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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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(1) |
Portions of AT&T Inc.’s Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (Parts I and II).
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Portions of AT&T Inc.’s Notice of 2017 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated on or about March 10, 2017 to be filed within the period permitted under General Instruction G(3) (Parts III and IV).
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Name of each exchange
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Title of each class
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on which registered
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Common Shares (Par Value $1.00 Per Share)
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New York Stock Exchange
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5.875% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due April 28, 2017
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New York Stock Exchange
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Floating Rate AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due June 4, 2019
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1.875% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due December 4, 2020
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New York Stock Exchange
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2.65% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due December 17, 2021 |
New York Stock Exchange
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1.45% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due June 1, 2022 |
New York Stock Exchange
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2.50% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due March 15, 2023
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1.30% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due September 5, 2023
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2.75% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due May 19, 2023
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2.40% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due March 15, 2024 |
New York Stock Exchange
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3.50% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due December 17, 2025 |
New York Stock Exchange
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4.375% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due September 14, 2029
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2.60% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due December 17, 2029 |
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3.55% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due December 17, 2032
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5.20% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due November 18, 2033
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New York Stock Exchange
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3.375% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due March 15, 2034 |
New York Stock Exchange
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SCHEDULE A - Continued
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2.45% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due March 15, 2035 |
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7.00% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due April 30, 2040 |
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4.25% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due June 1, 2043
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4.875% AT&T Inc.
Global Notes due June 1, 2044 |
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PART I
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1.
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Business
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1
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1A.
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Risk Factors
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11
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2.
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Properties
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12
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3.
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Legal Proceedings
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12
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4.
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Mine Safety Disclosures
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12
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Executive Officers of the Registrant
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13
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PART II
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5.
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Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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14
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6.
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Selected Financial Data
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15
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7.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations
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15
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7A.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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15
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8.
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Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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15
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9.
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Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting
and Financial Disclosure
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9A.
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Controls and Procedures
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9B.
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Other Information
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PART III
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10.
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Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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11.
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Executive Compensation
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16
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12.
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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management and Related Stockholder Matters
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16
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13.
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
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14.
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Principal Accountant Fees and Services
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PART IV
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15.
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Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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18
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AT&T Inc.
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Business Solutions business units provide services to business customers, including multinational companies; governmental and wholesale customers; and individual subscribers who purchase wireless services through employer-sponsored plans. We provide advanced IP-based services including Virtual Private Networks (VPN); Ethernet-related products and broadband, collectively referred to as fixed strategic services; as well as traditional data and voice products. We utilize our wireless and wired networks (referred to as “wired” or “wireline”) to provide a complete integrated communications solution to our business customers.
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Entertainment Group business units provide video, internet, voice communication, and interactive and targeted advertising services to customers located in the United States or in U.S. territories. We utilize our copper and IP-based network and/or our satellite technology.
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Consumer Mobility business units provide nationwide wireless service to consumers, and wholesale and resale subscribers located in the United States or in U.S. territories. We utilize our network to provide voice and data services, including high-speed internet, video and home-monitoring services over wireless devices.
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AT&T Inc.
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International business units provide entertainment services in Latin America and wireless services in Mexico. Video entertainment services are provided to primarily residential customers using satellite technology. We utilize our regional and national wireless networks in Mexico to provide consumer and business customers with wireless data and voice communication services.
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Percentage of Total
Consolidated Operating Revenues
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2016
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2015
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2014
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Business Solutions Segment
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Wireless service
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23
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Legacy voice and data services
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10
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Equipment
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Entertainment Group Segment
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Video entertainment
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Legacy voice and data services
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Wireless service
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Equipment
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International Segment
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Video entertainment
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Adverse economic and/or capital access changes in the markets served by us or in countries in which we have significant investments, including the impact on customer demand and our ability and our suppliers’ ability to access financial markets at favorable rates and terms.
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Changes in available technology and the effects of such changes, including product substitutions and deployment costs.
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Increases in our benefit plans’ costs, including increases due to adverse changes in the United States and foreign securities markets, resulting in worse-than-assumed investment returns and discount rates; adverse changes in mortality assumptions; adverse medical cost trends; and unfavorable or delayed implementation or repeal of healthcare legislation, regulations or related court decisions.
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The final outcome of FCC and other federal, state or foreign government agency proceedings (including judicial review, if any, of such proceedings) involving issues that are important to our business, including, without limitation, special access and business data services; intercarrier compensation; interconnection obligations; pending Notices of Apparent Liability; the transition from legacy technologies to IP-based infrastructure, including the withdrawal of legacy TDM-based services; universal service; broadband deployment; E911 services; competition policy; privacy net neutrality, including the FCC’s order classifying broadband as Title II services subject to much more comprehensive regulation; unbundled network elements and other wholesale obligations; multi-channel video programming distributor services and equipment; availability of new spectrum, on fair and balanced terms; and wireless and satellite license awards and renewals.
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The final outcome of state and federal legislative efforts involving issues that are important to our business, including deregulation of IP-based services, relief from Carrier of Last Resort obligations and elimination of state commission review of the withdrawal of services.
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Enactment of additional state, local, federal and/or foreign regulatory and tax laws and regulations, or changes to existing standards and actions by tax agencies and judicial authorities including the resolution of disputes with any taxing jurisdictions, pertaining to our subsidiaries and foreign investments, including laws and regulations that reduce our incentive to invest in our networks, resulting in lower revenue growth and/or higher operating costs.
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Our ability to absorb revenue losses caused by increasing competition, including offerings that use alternative technologies or delivery methods (e.g., cable, wireless, VoIP and over-the-top video service) and our ability to maintain capital expenditures.
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The extent of competition including from governmental networks and other providers and the resulting pressure on customer and access line totals and segment operating margins.
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Our ability to develop attractive and profitable product/service offerings to offset increasing competition.
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The ability of our competitors to offer product/service offerings at lower prices due to lower cost structures and regulatory and legislative actions adverse to us, including state regulatory proceedings relating to unbundled network elements and non-regulation of comparable alternative technologies (e.g., VoIP).
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The continued development and delivery of attractive and profitable video offerings through satellite and IP-based networks; the extent to which regulatory and build-out requirements apply to our offerings; and the availability, cost and/or reliability of the various technologies and/or content required to provide such offerings.
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Our continued ability to maintain margins, attract and offer a diverse portfolio of wireless service and devices and device financing plans.
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The availability and cost of additional wireless spectrum and regulations and conditions relating to spectrum use, licensing, obtaining additional spectrum, technical standards and deployment and usage, including network management rules.
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Our ability to manage growth in wireless video and data services, including network quality and acquisition of adequate spectrum at reasonable costs and terms.
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The outcome of pending, threatened or potential litigation (which includes arbitrations), including, without limitation, patent and product safety claims by or against third parties.
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The impact from major equipment failures on our networks, including satellites operated by DIRECTV; the effect of security breaches related to the network or customer information; our inability to obtain handsets, equipment/software or have handsets, equipment/software serviced in a timely and cost-effective manner from suppliers; and in the case of satellites launched, timely provisioning of services from vendors; or severe weather conditions, natural disasters, pandemics, energy shortages, wars or terrorist attacks.
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The issuance by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting oversight bodies of new accounting standards or changes to existing standards.
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Our ability to integrate our acquisition of DIRECTV.
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Our ability to close our pending acquisition of Time Warner Inc. and successfully integrate its operations.
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Our ability to adequately fund our wireless operations, including payment for additional spectrum, network upgrades and technological advancements.
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Our increased exposure to video competition and foreign economies due to our recent acquisitions of DIRECTV and Mexican wireless properties, including foreign exchange fluctuations as well as regulatory and political uncertainty.
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Changes in our corporate strategies, such as changing network-related requirements or acquisitions and dispositions, which may require significant amounts of cash or stock, to respond to competition and regulatory, legislative and technological developments.
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The uncertainty surrounding further congressional action to address spending reductions, which may result in a significant decrease in government spending and reluctance of businesses and consumers to spend in general.
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The uncertainty and impact of anticipated regulatory and corporate tax reform, which may impact the overall economy and incentives for business investments.
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(a)
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Waste Disposal Inquiry Involving DIRECTV
In August 2012, a unit organized by the California Attorney General and the District Attorney for Alameda County, California notified DIRECTV that the unit was examining allegations that DIRECTV had failed to properly manage, store, transport and dispose of Hazardous and Universal Waste in accordance with the California Health & Safety Code. No litigation has been filed. DIRECTV is cooperating with the unit and is seeking to resolve all claims. A monetary settlement has been proposed and agreed to in principle by DIRECTV in an amount that is not material. Negotiation of final terms is proceeding.
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San Diego County Inquiry Involving Cricket Communications, Inc.
In February 2014, the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District began inquiring into alleged violations of California regulations governing removal, handling and disposal of asbestos containing materials arising from an independent dealer’s demolition and construction activity in preparation to install upgraded point of purchase and fixtures in accordance with Cricket Dealer Guidelines. While the independent dealer was in sole control of contractors performing the work at issue, the County has focused on Cricket Communications dealer agreement terms and interactions with the independent dealer as a basis for asserting direct liability against Cricket Communications, Inc. After discussions, in November 2015, the County issued a penalty demand in excess of
$100,000
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(c)
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South Coast Air Quality
In January 2016, AT&T Mobility received an offer to enter into an administrative settlement with California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District associated with a Notice of Violation (NOV) received in 2015. The 2015 NOV alleged violations of local environmental air permitting and emissions rules issued by the District in connection with operation of a back-up power generator system at one AT&T Mobility facility. After discussions, the parties resolved the alleged violations without admission of fault by AT&T Mobility for a payment of civil penalties in an amount of less than
$100,000
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
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(As of February 1, 2017)
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Name
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Age |
Position
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Held Since
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Randall L. Stephenson
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56 |
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President
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6/2007
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F. Thaddeus Arroyo | 53 |
Chief Executive Officer – Business Solutions and International
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1/2017 | |
William A. Blase Jr.
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61
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Senior Executive Vice President – Human Resources
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6/2007
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John M. Donovan
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56
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Chief Strategy Officer and Group President – AT&T Technology
and Operations
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2/2016
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David S. Huntley
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58
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Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
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12/2014
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Lori M. Lee
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51
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Senior Executive Vice President and Global Marketing Officer
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4/2015
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David R. McAtee II
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48
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Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel
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10/2015
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Robert W. Quinn Jr.
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56 |
Senior Executive Vice President – External and Legislative
Affairs, AT&T Services, Inc.
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10/2016 | |
John T. Stankey
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54
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Chief Executive Officer-AT&T Entertainment Group,
AT&T Services, Inc.
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7/2015
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John J. Stephens
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57
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Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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6/2011
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
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Plan Category
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Number of securities to be
issued upon exercise of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
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Weighted-
average exercise
price of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
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Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
Plans (excluding
securities reflected in
column (a))
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(a)
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(b)
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(c)
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Equity compensation plans approved by
security holders
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38,989,880
(1)
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29.46
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129,216,883
(2)
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Equity compensation plans not approved
by security holders
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Total
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38,989,880
(3)
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$29.46
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129,216,883
(2)
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(1) |
Includes stock to be issued in connection with the following stockholder approved plans: (a) 5,684,800 stock options under the Stock Purchase and Deferral Plan (SPDP), (b) 2,086,954 phantom stock units under the Stock Savings Plan (SSP), 10,124,461 phantom stock units under the SPDP, 13,515 restricted stock units under the 2016 Incentive Plan, and 6,094,321 restricted stock units under the 2011 Incentive Plan, and (c) 6,022 target number of stock-settled performance shares under the 2016 Incentive Plan, and 12,690,355 target number of stock-settled performance shares under the 2011 Incentive Plan. At payout, the target number of performance shares may be reduced to zero or increased by up to 150%. Each phantom stock unit and performance share is settleable in stock on a 1-to-1 basis. The weighted-average exercise price in the table does not include outstanding performance shares or phantom stock units.
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Includes 20,429,062 shares that remain available for future issuance under the SPDP, 88,541,244 shares remaining under the 2011 Incentive Plan, and up to 2,943,330 shares that may be purchased through reinvestment of dividends on phantom shares held in the SSP.
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Does not include certain stock options issued by companies acquired by AT&T that were converted into options to acquire AT&T stock. As of December 31, 2016, there were 640,749 shares of AT&T common stock subject to the converted options, having a weighted-average exercise price of $19.34. Also, does not include 3,570,683 outstanding phantom stock units that were issued by companies acquired by AT&T that are convertible into stock on a 1-to-1 basis, along with up to 120,227 shares that may be purchased with reinvested dividend equivalents paid on the outstanding phantom stock units. No further phantom stock units, other than reinvested dividends, may be issued under the assumed plans. The weighted-average exercise price in the table does not include outstanding performance shares or phantom stock units.
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(1) Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Financial Statements covered by Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
Consolidated Statements of Income
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate portions of the registrant’s Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. (See Part II.)
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(2) Financial Statement Schedules:
II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
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Exhibit
Number
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2
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 22, 2016, among AT&T Inc., Time Warner Inc. and West Merger Sub, Inc. (Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated October 24, 2016.)
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3-a
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 13, 2013. (Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K dated December 13, 2013.)
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3-b
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Bylaws amended December 18, 2015. (Exhibit 3 to Form 8-K dated December 18, 2015.)
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4-a
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No instrument which defines the rights of holders of long-term debt of the registrant and all of its consolidated subsidiaries is filed herewith pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A), except for the instruments referred to in 4-b, 4-c, 4-d, 4-e, 4-f, 4-g, 4-h, 4-i, and 4-j below. Pursuant to this regulation, the registrant hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any such instrument not filed herewith to the SEC upon request.
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4-b
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Guaranty of certain obligations of Pacific Bell Telephone Co. and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. (Exhibit 4-c to Form 10-K for 2011.)
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AT&T Inc.
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4-c
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Guaranty of certain obligations of Ameritech Capital Funding Corp., Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Inc., Michigan Bell Telephone Co., Pacific Bell Telephone Co., Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, The Southern New England Telephone Company, Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation, and Wisconsin Bell, Inc. (Exhibit 4-d to Form 10-K for 2011.)
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4-d
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Guarantee of certain obligations of AT&T Corp. (Exhibit 4-e to Form 10-K for 2011.)
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4-e
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Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2013, between AT&T Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee. (Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K dated May 15, 2013.)
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4-f
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Indenture dated as of November 1, 1994 between SBC Communications Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee. (Exhibit 4-h to Form 10-K for 2013.)
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10-a
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2016 Incentive Plan (Exhibit 10-a to Form 10-Q filed for March 31, 2016.)
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10-b
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2011 Incentive Plan, amended September 24, 2015. (Exhibit 10-a to Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2015.)
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10-c
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Supplemental Life Insurance Plan, amended September 24, 2015. (Exhibit 10-e to Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2015.)
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10-d
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Supplemental Retirement Income Plan, amended December 31, 2008. (Exhibit 10-e to Form 10-K for 2013.)
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10-e
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2005 Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan, amended December 18, 2014. (Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated December 18, 2014.)
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10-f
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Senior Management Deferred Compensation Program of 1988 (effective for Units of Participation Having a Unit Start Date of January 1, 1988 or later) as amended through April 1, 2002. (Exhibit 10-g to Form 10-K for 2013.)
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10-g
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Salary and Incentive Award Deferral Plan, amended December 31, 2004. (Exhibit 10-k to Form 10-K for 2011.)
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10-h
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Stock Savings Plan, amended December 31, 2004. (Exhibit 10-l to Form 10-K for 2011.)
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10-i
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Stock Purchase and Deferral Plan, amended September 24, 2015. (Exhibit 10-d to Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2015.)
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10-j
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Cash Deferral Plan, amended September 24, 2015. (Exhibit 10-c to Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2015.)
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10-k
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Master Trust Agreement for AT&T Inc. Deferred Compensation Plans and Other Executive Benefit Plans and subsequent amendments dated August 1, 1995 and November 1, 1999. (Exhibit 10-dd to Form 10-K for 2009.)
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10-l
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Officer Disability Plan, amended January 1, 2010. (Exhibit 10-i to Form 10-Q filed for June 30, 2009.)
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10-m
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AT&T Inc. Health Plan, amended January 1, 2017. (Exhibit 10-a to Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2016.)
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10-n
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Pension Benefit Makeup Plan No.1, amended December 31, 2016.
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10-ee
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AT&T Mobility 2005 Cash Deferral Plan, dated January 1, 2005. (Exhibit 10-lll to Form 10-K for 2011.)
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10-ff
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AT&T Executive Physical Program, dated January 1, 2011.
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10-gg
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Equalization Agreement for John Stankey (Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated August 20, 2015.)
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10-hh
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Agreement between D. Wayne Watts and AT&T Inc. (Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K dated August 20, 2015.)
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10-ii
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Agreement between James Cicconi and AT&T Inc. (Exhibit 10-b to Form 10-Q filed for September 30, 2016.)
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10-jj
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Agreement between Ralph de la Vega and AT&T Inc. (Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated December 16, 2016.)
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10-kk
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$9,155,000,000 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated January 21, 2015, among AT&T, certain lenders named therein and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent. (Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated January 21, 2015.)
