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Level 3 Parent, LLC – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/15 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Friday, 2/26/16, at 4:24pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/15   ·   Accession #:  794323-16-25   ·   File #:  1-35134

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

 2/26/16  Level 3 Parent, LLC               10-K       12/31/15   98:19M

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-10.7.3   Material Contract                                   HTML     74K 
 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     70K 
 5: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     30K 
 3: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     45K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information Document            HTML     56K 
15: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     83K 
16: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     44K 
                (Loss)                                                           
17: R4          Comprehensive Income (Loss) Parenthetical           HTML     34K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
18: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    117K 
19: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets Parentheticals          HTML     52K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    137K 
21: R8          Consolidated Statements of Changes In               HTML     77K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
22: R9          Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    112K 
                Policies                                                         
23: R10         Events Associated with the Merger of tw telecom     HTML     66K 
                inc.                                                             
24: R11         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     34K 
25: R12         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     84K 
26: R13         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     45K 
27: R14         Goodwill                                            HTML     36K 
28: R15         Acquired Intangible Assets                          HTML     78K 
29: R16         Restructuring Charges                               HTML     38K 
30: R17         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     82K 
31: R18         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     40K 
32: R19         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    127K 
33: R20         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     60K 
                (Notes)                                                          
34: R21         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML    250K 
                Compensation                                                     
35: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML    174K 
36: R23         Segment Information                                 HTML    135K 
37: R24         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items          HTML    108K 
38: R25         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    731K 
39: R26         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data                  HTML    161K 
40: R27         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    150K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
41: R28         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    106K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
42: R29         Events Associated with the Merger of tw telecom     HTML     51K 
                inc. (Tables)                                                    
43: R30         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     92K 
44: R31         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     43K 
45: R32         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     36K 
46: R33         Acquired Intangible Assets (Tables)                 HTML     76K 
47: R34         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     68K 
48: R35         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML    102K 
49: R36         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     57K 
                (Tables)                                                         
50: R37         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML    222K 
                Compensation (Tables)                                            
51: R38         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    166K 
52: R39         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    129K 
53: R40         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items          HTML     73K 
                (Tables)                                                         
54: R41         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information       HTML    732K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R42         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)         HTML    150K 
56: R43         Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting  HTML    163K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
57: R44         Events Associated with the Merger of tw telecom     HTML    148K 
                inc. (Details)                                                   
58: R45         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     36K 
59: R46         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     64K 
60: R47         Asset Retirement Obligations (Details)              HTML     61K 
61: R48         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     35K 
62: R49         Acquired Intangible Assets (Details)                HTML     84K 
63: R50         Restructuring Charges (Details)                     HTML     51K 
64: R51         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Liabilities,  HTML     97K 
                Recurring (Details)                                              
65: R52         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Liabilities,  HTML     77K 
                Non Recurring (Details)                                          
66: R53         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details)          HTML     45K 
67: R54         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long Term Debt         HTML    177K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R55         Long-Term Debt - Textuals (Details)                 HTML    471K 
69: R56         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R57         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML     54K 
                Compensation - Non-cash compensation expensed and                
                capitalized (Details)                                            
71: R58         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML    142K 
                Compensation - Outperform Stock Options (Details)                
72: R59         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML     64K 
                Compensation - Range of OSO Exercise Prices                      
                (Details)                                                        
73: R60         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML     95K 
                Compensation - Restricted Stock and Units                        
                (Details)                                                        
74: R61         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML     54K 
                Compensation - MIRP Stock and Units (Details)                    
75: R62         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML     54K 
                Compensation - Defined Contribution (Details)                    
76: R63         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML     37K 
                Compensation - Defined Benefits (Details)                        
77: R64         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML     37K 
                Compensation - Annual Discretionary Bonus Grant                  
                (Details)                                                        
78: R65         Employee Benefit Benefits and Stock-Based           HTML     51K 
                Compensation Performance Restricted Stock Units                  
                (Details)                                                        
79: R66         Income Taxes - Income Tax Expense (Benefit) by      HTML     65K 
                Current and Deferred (Details)                                   
80: R67         Income Taxes - Income (Loss) by Geographic Region   HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R68         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Income Tax         HTML     67K 
                Expense (Benefit) (Details)                                      
82: R69         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)    HTML     75K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R70         Income Taxes - Operating Loss Carryforward          HTML    108K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R71         Income Taxes - Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)  HTML     54K 
85: R72         Segment Information Summarized Segment Information  HTML     74K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R73         Segment Information Revenue From External           HTML     54K 
                Customers (Details)                                              
87: R74         Segment Information Revenue By Service Offering     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R75         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items -        HTML     58K 
                Lawsuits (Details)                                               
89: R76         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items - Other  HTML    114K 
                Commitments (Details)                                            
90: R77         Commitments, Contingencies and Other Items -        HTML     43K 
                Purchase Commitments (Details)                                   
91: R78         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -     HTML     32K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
92: R79         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -     HTML    169K 
                Statements of Operations (Details)                               
93: R80         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -     HTML    177K 
                Balance Sheets (Details)                                         
94: R81         Condensed Consolidating Financial Information -     HTML    123K 
                Statements of Cash Flows (Details)                               
95: R82         Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data (Details)        HTML    252K 
97: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    179K 
96: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    155K 
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