VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

Verizon Communications Inc. and Subsidiaries

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

Verizon Communications Inc. (the Company) is a holding company that, acting through its subsidiaries (together with the Company, collectively, Verizon), is one of the world's leading providers of communications, technology, information and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses and government entities. With a presence around the world, we offer data, video and voice services and solutions on our networks and platforms that are designed to meet customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity and security.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States (U.S.) and based upon Securities and Exchange Commission rules that permit reduced disclosure for interim periods. For a more complete discussion of significant accounting policies and certain other information, you should refer to the financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. These financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature that are necessary for a fair presentation of results of operations and financial condition for the interim periods shown. The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.

The condensed consolidated financial statements includeour controlled subsidiaries, as well as variable interest entities (VIE) where we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

During the first quarter of 2026, Verizon revised its presentation of revenue reporting for its reportable segments - Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). Accordingly, beginning in the first quarter of 2026, Verizon is reporting Consumer and Business revenue disaggregated by products and services as follows: Mobility and broadband service revenue, Wireless equipment revenue and Other revenue.

In the second quarter of 2026, the net assets representing Verizon's international wireline connectivity and managed network services business were classified as assets and liabilities held for sale and moved from the Business segment to Corporate and other. See Note 3 for additional information.

Certain amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation.

Earnings Per Common Share

There were a total of approximately 4.0 million outstanding dilutive securities, primarily consisting of performance stock units and restricted stock units, included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026. There were a total of approximately 4.5 million outstanding dilutive securities, primarily consisting of performance stock units and restricted stock units, included in the computation of diluted earnings per common share for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.

In February 2026, we entered into accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreements with certain financial institution counterparties to repurchase shares of our common stock. These ASR transactions were completed in March 2026. In April 2026, we entered into an ASR agreement with a certain financial institution counterparty to repurchase shares of our common stock. This ASR transaction was completed in June 2026. In July 2026, we entered into an ASR agreement with a certain financial institution counterparty to repurchase shares of our common stock. This ASR transaction was completed in September 2026. See Note 9 for additional information on share repurchases. The shares received under the ASR agreements were excluded from the outstanding shares used to calculate the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share from the date the respective shares were received by the Company and classified as treasury shares.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

We consider all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of 90 days or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are stated at cost, which approximates quoted market value and includes amounts held in money market funds.

Cash collections on the receivablesand on the underlying receivables related to the participation interest collateralizing our asset-backed debt securities are required at certain specified times to be placed into segregated accounts. Deposits to the segregated accounts are considered restricted cash.

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash are included in the following line items in the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

Note 2. Revenue and Contract Costs

We earn revenue from contracts with customers, primarily through the provision of telecommunications and other services and through the sale of wireless equipment.

Revenue by Category

We havetwo reportable segments that we operate and manage as strategic business units, Consumer and Business. Revenue is disaggregated by products and services within our segments. See Note 10 for additional information on revenue by segment, including Corporate and other. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, we recorded wireless service revenue of $20.9 billion and $62.3 billion, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recorded wireless service revenue of $21.0 billion and $62.7 billion, respectively.

We also earn revenues that are not accounted for under Topic 606 from leasing arrangements (such as those for towers and equipment), captive reinsurance arrangements primarily related to wireless device insurance and the interest recognized when equipment is sold to the customer by an authorized agent under a device payment plan agreement. We have elected the practical expedient within Topic 842, to combine the lease and non-lease components for those customer arrangements under Topic 606 that involve customer premise equipment where we are the lessor.

Remaining Performance Obligations

Remaining performance obligations represent the transaction price allocated to unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied service performance obligations as of the reporting date. We disclose information related to these amounts below. We have applied the practical expedient under Topic 606 to exclude revenue expected from contracts that have an original expected duration of one year or less. This exclusion primarily relates to our month-to-month service contracts. As of September 30, 2026, month-to-month service contracts represented approximately 95% of our wireless postpaid contracts and approximately 96% of our wireline Consumer and small and medium Business contracts, compared to September 30, 2025, for which month-to-month service contracts represented approximately 95% of our wireless postpaid contracts and approximately 94% of our wireline Consumer and small and medium Business contracts.

Remaining performance obligations primarily include performance obligations from contracts that are not accounted for as month-to-month. These contracts generally fall into the following categories:

•Mobility Services: Contracts with terms ranging from greater thanone month up tothirty-six months, typically associated with a device payment plan or fixed-term plan. This also includes agreements with wholesale resellers, which generally have stated contract terms of longer thantwo years and may include periodic minimum revenue commitments.

•Fiber Broadband Services: Contracts with Consumer customers may have a service term oftwo years or shorter than twelve months. Contracts with Business customers, many of which have terms oftwelve months or less, but some extend into future periods with fixed monthly fees, usage-based fees, and annual or total contract term commitments.

Certain wireline service contracts with Business customers have a contractual minimum fee over the total contract term, but we cannot predict the time period when that revenue will be recognized. Therefore, these specific revenues are excluded from the expected recognition timeframe disclosed below. These excluded contracts have varying terms spanning approximately twenty-seven years ending in September 2053 and have aggregate minimum contract payments totaling $1.3 billion.

At September 30, 2026, the aggregate amount of the transaction price related to unsatisfied performance obligations was $53.8 billion. We expect to recognize substantially all of this revenue from origination over the next thirty-six months, with the remainder recognized thereafter.

Remaining performance obligations estimates are subject to change due to various factors, including customer terminations and modifications to contract timing or scope.

Accounts Receivable and Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the time of billing to our customers. Receivables presented in our condensed consolidated balance sheets represent an unconditional right to consideration. Contract balances represent amounts from an arrangement when either Verizon has performed, by transferring goods or services to the customer in advance of receiving all or partial consideration for such goods and services from the customer, or the customer has made the required payment to Verizon in advance of obtaining control of the goods and/or services promised to the customer in the contract.

The following table presents information about receivables from contracts with customers:

(1)Balances do not include receivables related to the following: activity associated with certain vendor agreements, leasing arrangements (such as those for towers and equipment), captive reinsurance arrangements primarily related to wireless device insurance and device payment plan agreement receivables presented separately.

(2)Included in device payment plan agreement receivables presented in Note 6. Receivables derived from the sale of equipment on a device payment plan through an authorized agent are excluded.

Contract assets relate to our conditional right to receive consideration for goods or services provided to customers. Under fixed-term plans, an asset is created because the equipment revenue recognized upon sale exceeds the consideration received; this asset is subsequently reclassified to accounts receivable as wireless services are provided and billed. These balances are reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as Prepaid expenses and other and Other assets. The allowance for credit losses is recognized at inception and reassessed quarterly.

Contract liabilities arise when we bill our customers and receive consideration in advance of providing the goods or services promised in the contract. We typically bill service one month in advance, which is the primary component of the contract liability balance. Contract liabilities are recognized as revenue when services are provided to the customer. The contract liability balances are presented in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as Other current liabilities and Other liabilities.

Revenues recognized related to contract liabilities existing at January 1, 2026 were $159 million and $5.0 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, respectively. Revenues recognized related to contract liabilities existing at January 1, 2025 were $145 million and $5.0 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively.

