8-K

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Date: May 3, 2021

/s/ William L. Horton, Jr.

William L. Horton, Jr.

Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and

Corporate Secretary

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: May 2, 2021

(Date of earliest event reported)

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-8606

23-2259884

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 395-1000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.10	VZ	New York Stock Exchange
Common Stock, par value $0.10	VZ	The NASDAQ Global Select Market
1.625% Notes due 2024	VZ24B	New York Stock Exchange
4.073% Notes due 2024	VZ24C	New York Stock Exchange
0.875% Notes due 2025	VZ25	New York Stock Exchange
3.250% Notes due 2026	VZ26	New York Stock Exchange
1.375% Notes due 2026	VZ26B	New York Stock Exchange
0.875% Notes due 2027	VZ27E	New York Stock Exchange
1.375% Notes due 2028	VZ28	New York Stock Exchange
1.125% Notes due 2028	VZ28A	New York Stock Exchange
1.875% Notes due 2029	VZ29B	New York Stock Exchange
0.375% Notes due 2029	VZ29D	New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Notes due 2030	VZ30	New York Stock Exchange
1.875% Notes due 2030	VZ30A	New York Stock Exchange
2.625% Notes due 2031	VZ31	New York Stock Exchange
2.500% Notes due 2031	VZ31A	New York Stock Exchange
0.875% Notes due 2032	VZ32	New York Stock Exchange
0.750% Notes due 2032	VZ32A	New York Stock Exchange
1.300% Notes due 2033	VZ33B	New York Stock Exchange
4.750% Notes due 2034	VZ34	New York Stock Exchange
3.125% Notes due 2035	VZ35	New York Stock Exchange
1.125% Notes due 2035	VZ35A	New York Stock Exchange
3.375% Notes due 2036	VZ36A	New York Stock Exchange
2.875% Notes due 2038	VZ38B	New York Stock Exchange
1.875% Notes due 2038	VZ38C	New York Stock Exchange
1.500% Notes due 2039	VZ39C	New York Stock Exchange
3.500% Fixed Rate Notes due 2039	VZ39D	New York Stock Exchange
1.850% Notes due 2040	VZ40	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 2, 2021, in connection with the transactions described in Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K, the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) approved a special cash retention award for Mr. Guru Gowrappan, Executive Vice President and Group CEO - Verizon Media, in the amount of $3,000,000, which will vest and be payable by Verizon to Mr. Gowrappan if he remains continuously employed with Verizon Media on the six-month anniversary of the date the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement described in Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K are consummated (the “Closing Date”), or if his employment is involuntarily terminated by Verizon Media without cause after the Closing Date, but prior to the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date.

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On May 2, 2021, Verizon, together with Verizon Business International Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap) organized under the laws of the Netherlands and wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon (together with Verizon, the “Sellers”), entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with College Parent, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the Sellers will sell to Purchaser all of the outstanding equity interests of Oath Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Verizon Media Netherlands B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap) organized under the laws of the Netherlands, which together comprise Verizon’s Verizon Media Group business (the “Sale”). The consideration for the Sale will consist of $4.25 billion in cash, subject to customary adjustments, $750,000,000 in non-convertible preferred limited partnership units of the Purchaser, and 10% of the fully-diluted common limited partnership units of Purchaser.

The Sale is subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.