Document:

EX-4.5

 Exhibit 4.5  

EXECUTION VERSION 
  

 
  

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 
 (as
successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp.), 
 Issuer 

and 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION 
 (as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, 

formerly known as First Union National Bank), 

Trustee 
  

 
 FOURTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated as of April 4, 2016 

TO 
 INDENTURE 

Dated as of December 1, 2000 
  

 
  

 
  

 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 4, 2016, between VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
INC. (as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp.), a corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Delaware and having its principal executive office at 1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York (hereinafter
referred to as the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank), a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, as trustee (hereinafter referred to as the “Trustee”) under the Indenture dated as of December 1, 2000, between the Company and the Trustee (hereinafter referred to as the “Original Indenture”), as
supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of May 15, 2001 (hereinafter referred to the “First Supplemental Indenture”), the second supplemental indenture dated as of September 29, 2004 (hereinafter referred to the
“Second Supplemental Indenture”) and the third supplemental indenture dated as of February 1, 2006 (hereinafter referred to the “Third Supplemental Indenture”). The Original Indenture, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, is hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture.” 

RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Company
has previously issued its 2.50% Notes due 2016 (the “2.50% Notes”), its 2.00% Notes due 2016 (the “2.00% Notes”) and its 6.35% Notes due 2019 (the “6.35% Notes” and, together with the 2.00% Notes and the 2.50% Notes,
the “Amended Notes”); 
 WHEREAS, Section 902 of the Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement any provision of the Indenture (other than certain provisions enumerated in Section 902 of the Indenture, none of which are implicated hereby) with the consent of the Holders of more than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of each series of Securities affected thereby; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has solicited, and has received, consents
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase and consent solicitation statement, dated March 4, 2016 (the “Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement”), from Holders of more than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of each series of the outstanding Amended Notes, to the amendments contemplated hereby (the “Consents”); 

WHEREAS, Section 904 of the Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture becomes effective in accordance with its terms and
thereafter binds every Holder of Securities; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company has determined that the requirements of the Indenture have been
satisfied and has requested the Trustee to join with them in the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; all requirements necessary to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms have
been met; and the execution and delivery hereof have been in all respects duly authorized. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable
consideration the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows: 
 SECTION 1. Definition of
Terms. 
 For all purposes of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture: 

(a) capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture; 

(b) all references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of the
Indenture; 
 (c) the terms “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture; and 

  
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 (d) in the event of a conflict between any definition set forth in the Indenture and any
definition set forth in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the definition set forth in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall control. 
 SECTION 2.
Amendments. 
 2.1 The first sentence of Section 1104 of the Indenture, solely with respect to the Amended Notes, is hereby amended to read as follows:

 Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 not later than the third Business Day and
not earlier than the sixtieth day prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. 
 2.2 With respect to the Global Securities
representing the 2.50% Notes (the “2.50% Global Notes”), the first sentence of the eighth paragraph under the caption “(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBT SECURITY)” is hereby amended to change the reference from “not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days’ prior notice” to “not less than three Business Days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior notice” as follows: 

The Debt Securities may be redeemed on not less than 30 days three Business Days’ nor more than 60 days’
prior notice given as provided in the Indenture, in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount thereof or (ii) the sum of the present
values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, plus, in
either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to such redemption date. 
 2.3 With respect to the Global Securities
representing the 2.00% Notes (the “2.00% Global Notes”), the first sentence of the seventh paragraph under the caption “(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBT SECURITY)” is hereby amended to change the reference from “not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days’ prior notice” to “not less than three Business Days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior notice” as follows: 

The Debt Securities may be redeemed on not less than 30 days three Business Days’ nor more than 60 days’
prior notice given as provided in the Indenture, in whole or in part, at any time prior to maturity, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Debt Securities being
redeemed, or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Debt Securities being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption), as the case may be, discounted to the
date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but
excluding the date of redemption. 
 2.4 With respect to the Global Securities representing the 6.35% Notes (the “6.35% Global Notes” and,
together with the 2.50% Global Notes and the 2.00% Global Notes, the “Global Notes”), the first sentence of the seventh paragraph under the caption “(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBT SECURITY)” is hereby amended to change the reference
from “not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice” to “not less than three Business Days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior notice” as follows: 

The Debt Securities may be redeemed on not less than 30 days three Business Days’ nor more than 60 days’
prior notice given as provided in the Indenture, in whole or in part, at any time prior to maturity, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Debt Securities being
redeemed, or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Debt Securities being redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption), as the case may be, discounted to the
date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 75 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but
excluding the date of redemption. 

