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AT&T Announces Preliminary Results of 2017 Annual Meeting
[April 28, 2017]

AT&T Announces Preliminary Results of 2017 Annual Meeting


At its annual meeting of shareholders today, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced that each of the 13 nominees to the company's board of directors were reelected for one-year terms. Each member received at least 89 percent of the shares voted. The board members are:



Additionally, AT&T stockholders voted to approve the following items proposed by the board of directors:

  • The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent auditor (97% of votes cast in favor).
  • In an advisory vote, the compensation of AT&T's (News - Alert) executive officers as described in the 2017 proxy statement (91% of votes cast in favor).
  • In an advisory vote, the frequency in which stockholders vote on executive compensation (86% of votes cast in favor of an annual vote).

All four shareholder proposals were defeated by a large margin: political contributions report (70% of the votes cast were against the proposal), lobbying report (65% of votes cast against), proxy access amendments (70% of votes cast against) and votes required for written consent (57% of votes cast against).


When final voting results are available, they will be filed with the SEC and posted on the AT&T Investor Relations website.

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About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions around the globe connect with leading entertainment, business, mobile and high speed internet services. We offer the nation's best data network* and the best global coverage of any U.S. wireless provider.** We're one of the world's largest providers of pay TV. We have TV customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin American countries. Nearly 3.5 million companies, from small to large businesses around the globe, turn to AT&T for our highly secure smart solutions.

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*Claim based on the Nielsen Certified Data Network Score. Score includes data reported by wireless consumers in the Nielsen Mobile (News - Alert) Insights survey, network measurements from Nielsen Mobile Performance and Nielsen Drive Test Benchmarks for Q3+Q4 2016 across 121 markets.

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