The balances of contract assets and contract liabilities recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

Contract Costs

Topic 606 requires an asset to be recognized for incremental costs to obtain a customer contract, which are then amortized to expense over the period of expected benefit. We recognize an asset for incremental commission expenses paid to internal and external sales personnel and agents, deferring these costs only when they are incremental and expected to be recoverable. The costs are amortized ratably as commission expense over the period of service transfer. Specifically, costs for postpaid wireless contracts (Consumer and Business) are amortized over the estimated upgrade cycles. Prepaid wireless and Consumer wireline contracts are amortized over the estimated customer relationship period. Costs to obtain contracts are recorded in Selling, general and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income.

We also defer costs incurred to fulfill contracts that: (1) relate directly to the contract; (2) are expected to generate resources that will be used to satisfy our performance obligation under the contract; and (3) are expected to be recovered through revenue generated under the contract. Contract fulfillment costs are expensed as we satisfy our performance obligations and recorded in Cost of services. These costs principally relate to direct costs that enhance our wireline business resources, such as costs incurred to install circuits.

We determine the amortization periods for our costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a customer contract at a portfolio level due to the similarities within these customer contract portfolios.

Other costs, such as general costs or costs related to past performance obligations, are expensed as incurred.

Collectively, costs to obtain a contract and costs to fulfill a contract are referred to as deferred contract costs, and amortized between aone-to-seven year period. Deferred contract costs are classified as current or non-current within Prepaid expenses and other and Other assets, respectively.

The balances of deferred contract costs included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, we recognized expense of $1.1 billion and $3.1 billion, respectively, associated with the amortization of deferred contract costs, primarily within Selling, general and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recognized expense of $901 million and $2.7 billion, respectively, associated with the amortization of deferred contract costs, primarily within Selling, general and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income.

We assess our deferred contract costs for impairment on a quarterly basis. We recognize an impairment charge to the extent the carrying amount of a deferred cost exceeds the remaining amount of consideration we expect to receive in exchange for the goods and services related to the cost, less the expected costs related directly to providing those goods and services that have not yet been recognized as expenses. There wereno impairment charges recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 or September 30, 2025.

Note 3. Acquisitions and Divestitures

Spectrum License Transactions

On October 17, 2024, Verizon entered into a license purchase agreement to acquire select spectrum licenses of United States Cellular Corporation (currently known as Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc.) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, UScellular). On June 1, 2026, we completed the acquisition of the spectrum licenses for total cash consideration of $1.0 billion.

In June 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concluded Auction 113 for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) licenses. Verizon was the winning bidder on 82 spectrum licenses. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, Verizon made aggregate payments of $3.2 billion for the licenses won in the auction. The licenses were granted by the FCC in August 2026 and are included in Wireless licenses in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Joint Venture with BT Group plc

On June 28, 2026, the Company entered into a transaction agreement (the Transaction Agreement) with BT Group plc (BT) and Jasper NewCo Limited (NewCo), pursuant to which the Company and BT will each acquire a 50% equity interest in NewCo.

As consideration, the Company will contribute the equity interests of certain subsidiaries comprising its international wireline connectivity and managed network services business (the Verizon Contributed Business) and make a $625 million cash payment to NewCo, which NewCo will distribute to BT. BT will contribute the equity interests of certain subsidiaries comprising its international wireline connectivity and managed network services business (the BT Contributed Business) to NewCo.

The relative values of the Verizon Contributed Business and the BT Contributed Business are subject to customary post-closing adjustments based on the levels of cash, net working capital, and indebtedness of each business at closing.

The Transaction Agreement contemplates the entry into a joint venture agreement between the Company, BT and NewCo in respect of the governance of NewCo, as well as certain ancillary commercial agreements and transition services arrangements. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and other closing conditions.

In the second quarter of 2026, the net assets representing the Verizon Contributed Business were classified as assets and liabilities held for sale and moved from the Business segment to Corporate and other. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we recorded a net pre-tax loss on disposition of business of$740 millionto write down the disposal group to its fair value less costs to sell in connection with the classification as held for sale. The charge was recorded in Selling, general, and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income. The fair value of the net assets representing the Verizon Contributed Businesswas estimated based on the fair value of the Company's share of the joint venture, net of cash consideration to be contributed. The fair value was estimated by using a combination of the market approach and the income approach. The valuation is considered a Level 3 fair value measurement due to the use of significant judgment and unobservable inputs, which include the amount and timing of future cash flows, and a discount rate reflecting risks inherent in the future cash flows.

The pre-tax results associated with the Verizon Contributed Business for all periods presentedin our condensed consolidated statements of income were immaterial.

The following table summarizes the major classes of assets and liabilities of the Verizon Contributed Business which are currently included in our continuing operations and classified as held for sale in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2026.

Business Acquisitions

During 2026, we completed the acquisitions of Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (Frontier) and Starry Group Holdings, Inc. (Starry). The financial results of Frontier and Starry are included in the Company's consolidated results from January 20, 2026 and January 30, 2026, respectively. The aggregate operating revenues arising from these acquisitions and included in our condensed consolidated statements of income amounted to less than 5% of total operating revenues for both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026. Pro forma financial information has not been disclosed for these acquisitions as the impacts to both revenue and earnings, individually and in the aggregate, would not have been material to our consolidated statements of income.

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.

On September 4, 2024, Verizon entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) to acquire Frontier, a U.S. provider of broadband internet and other communication services. The transaction closed on January 20, 2026 (the Acquisition Date), expanding our fiber broadband footprint to 31 U.S. states and Washington D.C. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company's subsidiary merged with and into Frontier, with Frontier surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. At the effective time of the merger, each share of Frontier common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to such time (subject to certain limited exceptions) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $38.50 per share, without interest.

At the Acquisition Date, Verizon paid approximately $9.8 billion in cash, inclusive of cash acquired of $335 million, and assumed approximately $12.9 billion of Frontier's debt measured at fair value. The Frontier acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination. The identification and measurement of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on their fair values, which are determined by using a combination of the income, market, or cost approaches, including market based assumptions. The purchase price allocation is preliminary and subject to revision as additional information about the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including related deferred income taxes, contingencies, contract liabilities and property, plant and equipment becomes available. Any necessary adjustments will be finalized within one year from the Acquisition Date.

The following table summarizes the preliminary allocation of the consideration paid to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the Acquisition Date.

(1)Purchase consideration reflects the purchase price allocated to assets and liabilities, including a non-cash component of $172 million.

(2)Adjustments to the fair value measurements reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the Acquisition Date, that if known, would have affected the measurement of the amounts recognized as of that date.

Goodwill is calculated as the difference between the Acquisition Date fair value of the consideration paid and the fair value of the net assets acquired, and represents the future economic benefits that we expect to achieve as a result of the acquisition. The goodwill related to this acquisition has been allocated to ourtwo reportable segments, approximately $6.1 billion in Consumer and $1.8 billion in Business. None of the goodwill resulting from the acquisition is deductible for tax purposes.

