CLAIM #55400 · AT&T Inc. (T) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 28, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
“and expect to contribute an additional $350 million this year.”
Pascal Desroches · CFO
How to check this claim
Look at: Cash contributions to employee pension plan, incremental amount during fiscal 2026
It came true if: Additional pension contribution in 2026 approximately $350 million (within +/-10%)
Where: Company cash flow statement / management commentary on pension funding (10-K or earnings call)
In context
“t the higher end of the $1.97 to $2.07 range, with the upside primarily driven by a lower-than-expected effective tax rate and solid growth in adjusted EBITDA. Full-year free cash flow was $16.6 billion, which grew by over $1 billion and came in towards the higher end of our 2025 guidance in the low to mid $16 billion range. This includes cash taxes of $1.1 billion, excluding DIRECTV, which were below the low end of the expected range by approximately $400 million. However, this cash tax benefit was offset by a decision to accelerate our planned pension funding by a similar amount. So in the quarter, the combination of lower cash taxes and higher pension contributions were effectively neutral to free cash flow. We made a $1.15 billion cash contribution to our employee pension plan in 2025 and expect to contribute an additional $350 million this year. As a result, we remain on track to contribute $1.5 billion of cash tax savings from provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to our employee pension plan by 2026. Looking ahead, we expect annual cash taxes of approximately $1 billion to $1.5 billion through 2028. Our cash tax outlook primarily reflects further assessments of expected savings due to this legislation. Our goal is to put these savings to work over the next three years to fund working capital and growth initiatives. As John discussed, we are planning to adopt new segment reporting beginning with our first quarter 2026 results. Our largest segment going forward will be called advanced connectivity, which primarily represents results for our domestic 5G and fiber services. In 2025, advanced connectivity drove about 90% of o”
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SEC filings for T ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q4 earnings call.