On April 6 2026 Verizon Communications Inc announced that it filed a definitive proxy solicitation statement urging its shareholders to vote against a shareholder proposal from National Legal and Policy Center which requests the Board of Directors of the Company to adopt as policy and amend the governing documents as necessary to require that two separate people hold the office of the Chairman of the Board and the office of the Chief Executive Officer with the vote scheduled for the annual meeting of shareholders on May 21 2026.