SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Washington,
D.C. 20549
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(Mark
One)
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FORM
11-K
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x
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
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OR
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¨
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the transition period from
to
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Commission
File Number:1-8610
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A.
Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that
of the issuer named below:
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AT&T
SAVINGS PLAN
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B.
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address
of its principal executive office:
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AT&T
INC.
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208
S. Akard, Dallas, Texas 75202
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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1
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Financial
Statements:
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Statements
of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2008 and
2007
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2
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Statement
of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended
December 31, 2008
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3
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Notes
to Financial Statements
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4
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Supplemental
Schedule:
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Schedule
H, Line 4(i) – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
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22
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Exhibit:
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23
– Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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December
31,
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2008
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2007
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ASSETS
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Investments,
at fair value
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$ | - | $ | 7,094,375 | ||||
Participant
loans
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419,963
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200,412 | ||||||
Investment
in AT&T
Savings Group Investment Trust
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- | 1,458,461 | ||||||
Investment
in AT&T Savings Plan Master Trust
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15,186,020 | - | ||||||
Investment
in Cingular Wireless Savings Plan Master Trust
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1,695,241 | - | ||||||
Total
Investments (See Notes 3 and 4)
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17,301,224 | 8,753,248 | ||||||
Dividends
and interest receivable
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- | 36 | ||||||
Receivable
for investments sold
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- | 1,169 | ||||||
Other
receivables
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- | 30 | ||||||
Total
Assets
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17,301,224 | 8,754,483 | ||||||
LIABILITIES
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Overdrafts
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- | 1,695 | ||||||
Administrative
expenses payable
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- | 16,607 | ||||||
Payable
for investments purchased
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- | 4,904 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities
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- | 23,206 | ||||||
Net
assets reflecting investments at fair value
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17,301,224 | 8,731,277 | ||||||
Adjustment
from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment
contracts
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77,816 | 2,523 | ||||||
Net
Assets Available for Benefits
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$ | 17,397,040 | $ | 8,733,800 | ||||
See
Notes to Financial Statements.
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Net
Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2007
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$ | 8,733,800 | ||
Additions
to Net Assets:
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Contributions:
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Participant
contributions
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631,682 | |||
Employer
contributions
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240,886 | |||
872,568 | ||||
Investment
Income (Loss):
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Net
depreciation in fair value of investments
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(860,571 | ) | ||
Dividends
on AT&T common shares
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33,426 | |||
Interest
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26,540 | |||
Net
loss from investment in AT&T Savings Plan Master Trust
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(3,408,573 | ) | ||
Net
income from investment in AT&T
Savings Group Investment Trust
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14,490 | |||
(4,194,688 | ) | |||
Total
Additions, net of investment loss
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(3,322,120 | ) | ||
Deductions
from Net Assets:
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Administrative
expenses
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4,195 | |||
Distributions
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1,708,583 | |||
Total
Deductions
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1,712,778 | |||
Net
decrease before transfers
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(5,034,898 | ) | ||
Transfers
from affiliated plans (See Note 1)
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13,680,138
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Net
Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2008
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$ |
17,379,040
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See
Notes to Financial Statements.
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1.
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Plan
Description - The AT&T Savings Plan (Plan) was established by
SBC Communications Inc. (SBC) to provide a convenient way for eligible
management and certain non-management, non-collectively-bargained for
employees of participating AT&T Inc. companies to save for retirement
on a regular and long-term basis. In connection with the November 2005
merger of AT&T Corp., SBC changed its name to AT&T Inc. (AT&T
or the Company). The following description of the Plan provides only
general information. The Plan has detailed provisions covering participant
eligibility, participant allotments from pay, participant withdrawals,
participant loans, employer contributions and related vesting of
contributions and Plan expenses. The Plan text and prospectus include
complete descriptions of these and other Plan provisions. The Plan is
subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended (ERISA).