  
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 SECTION 3. Ratification and Effect 

This Fourth Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Indenture and, as provided in the
Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof. The Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed. 

Upon and after the execution of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, each reference in the Indenture shall mean and be a reference to the
Indenture as modified hereby. 
 SECTION 4. Effect of Headings 

The section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 

SECTION 5. Conflicts 
 To the extent of any
inconsistency between the terms of the Indenture or the Global Notes and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the terms of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture will control. 

SECTION 6. Entire Agreement 
 This Fourth
Supplemental Indenture constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the amendments to the Indenture set forth herein. 
 SECTION
7. Successors 
 All covenants and agreements in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture given by the parties hereto shall bind their successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 SECTION 8. Separability Clause 

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Global Notes shall for any
reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or such Global Notes, but this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and such Global Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

SECTION 9. Benefits of Fourth Supplemental Indenture 

Nothing in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or in the Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto
and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Amended Notes (to the extent specified herein or therein) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. 

SECTION 10. Governing Law. 
 This Fourth
Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State. 

SECTION 11. Execution and Counterparts 
 This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being duly authorized, have executed this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture on behalf of the respective parties hereto as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Scott Krohn
	Name:	 	Scott Krohn
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President and Treasurer

  

			
		
	Attest:	 	/s/ Tracy Krause
	Name:	 	Tracy Krause
	Title:	 	Assistant Treasurer

 [Signature page to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture] 

 
			
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
		
	By:	 	/s/ George J Rayzis
	Name:	 	George J Rayzis
	Title:	 	Vice President

  

			
		
	Attest:	 	/s/ Stephen J. Kaba
	Name:	 	Stephen J. Kaba
	Title:	 	Vice President

 [Signature page to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture]EX-4.8

 Exhibit 4.8 

EXECUTION VERSION 
 VERIZON
COMMUNICATIONS INC. 
 $5,000,000,000 

$2,500,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2022 

$2,500,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2025 

EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

February 21, 2014 
 Vodafone Group Plc 

Vodafone House 
 The Connection 

Newbury 
 Berkshire, RG14 2FN 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 Verizon Communications
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue to Vodafone 4 Limited (the “Seller”), $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due 2022 (the “Notes due
2022”) and $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due 2025 (the “Notes due 2025” and, together with the Notes due 2022, the “Securities”). 

As contemplated by Exhibit D to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2013, and amended as of December 5, 2013,
among Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”), the Seller and the Issuer (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), the Issuer agrees with the Seller, as the holder of the Securities (the Seller, together with any of Vodafone or its
affiliates who hereafter hold Securities, collectively, the “Holder”), and Vodafone, as the parent company of the Seller, as follows: 

1. Registered Exchange Offers. The Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement or, at the election of the Issuer in its sole discretion, separate registration statements for (a) the Notes due 2022 and (b) the Notes due 2025 (each, an
“Exchange Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate form under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to a proposed offer to the Holder of the Notes due 2022, by no
later than July 1, 2016, and with respect to a proposed offer to the Holder of Notes due 2025, by no later than July 1, 2018 (each, a “Registered Exchange Offer”), to issue and deliver to the Holder of the applicable
series of the Securities, in exchange for its Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Issuer that are identical in all material respects to the applicable series of Securities, except for provisions relating to
additional interest and that they have been registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and do not contain restrictions on transfer pursuant to applicable securities laws (the “Exchange
Securities”). The Issuer agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act and the Registered Exchange Offers to be consummated no
later than (a) October 1, 2016, in the case of the Notes due 2022, and (b) October 1, 2018, in the case of the Notes due 2025. The Exchange Securities will be issued under the Indenture between the Issuer and U.S. Bank National
Association (as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank), as trustee (the “Trustee”), dated as of December 1, 2000, as amended and supplemented (the
“Indenture”). 
 Upon the effectiveness of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuer shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to commence the applicable Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable the Holder electing to participate in such Registered Exchange Offer to exchange Securities for the
applicable Exchange Securities (assuming that the Holder (a) is not an affiliate of the 

 
Issuer, (b) is not an Exchange Dealer (as defined herein), (c) acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of the Holder’s business and (d) has no arrangements or
understandings with any Person, including the Issuer, to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities) and to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act.
“Exchange Dealer” means a broker-dealer electing to exchange Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, for the applicable Exchange Securities. 

