-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JM2nYlOmQKxrfB/k7hx0oz7/y1lH1YdD5+edgOAq57C/3ZvXSIkbR5KdEC34hEJb OjZRNUPmKR/EWeGSTLCamg== 0000005907-95-000052.txt : 199507070000005907-95-000052.hdr.sgml : 19950707 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000005907-95-000052 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 424B2 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19950706 SROS: BSE SROS: CSX SROS: NYSE SROS: PHLX SROS: PSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AT&T CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000005907 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 134924710 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 424B2 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-59495 FILM NUMBER: 95552385 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10013 BUSINESS PHONE: 2123875400 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 424B2 1 1 Filed Under Rule 424(b)(2) Registration No. 33-59495 PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT [AT&T LOGO] (To Prospectus Dated June 5, 1995) U.S. $3,000,000,000 AT&T Corp. Medium Term Notes, Series B Due More Than Nine Months From Date of Issue AT&T Corp. (the "Company" or "AT&T") may offer from time to time its medium term notes, which are issuable in one or more series. The Medium Term Notes, Series B (the "Notes") offered by this Prospectus Supplement are offered with an aggregate offering price not exceeding U.S. $3,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in other currencies or currency units, as such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate offering price of any other debt securities and the aggregate purchase price of any warrants issued by the Company, whether inside or outside of the United States (the "Other Securities"), pursuant to the Registration Statement of which the accompanying Prospectus is a part (see "Plan of Distribution"). The Notes may be denominated in U.S. dollars or in such foreign currencies or currency units as may be designated by the Company (the "Specified Currency"). See "Important Currency Exchange Information". The interest rate on each Note will be either a fixed rate (a "Fixed Rate Note"), which may be zero in the case of certain Notes issued at a price representing a substantial discount from the principal amount payable upon maturity, or a floating rate (a "Floating Rate Note"). A Floating Rate Note may be either a Regular Floating Rate Note, a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note or an Inverse Floating Rate Note (each as defined below) and its rate of interest may be determined by reference to one or more of the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, the CD Rate, LIBOR, the Treasury Rate, the Prime Rate, the CMT Rate or any other Base Rate (each as defined below) or interest rate formula set forth in the Pricing Supplement, as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier (as defined below), if any, applicable to such Note. A Note may pay amounts in respect of interest and principal over the life of the note, according to an amortization schedule (an "Amortizing Note"). A Note may be issued as an indexed note (an "Indexed Note") the principal amount payable at maturity of which, or premium or interest on which, will be determined by reference to the level of a designated stock index or designated currency, commodity or other prices or indices or will otherwise be determined by application of a formula. See "Description of Medium Term Notes, Series B--Indexed Notes". The Specified Currency, interest rate or interest rate formula, reset provisions, issue price, maturity, interest payment dates, redemption, repayment, and amortization provisions and certain other terms with respect to each Note will be established at the time of issuance and set forth in a pricing supplement to this Prospectus Supplement (a "Pricing Supplement"). Interest on each Note (other than an Amortizing Note) is payable on the dates set forth therein or in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, each Amortizing Note will pay principal and interest (i) semiannually each March 15 and September 15, or (ii) quarterly each March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15, and (iii) at maturity. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the holder prior to maturity. Each Note will mature on a Business Day more than nine months from the date of issue. 2 The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form in denominations of U.S. $1,000 or the equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency (rounded down to an integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified Currency), or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 or 1,000 units of the Specified Currency. Each Note will be represented by either a global security (a "Book-Entry Note") registered in the name of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company, as depositary (the "Depositary"), or a certificate issued in definitive form (a "Certificated Note"), specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Interests in Book-Entry Notes will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary and its participants. Book-Entry Notes will not be issuable as Certificated Notes, except under the circumstances described herein. See "Description of Medium Term Notes, Series B". THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. Price to Agent's Proceeds to Public(1)(2) Commission(2)(3) Company(2)(3)(4) Per Note 100.000% .125%-.750% 99.875%-99.250% Total U.S.$3,000,000,000 U.S.$3,750,000-$22,500,000 U.S.$2,996,250,000 - -$2,977,500,000 (1) Unless otherwise indicated in a Pricing Supplement, Notes will be issued at 100% of their principal amount. (2) Or, in the case of Notes not denominated in U.S. dollars, the equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency. (3) The Company will pay a commission to Salomon Brothers Inc, Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brothers Inc. or Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated each as agent (collectively, the "Agents" which term shall, in the case of Lehman Brothers Inc., also include its affiliate Lehman Government Securities Inc.), in the form of a discount, depending upon maturity of the Note, ranging from .125% to .750% of the principal amount of any Note sold through the Agents. See "Plan of Distribution". (4) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at U.S.$1,505,000, including reimbursement of the Agents' expenses. The Notes are being offered on a continuous basis by the Company through the Agents, who have agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases of the Notes. The Company also may arrange for the Notes to be sold through other agents, dealers or underwriters or may sell the Notes directly to investors on its own behalf in those jurisdictions where it is authorized to do so. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange, and there can be no assurance that the Notes will be sold or that there will be a secondary market for the Notes. The Company reserves the right to withdraw, cancel or modify the offer made hereby without notice. The Company, or the Agents which solicit any offer, may reject such offer in whole or in part. See "Plan of Distribution". SALOMON BROTHERS INC LEHMAN BROTHERS MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED The date of this Prospectus Supplement is July 5, 1995. 3 IMPORTANT CURRENCY EXCHANGE INFORMATION Purchasers are required to pay for the Notes in the Specified Currency, and payments of principal of, premium, if any, and any interest on, such Notes will be made in the Specified Currency, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Currently, there are limited facilities in the United States for the conversion of U.S. dollars into foreign currencies or currency units, and vice versa, and few banks offer non-U.S. dollar denominated checking or savings account facilities in the United States. However, if requested by a prospective purchaser of Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the Agents soliciting the offer to purchase will arrange for the conversion of U.S. dollars into such Specified Currency to enable the purchaser to pay for such Notes. Such request must be made on or before the fifth Business Day (as defined below) preceding the date of delivery of the Notes, or by such other date as determined by such Agent. Each such conversion will be made by the relevant Agent on such terms and subject to such conditions, limitations and charges as such Agent may from time to time establish in accordance with its regular foreign exchange practice. All costs of exchange will be borne by purchasers of the Notes. References herein to "U.S. dollars", "dollars", "U.S. $" or "$" are to the currency of the United States of America. DESCRIPTION OF MEDIUM TERM NOTES, SERIES B The information herein concerning the Notes should be read in conjunction with the statements under "Description of the Securities" in the Prospectus dated June 5, 1995. The following description of the Notes will apply unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. GENERAL The Notes are to be issued under Registration Statement No. 33-59495 pursuant to which the Company has registered debt securities and warrants to purchase debt securities having an aggregate purchase price of $3,000,000,000. The Notes constitute a single series which is not limited in aggregate principal amount. The Notes are to be issued under an Indenture dated as of September 7, 1990 between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 1992, between the Company and the Trustee (such indenture, as amended, including the provisions deemed a part thereof, or superseding provisions thereof, pursuant to the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-550), being hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"). The Notes may be issued under this Prospectus Supplement in an aggregate principal amount of up to U.S. $3,000,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in other currencies or currency units), as such amount may be reduced by any Other Securities issued by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement (see "Plan of Distribution"). The Notes are being offered on a continuous basis. Fixed Rate Notes and Amortizing Notes will mature on any Business Day (as defined below) more than nine months from the date of issue, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, Floating Rate Notes will mature on an Interest Payment Date (as defined below) more than nine months from the date of issue. "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York and (i) with respect to Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars or European Currency Units, in the Principal Financial Center (as defined below) of the country of the Specified 4 Currency, (ii) with respect to Notes denominated in European Currency Units in Brussels, Belgium or (iii) with respect to LIBOR Notes (as defined below), in the City of London. "London Banking Day" means any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market. "Principal Financial Center" generally means the capital city of the country of the Specified Currency, except that with respect to U.S. dollars and Deutsche Marks, Principal Financial Center means the City of New York and Frankfurt, respectively. A Note may be issued as a zero coupon Note or at a price which is at a substantial discount from its face value ("Discount Note"), in which event such Note will provide that upon redemption or repayment prior to maturity or acceleration of maturity thereof an amount less than the principal amount shall become due and payable. If a bankruptcy proceeding is commenced in respect of the Company, the claim of the holders of Discount Notes may be limited under section 502(b) of Title 11 of the United States Code to the initial public offering price of such Notes, plus that portion of the original issue discount that is amortized from the date of issue to the commencement of the bankruptcy proceeding plus accrued interest. Accordingly, the holders of Discount Notes under such circumstances may receive a lesser amount than they would be entitled to under the express terms of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything in this Prospectus Supplement to the contrary, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, if a Note is a Discount Note, the amount payable on such Note in the event of redemption or repayment prior to its maturity or acceleration of its maturity shall be the Amortized Face Amount of such Note as of the date of redemption, repayment or acceleration, as the case may be. The "Amortized Face Amount" of a Discount Note shall be the amount equal to (i) the issue price set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement plus (ii) the portion of the difference between the issue price and the principal amount of such Note that has accrued at the yield to maturity set forth in the Pricing Supplement (computed in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles) to such date of redemption, repayment or acceleration, but in no event shall the Amortized Face Amount of a Discount Note exceed its principal amount. The Pricing Supplement relating to each Note will describe the following terms: (1) the Specified Currency (and, if such Specified Currency is other than U.S. dollars, certain other terms relating to such Note); (2) whether such Note is a Fixed Rate Note, an Amortizing Note, or a Floating Rate Note; (3) whether such Note is a Discount Note or an Original Issue Discount Note (as defined below); (4) the price (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at which such Note will be issued; (5) the date on which such Note will be issued; (6) the date on which such Note will mature; (7) if such Note is a Fixed Rate Note, the rate per annum at which such Note will bear interest, the Record Dates and the Interest Payment Dates; (8) if such Note is a Floating Rate Note, whether it is a Regular Floating Rate Note, a Floating Note/Fixed Rate Note or Inverse Floating Rate Note, the Base Rate, the Fixed Interest Rate, the Initial Interest Rate, the Interest Reset Dates, the Interest Determination Date, the Record Dates, the Interest Payment Dates, the Index Maturity, the Maximum and Minimum Interest Rates, if any, and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any (all as defined below), and any other terms relating to the method of calculating interest on such Note; (9) if such Note is an Amortizing Note, whether payments of principal thereof and interest thereon will be made quarterly or semiannually, and the repayment information in respect thereof; (10) if such Note is an Indexed Note, the Indexed Principal Amount, Index (all as defined below) and any other terms relating to the method of calculating the principal, premium or interest on the Note; (11) the terms of redemption at the option of the Company, repayment at the option of the holder, or amortization provisions, if any, and (12) any other terms of such Note not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture. 5 Notes will be issued in fully registered form only. Each Note will be issued initially as either a Book-Entry Note or a Certificated Note. Except as set forth under "Book-Entry System" below, Book-Entry Notes will not be issuable as Certificated Notes. It is currently anticipated that only Notes which have a Specified Currency of U.S. dollars will be issued as Book-Entry Notes. Notes denominated in U.S. dollars will be issued in denominations of U.S. $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is a multiple of U.S. $1,000. Unless otherwise specified in a Pricing Supplement, Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars will be issued in equivalent denominations of the Specified Currency, as determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, at the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of such Specified Currency (the "Market Exchange Rate"); provided, however, in the case of European Currency Units, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of exchange determined by the Commission of the European Communities (or any successor thereto) as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, or any successor publication, on the Business Day immediately preceding the trade date for such Notes, of U.S. $1,000 (rounded down to an integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified Currency), or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of 1,000 units of such Specified Currency. The Company has initially designated Chemical Bank, acting through its principal corporate trust office in New York, New York, as the registrar and transfer agent for the Notes (the "Registrar", which term includes any additional or successor Registrar appointed by the Company), as the paying agent for the Notes (the "Paying Agent," which term includes any additional or successor Paying Agent appointed by the Company), and as the authenticating agent for the Notes (the "Authenticating Agent", which term includes any additional or successor Authenticating Agent appointed by the Company). The Notes will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company and will rank on a parity with the Company's other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Notes are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company or repayment at the option of the holder prior to maturity. The Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund, except to the extent otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. In the case of Notes denominated in and on which principal and premium, if any, and interest is payable in U.S. dollars, principal and premium, if any, and interest will be payable, and the Notes will be transferable, at the principal corporate trust office of Chemical Bank, New York, New York, or at such other place or places as may be designated pursuant to the Indenture, provided that the Company, at its option, may pay interest other than interest due at maturity by check mailed to registered holders (which, in the case of Book-Entry Notes represented by a global security, will be a nominee of the Depositary). Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on Notes (other than interest at maturity) payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars will be paid by mailing a check or draft in the Specified Currency drawn on an account at a bank outside of the United States. If any Notes are denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars or if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes is payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars, the applicable Pricing Supplement will provide additional information pertaining to the terms of such Notes and other matters of interest to the holders thereof. At the maturity of any Note, the principal thereof, together with accrued interest thereon, will be payable in immediately available funds upon surrender thereof at the office of the Paying Agent at the above address or at such other place or places as may be designated pursuant to the Indenture. 