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Insider Trading: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC

Monthly summaries of insider trading activities (stock purchases, sales, and option exercises) reported by insiders of VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC since year 2005 are given in the first table. The second table lists detailed insider transactions reported by VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC since 2005. The reporting company's ticker symbol is VZ. The reporting company's CIK number is 732712. The total value of stock buying during this period is $876,700. The total value of stock sales is $69,219,367. The total value of stock exercises is $58,963,062.

Figure 1. Monthly insider transaction values at VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ) in the past 24 months. The trade values of insider stock buys, sales, and option exercises are in logarithmic scale as shown on the right axis labels. The detailed monthly and daily insider transactions are listed in the 2 tables below.

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Figure 2. Average prices of insider buys, sales, and option exercises at VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ) in the past 24 months. See table 2 for insider transaction details.

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Table 1. Monthly summaries of insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ).
Trading Period
year-month  
Insider Buying     
Shares               Value ($)
Insider Sales     
Shares               Value ($)
Option Exercises     
Shares               Value ($)
2008-04 20,000 760,000 0 0 0 0
2008-02 1,100 40,520 0 0 0 0
2007-12 0 0 193,547 8,728,560 193,547 8,603,161
2007-10 0 0 544,479 24,773,574 544,479 22,244,357
2007-08 0 0 28,276 1,219,208 28,276 1,071,319
2007-07 0 0 92,966 4,011,611 92,966 3,415,352
2007-05 0 0 268,449 11,327,586 268,449 10,421,389
2007-03 0 0 8,522 319,148 8,522 310,626
2007-02 2,000 76,180 0 0 0 0
2007-01 0 0 45,894 1,767,471 56,244 1,986,506
2006-12 0 0 886 31,674 886 28,121
2006-11 0 0 13,732 484,327 13,732 410,312
2006-10 0 0 285,572 10,614,643 285,572 8,830,092
2006-09 0 0 2,445 87,139 0 0
2006-08 0 0 31,264 1,083,599 24,264 750,242
2006-07 0 0 28,568 971,312 28,568 891,585
2006-05 0 0 50,415 1,653,344 0 0
2006-02 0 0 46,716 1,544,860 0 0
2005-08 0 0 4,000 133,320 0 0
2005-07 0 0 13,656 467,991 0 0

