v2.4.0.8
Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Restricted and Performance Stock Unit Activity

The following table summarizes Verizon’s Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Stock Unit activity:

 

(shares in thousands)    Restricted Stock
Units
    Performance Stock
Units
 

Outstanding January 1, 2011

     20,923       32,380  

Granted

     6,667       10,348  

Payments

     (7,600     (12,137

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (154     (2,977
  

 

 

 

Outstanding December 31, 2011

     19,836       27,614  

Granted

     6,350       20,537  

Payments

     (7,369     (8,499

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (148     (189
  

 

 

 

Outstanding December 31, 2012

     18,669       39,463  

Granted

     4,950       7,470  

Payments

     (7,246     (22,703

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (180     (506
  

 

 

 

Outstanding December 31, 2013

     16,193       23,724  
  

 

 

 
Schedule of Assumptions Used in Black-Scholes Model

The following table summarizes the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model during 2013:

 

      End of Period  

Risk-free rate

     0.11%        

Expected term (in years)

     0.12          

Expected volatility

     43.27%        
Schedule of Value Appreciation Rights Activity

The following table summarizes the Value Appreciation Rights activity:

 

(shares in thousands)    VARs     Weighted-
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding rights, January 1, 2011

     11,569     $ 13.11  

Exercised

     (3,303     14.87  

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (52     14.74  
  

 

 

   

Outstanding rights, December 31, 2011

     8,214       12.39  

Exercised

     (3,427     10.30  

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (21     11.10  
  

 

 

   

Outstanding rights, December 31, 2012

     4,766       13.89  

Exercised

     (1,916     13.89  

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (3     13.89  
  

 

 

   

Outstanding rights, December 31, 2013

     2,847       13.89  
  

 

 

   
Schedule of Stock Option Activity

The following table summarizes Verizon’s stock option activity:

 

(shares in thousands)    Stock Options     Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Outstanding, January 1, 2011

     56,844     $ 44.25  

Exercised

     (7,104     35.00  

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (21,921     51.06  
  

 

 

   

Outstanding, December 31, 2011

     27,819       41.24  

Exercised

     (7,447     35.20  

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (17,054     45.15  
  

 

 

   

Outstanding, December 31, 2012

     3,318       34.69  

Exercised

     (2,253     34.85  

Cancelled/Forfeited

     (82     34.49  
  

 

 

   

Outstanding, December 31, 2013

     983       34.35  
  

 

 

   
Schedule of Stock Option Outstanding

The following table summarizes information about Verizon’s stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2013:

 

Range of Exercise Prices    Stock Options
(in thousands)
     Weighted-Average
Remaining Life
(years)
     Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
 

$30.00-39.99

     969        0.1      $ 34.18  

  40.00-49.99

     14        0.1        46.31  
  

 

 

       

  Total

     983        0.1        34.35