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.
Form 4: Insider acquisition via deferred compensation The report shows Verizon Communications executive Samantha Hammock, EVP & Chief HR Officer, acquired 78.246 units of phantom stock under the company deferred compensation plan at a notional price of $12.53 per unit. The phantom units are cash-settled equivalents of common shares and are payable under events selected by the reporting person in accordance with the plan. The filing states the reporting person now beneficially owns 28,106.188 phantom-equivalent shares, including units acquired through dividend reinvestment, held indirectly through the deferred compensation plan.
Hans Erik Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications (VZ), reported a non-derivative acquisition under a deferred compensation plan. The Form 4 shows a transaction dated 08/28/2025 in which Mr. Vestberg was credited with 211.724 units of phantom stock, which the filing describes as the economic equivalent of portions of common shares and settled in cash. The entry lists a price of $12.53 and reports indirect beneficial ownership of 198,827.33 (units/shares as presented). The phantom units become payable under events elected by the reporting person and include dividend reinvestment. The form was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 08/29/2025.
Verizon Communications filed a Form S-3ASR registration statement containing exhibits and related corporate documents. The filing identifies Verizon as a large accelerated filer and lists its Delaware jurisdiction and EIN 23-2259884. The submission incorporates by reference multiple prior filings and agreements, including Form 8-A (March 12, 2010) and a series of purchase agreements, selling agent agreements, bylaws, certificates of incorporation, indentures and supplemental indentures. The exhibit index includes forms for common and preferred stock, multiple debt security forms (including SOFR and foreign-currency forms), specimen stock certificates, legal opinions, auditor consents and a filing fee table. Several dates and signature blocks are shown, with signatures dated August 29, 2025.
Jennifer K. Mann, a director of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), was awarded 1,978 units of phantom stock on 08/25/2025. Each phantom share is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock and is settled in cash. The units are held indirectly through the issuer's deferred compensation plan and become payable following the reporting person's termination of service as a director. The reported holding after the transaction is 1,978 phantom shares representing a cash-settled obligation to the issuer.
Jennifer K. Mann, a director of Verizon Communications Inc., submitted an Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (Form 3) reporting that she does not beneficially own any Verizon securities as of the event date 08/25/2025. The filing lists Verizon Communications Inc.'s corporate address in New York and indicates the form was executed by attorney-in-fact Evgeniya Berezkina on 08/26/2025. The Form 3 is a routine Section 16 disclosure establishing that, at the time of this initial report, no shares or derivative positions are reported in Tables I or II.
Verizon Communications announced the appointment of Ms. Mann as a non-employee director and confirmed her compensation will follow the company’s standard Non-Employee Director Compensation arrangements disclosed in the company’s Schedule 14A proxy statement. The filing notes that Ms. Mann has not yet been named to a Board committee. The notice is limited to the appointment and compensation reference; it does not disclose committee assignments, additional biographical details, or changes to executive leadership.
Hans Erik Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications (VZ), reported non-derivative stock transfers on August 18, 2025. Upon termination of a grantor retained annuity trust, 32,258 shares were transferred to two irrevocable trusts for the benefit of each of his adult children, with an immediate family member acting as trustee. The filing also reports two other trust-related movements: an acquisition of 16,129 shares by one trust and 16,129 shares by another trust, all recorded with a $0 price, and a remaining 167,861 shares reported as disposed in aggregate. The filer notes these transfers are exempt from Section 16(b) or 16a-13 where specified.
Vandana Venkatesh, an executive at Verizon Communications (VZ), acquired 102.253 units of company "phantom stock" through the issuer's deferred compensation plan. Each phantom unit represents the economic equivalent of a portion of a common share and is settled in cash when payable under the plan. The reported transaction shows an underlying reference to 29 common shares at a per-share price of $12.41 for valuation purposes, and the reporting person holds 46,204.689 phantom stock units in an indirect capacity after the transaction. The filing notes that some phantom units were acquired through dividend reinvestment and that payments occur upon events selected under the deferred compensation arrangement.
Mary-Lee Stillwell, SVP and Controller of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), reported an acquisition on 08/14/2025 of phantom stock (unitized) under Verizon's deferred compensation plan. The Form 4 shows 46.479 phantom stock units were acquired and the aggregate indirect holdings following the transaction are reported as 12,375.879 units, which the filer says are settled in cash and include units acquired through dividend reinvestment. The filing notes that phantom shares are economic equivalents of portions of common stock and become payable per elections under the deferred compensation plan. The Form 4 was executed by an attorney-in-fact for the reporting person on 08/15/2025.
Verizon Communications insider transaction: Anthony T. Skiadas, EVP and CFO, acquired 139.437 units of phantom stock on 08/14/2025 under the companys deferred compensation plan. Each phantom unit represents an economic interest settled in cash rather than actual shares; the units become payable per elections under the plan. The filing shows the acquisition included dividend reinvestment and reports 127,737.009 phantom stock units beneficially owned indirectly after the transaction. The form was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 08/15/2025.