SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 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): November 15, 2005
COMCAST
CORPORATION
(Exact
Name of Registrant
as Specified in Charter)
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Pennsylvania
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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000-50093
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27-0000798
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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1500
Market Street
Philadelphia, PA
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19102
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrants
telephone number, including area code: (215) 665-1700
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Not Applicable
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement
The
Company hereby files the following forms of grant document which will be used
to evidence a restricted stock grant made to a non-employee director under the
Companys Amended and Restated 2002 Restricted Stock Plan (the Plan). These forms of grant document are attached as
Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by
reference. These forms of grant document
contain all of the material terms and conditions of any restricted stock unit
grant under the Plan, other than the name of the grantee, the date of grant,
the number of units subject to the grant and the vesting schedule. Restricted
stock units evidenced by the form of grant document under the Plan are in all
cases subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
Grant Document under the Plan:
Restricted Stock Unit Award for awards granted in 2005
Restricted Stock Unit Award for awards granted after
2005
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c)
Exhibits
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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10.1
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Form of grant document
under the Comcast Corporation Amended and Restated 2002 Restricted Stock Plan
for awards granted in 2005.
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10.2
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Form of grant document
under the Comcast Corporation Amended and Restated 2002 Restricted Stock Plan
for awards granted after 2005.
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SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly
authorized.
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COMCAST CORPORATION
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Date:
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November 15, 2005
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By:
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/s/ Arthur R. Block
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Name:
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Arthur R. Block
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
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Exhibit
10.1
COMCAST
CORPORATION
RESTRICTED
STOCK AWARD
This is a Restricted Stock
Award dated November 20, 2005 from Comcast Corporation (the Company) to
(the Grantee).
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used herein are defined below or, if not defined
below, have the meanings given to them in the Plan.
a. Account means an unfunded bookkeeping account
established pursuant to Paragraph 4.d and maintained by the Committee in the
name of Grantee (a) to which Deferred Stock Units are deemed credited and (b)
to which an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of Deferred Stock Units with
respect to which a Diversification Election has been made and interest thereon
are deemed credited, reduced by distributions in accordance with the Plan.
b. Award means the award of Restricted Stock hereby
granted.
c. Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
d. Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
e. Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board
or its delegate.
f. Date of Grant means the date first set forth above, on
which the Company awarded the Restricted Stock.
g. Deferred Stock Units means the number of hypothetical
Shares subject to an Election.
h. Disabled Grantee means
(1) Grantee, if Grantees service on the Board is
terminated by reason of Disability; or
(2) Grantees duly-appointed legal guardian
following Grantees termination of service on the Board by reason of
Disability, acting on Grantees behalf.
i. Normal Retirement means Grantees termination of
service that is treated by the Board as a retirement under its policies and
practices as in effect from time to time.
j. Plan means the Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted
Stock Plan, incorporated herein by reference.
k. Retired Grantee means Grantee, following Grantees
termination of service pursuant to a Normal Retirement.
l. Rule 16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934
Act, as in effect from time to time.
m. Shares means shares of the Companys Class A Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share.
n. Vesting Date means the date(s) on which Grantee vests
in all or a portion of the Shares, as provided in Paragraph 3.
o. 1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
2. Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to Grantee [ ]
Shares.
3. Vesting of
Restricted Stock. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, Grantee shall be fully
and immediately vested in the Shares on the Date of Grant and, except as
otherwise provided in Paragraph 4, shall be entitled to the delivery of Shares.
4. Deferral Elections.
Grantee may elect to defer the receipt of Shares otherwise issuable
under this Award, consistent, however, with the following:
a. Deferral Elections.
(1) Initial Election. Grantee shall have the right to make an
Initial Election to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the Shares hereby
granted by filing an Initial Election to defer the receipt of such Shares on
the form provided by the Committee for this purpose.
