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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-292398
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B3
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20251124
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251124

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
		EIN:				232259884
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B3
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-290683
		FILM NUMBER:		251510033

	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="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) <BR> Registration No. 333-290683 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" ALIGN="center">


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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Verizon Communications Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offer to Exchange </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.401% Notes due 2037 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>for </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$2,161,606,000
aggregate principal amount of 5.401% Notes due 2037 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>that have been registered under the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York City time, on January 5, 2026, unless extended. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal, to
exchange up to $2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 5.401% Notes due 2037 (CUSIP Nos. 92343V HA5 and U9221A CK2) (the &#8220;Original Notes&#8221;) for a like principal amount of our 5.401% Notes due 2037 that have been
registered under the Securities Act (CUSIP No. 92343V HC1) (the &#8220;Exchange Notes&#8221;). We refer to this offer as the &#8220;Exchange Offer.&#8221; When we use the term &#8220;Notes&#8221; in this prospectus, the term includes the Original
Notes and the Exchange Notes unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires. The terms of the Exchange Offer are summarized below and are more fully described in this prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical to the terms of the Original Notes, except that the transfer restrictions, registration rights
and additional interest provisions applicable to the Original Notes do not apply to the Exchange Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will accept for exchange any
Original Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on January 5, 2026, unless extended (the &#8220;expiration date&#8221;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may withdraw tenders of Original Notes at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer. The Original Notes surrendered and
exchanged for the Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled. Accordingly, the issuance of the Exchange Notes will not result in any increase in our outstanding indebtedness. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exchange of Original Notes for the Exchange Notes will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No public market currently exists for the Original Notes. We do not intend to list the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange and,
therefore, no active public market is anticipated. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the
Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to
admit that it is an &#8220;underwriter&#8221; within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in
exchange for Original Notes where such Original Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, starting on the date the registration statement, of which this
prospectus forms a part, is declared effective and ending on the close of business 90 days after such date, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See &#8220;Plan of
Distribution.&#8221; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>See &#8220;<A HREF="#tx10567_6">Risk Factors</A>&#8221; beginning on page 7 to read about important factors you
should consider before tendering your Original Notes. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;)
nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The date of this prospectus is November&nbsp;24, 2025 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#tx10567_1">About This Prospectus</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#tx10567_2">Forward-Looking Statements</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#tx10567_4">Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#tx10567_5">Summary</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#tx10567_6">Risk Factors</A></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx10567_1"></A>ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You should read this prospectus carefully before you invest. This prospectus contains important information you should consider when making
your investment decision and incorporates by reference business and financial information about us that is not included in or delivered with this prospectus. This information is available without charge to security holders upon written or oral
request to Verizon Investor Relations at the address and telephone number set forth below under &#8220;Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.&#8221; <B>To ensure timely delivery, you must make your request to us no later than</B><B>
December 26</B><B>, 2025, which is five business days prior to the expiration date of the Exchange Offer.</B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You should rely only on the
information provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, which are accurate as of their respective dates. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information,
and we take no responsibility for any information that others may give you. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any statement in this prospectus conflicts with any
statement in a document that we have incorporated by reference, then you should consider only the statement in the more recent document. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this document. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In this prospectus, &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;our,&#8221; &#8220;us,&#8221; &#8220;Verizon&#8221; and &#8220;Verizon Communications&#8221;
refer to Verizon Communications Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus, including the documents that we incorporate by reference, contains both historical and forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), and Section&nbsp;21E of the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but only predictions and generally can be
identified by use of statements that include phrases such as &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;continue,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221;
&#8220;appear,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; or other words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe our objectives, plans or goals also are forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated, including those discussed under the heading &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; contained in this
prospectus, and under similar headings in other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these risks and uncertainties carefully in evaluating the forward-looking
statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this prospectus are made only as of the date of this prospectus, and we undertake no obligation to update
publicly these forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or otherwise. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events might or might not occur. We cannot assure you that projected
results or events will be achieved. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website at
http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Filings that we make with the SEC also can be found on our website at http://www.verizon.com.
The information contained on or accessible through our corporate website or any other website that we may maintain is not incorporated by reference herein and is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
part. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> relating to the securities
covered by this prospectus. This prospectus is a part of the registration statement and does not contain all of the information in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to a contract or other document of ours,
please be aware that the reference is only a summary and that you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or other document. You may review a copy of the registration statement through
the SEC&#8217;s website. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx10567_4"></A>INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you
by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by
reference the following documents we have filed with the SEC and the future filings we make with the SEC under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), after
(i)&nbsp;the initial filing date of the registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement and (ii)&nbsp;the date of this prospectus until the date we consummate the Exchange Offer (in each case excluding any information
furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 on any Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K):</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our Quarterly Reports <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on&nbsp;Form&nbsp;
10-Q</FONT> for the quarters ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271225000024/vz-20250331.htm">March&nbsp;
31, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271225000086/vz-20250630.htm">June 30, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271225000116/vz-20250930.htm">September
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525023131/d851599d8k.htm">February&nbsp;10,
 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271225000015/vz-20250318.htm">March&nbsp;
19, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525129505/d905923d8k.htm">May&nbsp;
28, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525139691/d903572d8k.htm">June&nbsp;
12, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525142781/d943238d8k.htm">June&nbsp;
18, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525143513/d80997d8k.htm">June&nbsp;
20, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525144362/d74877d8k.htm">June&nbsp;
23, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525187702/d919432d8k.htm">August&nbsp;
25, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525231018/d78591d8k.htm">October&nbsp;
6, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525273787/d76348d8k.htm">November&nbsp;
10, 2025</A> and Current Reports on Form 8-K/A filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525150090/d99310d8ka.htm">June 27, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312525237997/d51725d8ka.htm">October
 14, 2025</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus
is delivered, upon such person&#8217;s written or oral request, a copy of any or all documents referred to above that have been or may be incorporated by reference into this prospectus excluding exhibits to those documents unless they are
specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You may make your request by contacting us at: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investor Relations </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Verizon Communications Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One
Verizon Way </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Telephone: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(212)&nbsp;395-1525</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>In order to obtain timely delivery of such materials, you must request information from us no later than five business days prior to the expiration of the
Exchange Offer. </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx10567_5"></A>SUMMARY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>This summary highlights selected information appearing elsewhere, or incorporated by reference, in this prospectus and is, therefore,
qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information appearing elsewhere, or incorporated by reference, in this prospectus. It may not contain all the information that is important to you. We urge you to read carefully this entire prospectus
and the other documents to which it refers to understand fully the terms of the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Offer. You should pay special attention to &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; and &#8220;Forward-Looking Statements.&#8221; </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Verizon Communications Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Verizon Communications Inc. is a holding company that, acting through its subsidiaries, is one of the world&#8217;s leading providers of
communications, technology, information and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses and government entities. With a presence around the world, we offer data, video and voice services and solutions on our networks and platforms that
are designed to meet customers&#8217; demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity and security. We have two reportable segments that we operate and manage as strategic business units &#8211; Verizon Consumer Group and Verizon Business Group.
Our Consumer segment provides consumer-focused wireless and wireline communications services and products. Our wireless services are provided across one of the most extensive wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon family of brands
and through wholesale and other arrangements. We also provide fixed wireless access (&#8220;FWA&#8221;) broadband through our 5G or 4G LTE networks as an alternative to traditional landline internet access. Our wireline services are provided in nine
states in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Mid-Atlantic</FONT> and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C., over our 100% fiber-optic network through our Verizon Fios product portfolio and over a traditional copper-based network
to customers who are not served by Fios. Our Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and advanced communication services, corporate networking solutions, security and
managed network services, local and long distance voice services and network access to deliver various Internet of Things services and products. We provide these products and services to businesses, public sector customers and wireless and wireline
carriers across the United States and a subset of these products and services to customers around the world. We have approximately 99,600 employees on a full-time equivalent basis as of December&nbsp;31, 2024, 88% of whom are based in the U.S. We
generated consolidated operating revenues of $134.8&nbsp;billion for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our principal executive
offices are located at 1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, and our telephone number is (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">395-1000.</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>On June&nbsp;25, 2025, in connection with private exchange offers, we issued $2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount of Original Notes.