Other intangible assets include $2.9 billion related to customer relationships, with a weighted-average amortization period of 9 years, $163 million related to acquired technology with an amortization period of 3 years, and $100 million related to trade name with an amortization period of 3 years. The customer relationship and trade name intangible assets were assigned preliminary estimated fair values using an income approach. The acquired technology intangibles were assigned preliminary estimated fair values using a cost approach, which includes consideration of the cost to reproduce an asset with an equivalent economic utility. The valuations are considered Level 3 fair value measurements due to the use of significant inputs not observable in the market, which include the discount rate, royalty rate and amount and timing of future cash flows.

Other noncurrent liabilities include employee benefit obligations consisting of $2.5 billion of assets acquired and $3.0 billion of liabilities assumed associated with the Frontier Communications defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we repaid approximately $12.4 billion of the principal amount of debt assumed as part of the Frontier acquisition. See Note 5 for additional information on debt assumed as part of the acquisition.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, we recorded acquisition and integration related charges associated with the Frontier acquisition of $45 million and $426 million, respectively, within Selling, general and administrative expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income.

Other

On January 30, 2026, Verizon completed the acquisition of Starry, a fixed wireless broadband provider serving multi-dwelling units infive markets across the U.S. The aggregate cash consideration paid by Verizon at the closing of the transaction and the related assets acquired and liabilities assumed were immaterial.

On September 14, 2026, Verizon entered into definitive agreements with AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile US, Inc., or their wholly owned subsidiaries, as applicable, to form a joint venture which aims to end wireless dead zones in the U.S. and expand satellite coverage for customers nationwide. We expect to license certain intellectual property to the joint venture, and to provide access to certain spectrum licenses to satellite providers who contract with the joint venture. The formation of this joint venture did not have a material impact to our condensed consolidated financial statements. We account for the joint venture under the equity method of accounting.

Note 4. Wireless Licenses, Goodwill, and Other Intangible Assets

Wireless Licenses

The carrying amounts of Wireless licenses are as follows:

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we acquired spectrum wireless licenses for total cash consideration of $4.2 billion. See Note 3 for additional information.

At September 30, 2026 and 2025, approximately $5.0 billion and $7.9 billion, respectively, of wireless licenses were under development for commercial service for which we were capitalizing interest costs. We recorded $220 million and $338 million of capitalized interest on wireless licenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we renewed various wireless licenses in accordance with FCC regulations. The average renewal period for these licenses was 10 years.

Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of Goodwill are as follows:

(1)Goodwill is net of accumulated impairment charges of $5.8 billion related to our Business reporting unit.

(2) Changes in goodwill due to acquisitions are related to Frontier and another immaterial transaction. See Note 3 for additional information.

Other Intangible Assets

The following table displays the composition of Other intangible assets, net as well as the respective amortization periods:

(1)Other intangible assets include assets acquired as a result of the Frontier acquisition. See Note 3 for additional information.

The amortization expense for Other intangible assets was as follows:

The estimated future amortization expense for Other intangible assets for the remainder of the current year and next 5 years is as follows:

Note 5. Debt

Significant Debt Transactions

Debt or equity financing may be needed to fund additional investments or development activities or to maintain an appropriate capital structure to ensure our financial flexibility.

The following tables show the significant transactions involving the unsecured debt securities of the Company and its subsidiaries that occurred during thethree and nine months ended September 30, 2026.

Exchange Offers

(1)The principal amount issued in exchange does not include either an insignificant amount of cash paid in lieu of the issuance of fractional new notes or accrued and unpaid interest paid on the old notes accepted for exchange to the date of exchange.

Tender Offers

(1)The total cash consideration includes the tender offer consideration, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

(2)The tender offer was launched concurrently with the exchange offer discussed above.

Repayments, Redemptions and Repurchases

(1)Represents amount paid to repay, redeem or repurchase, including any accrued interest. In addition, for securities denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, amount paid is shown on a U.S. dollar equivalent basis and includes the amount payable per the derivatives entered into in connection with the transaction. See Note 7 for additional information on cross currency swap transactions related to the transaction. The amount paid excludes acquisition-related activity which is detailed in the section titled "Debt Assumed" below.

In October 2026, we repaid at maturity the U.S. dollar equivalent of $845 million of outstanding aggregate principal amount of 1.375% Euro-denominated notes.

Issuances

(1) Net proceeds were net of underwriting discounts and other issuance costs. In addition, for securities denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, net proceeds are shown on a U.S. dollar equivalent basis. See Note 7 for additional information on derivative activity related to the issuances.

(2)Notes are subordinate to our senior unsecured notes and have an interest rate reset and deferral features.

Debt Assumed

On January 20, 2026, we completed the acquisition of Frontier. In connection with this acquisition, we assumed approximately $12.9 billion of debt measured at fair value as of the Acquisition Date. The principal amount of the debt assumed was $12.7 billion as of the Acquisition Date. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we repaid approximately $12.4 billion of the principal amount of debt assumed as part of the acquisition through repayments, repurchases and the settlement of tender offers. In addition, we extinguished an insignificant amount of the principal amount of debt assumed as part of the exchange offers completed during the nine months ended September 30, 2026. At September 30, 2026, the remaining principal amount of debt assumed was $219 million, primarily consisting of unsecured notes, and reported in Long-term debt in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Commercial Paper Program

During thenine months ended September 30, 2026, we issued $13.2 billion in net proceeds and made $13.2 billion in principal repayments of commercial paper. These transactions are reflected within Cash flow from financing activities in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows on a net basis. As of September 30, 2026, we hadno commercial paper outstanding.

Asset-Backed Debt

As of September 30, 2026, the carrying value of our asset-backed debt was $30.1 billion. Our asset-backed debt includes Asset-Backed Notes (ABS Notes) issued to third-party investors (Investors), loans (ABS Financing Facilities) received from banks and their conduit facilities (collectively, the Banks), sales of residual interests under our ABS Notes (Class R Interest) and residual equity interests in certain ABS Entities under master repurchase agreements (master repurchase agreements) with banks (the Counterparties). Our consolidated asset-backed debt bankruptcy remote legal entities (each, an ABS Entity, or collectively, the ABS Entities) issue the debt or are otherwise party to the transaction documentation in connection with our asset-backed debt transactions. Under the terms of our asset-backed debt for ABS Notes and ABS Financing Facilities, Cellco Partnership (Cellco), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and certain other Company affiliates (collectively, the Originators) transfer device payment plan agreement receivables and certain other receivables (collectively referred to as certain receivables) or a participation interest in certain other receivables to one of the ABS Entities, which in turn transfers such receivables and participation interest to another ABS Entity that issues the debt. Verizon entities retain the equity interests (including residual equity interests) and residual interests, as applicable, in the ABS Entities and the ABS Notes and ABS Financing Facilities, as applicable, which represent the rights to all funds not needed to make required payments on such asset-backed debt and other related payments and expenses.