6 PAYMENT CURRENCY If the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note is payable in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency is not available to the Company for making payments thereof due to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to holders of the Notes by making such payments in U.S. dollars on the basis of the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of such Specified Currency as determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in the case of any Note denominated in European Currency Units, the rate of exchange determined by the Committee of the European Communities (or any successor thereto) as published in the official Journal of the European Communities, or any successor publication (the "Market Exchange Rate") on the date of such payment, or, if such rate of exchange is not then available, on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate as of the most recent Record Date (as defined below). Any payment made under such circumstances in U.S. dollars where the required payment is in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars will not constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST Each Floating Rate Note will bear interest from the date of issue at the rate per annum stated or the interest rate formula set forth therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, each Fixed Rate Note will bear interest from the date of issue at the rate or rates per annum stated (calculated on the basis of a year of twelve thirty-day months) therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest, if any, will be payable on each Interest Payment Date (as defined below). Interest will be payable to the person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date with respect to the Interest Payment Date (which, in the case of Book-Entry Notes represented by a global security, will be a nominee of the Depositary); provided, however, that interest payable at maturity (whether or not the maturity date is an Interest Payment Date) will be payable to the person to whom principal shall be payable. The first payment of interest on any Note (or, in the case of an Amortizing Note, principal and interest) originally issued between a Record Date and an Interest Payment Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Record Date to the registered holder on such next succeeding Record Date of such Note. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Record Date" with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be the date 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date, whether or not such date shall be a Business Day. Interest on Floating Rate Notes and Fixed Rate Notes (other than an Amortizing Note) will be payable on the Interest Payment Dates specified therein and in the applicable Pricing Supplement (except as provided above with respect to Notes issued between a Record Date and an Interest Payment Date) and at maturity. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, payments of principal and interest on each Amortizing Note will be made either semiannually each March 15 and September 15, or quarterly each March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 and at maturity. Each date on which interest is payable on a Note is referred to herein as an "Interest Payment Date". If any Interest Payment Date for any Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that in the case of a LIBOR Note, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Pricing Supplement, Floating Rate Notes will be issued as described below. Each applicable Pricing 7 Supplement will specify certain terms with respect to which such Floating Rate Note is being delivered, including: whether such Floating Rate Note is a "Regular Floating Rate Note", a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note" or an "Inverse Floating Rate Note" (as defined below); the Base Rate or Base Rates, Fixed Interest Rate, Initial Interest Rate, Interest Reset Dates, Interest Determination Dates, Interest Reset Period, Regular Record Dates, Interest Payment Dates, Index Maturity, Fixed Rate Commencement Date and Fixed Interest Rate, if any, Maximum Interest Rate and Minimum Interest Rate, if any, and the "Spread" and/or "Spread Multiplier", if any, as described below. The interest rate borne by each Floating Rate Note will be determined as follows: (i) Unless such Floating Rate Note is designated as a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note, an Inverse Floating Rate Note or as having an Addendum attached, such Floating Rate Note will be designated a "Regular Floating Rate Note" and, except as described below or in an applicable Pricing Supplement, will bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Base Rate or Base Rates (a) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any. Commencing on the initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on such Regular Floating Rate Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period from its original issue date to the initial Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate. (ii) If such Floating Rate Note is designated as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note", then, except as described below or in an applicable Pricing Supplement, such Floating Rate Note will bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Base Rate or Base Rates (a) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any. Commencing on the initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on such Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that (a) the interest rate in effect for the period from its original issue date to the initial Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate; and (b) the interest rate in effect commencing on, and including, the Fixed Rate Commencement Date to maturity shall be the Fixed Interest Rate. (iii) If such Floating Rate Note is designated as an "Inverse Floating Rate Note," then, except as described below or in an applicable Pricing Supplement, such Floating Rate Note will bear interest equal to the Fixed Interest Rate specified in the related Pricing Supplement minus the rate determined by reference to the applicable Base Rate or Base Rates (a) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any; provided, however, that the interest rate thereon will not be less than zero. Commencing on the initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on such Inverse Floating Rate Note is payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the period from its original issue date to the initial Interest Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Floating Rate Note is designated as having an Addendum attached as specified on the face thereof, such Floating Rate Note shall bear interest in accordance with the terms described in such Addendum and the applicable Pricing Supplement. Each Floating Rate Note will bear interest at a rate determined by reference to one or more interest rate bases (each a "Base Rate"), any of which may be adjusted by a Spread or Spread Multiplier (each as defined below). The applicable Pricing Supplement will designate one or more of the 8 following Base Rates as applicable to each Floating Rate Note: (a) the Commercial Paper Rate (a "Commercial Paper Rate Note"), (b) the Federal Funds Rate (a "Federal Funds Rate Note"), (c) the CD Rate (a "CD Rate Note"), (d) LIBOR (a "LIBOR Note"), (e) the Treasury Rate (a "Treasury Rate Note"), (f) the Prime Rate (a "Prime Rate Note"), (g) the CMT Rate (a "CMT Rate Note") or (h) such other Base Rate or interest rate formula as is set forth in such Pricing Supplement and in such Floating Rate Note. The "Index Maturity" for any Floating Rate Note is the period of maturity of the instrument or obligation from which the Base Rate is calculated and will be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. As specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, a Floating Rate Note may also have either or both of the following: (i) a maximum limitation, or ceiling, on the rate of interest which may accrue during any interest period ("Maximum Interest Rate"); and (ii) a minimum limitation, or floor, on the rate of interest which may accrue during any interest period ("Minimum Interest Rate"). In addition to any Maximum Interest Rate which may be applicable to any Floating Rate Note pursuant to the above provisions, the interest rate on a Floating Rate Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general application. Under present New York law, the maximum rate of interest, with certain exceptions, is 25% per annum on a simple interest basis. The rate of interest on each Floating Rate Note will be reset daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually (such period being the "Interest Reset Period" for such Note and the first date of each Interest Reset Period being an "Interest Reset Date"), as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. The interest rate in effect from the date of issue to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to a Floating Rate Note will be the Initial Interest Rate (as set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement). If any Interest Reset Date for any Floating Rate Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except that in the case of a LIBOR Note, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest rate on each Floating Rate Note will be calculated by reference to the specified Base Rate or Base Rates (i) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (ii) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any. The "Spread" is the number of basis points (one one-hundredth of a percentage point) specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as being applicable to the interest rate for such Floating Rate Note, and the "Spread Multiplier" is the percentage specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as being applicable to the interest rate for such Floating Rate Note. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest payments on Notes shall be the amount of interest accrued from, and including, the date of issue or the last date to which interest has been paid to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date or date of maturity, as the case may be; provided that, in the case of a Fixed Rate Note, if an Interest Payment Date or, in the case of any Note, the maturity date that would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day is postponed or changed as described above, the interest payable on such date shall accrue to, but exclude, the date that would have been the Interest Payment Date or maturity date had it been a Business Day. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, Fixed Rate Notes will bear interest from the date of issue and will be calculated on the basis of a year of twelve thirty-day months. With respect to a Floating Rate Note, accrued interest shall be calculated by multiplying the principal amount of such Floating Rate Note (or, in the case of an Indexed Note, unless 9 otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Face Amount (as defined below) of such Indexed Note) by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor will be computed by adding the interest factors calculated for each day in the Interest Reset Period or from the last date from which accrued interest is being calculated. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest factor for each such day is computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360, in the cases of Commercial Paper Rate Notes, Federal Funds Rate Notes, CD Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes and Prime Rate Notes, or by the actual number of days in the year, in the case of Treasury Rate Notes and CMT Rate Notes. The interest rate applicable to any day that is an Interest Reset Date is the applicable rate as reset on such date. The interest rate applicable to any other day is the interest rate for the immediately preceding Interest Reset Date (or, if none, the Initial Interest Rate, as described below). Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement, Chemical Bank will be the calculation agent (the "Calculation Agent") with respect to any issue of Floating Rate Notes. Upon the request of the holder of any Floating Rate Note, the Calculation Agent will provide the interest rate then in effect and, if determined, the interest rate which will become effective on the next Interest Reset Date with respect to such Floating Rate Note. All percentages resulting from any calculation of the rate of interest on a Floating Rate Note will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one-hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (.0000001), with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward, and all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculation on Floating Rate Notes will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent rounded upward). The interest rate in effect with respect to a Floating Rate Note from the Issue Date to the first Interest Reset Date (the "Initial Interest Rate") will be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. The interest rate for each subsequent Interest Reset Date will be determined by the Calculation Agent as follows. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Calculation Date" pertaining to any Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date, Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, CD Interest Determination Date, Treasury Rate Determination Date, Prime Rate Interest Determination Date and CMT Rate Determination Date (each as hereinafter defined) will be the earlier of, either (i) the tenth calendar day after such interest rate determination date, or, if such tenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, or (ii) the Business Day preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or date of maturity, as the case may be. COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE NOTES Commercial Paper Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to the Commercial Paper Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the Commercial Paper Rate Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Commercial Paper Rate" for each Interest Reset Date will be determined on the Calculation Date by the Calculation Agent as of the second Business Day prior to such Interest Reset Date (a "Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date") and shall be the Money Market Yield (as defined below) on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, as such rate shall be published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest Rates" ("H.15(519)"), or any successor publication, under the heading "Commercial Paper". In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate shall be the Money Market Yield on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date of the rate for 10 commercial paper of the specified Index Maturity as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in its daily statistical release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" ("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Commercial Paper". If by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date such rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) (or any successor publication) or Composite Quotations, then the Commercial Paper Rate shall be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates as of 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper of the specified Index Maturity, placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is AA, or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating agency; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting offered rates as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the rate of interest in effect on such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date. "Money Market Yield" shall be a yield calculated in accordance with the following formula: Money Market Yield = D x 360 x 100 360-(D x M) where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and "M" refers to the actual number of days in the period for which interest is being calculated. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE NOTES Federal Funds Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to the Federal Funds Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the Federal Funds Rate Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Federal Funds Rate" for each Interest Reset Date shall be the effective rate on the second Business Day prior to such Interest Reset Date (a "Federal Funds Interest Determination Date") for Federal Funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal Funds (Effective)" or, if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the interest rate on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading "Federal Funds/Effective Rate". If such rate is not yet published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, the Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date will be the rate on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date made publicly available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York which is equivalent to the rate which appears in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal Funds (Effective)"; provided, however, that if such rate is not made publicly available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date, the Federal Funds Rate will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date. CD RATE NOTES CD Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated with reference to the CD Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the CD Rate Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, "CD Rate" for each Interest Reset Date shall be the rate as of the second Business Day prior to the Interest Reset Date for such Interest Reset Period (a "CD 11 Interest Determination Date") for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)". If such rate is not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such CD Interest Determination Date, the CD Rate will be the rate on such CD Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as published in Composite Quotations under the heading "Certificates of Deposit". If by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date such rate is not yet published in Composite Quotations, the CD Rate for such CD Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such CD Interest Determination Date of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money center banks of the highest credit standing (in the market for negotiable certificates of deposit) with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement in the denomination of $5,000,000. However, if such dealers are not so quoting such rates, the CD Rate will be the CD Rate in effect on such Note on such CD Interest Determination Date. LIBOR NOTES LIBOR Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to LIBOR and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the LIBOR Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, "LIBOR" for each Interest Reset Date will be determined by the Calculation Agent as follows: (i) With respect to the second London Banking Day prior to such Interest Reset Date (a "LIBOR Determination Date"), LIBOR will be either: (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the specified Designated LIBOR Page (as defined below) by its terms provides