CORRECTING and REPLACING AT&T To Call Three Debt Issues.Business Editors CORRECTION...by AT&T BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2003 In BW5056 issued Sept. 22, 2003: in the third bulleted bul·let·ed adj. Printing Highlighted or set off with bullets: a bulleted list. item, first sentence, read it xxx CUSIP CUSIP See: Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures CUSIP See Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures. 001957BE8, issued November 8, 2002...(sted xxx issued November 8, 2003). The corrected release reads: AT&T TO CALL THREE DEBT ISSUES AT&T today said it is notifying bondholders that it will call three debt issues totaling approximately $1.1 billion for early redemption on October 22, 2003. The company said it expects to use cash on hand to fund the redemptions. Today's announcement follows an early redemption of $506 million of long-term debt Long-Term Debt Loans and financial obligations lasting over one year. Notes: For example debts obligations such as bonds and notes which have maturities greater than one year would be considered long-term debt. the company announced last month, and is part of the company's continued effort to build financial flexibility and strengthen its balance sheet. The debentures are: -- CUSIP 001957AL3, issued December 5, 1991, with an interest rate of 8.625 percent and a final maturity date of December 1, 2031. These debentures have an aggregate outstanding principle amount of $236.2 million. AT&T will redeem the debentures at 105.28 percent of face value, plus interest accrued to the redemption date Redemption date The date on which a bond matures or is redeemed. redemption date The date on which a debt security is scheduled to be redeemed by the issuer. The redemption date is the scheduled maturity date or, if applicable, a call date. . -- CUSIP 001957AU3, issued March 23, 1999, with an interest rate of 5.625 percent and a final maturity date of March 15, 2004. These notes have an aggregate outstanding principle amount of $409.6 million. AT&T will redeem these at a redemption price Redemption price See: Call price redemption price 1. The price at which an open-end investment company will buy back its shares from the owners. In most cases, the redemption price is the net asset value per share. 2. equal to the greater of 100 percent of the principal amount of the notes, or the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments discounted on a semiannual Semiannual An event that occurs twice in a calendar year. Notes: A bond with semiannual coupons would issue payment once every six months. See also: Annual, Bond, Coupon Bond basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points plus, in either case, any accrued interest Accrued Interest The interest that has accumulated on a bond since the last interest payment up to but not including the settlement date. There are two methods for calculating accrued interest: 1) 360-day year method, used for corporate and municipal bonds. . -- CUSIP 001957BE8, issued November 8, 2002, with an interest rate of 6.375 percent and a final maturity date of March 15, 2004. These notes have an aggregate outstanding principle amount of $438.6 million. AT&T will redeem these at a redemption price equal to the greater of 100 percent of the principal amount of the notes, or the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments discounted on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points plus, in either case, any accrued interest. Payment of principal and interest will be made upon presentation of the debentures to the trustee and paying agent Paying Agent An agent who accepts payments from the issuer of a security and then distributes the payments to the holders of the security. Also known as a "disbursing agent. for these issues, The Bank of New York The Bank of New York, abbrieviated to BNY, was a global financial services company that existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007.[1] The bank now continues under the new name of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. . On and after the redemption date, interest on these securities shall cease to accrue. These securities were issued in book-entry form only. The Depository Trust Company Depository Trust Company (DTC) DTC is the world's largest central securities depository. It accepts deposits of over 2 million equity and debt securities issues (valued at $23 trillion) from over 65 countries for custody, executes book-entry deliveries (valued at over $116 trillion , Cedelbank and the Euroclear System act as the depositaries for these securities. The foregoing contains "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. " which are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events made by and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside AT&T's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is presented solely to provide additional information to further understand the results of AT&T. |
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