UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 23-2259884 | |
| (State of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 140 West Street New York, New York |
10007 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class to be so Registered |
Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is to be Registered | |
| 2.375% Notes due 2022 3.25% Notes due 2026 4.75% Notes due 2034 |
New York Stock Exchange |
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. x
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ¨
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-190954 (if applicable)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of class)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.
Verizon Communications Inc. (the “Company”) hereby incorporates by reference the description of its securities to be registered hereunder contained in the Prospectus dated February 5, 2014 under “Description of the Debt Securities” and in the Prospectus Supplement dated February 5, 2014, under “Description of the Notes,” filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 6, 2014 under Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-190954) previously filed with the Commission under the Act.
Item 2. Exhibits.
| 1. | Indenture between Verizon Communications Inc., both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of December 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Verizon Global Funding Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, Registration No. 333-64792, Exhibit 4.1). |
| 2. | First Supplemental Indenture between Verizon Communications Inc., both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of May 15, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Verizon Global Funding Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-67412, Exhibit 4.2). |
| 3. | Second Supplemental Indenture between Verizon Communications Inc., both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of September 29, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Verizon Communications Inc.’s Current Report of Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2006, Exhibit 4.1). |
| 4. | Third Supplemental Indenture between Verizon Communications Inc., both individually and as successor in interest to Verizon Global Funding Corp., and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association, formerly known as First Union National Bank, as Trustee, dated as of September 29, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Verizon Communications Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2006, Exhibit 4.2). |
| 5. | Form of Global Note representing the Company’s 2.375% Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Verizon Communications Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 12, 2014). |
| 6. | Form of Global Note representing the Company’s 3.25% Notes due 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Verizon Communication Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 12, 2014). |
| 7. | Form of Global Note representing the Company’s 4.75% Notes due 2034 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Verizon Communication Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 12, 2014). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
| Verizon Communications Inc. (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: February 12, 2014 |
By: | /s/ William L. Horton, Jr. | ||||
| William L. Horton, Jr. Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||