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10-ll
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$12,000,000,000 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 11, 2015,
among AT&T, certain lenders named therein and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent. (Exhibit 10 to Form 8-K dated December 15, 2015.)
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10-mm
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$40,000,000,000 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated October 22, 2016, among AT&T Inc., certain lenders named therein, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent. (Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K dated October 24, 2016.)
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10-mm (i)
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$30,000,000,000 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated October 22, 2016, amended November 15, 2016, among AT&T Inc., the initial lenders named therein, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as agent.
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10-mm (ii)
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$30,000,000,000 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated October 22, 2016, amended February 10, 2017, among AT&T Inc., the initial lenders named therein, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A, as agent.
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10-nn
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$10,000,000,000 Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2016, among AT&T Inc., the lenders named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent (Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K dated November 15, 2016.)
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12
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Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
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13
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Portions of AT&T’s Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. Only the information incorporated by reference into this Form 10-K is included in the exhibit.
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21
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Subsidiaries of AT&T Inc.
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23
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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24
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Powers of Attorney
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COL. A
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COL. B
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COL. C
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COL. D
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COL. E
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Additions
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(2)
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(3)
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Balance at
Beginning of
Period
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Charged to
Costs and
Expenses (a)
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Charged to
Other
Accounts (b)
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Acquisitions
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Deductions (d)
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Balance at End
of Period
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Year 2016
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$
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704
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1,474
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-
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1,517
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$
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661
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Year 2015
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$
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454
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1,416
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-
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214
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1,380
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$
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704
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Year 2014
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$
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483
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1,032
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(32)
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-
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1,029
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$
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454
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(a) |
Includes amounts previously written off which were credited directly to this account when recovered. Excludes direct charges and credits to expense for nontrade receivables in the consolidated statements of income.
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Includes amounts related to long-distance carrier receivables which were billed by AT&T.
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(c)
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Acquisitions of DIRECTV and wireless properties in Mexico in 2015.
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(d)
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Amounts written off as uncollectible, or related to divested entities.
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COL. A
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COL. B
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COL. C
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COL. D
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COL. E
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Additions
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(2)
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(3)
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Balance at
Beginning of
Period
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Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
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Charged to
Other
Accounts (a)
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Acquisitions
(b)
|
Deductions (c)
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Balance at End
of Period
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|||
Year 2016
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$
|
2,141
|
81
|
61
|
-
|
-
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$
|
2,283
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Year 2015
|
$
|
1,182
|
283
|
373
|
420
|
117
|
$
|
2,141
|
Year 2014
|
$
|
927
|
-
|
445
|
-
|
190
|
$
|
1,182
|
(a) |
Includes current year reclassifications from other balance sheet accounts.
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(b)
(c)
|
Acquisitions of DIRECTV and wireless properties in Mexico in 2015.
Reductions to valuation allowances related to deferred tax assets.
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AT&T INC.
/s/ John J. Stephens
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John J. Stephens
Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
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/s/ John J. Stephens
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John J. Stephens, as attorney-in-fact
and on his own behalf as Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer
February 17, 2017
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Directors:
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Randall L. Stephenson*
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Michael B. McCallister*
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Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr.*
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Beth E. Mooney*
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Richard W. Fisher*
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Joyce M. Roché*
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Scott T. Ford*
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Matthew K. Rose*
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Glenn H. Hutchins*
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Cynthia B. Taylor*
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William E. Kennard*
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Laura D’Andrea Tyson*
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Geoffrey Y. Yang*
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2.1
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AT&T
.
"AT&T" shall mean AT&T Inc. References to "Company" shall mean AT&T.
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2.2
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Authorized Provider
.
"Authorized Provider" shall mean those entities that provide Medical Diagnostic Procedures listed in Attachment A.
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2.3
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Basic Plan
.
"Basic Plan" shall mean the AT&T Medical Plan or, for Officers serving in expatriate positions with the Company, the AT&T International Health Plan.
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2.4
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CEO
.
"CEO" shall mean the Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Inc.
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2.5
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COBRA
.
"COBRA" shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
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2.6
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Code
.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.
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2.7
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Committee
.
"Committee" shall mean the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of AT&T Inc.
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2.8
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Covered Benefits
.
"Covered Benefits" shall mean the benefits provided by the Program, as provided for and governed by Article 4 of the Program, but only to the extent not paid under the Basic Plans.
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2.9
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Disability
.
"Disability" shall mean qualification for long term disability benefits under Section 3.1 of the Officer Disability Program.
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2.10
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Eligible Employee
.
"Eligible Employee" shall mean an Officer while in active service, on a Leave of Absence, or while receiving short term disability benefits under the Officer Disability Program. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the CEO may, from time to time, exclude any Officer or group of Officers from being an "Eligible Employee" under this Program. Employees of a company acquired by AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof) shall not be considered an Eligible Employee unless designated as such by the CEO. Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Committee shall have the authority to exclude from participation or take any action with respect to an Executive Officer.
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2.11
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Employer
.
"Employer" shall mean AT&T or any of its Subsidiaries.
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2.12
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Executive Officer
.
"Executive Officer" shall mean any executive officer of AT&T, as that term is used under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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2.13
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Leave of Absence
.
"Leave of Absence" shall mean a Company-approved leave of absence.
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2.14
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Medical Diagnostic Procedures
.
"Medical Diagnostic Procedures" shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a) of this Program.
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2.15
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Officer
.
"Officer" shall mean an individual who is designated, on or after March 23, 2010, as an officer level employee for compensation purposes on the records of AT&T.
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2.16
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Program Administrator
.
"Program Administrator" shall mean the SEVP- HR, or any other person or persons whom the SEVP-HR or the Committee may appoint to administer the Program; provided that the Committee may act as the Program Administrator at any time.
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2.17
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Program Year
.
"Program Year" shall mean the calendar year.
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2.18
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Qualifying Event
.
"Qualifying Event" shall mean any of the following events if, but for COBRA continuation coverage, they would result in an Eligible Employee's loss of coverage under this Program:
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(a)
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termination (other than by reason of such Eligible Employee's gross misconduct) of an Eligible Employee's employment;
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(b)
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reduction in an Eligible Employee's hours of employment; or
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(c)
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an Eligible Employee's entitlement to Medicare benefits.
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2.19
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SEVP-HR.
"SEVP-HR" shall mean AT&T's highest ranking officer, specifically responsible for human resources matters.
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2.20
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Subsidiary
.
"Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation, partnership, venture or other entity in which AT&T holds, directly or indirectly, a 50% or greater ownership interest. The Program Administrator may, at its sole discretion, designate any other corporation, partnership, venture or other entity a Subsidiary for the purpose of participating in this Program.
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3.1
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Eligible Employees
.
Each Eligible Employee shall be eligible to participate in this Program beginning on the effective date of becoming an Eligible Employee. The Eligible Employee's spouse and dependents are not participants in the Program and are not eligible for Covered Benefits.
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3.2
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Requirement to Enroll and Participate in Basic Plan
.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Program to the contrary, as a condition to receiving Covered Benefits, each Eligible Employee must be enrolled in, paying required contributions for, and participating in a Basic Plan.
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4.1
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Covered Benefits
.
Subject to the limitations in this Program (including but not limited to the limits and conditions set forth in this Article 4 and the Loyalty Conditions set forth in Article 7 below), this Program provides reimbursement of Medical Diagnostic Procedures and Transportation Expenses described below.
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(a)
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Medical Diagnostic Procedures
- Medical Diagnostic Procedures are those described in Attachment B, which:
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(1)
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are incurred for services rendered by an Authorized Provider;
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(2)
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are 'preventive care' services within the meaning of Section 1871 of the Social Security Act, except as otherwise provided by the United States Secretary of the Treasury; and
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(3)
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are performed at a facility that provides no services (directly or indirectly) other than medical, and ancillary, services.
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(1)
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the treatment, cure or testing of a known illness or disability or for the treatment of any existing illness, injury, or condition;
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(2)
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the treatment or testing for a physical injury, complaint or specific symptom of a bodily malfunction; or
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(3)
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any activity undertaken for exercise, fitness, nutrition, recreation, or the general improvement of health unless they are for medical care as defined in Code Section 213(e).
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(b)
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Transportation Expenses
- Transportation Expenses are expenses incurred primarily to travel to a facility to receive Medical Diagnostic Procedures, but only to the extent they are ordinary and necessary.
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(1)
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for transportation undertaken merely for the general improvement of health,
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(2)
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in connection with a vacation,
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(3)
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for any incidental expenses for food or lodging, or
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(4)
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for travel to an Approved Provider's facility if there is an Approved Provider's facility within fifty (50) miles of the Eligible Employee's principal place of work or residence.
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4.2
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Covered Benefit Limits
.
Covered Benefits eligible for reimbursement hereunder shall not exceed $5,000 per Program Year per Eligible Employee; provided, however, the SEVP-HR shall have the discretionary authority to increase this annual limit for any Program Year after 2011 but not in excess of the cumulative increase in the Medical Consumer Price Index issued by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics measured from 2011. Amounts paid to or on behalf of an Eligible Employee under any other AT&T sponsored group health Program will not be included in these limits. Unused balances in one Program Year may not be carried over into a subsequent Program Year.
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4.3
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Priority of Paying Covered Claims
.
Claims for Covered Services will be coordinated with, applied against, and paid by the Basic Plan to the extent covered under the Basic Plan, prior to coverage under the Program.
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4.4
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Procedural Matters.
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(a)
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At the Program Administrator's discretion, Covered Benefits may be provided to Eligible Employees by:
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(1)
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reimbursing the Eligible Employee;
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(2)
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paying amounts billed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or
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(3)
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any other method determined by the Program Administrator.
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(b)
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Eligible Employees who pay or make arrangements to pay for Covered Benefits and who seek reimbursement, must pay bills for such Covered Benefits prior to requesting reimbursement through the Company's or its Subsidiary's appropriate reimbursement system. Amounts incurred for items that are not Covered Benefits under the Program are not eligible for reimbursement under this Program and cannot be submitted for reimbursement. Reimbursements will be audited for compliance with this Program, and a request for reimbursement outside of the prescribed limits or for items not provided under this Program is a violation of the AT&T Code of Business Conduct.
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(c)
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Expenses for Covered Benefits will be charged against the Covered Benefit Limit for the Program Year based on the date of the invoice, regardless of when an invoice is submitted for reimbursement.
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(d)
|
Amounts eligible for reimbursement under this Program must be submitted to/under the Company's or its Subsidiary's appropriate reimbursement system no later than March 15 of the Program Year immediately following the Program Year in which the Covered Benefits were provided. Bills submitted for reimbursement on or after March 16 of the Program Year following the Program Year of the date on the invoice are not eligible for reimbursement and are not Covered Benefits under this Program.
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(e)
|
Eligible Employees may not use a company-issued credit or purchasing card to pay for Covered Benefits under this Program.
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5.1
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Termination of Participation
.
Participation will cease upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
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(a)
|
The Eligible Employee's termination of employment, including by reason of the Eligible Employee's death, Disability, or retirement;
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(b)
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The demotion or designation of an individual so as to no longer be an Eligible Employee;
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(c)
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The Eligible Employee's participation in an activity that constitutes engaging in competitive activity with AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof) or engaging in conduct disloyal to AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof) under Article 7; or
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(d)
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Discontinuance of the Program by AT&T, or, with respect to a Subsidiary's Eligible Employees, such Subsidiary's failure to make the Covered Benefits hereunder available to Eligible Employees employed by it.
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6.1
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Disability
.
With respect to any Eligible Employee who commences receipt of short term or long term disability benefits under the Officer Disability Program, participation under this Program will be as follows:
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(a)
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The Eligible Employee will continue to participate in this Program for the period during which he/she receives short term disability benefits under the Officer Disability Program.
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(b)
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An Eligible Employee who commences long term disability benefits under the Officer Disability Program shall cease participation in this Program effective as of the commencement of eligibility to receive long term disability benefits under the Officer Disability Program.
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7.1
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Loyalty
.
Eligible Employees acknowledge that no coverage and benefits would be provided under this Program but for the loyalty conditions and covenants set forth in this Article, and that the conditions and covenants herein are a material inducement to AT&T's willingness to sponsor the Program and to offer Program coverage and benefits for the Eligible Employees. Accordingly, as a condition of receiving coverage and any Program benefits, each Eligible Employee is deemed to agree that he shall not, without obtaining the written consent of the Program Administrator in advance, participate in activities that constitute engaging in competition with AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof) or engaging in conduct disloyal to AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof), as those terms are defined in this Article. Further and notwithstanding any other provision of this Program, all coverage and benefits under this Program with respect to an Eligible Employee shall be subject in their entirety to the enforcement provisions of this Article if the Eligible Employee, without the Program Administrator's consent, participates in an activity that constitutes engaging in competition with AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof) or engaging in conduct disloyal to AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof), as defined below.
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(a)
|
an "Employer Business" shall mean AT&T, any Subsidiary, or any business in which AT&T or a Subsidiary or an affiliated company of AT&T has a substantial ownership or joint venture interest;
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(b)
|
"engaging in competition with AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof)" shall mean, while employed by an Employer Business or within two (2) years after the Eligible Employee's termination of employment, engaging by the Eligible Employee in any business or activity in all or any portion of the same geographical market where the same or substantially similar business or activity is being carried on by an Employer Business. "Engaging in competition with AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof)" shall not include owning a nonsubstantial publicly traded interest as a shareholder in a business that competes with an Employer Business. "Engaging in competition with AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof)" shall include representing or providing consulting services to, or being an employee or director of, any person or entity that is engaged in competition with any Employer Business or that takes a position adverse to any Employer Business.
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(c)
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"engaging in conduct disloyal to AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof)" means, while employed by an Employer Business or within two (2) years after the Eligible Employee's termination of employment, (i) soliciting for employment or hire, whether as an employee or as an independent contractor, for any business in competition with an Employer Business, any person employed by AT&T or its affiliates during the one (1) year prior to the termination of the Eligible Employee's employment, whether or not acceptance of such position would constitute a breach of such person's contractual obligations to AT&T and its affiliates; (ii) soliciting, encouraging, or inducing any vendor or supplier with which Eligible Employee had business contact on behalf of any Employer Business during the two (2) years prior to the termination of the Eligible Employee's employment, for any reason to terminate, discontinue, renegotiate, reduce, or otherwise cease or modify its relationship with AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof) or its affiliate; or (iii) soliciting, encouraging, or inducing any customer or active prospective customer with whom Eligible Employee had business contact, whether in person or by other media, on behalf of any Employer Business during the two (2) years prior to the termination of Eligible Employee's employment for any reason ("Customer"), to terminate, discontinue, renegotiate, reduce, or otherwise cease or modify its relationship with any Employer Business, or to purchase competing goods or services from a business competing with any Employer Business, or accepting or servicing business from such Customer on behalf of himself or any other business. "Engaging in conduct disloyal to AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof)" also means, disclosing Confidential Information to any third party or using Confidential Information, other than for an Employer Business, or failing to return any Confidential Information to the Employer Business following termination of employment.
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(d)
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"Confidential Information" shall mean all information belonging to, or otherwise relating to, an Employer Business, which is not generally known, regardless of the manner in which it is stored or conveyed to the Eligible Employee, and which the Employer Business has taken reasonable measures under the circumstances to protect from unauthorized use or disclosure. Confidential Information includes trade secrets as well as other proprietary knowledge, information, know-how, and non-public intellectual property rights, including unpublished or pending patent applications and all related patent rights, formulae, processes, discoveries, improvements, ideas, conceptions, compilations of data, and data, whether or not patentable or copyrightable and whether or not it has been conceived, originated, discovered, or developed in whole or in part by the Eligible Employee. For example, Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, information concerning the Employer Business' business Programs, budgets, operations, products, strategies, marketing, sales, inventions, designs, costs, legal strategies, finances, employees, customers, prospective customers, licensees, or licensors; information received from third parties under confidential conditions; or other valuable financial, commercial, business, technical or marketing information concerning the Employer Business, or any of the products or services made, developed or sold by the Employer Business. Confidential Information does not include information that (i) was generally known to the public at the time of disclosure; (ii) was lawfully received by the Eligible Employee from a third party; (iii) was known to the Eligible Employee prior to receipt from the Employer Business; or (iv) was independently developed by the Eligible Employee or independent third parties; in each of the foregoing circumstances, this exception applies only if such public knowledge or possession by an independent third party was without breach by the Eligible Employee or any third party of any obligation of confidentiality or non-use, including but not limited to the obligations and restrictions set forth in this Program.
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7.2
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Forfeiture of Benefits
.
Coverage and benefits shall be forfeited and shall not be provided under this Program for any period as to which the Program Administrator determines that, within the time period and without the written consent specified, the Eligible Employee has been either engaging in competition with AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof) or engaging in conduct disloyal to AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof).
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7.3
|
Equitable Relief
.