As part of that issuance, we entered into a registration rights agreement, dated June&nbsp;25, 2025 (the &#8220;Registration Rights Agreement&#8221;), with respect to the Original Notes with the dealer managers for the private exchange offers in
which we agreed, among other things, to deliver this prospectus to you and use our commercially reasonable efforts to complete an exchange offer for the Original Notes. Below is a summary of the Exchange Offer. </I></P>
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<TD>We are offering to exchange up to $2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding Original Notes for a like principal amount of Exchange Notes. You may tender Original Notes only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess of $2,000. We will issue the Exchange Notes promptly after the expiration of the Exchange Offer. In order to be exchanged, an Original Note must be validly tendered, not validly withdrawn and accepted by us. Subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions of the Exchange Offer, all Original Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be accepted by us and exchanged. As of the date of this prospectus, $2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount
of Original Notes is outstanding. The Original Notes were issued under our Indenture, dated as of December&nbsp;1, 2000 (as amended or supplemented, the &#8220;Indenture&#8221;), between us and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as
successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank), as trustee (the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;). If all outstanding Original Notes are validly
tendered for exchange, there will be $2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes outstanding after the Exchange Offer. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Purpose of the Exchange Offer </P></TD>
<TD>The purpose of the Exchange Offer is to satisfy our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on&nbsp;January&nbsp;5, 2026, unless we extend the period of time during which the Exchange Offer is open. In the event of any material change to the Exchange Offer, we will extend
the period of time during which the Exchange Offer is open as necessary. By signing or agreeing to be bound by the accompanying letter of transmittal, you will represent, among other things, that: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">you are not an affiliate of ours or, if you are our affiliate, you will comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with the resale of the Exchange Notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">you are acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of your business; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">you are not participating, do not intend to participate, and have no arrangement or understanding with anyone to
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">you are not a broker-dealer that purchased any of the Original Notes from us or any of our affiliates for resale
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if you are a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for your own account in exchange for Original Notes
that were acquired by you as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you will deliver a prospectus (or to the extent permitted by law, make available a prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Notes. For further information regarding resales of the Exchange Notes by broker-dealers, see the discussion under the caption &#8220;Plan of Distribution.&#8221; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>The Exchange Notes will bear interest from January&nbsp;2, 2026. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">If your Original Notes are accepted for exchange, you will receive interest on the corresponding Exchange Notes and not on such Original Notes. Any Original Notes not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to
accrue interest according to their terms. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>Our obligation to accept Original Notes tendered in the Exchange Offer is subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions. See &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Conditions to the Exchange Offer.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>A tendering holder must, prior to 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">transmit a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other documents required by
the letter of transmittal, to the Exchange Agent (as defined herein) at the address listed in this prospectus; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if Original Notes are tendered in accordance with the book-entry procedures described in this prospectus, the
tendering holder must transmit an agent&#8217;s message (as defined herein) to the Exchange Agent. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">See &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Procedures for Tendering.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Special Procedures for Beneficial Holders </P></TD>
<TD>If you are a beneficial holder of Original Notes that are registered in the name of your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and you wish to tender in the Exchange Offer, you should promptly contact the person in
whose name your Original Notes are registered and instruct that nominee to tender on your behalf. See &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Procedures for Tendering.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>Tenders may be withdrawn at any time before 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New&nbsp;York City time, on the expiration date. See &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212; Withdrawal Rights.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>Subject to the conditions stated in the section entitled &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Conditions to the Exchange Offer&#8221; of this prospectus, we will accept for exchange any Original Notes that are validly tendered in the Exchange Offer
and not validly withdrawn before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. The corresponding Exchange Notes will be delivered promptly after the expiration date. See &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Terms of the Exchange Offer.&#8221;
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Absence of Dissenters&#8217; Rights of Appraisal </P></TD>
<TD>You do not have dissenters&#8217; rights of appraisal with respect to the Exchange Offer. See &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Absence of Dissenters&#8217; Rights of Appraisal.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations </P></TD>
<TD>Your exchange of Original Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See &#8220;U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exchange Agent </P></TD>
<TD>U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is serving as the exchange agent (the &#8220;Exchange Agent&#8221;) in connection with the Exchange Offer. The address and telephone number of the Exchange Agent are listed under the heading
&#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Exchange Agent.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer. The Original Notes surrendered and exchanged for the Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled. Accordingly, issuance of the Exchange Notes
will not result in any increase in our outstanding indebtedness. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Resale of the Exchange Notes </P></TD>
<TD> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Based on existing interpretations of the Securities Act by the SEC staff set forth in several <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">no-action</FONT> letters
to third parties and subject to the immediately following sentence, we believe Exchange Notes issued under this Exchange Offer in exchange for Original Notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by the holders thereof (other
than holders that are broker-dealers) without further compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act. However, any holder of Original Notes that is an affiliate of ours that does not comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with the resale of the Exchange Notes, that will not acquire the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business, or that intends to
participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing any of the Exchange Notes, or any broker-dealer that purchased any of the Original Notes from us or any of our affiliates for resale pursuant to Rule&nbsp;144A or any other available
exemption under the Securities Act, (i)&nbsp;will not be able to rely on the interpretations of the SEC staff set forth in the above-mentioned <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">no-action</FONT> letters, (ii)&nbsp;will not be entitled to tender its
Original Notes in the Exchange Offer and (iii)&nbsp;must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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with any sale or transfer of the Original Notes unless such sale or transfer is made pursuant to an exemption from such requirements. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Original Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must deliver a prospectus (or to
the extent permitted by law, make a prospectus available to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. See &#8220;Plan of Distribution.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>If you do not exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, you will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in the legend on your Original Notes. In general, you may offer or sell your Original Notes only:
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if they are offered or sold under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if they are offered or sold in a transaction not subject to the Securities Act and applicable state securities
laws. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Although your Original Notes will continue to accrue interest, they will generally retain no rights under the Registration Rights Agreement. We currently do not intend to register the Original Notes under the Securities
Act. Under some circumstances, holders of the Original Notes, including holders that are not permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer or that may not freely sell Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer, may require us to file, and to
cause to become effective, a shelf registration statement covering resales of Original Notes by these holders. For more information regarding the consequences of not tendering your Original Notes and our obligations to file a shelf registration
statement, see &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Consequences of Exchanging or Failing to Exchange the Original Notes&#8221; and &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Registration Rights.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>For a discussion of risk factors you should consider carefully before deciding to participate in the Exchange Offer, see &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; beginning on page&nbsp;7 of this prospectus. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>Verizon Communications Inc. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>Up to $2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical to the terms of the Original Notes, except that the transfer restrictions, registration rights and additional interest provisions applicable to the Original Notes do not
apply to the Exchange Notes. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>July&nbsp;2, 2037. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>5.401% per annum. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Exchange Notes will bear interest from January&nbsp;2, 2026. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>January&nbsp;2 and July&nbsp;2 of each year, commencing on July&nbsp;2, 2026. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Optional Redemption </B> </P></TD>
<TD>We may redeem the Exchange Notes at our option, in whole, or from time to time in part, at any time prior to maturity, at the applicable redemption price to be determined using the procedure described in this prospectus under &#8220;Description
of the Exchange Notes&#8212; Redemption.&#8221; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The Exchange Notes will be unsecured and will rank equally with all of our senior unsecured and unsubordinated debt. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The Exchange Notes will be represented by one or more fully registered global notes, which we refer to collectively as the &#8220;Global Notes.&#8221; The Global Notes will be registered in the name of Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. as nominee for The
Depository Trust Company (&#8220;DTC&#8221;). Beneficial interests in the Exchange Notes will be represented through book-entry accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners as direct and indirect participants in DTC.
Clearstream Banking, <I>soci&eacute;t&eacute; anonyme</I>, and Euroclear Bank, SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System, will hold interests on behalf of their participants through their respective U.S. depositaries, which in turn will hold such
interests in accounts as participants of DTC. Except in limited circumstances described in this prospectus, owners of beneficial interests in the Exchange Notes will not be entitled to have Exchange Notes registered in their names, will not receive
or be entitled to receive Exchange Notes in definitive form and will not be considered holders of Exchange Notes under the Indenture. The Exchange Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of
$2,000. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD>The Exchange Notes will be new securities for which there is currently no market. A market for the Exchange Notes may not develop, or if a market does develop, it may not provide adequate liquidity. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD>The Indenture is, and the Exchange Notes will be, governed by the laws of the State of New York. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>An investment in the Exchange Notes involves risks. Before making a decision whether to participate in the Exchange Offer, you should
carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in this prospectus, including the risk factors set forth in the documents and reports filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference herein. Our business, financial condition, operating
results and cash flows can be impacted by these factors, any one of which could cause our actual results to vary materially from recent results or from our anticipated future results. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Uncertainty as to the trading markets for Original Notes not exchanged </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent tenders of Original Notes in the Exchange Offer are accepted by us and the Exchange Offer is completed, the trading market for
the Original Notes that remain outstanding following such completion may be significantly more limited. The remaining Original Notes may command lower prices than comparable issues of securities with greater market liquidity. Reduced market values
and reduced liquidity may also make the trading prices of the remaining Original Notes more volatile. As a result, the market prices for the Original Notes that remain outstanding after the completion of the Exchange Offer may be adversely affected.