(2) Deadline for Deferral Election. An Initial Election to defer the receipt of
Shares hereby granted shall not be effective unless it is filed with the Committee
on or before the close of business on the 30th day following
approval of the amendments to the Plan to permit participation by the Companys
Non-Employee Directors in the Plan.
(3) Deferral Period. Subject to Paragraph 4.b, all Shares
issuable hereunder shall be delivered to Grantee without any legend or
restrictions (except those that may be imposed by the Committee, in its sole
judgment, under Paragraph 6), on the date designated by Grantee, which shall
not be earlier than January 2 of the third calendar year beginning after the
Date of Grant, nor later than January 2 of the eleventh calendar year beginning
after the Date of Grant.
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b. Subsequent Elections/Acceleration
Elections. No Subsequent Election
shall be effective until 12 months after the date on which a Subsequent
Election is filed with the Committee.
(1) If Grantee makes an Initial Election, or
pursuant to this Paragraph 5.b(1) makes a Subsequent Election, to defer the
distribution date for Shares issuable with respect to some or all of the Shares
hereby granted, Grantee may elect to defer the distribution date for a minimum
of five years and a maximum of ten additional years from the previously-elected
distribution date by filing a Subsequent Election with the Committee on or
before the close of business at least one year before the date on which the
distribution would otherwise be made.
(2) If Grantee dies before Shares subject to an
Initial Election under Paragraph 5.a are to be delivered, the estate or
beneficiary to whom the right to delivery of such Shares shall have passed may
make a Subsequent Election to defer receipt of all or any portion of such
Shares for five additional years from the date delivery of Shares would
otherwise by made, provided that such Subsequent Election must be filed with
the Committee at least one year before the date on which the distribution would
otherwise be made, as reflected on Grantees last Election.
(3) In lieu of a Subsequent Election described in
Paragraph 5.b(2), the estate or beneficiary to whom the right to delivery of
Shares shall have passed may, as soon as practicable following the Grantees
death, make an Acceleration Election to accelerate the delivery date of such
Shares from the date delivery of such Shares would otherwise be made to a date
that is as soon as practicable following the Grantees death.
(4) If Grantee becomes a Disabled Grantee before
the Shares subject to an Initial Election under Paragraph 4.a are to be
delivered, Grantee may, as soon as practicable following the date on which
Grantee becomes a Disabled Grantee, elect to accelerate the distribution date
of such Shares from the date payment would otherwise be made to a date that is
as soon as practicable following the date the Disabled Grantee became disabled.
(5) If Grantee becomes a Retired Grantee before
Shares subject to an Initial Election under Paragraph 4.a are to be delivered,
Grantee may make a Subsequent Election to defer all or any portion of such
Shares for five additional years from the date delivery of Shares would
otherwise be made. Such a Subsequent
Election must be filed with the at least one year before the date on which the
distribution would otherwise be made.
c. Diversification Election.
As provided in the Plan and as described in the prospectus for the Plan,
a Grantee with an Account may be eligible to make a Diversification Election on
an election form supplied by the Committee for this purpose.
d. Book Accounts. An
Account shall be established for each Grantee who makes an Initial
Election. Deferred Stock Units shall be
credited to the Account as of the Date an Initial Election becomes
effective. Each Deferred Stock Unit will
represent a hypothetical Share credited to the Account in lieu of delivery of
the Shares to which an Initial Election, Subsequent Election or Acceleration
Election applies. If an eligible Grantee
makes a
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Diversification Election, then to the extent an
Account is deemed invested in the Income Fund, the Committee shall credit
earnings with respect to such Account at the Applicable Interest Rate.
e. Status of Deferred Amounts. Grantees right to delivery of Shares subject
to an Initial Election, Subsequent Election or Acceleration Election, or to
amounts deemed invested in the Income Fund pursuant to a Diversification
Election, shall at all times represent the general obligation of the
Company. Grantee shall be a general
creditor of the Company with respect to this obligation, and shall not have a
secured or preferred position with respect to such obligation. Nothing contained in the Plan or an Award
shall be deemed to create an escrow, trust, custodial account or fiduciary
relationship of any kind. Nothing
contained in the Plan or an Award shall be construed to eliminate any priority
or preferred position of Grantee in a bankruptcy matter with respect to claims
for wages.
f. Non-Assignability, Etc.
