Verizon Communications (VZ) Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Data

At the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) held on May 11, 2023, the following items were submitted to a vote of shareholders.
The number of shares of common stock present at the meeting was 3,485,370,992 or 82.91% of the shares of common stock outstanding on March 13, 2023, the record date for the meeting.

(a)	The following nominees were elected to serve on the Board of Directors:

Name of Nominee	Votes Cast For	Votes Cast Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes


Shellye Archambeau	2,632,112,511	113,619,113	16,701,179	722,938,189

Roxanne Austin	2,660,952,848	85,422,398	16,057,557	722,938,189

Mark Bertolini	2,686,116,229	58,310,918	18,005,656	722,938,189

Vittorio Colao	2,697,468,819	47,391,404	17,572,580	722,938,189

Melanie Healey	2,600,828,024	145,474,683	16,130,096	722,938,189

Laxman Narasimhan	2,660,308,826	84,203,767	17,920,210	722,938,189

Clarence Otis, Jr.	2,557,683,503	187,645,265	17,104,035	722,938,189

Daniel Schulman	2,677,832,166	67,376,615	17,224,022	722,938,189

Rodney Slater	2,600,955,629	143,912,479	17,564,695	722,938,189

Carol Tomé	2,700,975,322	45,150,402	16,307,079	722,938,189

Hans Vestberg	2,482,870,823	255,753,243	23,808,737	722,938,189

Gregory Weaver	2,688,390,057	56,085,068	17,957,678	722,938,189

(b)	The proposal regarding the advisory vote to approve executive compensation was approved with 2,433,965,968 votes for, 245,477,777 votes against, 82,989,058 abstentions and 722,938,189 broker non-votes.

(c)

The votes cast on the proposal regarding the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes to approve executive compensation were as follows: 2,590,181,124 votes for every year, 15,560,273 votes for every two years, 78,360,843 votes for every three years, 78,330,563 abstentions and 722,938,189 broker non-votes. Based on these voting results, at this time, Verizon will maintain its current policy of holding an advisory vote to approve executive compensation every year.

(d)	The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 was ratified with 3,311,006,974 votes for, 158,229,180 votes against and 16,134,838 abstentions.

(e)	The shareholder proposal regarding government requests to remove content was defeated with 72,767,462 votes for, 2,586,396,039 votes against, 103,269,302 abstentions and 722,938,189 broker non-votes.

(f)	The shareholder proposal regarding a prohibition on political contributions was defeated with 166,344,335 votes for, 2,494,332,903 votes against, 101,755,565 abstentions and 722,938,189 broker non-votes.

(g)	The shareholder proposal regarding an amendment to the clawback policy was defeated with 1,010,897,081 votes for, 1,658,287,093 votes against, 93,248,629 abstentions and 722,938,189 broker non-votes.

(h)	The shareholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of annual equity awards was defeated with 311,376,322 votes for, 2,367,850,225 votes against, 83,206,256 abstentions and 722,938,189 broker non-votes.

(i)	The shareholder proposal regarding an independent chair was defeated with 801,454,941 votes for, 1,878,457,848 votes against, 82,520,014 abstentions and 722,938,189 broker non-votes.

Verizon Communications (VZ) Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Data

Employee count

CEO pay ratio

CEO Salary

Median Employee Salary

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Proxy contests and exempt solicitations in last 3 years

Vote support at last AGM