AT&T CORP
424B3, 1995-03-02
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PROSPECTUS                                                        Rule 424(b)(3)
                                             Registration Statement No. 33-57745
                                5,000,000 SHARES

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                                   AT&T Corp.
                                 COMMON SHARES
                          (PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE)

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    AT&T Corp., a New York corporation ("AT&T" or the "Company"), has registered
5,000,000  shares of its  common stock, $1.00  par value per  share (the "Common
Shares"), which may from time to time be offered by this Prospectus  principally
in  connection with the formation or the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of
entities or interests in entities which  have received or may receive a  license
from  the  Federal Communications  Commission  (the "FCC")  to  provide cellular
service. Such shares may be  issued in exchange for  the shares of common  stock
(by  merger or otherwise), partnership interests or other assets representing an
interest, direct  or indirect,  in  other companies  or  other entities,  or  in
exchange  for assets  used in or  related to  the business of  such entities. In
general,  the  terms  of  such   acquisitions  will  be  determined  by   direct
negotiations  between  representatives  of the  Company  and the  owners  of the
businesses or properties to be  acquired or, in the  case of entities which  are
more   widely  held,  through  exchange  offers  to  stockholders  or  documents
soliciting the approval of statutory mergers, consolidations or sales of assets.
Underwriting discounts or commissions will generally not be paid by the Company.
This Prospectus does not  cover any resale  of Common Shares,  and no person  is
authorized  to make use of this Prospectus in connection with any such resale or
distribution.

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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES  AND
   EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  OR ANY  STATE  SECURITIES COMMISSION  NOR  HAS THE
     COMMISSION OR  ANY  STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION  PASSED  UPON  THE
       ACCURACY  OR ADEQUACY  OF THIS  PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION
                          TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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    NO  PERSON  HAS BEEN  AUTHORIZED  TO GIVE  ANY  INFORMATION OR  TO  MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN  OR
MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN
AUTHORIZED.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  DOES  NOT  CONSTITUTE AN  OFFER  TO  SELL  OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN  OFFER TO  BUY ANY SECURITIES  OTHER THAN  THE SECURITIES  TO
WHICH IT RELATES OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SUCH
SECURITIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER
ANY  CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE  HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE  DATE HEREOF OR THAT THE INFORMATION  CONTAINED
HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Available Information.....................................................................................          3
Incorporation of Documents by Reference...................................................................          3
The Company...............................................................................................          4
The Offering..............................................................................................          4
Description of Common Shares of AT&T......................................................................          5
For Florida Residents.....................................................................................          5
Legal Opinions............................................................................................          5
Experts...................................................................................................          6
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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION

    AT&T is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934, as  amended ("Exchange  Act") and  in accordance  therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"). Such reports, proxy  statements and other information  filed
by  AT&T  can  be  inspected  and  copied  at  the  public  reference facilities
maintained by the  SEC at Room  1024, Judiciary Plaza,  450 Fifth Street,  N.W.,
Washington,  DC 20549, and at the regional offices of the SEC located at 7 World
Trade Center,  13th Floor,  New York,  New York  10048 and  Northwestern  Atrium
Center,  500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511. Such
material can also  be inspected at  the New York,  Boston, Chicago, Pacific  and
Philadelphia  Stock Exchanges. Copies  of such material can  also be obtained at
the prescribed rates from  the Public Reference Section  of the SEC, Room  1024,
Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549.

                    INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

    The  following documents have been  filed by the Company  with the SEC (File
No. 1-1105) and are incorporated herein by reference.

    (1)AT&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 1993;

    (2)AT&T's Quarterly Reports  on Form 10-Q  for the periods  ended March  31,
       1994, June 30, 1994 and September 30, 1994; and

    (3)AT&T's  Current Reports on  Form 8-K dated January  14, 1994, January 27,
       1994, March 4, 1994, March 23, 1994,  April 5, 1994, August 16, 1993,  as
       amended  (filed  April 19,  1994), April  22, 1994,  August 16,  1993, as
       amended (filed May  20, 1994), May  26, 1994, July  15, 1994, August  16,
       1993,  as amended (filed August 23, 1994), August 25, 1994, September 14,
       1994, September 19, 1994,  October 26, 1994,  December 8, 1994,  December
       13, 1994, October 26, 1994, as amended (filed December 27, 1994), January
       24,  1995,  January 24,  1995, as  amended (filed  January 26,  1995) and
       February 15, 1995.