Our asset-backed debt is secured by the transferred receivables, participation interest, Class R Interest and residual equity interests, future collections on such receivables, underlying receivables related to such participation interest and such Class R Interest and residual equity interests, as applicable. These receivables and participation interest transferred to the ABS Entities, such Class R Interest, residual equity interests and related assets, consisting primarily of restricted cash, will only be available for payment of asset-backed debt and expenses related thereto, payments to the Originators in respect of additional transfers of certain receivables and participation interest, and other obligations arising from our asset-backed debt transactions, as applicable, and will not be available to pay other obligations or claims of Verizon’s creditors until the associated asset-backed debt and other obligations are satisfied. The Investors, Banks or Counterparties, as applicable, which hold our asset-backed debt have legal recourse to the assets securing the debt, but in the case of our ABS Notes and ABS Financing Facilities, do not have any recourse to Verizon with respect to the payment of principal and interest on the debt. Under a parent support agreement, the Company has agreed to guarantee certain of the payment obligations of Cellco and the Originators to the ABS Entities in connection with our ABS Notes and ABS Financing Facilities. In connection with the master repurchase agreements, the Company has agreed to unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee payment obligations of the related ABS Entities, including to repurchase Class R Interest and residual equity interests, as applicable, from the Counterparties.

Cash collections on the receivables and on the underlying receivables related to the participation interest collateralizing our ABS Notes and ABS Financing Facilities are required at certain specified times to be placed into segregated accounts. Deposits to the segregated accounts are considered restricted cash and are included in Prepaid expenses and other and Other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Proceeds from our asset-backed debt transactions are reflected in Cash flows from financing activities in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The asset-backed debt issued is included in Debt maturing within one year and Long-term debt in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

ABS Notes

During thenine months ended September 30, 2026, we completed the following ABS Notes transactions:

(1)Compounded Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) is calculated using SOFR as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in accordance with the terms of such notes. Compounded SOFR for the interest payment made in September 2026 was 3.648%.

Under the terms of each series of ABS Notes outstanding as of September 30, 2026, there is a revolving period of up totwo years, three years, orfive years, as applicable, during which we may transfer additional receivables to the ABS Entity. During thenine months ended September 30, 2026, we made aggregate principal repayments of $2.4 billion in connection with an anticipated redemption of ABS Notes.

ABS Financing Facilities

Under thetwo loan agreements outstanding in connection with the ABS Financing Facility originally entered into in 2021 (2021 ABS Financing Facility), we prepaid an aggregate of approximately $300 million during the three months ended September 30, 2026. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we borrowed an additional $3.4 billion and prepaid an aggregate of $3.4 billion. In June 2026, we renewed one of the loan agreements and borrowed an additional $4.7 billion under the related loan series. Concurrently, we repaid in full the $4.7 billion outstanding principal balance under the other loan agreement and terminated the related loan series. The aggregate outstanding balance under the 2021 ABS Financing Facility was $5.6 billion as of September 30, 2026.

Under the loan agreement outstanding in connection with the ABS Financing Facility originally entered into in 2022 and most recently renewed in 2025 (2022 ABS Financing Facility), we prepaid an aggregate of approximately $330 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2026. The aggregate outstanding balance under 2022 ABS Financing Facility was $4.7 billion as of September 30, 2026.

Master Repurchase Agreements

In January 2026, we amended the master repurchase agreement originally entered into in 2025 to increase the maximum capacity thereunder to approximately $2.5 billion. In September 2026, we renewed the master repurchase agreement and amended the agreement to increase the maximum capacity thereunder to approximately $2.8 billion.

In July 2026, we entered into an additional master repurchase agreement with a counterparty to sell residual equity interest in two of our ABS Entities for $500 million with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the residual equity interest at a later date for a specific price. Under the terms of the master repurchase agreement, which is accounted for as a secured borrowing, the counterparty is sold certain residual equity interest for a specific period of time without the right to further sell or repledge such residual equity interest. However, we have the right and obligation to repurchase the residual equity interest, or substantially similar assets sold to the counterparty, upon the maturity of the master repurchase agreement.

During thenine months ended September 30, 2026, we received a total of $2.0 billion under the master repurchase agreements. The aggregate amount outstanding under each agreement was $2.8 billion and $500 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2026 and is collateralized by certain Class R interest and residual equity interest, as applicable. The master repurchase agreements have a remaining maturity of less than one year and are classified as Debt maturing within one year in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The estimated fair value of such Class R Interest and residual equity interest was $3.6 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, as of September 30, 2026.

Variable Interest Entities

The ABS Entities meet the definition of a VIE for which we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary as we have both the power to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity's performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the entity. Therefore, the assets, liabilities and activities of the ABS Entities are consolidated in our financial results and are included in amounts presented on the face of our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The assets and liabilities related to our asset-backed debt arrangements included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

The Accounts receivable, net amounts above do not include underlying receivables for which a participation interest has been transferred to the ABS Entities. See Note 6 foradditional information on certain receivables and participation interest used to secure asset-backed debt.

In connection with the Frontier acquisition, we acquired certain securitization entities that meet the definition of a VIE and we are the primary beneficiary for these entities similar to the ABS Entities described above. Therefore, the assets, liabilities and activities of these entities are included in the amounts presented on the face of our condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2026, all asset-backed debt issued through these entities has been extinguished and we are in the process of dissolving or merging these entities and transferring the remaining assets to operating business entities.

Long-Term Credit Facilities

(1)The revolving credit facility does not require us to comply with financial covenants or maintain specified credit ratings, and it permits us to borrow even if our business has incurred a material adverse change. The revolving credit facility provides for the issuance of letters of credit. As of September 30, 2026, there have beenno drawings against the revolving credit facility since its inception.

(2)During thenine months ended September 30, 2026, we drew down approximately $1.6 billion. During thenine months ended September 30, 2025, there were no drawings from these facilities. Borrowings under certain of these facilities are repaid semi-annually in equal installments up to the applicable maturity dates. Maturities reflect maturity dates of principal amounts outstanding. Any amounts borrowed under these facilities and subsequently repaid cannot be reborrowed.

In September 2026, we amended our $12.0 billion revolving credit facility and extended its maturity to 2030.

Non-Cash Transactions

During thenine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, we financed, primarily through alternative financing arrangements, the purchase of approximately $3.1 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively, of long-lived assets consisting primarily of network equipment. During thenine months ended September 30, 2026, we also assumed$428 million of financing arrangements in connection with the acquisition of Frontier. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, $4.4 billion and $3.0 billion, respectively, relating to these financing arrangements, including those entered into in prior years and liabilities assumed through acquisitions, remained outstanding. These purchases are non-cash financing activities and therefore are not reflected within Capital expenditures in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

Net Debt Extinguishment Gains

During thethree months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, we recorded net debt extinguishment gains of $138 million and $94 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, we recorded net debt extinguishment gains of $385 million and $272 million, respectively. The net gains are recorded in Other income, net in our condensed consolidated statements of income. The total non-cash debt extinguishment gains are reflected within Other, net cash flow from operating activities, and the total cash payments to extinguish the debt are reflected within Other, net cash flow from financing activities in our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

Guarantees

We guarantee the debentures of our operating telephone company subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2026, $385 million aggregate principal amount of these obligations remained outstanding. Each guarantee will remain in place for the life of the obligation unless terminated pursuant to its terms, including the operating telephone company no longer being a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Debt Covenants

We and our consolidated subsidiaries are in compliance with all of our restrictive covenants in our debt agreements.

