Verizon Announces Expiration and Final Results of Exchange Offer

NEW YORK – Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ; LSE: VZC) today announced the expiration and final results of its previously announced private offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) up to all of Cellco Partnership’s and Verizon Wireless Capital LLC’s £600,000,000 outstanding aggregate principal amount of 8.875% Notes due December 18, 2018 (the “Existing Notes”) for Verizon’s new sterling-denominated 4.073% notes due 2024 (the “New Notes”) and an amount of cash.

Based on information provided by Lucid Issuer Services Limited, the exchange agent and information agent for the Exchange Offer, the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes validly tendered for exchange and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the expiration date for the Exchange Offer (11:59 p.m. (New York time) on June 25, 2014) was £554,190,000.00, of which £13,639,000.00 was validly tendered and not validly withdrawn after the early participation date (11:59 p.m. (New York time) on June 11, 2014).  All of such tendered Existing Notes have been accepted for exchange.

The final settlement date is expected to be June 27, 2014, and will apply to all Existing Notes validly tendered, and not validly withdrawn, after the early participation date, but at or prior to the expiration date, and accepted for exchange pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer. Verizon expects that it will issue £16,435,000.00 aggregate principal amount of New Notes, and will make a cash payment in the aggregate amount of £548,146.41, in satisfaction of the exchange price on such tendered Existing Notes (not including accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Notes, which will be payable by Verizon in addition to the exchange price, reduced to offset any entitlement to pre-issuance interest that is embedded in the New Notes to be issued on the final settlement date, as described in the confidential exchange offer memorandum, dated May 29, 2014 (the “Exchange Offer Memorandum”), for a total of £694,804,000.00 aggregate principal amount of New Notes, and cash payments in the aggregate amount of £22,295,396.10, in connection with the Exchange Offer (including the amount of New Notes previously issued, and the amount of the cash payments previously made, on the early settlement date of the Exchange Offer, but excluding accrued and unpaid interest).

The Exchange Offer was conducted by Verizon upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer Memorandum. The Exchange Offer was extended only (1) to holders of Existing Notes that are “Qualified Institutional Buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”), in a private transaction in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and (2) outside the United States, to holders of Existing Notes other than “U.S. persons” (as defined in Rule 902 under Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act) and who are not acquiring New Notes for the account or benefit of a U.S. person, in offshore transactions in compliance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, and who are “Non-U.S. qualified offerees” (as defined in the Exchange Offer Memorandum) (each of the foregoing, an “Eligible Holder”).

If and when issued, the New Notes will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or any state securities laws. Therefore, the New Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws.

The dealer managers for the Exchange Offer, including two minority and women-owned firms, were Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Banca IMI Securities Corp., BNP Paribas, Loop Capital Markets LLC and Lebenthal & Co., LLC.

This press release is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The Exchange Offer was made solely by the Exchange Offer Memorandum and only to such persons and in such jurisdictions as is permitted under applicable law.

This communication has not been approved by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “FSMA”). Accordingly, this communication is not being directed at persons within the United Kingdom save in circumstances where section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply.

In particular, this communication is only addressed to and directed at: (A) in any Member State of the European Economic Area that has implemented the Prospectus Directive (as defined below), qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive and (B) (i) persons that are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Financial Promotion Order”)) or within Article 43 of the Financial Promotion Order, or to other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated by virtue of an exemption to Section 21(1) of the FSMA or otherwise in circumstance where it does not apply (such persons together being “relevant persons”). The New Notes are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such New Notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the Exchange Offer Memorandum or any of its contents. For purposes of the foregoing, the “Prospectus Directive” means the Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended, including pursuant to Directive 2010/73/EU.

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