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GUARANTEES OF OPERATING SUBSIDIARY DEBT

Verizon has guaranteed the following two obligations of indirect wholly owned operating subsidiaries: $480 million 7% debentures series B, due 2042 issued by Verizon New England Inc. and $300 million 7% debentures series F issued by Verizon South Inc. due 2041. These guarantees are full and unconditional and would require Verizon to make scheduled payments immediately if either of the two subsidiaries failed to do so. Both of these securities were issued in denominations of $25 and were sold primarily to retail investors and are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. SEC rules permit us to include condensed consolidating financial information for these two subsidiaries in our periodic SEC reports rather than filing separate subsidiary periodic SEC reports.

Below is the condensed consolidating financial information. Verizon New England and Verizon South are presented in separate columns. The column labeled Parent represents Verizon’s investments in all of its subsidiaries under the equity method and the Other column represents all other subsidiaries of Verizon on a combined basis. The Adjustments column reflects intercompany eliminations.

Condensed Consolidating       Verizon           (dollars in millions )
Statements of Income       New   Verizon       Adjust -    
Year Ended December 31, 2004   Parent England   South   Other ments   Total  
Operating revenues $   $ 3,955   $ 934   $ 66,756   $ (362 ) $ 71,283  
Operating expenses   260     3,664     717     53,887     (362 )   58,166  
Operating Income (Loss)   (260 )   291     217     12,869         13,117  
Equity in earnings of
   unconsolidated businesses
  7,714     59         1,438     (7,520 )   1,691  
Income from other
   unconsolidated businesses
              75         75  
Other income and (expense), net   171     8     7     38     (202 )   22  
Interest expense   (20 )   (165 )   (63 )   (2,144 )   8     (2,384 )
Minority interest               (2,409 )       (2,409 )
Income before provision for
   income taxes, discontinued
   operations and cumulative
   effect of accounting change
  7,605     193     161     9,867     (7,714 )   10,112  
Income tax benefit (provision)   229     (50 )   (34 )   (2,996 )       (2,851 )
Income Before Discontinued
   Operations And Cumulative
   Effect Of Accounting Change
  7,834     143     127     6,871     (7,714 )   7,261  
Gain (loss) on discontinued
   operations, net of tax
  (3 )           573         570  
Cumulative effect of accounting
   change, net of tax
                       
Net Income $ 7,831   $ 143   $ 127   $ 7,444   $ (7,714 ) $ 7,831  
Condensed Consolidating       Verizon           (dollars in millions )
Statements of Income       New   Verizon       Adjust -    
Year Ended December 31, 2003   Parent England   South   Other ments   Total  
Operating revenues $   $ 4,102   $ 951   $ 62,692   $ (277 ) $ 67,468  
Operating expenses   562     4,148     808     54,820     (277 )   60,061  
Operating Income (Loss)   (562 )   (46 )   143     7,872         7,407  
Equity in earnings (loss) of
   unconsolidated businesses
  3,176     (42 )       1,272     (3,128 )   1,278  
Income (loss) from other
   unconsolidated businesses
  (10 )           341         331  
Other income and (expense), net   75     (1 )   2     (3 )   (36 )   37  
Interest expense   (78 )   (160 )   (64 )   (2,483 )   (12 )   (2,797 )
Minority interest               (1,583 )       (1,583 )
Income (loss) before provision for
   income taxes, discontinued
   operations and cumulative effect
   of accounting change
  2,601     (249 )   81     5,416     (3,176 )   4,673  
Income tax benefit (provision)   476     82     (32 )   (1,739 )       (1,213 )
Income (Loss) Before
   Discontinued Operations
   And Cumulative Effect Of
   Accounting Change
  3,077     (167 )   49     3,677     (3,176 )   3,460  
Loss on discontinued operations,
   net of tax
              (886 )       (886 )
Cumulative effect of accounting
   change, net of tax
      369     47     87         503  
Net Income $ 3,077   $ 202   $ 96   $ 2,878   $ (3,176 ) $ 3,077  
Condensed Consolidating       Verizon           (dollars in millions )
Statements of Income       New   Verizon       Adjust -    
Year Ended December 31, 2002   Parent England   South   Other ments   Total  
Operating revenues $   $ 4,365   $ 1,350   $ 61,585   $ (244 ) $ 67,056  
Operating expenses   385     3,826     (753 )   48,965     (244 )   52,179  
Operating Income (Loss)   (385 )   539     2,103     12,620         14,877  
Equity in earnings (loss) of
   unconsolidated businesses
  4,054     29         (1,621 )   (4,009 )   (1,547 )
Loss from other
   unconsolidated businesses
  (100 )           (2,757 )       (2,857 )
Other income and (expense), net   62     (33 )   16     169     (23 )   191  
Interest expense   (53 )   (164 )   (74 )   (2,817 )   (22 )   (3,130 )
Minority interest               (1,404 )       (1,404 )
Income before provision for
   income taxes, discontinued
   operations and cumulative
   effect of accounting change
  3,578     371     2,045     4,190     (4,054 )   6,130  
Income tax benefit (provision)   501     (138 )   (794 )   (1,108 )       (1,539 )
Income Before Discontinued
   Operations And Cumulative
   Effect Of Accounting Change
  4,079     233     1,251     3,082     (4,054 )   4,591  
Loss on discontinued operations,
   net of tax
              (16 )       (16 )
Cumulative effect of accounting
   change, net of tax
              (496 )       (496 )
Net Income $ 4,079   $ 233   $ 1,251   $ 2,570   $ (4,054 ) $ 4,079  
For continuation of Note 22, see next page.
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