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Comcast Corporation - Form 10-Q
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x

Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010

OR

 

¨

Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Transition Period from                      to                     

Commission File Number 001-32871

 

 

LOGO

COMCAST CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

PENNSYLVANIA   27-0000798

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, PA   19103-2838
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 286-1700

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x No ¨

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer x        Accelerated filer ¨        Non-accelerated filer ¨        Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

Yes ¨ No x

As of March 31, 2010, there were 2,066,301,346 shares of our Class A common stock, 745,871,969 shares of our Class A Special common stock and 9,444,375 shares of our Class B common stock outstanding.

 

 

 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

           Page
Number
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION   

Item 1.

  Financial Statements    2
  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 (Unaudited)    2
  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)    3
  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)    4
  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)    5
  Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)    6
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)    7

Item 2.

  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    23

Item 3.

  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    29

Item 4.

  Controls and Procedures    29
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION   

Item 1.

  Legal Proceedings    29

Item 1A.

  Risk Factors    30

Item 2.

  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds    30

Item 6.

  Exhibits    30
SIGNATURES      31

 

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is for the three months ended March 31, 2010. This Quarterly Report modifies and supersedes documents filed prior to this Quarterly Report. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) allows us to “incorporate by reference” information that we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you directly to those documents. Information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Quarterly Report. In addition, information that we file with the SEC in the future will automatically update and supersede information contained in this Quarterly Report. Throughout this Quarterly Report, we refer to Comcast Corporation as “Comcast;” Comcast and its consolidated subsidiaries as “we,” “us” and “our;” and Comcast Holdings Corporation as “Comcast Holdings.”

You should carefully review the information contained in this Quarterly Report and particularly consider any risk factors that we set forth in this Quarterly Report and in other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC. In this Quarterly Report, we state our beliefs of future events and of our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify these so-called “forward-looking statements” by words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of those words, and other comparable words. You should be aware that those statements are only our predictions. In evaluating those statements, you should specifically consider various factors, including the risks outlined below and in other reports we file with the SEC. Actual events or our actual results may differ materially from any of our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Our businesses may be affected by, among other things, the following:

 

   

our cable services face a wide range of competition that could adversely affect our future results of operations

 

 

   

technological advances have increased and will likely continue to increase competition for our cable services, which could adversely affect our future results of operations

 

 

   

programming expenses are increasing, which could adversely affect our future results of operations

 

 

   

we are subject to regulation by federal, state and local governments, which may impose additional costs and restrictions

 

 

   

weak economic conditions may have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition

 

 

   

we rely on network and information systems and other technology, and a disruption or failure of such networks, systems or technology may disrupt our business

 

 

   

we may be unable to obtain necessary hardware, software and operational support

 

 

   

our business depends on certain intellectual property rights and on not infringing the intellectual property rights of others

 

 

   

we face risks arising from the outcome of various litigation matters

 

 

   

acquisitions and other strategic transactions present many risks, and we may not realize the financial and strategic goals that were contemplated at the time of any transaction

 

 

   

the loss of key management personnel could have a negative impact on our business

 

 

   

our Class B common stock has substantial voting rights and separate approval rights over several potentially material transactions, and our Chairman and CEO has considerable influence over our operations through his beneficial ownership of our Class B common stock

 

 

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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

(Unaudited)

 

(in millions, except share data)   March 31,
2010
    December 31,
2009
 

Assets

   

Current Assets:

   

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 3,483     $ 671  

Investments

    41       50  

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $161 and $175

    1,581       1,711  

Other current assets

    863       791  

Total current assets

    5,968       3,223  

Investments

    6,267       5,947  

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $29,010 and $27,810

    23,441       23,855  

Franchise rights

    59,452       59,452  

Goodwill

    15,029       14,933  

Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $8,964 and $8,711

    3,976       4,105  

Other noncurrent assets, net

    1,287       1,218  

Total assets

  $ 115,420     $ 112,733  

Liabilities and Equity

   

Current Liabilities:

   

Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors

  $ 3,006     $ 3,094  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    3,272       2,999  

Current portion of long-term debt

    2,337       1,156  

Total current liabilities

    8,615       7,249  

Long-term debt, less current portion

    28,582       27,940  

Deferred income taxes

    27,756       27,800  

Other noncurrent liabilities

    7,140       6,767  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)

   

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

    148       166  

Equity:

   

Preferred stock—authorized, 20,000,000 shares; issued, zero

             

Class A common stock, $0.01 par value—authorized, 7,500,000,000 shares; issued, 2,431,762,096 and 2,428,533,911; outstanding, 2,066,301,346 and 2,063,073,161

    24       24  

Class A Special common stock, $0.01 par value—authorized, 7,500,000,000 shares; issued, 816,806,733 and 835,991,034; outstanding, 745,871,969 and 765,056,270

    8       8  

Class B common stock, $0.01 par value—authorized, 75,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding, 9,444,375

             

Additional paid-in capital

    40,097       40,247  

Retained earnings

    10,517       10,005  

Treasury stock, 365,460,750 Class A common shares and 70,934,764 Class A Special common shares

    (7,517     (7,517

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

    (47     (46

Total Comcast Corporation shareholders’ equity

    43,082       42,721  

Noncontrolling interests

    97       90  

Total equity

    43,179       42,811  

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 115,420     $ 112,733  

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
 
(in millions, except per share data)       2010             2009      

Revenue

  $ 9,202     $ 8,866  

Costs and Expenses:

   

Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)

    3,732       3,592  

Selling, general and administrative

    1,905       1,830  

Depreciation

    1,379       1,380  

Amortization

    251       253  
      7,267       7,055  

Operating income

    1,935       1,811  

Other Income (Expense):

   

Interest expense

    (524     (570

Investment income (loss), net

    101       13  

Equity in net income (losses) of affiliates, net

    (32     (14

Other income (expense)

    (10     (1
      (465     (572

Income before income taxes

    1,470       1,239  

Income tax expense

    (591     (461

Net income from consolidated operations

    879       778  

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    (13     (6

Net income attributable to Comcast Corporation

  $ 866     $ 772  

Basic earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders

  $ 0.31     $ 0.27  

Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders

  $ 0.31     $ 0.27  

Dividends declared per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders

  $ 0.0945     $ 0.0675  

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
 
(in millions)       2010             2009      

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ 2,903     $ 2,512  

Investing Activities

   

Capital expenditures

    (925     (1,160

Cash paid for intangible assets

    (117     (133

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

    (172     (7

Proceeds from sales of investments

    1       7  

Purchases of investments

    (24     (47

Other

    (19     24  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    (1,256     (1,316

Financing Activities

   

Proceeds from borrowings

    2,408       20  

Repurchases and repayments of debt

    (612     (352

Repurchases of common stock

    (300       

Dividends paid

    (268     (180

Other

    (63       

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    1,165       (512

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    2,812       684  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    671       1,195  

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ 3,483     $ 1,879  

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

(Unaudited)

 

(in millions)

  Redeemable
Non-
controlling
Interests
        Common Stock        

Retained
Earnings

   

Treasury
Stock at
Cost

    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Non-
controlling
Interests
    Total
Equity
 
         A   A
Special
  B   Additional
Paid-In
Capital
           

Balance, January 1, 2009

  $ 171        $ 24   $ 9   $  —   $ 40,620      $ 7,427      $ (7,517   $ (113   $ 126      $ 40,576   

Stock compensation plans

              3               3  

Employee stock purchase plan

              15               15  

Dividends declared

                (195           (195

Other comprehensive income (loss)

                    20         20  

Sale (purchase) of subsidiary shares to (from) noncontrolling interests, net

              30             (35     (5

Contributions from (distributions to) noncontrolling interests

    3                       (4     (4

Net income (loss)

    (1                                   772                       7       779  

Balance, March 31, 2009

  $ 173          $ 24   $ 9   $  —   $ 40,668      $ 8,004      $ (7,517   $ (93   $ 94      $ 41,189   
 