The parties recognize that any Eligible Employee's breach of any of the covenants in this Article will cause irreparable injury to AT&T (or any Subsidiary thereof), will represent a failure of the consideration under which AT&T (in its capacity as creator and sponsor of the Program) agreed to provide the Eligible Employee with the opportunity to receive Program coverage and benefits, and that monetary damages would not provide AT&T with an adequate or complete remedy that would warrant AT&T's continued sponsorship of the Program and payment of Program benefits for all Eligible Employees. Accordingly, in the event of an Eligible Employee's actual or threatened breach of the covenants in this Article, the Program Administrator, in addition to all other rights and acting as a fiduciary under ERISA on behalf of all Eligible Employees, shall have a fiduciary duty (in order to assure that AT&T receives fair and promised consideration for its continued Program sponsorship and funding) to seek an injunction restraining the Eligible Employee from breaching the covenants in this Article. In addition, AT&T shall pay for any Program expenses that the Program Administrator incurs hereunder, and shall be entitled to recover from the Eligible Employee its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in obtaining such injunctive remedies. To enforce its repayment rights with respect to an Eligible Employee, the Program shall have a first priority, equitable lien on all Program benefits provided to or for the Eligible Employee. In the event the Program Administrator succeeds in enforcing the terms of this Article through a written settlement with the Eligible Employee or a court order granting an injunction hereunder, the Eligible Employee shall be entitled to collect Program benefits collect Program benefits prospectively, if the Eligible Employee is otherwise entitled to such benefits, net of any fees and costs assessed pursuant hereto (which fees and costs shall be paid to AT&T as a repayment on behalf of the Eligible Employee), provided that the Eligible Employee complies with said settlement or injunction.
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7.4
|
Uniform Enforcement
.
In recognition of AT&T's need for nationally uniform standards for the Program administration, it is an absolute condition in consideration of any Eligible Employee's accrual or receipt of benefits under the Program after January 1, 2010 that each and all of the following conditions apply to all Eligible Employees and to any benefits that are paid or are payable under the Program:
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(a)
|
ERISA shall control all issues and controversies hereunder, and the Committee shall serve for purposes hereof as a "fiduciary" of the Program, and as its "named fiduciary" within the meaning of ERISA.
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(b)
|
All litigation between the parties relating to this Article shall occur in federal court, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction, any such litigation shall be held in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and the only remedies available with respect to the Program shall be those provided under ERISA.
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(c)
|
If
the Program Administrator determines in its sole discretion either
(I) that AT&T or its affiliate that employed the Eligible Employee terminated the Eligible Employee's employment for cause, or (II) that equitable relief enforcing the Eligible Employee's covenants under this Article is either not reasonably available, not ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or circumvented because the Eligible Employee has sued in state court, or has otherwise sought remedies not available under ERISA, then in any and all of such instances the Eligible Employee shall not be entitled to collect any Program benefits, and if any Program benefits have been paid to the, the Eligible Employee shall immediately repay all Program benefits to the Program (with such repayments being used within such year for increased benefits for other Eligible Employees in any manner determined in the Program Administrator's discretion) upon written demand from the Program Administrator. Furthermore, the Eligible Employee shall hold AT&T and its affiliates harmless from any loss, expense, or damage that may arise from any of the conduct described in clauses (I) and (II) hereof.
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8.1
|
Administration
.
The Program Administrator is the named fiduciary of the Program and has the power and duty to do all things necessary to carry out the terms of the Program. The Program Administrator has the sole and absolute discretion to interpret the provisions of the Program, to make findings of fact, to determine the rights and status of Eligible Employees and other under the Program, to determine which expenses and benefits qualify as Covered Benefits, to make all benefit determinations under the Program, to decide disputes under the Program and to delegate all or a part of this discretion to third parties and insurers. To the fullest extent permitted by law, such interpretations, findings, determinations and decisions shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes of the Program. The Program Administrator may delegate any or all of its authority and responsibility under the Program to other individuals, committees, third party administrators, claims administrators or insurers for any purpose, including, but not limited to the processing of Covered Benefits and claims related thereto. In carrying out these functions, these individuals or entities have been delegated responsibility and discretion for interpreting the provisions of the Program, making findings of fact, determining the rights and status of Eligible Employees under the Program, and deciding disputes under the Program and such interpretations, findings, determinations and decisions shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes of the Program.
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8.2
|
Amendments and Termination
.
This Program may be modified or terminated at any time in accordance with the provisions of AT&T's Schedule of Authorizations; provided, however, the Program Administrator shall have the authority to amend Attachment A, B or C at any time in the Program Administrator's sole discretion.
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8.3
|
Rights While on Military Leave
.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, an Eligible Employee on military leave will be considered to be on a Leave of Absence and will be entitled during the leave to the health and welfare benefits that would be made available to other similarly situated employees if they were on a Leave of Absence. This entitlement will end if the individual provides written notice of intent not to return to work following the completion of the military leave. The individual shall have the right to continue his/her coverage for the lesser of the length of the leave or 18 months. If the military leave is for a period of 31 days or more, the individual may be required to pay 102 percent of the total premium (determined in the same manner as a COBRA continuation coverage premium). If coverage is not continued during the entire period of the military leave because the individual declines to pay the premium or the leave extends beyond 18 months, the coverage must be reinstated upon reemployment with no pre-existing condition exclusions (other than for service-related illnesses or injuries) or waiting periods (other than those applicable to all Eligible Employees).
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8.4
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Right of Recovery
.
If an erroneous or excess payment is made under the Program to any Eligible Employee, the Program Administrator shall be entitled to recover such excess from the individual or entity to whom such payments were made. The recovery of such overpayment may be made by offsetting the amount of any other benefit or amount payable by the amount of the overpayment under the Program.
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9.1
|
Continuation of Coverage Under COBRA
.
Eligible Employees shall have all COBRA continuation rights required by federal law and all conversion rights. COBRA continuation coverage shall be continued as provided in this Article.
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9.2
|
COBRA Continuation Coverage for Terminated Eligible Employees
.
An Eligible Employee may elect COBRA continuation coverage, at his/her own expense, if his participation under this Program would terminate as a result of an Eligible Employee's termination of employment or reduction of hours with an Employer.
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9.3
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Period of Continuation Coverage for Eligible Employees
.
An Eligible Employee who qualifies for COBRA continuation coverage as a result of his/her termination of employment or reduction in hours of employment described in Section 9.2 may elect COBRA continuation coverage for up to 18 months measured from the date of the Qualifying Event. COBRA coverage may not continue beyond the:
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(a)
|
date on which the Eligible Employee's Employer ceases to maintain this Program;
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(b)
|
last day of the month for which premium payments have been made with respect to this Program, if the individual fails to make premium payments on time, in accordance with Section 9.4;
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(c)
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date the Eligible Employee becomes entitled to Medicare; or
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(d)
|
date the Eligible Employee is no longer subject to a pre-existing condition exclusion under the Eligible Employee's other coverage or new employer Program for the type of coverage available under the COBRA eligible program for which the COBRA election was made.
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9.4
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Contribution Requirements for COBRA Continuation Coverage
.
An Eligible Employee who elects COBRA continuation coverage as a result of a Qualifying Event will be required to pay continuation coverage payments. Continuation coverage payments are the payments required for COBRA continuation coverage that is an amount equal to a reasonable estimate of the cost to this Program of providing coverage for all Eligible Employees at the time of the Qualifying Event plus a 2% administrative expense. In the case of a disabled individual who receives an additional 11-month extended coverage period under COBRA, the Employer may assess up to 150% of the cost for this extended coverage period. Such cost shall be determined on an actuarial basis and take into account such factors as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe in regulations.
An Eligible Employee must make the continuation coverage payment prior to the first day of the month in which such coverage will take effect. However, an Eligible Employee has 45 days from the date of an affirmative election to pay the continuation coverage payment for the first month's payment and the cost for the period between the date medical coverage would otherwise have terminated due to the Qualifying Event and the date the Eligible Employee actually elects COBRA continuation coverage. The Eligible Employee shall have a 30-day grace period to make the continuation coverage payments due thereafter. Continuation coverage payments must be postmarked on or before the completion of the 30-day grace period. If continuation coverage payments are not made on a timely basis, COBRA continuation coverage will terminate as of the last day of the month for which timely premiums were made. |
The 30-day grace period shall not apply to the 45-day period for the first month's payment of COBRA premiums as set out in the paragraph above. If payment is received that is significantly less than the required continuation coverage payment, then continuation coverage will terminate as of the last day of the month for which premiums were paid. A payment is considered significantly less than the amount due if it is greater than the lesser of $50 or 10% of the required continuation coverage payment. Upon receipt of a continuation coverage payment that is insignificantly less than the required amount, the Program Administrator must notify the Eligible Employee of the amount of the shortfall and provide them with an additional 30-day grace period from the date of the notice for this payment only. |
9.5
|
Limitation on Eligible Employee's Rights to COBRA Continuation
Coverage
.
An Eligible Employee must complete and return the required enrollment materials within 60 days from the later of (a) the date of loss of coverage, or (b) the date the Program Administrator sends notice of eligibility for COBRA continuation coverage. Failure to enroll for COBRA continuation coverage during this 60-day period will terminate all rights to COBRA continuation coverage under this Article.
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9.6
|
Subsequent Qualifying Event
.
If a second Qualifying Event occurs during an 18-month extension explained above, coverage may be continued for a maximum of 36 months from the date of the first Qualifying Event.
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9.7
|
Extension of COBRA Continuation Period for Disabled Individuals
.
The period of continuation shall be extended to 29 months in total (measured from the date of the Qualifying Event) in the event the individual is disabled as determined by the Social Security laws within 60 days of the Qualifying Event. The individual must provide evidence to the Program Administrator of such Social Security determination prior to the earlier of 60 days after the date of the Social Security determination, or the expiration of the initial 18 months of COBRA continuation coverage. In such event, the Employer may charge the individual up to 150% of the COBRA cost of the coverage.
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10.1
|
Definitions
.
For purposes of this Article, the following defined terms shall have the meaning assigned them below:
|
(a)
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"Business Associate" shall have the meaning assigned to such phrase at 45 C.F.R. § 160.103;
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(b)
|
"Health Care Operations" shall have the meaning assigned to such phrase at 45 C.F.R. § 164.501;
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(c)
|
"HIPAA" shall mean Parts 160 ("General Administrative Requirements") and 164 ("Security and Privacy") of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations as such parts are amended from time to time;
|
(d)
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"Payment" shall have the meaning assigned to such phrase at 45 C.F.R. § 160.103;
|
(e)
|
"Protected Health Information" or "PHI" shall have the meaning assigned to such phrase at 45 C.F.R. § 160.103; and
|
(f)
|
"Treatment" shall have the meaning assigned to such phrase at 45 C.F.R. § 164.501.
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10.2
|
Privacy Provisions Relating to Protected Health Information ("PHI")
.
The Program and its Business Associates shall use and disclose PHI to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, HIPAA, for purposes of providing benefits under the Program and for purposes of administering the Program, including, by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, for purposes of Treatment, Payment, and Health Care Operations.
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10.3
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Disclosure of De-Identified or Summary Health Information
.
The HIPAA Program, or, with respect to the HIPAA Program, a health insurance issuer, may disclose summary health information (as that phrase is defined at 45 C.F.R. § 160.5049a)) to the Program Sponsor of the HIPAA Program (and its affiliates) if such entity requests such information for the purpose of:
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(a)
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Obtaining premium bids from health Programs for providing health insurance coverage under the HIPAA Program;
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(b)
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Modifying, amending or terminating the group health benefits under the HIPAA Program.
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In addition, the HIPAA Program or a health insurance insurer with respect to the HIPAA Program may disclose to the Program Sponsor of the HIPAA Program (or its affiliates) information on whether an individual is participating in the group health benefits provided by the HIPAA Program or is enrolled in, or has ceased enrollment with health insurance offered by the HIPAA Program. |
10.4
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The HIPAA Program Will Use and Disclose PHI as Required by Law or as Permitted by the Authorization of the Eligible Employee or Beneficiary
.
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10.5
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Disclosure
of PHI to the Program Sponsor
.
The HIPAA Program will disclose information to the Program Sponsor only upon certification from the Program Sponsor that the HIPAA Program documents have been amended to incorporate the assurances provided below.
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(a)
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not use or further disclose PHI other than as permitted or required by the HIPAA Program document or as required by law;
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(b)
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ensure that any affiliates or agents, including a subcontractor, to whom the Program Sponsor provides PHI received from the HIPAA Program, agrees to the same restrictions and conditions that apply to the Program Sponsor with respect to such PHI;
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(c)
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not use or disclose PHI for employment-related actions and decisions unless authorized by the individual to whom the PHI relates;
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(d)
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not use or disclose PHI in connection with any other benefits or employee benefit Program of the Program Sponsor or its affiliates unless permitted by the Program or authorized by an individual to whom the PHI relates;
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(e)
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report to the Program any PHI use or disclosure that is inconsistent with the uses or disclosures provided for of which it becomes aware;
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(f)
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make PHI available to an individual in accordance with HIPAA's access rules;
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(g)
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make PHI available for amendment and incorporate any amendments to PHI in accordance with HIPAA;
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(h)
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make available the information required to provide an accounting of disclosures;
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(i)
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make internal practices, books and records relating to the use and disclosure of PHI received from the HIPAA Program available to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Resources for purposes of determining the Program's compliance with HIPAA; and
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(j)
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if feasible, return or destroy all PHI received from the HIPAA Program that the Program Sponsor still maintains in any form, and retain no copies of such PHI when no longer needed for the purpose for which disclosure was made (or if return or destruction is not feasible, limit further uses and disclosures to those purposes that make the return or destruction infeasible).
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10.6
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Separation
Between the Program Sponsor and the HIPAA Program
.
In accordance with HIPAA, only the following employees and Business Associate personnel shall be given access to PHI: |
(a)
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employees of the AT&T Benefits and/or AT&T Executive Compensation organizations responsible for administering group health program benefits under the HIPAA Program, including those employees whose functions in the regular course of business include Payment, Health Care Operations or other matters pertaining to the health care programs under a HIPAA Program;
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(b)
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employees who supervise the work of the employees described in Section 10.6(a), above;
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(c)
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support personnel, including other employees outside of the AT&T Benefits or AT&T Executive Compensation organizations whose duties require them to rule on health Program-related appeals or perform functions concerning the HIPAA Program;
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(d)
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investigatory personnel to the limited extent that such PHI is necessary to conduct investigations of possible fraud;
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(e)
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outside and in-house legal counsel providing counsel to the HIPAA Program;
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(f)
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consultants providing advice concerning the administration of the HIPAA Program; and
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(g)
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the employees of Business Associates charged with providing services to the HIPAA Program.
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10.7
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Enforcement
.
Enforcement of this Article shall be as provided for by HIPAA. In particular, Eligible Employees are not authorized to sue with regard to purported breaches of this Article except as explicitly permitted by HIPAA.
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11.1
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Claims for Benefits under the Program
.
– See Attachment C.
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11.2
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Claims Related to Program Eligibility and Loyalty Conditions
.
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(a)
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Claims. A person who believes that he or she is being denied a benefit to which he or she is entitled under this Program (hereinafter referred to as a "Claimant") based on a claim for basic eligibility for coverage under the Program or a claim related to the Article 7 Loyalty Conditions may file a written request for such benefit with the Executive Compensation Administration Department, setting forth his or her claim. The request must be addressed to the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department at its then principal place of business.
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(b)
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Claim Decision. Upon receipt of a claim, the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department shall review the claim and provide the Claimant with a written notice of its decision within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed ninety (90) days, after the claim is received. If the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department determines that special circumstances require an extension of time beyond the initial ninety (90)- day claim review period, the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department shall notify the Claimant in writing within the initial ninety (90)-day period and explain the special circumstances that require the extension and state the date by which the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department expects to render its decision on the claim. If this notice is provided, the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department may take up to an additional ninety (90) days (for a total of one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of the claim) to render its decision on the claim.
If the claim is denied by the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department, in whole or in part, the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department shall provide a written decision using language calculated to be understood by the Claimant and setting forth: (i) the specific reason or reasons for such denial; (ii) specific references to pertinent provisions of this Program on which such denial is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect his or her claim and an explanation of why such material or such information is necessary; (iv) a description of the Program's procedures for review of denied claims and the steps to be taken if the Claimant wishes to submit the claim for review; (v) the time limits for requesting a review of a denied claim under this Section and for conducting the review under this Section ; and (vi) a statement of the Claimant's right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA if the claim is denied following review under this Section. |
(c)
|
Request for Review. Within sixty (60) days after the receipt by the Claimant of the written decision on the claim provided for in this Section, the Claimant may request in writing that the Program Administrator review the determination of the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department. Such request must be addressed to the Program Administrator at the address provided in the written decision regarding the claim. To assist the Claimant in deciding whether to request a review of a denied claim or in preparing a request for review of a denied claim, a Claimant shall be provided, upon written request to the Program Administrator and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claim. The Claimant or his or her duly authorized representative may, but need not, submit a statement of the issues and comments in writing, as well as other documents, records or other information relating to the claim for consideration by the Committee. If the Claimant does not request a review by the Program Administrator of the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department's decision within such sixty (60)-day period, the Claimant shall be barred and estopped from challenging the determination of the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department.
