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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 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.
Verizon Communications executive Samantha Hammock received a compensation-related grant of phantom stock units under a deferred compensation plan. On this award date, she acquired 72.511 unitized phantom stock units, economically tied to portions of Verizon common stock at a reference price of $13.63 per unit.
These holdings are indirect and recorded "By Deferred Compensation Plan," bringing her total phantom stock balance in the plan to 35,329.157 units. Each phantom stock unit is settled in cash rather than shares and becomes payable upon events she previously established under the plan, with amounts also reflecting dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. director and CEO Daniel H. Schulman reported an acquisition of phantom stock units through a deferred compensation plan. On this date, he received 195.245 unitized phantom stock awards at a reference value of $13.63 per unit, economically tied to common stock but settled in cash. Following this award, his indirect holdings in phantom stock under the plan total 6,979.007 units, including amounts accumulated through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. is asking shareholders to vote at its virtual annual meeting on May 21, 2026 to elect 9 directors, approve executive pay on an advisory basis, approve the 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan, ratify Ernst & Young as auditor, and consider three shareholder proposals that the Board recommends voting against.
The proxy highlights strong recent operating momentum, including over one million net additions across mobility and broadband in fourth quarter 2025 and continued broadband share gains. Verizon completed its acquisition of Frontier in January 2026, expanding fiber access to over 30 million homes and businesses as part of a national convergence strategy.
The Board emphasizes capital returns, noting 20 consecutive years of dividend increases, including a 2.5% per share increase in first quarter 2026, authorization of up to $25 billion of share repurchases with at least $3 billion planned in 2026, and an expectation to return about $55 billion to shareholders through the end of 2028. Governance changes include the transition to CEO Daniel Schulman, appointment of Mark Bertolini as independent Chair, and ongoing board refreshment.
Venkatesh Vandana reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Verizon Communications EVP and Chief Legal Officer Vandana Venkatesh received a grant of 48,593 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) tied to Verizon common stock. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of common stock, plus accrued dividends, when it is paid after vesting.
The RSUs will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2027, providing long-term, equity-based compensation that aligns a portion of her pay with Verizon’s future share performance.
Stillwell Mary-Lee reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Verizon Communications SVP and Controller Mary-Lee Stillwell received a grant of 24,803 restricted stock units (RSUs). The award was granted on April 1, 2026 as equity-based compensation, not as an open-market share purchase or sale.
Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of Verizon common stock, plus accrued dividends, when it is paid after vesting. According to the terms of the award, the RSUs will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2027, aligning the executive’s compensation with Verizon’s long‑term performance.