Verizon Communications Inc. filings document material events for a large telecommunications issuer with common stock and numerous registered debt securities. Recent Form 8-K reports cover earnings releases, capital markets activity, tender offers, exchange offers and consent solicitations involving Verizon and subsidiary notes, including fixed-rate and junior subordinated securities with maturities across multiple years.
Proxy materials describe shareholder voting matters, board governance, executive compensation and other annual-meeting disclosures. The filing record also identifies securities registered on national exchanges and provides formal reporting around Verizon's operating results, capital structure, exchange-listed securities and governance disclosures tied to its wireless, broadband, enterprise connectivity and network infrastructure businesses.
Verizon Communications EVP and Chief Legal Officer Vandana Venkatesh received an indirect award of phantom stock units under a deferred compensation plan. The grant covers 92.710 unitized phantom stock equivalents, economically tied to 26 shares of Verizon common stock, and is settled in cash rather than actual shares.
Following this award and prior accruals, her deferred compensation plan reflects a total of 56,403.956 phantom stock units, including amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment. These units become payable in cash upon events she previously established under the plan’s terms, making this a routine, compensation-related accrual rather than an open-market stock transaction.
Verizon Communications senior vice president and controller Mary-Lee Stillwell reported an acquisition of 42.446 units of phantom stock through a deferred compensation plan. After this grant, her indirect holdings in phantom stock total 16,541.734 units, which are economically tied to Verizon common stock and will be settled in cash according to her plan elections.
Verizon Communications EVP and CFO Anthony T. Skiadas received a compensation-related award of 126.219 units of phantom stock on May 21, 2026. These are derivative interests that track the value of Verizon common stock and are held indirectly through a deferred compensation plan.
Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of common stock and is settled in cash rather than actual shares. Following this award and prior accruals, including phantom stock acquired through dividend reinvestment, Skiadas now holds 143,917.723 phantom stock units tied to Verizon under the plan.
Verizon Communications executive Joseph J. Russo, EVP and President of Global Networks and Technology, reported an acquisition of phantom stock units through a deferred compensation plan. He received 80.1440 phantom stock (unitized) at a reference price of $13.7700 per unit, classified as a grant or award.
Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of common stock and will be settled in cash, becoming payable upon events Russo established under the deferred compensation plan. Following this award and prior dividend reinvestments, his indirect deferred-compensation holdings total 83,046.5470 phantom stock units, linked to 23.0000 underlying common shares.
Verizon Communications executive Kyle Malady, EVP and Group CEO of Verizon Business, received an acquisition of 126.219 unitized phantom stock units on May 21, 2026 through a deferred compensation plan. Each phantom share tracks a portion of one common share and is settled in cash, bringing his deferred phantom stock balance to 417,142.230 units, including amounts accumulated via dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications EVP & Chief HR Officer Samantha Hammock reported a compensation-related transaction involving phantom stock units linked to Verizon common stock. She acquired 71.766 unitized phantom stock units at an indicated value of $13.7700 per unit through a deferred compensation plan.
Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one Verizon share and is settled in cash rather than actual stock. After this grant and prior accruals, Hammock’s deferred compensation plan shows a total of 36,062.891 phantom stock units, including amounts accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
SCHULMAN DANIEL H reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Verizon Communications Inc. director and officer Daniel H. Schulman reported receiving an award of 193.239 unitized phantom stock units on May 21, 2026 under a deferred compensation plan. Each phantom stock unit is economically tied to common stock value but is settled in cash.
Following this grant, Schulman holds a total of 7,669.578 phantom stock units indirectly through the deferred compensation plan, including amounts accumulated through dividend reinvestment. The phantom stock will be paid out in cash upon events he established under the plan.
Verizon Communications Inc. has closed a major debt financing, selling $2,000,000,000 of 6.050% Fixed‑to‑Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2058 and $2,000,000,000 of 6.200% Fixed‑to‑Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056. The notes were issued under an effective shelf registration statement on Form S‑3, with several large investment banks acting as purchasers’ representatives. This report mainly files the global note forms for these securities as exhibits, formally tying the new junior subordinated notes to Verizon’s existing shelf registration.
Verizon Communications Inc. is offering two series of junior subordinated notes: $2,000,000,000 of 6.050% notes due 2058 and $2,000,000,000 of 6.200% notes due 2056, to the public pursuant to this prospectus supplement.
The notes pay semi-annual interest beginning November 14, 2026, carry optional long-term interest-deferral rights (up to 10 consecutive years per deferral), rank junior to Verizon Communications Inc.’s senior indebtedness, and are unsecured obligations. Net proceeds are to be used for general corporate purposes, which may include repayment of debt.
Vestberg Hans Erik reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Verizon Communications director Hans Erik Vestberg received a grant of phantom stock units under a deferred compensation plan. On May 7, 2026, 198.052 unitized phantom stock credits, economically tied to Verizon common stock, were added to his deferred account and will be settled in cash at future payout events.
Following this award and prior accruals, including dividend reinvestment, his deferred compensation plan reflects a total of 228,686.412 phantom stock units, representing compensation rather than an open‑market purchase or sale of Verizon shares.