Verizon announces extension of early participation date and early results of its private exchange offers and consent solicitations for 11 series of notes open to certain investors

NEW YORK, June 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced that the early participation date has been extended until 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on June 16, 2026 (the “Extended Early Participation Date”), with respect to its previously announced (i) offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”), on behalf of certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, any and all of the outstanding series of debt securities listed below (the “Old Notes”) for specified series of newly issued notes of Verizon (collectively, the “New Notes”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Statement dated May 11, 2026 (the “Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Statement” and, together with the accompanying letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and eligibility letter, the “Exchange Offer Documents”) and (ii) solicitations of consents (the “Consent Solicitations”), on behalf of such subsidiaries, to the proposed amendments to the indentures governing the Old Notes (the “Existing Indentures”) in order to, among other things, eliminate certain of the restrictive covenants and other provisions contained therein, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer Documents. Accordingly, the Extended Early Participation Date will occur at the same time the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are scheduled to expire. Eligible Holders (as defined below) who validly tender their Old Notes at or prior to the Extended Early Participation Date and whose Old Notes are accepted by Verizon will be eligible to receive the Total Consideration (as defined in the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Statement), which includes the Early Participation Payment (as defined in the Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Statement). The deadline to validly withdraw tenders (and validly revoke the related consents) of Old Notes was not modified by Verizon,