Note 6. Device Payment Plan Agreement and Wireless Service Receivables

The following table presents information about accounts receivable, net of allowances, recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheet:

(1)Other receivables primarily include wireline and other receivables, of which the allowances are individually insignificant.

Included in Other assets and Accounts receivable, net at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, are net device payment plan agreement receivables, net wireless service receivables and net other receivables of $31.2 billion and $30.0 billion, respectively, which have been transferred to ABS Entities and continue to be reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. Included in Accounts receivable, net at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, are net other receivables of $980 million and $1.4 billion, respectively, on which a participation interest has been transferred to ABS Entities and continue to be reported in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. See Note 5 for additional information. We believe the carrying value of these receivables approximate their fair value using a Level 3 expected cash flow model.

Under the Verizon device payment program, our eligible wireless customers purchase wireless devices under a device payment plan agreement. Customers that activate service on devices purchased under the device payment program pay lower service fees as compared to those under our fixed-term service plans, and their device payment plan charge is included on their wireless monthly bill. While we no longer offer Consumer customers fixed-term subsidized service plans for devices, we continue to offer subsidized plans to our Business customers.

Wireless Device Payment Plan Agreement Receivables

The following table displays both the current and non-current portions of device payment plan agreement receivables, net, recognized in our condensed consolidated balance sheets:

(1)Includes allowance for both short-term and long-term device payment plan agreement receivables.

For indirect channel wireless contracts with customers, we impute risk adjusted interest on the device payment plan agreement receivables. We record the imputed interest as a reduction to the related accounts receivable. The associated interest income, which is included within Service revenues and other in our condensed consolidated statements of income, is recognized over the financed device payment term.

Promotions

In connection with certain device payment plan agreements, we may offer a promotion to allow our customers to upgrade to a new device after paying down a certain specified portion of the required device payment plan agreement amount as well as trading in their device in good working order. When a customer enters into a device payment plan agreement with the right to upgrade to a new device, we account for this trade-in right as a guarantee obligation.

We may offer certain promotions that allow a customer to trade in their owned device in connection with the purchase of a new device. Under these types of promotions, the customer receives a credit for the value of the trade-in device. At September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the amount of trade-in liability was $232 million and $332 million, respectively.

In addition, we may provide the customer with additional future billing credits that will be applied against the customer’s monthly bill as long as service is maintained. These future billing credits are accounted for as consideration payable to a customer and are included in the determination of total transaction price, resulting in a contract liability.

Device payment plan agreement receivables, net, disclosed in the table above, does not reflect the trade-in liability, additional future credits or the guarantee liability.

Origination of Device Payment Plan Agreements

When originating device payment plan agreements, we use internal and external data sources to create a credit risk score to measure the credit quality of a customer and to determine eligibility for the device payment program. Verizon's experience has been that the payment attributes of longer tenured customers are highly predictive for estimating their reliability to make future payments. Customers with longer tenures tend to exhibit similar risk characteristics to other customers with longer tenures, and receivables due from customers with longer tenures tend to perform better than receivables from customers that have not previously been Verizon customers. As a result of this experience, we make initial lending decisions based upon whether the customers are "established customers" or "short-tenured customers." If a Consumer customer has been a customer for 45 days or more, or if a Business customer has been a customer for 12 months or more, the customer is considered an "established customer." For established customers, the credit decision and ongoing credit monitoring processes rely on a combination of internal and external data sources. If a Consumer customer has been a customer less than 45 days, or a Business customer has been a customer for less than 12 months, the customer is considered a "short-tenured customer." For short-tenured customers, the credit decision and credit monitoring processes rely more heavily on external data sources.

Available external credit data from credit reporting agencies along with internal data are used to create custom credit risk scores for Consumer customers. The custom credit risk score is generated automatically from the applicant's credit data using proprietary custom credit models. The credit risk score measures the likelihood that the potential customer will become severely delinquent and be disconnected for non-payment. For a small portion of short-tenured customer applications, a traditional credit report is not available from one of the national credit reporting agencies because the potential customer does not have sufficient credit history. In those instances, alternative credit data is used for the risk assessment. For Business customers, we also verify the existence of the business with external data sources.

Based on the custom credit risk score, we assign each customer a credit class, each of which has specified offers of credit. This includes an account level spending limit and a maximum amount of credit allowed per device for Consumer customers or a required down payment percentage for Business customers.

Credit Quality Information

Subsequent to origination, we assess indicators for the quality of our wireless device payment plan agreement portfolio using two models, one for new customers and one for existing customers. The model for new customers pools all Consumer and Business wireless customers based on less than 210 days as "new customers." The model for existing customers pools all Consumer and Business wireless customers based on 210 days or more as "existing customers."

The following table presents device payment plan agreement receivables, at amortized cost, and gross write-offs recorded, as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, by credit quality indicator and year of origination:

(1) Includes accounts that have been suspended at a point in time.

The data presented in the table above was last updated on September 30, 2026.

We assess indicators for the quality of our wireless service receivables portfolio as one overall pool. The following table presents wireless service receivables, at amortized cost, and gross write-offs recorded, as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, by year of origination:

The data presented in the table above was last updated on September 30, 2026.

Allowance for Credit Losses

The credit quality indicators are used in determining the estimated amount and the timing of expected credit losses for the device payment plan agreement and wireless service receivables portfolios.

For device payment plan agreement receivables, we record bad debt expense based on a default and loss calculation using our proprietary loss model. The expected loss rate is determined based on customer credit scores and other qualitative factors as noted above. The loss rate is assigned individually on a customer by customer basis and the custom credit scores are then aggregated by vintage and used in our proprietary loss model to calculate the weighted-average loss rate used for determining the allowance balance.

We monitor the collectability of our wireless service receivables as one overall pool. Wireline service receivables are disaggregated and pooled by the following types of customers and related contracts: consumer, small and medium business, enterprise, public sector and wholesale. For wireless service receivables and wireline consumer and small and medium business receivables, the allowance is calculated based on a 12 month rolling average write-off balance multiplied by the average life-cycle of an account from billing to write-off. The risk of loss is assessed over the contractual life of the receivables and is adjusted based on the historical loss amounts for current and future conditions based on management's qualitative considerations. For enterprise, public sector and wholesale wireline receivables, the allowance for credit losses is based on historical write-off experience and individual customer credit risk, if applicable.

Activity in the allowance for credit losses by portfolio segment of receivables was as follows:

(1) Includes allowance for both short-term and long-term device payment plan agreement receivables.

We monitor delinquency and write-off experience based on the quality of our device payment plan agreement and wireless service receivables portfolios. The extent of our collection efforts with respect to a particular customer are based on the results of our proprietary custom internal scoring models that analyze the customer's past performance to predict the likelihood of the customer falling further delinquent. These custom scoring models assess a number of variables, including origination characteristics, customer account history and payment patterns. Since our customers’ behaviors may be impacted by general economic conditions, we analyzed whether changes in macroeconomic conditions impact our credit loss experience and have concluded that our credit loss estimates are generally not materially impacted by reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions. Based on the score derived from these models, accounts are grouped by risk category to determine the collection strategy to be applied to such accounts. For device payment plan agreement receivables and wireless service receivables, we consider an account to be delinquent and in default status if there are unpaid charges remaining on the account on the day after the bill’s due date. The risk class determines the speed and severity of the collections effort including initiatives taken to facilitate customer payment.

