OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2014. The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) declared a quarterly dividend of 55 cents per outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter.

The dividend is payable on Feb. 2, 2015, to Verizon Communications shareowners of record at the close of business on Jan. 9, 2015.

Verizon has approximately 4.2 billion shares of common stock outstanding. The company made \\$5.7 billion in cash dividend payments in the first three quarters of 2014.