-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FWT+q8hNz13dHGSfiNc91W9gCqW/TtX2wJkiJtYNiuWWnflSgbRyfaakG+RwKLl2 3gwy2zg01Ao3THanyZlGvg== 0000732717-07-000061.txt : 20070626 0000732717-07-000061.hdr.sgml : 20070626 20070625174507 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000732717-07-000061 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 11-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070626 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070625 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AT&T INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000732717 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 431301883 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1117 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 11-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08610 FILM NUMBER: 07939701 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 175 E HOUSTON STREET 2: ROOM 9-Q-06 CITY: SAN ANTONIO STATE: TX ZIP: 78205 BUSINESS PHONE: 2108214105 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 175 E HOUSTON STREET 2: ROOM 9-Q-06 CITY: SAN ANTONIO STATE: TX ZIP: 78205 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950501 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHWESTERN BELL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 11-K 1 paysop06.htm AT&T PAYSOP

                                                                                                

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

 

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

(Mark One)

 

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

 

x

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

OR

 

 

 

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

For the transition period from               to

 

 

 

 

Commission File Number: 1-8610

 

 

 

 

 

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T PAYSOP

 


 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

 


AT&T INC.


175 E. Houston, San Antonio, Texas 78205






 

AT&T PAYSOP

Financial Statements, Supplemental Schedules and Exhibit

 

Table of Contents

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

1

 

 

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2006 and 2005

2

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the

 

Year Ended December 31, 2006

3

Notes to Financial Statements

4

 

 

Supplemental Schedules:

 

 

 

Schedule H, Line 4(i) – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

6

Schedule H, Line 4(j) – Schedule of Reportable Transactions

7

 

 

Exhibit:

 

 

 

23 - Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

AT&T Inc.,

Plan Administrator for AT&T PAYSOP

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of AT&T PAYSOP (formerly SBC PAYSOP) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedules of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2006, and reportable transactions for the year then ended, are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

 

San Antonio, Texas

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

June 20, 2007

1

AT&T PAYSOP

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

2006

2005

Assets

 

 

Investment in common stock of AT&T Inc., at fair value

$      89,855

$        67,160

Cash equivalents

148

30

Interest receivable

1

 -

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

$      90,004

$        67,190

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

2

AT&T PAYSOP

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 31, 2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 

Additions:

 

Net appreciation of AT&T Inc. common stock

$       23,992

Dividend income

3,533

Interest income

70

 

 

Total additions

27,595

 

 

Deductions:

 

Distributions to participants

4,781

 

 

Total deductions

4,781

Net increase

22,814

 

 

Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year

67,190

 

 

Net assets available for benefits, end of year

$       90,004

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

3

AT&T PAYSOP

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2006 and 2005

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

1.

Plan Description – The AT&T PAYSOP (the Plan) was established by SBC Communications Inc. (SBC) during 1983 as a result of the disaggregation of the Bell System Employee Stock Ownership Plan. The Plan was established to provide shares of SBC common stock to eligible employees of participating SBC companies. In connection with the acquisition of AT&T Corp., SBC changed its name to AT&T Inc. (AT&T) in November 2005.

 

The following description of the Plan provides only general information. The Plan text and prospectus include complete descriptions of Plan provisions. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). AT&T has the right under the Plan to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.

 

Contributions for years prior to the 1987 plan year were in amounts equal to the credit claimed by AT&T on its consolidated federal income tax return pursuant to Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (IRC). This credit was one-half of one percent of compensation paid or accrued for all participants during the plan year up to a maximum of $100 per participant.

 

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 repealed the income tax credit on employee stock ownership plan contributions for compensation paid or accrued after December 31, 1986. No contributions were made to the Plan beginning with the 1987 plan year. Employees with a balance in the Plan on December 31, 1986 and whose accounts have not been totally distributed in accordance with the terms of the Plan are eligible for participation in the Plan and continue to maintain a balance in the Plan. Employees who did not have a balance in the Plan at that time are not eligible to participate.

 

2.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – The fair value of AT&T common stock is determined on the basis of the closing price per share on the valuation date as reported at the official close of the New York Stock Exchange. Temporary cash investments are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. Purchases and sales of securities are reflected as of the trade date. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date. Interest earned on investments is recognized on the accrual basis.

 

The Plan provides for investments in investment securities, which in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits and participant account balances.

 

Expenses incurred to administer the Plan are paid by AT&T. A portion of these expenses, up to $100 per year, may be reimbursed by the Plan to AT&T.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

3.

