FWP

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-190954

Final Term Sheet

January 30, 2014

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

$500,000,000 5.90% Notes due 2054

 

Issuer:   Verizon Communications Inc. (the “Company”)
Title of Securities:   5.90% Notes due 2054 (the “Notes”)
Trade Date:   January 30, 2014
Settlement Date (T+5):   February 6, 2014
Maturity Date:   February 15, 2054
Aggregate Principal Amount
Offered:
  $500,000,000
Over-allotment Option:   None
Price to Public (Issue Price):   $25.00 per Note plus accrued interest, if any, from February 6, 2014
Underwriting Discount:  

$0.7875 per Note for retail orders; $12,600,000 total

$0.5000 per Note for institutional orders; $2,000,000 total

Price to Verizon:   97.080%
Interest Rate:   5.90% per annum
Interest Payment Dates:   Quarterly on each February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2014
Denominations:   Minimum of $25 and integral multiples thereof
Optional Redemption:   Not redeemable prior to February 15, 2019. On or after February 15, 2019 the Notes will be redeemable on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice given as provided in the Indenture, as a whole or in part, at the option of the Company at 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption.
CUSIP / ISIN:   92343V 302 / US92343V3024
Representatives:  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC


Allocation:

 

     Principal
Amount of
Notes
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

   $ 118,333,350   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     118,333,325   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     118,333,325   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     20,000,000   

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

     15,000,000   

Lebenthal & Co., LLC

     15,000,000   

Loop Capital Markets LLC

     15,000,000   

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

     15,000,000   

Barclays Capital Inc.

     5,000,000   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     5,000,000   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     5,000,000   

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

     5,000,000   

Blaylock Robert Van, LLC

     5,000,000   

C.L. King & Associates, Inc.

     5,000,000   

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

     5,000,000   

Guzman & Company

     5,000,000   

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

     5,000,000   

Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.

     5,000,000   

Mischler Financial Group, Inc.

     5,000,000   

MFR Securities, Inc.

     5,000,000   

Great Pacific Securities

     5,000,000   
  

 

 

 
   $ 500,000,000   
  

 

 

 

 

Reference Document:

Prospectus Supplement, subject to completion, dated January 30, 2014; Prospectus dated January 30, 2014.

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