Detrimental Conduct. You agree that during any period in which Restricted Stock Units (and any related dividend equivalents) remain payable, you will not engage in Detrimental Conduct.

Prohibited Conduct. During the period of your employment with the Company or any Related Company, and for a period ending twelve (12) months following a termination of your employment for any reason with the Company or any Related Company, you shall not, without the prior written consent of the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Verizon (or her or his designee):

Detrimental Conduct. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, require a Covered Executive or Other Executive who has engaged in Detrimental Conduct to repay to the Company any Incentive Compensation Received by such Covered Executive or Other Executive during the Recovery Period (or, in the case of any Incentive Compensation that has not yet been paid or settled, the Company may cancel all or any portion of such Incentive Compensation).

Permitted Conduct. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict you from lawfully # initiating communications directly with, cooperating with, providing information to, causing information to be provided to, or otherwise assisting in an investigation by any governmental or regulatory agency, entity, or official(s) (collectively, "Governmental Authorities") regarding a possible violation of any law; # responding to any inquiry or legal process directed to you individually (and not directed to the Company Group) from any such Governmental Authorities; # testifying, participating or otherwise assisting in an action or proceeding by any such Governmental Authorities relating to a possible violation of law; or # making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law.

Detrimental Conduct. Any Options granted pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan are intended to align the Optionee’s long-term interests with the long-term interests of the Company. If the Company determines that the Optionee has # engaged in willful fraud that causes harm to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, either during employment with the Company or after such employment terminates for any reason or # violated the provisions of a non-competition agreement (any such act, “Detrimental Conduct”) the Optionee shall be deemed to have acted contrary to the long-term interests of the Company. Accordingly, the following rules shall apply:

Employee agrees to promptly and faithfully comply with all present and future policies, requirements, directions, and reasonable requests of Company board and any rules, regulations, or other policies of the Company in connection with the Company’s business and Employee’s duties hereunder.

(x) declare, set aside or pay any cash dividends on, make any other distributions in respect of, or enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of, any of its capital stock, # split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock;

Conduct of Business. Except as otherwise contemplated herein, or as otherwise agreed in writing by Purchaser, between the date hereof and the time when this Agreement terminates as provided herein, Seller agrees, as majority owner of the Company, to cause the Company to not:

Participants are expected to adhere to ethical and honest business practices in accordance with the

Conduct of Business. [[Borrowers:Organization]] will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than the businesses engaged in by [[Borrowers:Organization]] or such Subsidiaries on the date hereof and any business or activities which are reasonably similar, related or incidental thereto or logical extensions thereof.