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Filing Date: 2024-03-28

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U>EXECUTION VERSION </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AMENDMENT AGREEMENT dated as of March&nbsp;22, 2024 (this &#147;<U>Amendment Agreement</U>&#148;), to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of January&nbsp;31, 2020 (as amended by that certain LIBOR Transition Amendment dated as of March&nbsp;17, 2023, that certain Amendment Agreement (Dutch Auction) dated as of February&nbsp;15, 2024 and as further amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment Agreement, the &#147;<U>Existing Credit Agreement</U>&#148; and as amended pursuant to this Amendment Agreement (including the Waiver set forth
herein), the &#147;<U>Amended Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), among LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (formerly known as CENTURYLINK, INC.), a Louisiana corporation (the &#147;<U>Borrower</U>&#148;), the guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto, the
ISSUING BANKS party thereto, the LENDERS party thereto (collectively, the &#147;<U>Existing Lenders</U>&#148;), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (together with its successors, in either capacity, the
&#147;<U>Existing Agent</U>&#148;), acting at the direction of the Required Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, in accordance with Section&nbsp;9.08 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties have requested that
the Lenders party hereto (each a &#147;<U>Consenting Party</U>&#148; and, collectively, the &#147;<U>Consenting Parties</U>&#148;), which collectively constitute the Required Lenders, agree to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit
Agreement and the Collateral Agreement as provided herein and, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment Agreement, the Consenting Parties have agreed to make such amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement and the
Collateral Agreement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties have requested that the Consenting Parties waive any and all
actual or alleged Defaults and Events of Default (if any) under the Existing Credit Agreement that have arisen prior to the Amendment Agreement Effective Date and which can be waived on the Amendment Agreement Effective Date (other than any such
Default or Event of Default (if any) that requires a waiver from each Existing Lender pursuant to Section&nbsp;9.08 of the Existing Credit Agreement) and, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment Agreement, the
Consenting Parties have agreed to provide such waiver. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 1.
<U>Definitions; Terms Generally</U></B>. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Existing Credit Agreement or the Amended Credit Agreement, as the context may require, and, to the extent not
defined therein, as assigned to them in the Transaction Support Agreement. The rules of construction set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment Agreement. In addition, as used in this Amendment Agreement, the following
terms shall have the following meanings specified below:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Amended Credit Agreement</U>&#148; shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Amendment Agreement</U>&#148; shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the introductory paragraph. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Amendment Agreement Transaction Documents</U>&#148; shall mean each agreement and
other document executed or entered into to implement or otherwise further the Amendment Agreement Transactions, including, without limitation, this Amendment Agreement, the Superpriority Credit Agreements and the Loan Documents (as defined in the
Amended Credit Agreement and each Superpriority Credit Agreement). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Amendment Agreement Transactions</U>&#148; shall mean the
entry into this Amendment Agreement, the entry into the Loan Documents (as defined in each of the Superpriority Credit Agreements), the Revolver Transaction, the Lumen Tech Term Loan A Transaction and the Lumen Tech Term Loan B Transaction (