only for a single rate, in which case such single rate shall be used) for deposits in the Index Currency (as defined below) having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on such Interest Reset Date, that appear on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that LIBOR Determination Date, if at least two such offered rates appear (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is required) on such Designated LIBOR Page, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the rate for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on such Interest Reset Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on that LIBOR Determination Date. If fewer than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as applicable, LIBOR in respect of the related LIBOR Determination Date will be determined as if the parties had specified the rate described in clause (ii) below. (ii) With respect to a LIBOR Determination Date on which fewer than two offered rates appear (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is required), or no rate appears, as the case may be, on the applicable Designated LIBOR Page as specified in clause (i) above, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on such Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market at 12 approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Determination Date and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or the equivalent in the Index Currency, if the Index Currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on such LIBOR Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on such LIBOR Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M. (or such other time specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement), in the applicable Principal Financial Center for the country of the Index Currency on such LIBOR Determination Date, by three major banks in such Principal Financial Center selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Index Currency to leading European banks, having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement and in the amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or the equivalent in the Index Currency, if the Index Currency is not the U.S. dollar) that is representative for a single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR determined on such LIBOR Determination Date will be LIBOR otherwise in effect on such LIBOR Determination Date. "Index Currency" means the currency (including composite currencies) specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the currency for which LIBOR shall be calculated. If no such currency is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Index Currency shall be U.S. dollars. "Designated LIBOR Page" means either (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the display designated as page "LIBO" with respect to the applicable Index Currency on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace page "LIBO" on such service for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the applicable Index Currency), or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the display designated as page "3750" with respect to the applicable Index Currency on the Dow Jones Telerate Service (or such other page as may replace page "3750" on such service or such other service as may be nominated by the British Bankers' Association for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the applicable Index Currency). If neither LIBOR Reuters nor LIBOR Telerate is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, LIBOR for the applicable Index Currency will be determined as if LIBOR Telerate (and, if the U.S. dollar is the Index Currency, Page 3750) had been specified. TREASURY RATE NOTES Treasury Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to the Treasury Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the Treasury Rate Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Reset Date, the rate for the auction held on the Treasury Rate Determination Date (as defined below) pertaining to such Interest Reset Date of direct obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills") having the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, as published in H.15(519) under the heading "U.S. Government Securities--Treasury bills--auction average (investment)", or any successor publication, or, if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Treasury Rate Determination Date, the auction average rate (expressed as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) as otherwise announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that the results of the auction of Treasury bills having the Index 13 Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement are not published or reported as provided above by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date or if no such auction is held on such Treasury Rate Determination Date, then the Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent, on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government securities dealers selected by the Calculation Agent for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement; provided, however, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting bid rates as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury Rate for such Interest Reset Date will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Interest Reset Date. The "Treasury Rate Determination Date" pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be the day of the week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills would normally be auctioned. Treasury bills are normally sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is normally held on the following Tuesday, except that such auction may be held on the preceding Friday. If, as the result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the preceding Friday, such Friday will be the Treasury Rate Determination Date pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week. If an auction date shall fall on any day that would otherwise be an Interest Reset Date for a Treasury Rate Note, then such Interest Reset Date shall instead be the Business Day immediately following such auction date. PRIME RATE NOTES Prime Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rate (calculated with reference to the Prime Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in the Prime Rate Notes and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement the "Prime Rate" means, with respect to any Prime Rate Interest Determination Date (as defined below) the rate on such date as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Bank Prime Loan". If such rate is not published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the Prime Rate will be determined by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank named on the "Reuters Screen NYMF Page" (as defined below) as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. "Reuters Screen NYMF Page" means the display designated as page "NYMF" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (such term to include such other page as may replace the NYMF page on that Service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States banks). If fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters Screen NYMF Page for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the Prime Rate will be determined by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by 360 as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by at least two of three major money center banks in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent from a list approved by the Company. If fewer than two such rates are quoted as aforesaid the Prime Rate will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be determined as the arithmetic mean of the prime rates furnished in The City of New York by the appropriate number of substitute banks or trust companies organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, in each case having total equity capital of at least U.S. $500,000,000 and being subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, selected by the Calculation Agent from a list approved by the Company to provide such 14 rate or rates; provided that if the banks or trust companies selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent from a list approved by the Company are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period will be the rate of interest in effect on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date. The "Prime Rate Interest Determination Date" pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for Prime Rate Notes will be the second Business Day prior to such Interest Reset Date. CMT RATE NOTES CMT Rate Notes will bear interest at the rates (calculated with reference to the CMT Rate and the Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any) specified in such CMT Rate Notes and in any applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, "CMT Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Determination Date relating to a CMT Rate Note or any Floating Rate Note for which the interest rate displayed is determined with reference to the CMT Rate (a "CMT Rate Interest Determination Date"), the rate displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page under the caption "...Treasury Constant Maturities...Federal Reserve Board release H.15... Mondays approximately 3:45 P.M.," under the column for the Designated CMT Maturity Index (as defined below) for (i) if the Designated Telerate Page is 7055, the rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date and (ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week, or the month, as applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the related CMT Rate Interest Determination Date occurs. If such rate is no longer displayed on the relevant page, or if not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculated Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index as published in H.15(519). If such rate is no longer published, or if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for the designated CMT Maturity Index (or other United States Treasury rate for the Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date with respect to such Interest Reset Date as may then be published by either the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in the relevant H.15(519). If such information is not provided by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date reported, according to their written records, by three leading primary United States government securities dealers (each, a "Reference Dealer") in the City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes") with an original maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT Maturity Index minus one year. If the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three such Treasury Note quotations, the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in the City of New York (from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of 15 the lowest)), for such Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years that is the next highest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity closest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index in an amount of at least U.S. $100 million. If three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting as described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the arithmetic mean of the offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes will be eliminated; provided however, that if fewer than three Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described herein, the CMT Rate will be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMR Rate Interest Determination Date. If two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in the third preceding sentence have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Designated CMT Maturity index, the quotes for the CMT Rate Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity will be used. "Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow Jones Telerate Service designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519) (or any other page as may replace such page on that service for the purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519)). If no such page is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052 for the most recent week. "Designated CMT Maturity Index" means the original period to maturity of the U.S. Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20 or 30 years) specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement with respect to which the CMT Rate will be calculated. AMORTIZING NOTES The Company may from time to time offer Amortizing Notes. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on each Amortizing Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, payments with respect to Amortizing Notes will be applied first to interest due and payable thereon and then to the reduction of the unpaid principal amount thereof. Further information concerning additional terms and conditions of any issue of Amortizing Notes will be provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement. A table setting forth repayment information in respect of each Amortizing Note will be included in the applicable Pricing Supplement and set forth on such Notes. INDEXED NOTES The Company may from time to time offer Indexed Notes, the principal amount payable at maturity (the "Indexed Principal Amount") of which, or premium or interest on which, is determined by reference to a measure (the "Index") which will be related to (i) the rate of exchange between the Specified Currency for such Note and the other currency or composite currency (the "Indexed Currency") specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (such Indexed Notes, "Currency Indexed Notes"); (ii) the difference in the price of a specified commodity (the "Indexed Commodity") on specified dates (such Indexed Notes, "Commodity Indexed Notes"); (iii) the difference in the level of a specified stock index (the "Stock Index"), which may be based on U.S. or foreign stocks, on specified dates (such Indexed Notes, "Stock Indexed Notes"); or (iv) such other objective price or economic measures as are described in the applicable Pricing Supplement. The manner of determining the Indexed Principal Amount of an Indexed Note, and historical and other information concerning the Indexed Currency, Indexed Commodity, Stock Index or other price or economic measures used in such determination, will be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement, together with information concerning tax consequences to the holders of such Indexed Notes. 16 If the determination of the Indexed Principal Amount of an Indexed Note is based on an Index calculated or announced by a third party and such third party either suspends the calculation or announcement of such Index or changes the basis upon which such Index is calculated (other than changes consistent with policies in effect at the time such Indexed Note was issued and permitted changes described in the applicable Pricing Supplement), then such Index shall be calculated for purposes of such Indexed Note by an independent calculation agent named in the applicable Pricing Supplement on the same basis, and subject to the same conditions and controls, as applied to the original third party. If for any reason such Index cannot be calculated on the same basis and subject to the same conditions and controls as applied to the original third party, then the Indexed Principal Amount of such Indexed Note shall be calculated in the manner set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Any determination of such independent calculation agent shall in the absence of manifest error be binding on all parties. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on an Indexed Note will be payable by the Company based on the amount designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement as the "Face Amount" of such Indexed Note. The applicable Pricing Supplement will describe whether the principal amount of the related Indexed Note that would be payable upon redemption or repayment prior to maturity will be the Face Amount of such Indexed Note, the Indexed Principal Amount of such Indexed Note at the time of redemption or repayment, or another amount described in such Pricing Supplement. An investment in Notes indexed, as to principal or interest or both, to one or more values of currencies (including exchange rates between currencies), commodities or interest rate indices entails significant risks that are not associated with a similar investment in a conventional fixed-rate debt security. If the interest rate of such a Note is so indexed, it may result in an interest rate that is less than that payable on a conventional fixed-rate debt security issued at the same time, including the possibility that no interest will be paid, and, if the principal amount of such a Note is so indexed, the principal amount payable at maturity may be less than the original purchase price of such Note if allowed pursuant to the terms of such Note, including the possibility that no principal will be paid. The secondary market for such Notes will be affected by a number of factors independent of the creditworthiness of the Company and the value of the applicable currency, commodity or interest rate index, including the volatility of the applicable currency, commodity or interest rate index, the time remaining to the maturity of such Notes, the amount outstanding of such Notes and market interest rates. The value of the applicable currency, commodity or interest rate index depends on a number of interrelated factors, including economic, financial and political events, over which the Company has no control. Additionally, if the formula used to determine the principal amount or interest payable with respect to such Notes contains a multiple or leverage factor, the effect of any change in the applicable currency, commodity or interest rate index may be increased. The historical experience of the relevant currencies, commodities or interest rate indices should not be taken as an indication of future performance of such currencies, commodities or interest rate indices during the term of any Note. Accordingly, prospective investors should consult their own financial and legal advisors as to the risks entailed by an investment in such Notes and the suitability of such Notes in light of their particular circumstances. REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE Unless otherwise specified in the Pricing Supplement relating to a Note, such Note cannot be redeemed prior to maturity. If any Note will be redeemable at the option of the Company, the applicable Pricing Supplement will indicate the date or dates for redemption prior to such maturity at a price or prices, set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement, together with 17 accrued interest to the date of redemption. The Company may redeem any of the Notes that are redeemable and remain outstanding either in whole or from time to time in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. If less than all Notes with like tenor and terms are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. Unless otherwise indicated in the Pricing Supplement relating to each Note, the Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund. The Company may at any time purchase Notes at any price in the open market or otherwise. Notes so purchased by the Company may, at its discretion, be held, resold or surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. REPAYMENT Unless otherwise specified in the Pricing Supplement relating to a Note, such Note cannot be repaid prior to maturity at the option of the holder. If any Note will be repayable at the option of the holder, the applicable Pricing Supplement will indicate the date or dates for repayment prior to maturity at a price or prices set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement, together with accrued interest to the date of repayment. In order for the repayment option applicable to a Note to be exercised, the Trustee must receive at least 30 days but no more than 45 days prior to the repayment date (i) the Note with the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse of the Note duly completed or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth the name of the holder of the Note, the principal amount of the Note, the principal amount of the Note to be repaid, the certificate number or a description of the tenor and terms of the Note, and containing a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that the Note to be repaid with the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse of the Note duly completed will be received by the Trustee not later than five Business Days after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter and such Note and form duly completed are received by the Trustee by such fifth Business Day. The repayment option may be exercised by the holder of a Note for less than the entire principal amount of the Note, provided that the principal amount of the Note remaining outstanding after repayment is an authorized denomination. BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM Upon issuance, all Book-Entry Notes having the same Issue Date, maturity date, redemption or repayment provisions, Interest Payment Dates and, in the case of Fixed Rate Notes, interest rate, amortization schedule, or, in the case of Floating Rate Notes, Base Rate, Initial Interest Rate, Interest Payment Dates, Index Maturity, Interest Reset Dates, Fixed Interest Rate, Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any, Minimum Interest Rate, if any, and Maximum Interest Rate, if any, will be represented by a single global security (a "Global Security"). Each Global Security representing Book-Entry Notes will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and registered in the name of a nominee of the Depositary. Except under circumstances described below, Book-Entry Notes will not be exchangeable for Certificated Notes and will not otherwise be issuable in definitive form. The Depositary currently only accepts Notes which have a Specified Currency of U.S. dollars. The Depositary has advised the Company that it is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the 18 provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depositary holds securities that its participants ("Participants") deposit with the Depositary. The Depositary also facilitates the settlement among Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in Participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities. Direct Participants ("Direct Participants") include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. The Depositary is owned by a number of its Direct Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc., and the NASD. Access to the Depositary's system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to the Depositary and its Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Upon the issuance of a Global Security, the Depositary will credit on its book-entry registration and transfer system the accounts of persons held with it with the respective principal amounts of the Notes represented by such Global Security. Such accounts shall be designated by the Agent with respect to such Notes or by the Company if such Notes are offered and sold directly by the Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Security will be limited to Participants or persons that may hold interests through Participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global Security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee (with respect to interests of Participants) and on the records of Participants (with respect to interests of persons other than Participants). The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Security. So long as the Depositary or its nominee is the registered owner of such Global Security, the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Notes represented by such Global Security for all purposes under the Indenture. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have Notes represented by such Global Security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on Notes registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee will be made to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Security representing such Notes. None of the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent or the registrar for such Notes will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial interests in such Global Security for such Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests. The Company expects that the Depositary for the Notes or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest, will credit immediately participants' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the Global Security for such Notes as shown on the records of the Depositary or its nominee. The Company also expects that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interest in such Global Security held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street name", and will be the responsibility of such participants. 19 If the Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue Notes in definitive form in exchange for the entire Global Security representing such Notes. In addition, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine not to have the Notes represented by entire Global Securities and, in such event, will issue Notes in definitive form in exchange for the Global Securities representing such Notes. In any such instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security will be entitled to physical delivery in definitive form of Notes represented by such Global Security equal in principal amount to such beneficial interest and to have such Notes registered in its name. Notes so issued in definitive form will be issued as registered Notes in denominations of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000, unless otherwise specified by the Company. FOREIGN CURRENCY RISKS Exchange Rates and Exchange Controls. An investment in Notes that are denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars entails significant risks that are not associated with a similar investment in a security denominated and upon which interest is payable in U.S. dollars. Such risks include, without limitation, the possibility of significant changes in rates of exchange between the U.S. dollar and the various foreign currencies and the possibility of the imposition or modification of foreign exchange controls by either the U.S. or foreign governments. Such risks generally depend on economic and political events over which the Company has no control. In recent years, rates of exchange between U.S. dollars and certain foreign currencies have been highly volatile and such volatility may be expected to continue in the future. Fluctuations in any particular exchange rate that have occurred in the past are not necessarily indicative, however, of fluctuations in such rate that may occur during the term of any Note. Depreciation of the currency specified in a Note against the U.S. dollar would result in a decrease in the effective yield of such Note below its coupon rate, and under certain circumstances could result in a loss to the investor on a U.S. dollar basis. THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE ATTACHED PROSPECTUS DO NOT DESCRIBE ALL THE RISKS OF AN INVESTMENT IN NOTES DENOMINATED IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY OR A CURRENCY UNIT AND THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF SUCH RISKS AS THEY EXIST AT THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR AS SUCH RISKS MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVISORS AS TO THE RISKS ENTAILED BY AN INVESTMENT IN NOTES DENOMINATED IN SPECIFIED CURRENCIES OTHER THAN U.S. DOLLARS. SUCH NOTES ARE NOT AN APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT FOR INVESTORS WHO ARE UNSOPHISTICATED WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS. Notes denominated in foreign currencies other than European Currency Units will not be sold in, or to residents of, the country of the Specified Currency in which particular Notes are denominated. The information set forth in this Prospectus Supplement is directed to prospective purchasers who are United States residents, and the Company disclaims any responsibility to advise prospective purchasers who are residents of countries other than the United States with respect to any matters that may affect the purchase, holding or receipt of payments of principal of and interest on the Notes. Such persons should consult their own counsel with regard to such matters. Governing Law and Judgments. The Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. In the event an action based on Notes denominated in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars were commenced in a New York court, such court could render or enter a 20 judgment or decree in the Specified Currency. Such judgment would then be converted into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of entry of the judgment or decree. The Indenture provides that the rate of exchange to be used in determining any such judgment shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase such Specified Currency in The City of New York on the New York Banking Day (as defined in the Indenture) preceding the day on which final judgment is given. Exchange Controls, etc. Governments have imposed from time to time, and may in the future impose, exchange controls which could affect exchange rates as well as the availability of a specified foreign currency at the time of payment of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on a Note. In the case of any Note issued in a specified currency that is not currently subject to exchange controls, there can be no assurance that the absence of exchange controls will continue to exist. Even if no explicit exchange controls are in place, it is possible that the Specified Currency for any particular Note would not be available at such Note's maturity. In that event, the Company would make required payments in U.S. dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such payment, or if such rate of exchange is not then available, on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate as of the most recent Record Date. See "Description of Medium Term Notes, Series B--Payment Currency". Information concerning exchange rates for the Specified Currency, if other than U.S. dollars, in which principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes is payable, as against the U.S. dollar at selected times during the last five years, as well as exchange controls affecting such currencies, will be set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. TAXATION The following statements of certain United States federal income tax consequences of the ownership of Notes are based on the opinion of Ephraim M. Brecher, Vice President--Taxes and Tax Counsel of the Company. These statements are based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof (the "Code"), administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and existing and proposed Treasury Regulations, including final regulations concerning the treatment of debt instruments issued with original issue discount (the "OID Regulations"), changes to any of which subsequent to the date of this Prospectus Supplement may affect the tax consequences described herein. These statements address only the tax consequences to initial holders holding Notes as capital assets within the meaning of section 1221 of the Code and do not address the tax consequences of holding Notes to dealers in securities or currencies, persons holding Notes as a hedge against or which are hedged against currency risks, certain financial institutions, insurance companies, or United States Holders (as defined below) whose "functional currency", as defined in section 985 of the Code, is not the U.S. dollar. Persons considering the purchase of Notes should consult their tax advisors concerning the application of United States federal income tax laws, as well as the laws of any state, local or foreign taxing jurisdictions, to their particular situations. As used herein, a "United States Holder" of a Note means a holder that (a) is (i) for United States federal income tax purposes a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof, or (iii) an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source or (b) is not otherwise a United States Holder but whose income from a Note is effectively connected with the conduct of a United States trade or business. The term also includes certain former citizens of the United States who continue to be subject to United States federal income tax on a net basis with respect to U.S. source income. 21 As used herein, the term "United States Alien Holder" means an owner of a Note that is, for United States federal income tax purposes, (i) a nonresident alien individual, (ii) a foreign corporation, (iii) a nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust or (iv) a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States federal income tax purposes, a nonresident alien individual, a foreign corporation or a nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust. TAX CONSEQUENCES TO UNITED STATES HOLDERS Payments of Interest. Interest on a Note (whether paid in a foreign currency or in U.S. dollars) will generally be taxable to a United States Holder as ordinary interest income at the time it accrues or is received in accordance with the United States Holder's method of accounting for federal income tax purposes. Under the OID Regulations, all payments of interest on a Note that matures one year or less from its date of issuance will be included in the stated redemption price at maturity of such Note and will be taxed in the manner described below under "Original Issue Discount Notes." Special rules governing the treatment of interest received or accrued with respect to Original Issue Discount Notes (as defined below), Foreign Currency Notes (as defined below) and Currency Indexed Notes (as defined below) are described under "Original Issue Discount Notes", "Foreign Currency Notes" and "Currency Indexed Notes" below. Sale, Exchange or Retirement of the Notes. A United States Holder's adjusted tax basis in a Note will equal the cost of the Note to such holder, increased by any amounts of market discount and original issue discount (each as defined below), if any, previously includible in taxable income by the holder with respect to such Note and reduced by any amortized premium and any principal payments received by the holder and, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Note, by the amounts of any other payments that do not constitute qualified stated interest (as defined below). Upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note, a United States Holder will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of the Note and the holder's adjusted tax basis in the Note. For these purposes, the amount realized does not include any amount attributable to accrued interest on the Note. Amounts attributable to accrued interest are treated as interest as described under "Payments of Interest" above. In the case of a Note denominated in a Specified Currency other than the U.S. dollar, the amount realized upon the sale, exchange or retirement of the Note will be the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency received on the date of sale, exchange or retirement. Except to the extent described under "Foreign Currency Notes" below and except to the extent that the gain represents market discount not previously included in the holder's income, such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if at the time of the sale, exchange or retirement the Note has been held for more than one year. Under current law, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses is taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income for certain non-corporate taxpayers. The distinction between capital gain or loss and ordinary income or loss is also relevant for purposes of, among other things, the limitations on the deductibility of capital losses. Original Issue Discount Notes A Note that is issued for an amount less than its stated redemption price at maturity will generally be considered to have been issued at an original issue discount for federal income tax purposes (an "Original Issue Discount Note"). The "issue price" of a Note will equal the first price to the public (not including bond houses, brokers or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers) at which a 22 substantial amount of such Notes is sold for money. The "stated redemption price at maturity" of a Note is the total of all payments required to be made under the Note other than "qualified stated interest" payments. "Qualified stated interest" is stated interest unconditionally payable as a series of payments in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the issuer) at least annually during the entire term of the Note and equal to the outstanding principal balance of the Note multiplied by a single fixed rate of interest. In addition, a Floating Rate Note providing for one or more qualified floating rates of interest, a single fixed rate and one or more qualified floating rates, a single objective rate or a single fixed rate and a single objective rate that is a qualified inverse floating rate will have qualified stated interest if interest is unconditionally payable at least annually during the term of the Note at a rate that is considered to be a single qualified floating rate or a single objective rate under the following rules. If a Floating Rate Note provides for two or more qualified floating rates that can reasonably be expected to have approximately the same values throughout the term of the Note, the qualified floating rates together constitute a single qualified floating rate. If interest on a debt instrument is stated at a fixed rate for an initial period of less than one year followed by a variable rate that is either a qualified floating rate or an objective rate for a subsequent period, and the value of the variable rate on the issue date is intended to approximate the fixed rate, the fixed rate and the variable rate together constitute a single qualified floating rate or objective rate. Two or more rates will be conclusively presumed to meet the requirements of the preceding two sentences if the values of the applicable rates on the issue date are within 1/4 of 1 percent of each other. Special tax considerations (including possible original issue discount) may arise with respect to Floating Rate Notes providing for (i) one Base Rate followed by one or more Base Rates, (ii) a single fixed rate followed by a qualified floating rate, or (iii) a Spread Multiplier. Purchasers of Floating Rate Notes with any of such features should carefully examine the applicable Pricing Supplement and should consult their tax advisors with respect to such a feature because the tax consequences will depend, in part, on the particular terms of the purchased Note. Special rules may apply if a Floating Rate Note bears interest at an objective rate and it is reasonably expected that the average value of the rate during the first half of the Note's term will be either significantly less than or significantly greater than the average value of the rate during the final half of the Note's term. Special rules may also apply if a Floating Rate Note is subject to a cap, floor, governor or similar restriction that is not fixed throughout the term of the Note and is reasonably expected as of the issue date to cause the yield on the Note to be significantly less or more than the expected yield determined without the restriction. Proposed regulations under the Code issued on December 15, 1994 address, among other things, the accrual of original issue discount on, and the character of gain realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of, debt instruments providing for contingent payments. Such regulations would apply to contingent payment debt instruments issued on or after 60 days after the date final regulations are published. Prospective United States Holders of Indexed Notes or Floating Rate Notes that provide for contingent payments should refer to the discussion regarding taxation in the applicable Pricing Supplement. If the difference between a Note's stated redemption price at maturity and its issue price is less than a de minimis amount, i.e., 1/4 of 1 percent of the stated redemption price at maturity multiplied by the number of complete years to maturity, then the Note will not be considered to have original issue discount. Holders of Notes with a de minimis amount of original issue discount will include such original issue discount in income, as capital gain, on a pro rata basis as principal payments are made on the Note. 23 A United States Holder of Original Issue Discount Notes will be required to include any qualified stated interest payments in income in accordance with the Holder's method of accounting for federal income tax purposes. A United States Holder of Original Issue Discount Notes that mature more than one year from their date of issuance will be required to include original issue discount in income for federal income tax purposes as it accrues, in accordance with a constant yield method based on a compounding of interest, before the receipt of cash payments attributable to such income. Under this method, United States Holders of Original Issue Discount Notes generally will be required to include in income increasingly greater amounts of original issue discount in successive accrual periods. Under the OID Regulations, a United States Holder of a Note may elect (the "Constant Yield Election") to include in gross income all interest that accrues on a Note using the constant yield method. For purposes of the election, interest includes stated interest, acquisition discount, original issue discount, de minimis original issue discount, market discount, de minimis market discount, and unstated interest, as adjusted by any amortizable bond premium or acquisition premium. Once made, such election may not be revoked without the consent of the Internal Revenue Service. If the Company has an option to redeem a Note, or the United States Holder has an option to cause a Note to be repurchased prior to the Note's stated maturity, for purposes of determining whether the Note has original issue discount, such option will be presumed to be exercised if, by presuming the option to be exercised, the yield on the Note would be (i) in the case of an option of the Company, lower than its yield to stated maturity, or (ii) in the case of an option of the United States Holder, higher than its yield to stated maturity. If such option is not in fact exercised when presumed to be exercised, the Note would be treated, solely for purposes of accrual of original issue discount, as if it were redeemed or repurchased and a new Note were issued on the presumed exercise date for an amount equal to the Note's adjusted issue price on that date. The OID Regulations contain aggregation rules stating that in certain circumstances if more than one type of Note is issued as part of the same issuance of securities to a single holder, some or all of such Notes may be treated together as a single debt instrument with a single issue price, maturity date, yield to maturity and stated redemption price at maturity for purposes of calculating and accruing any original issue discount. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Company does not expect to treat any of the Notes as being subject to the aggregation rules for purposes of computing original issue discount. Short Term Notes. Under the OID Regulations, a Note that matures one year or less from its date of issuance will be treated as a "short-term Original Issue Discount Note." In general, a cash method holder of a short-term Original Issue Discount Note is not required to accrue original issue discount for federal income tax purposes unless it elects to do so. United States Holders making such an election, United States Holders who report income for federal income tax purposes on the accrual method and certain other United States Holders, including banks and dealers in securities, are required to include original issue discount on such short-term Original Issue Discount Notes on a straight-line basis, unless an election is made to accrue the original issue discount according to a constant yield method based on daily compounding. In the case of a United States Holder who is not required, and does not elect, to include original issue discount in income currently, any gain realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of the short-term Original Issue Discount Note will be ordinary income to the extent of the original issue discount accrued on a straight-line basis (or, if elected, according to a constant yield method based on daily compounding) through the date of sale, exchange or retirement. In addition, such Holders will be required to defer deductions for any interest paid on indebtedness incurred to purchase short-term Original Issue 24 Discount Notes in an amount not exceeding the deferred interest income, until such deferred interest income is recognized. Amortizing Notes. Payments in respect of interest on an Amortizing Note will be includible as described under "Payments of Interest" above. Amounts received in respect of principal will reduce the Holder's basis in such Note. In the case of an Amortizing Note which is also an Original Issue Discount Note, each payment (other than a payment of qualified stated interest) is treated first as a payment of original issue discount to the extent of the original issue discount that has accrued as of the date of payment and has not been allocated to prior payments and second as a payment of principal. Payments other than payments of qualified stated interest reduce the Holder's basis in the Note. Market Discount and Premium. If a United States Holder purchases a Note (other than a short-term Original Issue Discount Note) for an amount that is less than its stated redemption price at maturity or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Note, its adjusted issue price (as defined in section 1.1275-1 of the OID Regulations), the amount of the difference will be treated as "market discount" for federal income tax purposes, unless such difference is less than a specified de minimis amount. Under the market discount rules of the Code, a United States Holder will be required to treat any principal payment (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Note, any payment that does not constitute qualified stated interest) on, or any gain on the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of, a Note as ordinary income to the extent of the market discount which has not previously been included in income and which is treated as having accrued on such Note at the time of such payment or disposition. If such Note is disposed of in a nontaxable transaction (other than as provided in section 1276(c) and (d) of the Code), accrued market discount will be includible as ordinary income to the United States Holder as if such holder had sold the Note at its then fair market value. In addition, the United States Holder may not be allowed to deduct currently all or a portion of the interest expense on any indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or to carry such Note. Any market discount will be considered to accrue on a straight-line basis during the period from the date of acquisition to the maturity date of the Note, unless the United States Holder makes an irrevocable election to compute the accrual on a constant yield basis. A United States Holder of a Note may elect to include market discount in income currently as it accrues (on either a straight line or a constant yield basis) in which case the rule described above regarding deferral of interest deductions will not apply. This election to include market discount in income currently, once made, applies to all market discount obligations of a United States Holder acquired on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which the election applies, and may not be revoked without the consent of the Internal Revenue Service. If a United States Holder acquires a Note for an amount that is greater than its stated redemption price at maturity, the United States Holder will be considered to have purchased such Note with "amortizable bond premium" equal in amount to such excess. Such a Holder will not be required to include any original issue discount in income and such Holder may elect (in accordance with applicable Code provisions) to amortize such premium, using a constant yield method, over the remaining term of the Note (where such Note is not optionally redeemable prior to its maturity date). If such Note may be optionally redeemed prior to maturity after the United States Holder has acquired it, the amount of amortizable bond premium is determined with reference to the amount payable on maturity or, if it results in a smaller premium attributable to the period of an earlier redemption date, with reference to the amount payable on the earlier redemption date. A United States Holder who elects to amortize bond premium must reduce his tax basis in the Note by the amount of premium amortized in any year. An election to amortize bond premium applies to all taxable debt obligations then owned and 25 thereafter acquired by the United States Holder and may be revoked only with the consent of the Internal Revenue Service. Bond premium on a Note held by a United States Holder that does not make such an election will decrease the gain or increase the loss otherwise recognized on disposition of a Note. If a United States Holder makes a Constant Yield Election for a Note with amortizable bond premium or market discount, such election will result in a deemed election to amortize bond premium or accrue market discount for all of the United States Holder's debt instruments with amortizable bond premium or market discount and may be revoked only with the permission of the Internal Revenue Service with respect to debt instruments acquired after revocation. A United States Holder that purchases an Original Issue Discount Note for an amount that is greater than its adjusted issue price but less than or equal to its stated redemption price at maturity will be considered to have purchased such Note at an "acquisition premium" within the meaning of the Code. Under the OID Regulations, the amount of original issue discount which such United States Holder must include in its gross income with respect to such Note for any taxable year will be reduced by the portion of such acquisition premium properly allocable to such year. Foreign Currency Notes The following summary relates to Notes that are denominated in a currency or currency unit other than the U.S. dollar ("Foreign Currency Notes"). Payment of Interest. A United States Holder who uses the cash method of accounting and who receives a payment of interest in a foreign currency with respect to a Foreign Currency Note, other than an Original Issue Discount Note on which original issue discount is accrued on a current basis (except to the extent any qualified stated interest is received) or a Note on which market discount is currently accrued, will be required to include in income the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency payment (determined on the date such payment is received) regardless of whether the payment is in fact converted to U.S. dollars at that time. Such U.S. dollar value will be the United States Holder's tax basis in the foreign currency received. A cash method United States Holder who receives such a payment in U.S. dollars pursuant to an option available under such Note will be required to include the amount of such payment in income upon receipt. To the extent the above paragraph is not applicable, a United States Holder will be required to include in income the U.S. dollar value of the amount of interest income (including original issue discount or market discount, but reduced by acquisition premium and amortizable bond premium to the extent applicable) that has accrued and is otherwise required to be taken into account with respect to a Foreign Currency Note during an accrual period. Unless the United States Holder makes the "Spot Rate Convention Election" discussed in the next paragraph, the U.S. dollar value of such accrued income will be determined by translating such income at the average rate of exchange for the accrual period or, with respect to an accrual period that spans two taxable years, at the average rate for the partial period within each taxable year. The average rate of exchange for the accrual period (or partial period) is the simple average of the exchange rates for each business day of such period (or other method if such method is reasonably derived and consistently applied). Such United States Holder will recognize ordinary gain or loss with respect to accrued interest income on the date such income is received. The amount of ordinary gain or loss recognized will equal the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency payment received determined on the date such payment is received in respect of such accrual period and the U.S. dollar value of interest income that has accrued during such accrual period (as determined above). 26 Spot Rate Convention Election. A United States Holder may elect to translate accrued interest income into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the last day of an accrual period for the original issue discount, market discount or accrued interest, or in the case of an accrual period that spans two taxable years, at the exchange rate in effect on the last day of the taxable year. Additionally, if a payment of such income is actually received within 5 business days of the last day of the accrual period or taxable year, an electing United States Holder may instead translate such income into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the day of actual receipt. Any such election will apply to all debt instruments held by the United States Holder at the beginning of the first taxable year to which the election applies or thereafter acquired by the United States Holder, and may not be revoked without the consent of the Internal Revenue Service. Purchase, Sale, Exchange or Retirement. A United States Holder's tax basis in a Foreign Currency Note will be the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency amount paid for such Foreign Currency Note, determined on the date of such purchase, plus the foreign currency amount of any adjustment on account of original issue discount, market discount, acquisition premium or bond premium. A United States Holder who converts U.S. dollars to a foreign currency and immediately uses that currency to purchase a Foreign Currency Note denominated in the same currency normally will not recognize gain or loss in connection with such conversion and purchase. However, a United States Holder who purchases a Foreign Currency Note with previously owned foreign currency will recognize ordinary income or loss in an amount equal to the difference, if any, between such United States Holder's tax basis in the foreign currency and the U.S. dollar fair market value of the Foreign Currency Note on the date of purchase. For purposes of determining the amount of any gain or loss recognized by a United States Holder on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Foreign Currency Note, the amount realized upon such sale, exchange or retirement will be the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency received, determined on the date of sale, exchange or retirement. A United States Holder will have a tax basis in any foreign currency received on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Foreign Currency Note equal to the U.S. dollar value of such foreign currency, determined at the time of such sale, exchange or retirement. Gain or loss realized upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a Foreign Currency Note that is attributable to fluctuations in currency exchange rates will be ordinary income or loss. Such gain or loss will not be treated as interest income or expense. Such foreign currency gain or loss will equal the difference between (i) the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency principal amount of such Foreign Currency Note and any payment with respect to accrued interest, determined on the date such Note is disposed of, and (ii) the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency principal amount of such Note, determined on the date such United States Holder acquired such Note, and the U.S. dollar value of the accrued interest received, determined by translating such interest at the average exchange rate for the accrual period or with reference to the "Spot Rate Convention Election" as described above. The foreign currency principal amount of a Foreign Currency Note generally equals the issue price in foreign currency of such Note. Such foreign currency gain or loss will be recognized only to the extent of the total gain or loss realized by a United States Holder on the sale, exchange or retirement of the Foreign Currency Note. The source of such foreign currency gain or loss will be determined by reference to the residence of the United States Holder or the "qualified business unit" of the holder on whose books the Note is properly reflected. Any gain or loss recognized by such a holder in excess of such foreign currency gain or loss will be capital gain or loss (except to the extent of any