Balance, January 1, 2010

  $ 166        $ 24   $ 8   $  —   $ 40,247      $ 10,005      $ (7,517   $ (46   $ 90      $ 42,811   

Stock compensation plans

              40       (2           38  

Repurchase of common stock

              (215     (85           (300

Employee stock purchase plan

              14               14  

Dividends declared

                (267           (267

Other comprehensive income (loss)

                    (1       (1

Sale (purchase) of subsidiary shares to (from) noncontrolling interests, net

    (20             11               11  

Contributions from (distributions to) noncontrolling interests

                      (4     (4

Net income (loss)

    2                                     866                       11       877  

Balance, March 31, 2010

  $ 148          $ 24   $ 8   $  —   $ 40,097      $ 10,517      $ (7,517   $ (47   $ 97      $ 43,179   

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31

 
(in millions)       2010             2009      

Net income from consolidated operations

  $ 879      $ 778   

Holding gains (losses) during the period, net of deferred taxes of $- and $1

    1       (1

Reclassification adjustments for losses (gains) included in net income attributable to Comcast Corporation, net of deferred taxes of $(1) and $(12)

    2       22  

Cumulative translation adjustments

    (4     (1

Comprehensive income

    878       798  

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    (13     (6

Comprehensive income attributable to Comcast Corporation

  $ 865      $ 792   

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1: Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Basis of Presentation

We have prepared these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements based on Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules that permit reduced disclosure for interim periods. These financial statements include all adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of our results of operations and financial condition for the periods shown, including normal, recurring accruals and other items. We also evaluated events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the issuance date of these financial statements to determine if financial statement recognition or additional disclosure is required. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.

The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). For a more complete discussion of our accounting policies and certain other information, refer to our annual financial statements for the preceding fiscal year as filed with the SEC.

Reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s condensed consolidated financial statements between revenue and operating expenses to conform to classifications used in 2010.

Note 2: Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) updated the accounting guidance related to the consolidation of variable interest entities (“VIEs”). The updated guidance (i) requires ongoing reassessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, (ii) changes the quantitative approach previously required for determining the primary beneficiary of a VIE and replaces it with a qualitative approach, and (iii) requires additional disclosure about an enterprise’s involvement in VIEs. We adopted the updated guidance on January 1, 2010 and it did not impact our consolidated financial statements.

Note 3: Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders (“Basic EPS”) is computed by dividing net income attributable to Comcast Corporation by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

Our potentially dilutive securities include potential common shares related to our stock options and our restricted share units (“RSUs”). Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders (“Diluted EPS”) considers the impact of potentially dilutive securities using the treasury stock method, except in periods in which there is a loss, because the inclusion of the potential common shares would have an antidilutive effect. Diluted EPS excludes the impact of potential common shares related to our stock options in periods in which the option exercise price is greater than the average market price of our Class A common stock or our Class A Special common stock, as applicable.

Diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 excludes approximately 192 million and 181 million, respectively, of potential common shares related to our share-based compensation plans, because the inclusion of the potential common shares would have had an antidilutive effect.

 

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Computation of Diluted EPS

 

    Three Months Ended March 31
    2010    2009
(in millions, except per share data)   Net Income
Attributable
to Comcast
Corporation
   Shares    Per Share
Amount
   Net Income
Attributable
to Comcast
Corporation
   Shares    Per Share
Amount

Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders

  $ 866    2,829    $ 0.31    $ 772    2,885    $ 0.27

Effect of dilutive securities:

                

Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating to stock plans

         8                  5       

Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders

  $ 866    2,837    $ 0.31    $ 772    2,890    $ 0.27

Note 4: Acquisitions and Other Significant Events

2009

NBC Universal Transaction

We entered into agreements with General Electric Company (“GE”) in December 2009 to form a new company of which we will own 51% and control, with the remaining 49% to be owned by GE. Under the terms of the transaction, GE will contribute NBC Universal’s businesses, including its cable and broadcast networks, filmed entertainment, televised entertainment, theme parks and unconsolidated investments, as well as other GE assets used primarily in NBC Universal’s business. NBC Universal will borrow $9.1 billion from third party lenders and will distribute the proceeds to GE at the closing of the transaction. We will contribute our national programming networks, our regional sports networks and certain of our Internet businesses, as well as other assets used primarily in those businesses, collectively valued at approximately $7.25 billion. We will also make a cash payment to GE of $7.1 billion less certain adjustments primarily based on the free cash flow generated by NBC Universal between December 4, 2009 and the closing. GE will be entitled to cause the new company to redeem half of GE’s interest 3.5 years after the closing and its remaining interest 7 years after the closing. If GE exercises its first redemption right, we have the right to purchase the remainder of GE’s interest. If GE does not exercise its first redemption right, we have the right to purchase half of GE’s interest 5 years after the closing. We also will have the right to purchase GE’s remaining interest, if any, 8 years after the closing. The redemption and purchase price will equal the ownership percentage being acquired multiplied by 120% of the fully distributed public market trading value of the new company, less half of the excess of 120% of that value over $28.15 billion. Subject to various limitations, we are committed to fund up to $2.875 billion in cash or common stock for each of the two redemptions (for an aggregate of up to $5.75 billion), with amounts not used in the first redemption to be available for the second redemption. The transaction is subject to various regulatory approvals and is expected to close by the end of 2010.

The results of operations for the new company will be consolidated with our results of operations, as we will control the new company. When the transaction is completed, the NBC Universal businesses will be recorded at their fair value and the businesses we contribute will be recorded at their historical or carry-over basis. GE’s interest will be recorded as a redeemable noncontrolling interest in our consolidated financial statements.

Other

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we acquired CIMCO Communications, Inc. (“CIMCO”), a phone and high-speed Internet service provider for businesses; Paciolan, Inc. (“Paciolan”), a developer of automated ticketing software; and New Global Telecom, Inc. (“NGT”), a phone service provider for small to medium-sized businesses; and made other smaller acquisitions for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $172 million. The results of operations for CIMCO and NGT are reported in our Cable segment. The results of operations for Paciolan are reported in Corporate and Other. The results of operations for these acquisitions have been included in our consolidated results of operations since their respective acquisition dates and were not material to our consolidated financial statements.

 

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Note 5: Investments

 

(in millions)   March 31,
2010
   December 31,
2009

Fair value method

  $ 2,294    $ 1,933

Equity method, primarily SpectrumCo and Clearwire

    2,300      2,341

Cost method, primarily AirTouch redeemable preferred shares

    1,714      1,723

Total investments

    6,308      5,997

Less: Current investments

    41      50

Noncurrent investments

  $ 6,267    $ 5,947

As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the estimated fair value of the AirTouch redeemable preferred stock was $1.535 billion and $1.524 billion, respectively, which exceeded our carrying basis as of each date.

Components of Investment Income (Loss), Net

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
 
(in millions)       2010             2009      

Gains on sales and exchanges of investments, net

  $ 2     $ 3  

Investment impairment losses

    (8     (16

Unrealized gains (losses) on securities underlying prepaid forward sale agreements

    360       38  

Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of prepaid forward sale agreements

    (277     (29

Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of ZONES

    1       9  

Interest and dividend income

    22       27  

Other, net

    1       (19

Investment income (loss), net

  $ 101     $ 13  

Note 6: Goodwill

 

(in millions)   Cable     Programming    Corporate
and Other
    Total  

Balance, December 31, 2009(a)

  $ 12,828     $ 1,630    $ 475     $ 14,933  

Acquisitions

    76       3      19       98  

Settlements and adjustments

    (1          (1     (2 )

Balance, March 31, 2010

  $ 12,903     $ 1,633    $ 493     $ 15,029  

 

(a)

The December 31, 2009 Cable segment and Corporate and Other amounts have been adjusted for segment reclassifications to be consistent with our 2010 management reporting presentation.

