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07/05/2015 15:20

Verizon Communications Reports on Preliminary Shareholder Vote Results at 2015
Annual Meeting

MINNEAPOLIS, May 7, 2015 -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) 
has announced preliminary results of the shareholder vote at its
annual meeting here today. The company reported that a substantial majority of
the shareholders approved the following management proposals:

  * Election of each of Verizon's 11 directors standing for election to a
    one-year term.
  * Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young as the company's
    independent registered public accounting firm.
  * Approval of the compensation of the company's executive officers as
    described in the 2015 proxy statement.

All five shareholder proposals were defeated: network neutrality report,
political spending report, severance approval policy, stock retention policy
and shareholder right to act by written consent.

Vote tallies are considered preliminary until the final results are tabulated
and certified by independent election inspectors. The final results will be
posted on Verizon's website at www.verizon.com.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a
global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline
communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale
customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network,
with 108.6 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon also provides
converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's
most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions
to customers worldwide. A Dow 30 company with more than $127 billion in 2014
revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 176,200. For more information,
visit www.verizon.com/news/.

VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and
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SOURCE  Verizon Communications Inc.


CONTACT:  Bob Varettoni, 917-734-4156 (cell), robert.a.varettoni@verizon.com




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