Verizon to repurchase debt securities


NEW YORK, May 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE:VZ) (NASDAQ:VZ) today announced that it has delivered a Notice of Repurchase with respect to its Floating Rate Notes due February 21, 2025 (CUSIP No. 92343V DB7; ISIN US92343VDB71).  The outstanding $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of such notes is expected to be repurchased on or before June 11, 2018.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) (Nasdaq:VZ), headquartered in New York City, generated $126 billion in 2017 revenues. The company operates America’s most reliable wireless network and the nation’s premier all-fiber network, and delivers integrated solutions to businesses worldwide. Its Oath subsidiary reaches about one billion people around the world with a dynamic house of media and technology brands.

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