Cable segment acquisitions for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were related to the acquisitions of CIMCO and NGT. Corporate and Other acquisitions for the three months ended March 31, 2010 related to the acquisition of Paciolan.

Note 7: Long-Term Debt

In March 2010, we issued $1.4 billion principal amount of 5.15% notes due 2020 and $1.0 billion principal amount of 6.4% notes due 2040. The net proceeds of these issuances will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of debt at its maturity and funding a portion of our payment to GE due upon closing of the NBC Universal transaction.

Note 8: Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Financial Instruments

We use derivative financial instruments to manage our exposure to the risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates and equity prices. Our objective is to manage the financial and operational exposure arising from these risks by offsetting gains and losses on the underlying exposures with gains and losses on the derivatives used to economically hedge them. Derivative financial instruments that receive designated hedge accounting treatment are evaluated for effectiveness at the time they are designated, as well as throughout the hedging period. We do

 

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not engage in any speculative or leveraged derivative transactions. All derivative transactions must comply with a derivatives policy authorized by our Board of Directors.

We manage the credit risks associated with our derivative financial instruments through the evaluation and monitoring of the creditworthiness of the counterparties. Although we may be exposed to losses in the event of nonperformance by the counterparties, we do not expect such losses, if any, to be significant.

We manage our exposure to and benefits from price fluctuations in the common stock of some of our investments by using equity derivative financial instruments embedded in other contracts, such as prepaid forward sale agreements, whose values, in part, are derived from the market value of certain publicly traded common stock.

We periodically examine the instruments we use to hedge exposure to interest rate and equity price risks to ensure that the instruments are matched with underlying assets or liabilities, to reduce our risks relating to changes in interest rates or equity prices and, through market value and sensitivity analysis, to maintain a high correlation to the risk inherent in the hedged item. For those instruments that do not meet the above conditions, and for those derivative financial instruments that are not designated as a hedge, changes in fair value are recognized on a current basis in earnings.

As of March 31, 2010, our derivative financial instruments designated as hedges included (i) the derivative component of one of our prepaid forward sale agreements, which is recorded to other noncurrent liabilities, and (ii) our interest rate swap agreements, which are recorded to other current or noncurrent assets or liabilities. Changes in the fair value of the derivative component of our prepaid forward sale agreements are recorded to investment income (loss). Changes in the fair value of our interest rate swap agreements are recorded to interest expense. These amounts are completely offset by changes in the fair value of the related debt because the swaps are deemed to be 100% effective. The difference between variable and fixed rates to be paid or received under the terms of the interest rate swap agreements is accrued as interest rates change and recognized as an adjustment to interest expense for the related debt.

As of March 31, 2010, our derivative financial instruments not designated as hedges included (i) the derivative component of our indexed debt instruments (our ZONES debt), which is recorded to long-term debt, and (ii) the derivative component of certain of our prepaid forward sale agreements, which is recorded to other noncurrent liabilities.

As of March 31, 2010, our debt had an estimated fair value of $33.383 billion. The estimated fair value of our publicly traded debt is based on quoted market values for the debt. To estimate the fair value of debt for which there are no quoted market prices, we use interest rates available to us for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.

Recurring Fair Value Measures

 

    Fair value as of March 31, 2010    December 31,
2009
(in millions)   Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total    Total

Assets

             

Trading securities

  $ 2,205    $  —    $  —    $ 2,205    $ 1,855

Available-for-sale securities

    87                87      76

Equity warrants

              2      2      2

Interest rate swap agreements

         171           171      143
    $ 2,292    $ 171    $ 2    $ 2,465    $ 2,076

Liabilities

             

Derivative component of ZONES

  $    $ 14    $    $ 14    $ 15

Derivative component of prepaid forward sale agreements

         626           626      349

Interest rate swap agreements

         1           1      1
    $    $ 641    $    $ 641    $ 365

 

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Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative Financial Instruments

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
 
(in millions)       2010             2009      

Designated Fair Value Hedging Relationships

   

Interest Income (Expense):

   

Interest rate swap agreements (fixed to variable)

  $ 28     $ (38

Long-term debt—interest rate swap agreements (fixed to variable)

    (28     38  

Investment Income (Expense):

   

Unrealized gains (losses) on securities underlying prepaid forward sale agreements

    19       (20

Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of prepaid forward sale agreement

    (11     17  

Gain (loss) on fair value hedging relationships

    8       (3

Nondesignated

   

Investment Income (Expense):

   

Unrealized gains (losses) on securities underlying prepaid forward sale agreements

    341       58  

Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of prepaid forward sale agreements

    (266     (46

Mark to market adjustments on derivative component of ZONES

    1       9  

Total gain (loss)

  $ 84     $ 18  

The difference between variable and fixed rates received under the terms of our interest rate swap agreements reduced interest expense by approximately $32 million and $23 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Note 9: Noncontrolling Interests

Certain of our subsidiaries that we consolidate are not wholly owned. Some of the agreements with the minority partners of these subsidiaries contain redemption features whereby interests held by the minority partners are redeemable either (i) at the option of the holder or (ii) upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within our control. If interests were to be redeemed under these agreements, we would generally be required to purchase the interest at fair value on the date of redemption. These interests are presented on the balance sheet outside of equity under the caption “Redeemable noncontrolling interests.” Noncontrolling interests that do not contain such redemption features are presented in equity.

In March 2010, we acquired all of the noncontrolling interest of one of our technology ventures, which had a carrying value of approximately $20 million, for approximately $9 million. The difference between the amount paid and the carrying value of the noncontrolling interest resulted in an increase of approximately $11 million to additional paid-in capital of Comcast Corporation.

The table below presents the changes in equity resulting from net income attributable to Comcast Corporation and transfers to or from noncontrolling interests.

 

(in millions)   Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010

Net income attributable to Comcast Corporation

  $ 866

Transfers from (to) noncontrolling interests:

 

Increase in Comcast Corporation additional paid-in capital resulting from the purchase of noncontrolling interest

    11

Changes from net income attributable to Comcast Corporation and transfers from (to) noncontrolling interests

  $ 877

 

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Note 10: Equity

Share-Based Compensation

Our Board of Directors may grant share-based awards, in the form of stock options and RSUs, to certain employees and directors. Additionally, through our employee stock purchase plan, employees are able to purchase shares of Comcast Class A common stock at a discount through payroll deductions.

In March 2010, we granted 30.9 million stock options and 8.4 million RSUs related to our annual management grant program. The fair values associated with these grants were $5.11 per stock option and $16.87 per RSU.

Recognized Share-Based Compensation Expense

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
(in millions)       2010            2009    

Stock options

  $ 28    $ 19

Restricted share units

    35      13

Employee stock purchase plan

    4      5

Total

  $ 67    $ 37

As of March 31, 2010, there was $429 million and $401 million of unrecognized pretax compensation cost related to nonvested stock options and nonvested RSUs, respectively.

The employee cost associated with participation in the employee stock purchase plan was satisfied with payroll deductions of approximately $15 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the employee cost was $17 million.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
 
(in millions)       2010             2009      

Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities

  $ 23     $ 22  

Deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges

    (60     (79

Unrealized gains (losses) on employee benefit obligations

    (6     (31

Cumulative translation adjustments

    (4     (5

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of deferred taxes

  $ (47   $ (93

Deferred losses on cash flow hedges in the table above relate primarily to previous interest rate lock agreements entered into to fix the interest rates of certain of our debt obligations in advance of their issuance. As of March 31, 2010, we expect $16 million of unrealized losses, $10 million net of deferred taxes, to be reclassified as an adjustment to interest expense over the next 12 months.

 

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Note 11: Statement of Cash Flows—Supplemental Information

The table below presents our adjustments to reconcile net income from consolidated operations to net cash provided by operating activities.