Neither we, the Exchange Agent nor the Trustee has any duty to make a market in the remaining Original Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Uncertainty as to the trading market for
the Exchange Notes </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We cannot make any assurance as to: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the liquidity of any trading market that may develop for the Exchange Notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the ability of holders to sell their Exchange Notes; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the price at which the holders would be able to sell their Exchange Notes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not intend to apply for listing of the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange or for quotation through any dealer quotation system.
Any trading market that may develop for the Exchange Notes may be adversely affected by changes in the overall market for investment-grade securities, changes in our financial performance or prospects, a change in our credit rating, the prospects
for companies in our industry generally, any acquisitions or business combinations proposed or consummated by us, the interest of securities dealers in making a market for the Exchange Notes and prevailing interest rates, financial markets and
general economic conditions. A market for the Exchange Notes may be subject to volatility. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Resale of the Original Notes is restricted </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Notes will be issued pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC of which this prospectus forms a part. We have not
registered the Original Notes under the Securities Act or for public offerings outside the United States. Consequently, the Original Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States, unless they are registered under the Securities Act,
transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or transferred in a transaction not subject to the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. As a result, holders of
Original Notes who do not participate in the Exchange Offer will face restrictions on the resale of their Original Notes, and such holders may not be able to sell their Original Notes at the time they wish or at prices acceptable to them. In
addition, we do not anticipate that we will register the Original Notes under the Securities Act and, if you are eligible to exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer and do not exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, you will
no longer be entitled to have those Original Notes registered under the Securities Act. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Original Notes not exchanged in the Exchange Offer will remain outstanding and will mature on their maturity date. The terms and conditions
governing the Original Notes will remain unchanged. No amendments to these terms and conditions are being sought. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time after
the expiration date, we or our affiliates may acquire Original Notes that are not exchanged in the Exchange Offer through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, tender offers, exchange offers, redemptions or otherwise, upon such
terms and at such prices as we or our affiliates may determine or as may be provided for in the Indenture or other documents governing the Original Notes (which may be on terms more or less favorable than those contemplated in the Exchange Offer
and, in either case, could be for cash or other consideration). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Responsibility for complying with the procedures of the Exchange Offer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders of Original Notes are responsible for complying with all of the procedures for tendering Original Notes for exchange in a timely
manner. Therefore, holders of Original Notes that wish to exchange them for Exchange Notes should allow sufficient time for timely completion of the exchange procedures. If the exchange procedures are not strictly complied with, the letter of
transmittal or the agent&#8217;s message, as the case may be, may be rejected. Neither we, the Exchange Agent nor the Trustee assumes any responsibility for informing any holder of Original Notes of irregularities with respect to such holder&#8217;s
participation in the Exchange Offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Consummation of the Exchange Offer may not occur </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Offer is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. See &#8220;The Exchange Offer&#8212;Conditions to the Exchange
Offer.&#8221; Even if the Exchange Offer is completed, it may not be completed on the schedule described in this prospectus. Accordingly, holders participating in the Exchange Offer may have to wait longer than expected to receive their Exchange
Notes, during which time such holders will not be able to effect transfers of their Original Notes tendered in the Exchange Offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Completion,
termination, waiver and amendment </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Until we announce whether we have accepted valid tenders of Original Notes for exchange pursuant to
the Exchange Offer, no assurance can be given that the Exchange Offer will be completed. In addition, subject to applicable law and as provided in this prospectus, we may, in our sole discretion, extend,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-open,</FONT> amend, waive any condition of or terminate the Exchange Offer at any time before our announcement of whether we will accept valid tenders of Original Notes for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer,
which we expect to make as soon as reasonably practicable after the expiration date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Responsibility to consult advisers </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders should consult their own tax, accounting, financial and legal advisers regarding the suitability to themselves of the tax or accounting
consequences of participating in the Exchange Offer and an investment in the Exchange Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither we, the Exchange Agent nor the
Trustee, nor any of our or their directors, employees and affiliates, is acting for any holder of Original Notes or will be responsible to any holder of Original Notes for providing advice in relation to the Exchange Offer, and accordingly neither
we, the Exchange Agent nor the Trustee, nor any of our or their directors, employees and affiliates, makes any recommendation whatsoever regarding the Exchange Offer or any recommendation as to whether you should tender your Original Notes for
exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes, you may be
deemed to have received restricted securities and, if so, you will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction. In addition, a broker-dealer that
purchased Original Notes for its own account as part of market-making activities or trading activities must deliver a prospectus when it sells the Exchange Notes it receives in exchange for Original Notes in the Exchange Offer. Our obligation to
keep the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part effective is limited. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that a current prospectus will be available at all times to broker-dealers wishing to resell their Exchange Notes. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer. The Original Notes surrendered and
exchanged for the Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Purpose of the Exchange Offer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">When we
completed the issuance of the Original Notes in connection with private exchange offers on June&nbsp;25, 2025, we entered into the Registration Rights Agreement with the dealer managers of the private exchange offers. Under the Registration Rights
Agreement, we agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC relating to the Exchange Offer within 120 days of the settlement date of the Original Notes. We also agreed to use our commercially reasonable efforts to (i)&nbsp;cause the
registration statement to become effective with the SEC within 210 days of the settlement date of the Original Notes and (ii)&nbsp;complete the Exchange Offer within 250 days of the settlement date of the Original Notes. The Registration Rights
Agreement provides that we will be required to pay additional interest to the holders of the Original Notes if we fail to comply with such filing, effectiveness and exchange offer consummation requirements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Offer is not being made to holders of Original Notes in any jurisdiction where the exchange would not comply with the securities
or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and it is available from us upon request. See &#8220;Where You Can
Find More Information.&#8221; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Original Notes, where
such Original Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. See &#8220;Plan of
Distribution.&#8221; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Terms of the Exchange Offer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal, we will accept for
exchange Original Notes that are validly tendered before 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New&nbsp;York City time, on the expiration date and not validly withdrawn as permitted below. We will issue a like principal amount of Exchange Notes in exchange for the
principal amount of the Original Notes tendered under the Exchange Offer. As used in this prospectus, the term &#8220;expiration date&#8221; means January&nbsp;5, 2026. However, if we have extended the period of time for which the Exchange Offer is
open, the term &#8220;expiration date&#8221; means the latest date to which we extend the Exchange Offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of the date of this
prospectus, $2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount of Original Notes is outstanding. The Original Notes were issued under the Indenture. Our obligation to accept Original Notes for exchange in the Exchange Offer is subject to the conditions
described below under &#8220;&#8212;Conditions to the Exchange Offer.&#8221; We reserve the right to extend the period of time during which the Exchange Offer is open. We may, subject to applicable law, elect to extend the Exchange Offer period if
less than 100% of the Original Notes are tendered or if any condition to consummation of the Exchange Offer has not been satisfied as of the expiration date and it is likely that such condition will be satisfied after such date. In addition, in the
event of any material change to the Exchange Offer, we will extend the period of time during which the Exchange Offer is open as necessary. In the event of such extension, and only in such event, we may delay acceptance for exchange of any Original
Notes by giving written notice of the extension to the holders of Original Notes as described below. During any extension period, all Original Notes previously tendered will remain subject to the Exchange Offer and may be accepted for exchange by
us. Any Original Notes not accepted for exchange will be returned to the tendering holder promptly after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Original Notes tendered in the Exchange Offer must be in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. </P>

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and not to accept for exchange any Original Notes not previously accepted for exchange, upon the occurrence of any of the </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">conditions of the Exchange Offer
specified below under &#8220;&#8212;Conditions to the Exchange Offer.&#8221; We will give written notice of any extension, amendment, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-acceptance</FONT> or termination to the holders of the Original Notes as
promptly as practicable. Such notice, in the case of any extension, will be issued by means of a press release or other public announcement no later than 9:00&nbsp;a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled
expiration date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our acceptance of the tender of Original Notes by a tendering holder will form a binding agreement upon the terms and
subject to the conditions provided in this prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Absence of Dissenters&#8217; Rights of Appraisal
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders of the Original Notes do not have any dissenters&#8217; rights of appraisal in connection with the Exchange Offer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Procedures for Tendering </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as
described below, a holder tendering Original Notes must, prior to 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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the letter of transmittal, to the Exchange Agent, at the address listed below under the heading &#8220;&#8212;Exchange Agent;&#8221; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if Original Notes are tendered in accordance with the book-entry procedures described below, the tendering holder
must transmit an agent&#8217;s message (described below) to the Exchange Agent. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Transmittal will be deemed made only
when actually received or confirmed by the Exchange Agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Exchange Agent must receive, before 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York
City time, on the expiration date: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">certificates for the Original Notes; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">confirmation of book-entry transfer of the Original Notes into the Exchange Agent&#8217;s account at DTC, the
book-entry transfer facility. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The term &#8220;agent&#8217;s message&#8221; means a computer-generated message,
transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the Exchange Agent and forming a part of a book-entry confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the tendering participant that such participant has received and agrees to
be bound by, and makes the representations and warranties contained in, the letter of transmittal and that we may enforce the letter of transmittal against such participant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The method of delivery of Original Notes, letters of transmittal and all other required documents is at your election and risk. If delivery
is by mail, we recommend that you use registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested. In all cases, you should allow sufficient time to assure timely delivery. You should not send letters of transmittal or Original Notes to anyone
other than the Exchange Agent. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you are a beneficial owner whose Original Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer,
commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and wish to tender, you should promptly instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf. Any registered holder that is a participant in DTC&#8217;s book-entry transfer facility system may make
book-entry delivery of the Original Notes by causing DTC to transfer the Original Notes into the Exchange Agent&#8217;s account. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed unless
the Original Notes surrendered for exchange are tendered: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">by a registered holder of the Original Notes that has not completed the box entitled &#8220;Special Issuance
Instructions&#8221; or &#8220;Special Delivery Instructions&#8221; on the letter of transmittal; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">for the account of an &#8220;eligible institution.&#8221; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal are required to be guaranteed, the guarantees must be by an &#8220;eligible
institution.&#8221; An &#8220;eligible institution&#8221; is a financial institution, including most banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses, that is a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York
Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will reasonably determine all questions as to the
validity, form and eligibility of Original Notes tendered for exchange and all questions concerning the timing of receipts and acceptance of tenders. These determinations will be final and binding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We reserve the right to reject any particular Original Note not validly tendered, or any acceptance that might, in our judgment, be unlawful.
