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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 executive Joseph J. Russo, EVP & President of Global Networks & Technology, received an award of phantom stock units tied to Verizon common stock through a deferred compensation plan on January 29, 2026.
The award covered 97.112 phantom stock (unitized) securities at a reference price of $11.37 per unit, increasing his indirectly held phantom stock balance under the plan to 69,509.015 units. Each phantom stock unit is economically linked to a portion of one Verizon common share, is settled in cash, and becomes payable upon events Russo establishes under the plan. The holdings also include phantom stock accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. executive Kyle Malady reported an acquisition of additional phantom stock units tied to Verizon common stock through a deferred compensation plan. On January 29, 2026, Malady acquired 152.942 phantom stock (unitized) at $11.37 per unit, held indirectly through a deferred compensation plan. Following this transaction, he beneficially owned 396,960.332 phantom stock units through the plan. Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of Verizon common stock, is settled in cash, and can include amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. executive vice president and Chief HR Officer Samantha Hammock reported an acquisition of phantom stock units under a company deferred compensation plan. On January 29, 2026, she acquired 86.96 phantom stock (unitized) derivative securities at $11.37 per unit, held indirectly through the deferred compensation plan.
Following this transaction, Hammock indirectly held a total of 29,526.889 phantom stock units via the plan. Each phantom stock unit is economically tied to a portion of one share of Verizon common stock, is settled in cash, and becomes payable upon events she has established in accordance with the plan, including units accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications CEO Daniel H. Schulman reported an acquisition of derivative securities through a deferred compensation plan. On January 29, 2026, 234.151 units of phantom stock (unitized) were credited at a reference price of $11.37 per unit, bringing his indirect holdings in this phantom stock to 1,979.721 units.
Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of Verizon common stock but is settled in cash rather than stock. These amounts become payable upon events that Schulman has established under the company’s deferred compensation plan.
Verizon Communications Inc. outlined a multiyear capital return plan tied to cost structure and strategic changes. The company expects these actions to fund ongoing business investment, reduce its net unsecured debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio, and return approximately $55 billion to stockholders via dividends and share repurchases through the end of 2028.
The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.7075 per common share, payable May 1, 2026 to holders of record on April 10, 2026. This reflects an annualized increase of $0.07 per share, or 2.5%, over the prior dividend rate.
The board also authorized a share repurchase program for up to $25 billion of common stock. Verizon expects to repurchase at least $3 billion of stock in 2026. Purchases may occur through open market transactions, privately negotiated deals, or trading plans, and the program can be suspended or discontinued at the company’s discretion.
Verizon Communications Inc. filed a current report describing an earnings press release and financial tables that use both GAAP and several non-GAAP measures to explain its results. The company highlights metrics such as Consolidated EBITDA, Segment EBITDA, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EPS, Net Unsecured Debt ratios, and free cash flow.
Verizon explains how each non-GAAP measure is calculated and why it believes these figures help assess profitability, leverage and cash generation alongside GAAP results. Adjustments include severance and transformation-related costs, acquisition and integration charges tied to the Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. transaction completed in January 2026, and a legacy legal matter in Costa Rica.
Verizon Communications Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. under a merger agreement dated September 4, 2024. A Verizon subsidiary, France Merger Sub Inc., merged with and into Frontier, and Frontier survived as a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon.
At the effective time of the merger, each outstanding share of Frontier common stock was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $38.50 in cash per share, without interest. Shares already owned by Verizon, Frontier or the merger subsidiary were cancelled with no payment. This transaction moves Frontier fully under Verizon’s corporate control.
Verizon Communications Inc. director Hans Erik Vestberg reported an increase in his deferred compensation tied to the company. On January 15, 2026, his deferred compensation plan account was credited with 236.81 units of phantom stock at $11.24 per unit. These are cash-settled instruments whose value tracks a portion of Verizon common stock rather than actual shares.
Following this transaction, Vestberg’s deferred compensation plan reflects 204,561.415 phantom stock units held indirectly. The phantom stock becomes payable upon events he has established under the deferred compensation plan and also includes units accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications EVP and Chief Legal Officer Vandana Venkatesh reported an award of phantom stock units tied to Verizon common stock. On 01/15/2026, 113.614 units of phantom stock were credited at a reference price of $11.24 per unit through a deferred compensation plan, bringing the total reported phantom stock balance to 48,203.692 units, held indirectly through that plan.
Each phantom stock unit represents the economic value of a portion of one Verizon share but is settled in cash rather than stock. The units become payable upon events chosen by the executive under the terms of the deferred compensation plan, and the reported balance includes units accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. executive Sampath Sowmyanarayan reported acquiring 175.212 units of phantom stock tied to Verizon common stock through a deferred compensation plan. The units were credited on January 15, 2026 at a reference price of $11.24 per unit. After this transaction, he beneficially owned 134,800.543 phantom stock units indirectly through the deferred compensation plan. Each phantom stock unit represents the economic equivalent of a portion of one Verizon common share and is settled in cash, becoming payable upon events the executive has established under the plan, and includes amounts accumulated through dividend reinvestment.