The right of Grantee to receive Shares subject to an Election under this
Paragraph 4, or to amounts deemed invested in the Income Fund pursuant to a
Diversification Election, shall not be subject in any manner to attachment or
other legal process for the debts of Grantee; and no right to receive Shares or
cash hereunder shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment or encumbrance.
5. Notices. Any
notice to the Company under this Agreement shall be made in care of the
Committee at the Companys main office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All notices under this Agreement shall be
deemed to have been given when hand-delivered or mailed, first class postage
prepaid, and shall be irrevocable once given.
6. Securities Laws.
The Committee may from time to time impose any conditions on the Shares
as it deems necessary or advisable to ensure that the Plan satisfies the
conditions of Rule 16b-3, and that Shares are issued and resold in compliance
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
7. Delivery of Shares.
Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 4, within ten (10) business
days of the Date of Grant, the Company shall, without payment from Grantee,
deliver to Grantee a certificate for the Shares without any legend or
restrictions, except for such restrictions as may be imposed by the Committee,
in its sole judgment, under Paragraph 6, provided that no certificates for
Shares will be delivered to Grantee until appropriate arrangements have been
made for the withholding of any taxes which may be due with respect to such
Shares. The Company may condition
delivery of certificates for Shares upon the prior receipt from Grantee of any
undertakings which it may determine are required to assure that the
certificates are being issued in compliance with federal and state securities
laws. The right to payment of any fractional
Shares shall be satisfied in cash, measured by the product of the fractional
amount times the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Vesting Date, as
determined by the Committee.
8. Award Not to Affect Service. The Award granted hereunder shall not confer
upon Grantee any right to continue in service to the Company as a director or
to the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company in any other
capacity.
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9. Miscellaneous.
a. The Award granted hereunder is subject to
the approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company to the extent that
such approval (i) is required pursuant to the By-Laws of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and the schedules thereto, in
connection with issuers whose securities are included in the NASDAQ National
Market System, or (ii) is required to satisfy the conditions of Rule 16b-3.
b. The address for Grantee to which notice, demands and other
communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions
hereof shall be Grantees address as reflected in the Companys personnel
records.
c. The validity, performance, construction and effect of this Award
shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without
giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.
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COMCAST CORPORATION
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BY:
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Lawrence
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Lawrence
S. Smith
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ATTEST:
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Arthur
R. Block
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Arthur
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Exhibit
10.2
COMCAST
CORPORATION
RESTRICTED
STOCK AWARD
This is a Restricted Stock
Award dated November 20, 200__ from Comcast Corporation (the Company) to
(the Grantee).
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein are defined
below or, if not defined below, have the meanings given to them in the Plan.
a. Account
means an unfunded bookkeeping account established pursuant to Paragraph 4.d and
maintained by the Committee in the name of Grantee (a) to which Deferred Stock
Units are deemed credited and (b) to which an amount equal to the Fair Market
Value of Deferred Stock Units with respect to which a Diversification Election
has been made and interest thereon are deemed credited, reduced by
distributions in accordance with the Plan.
b. Award
means the award of Restricted Stock hereby granted.
c. Board
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
d. Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
e. Committee
means the Compensation Committee of the Board or its delegate.
f. Date
of Grant means the date first set forth above, on which the Company
awarded the Restricted Stock.
g. Deferred
Stock Units means the number of hypothetical Shares subject to an
Election.
h. Disabled
Grantee means
(1) Grantee,
if Grantees service on the Board is terminated by reason of Disability; or
(2) Grantees
duly-appointed legal guardian following Grantees termination of service on the
Board by reason of Disability, acting on Grantees behalf.
i. Normal
Retirement means Grantees termination of service that is treated by the
Board as a retirement under its policies and practices as in effect from time
to time.
j. Plan
means the Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan, incorporated herein
by reference.
k. Retired
Grantee means Grantee, following Grantees termination of service pursuant
to a Normal Retirement.
l. Rule
16b-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act, as in effect from
time to time.
m. Shares
means shares of the Companys Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.
n. Vesting
Date means the date(s) on which Grantee vests in all or a portion of the
Shares, as provided in Paragraph 3.
o. 1934
Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2. Grant
of Restricted Stock. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby
grants to Grantee [___________] Shares.
