# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000732712
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-092415
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 8392
**Document Hash:** 278b6c097441227f398bf4536858d9fc
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-092415.hdr.sgml**: 20260305

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-092415

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260305

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260305

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000732712
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 232259884
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-08606
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26724037

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10036
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-395-1000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10036

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BELL ATLANTIC CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-A** 

**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

## VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **23-2259884** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |
| **1095 Avenue of the Americas**<br> **New York, New York** | **10036** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** 

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|:---|:---|
| **Title of Each Class**<br> **to be so Registered** | **Name of Each Exchange on Which**<br> **Each Class is to be Registered** |
| **4.2462% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056** | **New York Stock Exchange** |
| **5.7427% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

**Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:** 

**333-289928 (if applicable)** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:** 

**None** 

**(Title of class)** 

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.** 

Verizon Communications Inc. ("Verizon") hereby incorporates by reference the description of its securities to be registered hereunder contained in the Prospectus dated August 29, 2025, under "Description of the Debt Securities" and (x) with respect to the 4.2462% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, in the Prospectus Supplement dated February 18, 2026 (Film No. 26660125), under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Notes," filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 20, 2026, under Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") and (y) with respect to the 5.7427% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, in the Prospectus Supplement dated February 18, 2026 (Film No. 26659985), under "Description of the Junior Subordinated Notes," filed with the Commission on February 20, 2026, under Rule 424(b)(2) under the Act, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-289928) previously filed with the Commission under the Act.

**Item 2. Exhibits.** 

1. [Indenture between Verizon, both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of December 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Verizon Global Funding Corp.'s Registration Statement on Form S-4, Registration No. 333-64792)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000095013601500807/file004.txt) .

2. [First Supplemental Indenture between Verizon, both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of May 15, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Verizon Global Funding Corp.'s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-67412)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000095013001503814/dex42.txt) .

3. [Second Supplemental Indenture between Verizon, both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of September 29, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Verizon's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2006)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000095012306001361/y17245exv4w1.txt) .

4. [Third Supplemental Indenture between Verizon, both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of February 1, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Verizon's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2006)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000095012306001361/y17245exv4w2.txt) .

5. [Fourth Supplemental Indenture between Verizon, both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of April 4, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Verizon's Registration Statement on Form S-4, Registration No. 333-212307 filed on June 29, 2016)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312516636634/d169691dex45.htm) .

6. [Fifth Supplemental Indenture between Verizon, both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of May 15, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Verizon's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 15, 2020)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312520143776/d813082dex41.htm) .

7. [Form of Global Note representing Verizon's 4.2462% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Verizon's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2026)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312526064358/d107558dex41.htm) .

8. [Form of Global Note representing Verizon's 5.7427% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Verizon's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2026)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312526064358/d107558dex42.htm) .

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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|  |  | Verizon Communications Inc. |
| Date: March 5, 2026 | By: | /s/ William L. Horton, Jr. |
|  |  | William L. Horton, Jr. |
|  |  | Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |

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