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(d)
|
Review of Decision. Within sixty (60) days after the Program Administrator's receipt of a request for review, the Program Administrator will review the decision of the AT&T Executive Compensation Administration Department. If the Program Administrator determines that special circumstances require an extension of time beyond the initial sixty (60)-day review period, the Program Administrator shall notify the Claimant in writing within the initial sixty (60)-day period and explain the special circumstances that require the extension and state the date by which the Program Administrator expects to render its decision on the review of the claim. If this notice is provided, the Program Administrator may take up to an additional sixty (60) days (for a total of one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request for review) to render its decision on the review of the claim.
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(a)
|
Take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial review of the claim conducted pursuant to this Section;
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(b)
|
Follow reasonable procedures to verify that its benefit determination is made in accordance with the applicable Program documents; and
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(c)
|
Follow reasonable procedures to ensure that the applicable Program provisions are applied to the Eligible Employee to whom the claim relates in a manner consistent with how such provisions have been applied to other similarly-situated Eligible Employees.
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·
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Routine medical examinations, blood tests, and X-rays;
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·
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Immunizations;
|
·
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Screening services, as follows:
|
o
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Cancer Screening
|
§
|
Breast Cancer (e.g., Mammogram)
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§
|
Cervical Cancer (e.g., Pap Smear)
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§
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Colorectal Cancer
|
§
|
Prostate Cancer (e.g., PSA Test)
|
§
|
Skin Cancer
|
§
|
Oral Cancer
|
§
|
Ovarian Cancer
|
§
|
Testicular Cancer
|
§
|
Thyroid Cancer
|
o
|
Heart and Vascular Diseases Screening
|
§
|
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
|
§
|
Carotid Artery Stenosis
|
§
|
Coronary Heart Disease
|
§
|
Hemoglobinopathies
|
§
|
Hypertension
|
§
|
Lipid Disorders
|
o
|
Infectious Diseases Screening
|
§
|
Bacteriuria
|
§
|
Chlamydial Infection
|
§
|
Gonorrhea
|
§
|
Hepatitis B Virus Infection
|
§
|
Hepatitis CvHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
|
§
|
Syphilis
|
§
|
Tuberculosis Infection
|
o
|
Mental Health Conditions and Substance Abuse Screening
|
§
|
Dementia
|
§
|
Depression
|
§
|
Drug Abuse
|
§
|
Problem Drinking
|
§
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Suicide Risk
|
§
|
Family Violence
|
o
|
Metabolic, Nutritional, and Endocrine Conditions Screening
|
§
|
Anemia, Iron Deficiency
|
§
|
Dental and Periodontal Disease
|
§
|
Diabetes Mellitus
|
§
|
Obesity in Adults
|
§
|
Thyroid Disease
|
o
|
Musculoskeletal Disorders Screening
|
§
|
Osteoporosis
|
o
|
Obstetric and Gynecologic Conditions Screening
|
§
|
Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy
|
§
|
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
|
§
|
Home Uterine Activity Monitoring
|
§
|
Neural Tube Defects
|
§
|
Preeclampsia
|
§
|
Rh Incompatibility
|
§
|
Rubella
|
§
|
Ultrasonography in Pregnancy
|
o
|
Vision and Hearing Disorders Screening
|
§
|
Glaucoma
|
§
|
Hearing Impairment in Older Adults
|
·
|
A claim related to basic eligibility for coverage under the Program (See Section 11.2 of the Program).
|
·
|
A claim related to the Loyalty Conditions contained in Article 7 of the Program (See Section 11.2 of the Program).
|
·
|
You will receive notice of the benefit determination in writing or electronically within 72 hours after the Claims Administrator receives all necessary information, taking into account the seriousness of your condition.
|
·
|
Notice of denial may be oral with a written or electronic confirmation to follow within three days.
|
·
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The Claims Administrator's receipt of the requested information.
|
·
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The end of the 48-hour period within which you were to provide the additional information, if the information is not received within that time.
|
·
|
For appeals of pre-service claims, the first-level appeal will be conducted and you will be notified by the Claims Administrator of the decision within 15 days from receipt of a request for appeal of a denied Claim. The second-level appeal will be conducted and you will be notified by the Claims Administrator of the decision within 15 days from receipt of a request for review of the first-level appeal decision.
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·
|
For appeals of post-service claims, the first-level appeal will be conducted and you will be notified by the Claims Administrator of the decision within 30 days from receipt of a request for appeal of a denied claim. The second-level appeal will be conducted and you will be notified by the Claims Administrator of the decision within 30 days from receipt of a request for review of the first-level appeal decision.
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·
|
For procedures associated with urgent Claims, refer to the following "Urgent Claim Appeals That Require Immediate Action" Section.
|
·
|
If you are not satisfied with the first-level appeal decision of the Claims Administrator, you have the right to request a second-level appeal from the Claims Administrator. Your second level appeal request must be submitted to the Claims Administrator in writing within 60 days from receipt of the first-level appeal decision.
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·
|
For pre-service and post-service claim appeals, the Program Administrator has delegated to the Claims Administrator the exclusive right to interpret and administer the provisions of the Program. The Claims Administrator's decisions are conclusive and binding.
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Article I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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1
|
||
Section 1.01
|
Certain Defined Terms
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
1
|
|
Section 1.02
|
Computation of Time Periods
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
16
|
|
Section 1.03
|
Accounting Terms
…………………………………………………………………………………………...................………………………………………………………...…....………
|
17
|
|
Article II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….......………………......…........
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17
|
||
Section 2.01
|
The Advances
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………...…….…..........…
|
17
|
|
Section 2.02
|
Making the Advances
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…................…
|
17
|
|
Section 2.03
|
Fees
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....……...…
|
18
|
|
Section 2.04
|
Optional Termination or Reduction of the Commitments
………………………………………………………….…………………………………….…………………….……............…
|
19
|
|
Section 2.05
|
Repayment of Advances
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…................…
|
19
|
|
Section 2.06
|
Commitment Termination and Mandatory Prepayments
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……..….......…
|
19
|
|
Section 2.07
|
Interest on Advances
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….............…
|
20
|
|
Section 2.08
|
Interest Rate Determination
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....…….....................
|
20
|
|
Section 2.09
|
Optional Conversion of Advances
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……..……............
|
22
|
|
Section 2.10
|
Optional Prepayments of Advances
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........…………………………….........…
|
22
|
|
Section 2.11
|
Increased Costs
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....………............
|
22
|
|
Section 2.12
|
Illegality
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…....….…........….
|
23
|
|
Section 2.13
|
Payments and Computations
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
24
|
|
Section 2.14
|
Taxes
..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
25
|
|
Section 2.15
|
Sharing of Payments, Etc
............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
28
|
|
Section 2.16
|
Evidence of Debt
...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
28
|
|
Section 2.17
|
Use of Proceeds
.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
29
|
|
Section 2.18
|
Defaulting Lenders
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
29
|
|
Section 2.19
|
Replacement of Lenders
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
30
|
|
Article III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
31
|
||
Section 3.01
|
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
31
|
|
Section 3.02
|
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Amendment and Restatement
.....................................................................................................................................................................................
|
32
|
|
Section 3.03
|
Conditions Precedent to Closing Date
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
32
|
|
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
34
|
||
Section 4.01
|
Representations and Warranties
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
34
|
|
Article V COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
36
|
Section 5.01
|
Affirmative Covenants
.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
36
|
|
Section 5.02
|
Negative Covenants
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
39
|
|
Section 5.03
|
Financial Covenant
...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
40
|
|
Article VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
40
|
||
Section 6.01
|
Events of Default
............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
40
|
|
Article VII THE AGENT..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
43
|
||
Section 7.01
|
Authorization and Authority
............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
43
|
|
Section 7.02
|
Agent Individually
...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
43
|
|
Section 7.03
|
Duties of Agent; Exculpatory Provisions
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
43
|
|
Section 7.04
|
Reliance by Agent
............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
44
|
|
Section 7.05
|
Delegation of Duties
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
45
|
|
Section 7.06
|
Resignation of Agent
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
45
|
|
Section 7.07
|
Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
45
|
|
Section 7.08
|
Indemnification
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
46
|
|
Section 7.09
|
Other Agents
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
46
|
|
Article VIII MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
46
|
||
Section 8.01
|
Amendments, Etc
.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
46
|
|
Section 8.02
|
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
47
|
|
Section 8.03
|
No Waiver; Remedies
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
49
|
|
Section 8.04
|
Costs and Expenses
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
49
|
|
Section 8.05
|
Binding Effect
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
50
|
|
Section 8.06
|
Assignments and Participations
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
50
|
|
Section 8.07
|
Confidentiality; PATRIOT Act
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
54
|
|
Section 8.08
|
Governing Law
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
55
|
|
Section 8.09
|
Jurisdiction, Etc
...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
55
|
|
Section 8.10
|
Severability
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
56
|
|
Section 8.11
|
Waiver of Jury Trial
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
56
|
|
Section 8.12
|
No Fiduciary Duties
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
56
|
|
Section 8.13
|
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
.....................................................................................................................................................................................
|
57
|
Public Debt Rating
S&P/Moody's/Fitch |
Applicable Margin for
Eurodollar Rate Advances |
Applicable Margin for
Base Rate Advances |
Level 1
A / A2 / A or higher
|
0.750%
|
0.000%
|
Level 2
A- / A3 / A-
|
1.000%
|
0.000%
|
Level 3
BBB+ / Baa1 / BBB+
|
1.125%
|
0.125%
|
Level 4
BBB/Baa2/BBB
|
1.250%
|
0.250%
|
Level 5
Lower than Level 4
|
1.500%
|
0.500%
|
Public Debt Rating
S&P/Moody's/Fitch |
Applicable Percentage
|
Level 1
A / A2 / A or higher
|
0.070%
|
Level 2
A- / A3 / A-
|
0.090%
|
Level 3
BBB+ / Baa1 / BBB+
|
0.100%
|
Level 4
BBB/Baa2/BBB
|
0.125%
|
Level 5
Lower than Level 4
|
0.175%
|
(a) |
the rate of interest announced publicly by JPMorgan Chase in New York, New York, from time to time, as its prime rate;
|
(b) |
1
⁄
2
of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate; and
|
(c) |
the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited Settlement Rate (or the successor thereto if ICE Benchmark Administration Limited is no longer making such a rate available) applicable to Dollars for a period of one month ("
One Month LIBOR
") plus 1.00% (for the avoidance of doubt, the One Month LIBOR for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or other commercially available source providing such quotations as designated by the Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 A.M. London time on such day);
|
Day after Closing Date:
|
Duration Percentage
|
90
th
day
|
0.50%
|
180
th
day
|
0.75%
|
270
th
day
|
1.00%
|
(a) |
the Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends after the Maturity Date;
|
(b) |
Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration;
|
(c) |
whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day,
provided
,
however
, that, if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day; and
|
(d) |
whenever the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to the number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.
|
(A)
|
in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment and/or the Advances at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
|
(B)
|
in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Advances outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Advances of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Agent or, if "
Trade Date
" is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $10,000,000, unless each of the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(e) has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
|
(A)
|
the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless:
|
|
|
(B)
|
the consent of the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of any Commitments or Advances if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.
|
By
|
/s/ Jonathan P. Klug
Name: Jonathan P. Klug
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
By
|
/s/ Bruce S. Borden
Name: Bruce S. Borden
Title: Executive Director |
By
|
/s/ Bruce S. Borden
Name: Bruce S. Borden
Title: Executive Director |
By
|
/s/ Eric Ridgway
Name: Eric Ridgway
Title: Director |
By
|
/s/ Ola Anderssen
Name: Ola Anderssen
Title: Director |
By
|
/s/ Craig J. Malloy
Name: Craig J. Malloy
Title: Director |
By
|
/s/ Daniel Guevara
Name: Daniel Guevara
Title: Authorized Signatory |
By
|
/s/ Mauricio Benitez
Name: Mauricio Benitez
Title: Director |
By
|
/s/ Brian Crowley
Name: Brian Crowley
Title: Managing Director |
By
|
/s/ Federico Robin
Name: Federico Robin
Title: Executive Director |
By
|
/s/ Isabel Pastor
Name: Isabel Pastor
Title: Associate |
By
|
/s/ Chen Xu
Name: Chen Xu
Title: President and CEO |
By
|
/s/ Nicole Rodriguez
Name: Nicole Rodriguez
Title: Director |
By
|
/s/ Gregoire Poussard
Name: Gregoire Poussard
Title: Vice President |
By
|
/s/ Ignacio Campillo
Name: Ignacio Campillo
Title: Managing Director |
By
|
/s/ Michael Ravelo
Name: Michael Ravelo
Title: Director |
By
|
/s/ Judith E. Smith
Name: Judith E. Smith
Title: Authorized Signatory |
By
|
/s/ Kelly Heimrich
Name: Kelly Heimrich
Title: Authorized Signatory |
By
|
/s/ Ming K. Chu
Name: Ming K. Chu
Title: Director |
By
|
/s/ Virginia Cosenza
Name: Virginia Cosenza
Title: Vice President |
By
|
/s/ Ryan Durkin
Name: Ryan Durkin
Title: Authorized Signatory |
By
|
/s/ Stephen Oben
Name: Stephen Oben
Title: Authorized Signatory |
By
|
/s/ Jonathan Logan
Name: Jonathan Logan
Title: Director |
By
|
/s/ Annie Dorval
Name: Annie Dorval
Title: Authorized Signatory |
By
|
/s/ S. Michael St. Geme
Name: S. Michael St. Geme
Title: Managing Director |
By
|
/s/ William M. Feathers
Name: William M. Feathers
Title: Vice President |
By
|
/s/ Glen Binder
Name: Glen Binder
Title: Global Relationship Manager |
By
|
/s/ Francesco Di Mario
Name: Francesco Di Mario
Title: FVP & Head of Credit |
By
|
/s/ Seth Caudill
Name: Seth Caudill
Title: Vice President |
(1)
|
To the maximum extent applicable ERISA shall control all issues and controversies hereunder, and the Administrator shall serve for purposes hereof as a "fiduciary" of the Plan, and as its "named fiduciary" within the meaning of ERISA.
|
(2)
|
All litigation between the parties relating to this Article shall occur in federal court, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction, any such litigation shall be held in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and the only remedies available with respect to the Plan shall be those provided under ERISA to the extent it is applicable.
|
(3)
|
If the Administrator determines in its sole discretion either (I) that AT&T or its affiliate that employed the Executive Officer terminated the Executive Officer's employment for cause, or (II) that equitable relief enforcing the Executive Officer's covenants under this Section is either not reasonably available, not ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, or circumvented because the Executive Officer has sued in state court, or has otherwise sought remedies not available under ERISA (to the extent applicable), then in any and all of such instances the Executive Officer shall not be entitled to collect any Plan benefits, and if any Plan benefits have been paid to the Executive Officer, the Executive Officer shall immediately repay all Plan benefits to the Plan (which shall be used to pay Plan administrative expenses or Plan benefits) upon written demand from the Administrator. Furthermore, the Executive Officer shall hold AT&T and its affiliates harmless from any loss, expense, or damage that may arise from any of the conduct described in clauses (I) and (II) hereof.
|
(a)
|
participates in a Pension Plan;
|
(b)
|
is a General Management level or above employee;
|
(c)
|
is not eligible for benefits under the 2005 AT&T Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan;
|
(d)
|
receives types of compensation that are used to determine the employee's Pension Plan benefit (e.g., base salary or short term incentive compensation) in any calendar year, but that compensation is not recognized for purposes of determining such employee's Pension Plan benefit, or whose Pension Plan benefit is limited by Code Section 415; and
|
(e)
|
is not an employee of a company acquired by AT&T on or after September 1, 2005 unless designated as eligible by AT&T's highest ranking officer specifically responsible for human resource matters; provided, however, effective January 1, 2009, this section 2.1(e) shall not apply to any employee who satisfies the eligibility provisions of this section 2.1 (a), (b), (c), and (d) and is employed by AT&T Inc. or any of its Subsidiaries on or after January 1, 2009, other than an employee who is a participant in the BellSouth Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, the AT&T Corp. Nonqualified Pension Plan, or the AT&T Corp. Excess Pension Plan. Further provided, however, any employee of a company acquired by AT&T on or after January 1, 2017 shall not participate in this Plan unless designated by the SEVP-HR. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and for purposes of clarity, effective July 24, 2015, employees who participate in the DIRECTV Pension Plan shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.
|
(f) |
Additionally, an employee who (i) meets the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d), (ii) is employed by AT&T Inc. or any of its Subsidiaries on or after January 1, 2009 and (iii) either (x) participates in the BellSouth Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("BLS SERP") solely with a totally frozen BLS SERP benefit following a job demotion into an ineligible position prior to December 31, 2011 or (y) previously participated in the BLS SERP but whose annualized benefit under the BLS SERP as of December 31, 2011 was $0 and is not due any benefit under the BLS SERP pursuant to the amendment to Section 4.(a)(I)(A) of such plan effective December 31, 2011, may participate in the Plan.