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Plan
Name
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Effective
Date
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AT&T
Retirement Savings Plan (certain assets only)
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March
1, 2008
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AT&T
Long Term Savings Plan for Management Employees
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May
1, 2008
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AT&T
Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan (certain assets
only)
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May
1, 2008
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AT&T
Mergers and Acquisitions Savings Plan
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May
1, 2008
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Interwise
USA LLC 401(k) Savings Plan
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September
2, 2008
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AT&T
GSI Deferred Income Plan
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November
1, 2008
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Dobson
Communications Corp 401(k) Plan (certain assets
only)
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December
19, 2008
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Cingular
Wireless 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
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December
31, 2008
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Cingular
Wireless 401(k) Savings Plan (certain assets
only)
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December
31,
2008
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On
March 1, 2008, the single trust holding only the assets of the Plan became
a master trust with the transfer in of certain assets from the AT&T
Retirement Savings Plan (ARSP). Therefore, the AT&T
Savings Plan Master Trust (AT&T Master Trust) was created effective
March 1, 2008. In October 2007, AT&T established the
AT&T
Savings Group Investment Trust (Group Trust) to manage assets of
pooled investment options between the Plan and other AT&T sponsored
employee benefit plans. The Plan had a direct investment in the Group
Trust through March 1, 2008, at which time the Plan’s investment in the
Group Trust transferred to the AT&T Master Trust. The Bank of New York
Mellon (BNY Mellon) serves as trustee for both the Group Trust and the
AT&T Master Trust. Due to the mergers of the Cingular
Wireless 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and the Cingular Wireless 401(k)
Savings Plan (collectively the Legacy Cingular Savings Plans), the Plan
acquired an interest in the Cingular Wireless Savings Master Trust (CWMT)
on December 31, 2008. State Street Bank and Trust Company
(State Street) serves as trustee of the CWMT. The assets of the
CWMT were transferred to the AT&T Master Trust in January 2009 (See
Note 4)
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· AT&T
Total Return Bond Fund*
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· Small
and Mid-Sized U.S. Stock Index Fund**
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· AT&T
U.S. Stock Fund*
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· International
Stock Index Fund**
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· AT&T
International Stock Fund*
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· Large
Cap U.S. Stock Index Fund**
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· AT&T
Stable Value Fund*
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· AT&T
Shares Fund**
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· AT&T
Age-Based Asset Allocation Funds (based on retirement
date)**
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· Fidelity
BrokerageLink®**
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· Total
U.S. Stock Market Index Fund**
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2.
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Accounting
Policies – The accompanying financial statements were prepared in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, which
require management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in
the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could
differ from those estimates. Benefits are recorded when
paid.
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3.
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Fair Value
Measurements – In September 2006, the Financial Accounting
Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157
Fair Value Measurements (FASB Statement No. 157). FASB
Statement No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. The provisions of FASB Statement No. 157 are
effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007. The Plan adopted this standard as of January 1, 2008 and
the impact of the adoption was not
significant.
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Level
1
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Inputs
to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical
assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to
access.
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Level
2
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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.
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If
the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2
input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or
liability.
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Level
3
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Inputs
to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair
value measurement.
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4.
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Investments –
During 2008, the Plan held investments in its own trust through March 1,
2008, in the Group Trust (for certain investment fund options as disclosed
in Note 1) for the year ended December 31, 2008, and the AT&T Master
Trust (for certain investment fund options as disclosed in Note 1) from
March 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, In addition, due to the
mergers of the Legacy Cingular Savings Plans, the Plan owns an interest in
the CWMT on December 31, 2008.
