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AT&T Announces Preliminary Results of 2008 Annual Meeting
SAN ANTONIO --(Business Wire)-- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced that, at the 24th annual meeting of stockholders, 14 current board members were re-elected to the company's board of directors for one-year terms. The board members are:
-- Randall L. Stephenson
-- William F. Aldinger III
-- Gilbert F. Amelio
-- Reuben V. Anderson
-- James H. Blanchard
-- August A. Busch III
-- James P. Kelly
-- Jon C. Madonna
-- Lynn M. Martin
-- John B. McCoy
-- Mary S. Metz
-- Joyce M. Roche
-- Laura D'Andrea Tyson
-- Patricia P. Upton
Each board member won at least 96.6 percent of the shares voted. Two board members -- Charles F. Knight and Toni Rembe -- retired today.
Based on preliminary results, AT&T stockholders voted to approve the following item proposed by the board of directors:
-- The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent auditor, with 98.0 percent of shares cast in favor and 2.0 percent cast against.
AT&T stockholders also voted on the following proposals from stockholders at the meeting:
-- A proposal recommending additional reporting of political contributions made by AT&T, which was defeated by a vote of 68.1 percent against to 31.9 percent in favor.
-- A proposal asking AT&T to exclude return on pension plan assets in determining performance-based compensation, which was defeated by a vote of 54.2 percent against to 45.8 percent in favor.
-- A proposal to amend the AT&T bylaws to require an independent lead director, which was defeated by a vote of 60.6 percent against to 39.4 percent in favor.
-- A proposal to modify benefits under AT&T's supplemental executive retirement plan, or SERP, which was defeated by a vote of 64.2 percent against to 35,8 percent in favor.
-- A proposal calling for an advisory vote by stockholders to approve compensation for named executive officers, which was defeated by a vote of 56.3 percent against to 43.7 percent in favor.
When they are available, final results of voting will be posted on AT&T's Web site at www.att.com/investor.relations.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.
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