secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ)
CIK:        0000732712
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000732712-24-000056
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Verizon expects $1.7B-$1.9B severance charge in Q3 2024; 4,800 to separate
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- Voluntary separation program for U.S. management employees: ~4,800 eligible; over half exit Sept 2024, rest by March 2025.
- Records severance charge of $1.7B-$1.9B ($1.3B-$1.4B after-tax) in Q3 2024.
- Also records asset and business rationalization charges of $230M-$380M ($170M-$290M after-tax) from ceasing real estate and exiting non-strategic businesses.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271224000056/0000732712-24-000056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271224000056/vz-20240912.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000732712-24-000056

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