3. Vesting of
Restricted Stock. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, Grantee shall be fully
and immediately vested in the Shares on the Date of Grant and, except as
otherwise provided in Paragraph 4, shall be entitled to the delivery of Shares.
4. Deferral
Elections.
Grantee may elect to defer the receipt of Shares otherwise issuable
under this Award, consistent, however, with the following:
a. Deferral
Elections.
(1) Initial
Election. Grantee shall have the
right to make an Initial Election to defer the receipt of all or a portion of
the Shares hereby granted by filing an Initial Election to defer the receipt of
such Shares on the form provided by the Committee for this purpose.
(2) Deadline
for Deferral Election. An Initial
Election to defer the receipt of Shares hereby granted shall not be effective
unless it is filed with the Committee on or before December 31, 200__
(3) Deferral
Period. Subject to
Paragraph 4.b, all Shares issuable hereunder shall be delivered to Grantee
without any legend or restrictions (except those that may be imposed by the
Committee, in its sole judgment, under Paragraph 6), on the date designated by
Grantee, which shall not be earlier than January 2 of the third calendar year
beginning after the Date of Grant, nor later than January 2 of the eleventh
calendar year beginning after the Date of Grant.
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b. Subsequent Elections/Acceleration Elections. No Subsequent Election shall be effective
until 12 months after the date on which a Subsequent Election is filed with the
Committee.
(1) If Grantee makes an Initial Election,
or pursuant to this Paragraph 5.b(1) makes a Subsequent Election, to defer the
distribution date for Shares issuable with respect to some or all of the Shares
hereby granted, Grantee may elect to defer the distribution date for a minimum
of five years and a maximum of ten additional years from the previously-elected
distribution date by filing a Subsequent Election with the Committee on or
before the close of business at least one year before the date on which the
distribution would otherwise be made.
(2) If
Grantee dies before Shares subject to an Initial Election under Paragraph 5.a
are to be delivered, the estate or beneficiary to whom the right to delivery of
such Shares shall have passed may make a Subsequent Election to defer receipt
of all or any portion of such Shares for five additional years from the date
delivery of Shares would otherwise by made, provided that such Subsequent
Election must be filed with the Committee at least one year before the date on
which the distribution would otherwise be made, as reflected on Grantees last
Election.
(3) In
lieu of a Subsequent Election described in Paragraph 5.b(2), the estate or
beneficiary to whom the right to delivery of Shares shall have passed may, as
soon as practicable following the Grantees death, make an Acceleration
Election to accelerate the delivery date of such Shares from the date delivery
of such Shares would otherwise be made to a date that is as soon as practicable
following the Grantees death.
(4) If
Grantee becomes a Disabled Grantee before the Shares subject to an Initial
Election under Paragraph 4.a are to be delivered, Grantee may, as soon as
practicable following the date on which Grantee becomes a Disabled Grantee,
elect to accelerate the distribution date of such Shares from the date payment
would otherwise be made to a date that is as soon as practicable following the
date the Disabled Grantee became disabled.
