McAtee David R II 4/A
4/A · AT&T INC. · Filed Feb 19, 2026
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AT&T (T) Sr. EVP/General Counsel David McAtee Receives Performance Shares
What Happened David R. McAtee II, Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of AT&T, received a distribution of performance shares on 2026-01-29. As part of that distribution, 130,294.395 performance-share equivalents were distributed in cash to McAtee (Disposition to issuer) for $3,274,298, and 128,084.605 shares were disposed/withheld to satisfy tax liabilities (code F) at $25.13 per share for $3,218,766. An additional 67,121 shares were transferred from indirect (benefit plan) to direct ownership as part of the distribution. Total cash value involved in the reported dispositions is about $6.49 million.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-01-29 (reported on amended Form 4 filed 2026-02-19)
- Prices reported: $25.13 per share for the cash and withholding dispositions
- Reported dispositions:
- 128,084.605 shares withheld for taxes (F) — $3,218,766
- 130,294.395 shares distributed in cash to the insider (D) — $3,274,298
- 67,121 shares transferred from indirect benefit-plan ownership to direct ownership (D) — no dollar amount reported
- Footnotes: filings were amended to reflect recalculated shares and tax withholding (F1–F3); performance shares equal in value to common shares (F4); 67,121-share transfer reflects distribution from a benefit plan to direct ownership (F5)
- Shares owned after transaction: not provided in the supplied excerpt
- Filing status: Amended filing; initial Form 4 appears to have been revised (filed ~21 days after the transaction)
Context This was a routine award distribution and tax-withholding event tied to performance shares — not an open-market sale or a conventional purchase. Dispositions to the issuer here represent cashing out part of the performance-share payout and withholding shares for taxes, a common administrative treatment that does not necessarily indicate a change in the insider’s view of the company.
Insider Transaction Report
- Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F1]2026-01-29$25.13/sh−128,084.605$3,218,766→ 197,415.395 total(indirect: By Benefit Plan) - Disposition to Issuer
Common Stock
[F2]2026-01-29$25.13/sh−130,294.395$3,274,298→ 67,121 total(indirect: By Benefit Plan) - Disposition to Issuer
Common Stock
[F3][F4]2026-01-29−67,121→ 0 total(indirect: By Benefit Plan)
- 351,608
Common Stock
[F5]
Footnotes (5)
- [F1]Revised to reflect shares withheld as a result of re-calculation of shares needed to satisfy federal taxes on distribution of performance shares.
- [F2]Revised to reflect shares distributed as a result of re-calculation of taxes. Represents performance shares distributed in cash, after taxes.
- [F3]Revised to reflect shares distributed as a result of re-calculation of taxes. Represents performance shares distributed in issuer's shares, after taxes.
- [F4]Each performance share is equivalent in value to a share of common stock.
- [F5]Revised to reflect transfer of 67,121 shares owned indirectly by benefit plan to direct ownership due to distribution of performance shares.