OREANDA-NEWS. June 18, 2014. The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 53 cents per outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter.

The dividend is payable on Aug. 1, 2014, to Verizon Communications shareowners of record at the close of business on July 10, 2014.

Verizon has approximately 4.1 billion shares of common stock outstanding. The company made USD 5.9 billion in cash dividend payments in 2013.