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
 
(in millions)       2010             2009      

Net income from consolidated operations

  $ 879      $ 778   

Adjustments to reconcile net income from consolidated operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

   

Depreciation

    1,379        1,380   

Amortization

    251        253   

Share-based compensation

    82        54   

Noncash interest expense (income), net

    35        44   

Equity in net (income) losses of affiliates, net

    32        14   

(Gains) losses on investments and noncash other (income) expense, net

    (67     15   

Deferred income taxes

           214   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:

   

Change in accounts receivable, net

    143        143   

Change in accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors

    (71     (94

Change in other operating assets and liabilities

    240        (289

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $ 2,903      $ 2,512   

Cash Payments for Interest and Income Taxes

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
(in millions)       2010            2009    

Interest

  $ 615    $ 664

Income taxes

  $ 46    $ 161

Noncash Financing and Investing Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we:

 

   

recorded a liability of approximately $267 million for a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0945 per common share paid in April 2010, which is a noncash financing activity

 

 

   

acquired approximately $368 million of property and equipment and software that was accrued but unpaid, which is a noncash investing activity

 

Note 12: Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

One of our subsidiaries supports debt compliance with respect to obligations of a cable system in which we hold an ownership interest, which expires March 2011. Although there can be no assurance, we believe that this cable system will be able to support its debt compliance requirements on its own and that we will not be required to fund our obligation under this commitment. The total notional amount of our commitment was $410 million as of March 31, 2010, at which time there were no quoted market prices for similar agreements.

Contingencies

Antitrust Cases

We are defendants in two purported class actions originally filed in December 2003 in the United States District Courts for the District of Massachusetts and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The potential class in the Massachusetts case, which has been transferred to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, is our customer base in the “Boston Cluster” area, and the potential class in the Pennsylvania case is our customer base in the “Philadelphia and Chicago Clusters,” as those terms are defined in the complaints. In each case, the plaintiffs allege that certain customer exchange transactions with other cable providers resulted in unlawful horizontal market restraints in those areas and seek damages under antitrust statutes, including treble damages.

 

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Classes of Philadelphia Cluster and Chicago Cluster customers were certified in May 2007 and October 2007, respectively. In March 2009, as a result of a Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision clarifying the standards for class certification, the order certifying the Philadelphia Cluster class was vacated without prejudice to the plaintiffs filing a new motion. In January 2010, in its decision on the plaintiffs’ new motion, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania certified a class subject to certain limitations. In March 2010, we moved for summary judgment dismissing all of the plaintiffs’ claims in the Philadelphia Cluster. The plaintiffs’ claims concerning the other two clusters are stayed pending determination of the Philadelphia Cluster claims.

We also are among the defendants in a purported class action filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in September 2007. The potential class is comprised of all persons residing in the United States who have subscribed to an expanded basic level of video service provided by one of the defendants. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants who produce video programming have entered into agreements with the defendants who distribute video programming via cable and satellite (including us), which preclude the distributor defendants from reselling channels to customers on an “unbundled” basis in violation of federal antitrust laws. The plaintiffs seek treble damages and injunctive relief requiring each distributor defendant to resell certain channels to its customers on an “unbundled” basis. In October 2009, the Central District of California issued an order dismissing the plaintiffs’ complaint with prejudice. The plaintiffs have appealed that order to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In addition, we are the defendant in twenty-two purported class actions filed in federal district courts throughout the country. All of these actions have been consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for pre-trial proceedings. In a consolidated complaint filed in November 2009 on behalf of all plaintiffs in the multi-district litigation, the plaintiffs allege that we improperly “tie” the rental of set-top boxes to the provision of premium cable services in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, various state antitrust laws and unfair/deceptive trade practices acts in California, Illinois and Alabama. The plaintiffs also allege a claim for unjust enrichment and seek relief on behalf of a nationwide class of our premium cable customers and on behalf of subclasses consisting of premium cable customers from California, Alabama, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington. In January 2010, we moved to compel arbitration of the plaintiffs’ claims for unjust enrichment and violations of the unfair/deceptive trade practices acts of Illinois and Alabama.

The West Virginia Attorney General also filed a complaint in West Virginia state court in July 2009 alleging that we improperly “tie” the rental of set-top boxes to the provision of premium cable services in violation of the West Virginia Antitrust Act and the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act. The Attorney General also alleges a claim for unjust enrichment/restitution. We removed the case to the United States District Court for West Virginia, and it was subsequently transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and consolidated with the multi-district litigation described above. In March 2010, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied the Attorney General’s motion to remand the case back to West Virginia state court.

ERISA Litigation

We and several of our current officers have been named as defendants in a purported class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in February 2008. The potential class comprises participants in our retirement investment (401(k)) plan that invested in the plan’s company stock account. The plaintiffs assert that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in managing the plan by allowing participants to continue to invest in the company stock account during a time in 2007 when we allegedly knew (but had not disclosed) that we would not meet our forecasted results. In April 2010, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania certified the class, although we have filed a petition in the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit seeking to appeal that ruling. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages.

Other

We are a defendant in several unrelated lawsuits claiming infringement of various patents relating to various aspects of our businesses. In certain of these cases other industry participants are also defendants, and also in certain of these cases we expect that any potential liability would be in part or in whole the responsibility of our equipment and technology vendors under applicable contractual indemnification provisions. We are also subject

 

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to other legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business. While the amount of ultimate liability with respect to such actions is not expected to materially affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, any litigation resulting from any such legal proceedings or claims could be time consuming, costly and injure our reputation.

* * *

We believe the claims in each of the actions described above in this item are without merit and intend to defend the actions vigorously. Although we cannot predict the outcome of any of the actions described above or how the final resolution of any such actions would impact our results of operations or cash flows for any one period or our consolidated financial condition, the final disposition of any of the above actions is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, but could possibly be material to our consolidated results of operations or cash flows for any one period.

Note 13: Financial Data by Business Segment

Our reportable segments consist of our Cable and Programming businesses. In evaluating the profitability of our segments, the components of net income (loss) below operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization are not separately evaluated by our management. Assets are not allocated to segments for management reporting, although approximately 95% of our assets relate to the Cable segment. Our financial data by business segment is presented in the table below.

 

(in millions)   Cable(a)(b)     Programming(c)     Corporate and
Other(d)(e)
    Eliminations(f)     Total

Three months ended March 31, 2010

         

Revenue(g)

  $ 8,677      $ 385      $ 245      $ (105   $ 9,202

Operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization(h)

    3,542        121        (99 )       1        3,565

Depreciation and amortization

    1,555        54        29        (8 )       1,630

Operating income (loss)

    1,987        67        (128     9        1,935

Capital expenditures

    913        5        7               925

Three months ended March 31, 2009

         

Revenue(g)(i)(j)

  $ 8,383      $ 361      $ 206      $ (84   $ 8,866

Operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization(h)(i)

    3,404        112        (70     (2     3,444

Depreciation and amortization(i)

    1,565        49        26        (7 )       1,633

Operating income (loss)(i)

    1,839        63        (96     5        1,811

Capital expenditures

    1,130        8        22               1,160

 

(a)

Cable segment revenue was derived from the following services:

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
 
         2010             2009      

Video(j)

  55.8   58.8

High-speed Internet

  23.9   22.8

Phone

  10.1   9.3

Advertising(j)

  4.2   3.5

Franchise fees

  2.8   2.8

Other(j)

  3.2   2.8

Total

  100.0   100.0

Subscription revenue received from customers who purchase bundled services at a discounted rate is allocated proportionally to each service based on the individual service’s price on a stand-alone basis.

 

(b)

Our Cable segment includes our regional sports networks.

 

(c)

Our Programming segment consists primarily of our consolidated national programming networks, E!, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4 and Style.

 

(d)

Corporate and Other activities include Comcast Interactive Media, Comcast Spectacor, a portion of operating results of our less than wholly owned technology development ventures (see “(e)” below), corporate activities and all other businesses not presented in our Cable or Programming segments.

