AT & T Executive Summary

20,000,000 shares authorized. Issued and Outstanding 15,801,332 net of treasury shares. $29,055,488 $29,055,488 Total Stockholders' Equity $22,115,255 $21,696,000 $419,255 1.9% Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity $34,592,182 $33,856,256 $735,926 2.2% Riordan Manufacturing, Inc Horizontal Analysis-I/S September 30 Increase or (Decrease) during 2005

Debit Retained Earnings $96,000; credit Common Stock Dividend Distributable $80,000; credit Paid-In Capital in Excess of Par Value, Common Stock $16,000.

AT&T has optimized these organizational resources for effectiveness and efficiency. AT&T is on the right track for success. By having the mentality that happy employees make the company more profitable and by making sure that they are always offering the newest technology advanced products and services. AT&T also has very unique ways of acquiring new customers. AT&T offers a great deal incentives to get new customers to try out the products and services. The company’s marketing department comes out with new rebates and discounts for all new customers. By doing this, the company keeps expanding.

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BALANCE SHEET |Dec 1990 |Jan |Feb |Mar |Apr |May |June |July |Aug |Sept |Oct |Nov |Dec | |Cash |175 |556 |724 |175 |175 |175 |175 |175 |175 |175 |175 |175 |175 | |Accts receivable |2,628 |958 |234 |271 |270 |250 |250 |270 |1,603 |3,113 |3,580 |3,982 |3.063 | |Inventory |530 |948 |1,355 |1,749 |2,157 |2,564 |2,971 |3,365 |2,904 |2.314 |1,549 |697 |530 | |Net P/E |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 |1,070 | |Total Assets |4,403 |3,533 |3,383 |3,265 |3,672 |4,059 |4,466

will generate after-tax (year-end) cash flows of $8 million for five years. The firm has a debt-to-equity

TELUS will have big expenditures on capital assets replacement in the next few years. It doesn’t have significant amounts of debt due in recent three years, which will assure its liquidity. However, significant amounts of long-term debt mature in next few years, combing with the capital assets replacement expenditure could probably make readers worry about the company’s future financial situation and consequently feel hesitate to invest in the company. Therefore, they may want to know the earnings per share, which can be calculated from information provided in the shareholders’ equity section. This ratio shows how much rewards investors can get by investing at TELUS. Note 18 (g) p110 provides information about shareholders’ equity. It indicates that TELUS spent a lot of money on repurchasing its outstanding shares to maintain high share price. The financial activities also prove that TELUS has the ability to get loans and pay off its debt.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by operating activities of $13,831, cash flows provided by investing activities, and cash flows provided by financing activities effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents of ($204)

Current market prices: Both McCaw and AT&T’s common shares are publicly traded. The market value of the equity can be summed with the book value of debt to give a rough estimate of the firm’s current value. The calculation that follows suggests a value for McCaw’s assets of about $10.5 billion. McCaw’s shares may be trading at a minority discount, because the CEO holds a controlling block of shares. To purchase a partial

AT&T is a leader in telecommunication services, including cell phones, wireless, U-verse, digital TV, high speed internet, DSL, and home phone. AT&T currently employs over 280,000 people worldwide. AT&T is now ranked #7 on Fortune 500 list, where its main competitor, Verizon, is listed as #13. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, AT&T Inc is the largest U.S. local and long distance phone service provider and second largest wireless service provider, with over 87.0 million wireless customers. AT&T was created in 2005 after SBC Communications acquired AT&T Corp.

In this report we will identify business risk that AT&T experienced due to their divestiture in 1982. We will conduct our analysis based on financial concepts, and finally recommend necessary actions that should have been conducted when the company formulated its financial policy in 1983.

Balance Sheet: Assets, such as Cash and Cash equivalents are up over last year by $20.72 million dollars, whereas Short Term Investments where 0 at the end of 2013 they were slightly up to $1.12 by January 3, 2015. Other Assets shows a drop of $8.26 million dollars, mostly in Property, Plant and Equipment. Based on the 10-K report the balance sheet was in the thousands other web based financial reporting sites show the numbers to be in the millions. Upon further review of the Balance Sheet from the financial website “Watch” the break down in Property, Plant and Equipment shows the biggest difference in the Accumulated Depreciation. (Market Watch) The Vertical Ratio for 2014 Total Current Assets is 3% of the Total Assets and in 2013 was also 3%. The Horizontal Ratio for Total Asset were 37% reflecting a change from 2014 at $212.05 and 2013 $195.61 signaling a significant increase in 2014. The 2015 financial were not completed at the time of this report but the

1994 Liabilities and Equity Short-term borrowings Accounts payable Progress collections and price adjustments accrued Dividends payable Taxes accrued Other costs and expenses accrued Current liabilities Long-term borrowings Other liabilities Total liabilities Minority interest in equity of consolidated affiliates Preferred stock Common stock Amounts received for stock in excess of par value Retained earnings Deduct common stock held in treasury Total shareowners’ equity Total liabilities and equity $644.9 696.0 1,000.5 72.8 337.2 1,128.1 $3,879.5 1,195.2 518.9 5,593.6 $ 71.2 $ — $465.2 414.5 3,000.5 $3,880.2 (175.9 ) $3,704.3 $9,369.1 $665.2 673.5 718.4 72.7 310.0 1,052.6 $3,492.4 917.2 492.1 4,901.7 50.1 — $463.8 409.5 2,683.6 $3,556.9 (184.5 ) $3,372.4 $8,324.2 $ $120.6 376.2 300.5 58.7 318.3 392.6 $1,566.9 364.1 221.0 2,152.0 41.4 — $455.8 266.9 1,384.5 $2,107.2 — $2,107.0 $4,300.6 1993 1985

Computed: PPE = $6876M / $21,695M = 31.7% Intangible assets = $4041M / $21,695M = 22% Computed: $3,374M / $4,841 = 70% Computed: Accounts payable = $4461M / $13,021M = 34.2% Long-term debt = $2651M / $13,021M = 20.4% Computed: Long-term investments = $8214M / $22,417M = 36.6% Current assets = $7171M / $22,417M = 32%

| Below is an excerpt from the cash flow statement of a firm for fiscal year 2003: Cash flows from operating activities: Net income Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization Amortization of software Tax benefits of employee stock plans Special charges (Gains)/losses on investments Change in operating assets and liabilities: Receivables Inventories Pension assets Other assets Accounts payable Pension liabilities Other liabilities Net cash provided by operating activities Cash flows from investing activities: Payments for plant and other property Proceeds from disposition of plant and other property Investment in software Purchases of marketable securities and other investments Proceeds from disposition of marketable securities and other investments Net cash used in investing activities