    All documents filed  pursuant to Section  13(a), 13(c), 14  or 15(d) of  the
Exchange  Act  subsequent  to the  date  of  this Prospectus  and  prior  to the
termination of  the  offering  of  the  Common Shares  shall  be  deemed  to  be
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be part hereof from the date
of  filing of such  documents: PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  that the documents enumerated
above or subsequently filed  by AT&T pursuant to  Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14  and
15(d)  of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made hereby is
in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of AT&T's Annual Report on Form  10-K
covering  such year shall not  be incorporated by reference  herein or be a part
hereof from  and after  the  filing of  such Annual  Report  on Form  10-K.  Any
statement  contained in a document incorporated  or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be  deemed to be modified  or superseded for purposes  of
this  Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document  which also is  or is deemed  to be incorporated  by
reference  herein modifies or  supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

    COPIES OF THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS AND THE 1993 AT&T ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREOWNERS
MAY BE OBTAINED  UPON REQUEST  WITHOUT CHARGE FROM  THE SECRETARY'S  DEPARTMENT,
AT&T,  ROOM 2420E,  32 AVENUE  OF THE  AMERICAS, NEW  YORK, NEW  YORK 10013-2412
(TELEPHONE NUMBER 212-387-5400).
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                                  THE COMPANY

    AT&T  was incorporated on March  3, 1885 under the laws  of the State of New
York and has its principal executive offices  at 32 Avenue of the Americas,  New
York, New York 10013-2412 (telephone number 212-387-5400).

    AT&T  is  a  major participant  in  two industries:  the  global information
movement  and  management  industry  and  the  financial  services  and  leasing
industry.

    In  the global information movement and management industry, AT&T's services
and products include: voice, data and image telecommunications services that can
be used with the telecommunications and information products or systems of  AT&T
and   others;  telecommunications  products  and  systems,  ranging  from  voice
instruments to  complex network  switching  and transmission  systems;  computer
products  and  systems;  products which  combine  communications  and computing;
installation, maintenance  and repair  services for  communication and  computer
products,  optical fiber and cable;  and components for high-technology products
and systems. The above-described services and products are designed to meet  the
needs  of broad  categories of  customers; the  users of  telecommunications and
information services, including residential, business and government  customers;
the   providers  of  telecommunications   and  information  services,  including
telephone companies and other telecommunications agencies around the world;  and
the  manufacturers of  telecommunications, data processing  and other electronic
equipment.

    In the financial services  and leasing industry,  AT&T through AT&T  Capital
Corporation,  a subsidiary 86  percent of which AT&T  owns and its subsidiaries,
provides direct financing and finance  leasing programs for AT&T's own  products
and  the  products  of  other  companies,  leases  products  to  customers under
operating leases, and through AT&T Universal Card Services Corp., a wholly owned
subsidiary of AT&T, is in the general-purpose credit card business.

                                  THE OFFERING

    This Prospectus  relates  to  5,000,000 Common  Shares,  which  the  Company
proposes  to issue  in a  program of  acquisitions of  entities or  interests in
entities which have received or  may receive a license  from the FCC to  provide
cellular  service. The  consideration for any  acquisition may  consist of cash,
notes or other evidences of debt, assumptions of liabilities, equity  securities
or  a  combination thereof,  as  determined from  time  to time  by negotiations
between the Company or one of its  subsidiaries and the owners of businesses  or
properties  to  be  acquired. In  general,  the  terms of  acquisitions  will be
determined by direct negotiations between the representatives of the Company  or
one  of its subsidiaries  and the owners  of the businesses  or properties to be
acquired or,  in  the case  of  entities which  are  more widely  held,  through
exchange  offers to stockholders  or documents soliciting  approval of statutory
mergers,  consolidations  or   sales  of  assets.   Underwriting  discounts   or
commissions will generally not be paid by the Company.

    This Prospectus does not cover any resale of Common Shares, and no person is
authorized  to make use of this Prospectus in connection with any such resale or
distribution.

RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE OF COMMON SHARES

    The Common Shares offered hereby are registered under the Securities Act  of
1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), but this registration does not cover resale
or  distribution by the person who receives  Common Shares issued by the Company
in its acquisitions.  Affiliates of  entities acquired  by the  Company may  not
resell  Common Shares registered under the  Registration Statement to which this
Prospectus relates except pursuant to an effective registration statement  under
the  Securities  Act  covering  such  shares, or  in  compliance  with  Rule 145
promulgated under the Securities  Act or another  applicable exemption from  the
registration  requirements of  the Securities  Act. Generally,  Rule 145 permits
such affiliates to  sell such  shares immediately following  the acquisition  in
compliance  with  certain volume  limitations and  manner of  sale requirements.
Under Rule 145, sales by such affiliates

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during any three-month period cannot exceed the greater of (i) 1% of the  shares
of  common stock of the Company  outstanding (approximately 15.7 million shares,
assuming 1,569 million shares  remain outstanding) and  (ii) the average  weekly
reported  volume  of trading  of such  shares  of common  stock on  all national
securities exchanges during the four calendar weeks preceding the proposed sale.
These restrictions will  cease to apply  under most other  circumstances if  the
affiliate  has held the Common Shares for  at least two years, provided that the
person or entity is not  then an affiliate of  the Company. Individuals who  are
not  affiliates  of the  entity being  acquired  will not  be subject  to resale
restrictions under Rule 145 and  may resell Common Shares immediately  following
the acquisition without an effective registration statement under the Securities
Act.

                      DESCRIPTION OF COMMON SHARES OF AT&T

    All  common  shares  (par  value  $1 per  share)  of  AT&T  are  entitled to
participate equally in dividends.  Each shareowner has one  vote for each  share
registered  in the  shareowner's name. All  common shares would  rank equally on
liquidation, and  common shares  (including the  Common Shares  offered by  this
Prospectus)  are fully-paid and non-assessable by AT&T. Holders of common shares
have no preemptive rights.

    AT&T is  authorized to  issue common  shares under  the Shareowner  Dividend
Reinvestment  and Stock Purchase Plan and various employee benefit plans of AT&T
and its subsidiaries.

CERTAIN PREFERENTIAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF PREFERRED SHARES

    AT&T's authorized capital includes a class of 100,000,000 preferred  shares,
par  value $1  per share,  issuable in  series, cumulative  as to  dividends and
having an  authorized  maximum  liquidation preference  of  $8,000,000,000.  The
preferred  shares rank prior  to the common  shares both as  to dividends and on
liquidation. There are no preferred shares issued and outstanding. AT&T's  Board
of  Directors is  authorized to  establish the  number of  shares, designations,
relative rights, preferences  and limitations, including  voting and  conversion
rights, of any future series of preferred shares.

                             FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS

    AT&T provides telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba
jointly   with   Empresa   de   Telecomunicaciones   Internacionales   de   Cuba
("EMTELCUBA"), the Cuban telephone company, pursuant to all applicable U.S. laws
and regulations. All payments due EMTELCUBA  are handled in accordance with  the
provisions  of the Cuban Assets Control  Regulations and the Cuban Democracy Act
of 1992 and specific licenses issued thereunder.  AT&T is the sole owner of  the
Cuban  American Telephone and  Telegraph Company ("CATT"),  a Cuban corporation.
CATT owns  cable  facilities  between  the United  States  and  Cuba  that  were
activated on November 25, 1994.

    This  information is  accurate as  of the  date hereof.  Current information
concerning AT&T's business  dealings with  the government  of Cuba  or with  any
person  or  affiliate located  in  Cuba may  be  obtained from  the  Division of
Securities and  Investor Protection  of the  Florida Department  of Banking  and
Finance,  the Capitol,  Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0530,  telephone number (904)
488-9805.

                                 LEGAL OPINIONS

    Marilyn J. Wasser,  Vice President--Law  and Secretary of  AT&T, is  passing
upon  the legality of the Common Shares for the Company. As of January 31, 1995,
Marilyn J. Wasser owned 3,019 common shares  of AT&T and had options to  acquire
19,329 common shares of AT&T.

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                                    EXPERTS

    The  restated  consolidated financial  statements and  restated consolidated
financial statement schedules of AT&T and its subsidiaries at December 31,  1993
and  1992 and for the years ended December  31, 1993, 1992 and 1991, included in
AT&T's Current Report  on Form 8-K,  dated October 26,  1994, as amended  (filed
December  27, 1994), have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon
the report  of Coopers  &  Lybrand L.L.P.,  independent auditors,  which  report
includes  an explanatory paragraph regarding AT&T's change in 1993 in methods of
accounting for  postretirement  benefits,  postemployment  benefits  and  income
taxes,  given  on  the authority  of  that  firm as  experts  in  accounting and
auditing.

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