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 & Chief HR Officer Samantha Hammock reported a compensation-related award of phantom stock under a deferred compensation plan. She acquired 73.362 phantom stock units on April 23, 2026, each economically tied to a portion of one Verizon common share and valued at $13.47 per unit.
The phantom stock is settled in cash and becomes payable upon events she established in line with the plan’s rules. After this award, her indirect holdings through the deferred compensation plan total 35,402.519 phantom stock units, which include units previously acquired through dividend reinvestment. This is a routine non-market grant, not an open-market stock purchase or sale.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC director and CEO Daniel H. Schulman reported an acquisition of phantom stock units through an indirect holding in a deferred compensation plan. On April 23, 2026, he received 197.535 phantom stock (unitized) at a reference price of $13.47 per unit.
Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of common stock, is settled in cash, and becomes payable upon events he established under the deferred compensation plan. The grant represents an underlying 56 shares of common stock, bringing his deferred compensation plan balance to 7,176.542 phantom stock units, including amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment.
Green Century Equity Fund has submitted Shareholder Proposal No. 5 under PX14a-6G requesting that Verizon’s Board publish a report describing how the board oversees material climate-related issues, including whether and how operational and supply-chain emissions are being aligned with Verizon’s climate goals, and any metrics or policies the board monitors.
The proponent cites sector targets (ITU/SBTi 45% by 2030), telecom emissions estimates, recent gaps in Verizon’s sustainability disclosures, and peer disclosure practices to argue that updated reporting is needed for investor decision-making.
Verizon Communications Inc. executive vice president and CFO Anthony T. Skiadas reported an acquisition of phantom stock under a deferred compensation plan. He received 127.53 unitized phantom stock awards at $13.63 per unit, tied to 36 underlying shares of common stock. These phantom shares are economically equivalent to a portion of one common share, are settled in cash, and become payable upon events he established under the plan. Following this grant, his indirect holdings through the deferred compensation plan total 141,470.661 phantom stock units, including amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. director Hans Erik Vestberg reported an award of phantom stock units tied to the company’s common stock under a deferred compensation plan. On April 9, 2026, he acquired 195.245 phantom stock units at an attributed value of $13.63 per unit.
Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one Verizon common share but is settled in cash, not stock. Following this award and prior accruals, Vestberg’s deferred compensation holdings total 225,010.470 phantom stock units, including amounts accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC executive Alfonso Villanueva Rodriguez, EVP & International Group CEO–Verizon Consumer & CTO, reported an acquisition of phantom stock units through a deferred compensation plan.
On April 9, 2026, he received 76.743 unitized phantom stock at $13.63 per unit, each economically tied to a portion of one share of Verizon common stock but settled in cash rather than actual shares. Following this grant and prior accruals, his deferred compensation account reflects 6,008.345 phantom stock units, including amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment, representing an economic interest linked to 22 underlying shares of common stock.
Verizon Communications executive Vandana Venkatesh, EVP and Chief Legal Officer, reported an acquisition of 93.672 phantom stock (unitized) units through a deferred compensation plan. Each phantom stock unit is economically tied to Verizon common stock but is settled in cash rather than actual shares.
The award relates to an underlying 27.0000 shares of common stock and is held indirectly via the deferred compensation plan. After this grant, the filing shows 55,315.0360 phantom stock units credited in total, including amounts accumulated through dividend reinvestment. This appears to be a routine, compensation-related award rather than an open-market trade.
Verizon Communications reported a routine compensation-related transaction for SVP and Controller Mary-Lee Stillwell. She acquired 42.887 units of phantom stock (unitized) on the deferred compensation plan, economically linked to common stock and settled in cash, representing 12 underlying shares. Following this grant, her indirect holdings in phantom stock units under the plan total 16,176.564 units, including amounts accumulated through dividend reinvestment. This filing reflects a non-market grant/award rather than an open-market stock purchase or sale.
Verizon Communications EVP & President of Global Networks & Technology Joseph J. Russo received a grant of phantom stock units under a deferred compensation plan. The award covered 80.976 phantom stock units at $13.63 per unit, economically tied to Verizon common stock but settled in cash rather than actual shares.
The phantom stock is held indirectly through a deferred compensation plan and increases Russo’s total phantom stock balance to 81,612.535 units. The filing notes that the balance includes units acquired through dividend reinvestment, and that the phantom stock becomes payable upon events Russo has established under the plan.
Verizon Communications executive Kyle Malady received a routine compensation award of phantom stock units linked to Verizon common stock. On the transaction date, he acquired 127.53 unitized phantom stock units at an indicated value of $13.63 per unit through a deferred compensation plan.
Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one Verizon common share but is settled in cash rather than stock, with payment timing based on elections made under the deferred compensation plan. After this award and related dividend reinvestment, his indirect holdings in phantom stock total 410,769.153 units, reflecting long-term, cash-settled incentive exposure rather than an open-market stock purchase or sale.