The balance and aging of the device payment plan agreement receivables, at amortized cost, were as follows:

Note 7. Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the balances of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2026:

(1)Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

(2)Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

(3)Unobservable pricing inputs in the market.

The following table presents the balances of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2025:

(1)Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

(2)Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

(3)Unobservable pricing inputs in the market.

Certain of our equity investments do not have readily determinable fair values and are excluded from the tables above. Such investments are measured at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer and are included in Investments in unconsolidated businesses in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying amount of our investments without readily determinable fair values was$686 million and $710 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, there were insignificant adjustments due to observable price changes and there were insignificant impairment charges. As of September 30, 2026, cumulative adjustments due to observable price changes and impairment charges were $190 million and $155 million, respectively.

Fixed income securities consist primarily of investments in municipal bonds. The valuation of the fixed income securities is based on the quoted prices for similar assets in active markets or identical assets in inactive markets or models that apply inputs from observable market data. The valuation determines that these securities are classified as Level 2.

Derivative contracts, other than the variable prepaid forward (VPF), are valued using models based on readily observable market parameters for all substantial terms of our derivative contracts and thus are classified within Level 2. We use mid-market pricing for fair value measurements of these derivative instruments.

For the VPF, the value is determined using the Black-Scholes method using a combination of readily observable market parameters such as floor and call prices of the VPF, risk free rate, contractual term of the instrument and unobservable inputs such as implied volatility of the underlying marketable securities. This represents a Level 3 measurement. Level 3 instruments include valuation based on unobservable inputs reflecting our own assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants.

Our derivative instruments are recorded on a gross basis.

We recognize transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy as of the end of the reporting period.

Fair Value of Short-term and Long-term Debt

The fair value of our debt is determined using various methods, including quoted prices for identical debt instruments, which is a Level 1 measurement, as well as quoted prices for similar debt instruments with comparable terms and maturities, which is a Level 2 measurement.

The fair value of our short-term and long-term debt, excluding finance leases, was as follows:

Derivative Instruments

We enter into derivative transactions primarily to manage our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We employ risk management strategies, which may include the use of a variety of derivatives including interest rate swaps, cross currency swaps, forward starting interest rate swaps, treasury rate locks, interest rate caps and foreign exchange forwards. We do not hold derivatives for trading purposes.

The following table sets forth the notional amounts of our outstanding derivative instruments:

The following tables summarize the activities of our designated derivatives:

The following table displays the amounts recorded in Long-term debt in our condensed consolidated balance sheets related to cumulative basis adjustments for our interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges. The cumulative amounts exclude cumulative basis adjustments related to foreign exchange risk.

Interest Rate Swaps

We enter into interest rate swaps to achieve a targeted mix of fixed and variable rate debt. We principally receive fixed rates and pay variable rates, resulting in a net increase or decrease to Interest expense. These swaps are designated as fair value hedges and hedge against interest rate risk exposure of designated debt issuances. We record the interest rate swaps at fair value in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as assets and liabilities. Changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are recorded to Interest expense, which are primarily offset by changes in the fair value of the hedged debt due to changes in interest rates.

Cross Currency Swaps

We have entered into cross currency swaps to exchange our British Pound Sterling, Euro, Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar and Australian Dollar-denominated cash flows into U.S. dollars and to fix our cash payments in U.S. dollars, as well as to mitigate the impact of foreign currency transaction gains or losses. These swaps are designated as fair value hedges. We record the cross currency swaps at fair value in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as assets and liabilities. Changes in the fair value of the cross currency swaps attributable to changes in the spot rate of the hedged item and changes in the recorded value of the hedged debt due to changes in spot rates are recorded in the same income statement line item. We present exchange gains and losses from the conversion of foreign currency denominated debt as a part of Interest expense. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025, these amounts completely offset each other andno net gain or loss was recorded.

Changes in the fair value of cross currency swaps attributable to time value and cross currency basis spread are initially recorded to Other comprehensive income (loss). Unrealized gains or losses on excluded components are recorded in Other comprehensive income (loss) and are recognized into Interest expense on a systematic and rational basis through the swap accrual over the life of the hedging instrument.

On March 31, 2022, we elected to de-designate our cross currency swaps previously designated as cash flow hedges and re-designated these swaps as fair value hedges. The amount remaining in Accumulated other comprehensive loss related to cash flow hedges on the date of transition will be reclassified to earnings when the hedged item is recognized in earnings or when it becomes probable that the forecasted transactions will not occur. For the fair value hedges, we elected to exclude the change in fair value of the cross currency swaps related to both time value and cross currency basis spread from the assessment of hedge effectiveness (the excluded components). The initial value of the excluded components of $1.0 billion as of March 31, 2022 will continue to be amortized into Interest expense over the remaining life of the hedging instruments. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025, the amortization of the initial value of the excluded component completely offset the amortization related to the amount remaining in Other comprehensive income (loss) related to cash flow hedges. See Note 9 for additional information. We estimate that $80 million will be amortized into Interest expense within the next 12 months.

We also enter into undesignated cross currency swaps to mitigate our foreign currency and interest rate risk on our foreign currency denominated debt. We recognize gains and losses resulting from changes in the fair value of these swaps in Interest expense.

Net Investment Hedges

We have designated certain foreign currency debt instruments as net investment hedges to mitigate foreign exchange exposure related to non-U.S. dollar net investments in certain foreign subsidiaries against changes in foreign exchange rates. In January 2026, we de-designated the existing net investment hedge and re-designated the same Euro-denominated note in a new net investment hedge including additional foreign subsidiaries. The notional amount of Euro-denominated debt designated as a net investment hedge was €750 million as of both September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Treasury Rate Locks

We enter into treasury rate locks designated as cash flow hedges to mitigate our interest rate risk on future transactions. We recognize gains and losses resulting from interest rate movements in Other comprehensive income (loss).

We also enter into undesignated treasury rate locks to mitigate our interest rate risk on future transactions. We recognize gains and losses resulting from interest rate movements in Interest expense.

Undesignated Derivatives

We also have the following derivative contracts which we use as economic hedges but for which we have elected not to apply hedge accounting.

The following table summarizes the activity of our derivatives not designated in hedging relationships:

Foreign Exchange Forwards

We entered into Euro foreign exchange forwards to mitigate our foreign exchange rate risk related to non-functional currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities of international subsidiaries.

Variable Prepaid Forward

In May 2026, we entered into a VPF to mitigate market risk related to certain marketable equity securities and received a prepayment of approximately $358 million. The prepayment resulted in an other-than-insignificant financing element. As such, the cash flows related to the VPF will be classified within Cash flow from financing activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. As part of this arrangement, the Company has pledged the underlying marketable equity securities with a fair value of approximately $362 million as of September 30, 2026.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of temporary cash investments, short-term and long-term investments, trade receivables, including device payment plan agreement receivables, certain notes receivable, including lease receivables, and derivative contracts.