|
(i)
|
if the Participant is also eligible for a separate frozen benefit under another Pension Plan Program for a prior period of employment, such amount is not included in the amount determined under this subsection (a); except in the following case:
|
(ii)
|
if the Participant's service was bridged specifically due to the Sixth Amendment to the AT&T Pension Benefit Plan, where such amendment was approved in November 2010 and effective January 1, 2010, in cases where a Pension Plan participant transferred employment from the Legacy AT&T company or Legacy BellSouth company to Cingular Wireless, after the joint venture formation of Cingular and prior to AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth, then the total Pension Plan benefit (from the frozen separate Pension Plan Program and current Pension Plan Program) will be included in the amount determined under this subsection (a);
|
(i)
|
if the Participant is also eligible for a separate frozen benefit under another Pension Plan Program for a prior period of employment, such amount is not included in the amount determined under this subsection (b); except in the following case:
|
(ii)
|
if the Participant's service was bridged specifically due to the Sixth Amendment to the AT&T Pension Benefit Plan, where such amendment was approved in November 2010 and effective January 1, 2010, in cases where a Pension Plan participant transferred employment from a Legacy AT&T company or Legacy BellSouth company to Cingular Wireless, after the joint venture formation of Cingular and prior to AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth, then the total Pension Plan benefit (from the frozen separate Pension Plan Program and current Pension Plan Program) will be included in the amount determined under this subsection (b).
|
(d)
|
the amount described by paragraphs 3.1(a), 3.1(b) and 3.1(c) above determined as of the Participant's actual termination-of-employment date.
|
(e) |
the amount described by paragraphs 3.1(a), 3.1(b) and 3.1(c) above determined as if the Participant had terminated employment effective December 31, 2008.
|
1.
|
The AT&T Pension Benefit Make Up Plan No. 1
, which is also the successor plan, effective January 1, 2000, to the SNET Pension Benefit Plan and, effective January 1, 1999, to the Pacific Telesis Group Excess Benefit Plan.
|
2.
|
Section 4.10.2 of the AT&T Pension Benefit Plan – Non-Bargained Program
, which are the 415 Excess Benefit Provisions of such plan.
|
3.
|
The Ameritech Corporate Resource Supplemental Pension Plan
, which is a successor to the Ameritech Senior Management Retirement and Survivor Protection Plan and was established by Ameritech Corporation effective as of January 1, 1986, which, in turn was an amendment, restatement and continuation of the following predecessor plans: the Ameritech Management Supplemental Pension Plan, the Ameritech Senior Management Non-Qualified Pension Plan, the Ameritech Mid-Career Pension Plan, and the retirement and survivor benefit provisions of the Ameritech Senior Management Long Term Disability and Survivor Protection Plan.
|
4.
|
The Ameritech Management Supplemental Pension Benefit Plan
|
5.
|
Effective January 1, 2009,
The Cingular Wireless SBC Executive Transition Pension Make Up Plan
and
The Cingular Wireless SBC Executive 2005 Transition Pension Make Up Plan
|
EXHIBIT 12
|
||||||||||||||||||||
AT&T INC.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Dollars in Millions
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
||||||||||||||||
Earnings:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
|
$
|
19,812
|
$
|
20,692
|
$
|
10,355
|
$
|
28,050
|
$
|
10,496
|
||||||||||
Equity in net income of affiliates included above
|
(98)
|
|
(79)
|
|
(175)
|
|
(642)
|
|
(752)
|
|
||||||||||
Fixed charges
|
7,296
|
6,592
|
5,295
|
5,452
|
4,876
|
|||||||||||||||
Distributed income of equity affiliates
|
61
|
30
|
148
|
318
|
137
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest capitalized
|
(892)
|
|
(797)
|
|
(234)
|
|
(284)
|
|
(263)
|
|
||||||||||
Earnings, as adjusted
|
$
|
26,179
|
$
|
26,438
|
$
|
15,389
|
$
|
32,894
|
$
|
14,494
|
||||||||||
Fixed Charges:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
$
|
4,910
|
$
|
4,120
|
$
|
3,613
|
$
|
3,940
|
$
|
3,444
|
||||||||||
Interest capitalized
|
892
|
797
|
234
|
284
|
263
|
|||||||||||||||
Portion of rental expense representative of interest factor
|
1,494
|
1,675
|
1,448
|
1,228
|
1,169
|
|||||||||||||||
Fixed Charges
|
$
|
7,296
|
$
|
6,592
|
$
|
5,295
|
$
|
5,452
|
$
|
4,876
|
||||||||||
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
|
3.59
|
4.01
|
2.91
|
6.03
|
2.97
|
|||||||||||||||
Selected Financial and Operating Data
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Dollars in millions except per share amounts
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31 and for the year ended:
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|||||||||||||||
Financial Data
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operating revenues
|
$
|
163,786
|
$
|
146,801
|
$
|
132,447
|
$
|
128,752
|
$
|
127,434
|
||||||||||
Operating expenses
|
$
|
139,439
|
$
|
122,016
|
$
|
120,235
|
$
|
98,000
|
$
|
114,380
|
||||||||||
Operating income
|
$
|
24,347
|
$
|
24,785
|
$
|
12,212
|
$
|
30,752
|
$
|
13,054
|
||||||||||
Interest expense
|
$
|
4,910
|
$
|
4,120
|
$
|
3,613
|
$
|
3,940
|
$
|
3,444
|
||||||||||
Equity in net income of affiliates
|
$
|
98
|
$
|
79
|
$
|
175
|
$
|
642
|
$
|
752
|
||||||||||
Other income (expense) - net
|
$
|
277
|
$
|
(52
|
)
|
$
|
1,581
|
$
|
596
|
$
|
134
|
|||||||||
Income tax expense
|
$
|
6,479
|
$
|
7,005
|
$
|
3,619
|
$
|
9,328
|
$
|
2,922
|
||||||||||
Net Income
|
$
|
13,333
|
$
|
13,687
|
$
|
6,736
|
$
|
18,722
|
$
|
7,574
|
||||||||||
Less: Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
|
$
|
(357
|
)
|
$
|
(342
|
)
|
$
|
(294
|
)
|
$
|
(304
|
)
|
$
|
(275
|
)
|
|||||
Net Income Attributable to AT&T
|
$
|
12,976
|
$
|
13,345
|
$
|
6,442
|
$
|
18,418
|
$
|
7,299
|
||||||||||
Earnings Per Common Share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net Income Attributable to AT&T
|
$
|
2.10
|
$
|
2.37
|
$
|
1.24
|
$
|
3.42
|
$
|
1.26
|
||||||||||
Earnings Per Common Share - Assuming Dilution:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net Income Attributable to AT&T
|
$
|
2.10
|
$
|
2.37
|
$
|
1.24
|
$
|
3.42
|
$
|
1.26
|
||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
5,788
|
$
|
5,121
|
$
|
8,603
|
$
|
3,339
|
$
|
4,868
|
||||||||||
Total assets
|
$
|
403,821
|
$
|
402,672
|
$
|
296,834
|
$
|
281,423
|
$
|
275,834
|
||||||||||
Long-term debt
|
$
|
113,681
|
$
|
118,515
|
$
|
75,778
|
$
|
69,091
|
$
|
66,152
|
||||||||||
Total debt
|
$
|
123,513
|
$
|
126,151
|
$
|
81,834
|
$
|
74,589
|
$
|
69,638
|
||||||||||
Capital expenditures
|
$
|
22,408
|
$
|
20,015
|
$
|
21,433
|
$
|
21,228
|
$
|
19,728
|
||||||||||
Dividends declared per common share
|
$
|
1.93
|
$
|
1.89
|
$
|
1.85
|
$
|
1.81
|
$
|
1.77
|
||||||||||
Book value per common share
|
$
|
20.22
|
$
|
20.12
|
$
|
17.40
|
$
|
18.10
|
$
|
17.14
|
||||||||||
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
|
3.59
|
4.01
|
2.91
|
6.03
|
2.97
|
|||||||||||||||
Debt ratio
|
49.9
|
%
|
50.5
|
%
|
47.5
|
%
|
44.1
|
%
|
42.1
|
%
|
||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (000,000)
|
6,168
|
5,628
|
5,205
|
5,368
|
5,801
|
|||||||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding with dilution (000,000)
|
6,189
|
5,646
|
5,221
|
5,385
|
5,821
|
|||||||||||||||
End of period common shares outstanding (000,000)
|
6,139
|
6,145
|
5,187
|
5,226
|
5,581
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating Data
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total wireless customers (000)
|
146,832
|
137,324
|
120,554
|
110,376
|
106,957
|
|||||||||||||||
Video connections (000)
|
37,748
|
37,934
|
5,943
|
5,460
|
4,536
|
|||||||||||||||
In-region network access lines in service (000)
|
13,986
|
16,670
|
19,896
|
24,639
|
29,279
|
|||||||||||||||
Broadband connections (000)
|
15,605
|
15,778
|
16,028
|
16,425
|
16,390
|
|||||||||||||||
Number of employees
|
268,540
|
281,450
|
243,620
|
243,360
|
241,810
|
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating Revenues
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Service
|
$
|
148,884
|
$
|
131,677
|
$
|
118,437
|
13.1
|
%
|
11.2
|
%
|
||||||||||
Equipment
|
14,902
|
15,124
|
14,010
|
(1.5
|
)
|
8.0
|
||||||||||||||
Total Operating Revenues
|
163,786
|
146,801
|
132,447
|
11.6
|
10.8
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of services and sales
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Equipment
|
18,757
|
19,268
|
18,946
|
(2.7
|
)
|
1.7
|
||||||||||||||
Broadcast, programming and operations
|
19,851
|
11,996
|
4,075
|
65.5
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Other cost of services
|
38,276
|
35,782
|
37,124
|
7.0
|
(3.6
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative
|
36,347
|
32,919
|
39,697
|
10.4
|
(17.1
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Asset abandonments and impairments
|
361
|
35
|
2,120
|
-
|
(98.3
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
25,847
|
22,016
|
18,273
|
17.4
|
20.5
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Operating Expenses
|
139,439
|
122,016
|
120,235
|
14.3
|
1.5
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating Income
|
24,347
|
24,785
|
12,212
|
(1.8
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
4,910
|
4,120
|
3,613
|
19.2
|
14.0
|
|||||||||||||||
Equity in net income of affiliates
|
98
|
79
|
175
|
24.1
|
(54.9
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Other income (expense) – net
|
277
|
(52
|
)
|
1,581
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Income Before Income Taxes
|
19,812
|
20,692
|
10,355
|
(4.3
|
)
|
99.8
|
||||||||||||||
Net Income
|
13,333
|
13,687
|
6,736
|
(2.6
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Net Income Attributable to AT&T
|
$
|
12,976
|
$
|
13,345
|
$
|
6,442
|
(2.8
|
)%
|
-
|
%
|
Business Solutions
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Segment Results
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Segment operating revenues
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Wireless service
|
$
|
31,850
|
$
|
30,687
|
$
|
30,182
|
3.8
|
%
|
1.7
|
%
|
||||||||||
Fixed strategic services
|
11,389
|
10,461
|
9,298
|
8.9
|
12.5
|
|||||||||||||||
Legacy voice and data services
|
16,364
|
18,468
|
20,225
|
(11.4
|
)
|
(8.7
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Other service and equipment
|
3,615
|
3,558
|
3,860
|
1.6
|
(7.8
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Wireless equipment
|
7,770
|
7,953
|
7,041
|
(2.3
|
)
|
13.0
|
||||||||||||||
Total Segment Operating Revenues
|
70,988
|
71,127
|
70,606
|
(0.2
|
)
|
0.7
|
||||||||||||||
Segment operating expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operations and support
|
44,330
|
44,946
|
45,826
|
(1.4
|
)
|
(1.9
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
9,832
|
9,789
|
9,355
|
0.4
|
4.6
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Segment Operating Expenses
|
54,162
|
54,735
|
55,181
|
(1.0
|
)
|
(0.8
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Segment Operating Income
|
16,826
|
16,392
|
15,425
|
2.6
|
6.3
|
|||||||||||||||
Equity in Net Income of Affiliates
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Segment Contribution
|
$
|
16,826
|
$
|
16,392
|
$
|
15,425
|
2.6
|
%
|
6.3
|
%
|
The following tables highlight other key measures of performance for the Business Solutions segment:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
At December 31 (in 000s)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Business Wireless Subscribers
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Postpaid
|
50,688
|
48,290
|
45,160
|
5.0
|
%
|
6.9
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Reseller
|
65
|
85
|
11
|
(23.5
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Connected devices
1
|
30,649
|
25,284
|
19,943
|
21.2
|
26.8
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Business Wireless Subscribers
|
81,402
|
73,659
|
65,114
|
10.5
|
13.1
|
|||||||||||||||
Business IP Broadband Connections
|
977
|
911
|
822
|
7.2
|
%
|
10.8
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
(in 000s)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Business Wireless Net Additions
2,4
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Postpaid
|
759
|
1,203
|
2,064
|
(36.9
|
)%
|
(41.7
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||
Reseller
|
(33
|
)
|
13
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Connected devices
1
|
5,330
|
5,315
|
3,439
|
0.3
|
54.6
|
|||||||||||||||
Business Wireless Net Subscriber Additions
|
6,056
|
6,531
|
5,509
|
(7.3
|
)
|
18.6
|
||||||||||||||
Business Wireless Postpaid Churn
2,3,4
|
1.00%
|
|
0.99%
|
|
0.90%
|
|
1 BP
|
9 BP
|
||||||||||||
Business IP Broadband Net Additions
|
66
|
89
|
191
|
(25.8
|
)%
|
(53.4
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||
1
Includesdata-centric devices such as session-based tablets, monitoring devices and automobile systems. Excludes postpaid tablets.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2
Excludes migrations between AT&T segments and/or subscriber categories and acquisition-related additions during the period.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
3
Calculated by dividing the aggregate number of wireless subscribers who canceled service during a month divided by the total number of wireless subscribers at the beginning of that month. The churn rate for the year is
|
||||||||||||||||||||
equal to the average of the churn rate for each month of that period. | ||||||||||||||||||||
4
Includes impacts of the year-end 2016 shutdown of our 2G network.
|
·
|
Lower network costs of $283 resulting from workforce reductions and other cost initiative actions.
|
·
|
Declines in wireless commission expenses of $225 due to lower sales volumes and lower average commission rates, including those paid under the AT&T Next program, combined with fewer handset upgrade transactions.
|
·
|
Lower net expenses of $219 associated with fulfillment cost deferrals (see Note 1).
|
·
|
Reductions of $186 in equipment costs, driven by lower wireless handset volumes partially offset by the sale of higher-priced wireless devices and higher-priced customer premises equipment.
|
·
|
Lower commission costs of $995 resulting from lower average commission rates and fewer upgrade transactions.
|
·
|
Declines in employee-related charges of $508 resulting from workforce reductions and other cost initiatives.
|
·
|
Reductions of $269 in access costs due to lower interconnect, roaming and traffic compensation costs.
|
·
|
Lower customer service costs of $146 largely resulting from our simplified offerings and increased efforts to resolve customer inquiries on their first call.
|
·
|
Higher wireless handset insurance cost of $370.
|
·
|
Increased equipment expense of $304 due to the continuing trend of customers choosing higher-cost devices.
|
·
|
Higher bad debt expense of $173 resulting from growth in our AT&T Next subscriber base.
|
Entertainment Group
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Segment Results
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Segment operating revenues
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Video entertainment
|
$
|
36,460
|
$
|
20,271
|
$
|
6,826
|
79.9
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
||||||||||
High-speed internet
|
7,472
|
6,601
|
5,522
|
13.2
|
19.5
|
|||||||||||||||
Legacy voice and data services
|
4,829
|
5,914
|
7,592
|
(18.3
|
)
|
(22.1
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Other service and equipment
|
2,534
|
2,508
|
2,293
|
1.0
|
9.4
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Segment Operating Revenues
|
51,295
|
35,294
|
22,233
|
45.3
|
58.7
|
|||||||||||||||
Segment operating expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operations and support
|
39,338
|
28,345
|
18,992
|
38.8
|
49.2
|
|||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
5,862
|
4,945
|
4,473
|
18.5
|
10.6
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Segment Operating Expenses
|
45,200
|
33,290
|
23,465
|
35.8
|
41.9
|
|||||||||||||||
Segment Operating Income (Loss)
|
6,095
|
2,004
|
(1,232
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Affiliates
|
9
|
(4
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Segment Contribution
|
$
|
6,104
|
$
|
2,000
|
$
|
(1,234
|
)
|
-
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(in 000s)
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
|||||||||||||||
Linear Video Net Additions
1,2
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Satellite
|
1,228
|
240
|
-
|
-
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
U-verse
|
(1,361
|
)
|
(306
|
)
|
663
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Linear Net Video Additions
|
(133
|
)
|
(66
|
)
|
663
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Broadband Net Additions
|
||||||||||||||||||||
IP
|
532
|
973
|
1,899
|
(45.3
|
)
|
(48.8
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
DSL
|
(639
|
)
|
(1,130
|
)
|
(1,768
|
)
|
43.5
|
36.1
|
||||||||||||
Net Broadband Additions
|
(107
|
)
|
(157
|
)
|
131
|
31.8
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
|||||||||||
1
Excludes acquisition-related additions during the period.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2
Includes disconnections for customers that migrated to DIRECTV NOW. Net DIRECTV NOW additions were more than 200.
