COMPARISON
OF FIVE-YEAR TOTAL RETURN AMONG VERIZON, S&P 500 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES INDEX AND S&P 500 STOCK INDEX
The
graph compares the cumulative total returns of Verizon, the S&P
500 Telecommunications Services Index, and the S&P 500 Stock Index
over a five-year period. It assumes $100 was invested on December
31, 2000, with dividends reinvested.
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This is an interactive electronic version of Verizon’s 2005
Annual Report to Shareholders, and it is intended to be complete and
accurate. The contents of this version are qualified in their entirety
by reference to the printed version. A reproduction of the printed
version is available in PDF format on this website.