Amendments to Credit Agreement. In reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in Section 6 below, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness set forth in Section 5 below, # the Credit Agreement (other than the Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules thereto) is hereby amended, effective as of the Tenth Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), to read in the form of the Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, and # [Schedule 1.1] to the Credit Agreement and each of the other Schedules to the Credit Agreement that is attached hereto as part of Exhibit A is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit A.

Continuance of Credit Agreement. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and all other documents, instruments and materials executed and delivered pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

Ratification of Credit Agreement. Each of the Loan Parties hereby acknowledges and consents to the terms set forth herein and agrees that this Agreement does not impair, reduce or limit any of its obligations under the Loan Documents as amended hereby.

Amendments to Credit Agreement. Upon and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 below, the Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended as follows:

The provisions of Article I of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended as follows:

Amendments to Credit Agreement. Effective upon the Seventh Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Section 3 below):

New Bank Credit Agreement. The Company has furnished to the Noteholders a true and complete copy of the New Bank Credit Agreement, and except as so furnished to the Noteholders, there have been no amendments to the New Bank Credit Agreement; and

Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, other than as set forth in this Amendment, the Agreement remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

Agreement. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to the 2009 Verizon Communications Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”), and evidences the grant of a restricted stock unit award in the form of RSUs pursuant to the Plan. In consideration of the benefits described in this Agreement, which Participant acknowledges are good, valuable and sufficient consideration, the Participant agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the Participant’s obligations and restrictions set forth in [Exhibit A] to this Agreement and the Participant’s non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and other obligations and restrictions set forth in [Exhibit B] to this Agreement, both of which are incorporated into and are a part of the Agreement. The RSUs and this Agreement are subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan. By executing this Agreement, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of the Plan and this Agreement, including but not limited to the Participant’s obligations and restrictions set forth in [Exhibits A] and B to this Agreement. In addition, the Participant agrees to be bound by the actions of the Human Resources Committee of Verizon Communication’s Board of Directors or any successor thereto (the “Committee”), and any designee of the Committee (to the extent that such actions are exercised in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement). If there is a conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with it terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by # bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and # general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).