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2007
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Employee
Stock Ownership Plan 1
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AT&T
common shares
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$ | 1,934,470 | ||
AT&T Shares Fund
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AT&T
common shares
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1,542,915 | |||
Large Cap U.S. Stock Index
Fund
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Barclays
Global Investors Intermediate Equity Index Fund F
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1,447,931 | |||
Small and Mid-Sized U.S. Stock Index
Fund
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Barclays
Global Investors Intermediate
Extended
Equity Market Fund F
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676,692 | |||
International Stock Index
Fund
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Barclays
Global Investors Intermediate
MSCI
ACWI Ex-US Index Superfund F
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709,009 | |||
Common
stock
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$ | (563,495 | ) | |
Common/collective
trust funds
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(297,076 | ) | ||
Total
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$ | (860,571 | ) |
AT&T
Savings Plan
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99.13 | % | ||
AT&T
Retirement Savings Plan
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0.84 | % | ||
AT&T
Puerto Rico Savings Plan (formerly AT&T of Puerto Rico, Inc. Long Term
Savings Plan for Management Employees)
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0.03 | % | ||
Total
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100.0 | % |
December
31,
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2008
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Total
U.S. Stock Market Index Fund
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99.64 | % | ||
Large
Cap U.S. Stock Index Fund
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99.16 | % | ||
Small
and Mid-Sized U.S. Stock Index Fund
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99.47 | % | ||
International
Stock Index Fund
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99.51 | % | ||
AT&T
Shares Fund
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98.66 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Asset Allocation Funds
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AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2000 Fund
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99.91 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2005 Fund
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99.97 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2010 Fund
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99.69 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2015 Fund
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99.73 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2020 Fund
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99.38 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2025 Fund
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99.69 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2030 Fund
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99.36 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2035 Fund
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98.97 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2040 Fund
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97.81 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2045 Fund
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95.92 | % | ||
AT&T
Age-Based Allocation 2050 Fund
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99.31 | % | ||
Fidelity
BrokerageLink®
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98.78 | % |
2008
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Interest
bearing cash
|
$ | 11,155 | ||
Common
stocks
|
3,395,900 | |||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
4,259,005 | |||
Investment
in Group Trust
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7,658,152 | |||
AT&T
Master Trust investments, at fair value
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$ | 15,324,212 | ||
Net
other assets and liabilities
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(4,534 | ) | ||
Adjustment
from fair value to contract value for fully benefit responsive investment
contracts
|
74,669 | |||
Net
assets available for benefits
|
15,394,347 |
2008
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Interest
bearing cash
|
$ | 38 | ||
Common
stocks
|
