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. executive Alfonso Villanueva Rodriguez, EVP and Group CEO-VZ Consumer, was granted 79.477 phantom stock units tied to Verizon common stock under a deferred compensation plan. Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of a portion of one common share and is settled in cash upon events the executive established under the plan. Following this award, he indirectly holds 6,739.192 phantom stock units through the Deferred Compensation Plan, including units acquired through dividend reinvestment.
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC executive Venkatesh Vandana, EVP and Chief Legal Officer, reported an indirect acquisition of 97.008 unitized phantom stock units on 2026-07-30 through a deferred compensation plan. These cash-settled units are economically linked to 28 shares of common stock and include dividend reinvestment, bringing the plan balance to 56,906.604 phantom units.
Verizon Communications Inc. SVP and Controller Mary-Lee Stillwell reported an acquisition of 44.414 units of Phantom Stock (unitized) on 2026-07-30. These are held indirectly through a Deferred Compensation Plan and are economically tied to Verizon common stock but settled in cash, not shares. Following this grant and related dividend reinvestment, her Deferred Compensation Plan account reflects 16,771.864 phantom stock units, linked to 13 underlying shares of common stock.
Skiadas Anthony T reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Verizon Communications EVP and CFO Anthony T. Skiadas received a grant of 132.072 unitized phantom stock units on 2026-07-30 through a deferred compensation plan. Each phantom unit is economically tied to a portion of a Verizon common share and is settled in cash, bringing his indirect plan balance to 144,602.0530 units, including amounts from dividend reinvestment.
Malady Kyle reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Kyle Malady, EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business at Verizon Communications, received an indirect award of 132.0720 phantom stock units, economically tied to Verizon common stock and held in a deferred compensation plan, increasing his plan balance to 417,826.5600 phantom units, which are settled in cash at future payout events.
Verizon Communications executive Joseph J. Russo, EVP & President-Global Networks & Technology, reported an acquisition of 83.860 unitized phantom stock on July 30, 2026, held indirectly through a deferred compensation plan. This phantom stock is cash-settled, economically tied to common stock, and becomes payable upon future events selected under the plan. Following this award and related dividend reinvestment, Russo now holds 83,481.068 phantom stock units, corresponding to 24 underlying shares of common stock within the plan.
SCHULMAN DANIEL H reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Verizon Communications Inc. director and CEO Daniel H. Schulman reported a grant of 202.1990 units of unitized phantom stock on July 30, 2026, held indirectly through a deferred compensation plan and economically tied to Verizon common stock. Following this award, including amounts from dividend reinvestment, his deferred phantom stock balance is 8,717.2720 units, linked to 58.0000 underlying common shares for this transaction and settled in cash upon specified plan events.
Verizon Communications Inc. reported Q2 2026 results with total operating revenues of $34.3 billion and net income attributable to Verizon of $3.8 billion, or $0.92 per diluted share, compared with $34.5 billion and $5.0 billion, or $1.18 per share, a year earlier.
For the first six months of 2026, operating revenues were $68.7 billion and net income attributable to Verizon was $8.9 billion. Net cash provided by operating activities rose to $18.4 billion, while significant acquisition and investment spending reduced cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to $2.3 billion at June 30, 2026.
Verizon completed the approximately $9.8 billion Frontier acquisition, assuming about $12.9 billion of Frontier debt and repaying roughly $12.4 billion during the period. It bought UScellular spectrum licenses for $1.0 billion, entered a 50/50 joint venture with BT for international network services (recording a $746 million pre-tax write-down), executed $3.5 billion of share repurchases, and ended the quarter with $21.8 billion of debt maturing within one year, $143.4 billion of long-term debt, and $28.8 billion of asset-backed debt.
Verizon Communications Inc. reported that on July 23, 2026, it and Chief Executive Officer Daniel H. Schulman entered into an amendment to his employment letter agreement. That agreement was originally dated October 13, 2025 and was previously amended on January 9, 2026. Verizon also lists numerous series of outstanding notes, including several Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
Verizon Communications Inc. reported second‑quarter 2026 operating revenue of $34.3 billion, down 0.7% year over year, as a nearly 20% decline in wireless equipment revenue offset 3.5% growth in service revenues and other. Mobility and broadband service revenue was approximately $23.4 billion, up 2.8%. GAAP net income was $3.9 billion and EPS $0.92, both down about 22% largely due to $1.8 billion of pre‑tax special items tied to asset sales, restructuring and the Frontier acquisition.
On an adjusted basis, consolidated EBITDA rose 7.2% to a record $13.7 billion, lifting the adjusted EBITDA margin to 40.1%, while adjusted EPS increased 6.6% to $1.30. Cash from operations for the first half grew 9.9% to $18.4 billion, driving free cash flow up 16.0% to $10.2 billion; second‑quarter free cash flow was $6.4 billion, up 24.4%. Operationally, Verizon added 184,000 postpaid phone lines and 348,000 broadband connections, bringing total broadband connections to 17.1 million. Supported by these trends, the company raised 2026 guidance for mobility and broadband service revenue growth, adjusted EPS of $4.99–$5.04, cash from operations and free cash flow, and increased its share‑repurchase target to up to $4.5 billion.