VZ: Other company developments

Item 8.01. Other Events Junior Subordinated Notes Offering On May 14, 2026, Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) closed the sale of $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.050% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2058 and $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.200% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, pursuant to a purchase agreement with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Santander US Capital Markets LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several Purchasers named therein. The notes were sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-289928), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”). This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of filing the forms of notes for Verizon’s 6.050% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2058 and 6.200% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 as Exhibits to the Registration Statement, and such Exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits (d) Exhibits Exhibit No Description 4.1 Form of Global Note representing Verizon’s 6.050% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2058 4.2 Form of Global Note representing Verizon’s 6.200% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101). SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Ac