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Addendum to Verizon Communications Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10a 
  

MODEL FORM OF ADDENDUM TO 
 VERIZON
COMMUNICATIONS INC. LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 
 PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT 
  
 This is an addendum to the Performance Stock Unit Agreement (the
“Agreement”) entered into between Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon” or the “Company”) and
                     (the “Participant”). The effective date of this addendum is
                    , and it shall remain in effect through
                    . 
  
 1. Purpose. The purpose of this addendum is to describe the terms of an arrangement between the Participant and the Company wherein the Participant
can earn a long-term incentive payout under the Agreement, based on the extent to which the Company achieves certain strategic objectives (as defined in paragraph 3 below) during the Award Cycle. Except as modified by this addendum, all of the terms
and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in effect. 
  
 2.
Payment. Subject to any limitation set forth in paragraph 4 below, the Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine the size of any additional payment pursuant to this addendum, based on the Company’s achievement of the
strategic objectives referred to in paragraph 3 below. This addendum and any payment made in accordance with this addendum are not intended to comply with the Performance-Based Exception (set forth in Code Section 162(m)(4)(C)) to the tax
deductibility limitation imposed by Code Section 162(m). 
  
 3. Achievement of Objectives. The Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine whether the Participant is entitled to a payout pursuant to this addendum and the size of any such payout (subject to any limitations contained
in paragraph 4 below), based on the Company’s achievement of strategic objectives related to the successful launch of Verizon Business, key legislative initiatives, FiOS and broad band initiatives, and wireless growth objectives during the
Award Cycle; provided that no payment shall be made pursuant to this addendum unless the Committee determines that, at the end of the three-year Award Cycle specified in paragraph 5 of the Agreement, Verizon’s average annual total shareholder
return during the Award Cycle met the specific threshold performance requirement specified in said paragraph 5. 
  
 4. Aggregate Limitation. The amount of any payment made under paragraph 6 of the Agreement (including any amount attributable to stock appreciation and dividend equivalent units payable
under the terms of the Agreement and disregarding any deferral election) plus the amount of any payment under this addendum (disregarding any deferral election) shall not exceed
$                    . 
  
 5. Payment. Any payment pursuant to this addendum shall be made in cash. As soon as practicable after the end of the
         calendar year (but no later than March 15,         ), the Committee shall determine whether an amount is to be paid pursuant to this addendum
and the amount of any such payment. Any such amount (minus any withholding for taxes) shall be paid to the Participant no later than March 15,
                     (subject, however, to any valid deferral election that the Participant has made under the deferral plan (if any) then
available to the Participant). If the Participant dies before any payment due hereunder is made, such payment shall be made to the Participant’s beneficiary. 
  
 6. Defined Terms. Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, all capitalized terms used herein shall have
the definitions ascribed to them by the Plan or the Agreement, and the terms of the Plan or Agreement shall apply where appropriate. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have entered into this addendum as of
                    . 
  

									
	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.	 	 	 	THE PARTICIPANT
				
	By:Supplement to Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.1 
 SUPPLEMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT 
 THIS SUPPLEMENT TO AMENDED AND
RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of April 19, 2006 (this “Supplement”), is between: 
 (i) PDHC, LTD.,
a Minnesota corporation (the “PDHC”); and 
 (ii) KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as
administrative agent (in such capacity as administrative agent, the “Administrative Agent”), for the benefit of the Secured Creditors: 
 PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS: 
 (1) PDHC, the other Grantors named therein and the Administrative Agent are
parties to the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2005 (the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), which Pledge and Security Agreement was made pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2005 (as may be further amended or otherwise modified, restated, replaced or amended and restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among American Dental Partners, Inc., the
financial institutions named as lenders therein, and the Administrative Agent. 
 (2) PDHC and the Administrative Agent desire to supplement
the Pledge and Security Agreement, as required by Section 4.15 thereof, to grant the Administrative Agent a security interest in a certain Commercial Tort Claim held by PDHC. 
 (3) It is a condition precedent to the continued making of Loans and the continued issuance of, and participation in, Letters of Credit, under the Credit
Agreement that PDHC shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent this Supplement. 
 (4) PDHC has obtained, and will
continue to obtain, benefits from the Credit Agreement and, accordingly, desires to execute this Supplement in order to satisfy the condition described in the preceding paragraph and to induce the Secured Creditors to continue to extend credit
pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. 
 (5) Capitalized terms used in this Supplement and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement or the Pledge and Security Agreement, as applicable. 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the benefits accruing to PDHC, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, PDHC hereby covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Secured Creditors, as
follows: 
  

	1.	 Grant of Security Interest. As security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due of the Secured Obligations, PDHC does hereby pledge,
sell, assign and transfer unto the Administrative Agent, and does hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, a continuing security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in and to the Commercial
Tort Claim relating to Court File No: 27-CV-06-2500, PDG, P.A. and Dental Specialists of Minnesota, P.A. v. PDHC, Ltd., filed in the State of Minnesota District Court, 

	 	 
Fourth Judicial District, and all Proceeds of the foregoing. PDHC hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file the financing statement attached hereto
as Exhibit A. 

  

	2.	Representations and Warranties. PDHC, by signing below, hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Creditors that: (a) PDHC has the legal
power and authority to execute and deliver this Supplement; (b) the officer executing this Supplement has been duly authorized to execute and deliver the same and bind PDHC with respect to the provisions hereof; (c) no Default or Event of
Default exists under the Pledge and Security Agreement, nor will any occur immediately after the execution and delivery of this Supplement or by the performance or observance of any provision hereof; (d) PDHC has no claim or offset against, or
defense or counterclaim to, any obligations or liabilities of PDHC under any Credit Document; (e) this Supplement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of PDHC in every respect, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general principles of equity limiting the availability of equitable remedies; and
(f) each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement is true and correct as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any thereof expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties were true and correct as of such earlier date. 

  

	3.	Pledge and Security Agreement Unaffected. Each reference to the Pledge and Security Agreement in any Credit Document shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Pledge
and Security Agreement as supplemented hereby. 

  

	4.	Waiver. PDHC, by signing below, hereby waives and releases the Administrative Agent and each of the Secured Creditors and their respective directors, officers, employees,
attorneys, affiliates and subsidiaries from any and all claims, offsets, defenses and counterclaims of which PDHC is aware, such waiver and release being with full knowledge and understanding of the circumstances and effect thereof and after having
consulted legal counsel with respect thereto. 

  

	5.	Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE
OF OHIO WITHOUT ANY EFFECT GIVEN TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the PDHC has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	 PDHC, LTD.

		
	By: 	 	 /s/ Breht T. Feigh

	 Name: 
	 	 Breht T. Feigh

	 Title: 
	 	 Vice President

 Accepted by: 
  

			
	 KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

	 as Administrative Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ J. T. Taylor

	Name:	 	 J. T. Taylor

	 Title:
	 	 Senior Vice President

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