accrued market discount or, in the case of a short-term Original Issue 27 Discount Note, to the extent of any original issue discount not previously included in the United States Holder's income). The Section 988 Regulations provide a special rule for purchases and sales of Foreign Currency Notes traded on an established securities market by a cash basis taxpayer under which units of foreign currency paid or received are translated into U.S. dollars at the spot rate on the settlement date of the purchase or sale. Accordingly, no exchange gain or loss will result from currency fluctuations between the trade date and the settlement of such a purchase or sale. An accrual basis taxpayer may elect the same treatment required of cash basis taxpayers with respect to purchases and sales of Foreign Currency Notes traded on an established securities market provided the election is applied consistently. Such election cannot be changed without the consent of the Internal Revenue Service. Any gain or loss realized by a United States Holder on a sale or other disposition of foreign currency (including its exchange for U.S. dollars or its use to purchase Foreign Currency Notes) will be ordinary income or loss. Original Issue Discount. Original issue discount for any accrual period on an Original Issue Discount Note that is a Foreign Currency Note will be determined in the relevant foreign currency and then translated into U.S. dollars in the same manner as stated interest accrued by an accrual basis United States Holder, as described above under "Payment of Interest." Upon the receipt of an amount attributable to original issue discount (whether in connection with a payment of interest or the sale or retirement of a Note), a United States Holder may recognize ordinary income or loss. Premium and Market Discount. In the case of a Foreign Currency Note, market discount will be determined in the relevant foreign currency. The amount of accrued market discount (other than market discount currently included in income pursuant to an election by the holder) which is required to be recognized on the disposition of the Note will be translated into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate on the disposition date. No part of such accrued market discount will be treated as exchange gain or loss. Accrued market discount which a holder elects to accrue into income currently is translated into U.S. dollars using the average exchange rate in effect during the accrual period. In such case, movement in the exchange rate between the accrual date and disposition date will result in exchange gain or loss at the time of the disposition with respect to the amount of the market discount accrued. In the case of a Foreign Currency Note, bond premium which the holder elected to amortize or acquisition premium will be computed in the relevant foreign currency and will reduce interest income or original issue discount determined in such foreign currency. Exchange gain or loss will be realized with respect to amortizable bond premium or acquisition premium by treating the portion of the premium amortized with respect to any period as a return of principal. The Section 988 Regulations provide that if a holder does not elect to amortize bond premium, any loss realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Foreign Currency Note will be capital loss to the extent of such bond premium. Currency Indexed Notes The proper treatment of payments of principal of and interest on Currency Indexed Notes is uncertain at this time. United States Holders of Currency Indexed Notes should consult their tax advisors as to the federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of such Notes. TAX CONSEQUENCES TO UNITED STATES ALIEN HOLDERS Under United States federal income tax law now in effect, and subject to the discussion of backup withholding in the following section, payments of principal and interest (including original issue discount) and premium by the 28 Company or any paying agent to any United States Alien Holder of a Note will not be subject to United States federal withholding tax, provided, in the case of interest, that (i) such holder does not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company entitled to vote, (ii) such holder is not for United States federal income tax purposes a controlled foreign corporation related to the Company through stock ownership, (iii) such holder is not a bank receiving interest described in section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) the interest is not contingent on certain attributes of the Company (or the attributes of a person who is a "related person" of the Company as defined in Code Sections 267(b) or 707(b)), and (v) either (A) the beneficial owner of the Note certifies, under penalties of perjury, to the Company or paying agent, as the case may be, that he is not a United States Holder and provides his name and address, and U.S. taxpayer identification number, if any, or (B) a securities clearing organization, bank or other financial institution that holds customers' securities in the ordinary course of its trade or business (a "financial institution") and holds the Note on behalf of the beneficial owner certifies, under penalties of perjury, to the Company or paying agent, as the case may be, that such certificate has been received from the beneficial owner by it or by a financial institution between it and the beneficial owner and furnishes the payor with a copy thereof. A certificate described in this paragraph is effective only with respect to payments of interest (including original issue discount) made to the certifying United States Alien Holder after the issuance of the certificate in the calendar year of its issuance and the two immediately succeeding calendar years. If a United States Alien Holder is engaged in a trade or business in the United States and interest (including original issue discount) on the Note is effectively connected with the conduct of such trade or business, the United States Alien Holder, although exempt from the withholding tax discussed in the preceding paragraph, may be subject to United States federal income tax on such interest and original issue discount in the same manner as if it were a United States Holder. See "Tax Consequences to United States Holders" above. Such a holder will be required to provide to the Company a properly executed Internal Revenue Service Form 4224 in order to claim an exemption from withholding tax. In addition, if such a holder is a foreign corporation, it may be subject to a branch profits tax equal to 30% of its effectively connected earnings and profits for the taxable year, subject to adjustments. For this purpose, interest (including original issue discount) on a Note will be included in earnings and profits if such interest and original issue discount is effectively connected with the conduct by the United States Alien Holder of a trade or business in the United States. Generally, any gain or income realized upon the sale, exchange or retirement or other disposition of a Note will not be subject to United States federal income tax unless (i) such gain or income is effectively connected with a trade or business in the United States of the United States Alien Holder, or (ii) in the case of a United States Alien Holder who is an individual, the United States Alien Holder is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of such sale, retirement or other disposition, and either (a) such individual has a "tax home" (as defined in section 911(d)(3) of the Code) in the United States or (b) the gain is attributable to an office or other fixed place of business maintained by such individual in the United States. A Note held by an individual who is a United States Alien Holder at the time of death will not be subject to United States federal estate tax on the Note if (i) the holder does not own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company entitled to vote; (ii) at the time of such individual's death, the interest payments with respect to the Notes are not effectively connected with a United States trade or business of such holder; and (iii) no portion of the value of the Notes held by such estate is attributable to interest that is contingent 29 on certain attributes of the Company (or the attributes of a person who is a "related person" of the Company as defined in Code Sections 267(b) or 707(b)). BACKUP WITHHOLDING AND INFORMATION REPORTING Under current United States federal income tax law, information reporting requirements apply to certain payments of principal, premium and interest (including original issue discount) made to, and to the proceeds of sales before maturity by, non-corporate United States Holders. In addition, a 31% backup withholding tax will apply if the non-corporate United States Holder (i) fails to furnish its Taxpayer Identification Number ("TIN") which, for an individual, would be his Social Security Number, (ii) furnishes an incorrect TIN, (iii) is notified by the Internal Revenue Service that it has failed to properly report payments of interest and dividends, or (iv) under certain circumstances, fails to certify, under penalty of perjury, that it has furnished a correct TIN and has not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that it is subject to backup withholding for failure to report interest and dividend payments. Backup withholding will not apply with respect to payments made to certain exempt recipients, such as tax-exempt organizations. In the case of a United States Alien Holder, under current Treasury Regulations, backup withholding and information reporting will not apply to payments of principal and interest made by the Company or any paying agent thereof on a Note with respect to which the holder has provided the required certification under penalties of perjury of its non-United States status described above or has otherwise established an exemption, provided that the Company or paying agent, as the case may be, does not have actual knowledge that the payee is a United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Code). In addition, as a general rule, if principal, premium or interest payments are collected outside the United States by a foreign office of a custodian, nominee or other agent acting on behalf of a beneficial owner of a Note, such custodian, nominee or other agent will not be required to apply backup withholding to such payments made to such beneficial owner and will not be subject to information reporting. However, if such custodian, nominee or other agent is a United States person, a controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes, or a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income is effectively connected with its conduct of a United States trade or business for a specified three-year period, such custodian, nominee or other agent may be subject to certain information reporting requirements with respect to such payments unless it has in its records documentary evidence that the beneficial owner is not a United States person and certain conditions are met or the beneficial owner otherwise establishes an exemption. Under proposed Treasury Regulations, backup withholding may apply to any payment which such custodian, nominee or other agent is required to report if such custodian, nominee or other agent has actual knowledge that the payee is a United States person. Under current Treasury Regulations, payments on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note to or through a foreign office of a broker will not be subject to backup withholding. However, if such broker is a United States person, a controlled foreign corporation for United States tax purposes, or a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income is effectively connected with its conduct of a United States trade or business for a specified three-year period, information reporting will be required unless the broker has in its records documentary evidence that the beneficial owner is not a United States person and certain other conditions are met or the beneficial owner otherwise establishes an exemption. Under proposed Treasury Regulations, backup withholding may apply to any payment that such broker is required to report if such broker has actual knowledge that the payee is a United States person. Payments to or through the United States office of a broker will be subject to backup withholding and information reporting unless the holder certifies under 30 penalties of perjury to its non-United States person status or otherwise establishes an exemption. Any amounts withheld from a payment to a holder under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or credit against such holder's United States federal income tax, provided that the required information is furnished to the United States Internal Revenue Service. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of information reporting and backup withholding to their particular situations, the availability of an exemption therefrom, and the procedure for obtaining such an exemption, if available. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION The Notes are being offered on a continuous basis by the Company through the Agents, who have agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases of the Notes. The Company will pay an Agent a commission, in the form of a discount ranging from .125% to .750% of the principal amount of the Note sold through it, depending upon maturity of the Note. The Company may also sell the Notes to the Agents at a discount for resale to investors at varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale, to be determined by the Agents. In addition, the Company may arrange for the Notes to be sold through other agents, dealers or underwriters or may sell the Notes directly to investors on its own behalf in those jurisdictions where it is authorized to do so. In the case of sales made directly by the Company, no commission will be payable. The Company will have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Notes and may reject any proposed purchase of Notes in whole or in part. The Agents will have the right, in their reasonable discretion, to reject any offer to purchase Notes received by them in whole or in part. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Agents against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1993 (the "Act"), or to contribute to payments the Agents may be required to make in respect thereof. The Agents may be deemed to be "Underwriters" within the meaning of the Act. Each of the Agents may from time to time purchase and sell Notes in the secondary market, but is not obligated to do so, and there can be no assurance that there will be a secondary market for the Notes or liquidity in the second market if one develops. From time to time, each of the Agents may make a market in the Notes. No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus in connection with the offer made by this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder and thereunder shall under any circumstances create an implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since the date hereof. This Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus do not constitute an offer or solicitation by anyone in any state in which such offer or solicitation is not authorized or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. 31 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Prospectus Supplement Important Currency Exchange Information......................... S- Description of Medium Term Notes, Series B...................... S- Foreign Currency Risks.......................................... S- Taxation........................................................ S- Plan of Distribution............................................ S- Prospectus Available Information........................................... 2 Incorporation of Documents by Reference......................... 2 The Company..................................................... 3 Use of Proceeds................................................. 3 Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.............................. 3 Description of the Notes........................................ 3 Description of the Warrants..................................... 8 Plan of Distribution............................................ 9 For Florida Residents........................................... 10 Legal Opinions.................................................. 10 Experts......................................................... 10 U.S. $3,000,000,000 AT&T Corp. Medium Term Notes, Series B Due More Than Nine Months From Date of Issue [AT&T LOGO] Salomon Brothers Inc Lehman Brothers Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Prospectus Supplement Dated July 5, 1995 32 PROSPECTUS $3,000,000,000 AT&T CORP. NOTES AND WARRANTS ------------------------ AT&T Corp. ("AT&T" or the "Company"), directly, through agents designated from time to time, or through dealers or underwriters also to be designated, may sell from time to time notes, debentures and other debt securities (the "Notes") of the Company, and Warrants (the "Warrants") to purchase notes, for an aggregate offering price of up to $3,000,000,000, or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies or currency units, on terms to be determined at the time of sale. The specific designation, aggregate principal amount, maturities, rates or method of calculating rates and time of payment of interest, purchase price, any terms for redemption or repayment, the currencies or currency units in which the Notes are denominated or payable, whether the Notes are issuable in registered form or bearer form (with or without interest coupons) or both, or in uncertificated form, whether Notes initially will be represented by a single temporary or permanent global Note, the duration, purchase price, exercise price and detachability of any Warrants, and the agent, dealer or underwriter, if any, in connection with the sale of, and any other terms with respect to, the Notes and/or Warrants in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered are set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement ("Prospectus Supplement"). The Company reserves the sole right to accept and, together with its agents from time to time, to reject in whole or in part any proposed purchase of Notes or Warrants to be made directly or through agents. -------------------------- THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. -------------------------- If an agent of the Company or a dealer or an underwriter is involved in the sale of the Notes or Warrants in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered, the agent's commission or dealer's or underwriter's discount is set forth in, or may be calculated from, the Prospectus Supplement and the net proceeds to the Company from such sale will be the purchase price of such Notes or Warrants less such commission in the case of an agent, the purchase price of such Notes or Warrants in the case of a dealer or the public offering price less such discount in the case of an underwriter, and less, in each case, the other attributable issuance expenses. The aggregate proceeds to the Company from all the Notes and Warrants will be the purchase price of Notes and Warrants sold, less the aggregate of agents' commissions and dealers' and underwriters' discounts and other expenses of issuance and distribution. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of Notes and Warrants are also set forth in the Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution" for possible indemnification arrangements for the agents, dealers and underwriters. -------------------------- June 5, 1995 33 NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER MADE BY THIS PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR BY ANY AGENT, DEALER OR UNDERWRITER. THIS PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THOSE TO WHICH THEY RELATE. -------------------------- AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed by AT&T can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549, and at the regional offices of the SEC located at 13th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10048 and Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60661-2511. Such material can also be inspected at the New York, Boston, Chicago, Pacific and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges. Copies of such material can also be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549. -------------------------- INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The following documents have been filed by the Company with the SEC (File No. 1-1105) and are incorporated herein by reference. (1) AT&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994; (2) AT&T's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1995 and; (3) AT&T's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 24, 1995, January 24, 1995, as amended (filed January 26, 1995), February 15, 1995, March 7, 1995, March 9, 1995, March 13, 1995 and April 7, 1995. All documents filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes and Warrants shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by AT&T pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made hereby is in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of AT&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be incorporated by reference herein or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus. COPIES OF THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS AND THE 1994 AT&T ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREOWNERS MAY BE OBTAINED UPON REQUEST WITHOUT CHARGE FROM THE SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, AT&T, ROOM 2420E, 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10013-2412 (TELEPHONE NUMBER 212-387-5400). 34 THE COMPANY AT&T was incorporated in 1885 under the laws of the State of New York and has its principal executive offices at 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10013-2412 (telephone number 212-387-5400). AT&T is a major participant in two industries: the global information movement and management industry and the financial services and leasing industry. In the global information movement and management industry, AT&T is among the world's networking leaders, providing wireline and wireless communications services and products, communications products, network equipment, business information processing systems, and other systems, products and services that combine communication and computers, to business, consumers, telecommunications service providers and government agencies. Worldwide, AT&T's network handles more than 175 million voice, data, video and facsimile messages on an average business day. AT&T's operations in the financial services and leasing industry involve direct financing and finance leasing programs for AT&T and third party products, leasing products to customers under operating leases, as well as the general purpose credit card business. USE OF PROCEEDS AT&T intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes and Warrants for funding investments in AT&T Universal Card Services Corp.; for funding investments in other subsidiary companies; for capital expenditures; for acquisitions of licenses, assets or businesses; towards refunding of debt and general corporate purposes. AT&T Universal Card Services Corp., the AT&T subsidiary that conducts the AT&T Universal Card business, will use the funding from AT&T to finance the purchase of accounts receivable and for general corporate purposes. The amount and timing of the sales of the Notes and Warrants will depend on the timing of the receivables purchases, market conditions and the availability of other funds to AT&T. RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES The following table sets forth the unaudited historical ratios of earnings to fixed charges of AT&T and its subsidiaries. Three Months Ended March 31, Year Ended December 31, ------------ - ------------------------------------------------ (Unaudited) (Unaudited) 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 ---- ---- ---- ---- - ---- ---- 4.7 4.9 4.1 3.6 1.2 3.3 For the purpose of calculating the ratio: (i) earnings have been calculated by adding fixed charges to income before income taxes, and by deducting therefrom interest capitalized during the period and AT&T's share of the undistributed income in less-than-fifty-percent-owned affiliates; and (ii) fixed charges comprise total interest (including capitalized interest) and the portion of rentals representative of the interest factor. DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES The Notes are to be issued under an indenture, dated as of September 7, 1990, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 1992, between the Company and the Trustee (such indenture, as 35 amended, including the provisions deemed a part thereof, or superseding provisions thereof, pursuant to the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-550), being hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"). A copy of the Indenture is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indenture do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by, reference to all the provisions of the Indenture, including the definitions therein of certain terms. References are to the Indenture, and wherever particular provisions are referred to, such provisions are incorporated by reference as part of the statement made, and the statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference. GENERAL The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be issued thereunder and provides that the Notes may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement which accompanies this prospectus for a description of the Notes being offered thereby including: (1) the aggregate principal amount of such Notes; (2) the percentage of their principal amount at which such Notes will be sold; (3) the date(s) on which such Notes will mature, or whether such Notes are payable on demand; (4) the rate(s) per annum at which such Notes will bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest; (5) the times at which such interest, if any, will be payable; (6) the terms for redemption or early repayment, if any; (7) the denominations in which such Notes are authorized to be issued; (8) the coin or currency in which the Notes are denominated, which may be a composite currency such as the European Currency Unit; (9) any provision enabling payments of the principal of or any premium or interest on the Notes in a coin or currency other than the currency in which the Notes are denominated, including a non-U.S. dollar denominated currency; (10) the manner in which the amount of payments of principal of and any premium or interest on the Notes is to be determined if such determination is to be made with reference to one or more indexes; (11) whether such Notes are issuable in registered form ("registered Notes") or bearer form (with or without interest coupons) ("bearer Notes") or both, and whether such Notes shall be uncertificated; (12) whether any series of Notes will be represented by one or more temporary or permanent global securities and, if so, whether any such global securities will be in registered or bearer form, the identity of the depository for such global security or securities and the method of transferring beneficial interests in such global security or securities; (13) if a temporary global security is to be issued with respect to a series or any portion thereof, the terms upon which interests in such temporary global security may be exchanged for interests in a permanent global security or for definitive Notes of the series and the terms upon which interest in a permanent global security, if any, may be exchanged for definitive Notes of the series; (14) information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; (15) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts on any Notes held by a person who is not a United States person in respect of taxes or similar charges withheld and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Notes rather than pay such additional amounts; and (16) any other terms, including any terms which may be required by or advisable under United States laws and regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of the Notes of such series, which will not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture. Notes of any series may be registered Notes or bearer Notes or both as specified in the terms of the series. Additionally, Notes of any series may be represented by a single global note registered in the name of a depository's nominee and, if so represented, beneficial interests in such global note will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by a designated depository and its participants. 36 Notes of any series may also be uncertificated. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, no bearer Notes (including Notes in permanent global bearer form, as described below) will be offered, sold, resold or delivered, directly or indirectly, to persons who are within the United States or its possessions or to any United States person in connection with their original issuance or their exchange for a portion of a temporary or permanent global Note. For purposes of this Prospectus, "United States person" means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, principal and interest, if any, will be payable at the office of one or more paying agents as specified in the Prospectus Supplement; provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as it appears in the register of the Notes. To the extent set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, except in special circumstances set forth in the Indenture, interest, if any, on bearer Notes will be payable only against presentation and surrender of the coupons for the interest installments evidenced thereby as they mature at the office of a paying agent of the Company located outside of the United States and its possessions. The Company will maintain one or more such agents for a period of two years after the principal of such bearer Notes has become due and payable. During any period thereafter for which it is necessary in order to conform to United States tax laws or regulations, the Company will maintain a paying agent outside of the United States and its possessions to which the bearer Notes and coupons related thereto may be presented for payment and will provide the necessary funds therefor to such paying agent upon reasonable notice. Bearer Notes and the coupons related thereto will be transferable by delivery. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, registered Notes will be transferable at the office of one or more transfer or paying agents as specified in the Prospectus Supplement. The Notes will be unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Notes will be issued only in denominations of $25,000, or the equivalent thereof in the case of Notes denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit (rounded downward to an integral multiple of 1,000 units of such foreign currency or currency unit), and any integral multiple of $1,000 over $25,000, or, in the case of Notes denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit, 1,000 units of such currency or currency unit, or in such other denominations, not less than $25,000, as may be specified in the terms of Notes of any particular series. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of such Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Notes may be issued as original issue discount Notes (bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is below market rates) to be sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount. Federal income tax consequences and other special considerations applicable to any such original issue discount Notes will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Registered Notes may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of registered Notes of the same series having the same date of maturity, interest rate, original issue date and other terms in such 37 authorized denominations as may be requested upon surrender of the registered Notes to a transfer agent of the Company as specified in the Prospectus Supplement and upon fulfillment of all other requirements of such agent. To the extent permitted by the terms of a series of Notes authorized to be issued in registered form and bearer form, bearer Notes may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of registered or bearer Notes of the same series having the same date of maturity, interest rate, original issue date and other terms in such authorized denominations as may be requested upon delivery of the bearer Notes with all unpaid coupons relating thereto to a transfer or paying agent of the Company as specified in the Prospectus Supplement and upon fulfillment of all other requirements of such agent. Registered Notes will not be exchangeable for bearer Notes. TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTES If so specified in the Prospectus Supplement, all or any portion of the Notes of a series that are issuable as bearer Notes initially will be represented by one or more temporary global Notes, without interest coupons, to be deposited with a common depository in London for Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels Office, as operator of the Euroclear System ("Euroclear"), and CEDEL S.A. ("CEDEL") for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Notes (or to such other accounts as they may direct). On and after the exchange date determined as provided in any such temporary global Note and described in the Prospectus Supplement, the interest in such temporary global Note will be exchangeable for definitive Notes in bearer form, registered form, or permanent global form, or any combination thereof, as specified in the Prospectus Supplement. The Prospectus Supplement will set forth the procedures by which interest in respect of any portion of a temporary global Note payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date (as defined in such Prospectus Supplement) occurring prior to the issuance of definitive Notes will be paid. PERMANENT GLOBAL NOTES If any Notes of a series are issuable in either bearer or registered permanent global form, the Prospectus Supplement will describe the circumstances, if any, under which beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Note may exchange such interests for Notes of such series and of like tenor and principal amount in any authorized form and denomination. A person having a beneficial interest in a permanent global Note, except with respect to payment of principal of, premium, if any, and any interest on such permanent global Note, will be treated as a holder of such principal amount of outstanding Notes represented by such permanent global Note as shall be specified in a written statement of the holder of such permanent global Note, or in the case of a permanent global Note in bearer form, of Euroclear or CEDEL which is produced to the Trustee by such person. Principal of, premium, if any, and any interest on a permanent global Note will be payable in the manner described in the Prospectus Supplement. COVENANTS Limitation on Secured Indebtedness. AT&T covenants in the Indenture that it will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or guarantee any Secured Indebtedness without securing the Notes equally and ratably with such Secured Indebtedness unless immediately thereafter the aggregate amount of all Secured Indebtedness (not including Secured Indebtedness with which the Notes are equally and ratably secured or Secured Indebtedness which is concurrently being retired) and the discounted present value of all net rentals payable under leases entered into 38 in connection with sale and leaseback transactions (as further described below) would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. (Section 4.03) Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. AT&T covenants in the Indenture that it will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any lease longer than three years (not including leases of newly acquired, improved or constructed property) covering any Principal Property of AT&T or any Restricted Subsidiary that is sold to any other person in connection with such lease, unless either (a) immediately thereafter, the sum of (i) the discounted present value of all net rentals payable under all such leases entered into after April 1, 1986 (except any such leases entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary before the time it became a Restricted Subsidiary) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all Secured Indebtedness (not including Secured Indebtedness with which the Notes are equally and ratably secured) does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, or (b) an amount equal to the greater of (x) the net proceeds to AT&T or a Restricted Subsidiary from such sale and (y) the discounted present value of all net rentals payable thereunder, is applied within 180 days to the retirement of long-term debt of AT&T or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than such debt which is subordinate to the Notes or which is owing to AT&T or a Restricted Subsidiary). (Section 4.04) Certain Definitions. "Secured Indebtedness" means indebtedness of AT&T or any Restricted Subsidiary for borrowed money secured by any lien upon (or in respect of any conditional sale or other title retention agreement covering) any Principal Property or the stock or indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary, but excluding from such definition all indebtedness: (i) outstanding on April 1, 1986 secured by liens (or arising from conditional sale or other title retention agreements) existing on that date; (ii) incurred after April 1, 1986 to finance the acquisition, improvement or construction of such property and either secured by purchase money mortgages or liens placed on such property within 180 days of acquisition, improvement or construction or arising from conditional sale or other title retention agreements; (iii) secured by liens on Principal Property or the stock or indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries and existing at the time of acquisition thereof; (iv) owing to AT&T or any other Restricted Subsidiary; (v) secured by liens existing at the time a corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; (vi) incurred to finance the acquisition or construction of