|
Consumer Mobility
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Segment Results
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Segment operating revenues
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Service
|
$
|
27,536
|
$
|
29,150
|
$
|
30,850
|
(5.5
|
)%
|
(5.5
|
)%
|
||||||||||
Equipment
|
5,664
|
5,916
|
5,919
|
(4.3
|
)
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Total Segment Operating Revenues
|
33,200
|
35,066
|
36,769
|
(5.3
|
)
|
(4.6
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Segment operating expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operations and support
|
19,659
|
21,477
|
23,891
|
(8.5
|
)
|
(10.1
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
3,716
|
3,851
|
3,827
|
(3.5
|
)
|
0.6
|
||||||||||||||
Total Segment Operating Expenses
|
23,375
|
25,328
|
27,718
|
(7.7
|
)
|
(8.6
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Segment Operating Income
|
9,825
|
9,738
|
9,051
|
0.9
|
7.6
|
|||||||||||||||
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Affiliates
|
-
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Segment Contribution
|
$
|
9,825
|
$
|
9,738
|
$
|
9,050
|
0.9
|
%
|
7.6
|
%
|
·
|
Declines in equipment costs of $554 due to lower handset volumes partially offset by higher prices.
|
·
|
Reduced selling and commission expenses of $302 resulting from fewer upgrade transactions and lower average commission rates.
|
·
|
Lower network costs of $246 driven by a decline in interconnect costs resulting from our ongoing network transition to more efficient Ethernet/IP-based technologies.
|
·
|
Declines of $204 associated with bad debt expense.
|
·
|
Lower customer service costs of $145 due to cost efficiencies including lower vendor and professional services from reduced call center volumes.
|
·
|
Reduced selling and commission expenses of $861 from lower average commission rates and fewer upgrade transactions.
|
·
|
Lower network costs of $434 driven by a decline in interconnect costs resulting from our ongoing network transition to more efficient Ethernet/IP-based technologies.
|
·
|
Reductions of $406 for equipment costs, reflecting lower handset volumes partially offset by the sale of higher-priced devices.
|
·
|
Lower customer service costs of $275 primarily due to cost efficiencies including lower vendor and professional services from reduced call center volumes.
|
·
|
Declines of $209 primarily due to incollect roaming fee rate declines, partially offset by increased data volume.
|
International
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Segment Results
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Segment operating revenues
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Video entertainment
|
$
|
4,910
|
$
|
2,151
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
||||||||||
Wireless service
|
1,905
|
1,647
|
-
|
15.7
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Equipment
|
468
|
304
|
-
|
53.9
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Segment Operating Revenues
|
7,283
|
4,102
|
-
|
77.5
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Segment operating expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operations and support
|
6,830
|
3,930
|
-
|
73.8
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
1,166
|
655
|
-
|
78.0
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Segment Operating Expenses
|
7,996
|
4,585
|
-
|
74.4
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Segment Operating Income (Loss)
|
(713
|
)
|
(483
|
)
|
-
|
(47.6
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Equity in Net Income (Loss)
of Affiliates
|
52
|
(5
|
)
|
153
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Segment Contribution
|
$
|
(661
|
)
|
$
|
(488
|
)
|
$
|
153
|
(35.5
|
)%
|
-
|
%
|
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
At December 31 (in 000s)
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
|||||||||||||||
Mexico Wireless Subscribers
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Postpaid
|
4,965
|
4,289
|
-
|
15.8
|
%
|
-
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Prepaid
|
6,727
|
3,995
|
-
|
68.4
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Branded
|
11,692
|
8,284
|
-
|
41.1
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Reseller
|
281
|
400
|
-
|
(29.8
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Total Mexico Wireless Subscribers
|
11,973
|
8,684
|
-
|
37.9
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Latin America Satellite Subscribers
|
||||||||||||||||||||
PanAmericana
|
7,206
|
7,066
|
-
|
2.0
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
SKY Brazil
1
|
5,249
|
5,444
|
-
|
(3.6
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Total Latin America Satellite Subscribers
|
12,455
|
12,510
|
-
|
(0.4
|
)%
|
-
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
1
Excludes subscribers of our International segment equity investments in SKY Mexico, in which we own a 41.3% stake. SKY Mexico had 7.9 million subscribers at September 30, 2016 and 7.3 million subscribers at December 31, 2015.
|
AT&T Mobility Results
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating revenues
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Service
|
$
|
59,386
|
$
|
59,837
|
$
|
61,032
|
(0.8
|
)%
|
(2.0
|
)%
|
||||||||||
Equipment
|
13,435
|
13,868
|
12,960
|
(3.1
|
)
|
7.0
|
||||||||||||||
Total Operating Revenues
|
72,821
|
73,705
|
73,992
|
(1.2
|
)
|
(0.4
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Operating expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operations and support
|
43,886
|
45,789
|
48,348
|
(4.2
|
)
|
(5.3
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
EBITDA
|
28,935
|
27,916
|
25,644
|
3.7
|
8.9
|
|||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
8,292
|
8,113
|
7,744
|
2.2
|
4.8
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Operating Expenses
|
52,178
|
53,902
|
56,092
|
(3.2
|
)
|
(3.9
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Operating Income
|
20,643
|
19,803
|
17,900
|
4.2
|
10.6
|
|||||||||||||||
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Affiliates
|
-
|
-
|
(1
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||
Operating Contribution
|
$
|
20,643
|
$
|
19,803
|
$
|
17,899
|
4.2
|
%
|
10.6
|
%
|
The following tables highlight other key measures of performance for AT&T Mobility:
|
||||||||||||||
Percent Change
|
||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016 vs.
2015
|
2015 vs.
2014
|
||||||||||
At December 31 (in 000s)
|
||||||||||||||
Wireless Subscribers
1
|
||||||||||||||
Postpaid smartphones
|
59,096
|
58,073
|
56,644
|
1.8
|
%
|
2.5
|
%
|
|||||||
Postpaid feature phones and data-centric devices
|
18,687
|
19,032
|
19,126
|
(1.8)
|
(0.5)
|
|||||||||
Postpaid
|
77,783
|
77,105
|
75,770
|
0.9
|
1.8
|
|||||||||
Prepaid
|
13,536
|
11,548
|
9,965
|
17.2
|
15.9
|
|||||||||
Branded
|
91,319
|
88,653
|
85,735
|
3.0
|
3.4
|
|||||||||
Reseller
|
11,949
|
13,774
|
13,855
|
(13.2)
|
(0.6)
|
|||||||||
Connected devices
2
|
31,591
|
26,213
|
20,964
|
20.5
|
25.0
|
|||||||||
Total Wireless Subscribers
|
134,859
|
128,640
|
120,554
|
4.8
|
6.7
|
|||||||||
Branded smartphones
|
70,817
|
67,200
|
62,443
|
5.4
|
7.6
|
|||||||||
Mobile Share connections
|
57,028
|
61,275
|
52,370
|
(6.9)
|
17.0
|
|||||||||
Smartphones under our installment programs at
end of period
|
30,688
|
26,670
|
15,308
|
15.1
|
%
|
74.2
|
%
|
|||||||
1
Represents 100% of AT&T Mobility wireless subscribers.
|
||||||||||||||
2
Includes data-centric devices such as session-based tablets, monitoring devices and automobile systems. Excludes postpaid tablets.
|
·
|
Consolidated operating revenue growth, driven by our ability to offer integrated wireless, video and wireline services, as well as continuing growth in fixed strategic services.
|
·
|
Robust competition in wireless and video will continue to pressure service revenue and ARPU for those products.
|
·
|
Major customer categories will continue to increase their use of internet-based broadband/data services and video services.
|
·
|
Traditional voice and data service revenue declines.
|
·
|
Our 2015 acquisitions of DIRECTV and wireless properties in Mexico will increase revenues, although we expect to incur significant integration costs in the same period.
|
·
|
February issuance of $1,250 of 2.800% global notes due 2021.
|
·
|
February issuance of $1,500 of 3.600% global notes due 2023.
|
·
|
February issuance of $1,750 of 4.125% global notes due 2026.
|
·
|
February issuance of $1,500 of 5.650% global notes due 2047.
|
·
|
May issuance of $750 of 2.300% global notes due 2019.
|
·
|
May issuance of $750 of 2.800% global notes due 2021.
|
·
|
May issuance of $1,100 of 3.600% global notes due 2023.
|
·
|
May issuance of $900 of 4.125% global notes due 2026.
|
·
|
May issuance of $500 of 4.800% global notes due 2044.
|
·
|
February redemption of $1,250 of AT&T floating rate notes due 2016.
|
·
|
March prepayment of the remaining $1,000 outstanding under a $2,000 18-month credit agreement by and between AT&T and Mizuho.
|
·
|
May redemption of $1,750 of 2.950% global notes due 2016.
|
·
|
June prepayment of $5,000 of outstanding advances under our $9,155 Syndicated Credit Agreement (See “Credit Facilities” below).
|
·
|
August redemption of $1,500 of 2.400% global notes due 2016.
|
·
|
$1,250 of 3.200% global notes due 2022.
|
·
|
$750 of 3.800% global notes due 2024.
|
·
|
$2,000 of 4.250% global notes due 2027.
|
·
|
$3,000 of 5.250% global notes due 2037.
|
·
|
$2,000 of 5.450% global notes due 2047.
|
·
|
$1,000 of 5.700% global notes due 2057.
|
·
|
$1,000 of annual put reset securities issued by BellSouth Corporation that may be put back to us each April until maturity in 2021.
|
·
|
An accreting zero-coupon note that may be redeemed each May until maturity in 2022. If the zero-coupon note (issued for principal of $500 in 2007) is held to maturity, the redemption amount will be $1,030.
|
·
|
at a variable annual rate equal to (1) the highest of: (a) the base rate of the bank affiliate of Citibank, N.A., (b) 0.50% per annum above the Federal funds rate, and (c) the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) applicable to U.S. dollars for a period of one month plus 1.00% per annum, plus (2) an applicable margin (as set forth in this agreement); or
|
·
|
at a rate equal to: (i) LIBOR for a period of one, two, three or six months, as applicable, plus (ii) an applicable margin (as set forth in this agreement).
|
·
|
at a variable annual rate equal to: (1) the highest of (a) the prime rate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, (b) 0.5% per annum above the federal funds rate, and (c) the LIBOR applicable to dollars for a period of one month plus 1.00%, plus (2) an applicable margin, as set forth in this agreement (the “Applicable Margin for Base Advances (Bridge Loan)”); or
|
·
|
at a rate equal to: (i) LIBOR (adjusted upwards to reflect any bank reserve costs) for a period of one, two, three or six months, as applicable, plus (ii) an applicable margin, as set forth in this agreement (the “Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances (Bridge Loan)”).
|
·
|
at a variable annual rate equal to: (1) the highest of (a) the prime rate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (b) 0.5% per annum above the federal funds rate, and (c) the LIBOR rate applicable to dollars for a period of one month plus 1.00%, plus (2) an applicable margin, as set forth in the Term Loan (the “Applicable Margin for Base Advances (Term Loan)”); or
|
·
|
at a rate equal to: (i) LIBOR (adjusted upwards to reflect any bank reserve costs) for a period of one, two, three or six months, as applicable, plus (ii) an applicable margin, as set forth in the Term Loan (the “Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances (Term Loan)”).
|
Payments Due By Period
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Less than
1 Year
|
1-3
Years
|
3-5
Years
|
More than
5 Years
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual Obligations
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt obligations
1
|
$
|
130,280
|
$
|
9,609
|
$
|
16,953
|
$
|
17,793
|
$
|
85,925
|
||||||||||
Interest payments on long-term debt
|
82,249
|
5,440
|
10,065
|
8,891
|
57,853
|
|||||||||||||||
Finance obligations
2
|
3,341
|
239
|
492
|
512
|
2,098
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating lease obligations
3
|
29,657
|
3,915
|
7,154
|
6,019
|
12,569
|
|||||||||||||||
Unrecognized tax benefits
4
|
4,484
|
984
|
-
|
-
|
3,500
|
|||||||||||||||
Purchase obligations
5
|
35,436
|
9,181
|
11,214
|
7,799
|
7,242
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Contractual Obligations
|
$
|
285,447
|
$
|
29,368
|
$
|
45,878
|
$
|
41,014
|
$
|
169,187
|
||||||||||
1
Represents principal or payoff amounts of notes and debentures at maturity or, for putable debt, the next put opportunity (see Note 9).
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2
Represents future minimum payments under the Crown Castle and other arrangements (see Note 16).
|
||||||||||||||||||||
3
Represents operating lease payments (see Note 6).
|
||||||||||||||||||||
4
The noncurrent portion of the UTBs is included in the “More than 5 Years” column, as we cannot reasonably estimate the timing or amounts of additional cash payments, if any, at this time (see Note 11).
|
||||||||||||||||||||
5
The purchase obligations will be funded with cash provided by operations or through incremental borrowings. The minimum commitment for certain obligations is based on termination penalties that could be paid to exit the contracts. If we elect to exit these contracts, termination fees for all such contracts in the year of termination could be approximately $1,043 in 2017, $1,091 in the aggregate for 2018 and 2019, $404 in the aggregate for 2020 and 2021, and $161 in the aggregate thereafter. Certain termination fees are excluded from the above table, as the fees would not be paid every year and the timing of such payments, if any, is uncertain.
|
·
|
Adverse economic and/or capital access changes in the markets served by us or in countries in which we have significant investments, including the impact on customer demand and our ability and our suppliers’ ability to access financial markets at favorable rates and terms.
|
·
|
Changes in available technology and the effects of such changes, including product substitutions and deployment costs.
|
·
|
Increases in our benefit plans’ costs, including increases due to adverse changes in the United States and foreign securities markets, resulting in worse-than-assumed investment returns and discount rates; adverse changes in mortality assumptions; adverse medical cost trends, and unfavorable or delayed implementation or repeal of healthcare legislation, regulations or related court decisions.
|
·
|
The final outcome of FCC and other federal, state or foreign government agency proceedings (including judicial review, if any, of such proceedings) involving issues that are important to our business, including, without limitation, special access and business data services,
intercarrier compensation; interconnection obligations; pending Notices of Apparent Liability; the transition from legacy technologies to IP-based infrastructure including the withdrawal of legacy TDM-based services; universal service; broadband deployment; E911 services; competition policy; privacy; net neutrality including the FCC’s order classifying broadband as Title II services subject to much more comprehensive regulation; unbundled network elements and other wholesale obligations; multi-channel video programming distributor services and equipment; availability of new spectrum, on fair and balanced terms, and wireless and satellite license awards and renewals.
|
·
|
The final outcome of state and federal legislative efforts involving issues that are important to our business, including deregulation of IP-based services, relief from Carrier of Last Resort obligations and elimination of state commission review of the withdrawal of services.
|
·
|
Enactment of additional state, local, federal and/or foreign regulatory and tax laws and regulations, or changes to existing standards and actions by tax agencies and judicial authorities including the resolution of disputes with any taxing jurisdictions, pertaining to our subsidiaries and foreign investments, including laws and regulations that reduce our incentive to invest in our networks, resulting in lower revenue growth and/or higher operating costs.
|
·
|
Our ability to absorb revenue losses caused by increasing competition, including offerings that use alternative technologies or delivery methods (e.g., cable, wireless, VoIP and over-the-top video service) and our ability to maintain capital expenditures.
|
·
|
The extent of competition including from governmental networks and other providers and the resulting pressure on customer and access line totals and segment operating margins.
|
·
|
Our ability to develop attractive and profitable product/service offerings to offset increasing competition.
|
·
|
The ability of our competitors to offer product/service offerings at lower prices due to lower cost structures and regulatory and legislative actions adverse to us, including state regulatory proceedings relating to unbundled network elements and non-regulation of comparable alternative technologies (e.g., VoIP).
|
·
|
The continued development and delivery of attractive and profitable video offerings through satellite and IP-based networks; the extent to which regulatory and build-out requirements apply to our offerings; and the availability, cost and/or reliability of the various technologies and/or content required to provide such offerings.
|
·
|
Our continued ability to maintain margins, attract and offer a diverse portfolio of wireless service and devices and device financing plans.
|
·
|
The availability and cost of additional wireless spectrum and regulations and conditions relating to spectrum use, licensing, obtaining additional spectrum, technical standards and deployment and usage, including network management rules.
|
·
|
Our ability to manage growth in wireless video and data services, including network quality and acquisition of adequate spectrum at reasonable costs and terms.
|
·
|
The outcome of pending, threatened or potential litigation (which includes arbitrations), including, without limitation,
patent and product safety claims by or against third parties.
|
·
|
The impact from major equipment failures on our networks, including satellites operated by DIRECTV; the effect of security breaches related to the network or customer information; our inability to obtain handsets, equipment/software or have handsets, equipment/software serviced in a timely and cost-effective manner from suppliers; and in the case of satellites launched, timely provisioning of services from vendors; or severe weather conditions, natural disasters, pandemics, energy shortages, wars or terrorist attacks.
|
·
|
The issuance by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other accounting oversight bodies of new accounting standards or changes to existing standards.
|
·
|
Our ability to integrate our acquisition of DIRECTV.
|
·
|
Our ability to close our pending acquisition of Time Warner Inc. and successfully integrate its operations.
|
·
|
Our ability to adequately fund our wireless operations, including payment for additional spectrum, network upgrades and technological advancements.
|
·
|
Our increased exposure to video competition and foreign economies due to our recent acquisitions of DIRECTV and Mexican wireless properties, including foreign exchange fluctuations as well as regulatory and political uncertainty.
|
·
|
Changes in our corporate strategies, such as changing network-related requirements or acquisitions and dispositions, which may require significant amounts of cash or stock, to respond to competition and regulatory, legislative and technological developments.
|
·
|
The uncertainty surrounding further congressional action to address spending reductions, which may result in a significant decrease in government spending and reluctance of businesses and consumers to spend in general.
|
·
|
The uncertainty and impact of anticipated regulatory and corporate tax reform, which may impact the overall economy and incentives for business investments.