(99,829 | ) | ||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
(2,199,425 | ) | ||
Investment
in Group Trust
|
(1,256,285 | ) | ||
Total
net depreciation in fair value of AT&T Master Trust
Investments
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$ | (3,555,501 | ) | |
Investment
income:
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Interest
|
$ | 25 | ||
Dividends
|
129,545 | |||
Total
investment income
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$ | 129,570 |
AT&T
Master Trust Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2008
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Level
1
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Level
2
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Level
3
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Total
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Interest
bearing cash
|
$ | 11,155 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 11,155 | ||||||||
Common
stocks
|
3,395,900 | - | - | 3,395,900 | ||||||||||||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
- | 4,259,005 | - | 4,259,005 | ||||||||||||
Total
assets at fair value
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$ | 3,407,055 | $ | 4,259,005 | $ | - | $ | 7,666,060 |
AT&T
Savings Plan Master Trust
|
83.4 | % | ||
AT&T
Savings Master Trust
|
7.4 | % | ||
BellSouth
Savings and Security Plan
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9.2 | % | ||
Total
|
100.0 | % |
AT&T
Savings Plan
|
26.9 | % | ||
AT&T
Savings Master Trust
|
73.1 | % | ||
Total
|
100.0 | % |
December
31, 2008
|
AT&T
Total Return Bond Fund
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AT&T
U.S. Stock Fund
|
AT&T
Inter-national Stock Fund
|
AT&T
Stable Value Fund
|
Group
Trust
|
||||||
Interest
bearing cash
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
43
|
$
|
7,426
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
7,469
|
|
Common/collective
trust funds
|
-
|
492,060
|
143,162
|
-
|
635,222
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||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes
|
-
|
-
|
171
|
-
|
171
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||||||
Equities
|
-
|
1,174,101
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250,366
|
-
|
1,424,467
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Equities
– loaned
|
-
|
(73,570)
|
(13,993)
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(87,563)
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Publicly
traded partnerships
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-
|
1,242
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-
|
-
|
1,242
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Registered
investment companies
|
752,426
|
23,407
|
4,793
|
5,062
|
785,688
|
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Registered
investment companies – loaned
|
(37,925)
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(37,925)
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Investment
contracts (at fair value):
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Guaranteed
investment contracts
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-
|
-
|
-
|
23,996
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23,996
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Synthetic
investment contracts
|
|||||||||||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
26,927
|
26,927
|
||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,739,026
|
2,739,026
|
||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes – loaned
|
(8,955)
|
(8,955)
|
|||||||||
Government
securities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,765,673
|
3,765,673
|
||||||
Government
securities – loaned
|
(796,733)
|
(796,733)
|
|||||||||
Investments
short sold (proceeds of $97,067)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(97,762)
|
(97,762)
|
||||||
Wrap
contracts
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
17,863
|
17,863
|
||||||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,120
|
3,120
|
||||||
Unsettled
trades and other
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(158,963)
|
(158,963)
|
||||||
Market
value of securities on loan
|
37,925
|
73,570
|
13,993
|
805,688
|
931,176
|
||||||
AT&T
Savings Group Investment Trust investments at fair value
|
752,426
|
1,690,853
|
405,918
|
6,324,942
|
9,174,139
|
||||||
Unsettled
trades and other
|
3,469
|
(636)
|
2,292
|
(5,499)
|
(374)
|
||||||
Adjustment
from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment
contracts
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
96,719
|
96,719
|
||||||
AT&T
Savings Group Investment Trust investments
|
$
|
755,895
|
1,690,217
|
408,210
|
6,416,162
|
9,270,484
