UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 21, 2006

 

BELLSOUTH CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

GEORGIA

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-8607

58-1533433

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Room 15G03, 1155 Peachtree Street, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia

30309-3610

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(404) 249-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On July 21, 2006, the Company held a special shareholders meeting at which shareholders were asked to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Company and AT&T Inc. dated as of March 4, 2006. Attached and incorporated herein by reference as 99.1 is a press release announcing the results of the special meeting.

 

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

99.1

Press release dated as of July 21, 2006.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

BELLSOUTH CORPORATION

 

 

By: /s/ Raymond E. Winborne, Jr.

 

Raymond E. Winborne, Jr.

 

 

Controller

 

 

July 21, 2006

 

 

 

 

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