Table 2. Detailed insider stock purchases, sales, and option exercises for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ)
  Trade Date   Insider Name Trade Type     Shares       Price ($)   Value ($)
2008-04-29 Lynch Richard J. (EVP & Chief Technology Officer) Purchase 20,000 38.00 760,000
2008-02-08 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Purchase 100 36.00 3,600
2008-02-06 Snow John W (Director) Purchase 1,000 36.92 36,920
2007-12-26 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Sale 85,690 44.95 3,851,765
2007-12-26 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Option Exercise 85,690 44.45 3,808,920
2007-12-10 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Sale 14,744 45.45 670,114
2007-12-10 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Option Exercise 14,744 44.45 655,370
2007-12-10 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Sale 42,845 45.44 1,946,876
2007-12-10 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Option Exercise 42,845 44.45 1,904,460
2007-12-07 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Sale 45,093 44.95 2,026,930
2007-12-07 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Option Exercise 45,093 44.45 2,004,383
2007-12-07 Carrion Richard L (Director) Sale 5,175 45.00 232,875
2007-12-07 Carrion Richard L (Director) Option Exercise 5,175 44.45 230,028
2007-10-31 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Sale 14,000 46.00 644,000
2007-10-31 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Option Exercise 14,000 44.45 622,300
2007-10-31 Killian John F (President - Verizon Business) Sale 2,248 46.00 103,408
2007-10-31 Killian John F (President - Verizon Business) Option Exercise 2,248 44.45 99,923
2007-10-31 Stafford John R (Director) Sale 5,175 46.00 238,050
2007-10-31 Stafford John R (Director) Option Exercise 5,175 44.45 230,028
2007-10-11 Webster Catherine T (Senior VP and Treasurer) Sale 25,977 46.00 1,194,942
2007-10-11 Webster Catherine T (Senior VP and Treasurer) Option Exercise 25,977 44.45 1,154,677
2007-10-11 Bartlett Thomas A (Sr VP and Controller) Sale 38,582 46.00 1,774,772
2007-10-11 Bartlett Thomas A (Sr VP and Controller) Option Exercise 38,582 44.45 1,714,969
2007-10-11 Tauke Thomas J. (EVP-Pub Aff., Policy and Comm) Sale 25,150 46.00 1,156,900
2007-10-11 Tauke Thomas J. (EVP-Pub Aff., Policy and Comm) Option Exercise 25,150 44.45 1,117,917
2007-10-11 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Sale 106,139 46.00 4,882,394
2007-10-11 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Option Exercise 106,139 37.24 3,952,616
2007-10-11 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Sale 47,248 46.00 2,173,408
2007-10-11 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Option Exercise 47,248 41.47 1,959,374
2007-10-02 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Sale 15,000 45.50 682,500
2007-10-02 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Option Exercise 15,000 44.45 666,750
2007-10-01 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Sale 18,191 45.00 818,595
2007-10-01 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Option Exercise 18,191 35.51 645,962
2007-10-01 Bartlett Thomas A (Sr VP and Controller) Sale 47,196 45.00 2,123,820
2007-10-01 Bartlett Thomas A (Sr VP and Controller) Option Exercise 47,196 35.51 1,675,929
2007-10-01 Reed Marc C (Exec. VP - Human Resources) Sale 12,248 45.00 551,160
2007-10-01 Reed Marc C (Exec. VP - Human Resources) Option Exercise 12,248 43.07 527,521
2007-10-01 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Sale 187,325 45.00 8,429,625
2007-10-01 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Option Exercise 187,325 42.05 7,876,391
2007-08-08 Price Hugh B (Director) Sale 1,293 42.79 55,327
2007-08-08 Price Hugh B (Director) Option Exercise 1,293 36.45 47,129
2007-08-02 Storey Robert D (Director) Sale 23,104 43.19 997,861
2007-08-02 Storey Robert D (Director) Option Exercise 23,104 38.21 882,803
2007-08-01 Shipley Walter V (Director) Sale 1,293 42.63 55,120
2007-08-01 Shipley Walter V (Director) Option Exercise 1,293 36.45 47,129
2007-08-01 Carrion Richard L (Director) Sale 1,293 43.00 55,599
2007-08-01 Carrion Richard L (Director) Option Exercise 1,293 36.45 47,129
2007-08-01 Stafford John R (Director) Sale 1,293 42.77 55,301
2007-08-01 Stafford John R (Director) Option Exercise 1,293 36.45 47,129
2007-07-31 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Sale 20,000 43.10 862,000
2007-07-31 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Option Exercise 20,000 35.51 710,200
2007-07-31 Diercksen John W (Exec. VP - Strat, Dev and Plng) Sale 9,832 43.10 423,759