 

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(e)

We consolidate our less than wholly owned technology development ventures that we control or of which we are considered the primary beneficiary. These ventures are with various corporate partners, such as Motorola. The ventures have been created to share the costs of development of new technologies for set-top boxes and other devices. The results of these entities are included within Corporate and Other except for cost allocations, which are made to the Cable segment based on our percentage ownership in each entity.

 

(f)

Included in the Eliminations column are transactions that our segments enter into with one another. The most common types of transactions are the following:

 

   

our Programming segment generates revenue by selling cable network programming to our Cable segment, which represents a substantial majority of the revenue elimination amount

 

 

   

our Cable segment receives incentives offered by our Programming segment when negotiating programming contracts that are recorded as a reduction of programming expenses

 

 

   

our Cable segment generates revenue by selling advertising and by selling the use of satellite feeds to our Programming segment

 

 

   

our Cable segment generates revenue by providing network services to Comcast Interactive Media

 

 

(g)

Non-U.S. revenue was not significant in any period. No single customer accounted for a significant amount of our revenue in any period.

 

(h)

To measure the performance of our operating segments, we use operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, excluding impairments related to fixed and intangible assets, and gains or losses from the sale of assets, if any. This measure eliminates the significant level of noncash depreciation and amortization expense that results from the capital-intensive nature of our businesses and from intangible assets recognized in business combinations. It is also unaffected by our capital structure or investment activities. We use this measure to evaluate our consolidated operating performance, the operating performance of our operating segments, and to allocate resources and capital to our operating segments. It is also a significant performance measure in our annual incentive compensation programs. We believe that this measure is useful to investors because it is one of the bases for comparing our operating performance with other companies in our industries, although our measure may not be directly comparable to similar measures used by other companies. This measure should not be considered a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Comcast Corporation, net cash provided by operating activities or other measures of performance or liquidity reported in accordance with GAAP.

 

(i)

The 2009 Cable segment and Corporate and Other amounts have been adjusted for segment reclassifications to be consistent with our 2010 management reporting presentation. The adjustments resulted in the reclassification of revenue, operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, depreciation and amortization, and operating income from Corporate and Other to our Cable segment for the amounts presented below:

 

(in millions)   Three Months Ended
March 31, 2009
 

Revenue

  $ 3   

Operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization

  $ (2

Depreciation and amortization

  $ 3   

Operating income (loss)

  $ (5

 

(j)

Reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts between revenue and operating expenses to conform to classifications used in 2010.

 

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Note 14: Condensed Consolidating Financial Information

Comcast Corporation and four of our wholly owned cable holding company subsidiaries, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (“CCCL”), Comcast MO Group, Inc. (“Comcast MO Group”), Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC (“CCH”) and Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC (“Comcast MO of Delaware”), have fully and unconditionally guaranteed each other’s debt securities. Comcast MO Group, CCH and Comcast MO of Delaware are collectively referred to as the “Combined CCHMO Parents.”

Comcast Corporation provides an unconditional subordinated guarantee of the $211 million principal amount currently outstanding of Comcast Holdings’ ZONES due October 2029 and the $202 million principal amount currently outstanding of Comcast Holdings’ 10  5/ 8% senior subordinated debentures due 2012. Comcast Corporation does not guarantee the $71 million principal amount outstanding of Comcast Holdings’ ZONES due November 2029. We have included Comcast Holdings’ condensed consolidated financial information for all periods presented. Our condensed consolidating financial information is presented in the tables below.

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

March 31, 2010

 

(in millions)  

Comcast

Parent

  

CCCL

Parent

  

Combined

CCHMO

Parents

  

Comcast

Holdings

  

Non-

Guarantor

Subsidiaries

  

Elimination

and

Consolidation

Adjustments

   

Consolidated

Comcast

Corporation

ASSETS

                  

Cash and cash equivalents

  $  —    $  —    $  —    $  —    $ 3,483    $  —      $ 3,483

Investments

                        41             41

Accounts receivable, net

                        1,581             1,581

Other current assets

    174      2                687             863

Total current assets

    174      2                5,792             5,968

Investments

                        6,267             6,267

Investments in and amounts due from subsidiaries eliminated upon consolidation

    67,011      82,244      47,649      71,945      5,117      (273,966    

Property and equipment, net

    292                     23,149             23,441

Franchise rights

                        59,452             59,452

Goodwill

                        15,029             15,029

Other intangible assets, net

    10                     3,966             3,976

Other noncurrent assets, net

    1,055      20      1      6      839      (634     1,287

Total assets

  $ 68,542    $ 82,266    $ 47,650    $ 71,951    $ 119,611    $ (274,600   $ 115,420

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

                  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors

  $ 9    $  —    $  —    $  —    $ 2,997    $  —      $ 3,006

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    869      270      32      126      1,975             3,272

Current portion of long-term debt

    1,271      999                67             2,337

Total current liabilities

    2,149      1,269      32      126      5,039             8,615

Long-term debt, less current portion

    21,732      3,935      2,348      327      240             28,582

Deferred income taxes

                   687      27,703      (634     27,756

Other noncurrent liabilities

    1,579                171      5,390             7,140

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

                        148             148

Equity:

                  

Common stock

    32                                 32

Other shareholders’ equity

    43,050      77,062      45,270      70,640      80,994      (273,966     43,050

Total Comcast Corporation shareholders’ equity

    43,082      77,062      45,270      70,640      80,994      (273,966     43,082

Noncontrolling interests

                        97             97

Total equity

    43,082      77,062      45,270      70,640      81,091      (273,966     43,179

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 68,542    $ 82,266    $ 47,650    $ 71,951    $ 119,611    $ (274,600   $ 115,420

 

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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

December 31, 2009

 

(in millions)  

Comcast

Parent

 

CCCL

Parent

 

Combined

CCHMO

Parents

 

Comcast

Holdings

 

Non-

Guarantor

Subsidiaries

 

Elimination

and

Consolidation

Adjustments

   

Consolidated

Comcast

Corporation

ASSETS

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $  —   $  —   $  —   $  —   $ 671   $  —      $ 671

Investments

                    50            50

Accounts receivable, net

                    1,711            1,711

Other current assets

    169     2             620            791

Total current assets

    169     2             3,052            3,223

Investments

                    5,947            5,947

Investments in and amounts due from subsidiaries eliminated upon consolidation

    73,943     80,766     47,141     69,959     5,721     (277,530    

Property and equipment, net

    299                 23,556            23,855

Franchise rights

                    59,452            59,452

Goodwill

                    14,933            14,933

Other intangible assets, net

    11                 4,094            4,105

Other noncurrent assets, net

    419     13         6     780            1,218

Total assets

  $ 74,841   $ 80,781   $ 47,141   $ 69,965   $ 117,535   $ (277,530   $ 112,733

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

             

Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors

  $ 14   $   $   $   $ 3,080   $      $ 3,094

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    1,009     176     75     131     1,608            2,999

Current portion of long-term debt

    1,100                 56            1,156

Total current liabilities

    2,123     176     75     131     4,744            7,249

Long-term debt, less current portion

    20,089     4,925     2,352     326     248            27,940

Deferred income taxes

    8,068             697     19,035            27,800

Other noncurrent liabilities

    1,840             171     4,756            6,767

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

                    166            166

Equity:

             

Common stock

    32                            32

Other shareholders’ equity

    42,689     75,680     44,714     68,640     88,496     (277,530     42,689

Total Comcast Corporation shareholders’ equity

    42,721     75,680     44,714     68,640     88,496     (277,530     42,721

Noncontrolling interests

                    90            90

Total equity

    42,721     75,680     44,714     68,640     88,586     (277,530     42,811

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 74,841   $ 80,781   $ 47,141   $ 69,965   $ 117,535   $ (277,530   $ 112,733

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010

 

(in millions)  

Comcast

Parent

   

CCCL

Parent

   

Combined

CCHMO

Parents

   

Comcast

Holdings

   

Non-

Guarantor

Subsidiaries

   

Elimination

and

Consolidation

Adjustments

   

Consolidated

Comcast

Corporation

 

Revenue:

             

Service revenue

  $  —      $  —      $  —      $  —      $ 9,202     $  —      $ 9,202  

Management fee revenue

    196       237       110                     (543       
      196       237       110              9,202       (543     9,202  

Costs and Expenses:

             

Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)

                                3,732              3,732  

Selling, general and administrative

    112       237       110       14       1,975       (543     1,905  

Depreciation

    7                            1,372              1,379  

Amortization

                                251              251  
      119       237       110       14       7,330       (543     7,267  

Operating income (loss)

    77                     (14     1,872              1,935  

Other Income (Expense):

             

Interest expense

    (335     (102     (43     (8     (36            (524

Investment income (loss), net

    2                     1       98              101  

Equity in net income (losses) of affiliates, net

    1,041       1,170       682       1,155       (32     (4,048     (32

Other income (expense)

    (13                          3              (10
      695       1,068       639        1,148       33       (4,048     (465

Income (loss) before income taxes

    772       1,068       639        1,134        1,905       (4,048     1,470  

Income tax (expense) benefit

    94       35       15       7       (742            (591

Net income (loss) from consolidated operations

    866       1,103       654       1,141       1,163       (4,048     879  

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

                                (13            (13

Net income (loss) attributable to Comcast Corporation

  $ 866     $ 1,103      $ 654     $ 1,141     $ 1,150     $ (4,048   $ 866  

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009

 

(in millions)   Comcast
Parent
    CCCL
Parent
    Combined
CCHMO
Parents
    Comcast
Holdings
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Elimination
and
Consolidation
Adjustments
    Consolidated
Comcast
Corporation
 

Revenue:

             

Service revenue

  $      $      $      $      $ 8,866     $      $ 8,866  

Management fee revenue

    191       167       107                     (465       
      191       167       107              8,866       (465     8,866  

Costs and Expenses:

             

Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)

                                3,592              3,592  

Selling, general and administrative

    78       167       107       14       1,929       (465     1,830  

Depreciation

    7                            1,373              1,380  

Amortization

                                253              253  
      85       167       107       14       7,147       (465     7,055  

Operating income (loss)

    106                     (14     1,719              1,811  

Other Income (Expense):

             

Interest expense

    (319     (168     (50     (2     (31            (570

Investment income (loss), net

    (7                   9       11              13  

Equity in net income (losses) of affiliates, net

    915       1,079       744       992       (36     (3,708     (14

Other income (expense)

                                (1            (1
      589       911       694       999       (57     (3,708     (572

Income (loss) before income taxes

    695       911       694       985       1,662       (3,708     1,239  

Income tax (expense) benefit

    77       59       18       2       (617            (461

Net income (loss) from consolidated operations

    772       970       712       987       1,045       (3,708     778  

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

                                (6            (6

Net income (loss) attributable to Comcast Corporation

  $ 772     $ 970     $ 712     $ 987     $ 1,039     $ (3,708   $ 772  

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010

 

(in millions)   Comcast
Parent
    CCCL
Parent
    Combined
CCHMO
Parents
    Comcast
Holdings
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Elimination
and
Consolidation
Adjustments
  Consolidated
Comcast
Corporation
 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (1,178   $ 25     $ (76   $ (19   $ 4,151     $  —   $ 2,903  

Investing Activities:

             

Net transactions with affiliates

    12        (25     76       19       (82 )           

Capital expenditures

    (1                          (924         (925

Cash paid for intangible assets

                                (117         (117

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

                                (172         (172

Proceeds from sales of investments

                                1           1  

Purchases of investments

                                (24         (24

Other

                                (19         (19

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    11        (25     76       19       (1,337         (1,256

Financing Activities:

             

Proceeds from borrowings

    2,394                            14           2,408  

Repurchases and repayments of debt

    (600                          (12         (612

Repurchases of common stock

    (300                                     (300

Dividends paid

    (268                                     (268

Other

    (59                          (4         (63

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    1,167                            (2         1,165  

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

                                2,812           2,812  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

                                671           671  

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $  —      $  —      $  —      $  —      $ 3,483     $  —   $ 3,483  

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009

 

(in millions)   Comcast
Parent
    CCCL
Parent
    Combined
CCHMO
Parents
    Comcast
Holdings
    Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Elimination
and
Consolidation
Adjustments
  Consolidated
Comcast
Corporation
 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (154   $ (104   $ (87   $ (24   $ 2,881     $  —   $ 2,512  

Investing Activities:

             

Net transactions with affiliates

    383       159       87       281       (910           

Capital expenditures

    (19                          (1,141         (1,160

Cash paid for intangible assets

                                (133         (133

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

                                (7         (7

Proceeds from sales of investments

                                7           7  

Purchases of investments

                                (47         (47

Other

                                24           24  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    364       159       87       281       (2,207         (1,316

Financing Activities:

             

Proceeds from borrowings

                                20           20  

Repurchases and repayments of debt

    (30     (55            (257     (10         (352

Dividends paid

    (180                                     (180

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    (210     (55            (257     10           (512

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

                                684           684  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

                                1,195           1,195  

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $  —      $  —      $  —      $  —      $ 1,879     $  —   $ 1,879  

 

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ITEM 2: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

We are a leading provider of video, high-speed Internet and phone services (“cable services”), offering a variety of entertainment, information and communications services to residential and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2010, our cable systems served approximately 23.5 million video customers, 16.3 million high-speed Internet customers and 7.9 million phone customers and passed over 51 million homes and businesses in 39 states and the District of Columbia. We report the results of these operations as our Cable segment, which generates approximately 95% of our consolidated revenue. Our Cable segment also includes the operations of our regional sports networks. Our Programming segment consists primarily of our consolidated national programming networks, E!, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4 and Style. Revenue from our Programming segment is generated primarily from monthly per subscriber license fees paid by multichannel video providers, the sale of advertising and the licensing of our programming internationally.

The following are the more significant developments in our businesses during the three months ended March 31, 2010:

 

   

an increase in consolidated revenue of 3.8% to $9.2 billion and an increase in consolidated operating income of 6.8% to $1.9 billion

 

 

   

an increase in Cable segment revenue of 3.5% to $8.7 billion and an increase in operating income before depreciation and amortization of 4.1% to $3.5 billion

 

 

   

an increase in Programming segment revenue of 6.7% to $385 million and an increase in operating income before depreciation and amortization of 8.5% to $121 million

 

 

   

the addition of 399,000 high-speed Internet customers and 273,000 phone customers; a decrease of 82,000 video customers

 

 

   

a reduction in Cable segment capital expenditures of 19.2% to $913 million

 

 

   

the repurchase of 19.2 million shares of our Class A Special common stock under our share repurchase authorization for $300 million

 

 

   

the issuance of $2.4 billion aggregate principal amount of notes

 

NBC Universal Transaction

We entered into agreements with General Electric Company (“GE”) in December 2009 to form a new company of which we will own 51% and control, with the remaining 49% to be owned by GE. Under the terms of the transaction, GE will contribute NBC Universal’s businesses, including its cable and broadcast networks, filmed entertainment, televised entertainment, theme parks and unconsolidated investments, as well as other GE assets used primarily in NBC Universal’s business. NBC Universal will borrow $9.1 billion from third party lenders and will distribute the proceeds to GE at the closing of the transaction. We will contribute our national programming networks, our regional sports networks and certain of our Internet businesses, as well as other assets used primarily in those businesses, collectively valued at approximately $7.25 billion, and make a cash payment to GE of $7.1 billion, less certain adjustments primarily based on the free cash flow generated by NBC Universal between December 4, 2009 and the closing. GE will be entitled to cause the new company to redeem half of GE’s interest 3.5 years after the closing and its remaining interest 7 years after the closing. If GE exercises its first redemption right, we have the right to purchase the remainder of GE’s interest. If GE does not exercise its first redemption right, we have the right to purchase half of GE’s interest 5 years after the closing. We also will have the right to purchase GE’s remaining interest, if any, 8 years after the closing. The redemption and purchase price will equal the ownership percentage being acquired multiplied by 120% of the fully distributed public market trading value of the new company, less half of the excess of 120% of that value over $28.15 billion. Subject to various

 

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limitations, we are committed to fund up to $2.875 billion in cash or common stock for each of the two redemptions (for an aggregate of up to $5.75 billion), with amounts not used in the first redemption to be available for the second redemption. The transaction is subject to various regulatory approvals and is expected to close by the end of 2010.