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||
Numerators
|
||||||||||||
Numerator for basic earnings per share:
|
||||||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
13,333
|
$
|
13,687
|
$
|
6,736
|
||||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
(357
|
)
|
(342
|
)
|
(294
|
)
|
||||||
Net income attributable to AT&T
|
12,976
|
13,345
|
6,442
|
|||||||||
Dilutive potential common shares:
|
||||||||||||
Share-based payment
|
13
|
13
|
13
|
|||||||||
Numerator for diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
12,989
|
$
|
13,358
|
$
|
6,455
|
||||||
Denominators (000,000)
|
||||||||||||
Denominator for basic earnings per share:
|
||||||||||||
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
|
6,168
|
5,628
|
5,205
|
|||||||||
Dilutive potential common shares:
|
||||||||||||
Share-based payment (in shares)
|
21
|
18
|
16
|
|||||||||
Denominator for diluted earnings per share
|
6,189
|
5,646
|
5,221
|
|||||||||
Basic earnings per share attributable to AT&T
|
$
|
2.10
|
$
|
2.37
|
$
|
1.24
|
||||||
Diluted earnings per share attributable to AT&T
|
$
|
2.10
|
$
|
2.37
|
$
|
1.24
|
·
|
Acquisition-related items
which consist of (1) items associated with the merger and integration of acquired businesses and (2) the noncash amortization of intangible assets acquired in acquisitions.
|
·
|
Certain significant items
which consist of (1) noncash actuarial gains and losses from pension and other postretirement benefits, (2) employee separation charges associated with voluntary and/or strategic offers, (3) losses resulting from abandonment or impairment of assets and (4) other items for which the segments are not being evaluated.
|
Assets acquired
|
||||
Cash
|
$
|
4,797
|
||
Accounts receivable
|
2,038
|
|||
All other current assets
|
1,534
|
|||
Property, plant and equipment (including satellites)
|
9,320
|
|||
Intangible assets not subject to amortization
|
||||
Orbital slots
|
11,946
|
|||
Trade name
|
1,371
|
|||
Intangible assets subject to amortization
|
||||
Customer lists and relationships
|
19,508
|
|||
Trade name
|
2,915
|
|||
Other
|
445
|
|||
Investments and other assets
|
2,375
|
|||
Goodwill
|
34,619
|
|||
Total assets acquired
|
90,868
|
|||
Liabilities assumed
|
||||
Current liabilities, excluding current portion of long-term debt
|
5,645
|
|||
Long-term debt
|
20,585
|
|||
Other noncurrent liabilities
|
16,875
|
|||
Total liabilities assumed
|
43,105
|
|||
Net assets acquired
|
47,763
|
|||
Noncontrolling interest
|
(354
|
)
|
||
Aggregate value of consideration paid
|
$
|
47,409
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Year Ended
|
||||||||
December 31,
|
||||||||
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||
Total operating revenues
|
$
|
165,694
|
$
|
165,595
|
||||
Net Income Attributable to AT&T
|
12,683
|
6,412
|
||||||
Basic Earnings Per Share Attributable to AT&T
|
$
|
2.06
|
$
|
1.04
|
||||
Diluted Earnings Per Share Attributable to AT&T
|
$
|
2.06
|
$
|
1.04
|
Lives (years)
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||||||
Land
|
-
|
$
|
1,643
|
$
|
1,638
|
|||||||
Buildings and improvements
|
2-44
|
35,036
|
33,784
|
|||||||||
Central office equipment
1
|
3-10
|
92,954
|
93,643
|
|||||||||
Cable, wiring and conduit
|
15-50
|
79,279
|
75,784
|
|||||||||
Satellites
|
12-15
|
2,710
|
2,088
|
|||||||||
Other equipment
|
2-23
|
88,436
|
81,972
|
|||||||||
Software
|
3-5
|
14,472
|
11,347
|
|||||||||
Under construction
|
-
|
5,118
|
5,971
|
|||||||||
319,648
|
306,227
|
|||||||||||
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
194,749
|
181,777
|
||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment - net
|
$
|
124,899
|
$
|
124,450
|
||||||||
1
Includes certain network software.
|
Business Solutions
|
Entertainment Group
|
Consumer Mobility
|
International
|
Wireless
|
Wireline
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2014
|
$
|
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
36,469
|
$
|
33,223
|
$
|
69,692
|
||||||||||||||
Goodwill acquired
|
-
|
30,839
|
-
|
4,672
|
6
|
-
|
35,517
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(638
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(638
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Allocation of goodwill
|
45,351
|
7,834
|
16,512
|
-
|
(36,471
|
)
|
(33,226
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
3
|
(3
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2015
|
45,351
|
38,673
|
16,512
|
4,032
|
-
|
-
|
104,568
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill acquired
|
22
|
380
|
14
|
65
|
-
|
-
|
481
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
167
|
-
|
-
|
167
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
(9
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(9
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2016
|
$
|
|
45,364
|
$
|
39,053
|
$
|
16,526
|
$
|
4,264
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
105,207
|
December 31, 2016
|
December 31, 2015
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Intangible Assets
|
Gross
Carrying
Amount
|
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
Accumulated Amortization
|
Gross
Carrying
Amount
|
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
Accumulated Amortization
|
||||||||||||||||||
Amortized intangible assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Customer lists and relationships:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wireless acquisitions
|
$
|
942
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
715
|
$
|
1,055
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
679
|
||||||||||||
BellSouth Corporation
|
4,450
|
-
|
4,429
|
4,450
|
-
|
4,347
|
||||||||||||||||||
DIRECTV
|
19,547
|
(125
|
)
|
5,618
|
19,505
|
(294
|
)
|
1,807
|
||||||||||||||||
AT&T Corp.
|
33
|
-
|
26
|
33
|
-
|
23
|
||||||||||||||||||
Mexican wireless
|
506
|
(108
|
)
|
214
|
485
|
(60
|
)
|
110
|
||||||||||||||||
Subtotal
|
25,478
|
(233
|
)
|
11,002
|
25,528
|
(354
|
)
|
6,966
|
||||||||||||||||
Trade name
|
2,942
|
(7
|
)
|
1,394
|
2,905
|
-
|
424
|
|||||||||||||||||
Other
|
707
|
(3
|
)
|
283
|
686
|
-
|
195
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
29,127
|
$
|
(243
|
)
|
$
|
12,679
|
$
|
29,119
|
$
|
(354
|
)
|
$
|
7,585
|
||||||||||
Indefinite-lived intangible assets not subject to amortization:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wireless licenses
|
$
|
82,474
|
$
|
81,147
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Orbital slots
|
11,702
|
11,946
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Trade name
|
6,479
|
6,437
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
100,655
|
$
|
99,530
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||
Beginning of year
|
$
|
1,606
|
$
|
250
|
||||
Additional investments
|
208
|
77
|
||||||
DIRECTV investments acquired
|
-
|
1,232
|
||||||
Equity in net income of affiliates
|
98
|
79
|
||||||
Dividends and distributions received
|
(61
|
)
|
(30
|
)
|
||||
Currency translation adjustments
|
(156
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Other adjustments
|
(21
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||||
End of year
|
$
|
1,674
|
$
|
1,606
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||||||||
Notes and debentures
1
|
|||||||||||||
Interest Rates |
Maturities
2
|
||||||||||||
0.49% – 2.99%
|
2016 – 2022 |
|
$
|
26,396
|
$
|
34,265
|
|||||||
3.00% – 4.99%
|
2016 – 2049 |
|
66,520
|
54,678
|
|||||||||
5.00% – 6.99%
|
2016 – 2095 |
|
26,883
|
31,140
|
|||||||||
7.00% – 9.50%
|
2016 – 2097 |
|
5,050
|
5,805
|
|||||||||
Other
|
4
|
15
|
|||||||||||
Fair value of interest rate swaps recorded in debt
|
48
|
109
|
|||||||||||
124,901
|
126,012
|
||||||||||||
Unamortized (discount) premium - net
|
(2,201
|
)
|
(842
|
)
|
|||||||||
Unamortized issuance costs
|
(319
|
)
|
(323
|
)
|
|||||||||
Total notes and debentures
|
122,381
|
124,847
|
|||||||||||
Capitalized leases
|
869
|
884
|
|||||||||||
Other
|
259
|
416
|
|||||||||||
Total long-term debt, including current maturities
|
123,509
|
126,147
|
|||||||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt
|
(9,828
|
)
|
(7,632
|
)
|
|||||||||
Total long-term debt
|
$
|
113,681
|
$
|
118,515
|
|||||||||
1
Includes credit agreement borrowings.
|
|||||||||||||
2
Maturities assume putable debt is redeemed by the holders at the next opportunity.
|
·
|
February issuance of $1,250 of 2.800% global notes due 2021.
|
·
|
February issuance of $1,500 of 3.600% global notes due 2023.
|
·
|
February issuance of $1,750 of 4.125% global notes due 2026.
|
·
|
February issuance of $1,500 of 5.650% global notes due 2047.
|
·
|
May issuance of $750 of 2.300% global notes due 2019.
|
·
|
May issuance of $750 of 2.800% global notes due 2021.
|
·
|
May issuance of $1,100 of 3.600% global notes due 2023.
|
·
|
May issuance of $900 of 4.125% global notes due 2026.
|
·
|
May issuance of $500 of 4.800% global notes due 2044.
|
·
|
$1,250 of 3.200% global notes due 2022.
|
·
|
$750 of 3.800% global notes due 2024.
|
·
|
$2,000 of 4.250% global notes due 2027.
|
·
|
$3,000 of 5.250% global notes due 2037.
|
·
|
$2,000 of 5.450% global notes due 2047.
|
·
|
$1,000 of 5.700% global notes due 2057.
|
·
|
at a variable annual rate equal to (1) the highest of: (a) the base rate of the bank affiliate of Citibank, N.A., (b) 0.50% per annum above the Federal funds rate, and (c) the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) applicable to U.S. dollars for a period of one month plus 1.00% per annum, plus (2) an applicable margin (as set forth in this agreement); or
|
·
|
at a rate equal to: (i) LIBOR for a period of one, two, three or six months, as applicable, plus (ii) an applicable margin (as set forth in this agreement).
|
·
|
at a variable annual rate equal to: (1) the highest of (a) the prime rate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, (b) 0.5% per annum above the federal funds rate, and (c) the LIBOR applicable to dollars for a period of one month plus 1.00%, plus (2) an applicable margin, as set forth in this agreement (the “Applicable Margin for Base Advances (Bridge Loan)”); or
|
·
|
at a rate equal to: (i) LIBOR (adjusted upwards to reflect any bank reserve costs) for a period of one, two, three or six months, as applicable, plus (ii) an applicable margin, as set forth in this agreement (the “Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances (Bridge Loan)”).
|
·
|
at a variable annual rate equal to: (1) the highest of (a) the prime rate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (b) 0.5% per annum above the federal funds rate, and (c) the LIBOR rate applicable to dollars for a period of one month plus 1.00%, plus (2) an applicable margin, as set forth in the Term Loan (the “Applicable Margin for Base Advances (Term Loan)”); or
|
·
|
at a rate equal to: (i) LIBOR (adjusted upwards to reflect any bank reserve costs) for a period of one, two, three or six months, as applicable, plus (ii) an applicable margin, as set forth in the Term Loan (the “Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances (Term Loan)”).
|
Level 1 |
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that we have the ability to access.
|
Level 2 |
Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
|
·
|
Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets.
|
·
|
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets.
|
·
|
Inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability.
|
·
|
Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
|
Level 3 |
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
|
·
|
Fair value is often based on developed models in which there are few, if any, external observations.