We also reserve the right to waive any defects or irregularities with respect to the form of, or procedures applicable to, the tender of any particular Original Note before the expiration date. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in
connection with tenders of Original Notes must be cured before the expiration date of the Exchange Offer. Neither we, the Exchange Agent nor the Trustee, nor any other person, will be under any duty to give notification of any defect or irregularity
in any tender of Original Notes. Neither we, the Exchange Agent nor the Trustee, nor any other person, will incur any liability for failing to give notification of any defect or irregularity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of Original Notes, the letter of transmittal must be
accompanied by a physical certificate representing the Original Notes endorsed by the registered holder or written instrument of transfer or exchange in satisfactory form, duly executed by the registered holder, in either case with the signature
guaranteed by an eligible institution. In addition, in either case, the original endorsement or the instrument of transfer must be signed exactly as the name of any registered holder appears on the Original Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the letter of transmittal or any Original Notes or powers of attorney are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact,</FONT></FONT> officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, these persons should so indicate when signing. Unless waived by us,
proper evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to so act must be submitted. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By signing or agreeing to be bound by the letter of
transmittal, each tendering holder of Original Notes will represent, among other things, that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">it is not an affiliate of ours or, if an affiliate of ours, will comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with the resale of the Exchange Notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">it is not participating, does not intend to participate, and has no arrangement or understanding with anyone to
participate, in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">it is not a broker-dealer that purchased any of the Original Notes from us or any of our affiliates for resale
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if such holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Original
Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, that it will deliver a prospectus (or to the extent permitted by law, make available a prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such
Exchange Notes. See &#8220;Plan of Distribution.&#8221; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Acceptance of Original Notes for Exchange; Delivery of Exchange Notes
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon satisfaction of all of the conditions to the Exchange Offer, we will accept, promptly after the expiration date, all Original
Notes validly tendered. We will issue the Exchange Notes promptly after the expiration of the Exchange Offer and acceptance of the Original Notes. See &#8220;&#8212;Conditions to the Exchange Offer&#8221; below. For purposes of the Exchange Offer,
we will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Original Notes for exchange when, as and if we have given written notice of such acceptance to the Exchange Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For each Original Note accepted for exchange, the holder of the Original Note will receive an Exchange Note having a principal amount equal to
that of the surrendered Original Note. The Exchange Notes will bear interest from January&nbsp;2, 2026. Original Notes accepted for exchange will cease to accrue interest from and after the date of completion of the Exchange Offer. Holders of
Original Notes whose Original Notes are accepted for exchange will not receive any payment for accrued interest on the Original Notes otherwise payable on any interest payment date, the record date for which occurs on or after completion of the
Exchange Offer and will be deemed to have waived their rights to receive such accrued interest on the Original Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In all cases,
issuance of Exchange Notes for Original Notes will be made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">certificates for the Original Notes or a book-entry confirmation of the deposit of the Original Notes into the
Exchange Agent&#8217;s account at the book-entry transfer facility; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal or a transmitted agent&#8217;s message; and
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all other required documents. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unaccepted or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exchanged</FONT> Original Notes will be returned without expense to the tendering holder of
the Original Notes promptly after the expiration of the Exchange Offer. In the case of Original Notes tendered by book-entry transfer in accordance with the book-entry procedures described below, the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exchanged</FONT> Original Notes will be returned or recredited promptly after the expiration of the Exchange Offer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Book-Entry Transfer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Agent
will make a request to establish an account for the Original Notes at DTC for purposes of the Exchange Offer within two business days after the date of this prospectus. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC&#8217;s systems and is
tendering Original Notes must make book-entry delivery of the Original Notes by causing DTC to transfer those Original Notes into the Exchange Agent&#8217;s account at DTC in accordance with DTC&#8217;s procedures for transfer, including its
Automated Tender Offer Program, or ATOP, procedures. The participant should transmit its acceptance to DTC prior to 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New&nbsp;York City time, on the expiration date. DTC will verify this acceptance, execute a book-entry transfer of
the tendered Original Notes into the Exchange Agent&#8217;s account at DTC and then send to the Exchange Agent confirmation of this book-entry transfer, which confirmation must be received prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration
date. The confirmation of this book-entry transfer will include an agent&#8217;s message confirming that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant that the participant has received and agrees to be bound by the letter of
transmittal and that we may enforce the letter of transmittal against the participant. Delivery of Exchange Notes issued in the Exchange Offer may be effected through book-entry transfer at DTC. However, the letter of transmittal (or an
agent&#8217;s message in lieu thereof), with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, must be transmitted to, and received by, the Exchange Agent at the address listed below under &#8220;&#8212;Exchange Agent&#8221; (or
its account at DTC with respect to an agent&#8217;s message) prior to 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For a withdrawal to be effective, the Exchange Agent must receive a written notice of withdrawal at the address indicated below under
&#8220;&#8212;Exchange Agent&#8221; before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. Any notice of withdrawal must: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">specify the name of the person, referred to as the depositor, having tendered the Original Notes to be withdrawn;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">identify the Original Notes to be withdrawn, certificate number or numbers, if applicable, and principal amount
of the Original Notes; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in the case of Original Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, specify the number of the account at the
book-entry transfer facility from which the Original Notes were tendered and specify the name and number of the account at the book-entry transfer facility to be credited with the withdrawn Original Notes and otherwise comply with the procedures of
such facility; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">contain a statement that the holder is withdrawing his election to have the Original Notes exchanged;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on the letter of transmittal by which the
Original Notes were tendered, including any required signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer to have the Trustee with respect to the Original Notes register the transfer of the Original Notes in the name of the person
withdrawing the tender, together with satisfactory evidence of payment of applicable transfer taxes or exemption therefrom; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">specify the name in which the Original Notes are registered, if different from that of the depositor.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If certificates for Original Notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Exchange Agent, then, prior to
the release of these certificates, the withdrawing holder must also submit the serial numbers of the particular certificates to be withdrawn and a signed notice of withdrawal with signatures guaranteed by an eligible institution unless this holder
is an eligible institution. We will determine all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility, including time of receipt, of notices of withdrawal. Validly withdrawn Original Notes may be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-tendered</FONT> by
following the procedures described under &#8220;&#8212;Procedures for Tendering&#8221; above at any time before 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Conditions to the Exchange Offer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any other provision of this prospectus, with respect to the Exchange Offer, we will not be obligated to (i)&nbsp;accept for
exchange any validly tendered Original Notes or (ii)&nbsp;issue any Exchange Notes in exchange for validly tendered Original Notes or complete the Exchange Offer, if at or prior to the expiration date: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">there is threatened, instituted or pending any action or proceeding before, or any injunction, order or decree
issued by, any court or governmental agency or other governmental regulatory or administrative agency or commission that might materially impair our ability to proceed with the Exchange Offer; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Exchange Offer or the making of any exchange by a holder of Original Notes would violate applicable law or
any applicable interpretation of the SEC staff. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we will not accept for exchange any Original Notes
tendered, and no Exchange Notes will be issued in exchange for any Original Notes, if any stop order is threatened by the SEC or in effect relating to the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part or the qualification of the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. We are required to use our commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement at the earliest possible
time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum amount of Original Notes being tendered. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Exchange Agent </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have appointed U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as the Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer. You should direct all executed
letters of transmittal to the Exchange Agent at the address indicated below. You should direct questions and requests for assistance, and requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal to the Exchange Agent
addressed as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">U.S. Bank Trust Company,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">National Association</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Attn:
Specialized Finance</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">60 Livingston <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Ave&#8212;EP-MN-WS2N</FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">St. Paul, MN 55107-2292</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">U.S.&nbsp;Bank&nbsp;Trust&nbsp;Company,&nbsp;National Association</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Attn: Specialized Finance</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">111
Fillmore Ave E</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">St. Paul, MN 55107-1402</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-934-6802</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">cts.specfinance@usbank.com</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All other questions should be addressed to Verizon Communications Inc., One Verizon Way, Basking Ridge, New
Jersey 07920, Attention: Fixed Income Investor Relations. If you deliver the letter of transmittal to an address other than any address for the Exchange Agent indicated above, then your delivery or transmission will not constitute a valid delivery
of the letter of transmittal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Fees and Expenses </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will not make any payment to brokers, dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the Exchange Offer. We have agreed to pay all expenses
incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any broker-dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Original Notes and the Exchange Notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act. The cash expenses to be incurred in connection with the Exchange Offer, including <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses for the Exchange Agent, will be paid
by us. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Transfer Taxes </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will pay
any transfer taxes in connection with the tender of Original Notes in the Exchange Offer unless you instruct us to register Exchange Notes in the name of, or request that Original Notes not tendered or not accepted in the Exchange Offer be returned