Consolidated Operating Results

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
    Increase/(Decrease)  
(in millions)       2010             2009             

Revenue(a)

  $ 9,202     $ 8,866     3.8

Costs and expenses:

     

Operating, selling, general and administrative (excluding depreciation and amortization)(a)

    5,637       5,422     4.0  

Depreciation

    1,379       1,380     (0.1

Amortization

    251       253     (0.7

Operating income

    1,935       1,811     6.8  

Other income (expense) items, net

    (465     (572   (18.8

Income before income taxes

    1,470       1,239     18.7  

Income tax expense

    (591     (461   28.2  

Net income from consolidated operations

    879       778     13.1  

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    (13     (6   140.1  

Net income attributable to Comcast Corporation

  $ 866     $ 772     12.2

All percentages are calculated based on actual amounts. Minor differences may exist due to rounding.

(a)

Reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s amounts to conform to classifications used in 2010.

Consolidated Revenue

Our Cable and Programming segments accounted for substantially all of the increases in consolidated revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. The remaining changes related to our other business activities, primarily Comcast Interactive Media and Comcast Spectacor. Cable segment revenue and Programming segment revenue are discussed separately in “Segment Operating Results.”

Consolidated Operating, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Our Cable and Programming segments accounted for substantially all of the increases in consolidated operating, selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. The remaining changes related to our other business activities, primarily Comcast Interactive Media and Comcast Spectacor, and approximately $14 million of transaction costs associated with the NBC Universal transaction. Cable segment and Programming segment operating, selling, general and administrative expenses are discussed separately in “Segment Operating Results.”

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation expense and amortization expense remained relatively stable for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.

Segment Operating Results

Our segment operating results are presented based on how we assess operating performance and internally report financial information. To measure the performance of our operating segments, we use operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, excluding impairments related to fixed and intangible assets, and gains or losses from the sale of assets, if any. This measure eliminates the significant level of noncash depreciation and amortization expense that results from the capital-intensive nature of our businesses and from intangible assets recognized in business combinations. Additionally, it is unaffected by our capital structure or investment activities. We use this measure to evaluate our consolidated operating performance and the operating

 

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performance of our operating segments and to allocate resources and capital to our operating segments. It is also a significant performance measure in our annual incentive compensation programs. We believe that this measure is useful to investors because it is one of the bases for comparing our operating performance with that of other companies in our industries, although our measure may not be directly comparable to similar measures used by other companies. Because we use this metric to measure our segment profit or loss, we reconcile it to operating income (loss), the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) in the business segment footnote to our consolidated financial statements (see Note 13 to our condensed consolidated financial statements). This measure should not be considered a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Comcast Corporation, net cash provided by operating activities, or other measures of performance or liquidity we have reported in accordance with GAAP.

Cable Segment Results of Operations

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
   Increase/(Decrease)  
(in millions)       2010            2009            $             %      

Video

  $ 4,842    $ 4,929    $ (87   (1.8 )% 

High-speed Internet

    2,071      1,909      162     8.5  

Phone

    877      777      100     12.9  

Advertising(a)

    360      292      68     23.5  

Other(a)

    285      242      43     16.7  

Franchise fees

    242      234      8     3.5  

Revenue(a)

    8,677      8,383      294     3.5  

Operating expenses(a)

    3,499      3,373      126     3.7  

Selling, general and administrative expenses(a)

    1,636      1,606      30     1.8  

Operating income before depreciation and amortization

  $ 3,542    $ 3,404    $ 138     4.1

 

(a)

Reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s amounts to conform to classifications used in 2010.

Cable Segment Revenue

Video

Our video revenue decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to a decline in video customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the number of video customers decreased by approximately 82,000. These decreases were primarily due to increased competition in our service areas and weakness in the economy. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we added or upgraded approximately 427,000 customers to our digital video service, including those customers added or upgraded in connection with the transition from analog to digital transmission of channels we distribute (“our all digital conversion”). As of March 31, 2010, approximately 80% of our 23.5 million video customers subscribed to at least one of our digital video services. Our average monthly video revenue per video customer increased slightly during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. We expect continued competition and weak economic conditions to result in further declines in the number of video customers during 2010.

High-Speed Internet

Our high-speed Internet revenue increased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to an increase in the number of residential and commercial customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we added approximately 399,000 high-speed Internet customers. Our average monthly revenue per high-speed Internet customer increased slightly during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.

Phone

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three months ended March 31, 2010, we added approximately 273,000 phone customers. Average monthly revenue per phone customer declined to approximately $38 during the three months ended March 31, 2010 from approximately $39 during the three months ended March 31, 2009, due to customers receiving service as part of a promotional offer or in a bundled service offering.

Advertising

Advertising revenue increased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to improvements in the overall television advertising market.

Other

We also generate revenue from our regional sports networks, our digital media center, commissions from electronic retailing networks and fees for other services. Other revenue increased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to growth in our regional sports networks.

Franchise Fees

The increase in franchise fees collected from our cable customers during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 was primarily due to increases in the revenue on which the fees apply.

Cable Segment Operating Expenses

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
   Increase/(Decrease)  
(in millions)       2010            2009            $             %      

Video programming

  $ 1,864    $ 1,775    $ 89     5.0

Technical labor

    561      586      (25   (4.3

High-speed Internet

    125      127      (2   (1.2

Phone

    141      154      (13   (8.7

Other

    808      731      77     10.6  

Total operating expenses(a)

  $ 3,499    $ 3,373    $ 126     3.7

 

(a)

Reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s amounts to conform to classifications used in 2010.

Video programming expenses increased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to rate increases and additional programming options offered. Technical labor expenses decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to decreases in customer activity levels.

High-speed Internet expenses and phone expenses include certain direct costs for providing these services but do not fully reflect the amount of operating expenses that would be necessary to provide these services on a stand-alone basis. Other related costs associated with providing these services are generally shared among all our cable services and are not allocated to these items. The decreases in high-speed Internet expenses and phone expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 were primarily due to lower support service costs that were the result of operating efficiencies. Other operating expenses increased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to the continued expansion of our cable services to small and medium-sized businesses and other service enhancement initiatives.

Cable Segment Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31
   Increase/(Decrease)  
(in millions)       2010            2009            $             %      

Customer service

  $ 449    $ 474    $ (25   (5.2 )% 

Marketing

    429      370      59     16.1  

Administrative and other

    758      762      (4   (0.8

Total selling, general and administrative expenses(a)

  $ 1,636    $ 1,606    $ 30     1.8 

 

(a)

Reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s amount to conform to classifications used in 2010.

 

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Customer service expenses decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to decreases in customer activity levels. Marketing expenses increased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to an increase in direct sales efforts and additional marketing costs associated with attracting and retaining customers, including the launch of our XFINITY campaign.