|
|||||
AT&T
Savings Plan Master Trust’s percentage ownership interest of
investments
|
98.2
|
%
|
96.9
|
%
|
97.9
|
%
|
77.2
|
%
|
83.4
|
%
|
December
31, 2007
|
AT&T
Total Return Bond Fund
|
AT&T
U.S. Stock Fund
|
AT&T
Inter-national Stock Fund
|
AT&T
Stable Value Fund
|
Group
Trust
|
||||||
Interest
bearing cash
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
12,771
|
$
|
4,289
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
17,060
|
|
Common/collective
trust funds
|
-
|
353,432
|
60,426
|
-
|
413,858
|
||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes
|
-
|
445
|
-
|
-
|
445
|
||||||
Equities
|
-
|
504,399
|
162,289
|
-
|
666,688
|
||||||
Equities
– loaned
|
-
|
(33,064)
|
(9,098)
|
|
(42,162)
|
||||||
Publicly
traded partnerships
|
-
|
2,622
|
-
|
-
|
2,622
|
||||||
Registered
investment companies
|
378,875
|
76,596
|
1,358
|
-
|
456,829
|
||||||
Registered
investment companies – loaned
|
(157,449)
|
(157,449)
|
|||||||||
Investment
contracts (at fair value):
|
|||||||||||
Guaranteed
investment contracts
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
64,698
|
64,698
|
||||||
Synthetic
investment contracts
|
|||||||||||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
48,414
|
48,414
|
||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,341,762
|
2,341,762
|
||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes – loaned
|
(16,828)
|
(16,828)
|
|||||||||
Government
securities
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,559,752
|
1,559,752
|
||||||
Government
securities – loaned
|
(455,383)
|
(455,383)
|
|||||||||
Investments
short sold (proceeds of $81,273)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(81,541)
|
(81,541)
|
||||||
Wrap
contracts
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
267
|
267
|
||||||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
31,637
|
31,637
|
||||||
Unsettled
trades and other
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(98,909)
|
(98,909)
|
||||||
Market
value of securities on loan
|
157,449
|
33,064
|
9,098
|
472,211
|
671,822
|
||||||
AT&T
Savings Group Investment Trust investments at fair value
|
378,875
|
950,265
|
228,362
|
3,866,080
|
5,423,582
|
||||||
Unsettled
trades and other
|
1,760
|
3,905
|
152
|
(17,518)
|
(11,701)
|
||||||
Adjustment
from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment
contracts
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
8,346
|
8,346
|
||||||
AT&T
Savings Group Investment Trust investments
|
$
|
380,635
|
$
|
954,170
|
$
|
228,514
|
$
|
3,856,908
|
$
|
5,420,227
|
|
Plan’s
percentage ownership interest of investments
|
69.6
|
%
|
1.1
|
%
|
6.6
|
%
|
30.2
|
%
|
26.9
|
%
|
AT&T
Total Return Bond Fund
|
AT&T
U.S. Stock Fund
|
AT&T
Inter-national Stock Fund
|
AT&T
Stable Value Fund
|
Group
Trust
|
|||||||
Interest
bearing cash
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
73
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
73
|
|
Common/collective
trust funds
|
-
|
(262,119)
|
(69,429)
|
-
|
(331,548)
|
||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes
|
-
|
-
|
(7)
|
-
|
(7)
|
||||||
Equities
|
-
|
(785,039)
|
(292,308)
|
-
|
(1,077,347)
|
||||||
Publicly
traded partnerships
|
-
|
(1,991)
|
-
|
-
|
(1,991)
|
||||||
Registered
investment companies
|
(59,157)
|
2,002
|
-
|
-
|
(57,155)
|
||||||
Total
net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of Group Trust
Investments
|
$
|
(59,157)
|
$
|
(1,047,147)
|
$
|
(361,671)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(1,467,975)
|
Investment
income:
|
|||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
1,085
|
$
|
1,784
|
$
|
271,823
|
$
|
274,692
|
|
Dividends
|
51,532
|
23,597
|
13,572
|
35
|
88,736
|
||||||
Securities
lending
|
-
|
1,632
|
487
|
-
|
2,119
|
||||||
Total
investment income of Group Trust Investments
|
$
|
51,532
|
$
|
26,314
|
$
|
15,843
|
$
|
271,858
|
$
|
365,547
|
Group
Trust Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
bearing cash
|
$ | 7,426 | $ | 43 | $ | - | $ | 7,469 | ||||||||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
- | 665,269 | - | 665,269 | ||||||||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes
|
171 | - | - | 171 | ||||||||||||
Equities
|
1,334,229 | 2,675 | - | 1,336,904 | ||||||||||||
Publicly
traded partnerships
|
1,242 | - | - | 1,242 | ||||||||||||
Registered
investment companies
|
742,701 | 5,062 | - | 747,763 | ||||||||||||
Investment
contracts:
|
||||||||||||||||
Guaranteed
investment contracts
|
- | 23,996 | - | 23,996 | ||||||||||||
Synthetic
investment contracts:
|
||||||||||||||||
Common/collective
trust fund
|
-
|
30,047 | - | 30,047 | ||||||||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes
|
208,230 | 2,521,841 | - | 2,730,071 | ||||||||||||
