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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

______________________________________________________
FORM 8-K
______________________________________________________
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) June 21, 2021
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AT&T INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
______________________________________________________
Delaware 001-08610 43-1301883
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
   
208 S. Akard St., Dallas, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
75202
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (210) 821-4105
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act
Title of each class Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Shares (Par Value $1.00 Per Share) T New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1000th interest in a share of 5.000% Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A T PRA New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1000th interest in a share of 4.750% Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C T PRC New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.650% Global Notes due December 17, 2021 T 21B New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 1.450% Global Notes due June 1, 2022 T 22B New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.500% Global Notes due March 15, 2023 T 23 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.750% Global Notes due May 19, 2023 T 23C New York Stock Exchange



Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
AT&T Inc. Floating Rate Global Notes due September 5, 2023 T 23D New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 1.050% Global Notes due September 5, 2023 T 23E New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 1.300% Global Notes due September 5, 2023 T 23A New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 1.950% Global Notes due September 15, 2023 T 23F New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.400% Global Notes due March 15, 2024 T 24A New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 3.500% Global Notes due December 17, 2025 T 25 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 0.250% Global Notes due March 4, 2026 T 26E New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 1.800% Global Notes due September 5, 2026 T 26D New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.900% Global Notes due December 4, 2026 T 26A New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 1.600% Global Notes due May 19, 2028 T 28C New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.350% Global Notes due September 5, 2029 T 29D New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 4.375% Global Notes due September 14, 2029 T 29B New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.600% Global Notes due December 17, 2029 T 29A New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 0.800% Global Notes due March 4, 2030 T 30B New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.050% Global Notes due May 19, 2032 T 32A New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 3.550% Global Notes due December 17, 2032 T 32 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 5.200% Global Notes due November 18, 2033 T 33 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 3.375% Global Notes due March 15, 2034 T 34 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.450% Global Notes due March 15, 2035 T 35 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 3.150% Global Notes due September 4, 2036 T 36A New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 2.600% Global Notes due May 19, 2038 T 38C New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 1.800% Global Notes due September 14, 2039 T 39B New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 7.000% Global Notes due April 30, 2040 T 40 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 4.250% Global Notes due June 1, 2043 T 43 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 4.875% Global Notes due June 1, 2044 T 44 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 4.000% Global Notes due June 1, 2049 T 49A New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 4.250% Global Notes due March 1, 2050 T 50 New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 3.750% Global Notes due September 1, 2050 T 50A New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 5.350% Global Notes due November 1, 2066 TBB New York Stock Exchange
AT&T Inc. 5.625% Global Notes due August 1, 2067 TBC New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company  ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐




Item 8.01 Other Events.

Throughout this document, AT&T Inc. is referred to as "we" or "AT&T." We are filing this Form 8-K as required and in connection with the filing of registration statements on Form S-4 in respect of offers to exchange registered debt securities for certain previously issued privately offered debt securities. We are required in this Form 8-K to recast certain financial information included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, which predominantly relates to the recast of historical segment information as discussed below. Other than for these updates, no other substantive changes have been made to our previously filed 2020 Form 10-K, which should be read in conjunction with this Form 8-K.

This filing reflects updated Communications segment results, which were recast in our Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31 2021, to remove the Video and Government Solutions businesses that were classified as held-for-sale beginning in the first quarter of 2021, instead reporting those results in Corporate and Other, consistent with our historical practice. We also refined the allocation of shared infrastructure and deferred customer acquisition costs between Consumer Wireline (formerly Broadband) and Video. Finally, our Business Wireline business unit has been recast to characterize the presentation of revenues as either "service" or "equipment," consistent with our management of the business.

This Form 8-K is being filed only for the purposes described above, as well as to include the disclosure of certain subsequent events occurring through the date of this filing. No other information in the Form 10-K has been revised because it was not affected by the changes discussed above. In order to preserve the nature and character of the disclosures set forth in the Form 10-K, the items included in Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K have been updated solely for matters relating specifically to the matters described above. No attempt has been made in this Form 8-K, and it should not be read to modify or update other disclosures as presented in the Form 10-K, to reflect events or occurrences after the February 25, 2021 date of the filing of the Form 10-K. Therefore, this Form 8-K should be read in conjunction with the Form 10-K and the Company's filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K, including the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. References in the attached exhibits to the Form 10-K or parts thereof refer to the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed on February 25, 2021, except to the extent portions of such Form 10-K have been revised in this Form 8-K, in which case, they refer to the applicable revised portion in this Form 8-K.

For further information on developments since the filing of our 2020 Form 10-K, refer to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and our Forms 8-K filed subsequent to the 2020 Form 10-K.



Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibits are furnished as part of this report:
(d)
Exhibits
23
101
The consolidated financial statements from the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the SEC on June 21, 2021, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Balance Sheets, and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text and including detailed tags.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)




Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  AT&T INC.
   
   
   
Date: June 21, 2021
By: /s/ Debra L. Dial                                  .
       Debra L. Dial
 Senior Vice President and Controller

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