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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001308179-24-000631
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240430
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240430

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
		IRS NUMBER:				232259884
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08606
		FILM NUMBER:		24895033

	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
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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>UNITED STATES </b></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Washington, DC 20549</p>

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<p style="font: 16pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>SCHEDULE 14A</b></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)
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<B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>(Amendment No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)</b></p>

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    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 1pt; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-right: Black 1px solid; width: 95%"><font style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></td></tr>
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    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2pt 2pt 1pt; border-bottom: Black 1px solid; border-right: Black 1px solid"><font style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 16pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><b>VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.</b></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><i>(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</i></p>

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other than the Registrant)</i></p>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Verizon Communications Inc.</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>1095 Avenue of the Americas</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>New York, New York 10036</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 65%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>William L. Horton, Jr.</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Senior Vice President, Deputy General </B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Counsel &amp; Corporate Secretary</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 30pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">April 30, 2024</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 36pt; font: 10pt Verizon NHG TX"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Re:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Verizon NHG TX"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Shareholder proposal regarding an independent Board chair (Item 7 on the proxy card) at Verizon&rsquo;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 9, 2024</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Dear Investor,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">I am writing to ask you to consider and support our Board&rsquo;s
position on the shareholder proposal contained in this year&rsquo;s proxy statement requesting that the Board adopt a policy mandating
that the Board chair be an independent Director (Item 7 on the proxy card). The Board believes this proposal is not in the interests
of our shareholders and therefore recommends that you vote against it.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">The Board fundamentally disagrees with the proposal&rsquo;s rigid
and prescriptive approach to the important issue of Board leadership. The Board believes that decisions concerning its leadership
structure, including whether an independent chair is appropriate, should be based on the unique circumstances and challenges confronting
Verizon at any given time. The proposal would eliminate the Board&rsquo;s flexibility to make this assessment. Moreover, the Board
believes that its present leadership structure, which includes a strong independent Lead Director, who is elected by the independent
Directors and shares governance responsibilities with the chair, addresses any concerns about the Board&rsquo;s ability to provide
objective feedback and guidance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Last year, our shareholders strongly rejected a nearly identical
proposal, with more than 70% of shares that voted on the proposal voting against it. In 2023, Institutional Shareholder Services
(ISS) recommended that shareholders vote against the proposal. This year, as a result of the way ISS analyzes company performance
in evaluating independent chair proposals, ISS has changed its position and recommended a vote for the proposal, despite its continued
assessment that &ldquo;there are no significant concerns with the company&rsquo;s governance structure or practices at this time.&rdquo;
For the reasons discussed below, Verizon believes that the shift in ISS&rsquo;s position is not reflective of the many meaningful
improvements in Verizon&rsquo;s position over the past year, and shareholders should again vote against the proposal.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">2023 was an important year for Verizon, as we took several important
steps to position ourselves for renewed growth and profitability, as well as continued leadership into the future.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Verizon NHG TX; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Most significantly, in early 2023, the Board appointed the leadership
team that will drive the next phase of Verizon&rsquo;s growth, and four well respected industry veterans assumed these new roles
in the company:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10pt">&bull;</TD>
    <TD>Tony Skiadas, Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&bull;</TD>
    <TD>Sowmyanarayan Sampath, CEO of Verizon Consumer</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&bull;</TD>
    <TD>Kyle Malady, CEO of Verizon Business</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&bull;</TD>
    <TD>Joe Russo, President of Global Networks and Technology</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">That team hit the ground running, making significant changes to how
we operate. Both the Consumer and Global Network organizations were restructured to enable a more regional, targeted market approach.
The Consumer and Business teams also evolved their commercial models and employee incentives to increase their focus on providing
the services and products that customers need and want while maintaining the profitability of the company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Verizon NHG TX; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">The Finance team supported
these efforts while simultaneously strengthening our balance sheet to allow us financial flexibility in the future. At the same
time, the Global Network team continued to lay the foundation of our future mobility and broadband growth by expanding the coverage
of our C-Band wireless spectrum throughout the country.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">This leadership team&rsquo;s work has already yielded strong results.
In 2023:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10pt">&bull;</TD>
    <TD>We increased our wireless subscriber base by approximately 1.5 million connections, expanding our wireless business that
    was already the largest in the country</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&bull;</TD>
    <TD>We grew our fixed wireless access subscriber base to more than 3 million &#8211; representing a significant business that
    did not exist a few years ago</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&bull;</TD>
    <TD>We grew our wireless service revenue, which reflects the recurring revenue from our wireless operations, by a healthy
    3.2% </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">This strong performance has continued into 2024. Last week we reported
our first quarter 2024 results, which included:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10pt">&bull;</TD>
    <TD>Wireless service revenue growth of 3.3%</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&bull;</TD>
    <TD>The strongest first quarter Consumer postpaid phone net add performance since 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&bull;</TD>
    <TD>The best quarterly fixed wireless net add result to date for Verizon Business </TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Verizon NHG TX; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">These results are indicative
of the momentum we have in the business. This year we expect to continue to see the benefits of our strategic decision to invest
in C-Band spectrum. C-Band gives us a competitive advantage in the areas where it is deployed and will be the basis for our wireless mobility and fixed wireless
access growth for years to come.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Thank you for your consideration of our recommendation to vote against
Item 7 on the proxy card at the upcoming annual meeting. You can find additional discussion of this proposal and our views on pages
70-71 of our 2024 proxy statement. Through our long-standing investor outreach efforts, we have had a robust exchange of ideas
with many of you that have helped us hone best-in-class, shareholder-friendly governance practices. We appreciate our ongoing dialogue
with you and look forward to continued engagement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Sincerely,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">William L. Horton, Jr.</P>


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