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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 Inc. (VZ) reported an insider equity-related transaction by its EVP & President–Global Networks & Technology, Joseph J. Russo. On 11/20/2025, Russo acquired 94.205 units of phantom stock at a price of $11.64 per unit under the company’s deferred compensation plan.
After this transaction, Russo beneficially owned 69,030.66 units of phantom stock, held indirectly through the deferred compensation plan. Each phantom stock unit is economically tied to a portion of a share of Verizon common stock and is settled in cash, with payment timing based on elections made under the plan. The filing notes that the total includes phantom stock accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) reported an insider equity-related transaction on Form 4 for its EVP and Group CEO–VZ Business. On 11/20/2025, the executive acquired 148.746 phantom stock (unitized) derivative securities at a price of $11.64 per unit through the company’s deferred compensation plan. Following this transaction, the executive beneficially owned 396,206.207 phantom stock units, held indirectly via the deferred compensation plan.
Each share of phantom stock is described as the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of Verizon common stock and is settled in cash, with payment timing tied to events the executive has established under the plan. These units track the value of the stock for compensation purposes but do not represent actual shares of common stock.
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) executive vice president and Chief HR Officer Samantha Hammock reported an acquisition of 84.289 phantom stock units on 11/20/2025 under a deferred compensation plan. After this transaction, she beneficially owns 29,098.676 phantom stock units, held indirectly through the company’s deferred compensation plan.
Each phantom stock unit is described as the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of Verizon common stock and is settled in cash rather than actual shares. The units become payable upon events that Ms. Hammock has established in line with the plan’s rules, and the total includes phantom stock accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. reported an insider equity transaction by CEO and director Daniel H. Schulman on a Form 4. On 11/20/2025, he acquired 228.077 units of phantom stock at a price of $11.64 per unit under a deferred compensation plan. These derivative securities reference 65 shares of Verizon common stock and are settled in cash rather than stock.
Following this transaction, Schulman beneficially owns 824.474 phantom stock units indirectly through the Deferred Compensation Plan. Each phantom stock unit is described as the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of Verizon common stock, with payment timing tied to events established by Schulman under the plan.
Verizon Communications Inc. plans a major workforce reduction as part of its ongoing cost-cutting program. The company expects to record a severance charge of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025 tied to these actions. Verizon plans to eliminate over 13,000 positions, with more than 80% of affected employees expected to leave the business in December 2025. The company also expects its broader cost reduction efforts to include a significant cut in outsourced, contracted and other outside labor expenses, signaling a wider restructuring of its labor base.
Verizon Communications Inc. closed two long-dated financing transactions. The company sold €2,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.9962% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 and £1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.7420% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056.
Both offerings closed on November 10, 2025 and were issued off an effective Form S-3 shelf (Reg. No. 333-289928). The filing also adds the forms of these notes as exhibits, incorporating them by reference into the registration statement.
State Street Corporation filed a Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 215,538,375 shares of Verizon Communications Inc. common stock, representing 5.1% of the class as of 09/30/2025.
The filing shows shared voting power over 132,838,580 shares and shared dispositive power over 215,490,064 shares, with no sole voting or dispositive power. State Street reports its type as HC (parent holding company/control person) and certifies the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business, without the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control.
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) reported an insider transaction by director Hans Erik Vestberg on a Form 4. On 11/06/2025, he acquired 233.427 phantom stock units, recorded as indirect ownership through the company’s Deferred Compensation Plan. After this transaction, he beneficially owned 203,412.242 derivative securities tied to the plan.
The filing explains that each share of phantom stock represents the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of common stock and is settled in cash, becoming payable upon events set by the participant under the plan. The reported balance includes units acquired via dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) executive EVP-Public Policy & Chief Legal Officer reported acquiring 111.639 phantom stock units on 11/06/2025 at $11.37, held indirectly through a Deferred Compensation Plan.
Following this transaction, the reporting person beneficially owned 47,653.386 derivative units. The filing notes each phantom stock unit represents the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of common stock and is settled in cash, becoming payable upon plan-specified events; amounts include dividend reinvestment. The table lists 32 underlying shares of common stock for this derivative entry.
Verizon Communications (VZ) insider activity: the company’s SVP and Controller filed a Form 4 reporting an acquisition of derivative securities tied to company stock. On 11/06/2025, the reporting person acquired 50.745 units of phantom stock (unitized) at a price of $11.37, held indirectly through a Deferred Compensation Plan.
Following the transaction, the filing shows 12,884.901 derivative securities beneficially owned. According to the disclosure, each share of phantom stock represents the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of common stock and is settled in cash, and the total includes amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment.