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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-143180
TERM SHEET
April 24, 2009
£1,850,000,000
AT&T INC.
5.875% GLOBAL NOTES DUE 2017
7.000% GLOBAL NOTES DUE 2040
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ISSUER:
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AT&T Inc. (AT&T) |
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TITLE OF SECURITIES:
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5.875% Global Notes due 2017 and 7.000% Global Notes
due 2040 (together, the Notes) |
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STRUCTURE:
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Senior unsecured |
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FORMAT:
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SEC-registered notes |
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ANNOUNCE DATE:
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April 24, 2009 |
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TRADE DATE:
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April 24, 2009 |
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SETTLEMENT DATE (T+4):
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April 30, 2009 |
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MATURITY DATE:
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Global Notes due 2017: April 28, 2017 |
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Global Notes due 2040: April 30, 2040 |
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AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OFFERED:
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Global Notes due 2017: £750,000,000
Global Notes due 2040: £1,100,000,000 |
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REFERENCE GOVERNMENT SECURITY:
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Global Notes due 2017: 4.000% due 9/7/2016 |
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Global Notes due 2040: 4.750% due 12/7/2038 |
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REFERENCE GOVERNMENT PRICE/RATE:
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Global Notes due 2017: 106-74 / 2.973% |
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Global Notes due 2040: 106-79 / 4.340% |
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REOFFER SPREAD TO GOVERNMENT
SECURITY:
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Global Notes due 2017: 285 bps
Global Notes due 2040: 255 bps |
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PRICE TO PUBLIC (ISSUE PRICE):
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Global Notes due 2017: 99.797% |
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Global Notes due 2040: 99.891% |
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SEMI-ANNUAL REOFFER YIELD:
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Global Notes due 2017: 5.823% |
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Global Notes due 2040: 6.890% |
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FEES:
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Global Notes due 2017: 30 bps |
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Global Notes due 2040: 60 bps |
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ALL-IN YIELD:
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Global Notes due 2017: 5.870% |
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Global Notes due 2040: 6.937% |
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PRICE TO AT&T:
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Global Notes due 2017: 99.497% |
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Global Notes due 2040: 99.291% |
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NET PROCEEDS:
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Global Notes due 2017: £746,227,500 |
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Global Notes due 2040: £1,092,201,000 |
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USE OF PROCEEDS:
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General corporate purposes, including the repayment
of maturing debt. |
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UNDERWRITERS REIMBURSEMENT
OF AT&TS EXPENSES:
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Underwriters to reimburse £260,000 of AT&Ts expenses |
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INTEREST RATE:
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Global Notes due 2017: 5.875% per annum
Global Notes due 2040: 7.000% per annum |
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INTEREST PAYMENT DATE:
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Global Notes due 2017: April 28, commencing on April
28, 2010 |
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Global Notes due 2040: April 30, commencing on April
30, 2010 |
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DENOMINATIONS:
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Minimum of £50,000 and integral multiples of £50,000
thereafter |
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INDENTURE AND RANKING:
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The Notes will be issued under an indenture, dated
as of November 1, 1994, between AT&T Inc. and The
Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. The Notes will
be AT&T Inc.s unsecured and unsubordinated |
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obligations and will rank pari passu with all other
indebtedness issued under the indenture. |
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OPTIONAL REDEMPTION:
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At any time in whole or from time to time in part,
at a make-whole call equal to the greater of (i)
100% of the principal amount of the Global Notes due
2017 or the Global Notes due 2040, as applicable, to
be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of
the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest discounted to the redemption date, on an
annual basis (actual/actual (ICMA)), at a rate equal
to the sum of the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points
for each series of Notes. |
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TAX GROSS UP:
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Comparable to prior AT&T transactions. See Annex I. |
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TAX CALL:
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Comparable to prior AT&T transactions. See Annex I. |
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ISIN:
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Global Notes due 2017: XS0426513031 |
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Global Notes due 2040: XS0426513387 |
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LISTING:
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AT&T intends to apply to list the Notes on the New
York Stock Exchange. |
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FORM/CLEARING SYSTEMS:
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Registered form only (not bearer). |
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There will be a DTC Global Note deposited with DTC
and an International Global Note deposited with a
common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream.
