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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

July 11, 2007

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

0-15658

47-0210602

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1025 Eldorado Blvd., Broomfield, Colorado

80021

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

720-888-1000

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On July 11, 2007, Level 3 Communications, Inc. (“Level 3”) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary had acquired Servecast Limited (“Servecast”), a Dublin, Ireland-based provider of live and on-demand video management and streaming services for broadband and mobile platforms. Level 3 has paid approximately €33 million, the equivalent of approximately $45 million, in cash to complete the acquisition of Servecast. Level 3 plans to maintain Servecast’s headquarters and broadcast operations center in Dublin, as well as its data centers in London and Amsterdam. Servecast’s existing streaming server sites throughout Europe and North America will also be incorporated into Level 3’s Content Delivery Network. Servecast had approximately $5 million in annual revenue for 2006.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

 

None

 

 

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

 

None

 

 

 

(c) Shell Company Transactions

 

None

 

 

(d) Exhibits

 

None

 


 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

 

 

By:

/s/ Neil J. Eckstein

 

 

Neil J. Eckstein, Senior Vice President

 

Date: July 16, 2007