2007-07-31 Diercksen John W (Exec. VP - Strat, Dev and Plng) Option Exercise 9,832 36.45 358,376
2007-07-31 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Sale 5,485 42.92 235,416
2007-07-31 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Option Exercise 5,485 36.45 199,928
2007-07-31 Killian John F (President - Verizon Business) Sale 57,649 43.20 2,490,436
2007-07-31 Killian John F (President - Verizon Business) Option Exercise 57,649 37.24 2,146,848
2007-05-15 Barr William P (Exec. VP and General Counsel) Sale 262,641 42.22 11,088,703
2007-05-15 Barr William P (Exec. VP and General Counsel) Option Exercise 262,641 38.84 10,200,976
2007-05-10 Kheradpir Shaygan (EVP & Chief Info. Officer) Sale 5,808 41.13 238,883
2007-05-10 Kheradpir Shaygan (EVP & Chief Info. Officer) Option Exercise 5,808 37.95 220,413
2007-03-21 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Sale 8,522 37.45 319,148
2007-03-21 Strigl Dennis F (President and COO) Option Exercise 8,522 36.45 310,626
2007-02-05 Snow John W (Director) Purchase 2,000 38.09 76,180
2007-01-30 Webster Catherine T (Senior VP and Treasurer) Sale 7,917 38.65 305,992
2007-01-30 Webster Catherine T (Senior VP and Treasurer) Option Exercise 7,917 36.45 288,574
2007-01-30 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Sale 24,788 38.65 958,056
2007-01-30 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Option Exercise 24,788 36.45 903,522
2007-01-24 Obrien Thomas H (Director) Option Exercise 5,175 31.74 164,254
2007-01-18 Neubauer Joseph (Director) Option Exercise 5,175 31.74 164,254
2007-01-03 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Sale 10,039 38.17 383,188
2007-01-03 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Option Exercise 10,039 36.45 365,921
2007-01-03 Babbio Lawrence T Jr (Vice Chairman and President) Sale 3,150 38.17 120,235
2007-01-03 Babbio Lawrence T Jr (Vice Chairman and President) Option Exercise 3,150 31.74 99,981
2006-12-11 Webster Catherine T (Senior VP and Treasurer) Sale 886 35.75 31,674
2006-12-11 Webster Catherine T (Senior VP and Treasurer) Option Exercise 886 31.74 28,121
2006-11-21 Diercksen John W (Exec. VP - Strat, Dev and Plng) Sale 13,732 35.27 484,327
2006-11-21 Diercksen John W (Exec. VP - Strat, Dev and Plng) Option Exercise 13,732 29.88 410,312
2006-10-31 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Sale 108 36.55 3,947
2006-10-31 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Option Exercise 108 32.84 3,546
2006-10-02 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Sale 285,464 37.17 10,610,696
2006-10-02 Seidenberg Ivan G (Chairman and CEO) Option Exercise 285,464 30.92 8,826,546
2006-09-06 Ruesterholz Virginia P (President - Verizon Telecom) Sale 2,445 35.64 87,139
2006-08-28 Tauke Thomas J. (EVP-Pub Aff., Policy and Comm) Sale 24,264 35.00 849,240
2006-08-28 Tauke Thomas J. (EVP-Pub Aff., Policy and Comm) Option Exercise 24,264 30.92 750,242
2006-08-03 Tauke Thomas J. (EVP-Pub Aff., Policy and Comm) Sale 7,000 33.48 234,359
2006-07-31 Webster Catherine T (Senior VP and Treasurer) Sale 4,304 34.00 146,336
2006-07-31 Webster Catherine T (Senior VP and Treasurer) Option Exercise 4,304 32.84 141,343
2006-07-31 Tauke Thomas J. (EVP-Pub Aff., Policy and Comm) Sale 24,264 34.00 824,976
2006-07-31 Tauke Thomas J. (EVP-Pub Aff., Policy and Comm) Option Exercise 24,264 30.92 750,242
2006-05-05 Babbio Lawrence T Jr (Vice Chairman and President) Sale 26,000 32.94 856,439
2006-05-03 Strigl Dennis F (EVP and Pres and CEO - VZW JV) Sale 24,415 32.64 796,905
2006-02-15 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Sale 4,472 34.00 152,048
2006-02-13 Reed Marc C (Exec. VP - Human Resources) Sale 236 32.98 7,783
2006-02-13 Barr William P (Exec. VP and General Counsel) Sale 18,074 32.94 595,357
2006-02-13 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Sale 15,000 32.99 494,850
2006-02-13 Killian John F (President - Verizon Business) Sale 6,000 33.00 198,000
2006-02-10 Toben Doreen A (Exec. VP and CFO) Sale 2,934 33.00 96,822
2005-08-05 Tauke Thomas J. (EVP-Pub Aff., Policy) Sale 4,000 33.33 133,320
2005-07-27 Strigl Dennis F (EVP and Pres and CEO) Sale 13,656 34.27 467,991

Insider trading activities including stock purchases, stock sales, and option exercises listed in the above tables cannot be completely guaranteed as to their accuracy. For more insider trading information of VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (symbol VZ, CIK number 732712) see the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.

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