(5) If
Grantee becomes a Retired Grantee before Shares subject to an Initial Election
under Paragraph 4.a are to be delivered, Grantee may make a Subsequent Election
to defer all or any portion of such Shares for five additional years from the
date delivery of Shares would otherwise be made. Such a Subsequent Election must be filed with
the at least one year before the date on which the distribution would otherwise
be made.
c. Diversification
Election. As provided in the Plan
and as described in the prospectus for the Plan, a Grantee with an Account may
be eligible to make a Diversification Election on an election form supplied by
the Committee for this purpose.
d. Book
Accounts. An Account shall be
established for each Grantee who makes an Initial Election. Deferred Stock Units shall be credited to the
Account as of the Date an Initial Election becomes effective. Each Deferred Stock Unit will represent a
hypothetical Share credited to the Account in lieu of delivery of the Shares to
which an Initial Election, Subsequent Election or Acceleration Election
applies. If an eligible Grantee makes a
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Diversification
Election, then to the extent an Account is deemed invested in the Income Fund,
the Committee shall credit earnings with respect to such Account at the
Applicable Interest Rate.
e. Status
of Deferred Amounts. Grantees right
to delivery of Shares subject to an Initial Election, Subsequent Election or
Acceleration Election, or to amounts deemed invested in the Income Fund
pursuant to a Diversification Election, shall at all times represent the
general obligation of the Company.
Grantee shall be a general creditor of the Company with respect to this
obligation, and shall not have a secured or preferred position with respect to
such obligation. Nothing contained in
the Plan or an Award shall be deemed to create an escrow, trust, custodial
account or fiduciary relationship of any kind.
Nothing contained in the Plan or an Award shall be construed to
eliminate any priority or preferred position of Grantee in a bankruptcy matter
with respect to claims for wages.
f. Non-Assignability,
Etc. The right of Grantee to receive
Shares subject to an Election under this Paragraph 4, or to amounts deemed
invested in the Income Fund pursuant to a Diversification Election, shall not
be subject in any manner to attachment or other legal process for the debts of
Grantee; and no right to receive Shares or cash hereunder shall be subject to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment or encumbrance.
5. Notices. Any notice to the Company under this
Agreement shall be made in care of the Committee at the Companys main office
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All
notices under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when
hand-delivered or mailed, first class postage prepaid, and shall be irrevocable
once given.
6. Securities
Laws. The Committee may from time to
time impose any conditions on the Shares as it deems necessary or advisable to
ensure that the Plan satisfies the conditions of Rule 16b-3, and that Shares
are issued and resold in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
7. Delivery
of Shares. Except as otherwise
provided in Paragraph 4, within ten (10) business days of the Date of Grant,
the Company shall, without payment from Grantee, deliver to Grantee a
certificate for the Shares without any legend or restrictions, except for such
restrictions as may be imposed by the Committee, in its sole judgment, under
Paragraph 6, provided that no certificates for Shares will be delivered to
Grantee until appropriate arrangements have been made for the withholding of
any taxes which may be due with respect to such Shares. The Company may condition delivery of
certificates for Shares upon the prior receipt from Grantee of any undertakings
which it may determine are required to assure that the certificates are being
issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. The right to payment of any fractional Shares
shall be satisfied in cash, measured by the product of the fractional amount
times the Fair Market Value of a Share on the Vesting Date, as determined by
the Committee.
8. Award
Not to Affect Service. The Award
granted hereunder shall not confer upon Grantee any right to continue in
service to the Company as a director or to the Company or any subsidiary or
affiliate of the Company in any other capacity.
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9. Miscellaneous.
a. The Award granted hereunder is subject to the approval
of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company to the extent that such approval
(i) is required pursuant to the By-Laws of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., and the schedules thereto, in connection with issuers
whose securities are included in the NASDAQ National Market System, or (ii) is
required to satisfy the conditions of Rule 16b-3.
b. The
address for Grantee to which notice, demands and other communications to be
given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions hereof shall be Grantees
address as reflected in the Companys personnel records.
c. The
validity, performance, construction and effect of this Award shall be governed
by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to
principles of conflicts of law.
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COMCAST CORPORATION
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BY:
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Lawrence
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Lawrence
S. Smith
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ATTEST:
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Arthur
R. Block
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Arthur
R. Block
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