In connection with a Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall: 

(a) mail to the Holder of the applicable Securities a copy of the prospectus forming part of the applicable Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents; 
 (b) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not
less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date on which notice of the Registered Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holder (such period being called the “Exchange Offer Registration Period”); 

(c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York;

 (d) permit the Holder to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York City time, on the last
business day on which the Registered Exchange Offer shall remain open; and 
 (e) otherwise comply in all respects with all laws that are
applicable to the Registered Exchange Offer. 
 As soon as practicable after the close of a Registered Exchange Offer but in any event not
later than three (3) business days after such close, the Issuer shall: 
 (a) accept for exchange all Securities validly tendered and
not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; 
 (b) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities so accepted
for exchange; and 
 (c) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver to the Holder, the applicable Exchange Securities equal in
principal amount and maturity to the Securities of the Holder so accepted for exchange. 
 Interest on each Exchange Security issued
pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from the date of the original
issuance of the Securities. 
 The Holder participating in a Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Issuer that at
the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (i) any Securities to be exchanged in the Registered Exchange Offer were acquired by the Holder in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any Exchange Securities received by the
Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any Person, including the Issuer, to participate in the distribution of the Securities or the Exchange Securities
within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iv) the Holder is not an affiliate of the Issuer, and (v) the Holder is not an Exchange Dealer. 

Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Issuer will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and
any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be 

  
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stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such
prospectus, does not, as of the consummation of the applicable Registered Exchange Offer, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
 2. Additional Interest. 

(a) The parties hereto agree that the Holder of Registrable Securities (as defined below) will suffer damages if the Issuer fails to fulfill
its obligations under Section 1 and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages. Accordingly, if (i) an applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission by July 1, 2016, in
the case of the Notes due 2022, or July 1, 2018, in the case of the Notes due 2025, or (ii) the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement does not become effective under the Securities Act and the applicable Registered Exchange
Offer is not consummated on or prior to October 1, 2016, in the case of the Notes due 2022, or October 1, 2018, in the case of the Notes due 2025 (each, an “Additional Interest Trigger”), the Issuer will be obligated to
pay additional interest to the Holder of Registrable Securities affected thereby, during the period beginning on October 1, 2016, in the case of the Notes due 2022, or October 1, 2018, in the case of the Notes due 2025, in an amount equal
to 0.25% per annum on the principal amount of the applicable Registrable Securities held by the Holder until such Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, the applicable Registered Exchange Offer is consummated (an
“Additional Interest Accrual Period”). The rate for additional interest will not exceed 0.25% per annum. Additional interest shall only accrue during an Additional Interest Accrual Period. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 2(a), the Issuer shall not be required to pay additional interest to the Holder of Securities if the Holder failed to comply with its obligations to make the representations set forth in the second to last paragraph of
Section 1. For purposes of this agreement, the term “Registrable Securities” means the Securities; provided, that any Security shall cease to be a “Registrable Security” as of the earlier to occur of (i) the date
on which such Security has been exchanged for an Exchange Security pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer, (ii) the date on which such Security ceases to be outstanding, or (iii) if the Exchange Offer is made with respect to the series of
Securities of which the Security is a part, on the close of business, New York City time, on the last day of the Exchange Offer Registration Period therefor with respect to a Holder that is eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer but fails to
tender such Security in the Registered Exchange Offer or fails to make the representations required by the second to last paragraph of Section 1. 

(b) The Issuer shall notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent under the Indenture promptly upon the happening of an Additional Interest
Trigger. The Issuer shall pay any additional interest due on the Registrable Securities by depositing with the Paying Agent, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders thereof, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next interest payment
date specified by the Indenture and the applicable Registrable Securities, sums sufficient to pay the additional interest then due. The additional interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date specified by the Indenture and the
applicable Registrable Securities to the record Holder entitled to receive the interest payment to be made on such date. The obligation to pay additional interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including October 1, 2016, in the case of the
Notes due 2022, or October 1, 2018, in the case of the Notes due 2025 (following an Additional Interest Trigger), to but excluding the last day of the Additional Interest Accrual Period. 

