Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Shareholder. Any Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share. An Option shall be deemed exercised when the ​ receives:

No Shareholder Rights Before Exercise. No person shall have any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to any Shares subject to the Option until the Shares actually are issued to him/her upon exercise of the Option.

Shareholder Rights. No person or entity shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of any Shares until the Restricted Share Unit shall have vested and been paid in the form of Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Award Terms.

Shareholder Rights. The Grantee shall not have any voting or other shareholder rights unless and until shares of Common Stock are actually delivered to the Grantee.

Shareholder Rights. The Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to the RSUs until the date on which the Participant becomes the holder of record with respect to any shares of Verizon common stock to which this grant relates. Except as provided in the Plan or in this Agreement, no adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date occurs while the RSUs are outstanding.

Shareholder Rights. The Director will have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Shares.

Shareholder Rights. A Participant will have no interest or dividend or voting rights in a Share until a Share has been purchased on the Participant’s behalf under the Plan and delivered pursuant to [Section 6.2].

Rights as Shareholder. You will not have any rights of a shareholder prior to the receipt of Your Shares, and will obtain such rights only upon Your receipt of the Shares, at which time You will have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the Shares received upon the vesting of those RSUs, including the right to vote those Shares and receive all dividends and other distributions, if any, paid or made with respect thereto. Any Shares or cash distributed as dividends with respect to the Shares subject to the RSUs will be subject to the same vesting schedule and performance conditions as the underlying RSUs and shall be settled as provided in [Section 6].

No Shareholder Rights. The Units subject to this Award do not entitle you to any rights of a shareholder of the Company, including with respect to dividends or dividend equivalents. You will not have any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company in connection with the grant of Units subject to this Agreement unless and until Shares are issued to you upon settlement of the Units as provided in [Section 5].

Rights of Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, Participant shall have, with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock awarded hereunder, all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote the shares and the right to receive any dividends as declared by the Company’s Board of Directors.