| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 | | OMB APPROVAL | | OMB Number: | 3235-0104 | | Expires: | February 28, 2011 | | Estimated average burden | | hours per response | 0.5 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/01/2009 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC
[LVLT]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Common Stock
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117,188
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D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
| 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| By: /s/ Neil J. Eckstein as Attorney in Fact | 10/05/2009 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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Power of Attorney
I, Rahul N. Merchant, Director of Level 3 Communications,
Inc. (the "Company"), hereby designate any and all of Thomas C. Stortz and
Neil J. Eckstein as my agents and attorneys in fact, with full power of
substitution, to:
(a) prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 with respect to
the Company under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
(b) prepare and sign on my behalf any form 144 Notice with respect to the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
(c) file those forms with the Securities Exchange Commission and with any other
regulatory authority or stock exchange with which those forms are required
to be filed; and
(d) take any other action necessary, proper or legally required in connection
with the foregoing actions.
This power of attorney will remain in effect for so long as I am
subject to the foregoing filing requirements with respect to the Company, unless
revoked by me in a written notice delivered to the Company. I hereby acknowledge
that neither my attorneys in fact nor the Company are assuming my obligation to
file any of those forms on my behalf, or will have any liability to me for
failures to file or inaccuracies in those forms.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney as of
October 1, 2009.
/s/ Rahul N. Merchant
Rahul N. Merchant