(c) The parties hereto agree that if the Issuer files an applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement with the Commission, but,
notwithstanding the Issuer’s use of its commercially reasonable efforts, the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement does not become effective under the Securities Act and the applicable Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated,
the additional interest provided for in Section 2(a) is intended by the parties hereto to constitute the sole and exclusive remedy for any damages suffered by any Holder of Registrable Securities by reason of the failure of the Issuer to have
fulfilled its obligations under Section 1 of this Agreement. 

  
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 3. Registration Procedures. In connection with any Exchange Offer Registration Statement,
the following provisions shall apply: 
 (a) The Issuer shall furnish to counsel for the Holder, prior to the filing thereof with the
Commission, a copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein. 

(b) The Issuer shall advise counsel for the Holder, if so requested and, if requested, confirm such advice in writing: 

(i) when any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when such Exchange Offer
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; 
 (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments
or supplements to any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; 
 (iii) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; 

(iv) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities or the Exchange
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and 
 (v) of the happening of
any event that requires the making of any changes in any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein in order that the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. 
 (c) The Issuer will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the
withdrawal at the earliest possible time of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
 (d) The
Issuer will furnish to the Holder, if so requested, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules and, if the Holder so
requests in writing, all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein. 
 (e) The Issuer will cooperate with the Holder
of Exchange Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Exchange Securities to be sold pursuant to any Exchange Offer Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and registered in such names
as the Holder may request in writing prior to sales of Exchange Securities pursuant to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
 (f)
The Issuer will cause the Indenture to be qualified under the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as required by applicable law in a timely manner. 

(g) The Issuer will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities issued in global form not later
than the initial effective date of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement. 
 4. Registration Expenses. The Issuer will bear all
Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under this agreement. “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Issuer with this
Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all Commission filing fees, (ii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, 

  
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printing and distributing any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, any prospectus forming part of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto, any
exchange agent agreements, information agent agreements, deposit agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iii) all fees and disbursements relating to the
qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws and the Trust Indenture Act, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (v) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuer and (vi) the fees
and disbursements of the independent registered public accountants of the Issuer. 
 5. Miscellaneous. 

(a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to
departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuer has obtained the written consent of the Holder or, if there are more than one Holder, the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Securities. 

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class
mail, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery: 
 (1) if to the Holder, c/o Vodafone Group Plc, Vodafone House, The
Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN, facsimile: +44 1635 238080, attention of the Company Secretary; 
 (2) if to counsel for the Holder,
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, facsimile: 212-455-2502, attention John D. Lobrano, Esq.; or 

(3) if to the Issuer, c/o Verizon Communications Inc., One Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920, facsimile: 908 766 3813, attention of
the Corporate Secretary. 
 All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if
personally delivered; one business day after being delivered to a next-day air courier; five business days after being deposited in the mail; and when receipt is acknowledged by the recipient’s telecopier machine, if sent by telecopier. 

(c) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon each party and its respective successors and assigns. 

(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which may be delivered in original form or by telecopier) and
by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 

(e) Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the term “business day” means any day on which the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading, (b) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, and (c) the term “Person” has
the meaning given to it in the Stock Purchase Agreement. 
 (f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. 
 (g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
 (h) Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, together with the
Noteholders Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2014, by and among Vodafone, the Seller and the Issuer, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any prior

  
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discussions, correspondence, negotiation, proposed term sheet or agreement, understanding and parties hereto make no representations or warranties with respect to such subject matter other than
those set forth or referred to in this Agreement. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or
advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder. 
 (i) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and
shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term,
provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter
declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable. 
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 Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Issuer and the
Holder. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
		
	By:	 	    /s/ Matthew D. Ellis

	Name: Matthew D. Ellis
	Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer

  

	
	Accepted:
	
	By: VODAFONE GROUP PLC

  

			
	By:	 	      /s/ Rosemary Martin

	Name: Rosemary Martin
	Title:   Group General Counsel & Company
Secretary
	
	By: VODAFONE 4 LIMITED

  

			
	By:	 	      /s/ Erik de Rijk

	Name: Erik de Rijk
	Title:   Managing Director

  
  

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