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||
Interest rate swaps
|
$
|
9,650
|
$
|
7,050
|
||||
Cross-currency swaps
|
29,642
|
29,642
|
||||||
Foreign exchange contracts
|
-
|
100
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
39,292
|
$
|
36,792
|
Cash Flow Hedging Relationships
|
||||||||||||
For the years ended December 31,
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||
Cross-currency swaps:
|
||||||||||||
Gain (Loss) recognized in accumulated OCI
|
$
|
1,061
|
$
|
(813
|
)
|
$
|
528
|
|||||
Interest rate locks:
|
||||||||||||
Gain (Loss) recognized in accumulated OCI
|
-
|
(361
|
)
|
(128
|
)
|
|||||||
Interest income (expense) reclassified from
accumulated OCI into income
|
(59
|
)
|
(58
|
)
|
(44
|
)
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
$
|
44,903
|
$
|
46,067
|
||||
Licenses and nonamortizable intangibles
|
22,892
|
20,732
|
||||||
Employee benefits
|
(10,045
|
)
|
(10,517
|
)
|
||||
Deferred fulfillment costs
|
3,204
|
2,172
|
||||||
Net operating loss and other carryforwards
|
(4,304
|
)
|
(4,029
|
)
|
||||
Other – net
|
(216
|
)
|
(1,478
|
)
|
||||
Subtotal
|
56,434
|
52,947
|
||||||
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance
|
2,283
|
2,141
|
||||||
Net deferred tax liabilities
|
$
|
58,717
|
$
|
55,088
|
||||
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities
|
$
|
60,128
|
$
|
56,181
|
||||
Less: Noncurrent deferred tax assets
|
(1,411
|
)
|
(1,093
|
)
|
||||
Net deferred tax liabilities
|
$
|
58,717
|
$
|
55,088
|
Federal, State and Foreign Tax
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of year
|
$
|
6,898
|
$
|
4,465
|
||||
Increases for tax positions related to the current year
|
318
|
1,333
|
||||||
Increases for tax positions related to prior years
|
473
|
660
|
||||||
Decreases for tax positions related to prior years
|
(1,168
|
)
|
(396
|
)
|
||||
Lapse of statute of limitations
|
(25
|
)
|
(16
|
)
|
||||
Settlements
|
50
|
10
|
||||||
Current year acquisitions
|
-
|
864
|
||||||
Foreign currency effects
|
(30
|
)
|
(22
|
)
|
||||
Balance at end of year
|
6,516
|
6,898
|
||||||
Accrued interest and penalties
|
1,140
|
1,138
|
||||||
Gross unrecognized income tax benefits
|
7,656
|
8,036
|
||||||
Less: Deferred federal and state income tax benefits
|
(557
|
)
|
(582
|
)
|
||||
Less: Tax attributable to timing items included above
|
(3,398
|
)
|
(3,460
|
)
|
||||
Less: UTBs included above that relate to acquisitions that would impact goodwill
|
||||||||
if recognized during the measurement period
|
-
|
(842
|
)
|
|||||
Total UTB that, if recognized, would impact the
|
||||||||
effective income tax rate as of the end of the year
|
$
|
3,701
|
$
|
3,152
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
||||||||||
Federal:
|
||||||||||||
Current
|
$
|
2,915
|
$
|
2,496
|
$
|
1,610
|
||||||
Deferred
|
3,127
|
3,828
|
2,060
|
|||||||||
6,042
|
6,324
|
3,670
|
||||||||||
State and local:
|
||||||||||||
Current
|
282
|
72
|
(102
|
)
|
||||||||
Deferred
|
339
|
671
|
(73
|
)
|
||||||||
621
|
743
|
(175
|
)
|
|||||||||
Foreign:
|
||||||||||||
Current
|
335
|
320
|
163
|
|||||||||
Deferred
|
(519
|
)
|
(382
|
)
|
(39
|
)
|
||||||
(184
|
)
|
(62
|
)
|
124
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
6,479
|
$
|
7,005
|
$
|
3,619
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
||||||||||
U.S. income before income taxes
|
$
|
20,911
|
$
|
21,519
|
$
|
10,244
|
||||||
Foreign income (loss) before income taxes
|
(1,099
|
)
|
(827
|
)
|
111
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
19,812
|
$
|
20,692
|
$
|
10,355
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
||||||||||
Taxes computed at federal statutory rate
|
$
|
6,934
|
$
|
7,242
|
$
|
3,624
|
||||||
Increases (decreases) in income taxes resulting from:
|
||||||||||||
State and local income taxes – net of federal income tax benefit
|
416
|
483
|
(113
|
)
|
||||||||
Connecticut wireline sale
|
-
|
-
|
350
|
|||||||||
Loss of foreign tax credits in connection with América Móvil sale
|
-
|
-
|
386
|
|||||||||
Mexico restructuring
|
(471
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Other – net
|
(400
|
)
|
(720
|
)
|
(628
|
)
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
6,479
|
$
|
7,005
|
$
|
3,619
|
||||||
Effective Tax Rate
|
32.7
|
%
|
33.9
|
%
|
34.9
|
%
|
Pension Benefits
|
Postretirement Benefits
|
|||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||||||||
Benefit obligation at beginning of year
|
$
|
55,464
|
$
|
59,543
|
$
|
27,898
|
$
|
30,709
|
||||||||
Service cost - benefits earned during the period
|
1,112
|
1,212
|
192
|
222
|
||||||||||||
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
|
1,980
|
1,902
|
972
|
967
|
||||||||||||
Amendments
|
(206
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
(600
|
)
|
(74
|
)
|
||||||||
Actuarial (gain) loss
|
1,485
|
(3,079
|
)
|
(529
|
)
|
(1,988
|
)
|
|||||||||
Special termination benefits
|
-
|
149
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Benefits paid
|
(3,614
|
)
|
(4,681
|
)
|
(1,941
|
)
|
(1,958
|
)
|
||||||||
DIRECTV acquisition
|
-
|
470
|
-
|
20
|
||||||||||||
Transfer for sale of Connecticut wireline operations
|
-
|
(42
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Plan transfers
|
(38
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
35
|
-
|
||||||||||
Benefit obligation at end of year
|
$
|
56,183
|
$
|
55,464
|
$
|
26,027
|
$
|
27,898
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||
Plan assets recognized in the consolidated financial statements
|
$
|
42,610
|
$
|
42,195
|
||||
Preferred equity interest in Mobility
|
8,477
|
8,714
|
||||||
Net assets available for benefits
|
$
|
51,087
|
$
|
50,909
|
Pension Benefits
|
Postretirement Benefits
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Service cost – benefits earned
during the period
|
$
|
1,112
|
$
|
1,212
|
$
|
1,134
|
$
|
192
|
$
|
222
|
$
|
233
|
||||||||||||
Interest cost on projected benefit
obligation
|
1,980
|
1,902
|
2,470
|
972
|
967
|
1,458
|
||||||||||||||||||
Expected return on assets
|
(3,115
|
)
|
(3,317
|
)
|
(3,380
|
)
|
(355
|
)
|
(421
|
)
|
(653
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of prior service credit
|
(103
|
)
|
(103
|
)
|
(94
|
)
|
(1,277
|
)
|
(1,278
|
)
|
(1,448
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Actuarial (gain) loss
|
1,478
|
(373
|
)
|
5,419
|
(581
|
)
|
(1,632
|
)
|
2,093
|
|||||||||||||||
Net pension and postretirement cost (credit)
|
$
|
1,352
|
$
|
(679
|
)
|
$
|
5,549
|
$
|
(1,049
|
)
|
$
|
(2,142
|
)
|
$
|
1,683
|
|||||||||
Pension Benefits
|
Postretirement Benefits
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of year
|
$
|
512
|
$
|
575
|
$
|
583
|
$
|
5,510
|
$
|
6,257
|
$
|
6,812
|
||||||||||||
Prior service (cost) credit
|
128
|
1
|
45
|
372
|
45
|
383
|
||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of prior service credit
|
(65
|
)
|
(64
|
)
|
(58
|
)
|
(793
|
)
|
(792
|
)
|
(898
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Reclassification to income of prior service credit
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
(40
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total recognized in other
comprehensive (income) loss
|
63
|
(63
|
)
|
(8
|
)
|
(421
|
)
|
(747
|
)
|
(555
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Balance at end of year
|
$
|
575
|
$
|
512
|
$
|
575
|
$
|
5,089
|
$
|
5,510
|
$
|
6,257
|
Pension Benefits
|
Postretirement Benefits
|
|||||||||||||||||
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||||||
Weighted-average discount rate for determining projected benefit obligation at December 31
|
4.40
|
%
|
4.60
|
%
|
4.30
|
%
|
4.30
|
%
|
4.50
|
%
|
4.20
|
%
|
||||||
Discount rate in effect for determining service cost
|
4.90
|
%
|
4.60
|
%
|
5.00
|
%
|
5.00
|
%
|
4.60
|
%
|
5.00
|
%
|
||||||
Discount rate in effect for determining interest cost
1
|
3.70
|
%
|
3.30
|
%
|
4.60
|
%
|
3.60
|
%
|
3.30
|
%
|
5.00
|
%
|
||||||
Long-term rate of return on plan assets
|
7.75
|
%
|
7.75
|
%
|
7.75
|
%
|
5.75
|
%
|
5.75
|
%
|
7.75
|
%
|
||||||
Composite rate of compensation increase for determining projected benefit obligation
|
3.00
|
%
|
3.10
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
3.10
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
||||||
Composite rate of compensation increase for determining net pension cost (benefit)
|
3.10
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
3.10
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
3.00
|
%
|
||||||
1
Weighted-average discount rate of 5.00% in effect for pension costs from January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014. Discount rates in effect of 4.90% for service cost and 3.50% for interest cost from October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. A discount rate of 5.00% was used for postretirement costs for the year ended December 31, 2014.
|
One Percentage-
|
One Percentage-
|
|||||||
Point Increase
|
Point Decrease
|
|||||||
Increase (decrease) in total of service and interest cost components
|
$
|
50
|
$
|
(44
|
)
|
|||
Increase (decrease) in accumulated postretirement benefit obligation
|
511
|
(458
|
)
|
Pension Assets
|
Postretirement (VEBA) Assets
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Target
|
2016
|
2015
|
Target
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity securities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic
|
20
|
%
|
-
|
30
|
%
|
24
|
%
|
22
|
%
|
17
|
%
|
-
|
27
|
%
|
22
|
%
|
26
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
International
|
10
|
%
|
-
|
20
|
%
|
15
|
15
|
14
|
%
|
-
|
24
|
%
|
19
|
14
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed income securities
|
35
|
%
|
-
|
45
|
%
|
39
|
40
|
33
|
%
|
-
|
43
|
%
|
38
|
34
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Real assets
|
6
|
%
|
-
|
16
|
%
|
11
|
10
|
0
|
%
|
-
|
6
|
%
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private equity
|
4
|
%
|
-
|
14
|
%
|
11
|
12
|
0
|
%
|
-
|
7
|
%
|
2
|
2
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
0
|
%
|
-
|
5
|
%
|
-
|
1
|
13
|
%
|
-
|
23
|
%
|
18
|
23
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
100
|
%
|
Pension Assets
|
Equities
|
Fixed Income Funds
|
Real Estate and Real Assets
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of year
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
44
|
$
|
2,062
|
$
|
2,106
|
||||||||
Realized gains (losses)
|
-
|
(17
|
)
|
(103
|
)
|
(120
|
)
|
|||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses)
|
3
|
19
|
377
|
399
|
||||||||||||
Transfers in
|
(4
|
)
|
-
|
77
|
73
|
|||||||||||
Transfers out
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
-
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||||||
Purchases
|
3
|
-
|
65
|
68
|
||||||||||||
Sales
|
(1
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(205
|
)
|
(210
|
)
|
||||||||
Balance at end of year
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
40
|
$
|
2,273
|
$
|
2,314
|
Postretirement Assets
|
Fixed Income Funds
|
Total
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of year
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
15
|
||||
Realized gains (losses)
|
(2
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
||||
Unrealized gains (losses)
|
2
|
2
|
||||||
Transfers in
|
16
|
16
|
||||||
Sales
|
(5
|
)
|
(5
|
)
|
||||
Balance at end of year
|
$
|
26
|
$
|
26
|
Pension Assets
|
Equities
|
Fixed Income Funds
|
Real Estate and Real Assets
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Balance at beginning of year
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
51
|
$
|
2,140
|
$
|
2,191
|
||||||||
Realized gains (losses)
|
(1
|
)
|
(19
|
)
|
247
|
227
|
||||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses)
|
1
|
16
|
192
|
209
|
||||||||||||
Purchases
|
-
|
1
|
195
|
196
|
||||||||||||
Sales
|
-
|
(5
|
)
|
(712
|
)
|
(717
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balance at end of year
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
44
|
$
|
2,062
|
$
|
2,106
|
Postretirement Assets
|
Fixed Income Funds
|
Total
|
||||||
Balance at beginning of year
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
2
|
||||
Transfers in
|
15
|
15
|
||||||
Transfers out
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||||
Sales
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
||||
Balance at end of year
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
15
|
Pension Benefits
|
Postretirement Benefits
|
|||||||
2017
|
$
|
4,938
|
$
|
1,809
|
||||
2018
|
4,437
|
1,797
|
||||||
2019
|
4,312
|
1,788
|
||||||
2020
|
4,264
|
1,783
|
||||||
2021
|
4,200
|
1,776
|
||||||
Years 2022 - 2026
|
19,764
|
8,225
|
2016
|
2015
|
|||||||
Projected benefit obligation
|
$
|
(2,378
|
)
|
$
|
(2,444
|
)
|
||
Accumulated benefit obligation
|
(2,314
|
)
|
(2,372
|
)
|
||||
Fair value of plan assets
|
-
|
-
|
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||
Service cost – benefits earned during the period
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
7
|
||||||
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
|
83
|
77
|
109
|
|||||||||
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||||
Actuarial (gain) loss
|
72
|
(36
|
)
|
243
|
||||||||
Net supplemental retirement pension cost
|
$
|
166
|
$
|
51
|
$
|
358
|
Other Changes Recognized in
Other Comprehensive Income
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||
Prior service (cost) credit
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
||||
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)
|
(1
|
)
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||||
Total recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss (net of tax)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(12
|
)
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
||||||||||
Performance stock units
|
$
|
480
|
$
|
299
|
$
|
226
|
||||||
Restricted stock and stock units
|
152
|
147
|
93
|
|||||||||
Other nonvested stock units
|
21
|
5
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
653
|
$
|
451
|
$
|
318
|
||||||
Income tax benefit
|
$
|
250
|
$
|
172
|
$
|
122
|
Nonvested Stock Units
|
Shares
|
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair
Value
|
||||||
Nonvested at January 1, 2016
|
36
|
$
|
33.78
|
|||||
Granted
|
16
|
36.65
|
||||||
Vested
|
(19
|
)
|
33.12
|
|||||
Forfeited
|
(2
|
)
|
35.16
|
|||||
Nonvested at December 31, 2016
|
31
|
$
|
35.57
|
December 31,
|
||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
2016
|
2015
|
||||||
Current customer fulfillment costs (included in Other current assets)
|
$
|
3,398
|
$
|
2,923
|
||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts payable
|
$
|
22,027
|
$
|
21,047
|
||||
Accrued payroll and commissions
|
2,450
|
2,629
|
||||||
Current portion of employee benefit obligation
|
1,644
|
1,766
|
||||||
Accrued interest
|
2,023
|
1,974
|
||||||
Other
|
2,994
|
2,956
|
||||||
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
31,138
|
$
|
30,372
|
Consolidated Statements of Income
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||
Advertising expense
|
$
|
3,768
|
$
|
3,632
|
$
|
3,272
|
||||||
Interest expense incurred
|
$
|
5,802
|
$
|
4,917
|
$
|
3,847
|
||||||
Capitalized interest
|
(892
|
)
|
(797
|
)
|
(234
|
)
|
||||||
Total interest expense
|
$
|
4,910
|
$
|
4,120
|
$
|
3,613
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
|||||||||
Cash paid during the year for:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
5,696
|
$
|
4,822
|
$
|
4,099
|
||||||
Income taxes, net of refunds
|
3,721
|
1,851
|
1,532
|
2016 Calendar Quarter
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
1
|
Annual
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total Operating Revenues
|
$
|
40,535
|
$
|
40,520
|
$
|
40,890
|
$
|
41,841
|
$
|
163,786
|
|||||||||||
Operating Income
|
7,131
|
6,560
|
6,408
|
4,248
|
24,347
|
||||||||||||||||
Net Income
|
3,885
|
3,515
|
3,418
|
2,515
|
13,333
|
||||||||||||||||
Net Income Attributable to AT&T
|
3,803
|
3,408
|
3,328
|
2,437
|
12,976
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic Earnings Per Share
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Attributable to AT&T
2
|
$
|
0.62
|
$
|
0.55
|
$
|
0.54
|
$
|
0.39
|
$
|
2.10
|
|||||||||||
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Attributable to AT&T
2
|
$
|
0.61
|
$
|
0.55
|
$
|
0.54
|
$
|
0.39
|
$
|
2.10
|
|||||||||||
Stock Price
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
High
|
$
|
39.45
|
$
|
43.21
|
$
|
43.47
|
$
|
42.73
|
|||||||||||||
Low
|
33.51
|
37.86
|
39.71
|
36.13
|
|||||||||||||||||
Close
|
39.17
|
43.21
|
40.61
|
42.53
|
|||||||||||||||||
1
Includes an actuarial loss on pension and postretirement benefit plans (Note 12), asset impairment charge (Note 1) and change in accounting estimate (Note 1).
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
2
Quarterly earnings per share impacts may not add to full-year earnings per share impacts due to the difference in weighted-average common shares for the quarters versus the weighted-average common shares for the year.
|
Legal Name
|
State of
Incorporation/Formation
|
Conducts Business Under
|
Illinois Bell Telephone
Company
|
Illinois
|
AT&T Illinois;
AT&T Wholesale
|
Indiana Bell Telephone
Company, Incorporated
|
Indiana
|
AT&T Indiana;
AT&T Wholesale
|
Michigan Bell
Telephone Company
|
Michigan
|
AT&T Michigan;
AT&T Wholesale
|
Nevada Bell
Telephone Company
|
Nevada
|
AT&T Nevada;
AT&T Wholesale
|
Pacific Bell
Telephone Company
|
California
|
AT&T California;
AT&T Wholesale;
AT&T DataComm
|
SBC Long Distance, LLC
|
Delaware
|
AT&T Long Distance
|
AT&T Teleholdings, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
AT&T Midwest;
AT&T West;
AT&T East
|
Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company
|
Delaware
|
AT&T Arkansas; AT&T Kansas;
AT&T Missouri; AT&T Oklahoma;
AT&T Texas; AT&T Southwest;
AT&T DataComm; AT&T Wholesale
|
The Ohio Bell
Telephone Company
|
Ohio
|
AT&T Ohio;
AT&T Wholesale
|
Wisconsin Bell, Inc.
|
Wisconsin
|
AT&T Wisconsin;
AT&T Wholesale
|
AT&T Corp.
|
New York
|
AT&T Corp.; ACC Business;
AT&T Wholesale;
AT&T Business Solutions;
AT&T Advanced Solutions;
AT&T Diversified Group;
AT&T Mobile and Business Solutions
|
Teleport Communications
America, LLC
|
Delaware
|
same
|
(1)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-34062) pertaining to the Stock Savings Plan,
|
(2)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-120894) pertaining to the AT&T Stock Purchase and Deferral Plan and Cash Deferral Plan,
|
(3)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-129814) pertaining to the AT&T Savings Plan and certain other plans,
|
(4)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-209718) of AT&T and the related Prospectuses,
|
(5)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-139749) pertaining to the BellSouth Retirement Savings Plan and certain other BellSouth plans,
|
(6)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-152822) pertaining to the AT&T Non-Employee Director Stock Purchase Plan,
|
(7)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-173079) pertaining to the AT&T 2011 Incentive Plan,
|
(8)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-188384) pertaining to the AT&T Stock Purchase and Deferral Plan and Cash Deferral Plan,
|
(9)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-189789) pertaining to the AT&T Savings and Security Plan, the AT&T Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan, the AT&T Retirement Savings Plan, and the BellSouth Savings and Security Plan,
|
(10)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No 333-205868) pertaining to the DIRECTV 2010 Stock Plan, the DIRECTV 401(k) Savings Plan, and the Liberty Entertainment, Inc. Transitional Stock Adjustment Plan,
|
(11)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-211303) pertaining to the 2016 Incentive Plan, and
|
(12)
|
Registration Statement (Form S-4 No 333-214712) pertaining to the Time Warner Inc. merger.
|
January 23, 2017
|
/s/ Randall L. Stephenson
|
|
Date
|
Randall L. Stephenson
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr.
|
|
Date
|
Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr.
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Richard W. Fisher
|
|
Date
|
Richard W. Fisher
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Scott T. Ford
|
|
Date
|
Scott T. Ford
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Glenn H. Hutchins
|
|
Date
|
Glenn H. Hutchins
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ William E. Kennard
|
|
Date
|
William E. Kennard
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Michael B. McCallister
|
|
Date
|
Michael B. McCallister
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Beth E. Mooney
|
|
Date
|
Beth E. Mooney
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Joyce M. Roché
|
|
Date
|
Joyce M. Roché
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Matthew K. Rose
|
|
Date
|
Matthew K. Rose
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Cynthia B. Taylor
|
|
Date
|
Cynthia B. Taylor
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Laura D'Andrea Tyson
|
|
Date
|
Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Director
|
January 27, 2017
|
/s/ Geoffrey Y. Yang
|
|
Date
|
Geoffrey Y. Yang
Director
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of AT&T Inc.;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
|
5.
|
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of AT&T Inc.;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
|
5.
|
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
|