NEW YORK -- The board of directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of $.385 per outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter.
The dividend is payable on Feb. 1, 2002, to Verizon Communications shareowners of record at the close of business Jan. 10, 2002. Verizon Communications has approximately 2.8 million individual shareowners and approximately 2.7 billion shares of common stock outstanding.
