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AT&T INC. Capital/Financing Update 2011

Apr 26, 2011

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Capital/Financing Update

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Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 Registration No. 333-165543

Final Term Sheet April 26, 2011

U.S.$3,000,000,000

AT&T Inc. U.S.$1,750,000,000 2.950% GLOBAL NOTES DUE 2016 U.S.$1,250,000,000 4.450% GLOBAL NOTES DUE 2021

ISSUER: AT&T Inc.
TITLE OF SECURITIES: 2.950% Global Notes due 2016 (the “Global Notes due
2016”) and 4.450% Global Notes due 2021 (the “Global
Notes due 2021” and, together with the Global Notes
due 2016, the “Notes”)
TRADE DATE: April 26, 2011
SETTLEMENT DATE (T+3): April 29, 2011
MATURITY DATE: May 15, 2016, at par, for the Global Notes due 2016.
May 15, 2021, at par, for the Global Notes due 2021.
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL Global Notes due 2016:
$1,750,000,000
AMOUNT OFFERED: Global Notes due 2021:
$1,250,000,000
PRICE TO PUBLIC (ISSUE PRICE): Global Notes due 2016: 99.818%
Global Notes due 2021: 99.925%
GROSS SPREAD: Global Notes due 2016: 0.350%
Global Notes due 2021: 0.450%
PRICE TO AT&T INC.: Global Notes due 2016: 99.468%
Global Notes due 2021: 99.475%
NET PROCEEDS: Global Notes due 2016:
$1,740,690,000
Global Notes due 2021:
$1,243,437,500
UNDERWRITERS’ REIMBURSEMENT
OF AT&T INC.’S EXPENSES: Underwriters to reimburse $375,000 of AT&T Inc.’s expenses
USE OF PROCEEDS: General corporate purposes
INTEREST RATE: Global Notes due 2016: 2.950% per annum
Global Notes due 2021: 4.450% per annum

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| INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: | Global Notes due 2016: Semiannually
on each May 15 and
November 15, commencing on November 15, 2011 |
| --- | --- |
| | Global Notes due 2021: Semiannually
on each May 15 and
November 15, commencing on November 15, 2011 |
| DENOMINATIONS: | Minimum of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
thereafter |
| OPTIONAL REDEMPTION: | At any time in whole or from time to time in part, at
a make-whole call equal to the greater of (i) 100% of
the principal amount of the Global Notes due 2016 or
the Global Notes due 2021, as applicable, to be
redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest discounted to the redemption date, on a
semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the sum
of the Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points for the
Global Notes due 2016 and at a rate equal to the sum
of the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points for the
Global Notes due 2021. |
| REDEMPTION FOR CHANGES IN TAX LAW: | In whole but not in part , if AT&T becomes obligated,
or if there is a substantial probability that AT&T
will become obligated, to pay additional amounts to
holders of the Notes as a result of certain changes
in the tax laws, at a redemption price equal to 100%
of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed
together with interest accrued thereon to the date
fixed for redemption. |
| INDENTURE AND RANKING: | The Notes will be issued under an indenture, dated as
of November 1, 1994, between AT&T Inc. and The Bank
of New York Mellon, as trustee. The Notes will be
AT&T Inc.’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations
and will rank pari passu with all other indebtedness
issued under the indenture. |
| RATINGS: | Moody’s: A2, S&P: A-,
Fitch: A |
| JOINT BOOKRUNNERS: | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Goldman, Sachs & Co. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
| CUSIP NUMBERS: | Global Notes due 2016: 00206R AW2 |
| | Global Notes due 2021: 00206R AX0 |
| ISIN NUMBERS: | Global Notes due 2016: US00206RAW25 |
| | Global Notes due 2021: US00206RAX08 |

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ALLOCATION:

Underwriters Principal Amount — of 2016 Notes Principal Amount — of 2021 Notes
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated U.S.$ 332,500,000 U.S.$ 237,500,000
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 332,500,000 237,500,000
Goldman, Sachs & Co. 332,500,000 237,500,000
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC 332,500,000 237,500,000
The Williams Capital Group, L.P. 157,500,000 112,500,000
Banca IMI S.p.A. 96,250,000 68,750,000
Mizuho Securities USA Inc. 96,250,000 68,750,000
Aladdin Capital LLC 35,000,000 25,000,000
Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. 35,000,000 25,000,000
Total U.S.$ 1,750,000,000 U.S.$ 1,250,000,000
Total U.S.$ 3,000,000,000

REFERENCE DOCUMENT: Prospectus Supplement, dated April 26, 2011; Prospectus, dated March 18, 2010.

THE ISSUER HAS FILED A REGISTRATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING A PROSPECTUS) WITH THE SEC FOR THE OFFERING TO WHICH THIS COMMUNICATION RELATES. BEFORE YOU INVEST, YOU SHOULD READ THE PROSPECTUS IN THAT REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THE ISSUER HAS FILED WITH THE SEC FOR MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND THIS OFFERING. YOU MAY GET THESE DOCUMENTS FOR FREE BY VISITING EDGAR ON THE SEC WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. ALTERNATIVELY, THE ISSUER, ANY UNDERWRITER OR ANY DEALER PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFERING WILL ARRANGE TO SEND YOU THE PROSPECTUS IF YOU REQUEST IT BY CALLING MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED AT 1-800-294-1322, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. AT 1-877-858-5407, GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. AT 1-866-471-2526 OR WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC AT 1-800-326-5897.

ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM. A SECURITIES RATING IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY, SELL OR HOLD SECURITIES AND MAY BE REVISED OR WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME.

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