EX-23.B 4 e56632a1ex23-b.txt CONSENT OF KPMG, LLP Exhibit 23b Independent Auditors' Consent The Board of Directors Liberty Media Corporation: We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following AT&T Corp. registration statements of our report dated March 8, 2002, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Liberty Media Corporation and subsidiaries ("New Liberty" or "Successor") as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive earnings, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the period from March 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999 (Successor periods) and from January 1, 1999 to February 28, 1999 (Predecessor period), which appears as an exhibit to the AT&T Corp. 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A:
Form Registration Statement No. Description ---- -------------------------- ----------- S-3 333-00573 Shareholder Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan S-8 333-47257 AT&T Long Term Savings and Security Plan S-8 33-34264, 33-29256 and AT&T Long Term Savings Plan for Management 33-21937 Employees S-8 33-39708 AT&T Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan S-8 333-47251 Shares Issuable Under the Stock Option Plan of the AT&T 1987 Long Term Incentive Program S-8 33-50819 AT&T of Puerto Rico, Inc. Long Term Savings Plan for Management Employees S-8 33-50817 AT&T of Puerto Rico, Inc. Long Term Savings and Security Plan S-8 33-54797 (Post-Effective AT&T 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Amendment No. 1) S-8 333-47255 AT&T Shares for Growth Program S-8 333-43440 and 33-28665 AT&T 1997 Long Term Incentive Program S-3 33-49589 AT&T $2,600,000,000 Notes and Warrants to Purchase Notes S-3 33-59495 AT&T $3,000,000,000 Notes and Warrants to Purchase Notes S-4 33-57745 AT&T 5,000,000 Common Shares S-8 33-42150 (Post-Effective NCR Corporation 1989 Stock Compensation Plan Amendment Nos. 1 to Form S-4, (33-42150-01)) S-8 33-42150 (Post-Effective NCR Corporation 1984 Stock Compensation Plan Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4, (33-42150-02)) S-8 33-42150 (Post-Effective NCR Corporation 1976 Stock Compensation Plan Amendment No. 3 to Form
S-4, (33-42150-03)) S-8 33-52119 (Post-Effective McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. 1983 Non- Amendment No. 1 to Qualified Stock Option Plan Form S-4, (33-52119-01)) S-8 33-52119 (Post-Effective McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. 1987 Amendment No. 2 to Stock Option Plan Form S-4, (33-52119-02)) S-8 33-52119 (Post-Effective McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Equity Amendment No. 3 to Purchase Plan Form S-4, (33-52119-03)) S-8 33-52119 (Post-Effective McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc. Employee Amendment No. 5 to Stock Purchase Plan Form S-4, (33-52119-05)) S-8 33-45302 (Post-Effective Teradata Corporation 1987 Incentive and Other Amendment No. 1 to Stock Option Plan Form S-4, (33-45302-01)) S-8 33-63195 AT&T Amended and Restated 1969 Stock Option Plan for LIN Broadcasting Corp. S-8 333-49419 (Post-Effective Teleport Communications Group Inc. 1993 Stock Amendment No. 1 to Option Plan Form S-4, (333-49419-01)) S-8 333-49419 (Post-Effective Teleport Communications Group Inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4, (333-49419-02)) S-8 333-49419 (Post-Effective ACC Corp. Employee Long Term Incentive Plan Amendment No. 3 to Form S-4, (333-49419-03)) S-8 333-49419 (Post-Effective ACC Corp. Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan Amendment No. 4 to Form S-4, (333-49419-04)) S-8 333-49419 (Post-Effective ACC Corp. 1996 UK Sharesave Scheme Amendment No. 5 to Form S-4, (333-49419-05)) S-8 333-70279 (Post-Effective Tele-Communications, Inc. 1998 Incentive Plan Amendments Nos. 1 and 3 to Form S-4, (333-70279-01)) Tele-Communications, Inc. 1996 Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated) Tele-Communications, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated) Tele-Communications, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated) Tele-Communications, Inc. 1994 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan
Tele-Communications International, Inc., 1996 Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan Tele-Communications International, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan S-8 333-70279 (Post-Effective Liberty Media 401(K) Savings Plan Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4, (333-70279-02)) TCI 401(K) Stock Plan S-4 333-75083 Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. S-4 333-86019 MediaOne Corp. S-8 33-34264-1 (Post-Effective AT&T Long Term Savings Plan for Management Amendment No. 1) Employees AT&T Long Term Savings Plan - San Francisco AT&T Wireless Services 401(K) Retirement Plan S-8 333-86019-1 (Post-Effective MediaOne Group 1999 Supplemental Stock Plan Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4) Amended MediaOne Group 1994 Stock Plan S-8 333-86019-2 (Post-Effective MediaOne Group 401(K) Savings Plan Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4) S-8 333-53134 AT&T Broadband Deferred Compensation Plan S-8 333-61676 AT&T Deferred Compensation Plan for Non- Employee Directors S-3 333-73120-01 Redemption of TCI Preferred Securities S-3 333-73120-02 (Amendment No. 1) Redemption of TCI Preferred Securities S-3 333-73120-03 (Amendment No. 2) Redemption of TCI Preferred Securities S-3 333-73120-04 (Amendment No. 3) Redemption of TCI Preferred Securities S-3 333-83174 (which supercedes AT&T Universal Shelf Registration Form S-3 for the $13,080,000 Debt Securities and Warrants to Purchase Debt Securities 333-71167) S-3 333-83174-01 (Amendment No. 1) AT&T Universal Shelf Registration S-8 333-61676 (Amendment No. 1) AT&T Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
As discussed in notes 3 and 8 to the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities in 2001. As discussed in note 1 to the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, effective March 9, 1999, AT&T Corp., the former parent company of New Liberty, acquired Tele-Communications, Inc., the former parent company of Liberty Media Corporation, in a business combination accounted for as a purchase. As a result of the acquisition, the consolidated financial information for the periods after the acquisition is presented on a different cost basis than that for the periods before the acquisition and, therefore, is not comparable. KPMG LLP Denver, Colorado May 2, 2002