to, a person other than the tendering registered holder. In those cases, you will be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer taxes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Accounting Treatment </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Notes
will be recorded at the same carrying value as the Original Notes as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes upon the completion of the Exchange
Offer. Payments made to other third parties will be expensed as incurred in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Consequences of
Exchanging or Failing to Exchange the Original Notes </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders of Original Notes that do not exchange their Original Notes for Exchange
Notes under the Exchange Offer will remain subject to the restrictions on transfer of such Original Notes as set forth in the legend printed on the global certificates representing the Original Notes as a consequence of the issuance of the Original
Notes pursuant to exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. In general, you may not offer or sell the Original Notes unless they are registered under
the Securities Act, transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the </P>
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Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or transferred in a transaction not subject to the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except as required by the Registration
Rights Agreement, we do not intend to register resales of the Original Notes under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under existing interpretations of
the Securities Act by the SEC staff contained in several <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">no-action</FONT> letters to third parties, and subject to the immediately following sentence, we believe the Exchange Notes would generally be freely
transferable by holders other than our affiliates after the Exchange Offer without further registration under the Securities Act, subject to certain representations required to be made by each holder of Exchange Notes, as set forth below. However,
any holder of Original Notes that is one of our &#8220;affiliates&#8221; (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that does not comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable
in connection with the resale of the Exchange Notes or that intends to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes, or any broker-dealer that purchased any of the Original Notes from us or any of our
affiliates for resale pursuant to Rule&nbsp;144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">will not be able to rely on the interpretations of the SEC staff; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">will not be able to tender its Original Notes of the Exchange Offer; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with
any sale or transfer of Original Notes unless such sale or transfer is made pursuant to an exemption from such requirements. See &#8220;Plan of Distribution.&#8221; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not intend to seek our own interpretation from the SEC staff regarding the Exchange Offer, and there can be no assurance that the SEC
staff would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Notes as it has in other interpretations to other parties, although we have no reason to believe otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Registration Rights </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following
description of the Registration Rights Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available upon request to us
at our address set forth under &#8220;Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.&#8221; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On June&nbsp;25, 2025, we entered into the
Registration Rights Agreement with the dealer managers of the private exchange offers pursuant to which we agreed, for the benefit of the holders of the Original Notes, at our cost, to: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">file, not later than 120 days after the settlement date for the Original Notes, a registration statement (the
&#8220;Exchange Offer Registration Statement&#8221;) with respect to a registered offer (the &#8220;Registered Exchange Offer&#8221;) to exchange Original Notes for a new series of notes (the &#8220;Registered Notes&#8221;) having terms identical in
all material respects to the Original Notes, except that the Registered Notes will not contain transfer restrictions or be subject to any increase in annual interest rate; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared
effective within 210 days of the settlement date for the Original Notes; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">use our commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Registered Exchange Offer within 250 days of the
settlement date for the Original Notes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus is a part of a registration statement we have filed with the
SEC. Promptly after this registration statement has been declared effective, we will commence the Registered Exchange Offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the
Original Notes held by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-affiliates</FONT> of ours are not freely tradable pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act and the applicable interpretations of the SEC and: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">due to a change in law or in applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC, we determine upon the advice of
outside counsel that we are not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any holder of Original Notes notifies us in writing not more than 20 days after completion of the Registered
Exchange Offer that it is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer (other than due to its status as a broker-dealer); or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">for any other reason, the Registered Exchange Offer is not completed within 250 days after the settlement date
for the Original Notes, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">then we will, at our cost: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">as promptly as practicable, but not more than 60 days after we are so required or requested pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, file with the SEC a shelf registration statement covering resales of the Original Notes (the &#8220;Shelf Registration Statement&#8221;); </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">use our reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act within 150 days after we are so required or requested; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">use our reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and
amended as required by the Securities Act until the earlier of the date that is two years after the settlement date for the Original Notes or the time that all Original Notes registered for resale under the Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or are freely tradable by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-affiliates</FONT> of ours pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act and the applicable interpretations of the SEC.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For each relevant holder of Original Notes covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, we will: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">provide copies of the prospectus that is part of the Shelf Registration Statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">notify each such holder when the Shelf Registration Statement has been filed and when it has become effective;
and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">take certain other actions as are required to permit unrestricted resales of the Original Notes.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A holder that sells Original Notes pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement generally will be required to be named
as a selling security holder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with such sales and will be bound by the provisions
of the Registration Rights Agreement that are applicable to such holder, including certain indemnification obligations. In addition, a holder of Original Notes will be required to deliver information to be used in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement in order to have that holder&#8217;s Original Notes included in the Shelf Registration Statement and to benefit from the provisions set forth in the following paragraph. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the date specified for such
filing in the Registration Rights Agreement and we have not determined upon advice of outside counsel that due to a change in law or in applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC that we are not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange
Offer as provided in the first bullet point of the third preceding paragraph; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registered Exchange Offer is not completed within 250 days of the settlement date for the Original Notes and
we have not determined upon the advice of outside counsel that due to a change in law or in applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC that we are not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as provided in the first bullet point of
the third preceding paragraph; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Shelf Registration Statement, if applicable, is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date
specified in the Registration Rights Agreement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective but ceases to be effective or usable prior
to the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (unless such ineffectiveness or inability to use the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is cured within the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">250-day</FONT> period after the settlement date for
the Original Notes); or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Shelf Registration Statement, if applicable, has been declared effective but ceases to be effective or usable
for a period of time that exceeds 120 days in the aggregate in any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12-month</FONT> period in which it is required to be effective under the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in this bullet
point and any of the previous four bullet points we refer to as a &#8220;Registration Default&#8221;), </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">then we will pay additional
interest as liquidated damages to the holders of the Original Notes affected thereby, and that additional interest will accrue on the principal amount of the Original Notes affected thereby, in addition to the stated interest on the Original Notes,
from and including the date on which any Registration Default shall occur to, but not including, the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. Additional interest will accrue at a rate of 0.25%&nbsp;per annum while one or more
Registration Defaults is continuing and will be payable at the same time, to the same persons and in the same manner as ordinary interest. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of additional interest on the Original Notes will cease and the interest rate
will revert to the original rate on the Original Notes. Any additional interest will constitute liquidated damages and will be the exclusive remedy, monetary or otherwise, available to any holder of Original Notes with respect to any Registration
Default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registration Rights Agreement provides that a holder of Original Notes is deemed to have agreed to be bound by the
provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement whether or not the holder has signed the Registration Rights Agreement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>General </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Notes will be
issued under the Indenture, and will be issued in book-entry form and shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture provides for the issuance from time to time of debt securities in an unlimited principal amount and in an unlimited number of
series. The Exchange Notes will be unsecured and will rank equally with all of our senior unsecured debt. The Exchange Notes will be a series of debt securities under the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following summary sets forth certain terms and provisions of the Exchange Notes and the Indenture, does not purport to be complete and is
subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the terms and provisions of the Exchange Notes and the Indenture, including the definitions therein, copies of which are available as set forth under &#8220;Where You Can Find More
Information.&#8221; Because the following is only a summary, it does not contain all of the information that you may find useful in evaluating an investment in the Exchange Notes. We urge you to read the Indenture and the Exchange Notes because
they, and not this description, define your rights as holders of the Exchange Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Maturity and Interest </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Notes will mature on July&nbsp;2, 2037. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will pay interest on the Exchange Notes at the rate of 5.401% per annum on January&nbsp;2 of each year to holders of record at the close of
business on the immediately preceding December&nbsp;18 and on July&nbsp;2 of each year to holders of record at the close of business on the immediately preceding June 17. If interest or principal on the Exchange Notes is payable on a Saturday,
Sunday or any other day when banks are not open for business in The City of New York, we will make the payment on such Exchange Notes on the next succeeding business day, and no interest will accrue as a result of the delay in payment. The first
interest payment date on the Exchange Notes is July&nbsp;2, 2026. Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from January&nbsp;2, 2026. Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue on the basis of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year
consisting of 12 months of 30 days. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Additional Notes of the Same Series </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may issue additional debt securities under the Indenture having the same terms in all respects as the Exchange Notes offered hereby. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form and Denomination </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Notes