property secured by liens in favor of any country or any political subdivision thereof; and (vii) constituting any replacement, extension or renewal of any such indebtedness (to the extent such indebtedness is not increased). "Principal Property" means land, land improvements, buildings and associated factory, laboratory, office and switching equipment (excluding all products marketed by AT&T or any of its subsidiaries) constituting a manufacturing, development, warehouse, service, office or operating facility owned by or leased to AT&T or a Restricted Subsidiary, located within the United States and having an acquisition cost plus capitalized improvements in excess of .25 per cent of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of such determination, other than any such property financed through the issuance of tax-exempt governmental obligations, or which the Board of Directors determines is not of material importance to AT&T and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or in which the interest of AT&T and all its subsidiaries does not exceed 50%. "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total assets of AT&T and its subsidiaries, less current liabilities and certain intangible assets (other than product development costs). "Restricted Subsidiary" means (i) any subsidiary of AT&T which has substantially all its property in the United States, which owns or is a lessee of any Principal Property and in which the investment of AT&T and all its subsidiaries exceeds .25 per cent of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of such determination, other than certain financing subsidiaries and subsidiaries formed or acquired after April 1, 1986 for the 39 purpose of acquiring the business or assets of another person and that do not acquire all or any substantial part of the business or assets of AT&T or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any other subsidiary designated by the Board of Directors as a Restricted Subsidiary. (Section 1.01) Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance of Assets. Nothing in the Indenture shall prevent any consolidation of AT&T with, or merger of AT&T into, any other corporation or corporations (whether or not affiliated with AT&T), or successive consolidations or mergers to which AT&T or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of AT&T (including stock of subsidiaries) as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with AT&T) authorized to acquire and own or operate the same; provided that AT&T covenants in the Indenture that upon any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all of the Notes of each series, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed or observed by AT&T shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which AT&T shall have been merged, or which shall have acquired such property. (Section 5.01) EVENTS OF DEFAULT, NOTICE AND WAIVER The Indenture provides that, if an Event of Default specified therein in respect of any series of Notes shall have happened and be continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series may declare the principal of all of the Notes of such series to be due and payable. (Section 6.01) Events of Default in respect of the Notes of any series are defined in the Indenture as being: default for 90 days in payment of any interest installment when due; unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement with respect to the Notes of any series, default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on Notes of such series when due; default for 90 days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or by the holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of such series in performance of any agreement in the Notes or Indenture in respect of such series; and certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization. (Section 6.01) The Company is not required to furnish any periodic evidence as to the absence of default or as to compliance with the terms of the Indenture. The Indenture provides that the Trustee will, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default in respect of any series of Notes, give to the holders of such series notice of all uncured and unwaived defaults known to it; provided that, except in the case of default in payment on any of the Notes of such series, the Trustee will be protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the holders of such series. The term "default" for the purpose of this provision means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. (Section 7.05) The Indenture contains provisions entitling the Trustee, subject to the duty of the Trustee during an Event of Default in respect of any series of Notes to act with the required standard of care, to refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it. (Section 7.01) The Indenture provides that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of any series may direct the time, method and 40 place of conducting proceedings for remedies available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, in respect of such series. (Section 6.06) In certain cases, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of a series may on behalf of the holders of all Notes of such series waive any past default or Event of Default, or compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture, except among other things a default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Notes of such series. (Sections 6.01 and 6.06) DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE Under terms satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company may discharge certain obligations to holders of any series of Notes issued under the Indenture which have not already been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and which have either become due and payable or are by their terms due and payable within one year (or scheduled for redemption within one year) by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee as trust funds an amount in cash sufficient to pay at maturity (or upon redemption) the principal of and interest on such Notes. (Section 8.01) In the case of any series of Notes the exact amounts (including the currency of payment) of principal of and interest due on such series can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to below, the Company at its option may also (i) discharge any and all of its obligations to holders of such series of Notes ("defeasance") on the 91st day after the conditions set forth below have been satisfied, but may not thereby avoid its duty to register the transfer or exchange of such series of Notes, to replace any temporary, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes of such series or to maintain an office or agency in respect of such series of Notes, or (ii) be released with respect to such series of Notes from the obligations imposed by the covenants described under "Covenants" above ("covenant defeasance"). Defeasance and covenant defeasance may be effected only if, among other things, (i) the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee as trust funds (a) money in an amount, (b) in the case of Notes payable only in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof will provide money in an amount or (c) a combination of (a) and (b), certified by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants to be sufficient to pay each installment of principal of and interest on all outstanding Notes of such series on the dates such installments of principal and interest are due; and (ii) the Company delivers to the Trustee an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that the holders of such series of Notes will not recognize gain or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred (which opinion may include or be based on a ruling to that effect received from or published by the Internal Revenue Service). (Section 8.02) MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each series affected thereby (with such series voting as a separate class), to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or modifying the rights of the holders of Notes of each such series, except that no such supplemental indenture may, without the consent of each holder affected, among other things, change the maturity of any 41 Notes, or change the principal amount thereof, or any premium thereon, or change the rate or change the time of payment of interest thereon, make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note, or reduce the aforesaid percentage of outstanding Notes. (Sections 9.01 and 9.02) CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE The Company may from time to time maintain lines of credit, and have other customary banking relationships, with The Bank of New York, the Trustee under the Indenture. DESCRIPTION OF THE WARRANTS The Company may issue Warrants for the purchase of Notes. Warrants may be issued independently or together with any Notes offered by any Prospectus Supplement and may be attached to or separate from such Notes. The Warrants will be issued under a Warrant Agreement to be entered into between the Company and a bank or trust company, as Warrant Agent, and may be issued in one or more series, all as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular issue of Warrants. The Warrant Agent will act solely as an agent of the Company in connection with the Warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or beneficial owners of Warrants. The following summaries of certain provisions of the form of Warrant Agreement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the provisions of the form of Warrant Agreement (including the form of certificate evidencing the Warrants ("Warrant Certificate")), copies of which are filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement. GENERAL If Warrants are offered, the Prospectus Supplement will describe the following terms of the Warrants offered hereby (to the extent such terms are applicable to such Warrants): (i) the offering price; (ii) the coin or currency for which Warrants may be purchased, which may be a composite currency such as the European Currency Unit; (iii) the date on which the right to exercise the Warrants shall commence and the date on which such right shall expire or, if the Warrants are not continuously exercisable throughout such period, the specific date or dates on which they will be exercisable; (iv) whether the Warrants will be issuable in registered or bearer form or both and whether the Warrants will be issued in temporary and/or permanent global form, or in uncertificated form; (v) the designation, aggregate principal amount, currency or currency unit and other terms of the Notes purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants and, if such Notes are issuable in bearer form, restrictions applicable to the purchase of Notes in bearer form upon exercise of the Warrants; (vi) the designation and terms of the Notes with which the Warrants are issued and the number of Warrants issued with each such Note; (vii) the date on and after which the Warrants and the related Notes will be separately transferable; (viii) the principal amount of Notes purchasable upon exercise of one Warrant and the price at which and currency or currency units in which such principal amount of Notes may be purchased upon such exercise; (ix) United States Federal income tax consequences; and (x) any other terms of the Warrants, including any terms which may be required or advisable under United States laws or regulations. Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for new Warrant Certificates of different denominations, may (if in registered form) be presented for registration of transfer, and may be exercised at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent or any other office indicated in the Prospectus Supplement. Prior to the exercise of their Warrants, holders of Warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the Notes purchasable upon such 42 exercise, including the right to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Notes purchasable upon such exercise or to enforce covenants in the Indenture. EXERCISE OF WARRANTS Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase such principal amount of Notes at such exercise price as shall in each case be set forth in, or calculable from, the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Warrants. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to 5:00 P.M. New York time on the date set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Warrants. After such time on the date (or such later date to which such date may be extended by the Company), unexercised Warrants will become void. Subject to any restrictions and additional requirements that may be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto, Warrants may be exercised by delivery to the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrants properly completed and duly executed and of payment as provided in the Prospectus Supplement of the amount required to purchase the Notes purchasable upon such exercise. Warrants will be deemed to have been exercised upon receipt of such Warrant Certificate and payment at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent or any other office indicated in the Prospectus Supplement and the Company will, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver the Notes purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the Warrants represented by such Warrant Certificate are exercised, a new Warrant Certificate will be issued for the remaining amount of the Warrants. PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION The Company may sell the Notes and Warrants being offered hereby in four ways: (i) directly to purchasers, (ii) through agents, (iii) through dealers, or (iv) through underwriters. Any or all of the foregoing may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for the Company in the ordinary course of business. Offers to purchase the Notes and Warrants may be solicited directly by the Company or by agents designated by the Company from time to time. Any such agent, who may be deemed to be an underwriter as that term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), involved in the offer or sale of the Notes and/or Warrants in respect of which this Prospectus is delivered will be named, and any commissions payable by the Company to such agent set forth, in the Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. Agents may be entitled under agreements, which may be entered into with the Company, to indemnification by the Company against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. If a dealer is utilized in the sale of the Notes and/or Warrants in respect of which this Prospectus is delivered, the Company will sell such Notes and/or Warrants to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell such Notes and/or Warrants to the public (or to other dealers for resale to the public at prices to be determined by such other dealers) at varying prices to be determined by such dealer at the time of resale. Dealers may be entitled to indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. If the sale is accomplished through an underwriter or underwriters, the Company will enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriters at the time of sale to them and the names of the underwriters and the terms of the transaction will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, which will be used by the underwriters to make resales of the Securities in 43 respect of which this Prospectus is delivered to the public. The underwriters may be entitled, under the relevant underwriting agreement, to indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will authorize agents and underwriters to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase Notes and/or Warrants from the Company at the public offering price set forth in the Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts ("Contracts") providing for payment and delivery on a specified future date. Institutions with which Contracts, when authorized, may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, educational and charitable institutions, and other institutions, but shall in all cases be subject to the approval of the Company. Except as otherwise provided in the Prospectus Supplement, Contracts will not be subject to any conditions except that the purchase by an institution of the Notes covered by its Contract shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States to which such institution is subject. A commission indicated in the Prospectus Supplement will be paid to agents and underwriters soliciting purchases of the Notes and/or Warrants pursuant to Contracts accepted by the Company. The place and time of delivery for the Notes and/or Warrants in respect of which this Prospectus is delivered are set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement. FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS AT&T provides telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba jointly with Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Internacionales de Cuba ("EMTELCUBA"), the Cuban telephone company, pursuant to all applicable U.S. laws and regulations. All payments due EMTELCUBA are handled in accordance with the provisions of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations and the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 and specific licenses issued thereunder. AT&T is the sole owner of the Cuban American Telephone and Telegraph Company ("CATT"), a Cuban corporation. CATT owns cable facilities between the United States and Cuba that were activated on November 25, 1994. This information is accurate as of the date hereof. Current information concerning AT&T's business dealings with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba may be obtained from the Division of Securities and Investor Protection of the Florida Department of Banking and Finance, the Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida 32399- 0350, telephone number (904) 488-9805. LEGAL OPINIONS Marilyn J. Wasser, Vice President Law and Secretary of AT&T, is passing upon the legality of the Common Shares for the Company. As of April 30, 1995, Marilyn J. Wasser owned 3,019 common shares of AT&T and had options to acquire 19,329 shares of AT&T. Davis Polk & Wardwell of New York City is passing upon the legality of the Notes and Warrants for any agent, dealer or underwriter which may be involved in any sale thereof. Such firm from time to time acts as counsel for the Company and its subsidiaries. EXPERTS The consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedules of AT&T and its subsidiaries at December 31, 1994 and 1993 and for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992 included in AT&T's 44 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994 have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the reports of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent auditors, which reports include explanatory paragraphs regarding AT&T's change in 1993 in methods of accounting for postretirement benefits, postemployment benefits and income taxes, given on the authority of that firm as ex erts in accounting and auditing. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----