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Level 3 Parent, LLC – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

On:  Friday, 2/24/17, at 4:32pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  794323-17-2   ·   File #:  1-35134

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/24/17  Level 3 Parent, LLC               10-K       12/31/16   97:18M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.57M 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     66K 
 4: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     28K 
 2: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     44K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     54K 
16: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     82K 
17: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     42K 
                (Loss)                                                           
18: R4          Comprehensive Income (Loss) Parenthetical           HTML     32K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
19: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    119K 
20: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets Parentheticals          HTML     48K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    132K 
22: R8          Consolidated Statements of Changes In               HTML     76K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
23: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     95K 
24: R10         CenturyLink Merger                                  HTML     32K 
25: R11         Events Associated with the Acquisition of tw        HTML     60K 
                telecom inc.                                                     
26: R12         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     33K 
27: R13         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     78K 
28: R14         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     42K 
29: R15         Other Intangible Assets                             HTML     76K 
30: R16         Restructuring Charges                               HTML     35K 
31: R17         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     73K 
32: R18         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    115K 
33: R19         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Notes)        HTML     58K 
34: R20         Employee Benefits and Stock-Based Compensation      HTML    209K 
35: R21         Income Taxes                                        HTML    176K 
36: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML    151K 
37: R23         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items          HTML    101K 
38: R24         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    730K 
39: R25         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data                  HTML    156K 
40: R26         Subsequent Event                                    HTML     29K 
41: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    127K 
                (Policies)                                                       
42: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     82K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R29         Events Associated with the Acquisition of tw        HTML     47K 
                telecom inc. (Tables)                                            
44: R30         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     82K 
45: R31         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     40K 
46: R32         Other Intangible Assets (Tables)                    HTML     74K 
47: R33         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     63K 
48: R34         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     91K 
49: R35         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     55K 
50: R36         Employee Benefits and Stock-Based Compensation      HTML    189K 
                (Tables)                                                         
51: R37         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    167K 
52: R38         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    150K 
53: R39         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items          HTML     72K 
                (Tables)                                                         
54: R40         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    731K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R41         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)         HTML    149K 
56: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    122K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R43         CenturyLink Merger (Details)                        HTML     38K 
58: R44         Events Associated with the Acquisition of tw        HTML    127K 
                telecom inc. (Details)                                           
59: R45         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     35K 
60: R46         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     63K 
61: R47         Asset Retirement Obligations (Details)              HTML     39K 
62: R48         Other Intangible Assets (Details)                   HTML     88K 
63: R49         Restructuring Charges (Details)                     HTML     44K 
64: R50         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Liabilities,  HTML     60K 
                Recurring (Details)                                              
65: R51         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long Term Debt         HTML    124K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R52         Long-Term Debt - Textuals (Details)                 HTML    345K 
67: R53         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)      HTML     41K 
68: R54         Employee Benefits and Stock-Based Compensation -    HTML     48K 
                Non-cash compensation expensed and capitalized                   
                (Details)                                                        
69: R55         Employee Benefits and Stock-Based Compensation -    HTML    113K 
                Outperform Stock Options (Details)                               
70: R56         Employee Benefits and Stock-Based Compensation -    HTML     95K 
                Restricted Stock and Units (Details)                             
71: R57         Employee Benefits and Stock-Based Compensation -    HTML     52K 
                Defined Contribution (Details)                                   
72: R58         Employee Benefits and Stock-Based Compensation -    HTML     35K 
                Defined Benefits (Details)                                       
73: R59         Employee Benefits and Stock-Based Compensation -    HTML     30K 
                Annual Discretionary Bonus Grant (Details)                       
74: R60         Income Taxes - Income Tax Expense (Benefit) by      HTML     62K 
                Current and Deferred (Details)                                   
75: R61         Income Taxes - Income (Loss) by Geographic Region   HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R62         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Income Tax         HTML     75K 
                Expense (Benefit) (Details)                                      
77: R63         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)    HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R64         Income Taxes - Operating Loss Carryforward          HTML     85K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R65         Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)  HTML     56K 
80: R66         Segment Information Summarized Segment Information  HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R67         Segment Information Revenue From External           HTML     52K 
                Customers (Details)                                              
82: R68         Segment Information Adjusted EBITDA by Segment      HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R69         Segment Information Capital Expenditures by         HTML     38K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
84: R70         Segment Information Assets by Segment (Details)     HTML     37K 
85: R71         Segment Information Goodwill (Details)              HTML     45K 
86: R72         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items -        HTML     60K 
                Lawsuits (Details)                                               
87: R73         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items - Other  HTML    112K 
                Commitments (Details)                                            
88: R74         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items -        HTML     42K 
                Purchase Commitments (Details)                                   
89: R75         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -     HTML     31K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
90: R76         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -     HTML    167K 
                Statements of Operations (Details)                               
91: R77         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -     HTML    174K 
                Balance Sheets (Details)                                         
92: R78         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -     HTML    117K 
                Statements of Cash Flows (Details)                               
93: R79         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data (Details)        HTML    111K 
94: R80         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     40K 
96: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    172K 
95: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    145K 
 9: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- lvlt-20161231                       XML   6.02M 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- lvlt-20161231_cal               XML    306K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- lvlt-20161231_def                XML   1.29M 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- lvlt-20161231_lab                     XML   2.49M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- lvlt-20161231_pre              XML   1.55M 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- lvlt-20161231                         XSD    273K 
97: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000794323-17-000002-xbrl      Zip    433K

‘EX-101.CAL’   —   XBRL Calculations — lvlt-20161231_cal

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