FWP

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-190954

Final Term Sheet

February 5, 2014

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

€1,750,000,000 2.375% Notes due 2022

€1,250,000,000 3.25% Notes due 2026

£850,000,000 4.75% Notes due 2034

 

Issuer:    Verizon Communications Inc.
Title of Securities:    2.375% Notes due 2022 (“Euro Notes due 2022”)
   3.25% Notes due 2026 (“Euro Notes due 2026” and, together with the Euro Notes due 2022, the “Euro Notes”)
   4.75% Notes due 2034 (the “Sterling Notes” and, together with the Euro Notes, the “Notes”)
Trade Date:    February 5, 2014
Settlement Date (T+5):    February 12, 2014
Maturity Date:    Euro Notes due 2022: February 17, 2022
   Euro Notes due 2026: February 17, 2026
   Sterling Notes: February 17, 2034
Aggregate Principal Amount Offered:    Euro Notes due 2022: €1,750,000,000
   Euro Notes due 2026: €1,250,000,000
   Sterling Notes: £850,000,000
Price to Public (Issue Price):    Euro Notes due 2022: 99.496% plus accrued interest, if any, from February 12, 2014
   Euro Notes due 2026: 99.882% plus accrued interest, if any, from February 12, 2014
   Sterling Notes: 99.607% plus accrued interest, if any, from February 12, 2014
Pricing Benchmark:    Euro Notes due 2022: 8-year EUR mid-swap
   Euro Notes due 2026: 12-year EUR mid-swap
   Sterling Notes: UKT 4.25% due 2032
Benchmark Yield:    Euro Notes due 2022: 1.565%
   Euro Notes due 2026: 2.082%
   Sterling Notes: 3.275%


Re-offer Spread vs.   
Pricing Benchmark:    Euro Notes due 2022: MS + 88 bps
   Euro Notes due 2026: MS + 118 bps
   Sterling Notes: G + 145 bps
Re-offer Yield (annual):    Euro Notes due 2022: 2.445%
   Euro Notes due 2026: 3.262%
   Sterling Notes: 4.781%
Government Benchmark:    Euro Notes due 2022: DBR 2.00% due January 2022
   Euro Notes due 2026: DBR 1.75% due February 2024
   Sterling Notes: UKT 4.25% due June 2032
Re-offer Spread vs.   
Government Benchmark:    Euro Notes due 2022: B + 122.1 bps
   Euro Notes due 2026: B + 162.8 bps
   Sterling Notes: G + 145.0 bps
Proceeds to Company:    Euro Notes due 2022: €1,735,492,500
   Euro Notes due 2026: €1,243,837,500
   Sterling Notes: £842,622,000
Interest Payment Dates:    Euro Notes due 2022: Annually in arrears on each February 17, commencing February 17, 2015 (long first interest payment)
   Euro Notes due 2026: Annually in arrears on each February 17, commencing February 17, 2015 (long first interest payment)
   Sterling Notes: Annually in arrears on each February 17, commencing February 17, 2015 (long first interest payment)
Denominations:    Euro Notes: Minimum of €100,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof
   Sterling Notes: Minimum of £100,000 and integral multiples of £1,000 in excess thereof
Optional Redemption:    Euro Notes due 2022: Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Euro Notes due 2022 being redeemed or the discounted present value at the Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 20 basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption


  Euro Notes due 2026: Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Euro Notes due 2026 being redeemed or the discounted present value at the Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 25 basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption
  Sterling Notes: Make-whole call at any time at the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Sterling Notes being redeemed or the discounted present value at the Comparable Government Bond Rate plus 25 basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption

Allocation:

 

     Principal Amount
of Euro Notes due
2022
     Principal Amount
of Euro Notes due
2026
     Principal
Amount of

Sterling Notes
 

Banco Santander, S.A.

   350,000,000       250,000,000       £ 170,000,000   

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited

     350,000,000         250,000,000         170,000,000   

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

     350,000,000         250,000,000         170,000,000   

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

     350,000,000         250,000,000         170,000,000   

Lloyds Bank plc

     140,000,000         100,000,000         68,000,000   

Mizuho International plc

     140,000,000         100,000,000         68,000,000   

CastleOak Securities, L.P.

     18,025,000         12,875,000         8,755,000   

Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.

     18,025,000         12,875,000         8,755,000   

The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

     18,025,000         12,875,000         8,755,000   

Blaylock Robert Van, LLC

     15,925,000         11,375,000         7,735,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   1,750,000,000       1,250,000,000       £ 850,000,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Reference Document:    Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, subject to completion, dated February 5, 2014, Prospectus dated February 5, 2014

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