will be issued only in book-entry form, which means that the Exchange Notes will be represented by one or more permanent global securities registered in the name of DTC, or its nominee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC will keep a computerized record of its participants (for example, your broker) whose clients have purchased Exchange Notes. Each
participant will then keep a record of its clients who purchased the Exchange Notes. A global security may not be transferred, except that DTC, its nominees and their successors may transfer an entire global security to one another. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will wire principal and interest payments to DTC&#8217;s nominee. We and the Trustee will treat DTC&#8217;s nominee as the owner of the
global securities for all purposes. Accordingly, neither we nor the Trustee will have any direct responsibility or liability to pay amounts due on the Exchange Notes to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities. </P>
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interests in the global securities to individual holders of Exchange Notes. Beneficial interests in global securities will be shown on, and transfers of global securities will be made only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants.
Exchange Notes represented by a global security will be exchangeable for Exchange Notes in certificated form with the same terms in authorized denominations only if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under applicable law and a successor depository is not appointed by
us within 90 days; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we instruct the Trustee that the global security is exchangeable for debt securities in certificated form.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may hold interests in the Exchange Notes directly through DTC, Euroclear Bank, SA/NV, commonly known as Euroclear,
or Clearstream Banking<I>, soci&eacute;t&eacute; anonyme</I>, Luxembourg, commonly known as Clearstream, if you are a participant in any of these clearing systems, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in these systems. Links
have been established among DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear to facilitate the issuance of the Exchange Notes and cross-market transfers of the Exchange Notes associated with secondary market trading. DTC is linked indirectly to Clearstream and
Euroclear through the depositary accounts of their respective U.S. depositaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Beneficial interests in the Exchange Notes may be held
in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. Exchange Notes in book-entry form that can be exchanged for certificated notes under the circumstances described above will be exchanged only for certificated
notes issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Redemption </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have the option to redeem the Exchange Notes on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days&#8217; notice, in whole or in part, </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">at any time prior to April&nbsp;2, 2037 (three months prior to maturity) (the &#8220;Par Call Date&#8221;), at
a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the notes being
redeemed discounted to the redemption date (assuming the notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">360-day</FONT> year consisting of twelve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT>
months) at the Treasury Rate <I>plus</I> 15 basis points, less interest accrued to the date of redemption; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date; or </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">at any time on or after the Par Call Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the
notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#8220;Treasury
Rate&#8221; means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by us in accordance with the following two paragraphs. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Treasury Rate shall be determined by us after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding
the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as &#8220;Selected
Interest Rates (Daily)&#8212;H.15&#8221; (or any successor </P>
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designation or publication) (&#8220;H.15&#8221;) under the caption &#8220;U.S. government securities&#8211;Treasury constant maturities&#8211;Nominal&#8221; (or any successor caption or heading).
In determining the Treasury Rate, we shall select, as applicable: (1)&nbsp;the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the &#8220;Remaining Life&#8221;); or
(2)&nbsp;if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields &#8211; one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the
Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life &#8211; and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal
places; or (3)&nbsp;if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the
applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 or any successor designation or publication is no longer published, we shall
calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding the redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing
on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally
distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, we shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If
there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, we shall select from among these two or more United States
Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the calculation date. In
determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage
of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the calculation date of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the notes or
portions thereof called for redemption. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we may, at any time, purchase all or some of the Exchange Notes by tender, in the
open market or by private agreement, subject to applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Liens on Assets </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exchange Notes will not be secured. However, if at any time we mortgage, pledge or subject to any lien any of our property or assets, the
Indenture requires us to secure the outstanding debt securities issued under the Indenture, including the Exchange Notes, equally and ratably with the debt or obligations secured by such mortgage, pledge or lien for as long as such debt or
obligations remain secured. Exceptions to this requirement include the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">purchase-money mortgages or liens; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">liens on any property or asset that existed at the time when we acquired that property or asset;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any deposit or pledge to secure public or statutory obligations; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any deposit or pledge with any governmental agency required to qualify us to conduct any part of our business, to
entitle us to maintain self-insurance or to obtain the benefits of any law relating to workmen&#8217;s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any deposit or pledge with any court, board, commission or governmental agency as security for the proper conduct
of any proceeding before it. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture does not prevent any of our affiliates from mortgaging, pledging or
subjecting to any lien, any property or asset, even if the affiliate acquired that property or asset from us. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may issue or assume an
unlimited amount of debt under the Indenture. As a result, the Indenture does not prevent us from significantly increasing our unsecured debt levels, which may negatively affect the resale of the Exchange Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Consolidation, Merger or Sale </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Indenture provides that we may not merge with another company or sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our property to another company unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the successor corporation expressly assumes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">payment of principal, interest and any premium on the debt securities issued under the Indenture; and
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">performance and observance of all covenants and conditions in the Indenture; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">after giving effect to the transaction, there is no default under the Indenture; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we have delivered to the Trustee an officers&#8217; certificate and opinion of counsel stating that such
transaction complies with the conditions set forth in the Indenture; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if as a result of the transaction, our property would become subject to a lien that would not be permitted by the
asset lien restriction, we secure the Exchange Notes equally and ratably with, or prior to, all indebtedness secured by that lien. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Events of Default </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An &#8220;event of
default&#8221; means, for any series of debt securities issued under the Indenture, any of the following: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">failure to pay interest on that series of debt securities for 90 days after payment is due;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">failure to pay principal or any premium on that series of debt securities when due; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">failure to perform any other covenant relating to that series of debt securities for 90 days after notice to us;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any other event of default provided for in the supplement to the Indenture, board resolution or officers&#8217;
certificate designating the specific terms of such series of debt securities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An event of default for a particular
series of debt securities issued under the Indenture does not necessarily impact any other series of debt securities issued under the Indenture. If an event of default for any series of debt securities issued under the Indenture occurs and
continues, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the debt securities of such series may declare the entire principal of all the debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. If this
happens, subject to certain conditions, the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the debt securities of that series can rescind the declaration if there has been deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest, principal and any premium. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The holders of more than 50% of the outstanding principal amount of any series of the debt
securities issued under the Indenture may, on behalf of the holders of all of the debt securities of that series, control any proceedings resulting from an event of default or waive any past default except a default in the payment of principal,
interest or any premium. We are required to file an annual certificate with the Trustee stating whether we are in compliance with all of the conditions and covenants under the Indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Changes to the Indenture </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture
may be changed with the consent of holders owning more than 50% of the principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series affected by the change. However, we may not change your principal or interest payment terms or the percentage
required to change other terms of the Indenture, without your consent and the consent of others similarly affected. We may enter into supplemental indentures for other specified purposes, including the creation of any new series of debt securities,
without the consent of any holder of debt securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Concerning the Trustee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Within 90 days after a default occurs with respect to a particular series of debt securities, the Trustee must notify the holders of the debt
securities of such series of all defaults known to the Trustee if we have not remedied them (default is defined to mean any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an event of default with respect to such series of
debt securities as specified above under &#8220;&#8212;Events of Default&#8221;). If a default described above in the third bullet point under &#8220;&#8212;Events of Default&#8221; occurs, the Trustee will not give notice to the holders of the
series until at least 60 days after the occurrence of that default. The Trustee may withhold notice to the holders of the debt securities of any default (except in the payment of principal, interest or any premium) if it in good faith believes that
withholding this notice is in the interest of the holders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prior to an event of default, the Trustee is required to perform only the
specific duties stated in the Indenture, and after an event of default, must exercise the same degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. The Trustee is not required to take any action permitted
by the Indenture at the request of holders of the debt securities, unless those holders protect the Trustee against costs, expenses and liabilities. The Trustee is not required to spend its own funds or become financially liable when performing its
duties if it reasonably believes that it will not be adequately protected financially. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trustee and its affiliates have commercial
banking relationships with us and some of our affiliates and serves as trustee or paying agent under indentures relating to debt securities issued by us and some of our affiliates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Paying Agent and Registrar </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Trustee
