Cost Basis Guide

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Information for Stockholders Joining AT&T Inc. as a Result of the Acquisition of Time Warner

On October 22, 2016, AT&T Inc. announced its historic agreement to acquire Time Warner. After the closing of the acquisition, Time Warner became a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. The acquisition was completed on June 14, 2018.

Information related to the exchange of shares:

If you still hold shares of Time Warner and need more information about how to exchange your shares for AT&T shares, see the links below or contact Computershare, our stock transfer agent, as outlined at the bottom of this page.

For Certificated stockholders, please click here (PDF).

This information is for illustrative purposes and not intended as tax advice. You should consult your tax advisor as to the specific tax consequences to you of the transaction under U.S. Federal, state, local and foreign tax laws. For more information on tax consequences of the transaction, refer to the form S-4/A filed by AT&T Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2017.

For further information regarding the Time Warner merger with AT&T as well as other Time Warner Corporate Actions, click here: Time Warner Inc. Corporate Actions

If you acquired Time Warner Inc. stock after June 6, 2014 (spin-off of Time Inc.) and on or before June 14, 2018 (AT&T acquisition of Time Warner Inc.), please enter the following below.

  • If you owned AT&T common stock (T) as of the close of business on April 5, 2022, the record date for distribution of shares of SpinCo, first calculate your AT&T Cost Basis using the worksheet below and then use that output for the AT&T Inc. / WBD allocation.

Important Disclaimer:

We don’t take responsibility if there are mistakes in the model or if it doesn’t accurately represent tax law or if tax law has changed since these transactions took place.

The model uses the average of the day’s high and low to determine some values for tax purposes.

Other methodologies may provide better tax outcomes.

Check with your tax advisor to ensure these calculations are correct and that you are following the latest IRS rules.


Enter Number of Time Warner Shares :

Enter Original Cost Per Share : $
Calculate

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If you acquired Time Warner Inc. shares after December 9, 2009 (effective date of spin-off of AOL Inc.) and on or before June 6, 2014 (spin-off of Time Inc.)

Enter Number of Time Warner Shares :

Enter Original Cost Per Share : $
Calculate

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(The Time Warner share basis allocation percentage at Time Inc. divestiture was 0.9595.)

If you originally acquired your Time Warner Inc. shares prior to December 9, 2009 (spin-off of AOL Inc.), see links below for documents to aid you in calculating your cost basis.

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