AT&T CarePlus — A Supplemental Benefit Plan

Participants, who receive electronic communications, will be sent a News Now or eBenefits message on December 14th, 2012. All other participants will be mailed a printed copy via US mail to the work/home address starting the week of December 14th, 2012 for receipt within 7-10 days.

What’s Changing?

This SMM describes benefits under the Program as of January 1st, 2013. While you should review the entire SMM, please note these important changes:

• New procedures and/or services have been added;
• Procedures and/or services covered under the base medical plans have been removed; and
• Procedures and/or services that have had unfavorable clinical trials have been removed.

Questions?

Contact the AT&T Benefits Center at 877-722-0020 if you have questions regarding information in this SMM. To obtain a copy of any of your SPDs free of charge, call the AT&T benefits center at 877-722-0020.

AT&T SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS OPEN

It’s that time again! Apply now: AT&T Scholarship applications open

To: All Employees with college-age dependents

What: Applications are open for our 2013 AT&T Foundation Scholarship Programs, for eligible dependents (up to age 26) of qualifying regular full-time employees who meet the program application criteria.

Again, this year we’ll fund two additional scholarship programs in conjunction with United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), for African American and Hispanic/Latino dependents of eligible employees.

When: Application period is Nov. 1, 2012 – Feb. 15, 2013

Where: * AT&T Foundation Scholarship Program, brochure, tips
* United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Program, brochure
* Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Program, brochure

Action Item: The selection process is highly competitive. Be sure to work with your children on their applications. You’ll want to make sure it truly reflects the entire scope of their accomplishments.

All applications must be submitted online by Feb. 15, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. CT.

Additional Information:
The scholarships are for one academic year. Students receiving awards can reapply to the scholarship programs up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first.

Students can apply for more than one scholarship program. However, they can only be awarded one scholarship.

The AT&T Foundation along with representatives from Scholarship America, UNCF and HSF will host seminars to brief you on the program guidelines. There will also be time for you to ask questions about all the scholarship programs.

Scholarship briefing sessions: Click this link to join all sessions.

* Tuesday, Nov. 6, 10 – 11 a.m. CT
* Thursday, Nov. 8, 2 – 3 p.m. CT
* Tuesday, Nov. 13, 3 – 4 p.m. CT

To connect with your telephone only, please dial the bridge number 1-866-508-4604 and when prompted enter the event ID 8166819.

Mobility 2013 Annual Benefits Enrollment

Each year, you have the opportunity to review your benefit options and make enrollment decisions. Most of the information you need is available on the AT&T Benefits Center website, resources.hewitt.com/att.

This communication walks you through important information and reminders regarding your benefit programs, which will be effective January 1, 2013. Don’t miss your opportunity to review your available options and choose what’s right for you and your family.

Your enrollment period begins at 7:00am on November 5th and ends at 7:00pm Central time on November 16th.

Enrollment Action Items

To help you make the right enrollment decisions for you and your family, be sure to:

Review your recent benefits information and know your enrollment deadline.

Evaluate your available coverage options during your enrollment period because they may have changed.

Review your benefit costs including monthly contributions, annual deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums and copayments/coinsurance for your benefit plans because they also may have changed for 2013.

Check your medical coverage status, which could be network or outside-network-area(ONA) depending on your home ZIP code. This status can change from year to year based on changes in the provider network.

Review your health plan comparison charts on the AT&T Benefits Center website to compare costs and see detailed information about many of your benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental and more. These charts will have updated plan details and cost information, which may have changed from the previous year.

Review your Summary Plan Descriptions(SPDs) and Summaries of Material Modifications(SMMs). These documents provide details on your benefit plans and programs including eligibility requirements.

If you have a change-in-status event (such as a marriage or birth of a child) that requires you to change your coverage between now and the end of the year, you must go to the AT&T Benefits Center website and make two separate elections. First, change your coverage for the rest of 2012. Next, update your elections for 2013. For a full list of change-in-status events, refer to your SPD.

CORE Health & Welfare Benefits Annual Enrollment

Annual Enrollment is coming: learn the DOs and DON’Ts

Please check your AT&T company email to find the links you need to click on to review options available to you and/or your current choices.

To: All Active Bargained Employees and Non-management, Non-union Employees who follow bargained level of benefits

What: Do you know the DOs and DON’Ts of choosing your health and welfare benefits?

When: Annual Enrollment starts Nov. 5 and ends at 7 p.m. CT on Nov. 16.

Action
Item:DO prepare. Start by reviewing your materials and learning about the health and welfare benefits options available to you.

DO use the tools and resources. When it’s time to enroll, use the tools and resources on the AT&T Benefits Center website to help you decide which benefit plans best meet your and your family’s needs.

DON’T delay. Give yourself time to choose the right benefits for you and your family, and make your enrollment elections before the deadline.

CWA Comment on Voluntary Pension Contribution by AT&T

The following is from a memo from CWA to local Presidents:

“Washington, D.C. — The Communications Workers of America is pleased to see that AT&T is taking steps to further strengthen its defined benefit pension fund. Retirement security is a critical issue for working families, and AT&T’s action means a strong future for the fund.

AT&T’s announcement comes at a time when many companies have moved in the opposite direction, eliminating or underfunding their pension plans and putting workers’ retirement security at risk.

The Department of Labor will review AT&T’s request to ensure compliance with regulations designed to safeguard plan participants.”

AT&T’s Pension Funding Announcement

From Randall Stephenson, CEO

“AT&T continues to provide retirement benefits, including pensions, to our employees and retirees at a time when only about one-third of Fortune 500 companies provide ongoing pensions. As reported in our annual report, we ended 2011 with $10.2 billion more in pension liabilities than assets in our pension trust, which was largely due to the economic downturn.

To address this deficit, today we announced plans to voluntarily contribute to our pension trust a preferred equity interest in our growing wireless business, valued at $9.5 billion. While we estimate our required funding for 2013 would be only about $300 million, our Board of Directors, my leadership team and I agree it’s important that we continue to strengthen our pension fund to help ensure earned benefits will be there for our approximately 600,000 U.S. employees and retirees. This proposal requires approval by the U.S. Department of Labor.

This contribution will help us significantly improve the funding of our pension, enhancing its strength at a time when many companies have eliminated pensions. And funding the pension this way addresses our pension commitments while giving us the financial flexibility to continue to invest in our business and return value to our investors — including the hundreds of thousands of you who are also shareholders in our company.

I’m proud that we’ve found an innovative approach that will enhance the strength of the pension fund. It’s the right thing to do for our employees, our company and our investors.

Randall”

2012 Success Sharing Plan

District 6 has informed us that eligible employees can expect the 2012 Success Sharing Plan payout on 11/30/2012. The District is expecting more specific information from the company over the coming weeks, which we will share with our members here as it becomes available.