Counterparties to our derivative contracts are major financial institutions with whom we have negotiated derivatives agreements (International Swaps and Derivatives Association master agreements) and credit support annex (CSA) agreements which provide rules for collateral exchange. The CSA agreements contain fixed cap amounts or rating based thresholds such that we or our counterparties may be required to hold or post collateral based upon changes in outstanding positions as compared to established thresholds or caps and changes in credit ratings. We do not offset fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments and fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral arising from derivative instruments recognized at fair value. At both September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we didnot hold any collateral. At September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we posted $1.2 billion and$1.1 billion, respectively, of collateral related to derivative contracts under collateral exchange agreements, which were recorded as Prepaid expenses and other in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. While we may be exposed to credit losses due to the nonperformance of our counterparties, we consider the risk remote and do not expect that any such nonperformance would result in a significant effect on our results of operations or financial condition due to our diversified pool of counterparties.

Note 8. Employee Benefits

We maintain non-contributory defined benefit pension plans for certain employees. In addition, we maintain postretirement health care and life insurance plans for certain retirees and their dependents, which are both contributory and non-contributory, and include a limit on our share of the cost for certain current and future retirees. In accordance with our accounting policy for pension and other postretirement benefits, operating expenses include service costs associated with pension and other postretirement benefits while other credits and/or charges based on actuarial assumptions, including projected discount rates, an estimated return on plan assets, and impact from health care trend rates are reported in Other income, net. These estimates are updated in the fourth quarter or upon a remeasurement event, to reflect actual return on plan assets and updated actuarial assumptions. The adjustment is recognized in the income statement during the fourth quarter and upon a remeasurement event pursuant to our accounting policy for the recognition of actuarial gains and losses.

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The following table summarizes the components of net periodic benefit cost related to our pension and postretirement health care and life insurance plans:

The service cost component of net periodic benefit cost is recorded in Cost of services and Selling, general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of income while the other components, including mark-to-market adjustments, if any, are recorded in Other income, net.

Severance Payments

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, we paid severance benefits of $272 million and $1.4 billion, respectively, primarily related to separations in connection with our workforce reduction initiatives. At September 30, 2026, we had a remaining severance liability of $679 million, a portion of which includes future contractual payments to employees separated as part of our workforce reduction initiatives.

Employer Contributions

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, we made insignificant contributions to one of our qualified pension plans. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we made a discretionary non-cash contribution to our qualified pension plans in the principal amount of $563 million.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025, we made insignificant contributions to our nonqualified pension plans.

No additional required qualified pension plan contributions are expected through December 31, 2026. No significant changes are expected with respect to the nonqualified pension and other postretirement benefit plans contributions in 2026.

2026 Collective Bargaining Negotiations

In March 2026, union members ratified the extension of our East collective bargaining agreements with the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers forfour years until August 3, 2030.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, amendments were made to certain pension and other postretirement benefit plans for certain union represented employees as a result of the collective bargaining negotiations. The plan amendments resulted in an increase in our defined benefit pension plan obligations of $546 million and an increase in our other postretirement benefit plan obligations of $56 million, which have been recorded as a decrease to Accumulated other comprehensive income of $451 million (net of taxes of $151 million).

Remeasurement Gain, net

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we recorded a net pre-tax pension and benefits credit of $237 million in certain pension and postretirement benefit plans resulting from amendments to our collective bargaining agreements. This was primarily driven by a credit of $412 million due to an increase in our discount rate assumption used to determine the current year liabilities of certain plans from a weighted-average of 5.7% for the pension plans and 5.4% for the postretirement plans at December 31, 2025 to a weighted-average of 5.9% for the pension plans and 5.7% for the postretirement plans at March 31, 2026, partially offset by a charge of $175 million primarily resulting from the difference between our estimated and our actual return on certain pension plan assets. The net credit was recorded in Other income, net, in our condensed consolidated statements of income.

Note 9. Equity and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Equity

Changes in the components of Total equity were as follows:

Common Stock

On January 30, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a share repurchase program for up to $25 billion of our common stock. The program will terminate when the aggregate consideration paid to purchase shares of our common stock reaches $25 billion, exclusive of any fees, commissions or other expenses, or a new share repurchase plan superseding the current plan is authorized, whichever is sooner. Under the program, shares may be repurchased in privately negotiated transactions, on the open market, or otherwise, including through plans complying with Rule 10b5-1 or Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act. The timing and number of shares purchased under the program, if any, will depend on prevailing stock prices, general economic and market conditions, and other considerations. The share repurchase program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of common stock, and the program may be suspended or discontinued at any time at our discretion.

In February 2026, we entered into ASR agreements with certain financial institution counterparties to repurchase shares of our common stock in exchange for an upfront payment of $2.5 billion and received an initial delivery of 45,116,772 shares of common stock using a reference price of $47.10. In March 2026, these ASR transactions were completed, and we received an additional 5,641,251 shares. This resulted in a total of 50,758,023 shares repurchased under the ASR agreements at an average repurchase price of $49.25, not including related excise tax.

In April 2026, we entered into an ASR agreement with a certain financial institution counterparty to repurchase shares of our common stock in exchange for an upfront payment of $1.0 billion and received an initial delivery of 17,993,226 shares of common stock using a reference price of $47.24. In June 2026, the ASR transaction was completed, and we received an additional 3,296,217 shares. This resulted in a total of 21,289,443 shares repurchased under the ASR agreement at an average repurchase price of $46.97, not including related excise tax.

In July 2026, we entered into an ASR agreement with a certain financial institution counterparty to repurchase shares of our common stock in exchange for an upfront payment of $500 million and received an initial delivery of 8,981,403 shares of common stock using a reference price of $47.32. In September 2026, the ASR transaction was completed, and we received an additional 1,402,033 shares. This resulted in a total of 10,383,436 shares repurchased under the ASR agreement at an average repurchase price of $48.15, not including related excise tax.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we repurchased a total of 82,430,902 shares for an aggregate payment of $4.0 billion. All shares received under the ASR agreements were excluded from the outstanding shares used to calculate the weighted average common shares outstanding for basic and diluted earnings per share from the date the respective shares were received by the Company and classified as treasury shares. At September 30, 2026, the maximum remaining aggregate consideration that could be paid by or on behalf of Verizon under our share repurchase program was $21.0 billion.

Common stock has been used from time to time to satisfy some of the funding requirements of employee and shareholder plans, including 9.9 million shares of common stock issued from treasury stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2026.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The changes in the balances of Accumulated other comprehensive loss by component were as follows:

The amounts presented above in Net other comprehensive income (loss) are net of taxes. The amounts reclassified to net income related to unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges and unrealized gain (loss) on fair value hedges in the table above are included in Other income, net and Interest expense in our condensed consolidated statements of income. See Note 7 for additional information. The amounts reclassified to net income related to unrealized loss on marketable securities and defined benefit pension and postretirement plans in the table above are included in Other income, net in our condensed consolidated statements of income. See Note 8 for additional information.