Transfers between DTC and Euroclear or Clearstream
will occur free of payment, via the Registrar. |
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DTC will only make payments of interest and
principal in U.S. dollars. Holders of beneficial
interests through DTC may either elect to receive
sterling outside of DTC or will receive U.S. dollars
converted at prevailing exchange rates. Any costs
of conversion would be borne by the holders
receiving U.S. dollars in DTC. |
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DAY COUNT FRACTION:
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Actual/Actual (ICMA), following, unadjusted |
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RATINGS:
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Moodys: A2 (Stable), S&P: A (Negative Outlook),
Fitch: A (Stable) |
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JOINT BOOKRUNNERS:
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Barclays Bank PLC
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
UBS Limited |
ALLOCATION:
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Principal Amount |
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of 2017 |
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Principal Amount |
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Underwriters |
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Notes |
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of 2040 Notes |
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Barclays Bank PLC |
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£ |
250,000,000 |
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£ |
366,700,000 |
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Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch |
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250,000,000 |
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366,650,000 |
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UBS Limited |
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250,000,000 |
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366,650,000 |
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Total |
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£ |
750,000,000 |
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1,100,000,000 |
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Total |
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£ 1,850,000,000 |
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REFERENCE DOCUMENT:
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Prospectus Supplement dated April 24, 2009. |
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Prospectus, dated May 23, 2007. |
THE ISSUER HAS FILED A REGISTRATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING A PROSPECTUS) WITH THE SEC FOR THE
OFFERING TO WHICH THIS COMMUNICATION RELATES. BEFORE YOU INVEST, YOU SHOULD READ THE PROSPECTUS IN
THAT REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THE ISSUER HAS FILED WITH THE SEC FOR MORE COMPLETE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND THIS OFFERING. YOU MAY GET THESE DOCUMENTS FOR FREE BY VISITING
EDGAR ON THE SEC WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. ALTERNATIVELY, THE ISSUER, ANY UNDERWRITER OR ANY DEALER
PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFERING WILL ARRANGE TO SEND YOU THE PROSPECTUS IF YOU REQUEST IT BY CALLING
TOLL-FREE BARCLAYS BANK PLC AT +1-(866)-227-2275, EXT. 2663, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH AT
+1-(800)-503-4611 OR UBS LIMITED AT +1-(888)-722-9555.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS
COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY
GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM. A
SECURITIES RATING IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY, SELL OR HOLD SECURITIES AND MAY BE REVISED OR
WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME.
ANNEX I
Redemption for Taxation Reasons
If (a) as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of a Relevant
Jurisdiction (as defined below under Interpretation), or any change in the official
interpretation of the laws or regulations of a Relevant Jurisdiction, which change or amendment
becomes effective after 24th April 2009, on the next Interest Payment Date AT&T would be required
to pay additional amounts as provided or referred to below under Payment Without Withholding and
(b) the requirement cannot be avoided by AT&T taking reasonable measures available to it, AT&T may
at its option, having given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice to the holders of Notes
(which notice shall be irrevocable), redeem all the Notes, but not some only, at any time at their
principal amount together with interest accrued to, but excluding, the date of redemption provided
that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on
which AT&T would be obliged to pay such additional amounts were a payment in respect of the Notes
then due. Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this paragraph, AT&T
shall deliver to the trustee a certificate signed by two Executive Officers of AT&T stating that
the requirement referred to in (a) above will apply on the next Interest Payment Date and setting
forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of AT&T so to redeem
have occurred cannot be avoided by AT&T taking reasonable measures available to it and an opinion
of independent legal advisers of recognized international standing to the effect that AT&T has or
will become obliged to pay such additional amounts as a result of the change or amendment, in each
case to be held by the trustee and made available for viewing at the offices of the trustee on
request by any holder of Notes.
