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) is named as the issuer in a notice of proposed sale of securities under Rule 144 filed for the account of Kyle Malady. The notice covers a planned sale of 1,100 shares of Verizon common stock, held at Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, with an indicated aggregate market value of $53,548.00, to be sold on or about 08/18/2026 on the NYSE. The shares are described as having been acquired from the issuer through restricted stock vesting on 03/01/2026 as compensation.
Verizon Communications Inc. reported that executive officer Joseph J. Russo, EVP & President–Global Networks & Technology, acquired 80.2010 units of Phantom Stock (unitized) on August 13, 2026 through a deferred compensation plan. Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one share of common stock, is settled in cash, and in this transaction corresponds to 23.0000 underlying common shares. Following this grant and dividend reinvestment, Russo’s indirect holdings under the deferred compensation plan total 84,795.4060 phantom stock units.
Verizon Communications Inc. executive Alfonso Villanueva Rodriguez, EVP and Group CEO–VZ Consumer, reported an indirect award of 126.310 unitized phantom stock units under a deferred compensation plan. Following this grant, the deferred plan holds 6,962.921 phantom stock units, economically tied to Verizon common stock and settled in cash, including amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment and representing 36.000 underlying common shares.
Venkatesh Vandana reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Verizon Communications reported that EVP and Chief Legal Officer Vandana Venkatesh received an indirect award of 92.776 unitized phantom stock units tied to Verizon common stock under a deferred compensation plan. After this grant and related dividend reinvestments, her deferred-comp plan holds 57,839.445 phantom stock units, which are economically linked to common shares and are settled in cash upon specified payout events.
Verizon Communications Inc. senior vice president and controller Mary-Lee Stillwell reported an indirect grant of 42.476 phantom stock (unitized) units under a deferred compensation plan on 2026-08-13. Each phantom stock unit is economically tied to common stock and is settled in cash, becoming payable upon specified plan events. Following this award, her indirect holdings in the plan total 17,061.448 phantom stock units, including amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC EVP and CFO Anthony T. Skiadas reported an indirect acquisition of derivative securities in the form of 126.310 units of phantom stock (unitized) on 2026-08-13. These units, held through a Deferred Compensation Plan, are economically linked to common stock, settled in cash, and become payable upon events the reporting person established under the plan. Following this transaction, the Deferred Compensation Plan position totals 146,866.479 phantom stock units, including amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment.
Verizon Communications Inc. executive Kyle Malady, EVP and Group CEO–VZ Business, reported an indirect acquisition of 126.310 unitized phantom stock units linked to Verizon common stock under a deferred compensation plan. These cash-settled phantom stock units, including amounts from dividend reinvestment, brought his deferred phantom stock holdings to 424,138.517 units, economically tied to 36 underlying common shares for this transaction.
Verizon Communications Inc. director and CEO Daniel H. Schulman reported an acquisition of phantom stock units through a deferred compensation plan. On 2026-08-13, he was granted 193.377 unitized phantom stock derivatives, economically tied to common stock and settled in cash, bringing his indirect holdings in this plan to 9,033.644 phantom stock units, including amounts acquired through dividend reinvestment. The grant relates to an underlying equivalent of 55 shares of common stock.
Verizon Communications Inc. is issuing $2,000,000,000 of 6.600% fixed-to-fixed rate junior subordinated notes due 2059 and $1,750,000,000 of 6.750% fixed-to-fixed rate junior subordinated notes due 2057. Both series pay semi-annual interest and feature rate resets every five years after their first reset dates, tied to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate plus stated spreads and step-ups.
The notes are unsecured junior subordinated obligations, ranking below all Verizon senior indebtedness, which totaled $141.1 billion on an unconsolidated basis as of June 30, 2026, and are structurally subordinated to approximately $26.5 billion of subsidiary indebtedness. Verizon may defer interest payments on either series for up to 10 consecutive years per deferral period, with deferred interest compounding at the then-applicable rate. The company may redeem the notes at par during specified par call periods, at a make-whole price otherwise, and at defined premiums or par upon certain tax or rating agency events. No exchange listing is planned. Estimated net proceeds of about $3,716,021,000 will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include repayment of outstanding debt.
Verizon Communications Inc. plans a primary offering of two series of fixed-to-fixed rate junior subordinated notes maturing in 2057 and 2059. Both series pay semi-annual interest and switch after an initial fixed-rate period to a rate reset every five years tied to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate plus a stated spread, with step-ups for the 2059 notes in later years.
The notes are junior subordinated obligations of Verizon, ranking behind all existing and future senior indebtedness and structurally behind liabilities of subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2026, Verizon had $141.1 billion of senior indebtedness on an unconsolidated basis, and its subsidiaries and other consolidated entities had about $26.5 billion of indebtedness, including $26.3 billion of secured debt. The indenture does not limit the amount of additional senior or subordinated debt that may be issued.
Verizon may defer interest payments on either series for up to 10 consecutive years per deferral, with deferred interest compounding at the then-current rate and tax income potentially accruing to holders before cash is received. The company also has broad redemption rights, including make-whole and par calls, and the ability to redeem upon a Tax Event or Rating Agency Event. Net proceeds are expected to be used for general corporate purposes, which may include repayment of outstanding indebtedness.