Allocations and Distributions to Participants – The Plan maintains an account for each participant. Distribution of the shares allocated to a participant’s account is generally made to a participant after termination of employment but no later than April of the plan year following the plan year in which the participant attains age 70 1/2, or to a beneficiary as soon as practicable after the participant’s death. If a participant remains an active employee beyond the year the participant turns age 70 1/2, the participant’s account will begin to be distributed no later than April of the following year. For each distribution, the participant or beneficiary receives stock.

 

4

AT&T PAYSOP

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

December 31, 2006 and 2005

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 

All quarterly dividends for a year earned on shares in participants’ accounts are held in an interest-bearing account until paid to participants on an annual basis in November of each year. Effective January 1, 2002, the Plan was amended to allow participants the option to reinvest dividends on AT&T common stock held in their accounts. Reinvested dividends are used to purchase AT&T common stock. Earnings attributable to dividends pending distribution which exceed administrative expenses paid by the Plan are used to purchase additional shares of AT&T common stock. These shares are proportionately allocated to each participant’s account.

 

4.

Tax Status – The IRS issued a determination letter on March 26, 2005, stating that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. The Plan has been amended since the determination letter was received. The Plan Administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and is operating in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.

 

5.

Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500 – The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 as of December 31:

 

 

2006

2005

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

$      90,004

$       67,190

 

 

 

Less: Distributions payable to participants

(376)

(257)

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

$      89,628

$       66,933

 

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2006:

 

Distributions to participants per the financial statements

$           4,781

 

 

Add: distributions payable to participants at December 31, 2006

376

 

 

Less: distributions payable to participants at December 31, 2005

(257)

 

 

Distributions to participants per the Form 5500

$          4,900

 

Distributions payable to participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, but not yet paid as of that date.

 

6.

Subsequent Event – AT&T amended the Plan and as of June 1, 2007, active employees that participate in the Plan can withdraw their balances in a cash or stock distribution. Remaining balances of the Plan will be merged into the AT&T Shares Fund of the AT&T Savings Plan or AT&T Savings and Security Plan on August 1, 2007. Following the transfer of the remaining participant balances and assets of the Plan, participants will be able to withdraw their transferred balances, transfer those investments from the AT&T Shares Fund to other plan investment options (subject to normal fund transfer rules) or take loans against the balances.

5

AT&T PAYSOP

 

Schedule H, Line 4(i) – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

EIN: 43-1301883 Plan No.: 003

 

December 31, 2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 

Name of Issue, Borrower, Lessor or Similar Party

Description of

Investment

 

Cost

Current

Value

 

 

 

 

*     AT&T Inc. Common Stock

2,513,433 shares

$     17,386

$       89,855

 

 

 

 

*     Mellon Trust of New England, National Association Pooled Employee Funds Daily Liquidity Fund

 

 

Temporary cash
investment

148

148

 

 

 

 

 

 

$     17,534

$       90,003

 

*Party-in-Interest.

6

AT&T PAYSOP

 

Schedule H, Line 4(j) – Schedule of Reportable Transactions

EIN: 43-1301883 Plan No.: 003

 

Year Ended December 31, 2006

(Dollars in Thousands)

 

 

Identity of
Party Involved

Description of
Asset

Purchase Price

Selling
Price

Cost of
Asset

Current Value of Asset on Transaction Date

Net Gain
(Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category (3) – Series of Transactions in Excess of 5 Percent of Plan Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Mellon Trust of New England, National Association

Pooled Employee Funds Daily Liquidity Fund

$     5,371

$            –

$     5,371

$     5,371

$       –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Mellon Trust of New England, National Association

Pooled Employee Funds Daily Liquidity Fund

5,253

5,253

5,253

 

 

* All transactions were purchased and sold on the market.

 

There were no Category (1), (2) or (4) reportable transactions during the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

7

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrator for the Plan has duly caused this annual report to be signed by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

AT&T PAYSOP

 

 

 

By AT&T Inc.,

Plan Administrator for the Foregoing Plan

 

 

 

By

/s/ John J. Stephens

 

John J. Stephens

 

Senior Vice President and Controller

 

 

 

Date: June 25 , 2007

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit identified below, Exhibit 23 is filed herein as an exhibit hereto.

 

 

Exhibit
Number

 

        23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

 

EX-23 2 paysop_ex23.htm ERNST & YOUNG CONSENT

EX 23

Form 11-K for 2006

File No. 1-8610

 

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-99359) pertaining to AT&T PAYSOP of our report dated June 20, 2007, with respect to the financial statements and supplemental schedules of AT&T PAYSOP included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

 

San Antonio, Texas

June 20, 2007

 

 

 

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