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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-272452"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VZ"
cik: "0000732712"
company_name: "VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T06:53:10.167339+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verizon amends Bylaws effective Dec 5, 2024; updates proxy nomination rules and inspector eligibility

## Summary
- Board approved Bylaw amendments effective December 5, 2024.
- Candidates for office at an election may no longer serve as inspector at that election.
- Updated information and representation requirements for stockholder director nominations in proxy materials.
- Includes technical, clarifying and conforming changes.
- Full Amended Bylaws attached as Exhibit 3b.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-272452
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VZ
- cik: 0000732712
- company_name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312524272452/0001193125-24-272452-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312524272452/d835176d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC: Amended and restated bylaws to provide that a candidate for office may not serve as inspector, update stockholder nomination requirements, and make technical changes (effective 2024-12-05).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-12-05
  source text: On December 5, 2024, the Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (the Company) amended and restated the Company’s Bylaws (the Amended Bylaws), effective as of that date. The amendments (i) provide that a candidate for an office at an election may not serve as an inspector at such election, (ii) update certain information and representation requirements for stockholders submitting director nominations for inclusion in the Company’s proxy materials, and (iii) include certain other technical, clarifying and conforming changes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000119312524272452/0001193125-24-272452-index.htm

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