AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Verizon (VZ)

Verizon closes $4 billion junior subordinated notes sale due 2056 and 2058

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 financing Written later

Verizon closed the sale of $4 billion of junior subordinated notes on May 14, 2026, split evenly between two series. The filing is administrative: it files the note forms as exhibits to an existing Form S-3 shelf registration effective August 29, 2025.

Key points

  • $2 billion of 6.050% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2058 sold
  • $2 billion of 6.200% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 sold
  • Notes sold under purchase agreement with BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and others

The filing

CompanyVerizon (VZ)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 14, 2026, 4:21 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-224113

Items reported: 8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:16 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 14, 2026.

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