Payment Without Withholding
All payments in respect of the Notes by or on behalf of AT&T shall be made without withholding or
deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental
charges of whatever nature (Taxes) imposed, collected, withheld, assessed or levied by or on
behalf of the Relevant Jurisdiction, unless the withholding or deduction of the Taxes is required
by law. In that event, AT&T will pay such additional amounts to a holder who is a United States
Alien (as defined below) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received by the holder
after the withholding or deduction shall equal the respective amounts which would have been
receivable in respect of the Notes in the absence of the withholding or deduction; except that no
such additional amounts shall be payable in relation to any payment in respect of any Note:
(a) where such withholding or deduction would not have been so imposed but for:
(i) in the case of payment by AT&T, the existence of any present or former connection
between the holder of the Note (or between a fiduciary, settlor, shareholder, beneficiary or
member of the holder of the Note, if such holder is an estate, a trust, a corporation or a
partnership) and the United States, including, without limitation, such holder (or such
fiduciary, settlor, shareholder, beneficiary or member) being or having been a citizen or
resident or treated as a resident thereof, or being or having been engaged in trade or
business or presence therein, or having or having had a permanent establishment therein;
(ii) in the case of payment by AT&T, the present or former status of the holder of the Note
as a personal holding company, a foreign personal holding company, a passive foreign
investment company, or a controlled foreign corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes or a corporation which accumulates earnings to avoid United States federal income
tax;
(iii) in the case of payment by AT&T, the past or present or future status of the holder of
the Note as the actual or constructive owner of 10% or more of either the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of AT&T entitled to vote if AT&T was treated as a
corporation, or the capital or profits interest in AT&T, if AT&T is treated as a partnership
for United States federal income tax purposes or as a bank receiving interest described in
Section 881(c) (3) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or
(iv) the failure by the holder of the Note to comply with any certification, identification
or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or
connection with the United States (in the case of payment by AT&T) of such holder, if
compliance is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to exemption from such
withholding or deduction;
(b) in the case of payment by AT&T to any United States Alien, if such person is a fiduciary or
partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment, to the extent that a
beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such partnership or the
beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had such beneficiary,
settlor, member or beneficial owner been the bearer of such Note. As used herein, United States
Alien means any person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a foreign
corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or
trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident
alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust;
(c) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is as a result of the imposition of any gift,
inheritance, estate, sales, transfer, personal property or any similar tax, assessment or other
governmental charge;
(d) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a holder who is liable for the Taxes in respect of the
Note by reason of his having any or some present or former connection, including but not limited to
fiscal residency, fiscal deemed residency and substantial interest shareholdings, with the
Relevant Jurisdiction, other than the mere holding of the Note;
(e) presented for payment more than 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that a
holder would have been entitled to additional amounts on presenting the relevant Note for
payment on the last day of the period of 30 days assuming that day to have been an Interest Payment
Date;
(f) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any paying agent
from any payment of principal or of interest on any Note, if such payment can be made without
withholding by any other paying agent; or
(g) any combination of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f).
Interpretation
In this provision:
(a) Relevant Date means the date on which the payment first becomes due but, if the full amount
of the money payable has not been received by the trustee on or before the due date, it means the
date which is seven days after the date on which, the full amount of the money having been so
received, notice to that effect shall have been duly given to the holders of Notes by AT&T; and
(b) Relevant Jurisdiction means the State of Delaware and the United States or any political
subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax or any other jurisdiction or
any political subdivision or any authority thereof or therein having power to tax to which AT&T
becomes subject in respect of payments made by it of principal and interest on the Notes.
Additional Amounts
Any reference in the terms of the Notes to any amounts in respect of the Notes shall be deemed also
to refer to any additional amounts which may be payable under this provision.