing Financial, and not of the Trustee. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of
the date first above written. 
  

			
	LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robin E. Grey

	Name:	 	Robin E. Grey
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  

			
	LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC.,
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Sunit S. Patel

	 Name:
	 	Sunit S. Patel
	 Title:
	 	Group Vice President

  

			
	BROADWING FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Neil J. Eckstein

	 Name:
	 	Neil J. Eckstein
	 Title:
	 	Senior Vice President

  

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee,
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Stacey B. Poindexter

	 Name:
	 	Stacey B. Poindexter
	 Title:
	 	Assistant Vice PresidentSupplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2007

 Exhibit 4.7 
 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 
 as Issuer, 
 and 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

 as Trustee 
  

 Supplemental Indenture 
 Dated as of March 13, 2007 
  

 11.5% Senior Notes Due 2010 

 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of March 13, 2007, between LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined). 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee have as of January 13, 2006 entered into an Indenture (the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by
the Issuer from time to time of its 11.5% Senior Notes due 2010; 
 WHEREAS, Section 902 of the Indenture provides, among other things,
that the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, may enter into one or more supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding provisions to or changing or
eliminating certain of the provisions of the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer has received the written consents of the Holders of a majority
of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities to amend the Indenture as provided herein and enter into this Supplemental Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer represents that the consents of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities is sufficient to effect the amendments contained herein; 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to enter into this Supplemental Indenture, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture
to modify the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, concurrent with the execution hereof, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and has caused its counsel to deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel; and 
 WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements of
the Indenture necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal instrument in accordance with its terms have been performed and fulfilled by the parties hereto and the execution and delivery thereof have been in all respects
duly authorized by the parties hereto. 
 NOW, THEREFORE: 
 For and in consideration of the mutual premises and agreements herein contained, the Issuer and the Trustee covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:

 ARTICLE I. 
 EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFECT 
 Section 1.1 Effectiveness and Effect. 
 This Supplemental Indenture shall take effect on the date hereof, provided, however, that the amendments provided for in Article Two hereof shall only
become operative if an aggregate principal amount of Securities exceeding $346,000,000 is accepted by the Issuer for payment on the Initial Payment Date (as defined in that certain Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement of the Issuer,
dated February 20, 2007), and such amendments provided for in Article Two hereof shall have no force or effect prior to the operative time specified in this Section. Subject to the foregoing, the provisions set forth in this Supplemental
Indenture shall be deemed to be, and shall be construed as part of, the Indenture. All 

 
references to the Indenture in the Indenture or in any other agreement, document or instrument delivered in connection therewith or pursuant thereto shall be
deemed to refer to the Indenture as amended by this Supplemental Indenture. Except as amended hereby, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. 
 ARTICLE II. 
 AMENDMENT OF THE INDENTURE 
 Section 2.1 Deletion of Definitions and Related References 
 Section 101 of the Indenture is hereby amended to delete in their entirety all terms and their respective definitions for which all references are eliminated in the Indenture as a result of the amendments set
forth in Section 2.2 of this Supplemental Indenture. 
 Section 2.2 Amendments to Indenture. 
 The Indenture is hereby amended by deleting the following sections of the Indenture and all references thereto in the Indenture in their entirety and
replacing each such section with the term “INTENTIONALLY OMITTED”: 
 Section 1004 (Corporate Existence); 
 Section 1005 (Maintenance of Properties); 
 Section 1006 (Insurance); 
 Section 1007 (Reports); 
 Section 1008 (Statement by Officers as to Default); 
 Section 1010 (Limitation on Consolidated Debt); 
 Section 1011 (Limitation on Debt of Restricted
Subsidiaries); 
 Section 1012 (Limitation on Restricted Payments); 
 Section 1013 (Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries); 
 Section 1014 (Limitation on Liens); 
 Section 1015 (Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions); 
 Section 1016 (Limitation on Asset Dispositions);

 Section 1017 (Limitation on Issuance and Sales of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries); 
 Section 1018 (Transactions with Affiliates); 
 Section 1019 (Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries); 
 Section 501(4), (6) and (7) (Events of
Default); 
 Section 801(3) and (4) (Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms); and 
 Section 803(3) and (4) (Guarantor May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms). 
 ARTICLE III. 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 3.1 Counterparts. 
 This Supplemental
Indenture may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 
  

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 Section 3.2 Severability. 
 In the event that any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby. 
 Section 3.3 Headings. 
 The article and section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 Section 3.4 Successors and Assigns. 
 Any covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the Issuer and the
Trustee shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 Section 3.5 Governing Law. 
 THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 
 Section 3.6 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. 
 Except as amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the terms and
provisions of the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. 
 Section 3.7 Trustee. 
 The Issuer hereby acknowledges and agrees to comply with its reporting obligations under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the recitals herein contained, which shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee shall not be responsible or accountable in any way whatsoever for or with respect to the validity or execution
or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Trustee makes no representation with respect thereto. 
 Section 3.8 Endorsement and Change of
Form of Securities. 
 Any Securities authenticated and delivered after the close of business on the date that this Supplemental Indenture
becomes effective may be affixed to, stamped, imprinted or otherwise legended by the Trustee, with a notation as follows: 
 “Effective
as of March 13, 2007, certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture and certain of the Events of Default have been eliminated, as provided in the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2007. Reference is hereby made to said
Supplemental Indenture, copies of which are on file with the Trustee, for a description of the amendments made therein.” 
 Section 3.9
Definitions. 
 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by
their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Robin E. Grey

	 Name:
	 	Robin E. Grey
	 Title:
	 	Senior Vice President
	
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Stacey B. Poindexter

	 Name:
	 	Stacey B. Poindexter
	 Title:
	 	Assistant Vice President

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