Verizon Communications Declares Quarterly Dividend
Posted on: Thursday, 5 June 2008, 12:00 CDT
NEW YORK, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. has declared a quarterly dividend of 43 cents per outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on Aug. 1, 2008, to Verizon Communications shareowners of record at the close of business on July 10, 2008.
Verizon has approximately 2.4 million shareowners and approximately 2.9 billion shares of common stock outstanding. The company made $4.8 billion in dividend payments in 2007.
Verizon Communications Inc. , headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 67 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employed a diverse workforce of approximately 232,000 as of the end of the first quarter 2008 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com/.
VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.
Verizon Communications
CONTACT: Bob Varettoni of Verizon Communications, +1-908-559-6388,robert.a.varettoni@verizon.com
Web site: http://www.verizon.com/http://www.verizon.com/news
Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html
Source: PRNewswire
Related Articles
- Verizon Communications Declares Quarterly Dividend
- Verizon Communications Raises Quarterly Dividend 7 Percent to 46 Cents Per Share
- Enhanced Portal Offers Verizon Enterprise Customers Unified Wireline, Wireless View
- Verizon Communications Declares Quarterly Dividend
- Verizon Communications Declares Quarterly Dividend
- Verizon Communications Raises Quarterly Dividend 6.2 Percent to 43 Cents Per Share
- Verizon Communications Declares Quarterly Dividend
- Nation's First 'Verizon Experience' Store Opens Tuesday, Presenting Verizon Wireless and Verizon Communications Products and Services in High-Tech, Consumer-Friendly Style
- Verizon Communications Raises Quarterly Dividend 5.2 Percent to 40.5 Cents Per Share
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds