VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC·4

Feb 13, 1:01 PM ET

Vestberg Hans Erik 4

4 · VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC · Filed Feb 13, 2026

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Verizon Director Hans Vestberg Receives Award, Sells Shares for Taxes

What Happened
Hans Erik Vestberg, a director of Verizon Communications (VZ), had 303,497 shares issued to him on 2026-02-11 upon the vesting of performance stock units (PSUs). To satisfy tax withholding obligations, 164,859 of those shares were disposed of at $48.97 per share, generating proceeds of approximately $8,073,145. The issuance is coded as an award/acquisition (A) and the withholding sale is coded as tax withholding (F).

Key Details

  • Transaction date: 2026-02-11; Form 4 filed 2026-02-13 (timely filing).
  • Award/acquisition: 303,497 shares issued upon PSU vesting (code A).
  • Tax withholding/disposition: 164,859 shares withheld/disposed at $48.97 each for ~$8,073,145 (code F).
  • Footnotes: F1 — shares issued upon vesting of PSUs tied to performance criteria (not stock-price-based). F2 — reflects transfers between the reporting person and grantor retained annuity trusts (exempt under Rule 16a-13).
  • Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing details.

Context
This was an issuance of vested performance-based awards followed by a routine tax-withholding sale of a portion of those shares. Tax-withholding dispositions are standard and do not necessarily indicate a discretionary sale for investment purposes. The filing indicates award vesting rather than an open-market purchase or voluntary sale.

Insider Transaction Report

Form 4
Period: 2026-02-11
Transactions
  • Award

    Common Stock

    [F1][F2]
    2026-02-11+303,497509,928 total
  • Tax Payment

    Common Stock

    [F2]
    2026-02-11$48.97/sh164,859$8,073,145345,069 total
Holdings
  • Common Stock

    [F2]
    (indirect: By Trust)
    307,315
  • Common Stock

    (indirect: By Trust)
    25,524
  • Common Stock

    (indirect: By Trust)
    25,523
Footnotes (2)
  • [F1]These shares of common stock were issued upon the vesting of outstanding Performance Stock Units that were subject to performance criteria other than the issuer's stock price.
  • [F2]Reflects transfers of shares of common stock between the reporting person and grantor retained annuity trusts, which are exempt from Section 16 pursuant to Rule 16a-13.
Signature
Evgeniya Berezkina, Attorney-in-fact for Hans Erik Vestberg|2026-02-13

Documents

1 file
  • 4
    wk-form4_1771005700.xmlPrimary

    FORM 4