Note 10. Segment Information

Reportable Segments

We havetwo reportable segments that we operate and manage as strategic business units, Consumer and Business. We measure and evaluate our reportable segments based on segment operating income, consistent with the chief operating decision maker's (CODM) assessment of segment performance.

The Company's CODM is the Chief Executive Officer. The CODM uses segment operating income to allocate resources (including employees, financial or capital resources) and to assess performance during the monthly and quarterly financial strategic review process. When assessing segment performance and how to allocate resources, the CODM focuses on evaluating whether revenues generated are sufficient to cover variable and fixed costs with an appropriate return on investment. Key decisions considered by the CODM using segment operating income include prioritization and timing of changes to network technologies, allocation of capital expenditures based on the Company's priorities, geographic expansion of wireline and wireless networks, establishment of key financial and operational targets, pricing decisions, branding matters and people management.

Our segments and their principal activities consist of the following:

Our Consumer segment's wireless and wireline products and services are available to our retail customers, as well as resellers that purchase wireless network access from us on a wholesale basis. Our Business segment's wireless and wireline products and services are available to our enterprise and public sector, small and medium business, and wholesale customers. Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, Verizon is reporting Consumer and Business revenue disaggregated by products and services as follows: Mobility and broadband service revenue, Wireless equipment revenue and Other revenue.

Corporate and other primarily includes device insurance programs, investments in unconsolidated businesses and development stage businesses that support our strategic initiatives, as well as unallocated corporate expenses, certain pension and other employee benefit related costs and interest and financing expenses. Corporate and other also includes the results of divested businesses and businesses held for sale, as well as other adjustments and gains and losses that are not allocated or used in assessing segment performance due to their nature. Although such transactions are excluded from the business segment results, they are included in reported consolidated earnings. Gains and losses from these transactions that are not individually significant are included in segment results and therefore included in the CODM's assessment of segment performance.

In the second quarter of 2026, the net assets representing the Verizon Contributed Business were classified as assets and liabilities held for sale and moved from the Business segment to Corporate and other. Where applicable, historical segment results have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

The following table provides operating financial information for ourtwo reportable segments:

(1)Mobility and broadband service revenue primarily includes revenue from mobility communication services, FWA broadband, Fios internet and other fiber-based services.

(2)Other revenue primarily includes revenue from wireline products that provide legacy voice, video and data solutions, as well as broadband solutions over a traditional copper-based network. Other revenue also includes fees that partially recover the direct and indirect costs of complying with regulatory and industry obligations and programs, leasing and interest recognized when equipment is sold to the customer by an authorized agent under a device payment plan agreement.

(3)The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. Intersegment expenses are included within the amounts shown.

(4) Centrally managed network and shared service costs include costs for network and leased assets, supply chain and other centralized services that are allocated to our Consumer and Business segments based on proportionate usage of services.

(5)Other segment expenses for each reportable segment include certain personnel, digital content, sales-related, overhead, other direct and operating costs.

(6)Historical Business segment results have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. See Note 3 for additional information.

(1)Mobility and broadband service revenue primarily includes revenue from mobility communication services, FWA broadband, Fios internet and other fiber-based services.

(2)Other revenue primarily includes revenue from wireline products that provide legacy voice, video and data solutions, as well as broadband solutions over a traditional copper-based network. Other revenue also includes fees that partially recover the direct and indirect costs of complying with regulatory and industry obligations and programs, leasing and interest recognized when equipment is sold to the customer by an authorized agent under a device payment plan agreement.

(3)The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the CODM. Intersegment expenses are included within the amounts shown.

(4) Centrally managed network and shared service costs include costs for network and leased assets, supply chain and other centralized services that are allocated to our Consumer and Business segments based on proportionate usage of services.

(5)Other segment expenses for each reportable segment include certain personnel, digital content, sales-related, overhead, other direct and operating costs.

(6)Historical Business segment results have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. See Note 3 for additional information.

Reconciliation to Consolidated Financial Information

The reconciliation of segment operating revenues and operating income to consolidated operating revenues and operating income below includes the effects of special items that the CODM does not consider in assessing segment performance, primarily because of their nature.

A reconciliation of the reportable segments' operating revenues to consolidated operating revenues is as follows:

(1)Historical segment results have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. See Note 3 for additional information.

A reconciliation of the total reportable segments' operating income to consolidated income before provision for income taxes is as follows:

(1)Historical segment results have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. See Note 3 for additional information.

No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our total operating revenues during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 or 2025.

The CODM does not review disaggregated assets on a segment basis; therefore, such information is not presented. Depreciation and amortization included in the measure of segment profitability is primarily allocated based on proportional usage, and is included within Total reportable segments operating income.

Note 11. Additional Financial Information

We maintain a voluntary supplier finance program with a financial institution which provides certain suppliers the option, at their sole discretion, to participate in the program and sell their receivables due from Verizon to the financial institution on a non-recourse basis. As of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, $477 million and $723 million, respectively, remained as confirmed obligations outstanding related to suppliers participating in the supplier finance program.

Note 12. Commitments and Contingencies

In the ordinary course of business, Verizon is involved in various litigation and regulatory proceedings at the state and federal level. Where it is determined, in consultation with counsel based on litigation and settlement risks, that a loss is probable and estimable in a given matter, Verizon establishes an accrual. In none of the currently pending matters is the amount of accrual material. An estimate of the reasonably possible loss or range of loss in excess of the amounts already accrued cannot be made at this time due to various factors typical in contested proceedings, including: (1) uncertain damage theories and demands; (2) a less than complete factual record; (3) uncertainty concerning legal theories and their resolution by courts or regulators; and (4) the unpredictable nature of the opposing party and its demands. We continuously monitor these proceedings as they develop and adjust any accrual or disclosure as needed. We do not expect that the ultimate resolution of any pending regulatory or legal matter in future periods will have a material effect on our financial condition, but it could have a material effect on our results of operations for a given reporting period.

Verizon is currently involved in numerous federal district court actions alleging that Verizon is infringing various patents. Most of these cases are brought by non-practicing entities and effectively seek only monetary damages; a small number are brought by companies that have sold products and could seek injunctive relief as well. These cases have progressed to various stages and a small number may have gone to trial or may go to trial in the coming 12 months if they are not otherwise resolved.

In connection with the execution of agreements for the sales of businesses and investments, Verizon ordinarily provides representations and warranties to the purchasers pertaining to a variety of nonfinancial matters, such as ownership of the securities being sold, as well as indemnity from certain financial losses. From time to time, counterparties may make claims under these provisions, and Verizon will seek to defend against those claims and resolve them in the ordinary course of business.

As of September 30, 2026, Verizon had 29 renewable energy purchase agreements (REPAs) with third parties. Each of the REPAs is based on the expected operation of a renewable energy-generating facility and has a fixed price term of 12 to 20 years from the commencement of the facility's entry into commercial operation. Twenty-two of the facilities have entered into commercial operation, and the remainder are under development. The REPAs generally are expected to be financially settled based on the prevailing market price as energy is generated by the facilities.