EXHIBIT 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Richard L. Carrion
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Richard L. Carrion
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Helene L. Kaplan
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Helene L. Kaplan
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Joseph Neubauer
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Joseph Neubauer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Thomas H. O'Brien
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Thomas H. O'Brien
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Hugh B. Price
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Hugh B. Price
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration
Statements, and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered
by the Registration Statements that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the
Registration Statements as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Frederic V. Salerno
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Frederic V. Salerno
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Walter V. Shipley
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Walter V. Shipley
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ John R. Stafford
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John R. Stafford
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg and Frederic V. Salerno and each of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration
Statements, and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered
by the Registration Statements that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such changes in the
Registration Statements as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Lawrence R. Whitman
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Lawrence R. Whitman
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of them, his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the
Registration Statements, and to sign any registration statement for the same
offering covered by the Registration Statements that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, making such
changes in the Registration Statements as such person or persons so acting deems
appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Ivan G. Seidenberg
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Ivan G. Seidenberg
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Ivan G.
Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Charles R. Lee
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Charles R. Lee
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ James R. Barker
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James R. Barker
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Edward H. Budd
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Edward H. Budd
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Robert F. Daniell
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Robert F. Daniell
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Sandra O. Moose
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Sandra O. Moose
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Russell E. Palmer
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Russell E. Palmer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March 2001.
/s/ John W. Snow
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John W. Snow
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statements") relating to up to $5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new
debt securities of Verizon Global Funding Corp. and the related support
obligations of the Company to be offered and sold from time to time and up to
$5,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Verizon Global
Funding Corp. and the related support obligations of the Company to be issued
upon the receipt by and surrender to the Company of an equivalent amount of
previously privately issued debt securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Charles R. Lee,
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Frederic V. Salerno and Lawrence R. Whitman and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statements that is
to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in the Registration Statements as such person or
persons so acting deems appropriate, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
or by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 3rd day of March, 2001.
/s/ Robert D. Storey
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Robert D. Storey