Government
securities
|
- | 2,968,940 | - | 2,968,940 | ||||||||||||
Wrap
contracts
|
- | 17,863 | - | 17,863 | ||||||||||||
Other
|
- | (256,725 | ) | - | (256,725 | ) | ||||||||||
Market
value of securities on loan
|
125,488 | 805,688 | - | 931,176 | ||||||||||||
Total
assets and liabilities at fair value
|
$ | 2,419,487 | $ | 6,754,652 | $ | - | $ | 9,174,139 |
Type
of CWMT Investment
|
2008
|
|||
Investments
at fair value:
|
||||
Interest
bearing cash
|
5,980 | |||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
1,286,149 | |||
Common
stock
|
73,518 | |||
Cingular
Stable Value Fund
|
||||
Interest
bearing cash
|
47,878 | |||
Guaranteed
investment contracts
|
36,013 | |||
Synthetic
investment contracts:
|
||||
Asset-backed
securities
|
108,286 | |||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
149,379 | |||
Corporate
bond
|
9,353 | |||
Government
securities
|
76,856 | |||
Wrapper
contracts
|
242 | |||
Total
investments at fair value
|
1,793,654 | |||
Receivables
and payables
|
124,384 | |||
Net
assets held in Cingular Wireless Savings Master Trust, at fair
value
|
1,918,038 | |||
Adjustment
from fair value to contract value for
|
||||
fully
benefit-responsive investment contracts
|
4,266 | |||
Net
assets held in Cingular Wireless Savings Master Trust
|
$ | 1,922,304 |
CWMT
Assets at Fair Value
as
of December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
$ | 73,518 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 73,518 | ||||||||
Common/collective
trust funds
|
- | 1,286,149 | - | 1,286,149 | ||||||||||||
Investment
contracts:
|
||||||||||||||||
Guaranteed
investment contracts
|
36,013 | 36,013 | ||||||||||||||
Synthetic
investment contracts:
|
||||||||||||||||
Common/collective trust funds
|
149,379 | 149,379 | ||||||||||||||
Corporate
and other bonds and notes
|
117,639 | 117,639 | ||||||||||||||
Government
securities
|
76,856 | 76,856 | ||||||||||||||
Wrapper
contracts
|
242 | 242 | ||||||||||||||
Interest
bearing cash
|
47,878 | 47,878 | ||||||||||||||
Interest
bearing cash
|
- | 5,980 | - | 5,980 | ||||||||||||
Total
Assets at Fair Value
|
$ | 73,518 | $ | 1,720,136 | $ | - | $ | 1,793,654 |
Type
of Contract
|
Number
of Contracts
Buy/(Sell)
|
Expiration
|
Notional
Value
|
|||||||||
90
Day EuroDollar Future
|
(39 | ) | 6/2010 | $ | (9,580 | ) | ||||||
US
Treasury Bond Future
|
(126 | ) | 3/2009 | (17,394 | ) | |||||||
US
10-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
(225 | ) | 3/2009 | (28,294 | ) | |||||||
US
5-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
835 | 3/2009 | 99,411 | |||||||||
US
2-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
89 | 3/2009 | 19,408 | |||||||||
UK
Long GILT Future
|
127 | 3/2009 | 22,545 | |||||||||
US
Treasury Bond Future
|
(336 | ) | 3/2009 | (46,384 | ) | |||||||
US
10-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
362 | 3/2009 | 45,522 | |||||||||
US
5-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
229 | 3/2009 | 27,264 | |||||||||
US
2-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
19 | 3/2009 | 4,143 |
Type
of Contract
|
Number
of Contracts
Buy/(Sell)
|
Expiration
|
Notional
Value
|
|||||||||
90
Day EuroDollar Future
|
117 | 9/2008 | $ | 28,229 | ||||||||
90
Day EuroDollar Future
|
(117 | ) | 9/2009 | (28,182 | ) | |||||||
US
Treasury Bond Future
|
(101 | ) | 3/2008 | (11,754 | ) | |||||||
US
10-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
(375 | ) | 3/2008 | (42,521 | ) | |||||||
US
5-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
542 | 3/2008 | 59,772 | |||||||||
US
2-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
(83 | ) | 3/2008 | (17,451 | ) | |||||||
US
Treasury Bond Future
|
(267 | ) | 3/2008 | (31,072 | ) | |||||||
US
10-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
366 | 3/2008 | 41,501 | |||||||||
US
5-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
880 | 3/2008 | 97,048 | |||||||||
US
2-Year Treasury Notes Future
|
283 | 3/2008 | 59,501 |
5.
|
Related Party
Transactions – Plan assets are invested in AT&T stock either
directly or through the Group Trust or Master Trust. Because the Company
is the plan sponsor, transactions involving the Company’s stock qualify as
party-in-interest transactions. In addition, certain
investments held by the Plan, Group Trust and AT&T Master Trust are
managed by BNY Mellon and Fidelity as trustee and record keeper,
respectively, as defined by various agreements. In addition,
certain investments are managed by State Street and Fidelity as trustee
and record keeper as defined by various agreements. Therefore, these
transactions and fees paid to these entities qualify as
parties-in-interest transactions. All of these transactions are
exempt from the prohibited transactions
rules.
|
6.
