As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on ____________, 2013. Registration No. _______________


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


AT&T INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
  Delaware
   
  43-1301883
(State or other jurisdiction of  incorporation or organization)
   
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
                     
  208 S. Akard Street, Dallas, Texas
   
  75202
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
   
 (Zip Code)
                                                                                

AT&T Savings and Security Plan
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan
AT&T Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan
BellSouth Savings and Security Plan
(Full title of the plans)

 
Name, address and telephone
number of agent for service:
   
Please send copies of all communications to:
Ann E. Meuleman
   
Wayne Wirtz
Senior Vice President and Secretary
   
Associate General Counsel
AT&T Inc.
   
AT&T Inc.
208 S. Akard, 32 nd Floor
   
208 S. Akard, 30 th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75202
   
Dallas, Texas  75202
(210) 821-4105
   
(210) 821-4105
                    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  X     Accelerated filer       Non-accelerated filer        Smaller Reporting Company ___

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to
be registered
Amount to
be registered
Proposed maximum offering price
per share
Proposed maximum aggregate offering
price
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
200,000,000
$ 35.29 (1)
$ 7,058,000,000 (1)
$ 962,712

 
(1)
The price per share was calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933 for purposes of calculating the registration fee.  The fee was computed based on 200,000,000 shares (using the average of the high and low price of the stock on June 26 , 2013).
   

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as is necessary to eliminate any dilutive effect of any future stock split or stock dividend.  No additional registration fee is required.  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.


 
 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement registers an additional 200,000,000 shares of AT&T Inc. common stock to be issued under the AT&T Savings and Security Plan, the AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, the AT&T Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan, and the BellSouth Savings and Security Plan (the “Plans”). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plans (File No. 333-173078 filed on March 25, 2011, on behalf of AT&T Inc., and hereinafter referred to as the “Prior Registration Statement”) is hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. The Prior Registration Statement is currently effective. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statement relates, and pursuant to Rule 429, the prospectus incorporated herein is combined with and relates to the Prior Registration Statement.

 
 
PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 8.  Exhibits

Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibits
   
5
Validity opinion of Wayne Watts, Esq.
23-a
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23-d
Consent of Wayne Watts, Esq. (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
24
Powers of Attorney of Officers and Directors


 
 

 


SIGNATURES


The Registrant.   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on this 3rd day of July 2013.


 
AT&T INC.
   
 
By:        /s/ John J. Stephens
John J. Stephens
Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Principal Executive Officer:
Randall L. Stephenson *
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
 
Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer:
John J. Stephens
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



 
By:     /s/ John J. Stephens
John J. Stephens as attorney-in-fact for Mr. Stephenson, the Directors, and on his own behalf as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
 
   
 
July 3, 2013
 


DIRECTORS:

Gilbert F. Amelio *
Jon C. Madonna *
Reuben V. Anderson *
Michael B. McCallister *
James H. Blanchard *
John B. McCoy *
Jaime Chico Pardo *
Joyce M. Roche *
Scott T. Ford *
Matthew K. Rose *
James P. Kelly *
Laura D’Andrea Tyson *
   
   
*   By power of attorney

 
 

 

The Plans.   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Administrator for the Plans set forth below has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on this 3rd day of July 2013.


AT&T Savings and Security Plan
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan
AT&T Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan
BellSouth Savings and Security Plan

By:  AT&T Services, Inc., Plan Administrator




By:            /s/ Mike Coffey
Mike Coffey
Senior Vice President – Compensation
Benefits & Policy of AT&T Services, Inc.


 
 

 


Exhibit 5

[AT&T Inc. Letterhead]

July 3, 2013

AT&T Inc.
208 S. Akard Street
Dallas, TX  75202

Dear Sirs:

In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) of shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Shares”) of AT&T Inc., a Delaware corporation (“AT&T”), I am of the opinion that:

(1)           Two Hundred Million (200,000,000) Shares, which may be purchased pursuant to the terms of the AT&T Savings and Security Plan, the AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, the AT&T Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan, and the BellSouth Savings and Security Plan (the “Plans”) have been duly authorized, and, when the registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Shares to be issued pursuant to the Plans (the "Registration Statement") has become effective under the Act, upon issuance of such Shares and upon payment therefore, in accordance with the Plans and the resolutions of the Board of Directors of AT&T relating thereto, the Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable;

(2)           The provisions of the Plans are in compliance with the requirements of the Employee Retirement  Income Security Act of 1974 pertaining to such provisions; and

(3)           AT&T has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

The foregoing opinion is limited to the federal laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and I am expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

I have relied as to certain matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of AT&T and other sources believed by me to be responsible.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Wayne Watts                                                                            




Exhibit 23-a


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the AT&T Savings and Security Plan, the AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, the AT&T Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan, and the BellSouth Savings and Security Plan, each of which is a Plan sponsored by AT&T Inc. (AT&T), for the registration of 200,000,000 shares of its common stock, of our reports (a) dated February 22, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of AT&T, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of AT&T, incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2012 and the financial statement schedule of AT&T included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and (b) dated June 28, 2013, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of the AT&T Savings and Security Plan, the AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, the AT&T Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan, and the BellSouth Savings and Security Plan included in the Plans’ Annual Reports (Forms 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.




By:  /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Dallas, Texas
June 28, 2013




Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

THAT, AT&T INC., a Delaware corporation, hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation,” proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission at Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement or Statements on Form S-8 for the issuance of additional shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock pursuant to the AT&T Savings and Security Plan, the AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, the AT&T Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan, and the BellSouth Savings and Security Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Randall L. Stephenson, Jonathan P. Klug, John J. Stephens, Paul W. Stephens, Wayne Watts, or any one of them, all of the City of Dallas and State of Texas, the attorneys for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, and in the undersigned’s office and capacity in the Corporation, to execute and file a registration statement or statements, and thereafter to execute and file any and all amended registration statements and amended prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and concerning the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand the date set forth opposite their name.

June 25, 2013
 
 
/s/ Randall L. Stephenson
Date
 
Randall L. Stephenson
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
     
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ Gilbert F. Amelio
Date
 
Gilbert F. Amelio
Director
     
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ Reuben V. Anderson
Date
 
Reuben V. Anderson
Director
     
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ James H. Blanchard
Date
 
 
June 28, 2013
 
James H. Blanchard
Director
 
/s/ Jaime Chico Pardo
Date
 
Jaime Chico Pardo
Director
June 28, 2013
 
 
/s/ Scott T. Ford
Date
 
 
Scott T. Ford
Director
 
 
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ James P. Kelly
Date
 
James P. Kelly
   
Director
     
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ Jon. C. Madonna
     
Date
 
Jon C. Madonna
Director
     
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ Michael B. McCallister
Date
 
Michael B. McCallister
Director
     
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ John B. McCoy
Date
 
John B. McCoy
Director
     
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ Joyce M. Roche
Date
 
Joyce M. Roche
Director
     
June 28, 2013
 
/s/ Matthew K. Rose
Date
 
Matthew K. Rose
Director

June 28, 2013
 
/s/ Laura D/Andrea Tyson
Date
 
Laura D’Andrea Tyson
Director