will initially act as paying agent and registrar. We may change the paying agent or registrar without prior notice to the holders of the Exchange Notes, and we may act as paying agent or registrar, although we currently have no plans to do so. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Defeasance </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture permits us to
discharge or defease certain of our obligations on any series of debt securities at any time. We may defease such obligations relating to a series of debt securities by depositing with the Trustee sufficient cash or government securities to pay all
sums due on that series of debt securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Governing Law </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Indenture is, and the Exchange Notes will be, governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Book-Entry Procedures for the Global Notes </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The descriptions of the operations and procedures of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear described below are provided solely as a matter of
convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of these settlement systems and are subject to change by them from time to time. Neither we, the Trustee, nor any paying agent takes any responsibility for these operations
or procedures, and investors are urged to contact the relevant system or its participants directly to discuss these matters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The clearing
systems have advised us as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>DTC </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a &#8220;banking organization&#8221; within the meaning of the
New York Banking Law, a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, a &#8220;clearing corporation&#8221; within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a &#8220;clearing agency&#8221; registered under Section&nbsp;17A of the Exchange
Act. DTC holds securities that its participants, known as DTC participants, deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement among DTC participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through computerized
book-entry transfers and pledges between DTC participants&#8217; accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC participants include both U.S. and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> securities
brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC&#8217;s book-entry system is also
used by other organizations such as U.S. and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC
participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules that apply to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon receipt of
any payment of principal or interest, DTC will credit DTC participants&#8217; accounts on the payment date according to such participants&#8217; respective holdings of beneficial interests in the Global Notes as shown on DTC&#8217;s records. In
addition, it is DTC&#8217;s current practice to assign any consenting or voting rights to DTC participants whose accounts are credited with securities on a record date, by using an omnibus proxy. Payments by DTC participants to owners of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes, and voting by DTC participants, will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices between the DTC participants and owners of beneficial interests, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of
customers registered in &#8220;street name.&#8221; However, these payments will be the responsibility of the DTC participants and not of DTC, the Trustee, the Exchange Agent, any paying agent, if applicable, or us. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Clearstream </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Clearstream is a <I>soci&eacute;t&eacute; anonyme</I> incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a professional depositary. Clearstream holds
securities for its participating organizations, known as Clearstream participants, and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of
Clearstream participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Clearstream provides to Clearstream participants, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally
traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. As a registered bank in Luxembourg, Clearstream is subject to regulation by the Commission for the Supervision of the
Financial Sector (<I>Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier</I>). Clearstream participants are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing
corporations and certain other organizations. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, </P>
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dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Clearstream participant either directly or indirectly. Clearstream has established an electronic bridge
with Euroclear to facilitate settlement of trades between Clearstream and Euroclear. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Distributions with respect to interests in the
Global Notes held beneficially through Clearstream will be credited to cash accounts of Clearstream participants in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Clearstream. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Euroclear </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Euroclear was created in 1968 to hold securities for its participants, known as Euroclear participants, and to clear and settle transactions
between Euroclear participants and between Euroclear participants and participants of certain other securities intermediaries through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of
certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear is owned by Euroclear Holding SA, a societe anonyme incorporated in Belgium, and operated through a license agreement by Euroclear Bank SA/NV, known as
the Euroclear operator. The Euroclear operator provides Euroclear participants, among other things, with safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement, securities lending and borrowing and related services. Euroclear participants include
banks (including central banks), securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indirect access to
Euroclear is also available to others that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Euroclear operator is a Belgian bank regulated by the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority and is overseen as the operator of
a securities settlement system by the National Bank of Belgium. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear
operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear, any supplementary terms and conditions, the related Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System, other applicable Euroclear documentation and applicable Belgian law,
collectively referred to as the &#8220;terms and conditions.&#8221; The terms and conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear, and receipts of payments with respect to
securities in Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear operator acts under the terms and conditions only on behalf of
Euroclear participants, and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Distributions with
respect to Global Notes held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with the terms and conditions, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Euroclear. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Global Clearance and Settlement Procedures </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect that the Exchange Notes will trade in DTC&#8217;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Same-Day</FONT> Funds Settlement System, and any
permitted secondary market trading activity in the Exchange Notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">same-day</FONT> funds. Secondary market trading between DTC participants will occur in accordance
with DTC rules. Secondary market trading between Clearstream participants and/or Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear and will be settled
using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">same-day</FONT> funds. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cross-market
transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC participants, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC rules on
behalf of the applicable European international clearing system by its U.S. depositary; however, these cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to such European </P>
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international clearing system by the counterparty in that system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The European international
clearing system will, if a transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its U.S. depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant Global Notes in DTC,
and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for settlement in DTC. Clearstream participants and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to the respective U.S. depositary for Clearstream or Euroclear.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because of time-zone differences, credits of Global Notes received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC
participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and dated the business day following the DTC settlement date. The credits or any transactions in the Global Notes settled during this processing will be reported to the
Clearstream or Euroclear participants on the same business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of the Global Notes by or through a Clearstream participant or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be
received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear are expected to follow these procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global
Notes among participants of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear, they will be under no obligation to perform or continue to perform these procedures, and these procedures may be changed or discontinued at any time by any of them. Neither we, the Trustee,
the Exchange Agent nor any paying agent, if applicable, will have any responsibility for the performance of DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and
procedures governing their operations. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to you if you exchange Original Notes for Exchange Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer. This summary is limited to considerations for exchanging holders of Original Notes that have held the Original Notes, and will hold the Exchange Notes, as capital assets, and that acquire Exchange Notes pursuant to
the Exchange Offer. This summary does not discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular beneficial owner of Original Notes or to beneficial owners of Original Notes that may be subject to special tax rules,
including a bank, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tax-exempt</FONT> entity, an insurance company, a dealer in securities or currencies, a trader in securities electing to mark to market, an entity taxed as a partnership or partners therein, a
&#8220;controlled foreign corporation&#8221; or &#8220;passive foreign investment company,&#8221; an individual or an entity taxed as an individual, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-resident</FONT> alien individual present in the United States
for 183 days or more during the taxable year, a person that holds Original Notes or will hold Exchange Notes as a position in a &#8220;straddle&#8221; or conversion transaction, or as part of a &#8220;synthetic security&#8221; or other integrated
financial transaction, or a U.S. holder (as defined below) that has a &#8220;functional currency&#8221; other than the U.S. dollar. In addition, this summary does not address the Medicare tax on net investment income, alternative minimum tax
consequences, consequences arising under the special timing rules prescribed under section 451(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, or any state, local, or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> tax considerations. You should consult your own
tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal, state, local, and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> income and other tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This discussion is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;), U.S. Treasury regulations, published
administrative interpretations of the Internal Revenue Service (the &#8220;IRS&#8221;) and judicial decisions, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this discussion, you are a &#8220;U.S. holder&#8221; if you are a beneficial owner of Notes that is a citizen or resident of
the United States or a domestic corporation or otherwise subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in respect of the Original Notes. You are a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#8220;Non-U.S.</FONT> holder&#8221; if you are a
beneficial owner of Notes that is not a U.S. holder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Tax Consequences to Holders Who Participate in the Exchange Offer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An exchange of Original Notes for Exchange Notes will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Your initial tax basis in
the Exchange Notes will equal your tax basis in the Original Notes, and your holding period for the Exchange Notes will include your holding period for the Original Notes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders of Holding and Disposing of the Exchange Notes </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Payments of Interest </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you are a U.S.
holder, payments of stated interest on the Notes will be taxable to you as ordinary interest income at the time that such payments are accrued or are received, in accordance with your method of tax accounting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Amortizable Bond Premium </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If your initial
tax basis in a Note exceeds the stated principal amount of your Note, then you will be considered to have amortizable bond premium equal to such excess. You may elect to amortize this premium using a constant yield method over the term of the Note.