|
Nonparticipant-Directed
Investments – The Plan provided for an ESOP. The ESOP
was part of the Plan, until it was merged into the AT&T Master Trust
in March 2008 (See Note 1). The ESOP is now held as a separate
account under the AT&T Master Trust, with the Plan holding
approximately 99.5% ownership, and the ARSP and the AT&T Puerto Rico
Savings Plan each holding less than 1% ownership. Information
about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net
assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments as of December
31 is as follows:
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
AT&T
common shares
|
$ | 1,437,611 | $ | 1,934,470 | ||||
Temporary
cash investments
|
329 | 4,422 | ||||||
Dividends
and interest receivable
|
3 | 6 | ||||||
Receivable
for investments sold
|
342 | 1,169 | ||||||
Other
receivables
|
1 | 2 | ||||||
Total
Assets
|
1,438,286 | 1,940,069 | ||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Overdrafts
|
- | 513 | ||||||
Administrative
expenses payable
|
56 | 578 | ||||||
Payable
for investments purchased
|
- | 4,904 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
56 | 5,995 | ||||||
Net
Assets Available for Benefits
|
$ | 1,438,230 | $ | 1,934,074 |
2008
|
||||
Net
Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2007
|
$ | 1,934,074 | ||
Employer
contributions 1
|
347,276 | |||
Interest
and dividend income
|
28 | |||
Net
depreciation in fair value of investments
|
(627,988 | ) | ||
Administrative
expenses
|
287 | |||
Distributions
|
(135,721 | ) | ||
Transfers
to other fund(s)
|
(79,726 | ) | ||
(495,844 | ) | |||
Net
Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2008
|
$ | 1,438,230 |
7.
|
Tax Status -
The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) dated March
18, 2004, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt
from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the IRS, the Plan was
amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity
with the IRC to maintain its qualification. The plan administrator
believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable
requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as
amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt. In
addition, the Plan was filed with the Internal Revenue Service for a new
favorable determination letter on February 2, 2009 pursuant to, and as a
part of, the IRS determination letter filing program (Cycle
C).
|
8.
|
Reconciliation of
Financial Statements to Form 5500 - The following is a
reconciliation of Net Assets Available for Benefits per the financial
statements to the Form 5500 as of December
31:
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Net
Assets Available for Benefits per the financial statements
|
$ |
17,379,040
|
$ | 8,733,800 | ||||
Adjustment
from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment
contracts
|
(77,816 | ) | (2,523 | ) | ||||
Distribution
payable to participants
|
- | (222 | ) | |||||
Net
Assets Available for Benefits per the Form 5500
|
$ |
17,301,224
|
$ | 8,731,055 |
Distributions
to participants per the financial statements
|
$ | 1,708,583 | ||
Distributions
payable to participants at December 31, 2008
|
- | |||
Distributions
payable to participants at December 31, 2007
|
(222 | ) | ||
Distributions
to participants per the Form 5500
|
$ | 1,708,361 |
Total
additions per the financial statements
|
$ | (3,322,120 | ) | |
Adjustment
from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment
contracts at December 31, 2008
|
(77,816 | ) | ||
Adjustment
from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment
contracts at December 31, 2007
|
2,523 | |||
Total
income per the Form 5500
|
$ | (3,397,413 | ) |
Description
of
|
Current
|
|||||
Identity
of Issue
|
Investment
|
Cost
|
Value
|
Loan Fund
|
|||||||
*
|
Loans
to Plan Participants
|
3.25%
- 6.5%
|
**
|
419,963
|
|||
TOTAL
|
$
|
419,963
|
|
**
|
Participant-directed
investment, cost not required.
|
AT&T
SAVINGS PLAN
|
|
By
AT&T Inc.,
Plan
Administrator for the Foregoing
Plan
|
By
|
/s/ John J.
Stephens
|
John
J. Stephens
|
|
Senior
Vice President and
Controller
|
|
Exhibit
identified below, Exhibit 23 is filed herein as an exhibit
hereto.
|
23
|
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
|