Verizon Communications Files Form 8-K

Verizon Communications Inc.

Notice of Form 8-K furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

On October 17, 2013, Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) furnished a Report on Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing its third quarter 2013 earnings release.

The report may be viewed in more detail on the SEC website at www.sec.gov and on the Verizon website at www.verizon.com/investor.

A copy of the above document has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.