If you elect to amortize bond premium, you may offset each interest payment on the Note by the portion of the bond premium allocable to the payment and must reduce your tax basis in the Note by the amount of the premium so amortized. The tax
treatment of any Original Notes acquired at a premium will not change as a result of the Exchange Offer, and the Exchange Notes for which such Original Notes are exchanged will be subject to the rules described in this paragraph. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If your initial tax basis in a Note is less than the stated principal amount of the Note (subject to a de minimis exception), then you will be
treated as having acquired that Note at a market discount. You are required to treat any gain on the sale, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of a Note as ordinary income to the extent of any accrued market discount on the Note at the
time of the disposition, unless you have previously included such market discount in income pursuant to an election by you to include the market discount in income as it accrues. If you dispose of a Note in certain nontaxable transactions, a
portion, and potentially all, accrued market discount will be includible as ordinary income to you as if you had sold the Note in a taxable transaction at its fair market value at the time of such disposition. The tax treatment of any Original Notes
acquired with market discount will not change as a result of the Exchange Offer, and the Exchange Notes for which such Original Notes are exchanged will be subject to the rules described in this paragraph. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Sale, Exchange, Redemption or Other Disposition of the Exchange Notes </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as described above with respect to accrued market discount, upon the disposition of an Exchange Note by sale, exchange, redemption or
otherwise, you generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between (i)&nbsp;the amount realized on the disposition (other than amounts attributable to accrued interest not previously recognized as income, which will be
taxed as such) and (ii)&nbsp;your adjusted tax basis in the Exchange Note. Your adjusted tax basis in an Exchange Note will equal your tax basis in the Original Note you exchanged for the Exchange Note, increased by market discount, if any, taken
into account by you and reduced by any amortizable bond premium previously amortized by you, and any cash payments previously made on the Exchange Note other than stated interest on the Exchange Note. Any capital gain or loss will be long-term
capital gain or loss if you hold the Exchange Notes for more than one year. Certain <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-corporate</FONT> U.S. holders are eligible for preferential rates of U.S. federal income taxation in respect of long-term
capital gains. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Issue Price of the Exchange Notes </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Since an exchange of Original Notes for Exchange Notes is not a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the adjusted issue price of
the Exchange Notes will equal the adjusted issue price of the Original Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Tax Consequences to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT>
Holders of Holding and Disposing of the Exchange Notes </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except in the circumstances described below under &#8220;&#8212;Backup
Withholding and Information Reporting&#8221; and &#8220;&#8212;FATCA Withholding,&#8221; if you are a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> holder, you will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain on the sale,
exchange or other taxable disposition of Exchange Notes, and payments of interest on the Exchange Notes will be treated as ordinary interest income and will generally not be subject to tax provided that (i)&nbsp;you do not actually or constructively
own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock, (ii)&nbsp;you are not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us (actually or constructively) through stock ownership and (iii)&nbsp;you provide a
statement signed under penalties of perjury that includes your name and address and certifies that you are a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> holder in compliance with applicable requirements, generally made, under current
procedures, on IRS <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;W-8BEN</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8BEN-E</FONT></FONT> (or satisfy certain documentary evidence requirements for establishing that you
are a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> holder). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Backup Withholding and Information Reporting </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you are a U.S. holder that is not a corporation or other exempt recipient, information returns will be filed with the IRS in connection with
payments on the Exchange Notes made to you. You generally will not be subject to U.S. backup withholding tax in connection with the Exchange Offer, or on payments on the Exchange Notes, if you provide a correct taxpayer identification number,
certify as to no loss of exemption from backup withholding and otherwise comply with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. You may also be subject to information reporting and backup withholding requirements with respect to the
proceeds from a sale or other </P>
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taxable disposition of the Exchange Notes. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> holders may be required to comply with applicable certification procedures to establish that they are <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> holders in order to avoid the application of information reporting requirements and backup withholding tax. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding
rules may be refunded or credited against the holder&#8217;s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FATCA Withholding </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the U.S. tax
rules known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (&#8220;FATCA&#8221;), a holder of the Exchange Notes will generally be subject to 30% U.S. withholding tax on interest payments made on the Exchange Notes if the holder is not FATCA compliant,
or holds its Exchange Notes through a foreign financial institution that is not FATCA compliant. In order to be treated as FATCA compliant, a holder must provide certain documentation containing information about its identity (usually an IRS Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8BEN</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8BEN-E),</FONT></FONT> its FATCA status, and if required, its direct and indirect U.S. owners. The adoption of, or implementation of, an
intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country, or U.S. Treasury regulations, may modify these requirements. You should consult your own tax advisor on how these rules may apply to your investment in the
Exchange Notes. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on existing interpretations of the Securities Act by the SEC staff set forth in several
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">no-action</FONT> letters to third parties (including Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May&nbsp;13, 1988), Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. Incorporated (available June&nbsp;5, 1991), <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">K-111</FONT> Communications Corporation (available May&nbsp;14, 1993) and Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling (available July&nbsp;2, 1993)), and subject to the immediately following sentence, we believe Exchange Notes issued
under the Exchange Offer in exchange for Original Notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by the holders thereof (other than holders that are broker-dealers) without further compliance with the registration and prospectus
delivery provisions of the Securities Act. However, any holder of Original Notes that intends to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the Exchange Notes or that is an affiliate of ours that does not comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with the resale of the Exchange Notes, or any broker-dealer that purchased any of the Original Notes from us or any of our affiliates for
resale pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act, (i)&nbsp;will not be able to rely on the interpretations of the SEC staff set forth in the above-mentioned <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">no-action</FONT>
letters, (ii)&nbsp;will not be entitled to tender its Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, and (iii)&nbsp;must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any sale or transfer of the
Original Notes unless such sale or transfer is made pursuant to an exemption from such requirements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each broker-dealer that receives
Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may
be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Original Notes where such Original Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that,
starting on the date this registration statement is declared effective and ending on the close of business 90 days after such date, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with
any such resale. In addition, until February&nbsp;22, 2026 (90 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver a prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Notes by broker-dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own
account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT></FONT> market, in negotiated transactions, through the
writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to
purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Notes that were
received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an &#8220;underwriter&#8221; within the meaning of the Securities Act and any
profit of any such resale of Exchange Notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will
deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an &#8220;underwriter&#8221; within the meaning of the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For a period of 90 days after the date this registration statement is declared effective, we shall promptly send additional copies of this
prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the letter of transmittal. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of
any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Original Notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The consolidated financial statements of Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) appearing in its Annual Report (Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K)</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, and the effectiveness of Verizon&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2024 have been audited by Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP,
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports thereon, included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports
given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx10567_14"></A>LEGAL MATTERS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William L. Horton, Jr., Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Verizon, is passing upon the validity of the
Exchange Notes for us. As of October&nbsp;15, 2025, Mr.&nbsp;Horton beneficially owned, or had the right to acquire, an aggregate of less than 0.01% of the shares of Verizon common stock. </P>
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</DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="font-size:24pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" ALIGN="center">


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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Verizon Communications Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offer to Exchange </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$2,161,606,000 aggregate principal amount of </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>5.401% Notes due 2037 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>for </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>$2,161,606,000
aggregate principal amount of </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>5.401% Notes due 2037 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>that have been registered under the Securities Act </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:24pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:24pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>National Association</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Attn: Specialized Finance</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>60 Livingston <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Ave&#8212;EP-MN-WS2N</FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>St. Paul, MN 55107-2292</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Attn: Specialized Finance</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>111 Fillmore Ave E</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>St.
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Requests for additional copies of this prospectus and the letter of transmittal may be directed to the
Exchange Agent at the address or telephone number set forth above. Beneficial owners also may contact their custodian for assistance concerning the Exchange Offer. </P>
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