Programming Segment Results of Operations

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31

   Increase/(Decrease)  
(in millions)       2010            2009            $            %      

Revenue

  $ 385    $ 361    $ 24    6.7

Operating, selling, general and administrative

    264      249      15    6.0  

Operating income before depreciation and amortization

  $ 121    $ 112    $ 9    8.5

Programming Segment Revenue

Programming revenue increased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to same period in 2009 primarily due to growth in programming license fee revenue and advertising revenue. For both the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, advertising accounted for approximately 40% of total Programming revenue. For both the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, approximately 13% of our Programming revenue was generated from our Cable segment. These amounts are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements but are included in the amounts presented above.

Consolidated Other Income (Expense) Items

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31

 
(in millions)       2010             2009      

Interest expense

  $ (524   $ (570

Investment income (loss), net

    101       13  

Equity in net (losses) income of affiliates, net

    (32     (14

Other income (expense)

    (10     (1

Total

  $ (465   $ (572

Interest Expense

The decrease in interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 was due to the decrease in our average debt outstanding and decreases in interest rates on debt subject to variable interest rate swap agreements.

Investment Income (Loss), Net

The components of investment income (loss), net for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are presented in a table in Note 5 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Other Income (Expense)

Other income (expense) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 includes approximately $13 million of costs associated with the financing of the NBC Universal transaction.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 reflects an effective income tax rate that differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes and interest on uncertain tax positions. Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was reduced by approximately $48 million related to accrued interest associated with the settlement of an uncertain tax position. We expect our 2010 annual effective tax rate to be approximately 40%.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our businesses generate significant cash flows from operating activities. We believe that we will be able to meet our current and long-term liquidity and capital requirements, including fixed charges, through our cash flows from operating activities, existing cash, cash equivalents and investments, available borrowings under our existing credit facilities, and our ability to obtain future external financing.

We anticipate that we will continue to use a substantial portion of our cash flows to fund our capital expenditures, to invest in business opportunities, to meet our debt repayment obligations and to return capital to shareholders.

Operating Activities

Components of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

 

   

Three Months Ended

March 31

 
(in millions)       2010             2009      

Operating income

  $ 1,935     $ 1,811  

Depreciation and amortization

    1,630       1,633  

Operating income before depreciation and amortization

    3,565       3,444  

Noncash share-based compensation expense

    82       54  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

    (107     (188

Cash basis operating income

    3,540       3,310  

Payments of interest

    (615     (664

Payments of income taxes

    (46     (161

Proceeds from interest, dividends and other nonoperating items

    24       27  

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $ 2,903     $ 2,512  

The decrease in interest payments during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 was primarily due to the effects of our debt repayments and decreases in interest rates on debt subject to variable interest rate swap agreements.

The decrease in income tax payments during the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 was primarily due to a $140 million tax payment made in 2009 that related to 2008. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we made a tax payment of $25 million that related to 2009.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 consists primarily of cash paid for capital expenditures of $925 million, cash paid for intangible assets of $117 million and acquisitions of $172 million. Capital expenditures have been our most significant recurring investing activity and we expect that this will continue in the future.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 consists primarily of proceeds from borrowings of $2.4 billion, partially offset by debt repurchases and repayments of $612 million, repurchases of our Class A Special common stock of $300 million and dividend payments of $268 million.

We have made, and may from time to time in the future make, optional repayments on our debt obligations, which may include repurchases of our outstanding public notes and debentures, depending on various factors, such as market conditions.

Available Borrowings Under Credit Facilities

We traditionally maintain significant availability under our lines of credit and our commercial paper program to meet our short-term liquidity requirements. As of March 31, 2010, amounts available under all of our credit facilities totaled approximately $6.4 billion.

 

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Share Repurchases and Dividends

During the three months ended March 31, 2010, we repurchased approximately 19.2 million shares of our Class A Special common stock under our share repurchase authorization for $300 million. As of March 31, 2010, we had approximately $3.0 billion of availability remaining under our share repurchase authorization. We intend to complete repurchases under the current share repurchase authorization by the end of 2012, subject to market conditions.

In February 2010, our Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.0945 per share as part of our planned annual dividend of $0.378 per share. Approximately $267 million of dividends declared were paid in April 2010. We expect to continue to pay quarterly dividends, although each dividend is subject to approval by our Board of Directors.

Critical Accounting Judgments and Estimates

The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and contingent liabilities. We base our judgments on our historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making estimates about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe our judgments and related estimates associated with the valuation and impairment testing of our cable franchise rights and the accounting for income taxes are critical in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.

For a full discussion of the accounting judgments and estimates that we have identified as critical in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, please refer to our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 3: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We have evaluated the information required under this item that was disclosed in our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K and believe there have been no significant changes to this information.

ITEM 4: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Conclusions regarding disclosure controls and procedures

Our principal executive and principal financial officers, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report, have concluded that, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by paragraph (b) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II: OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Refer to Note 12 to our condensed consolidated financial statements of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent developments related to our legal proceedings.

 

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ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS

There have been no significant changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A of our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 2: UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The table below summarizes our repurchases under our existing share repurchase authorization during the three months ended March 31, 2010.

Purchases of Equity Securities

 

Period   Total
Number
of Shares
Purchased
   Average Price
Per Share
   Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Authorization
  

Total Dollar
Amount
Purchased

Under
the Authorization

   Maximum Dollar Value
of Shares That May Yet
Be Purchased Under
the Authorization(a)

January 1-31, 2010

     $       $    $ 3,340,975,279

February 1-28, 2010

  9,709,681    $ 15.45    9,709,681    $ 150,000,000    $ 3,190,975,279

March 1-31, 2010

  9,484,912    $ 15.81    9,484,912    $ 150,000,000    $ 3,040,975,279

Total

  19,194,593    $ 15.63    19,194,593    $ 300,000,000    $ 3,040,975,279

 

(a)

In 2007, our Board of Directors authorized a $7 billion addition to the existing share repurchase authorization. Under this authorization, we may repurchase shares in the open market or in private transactions, subject to market conditions. The current share repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date. As of March 31, 2010, we had approximately $3.0 billion of availability remaining under our share repurchase authorization. We intend to complete repurchases under the current share repurchase authorization by the end of 2012, subject to market conditions.

The total number of shares purchased during the three months ended March 31, 2010 does not include any shares received in the administration of employee share-based compensation plans.

ITEM 6: EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Description
31  

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32  

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

10.1*  

Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective February 22, 2010.

10.2*  

Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2010.

10.3*  

Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and Arthur R. Block, dated as of January 26, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009).

10.4*  

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award under the Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan.

101  

The following financial statements from Comcast Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2010, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet; (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations; (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows; (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity; (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income and (vi) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

 

 

*

Constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

COMCAST CORPORATION

/s/ LAWRENCE J. SALVA

Lawrence J. Salva

Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

and Controller

(Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: April 28, 2010

 

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2002 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective Feb 22, 2010

Exhibit 10.1

COMCAST CORPORATION

2002 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN

(As Amended And Restated, Effective February 22, 2010)

1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

(a) Amendment and Restatement of Plan. COMCAST CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby amends and restates the Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan (the “Plan”), effective February 22, 2010. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the ability of Comcast Corporation to recruit and retain employees and enhance the growth and profitability of Comcast Corporation by providing the incentive of long-term awards for continued employment and the attainment of performance objectives.

(b) Purpose of the Amendment; Credits Affected. The Plan was previously amended and restated, effective January 1, 2005 in order (i) to preserve the favorable tax treatment available to amounts deferred pursuant to the Plan before January 1, 2005 and the earnings credited in respect of such amounts (each a “Grandfathered Amount”) in light of the enactment of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and the issuance of various Notices, Announcements, Proposed Regulations and Final Regulations thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”), and (ii) with respect to all other amounts eligible to be deferred under the Plan, to comply with the requirements of Section 409A. Except as provided in Paragraph 2(ee) or Paragraph 8(i)(iii) of the Plan, Grandfathered Amounts will continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan as in effect prior to January 1, 2005. All amounts eligible to be deferred under the Plan other than Grandfathered Amounts will be subject to the terms of this amendment and restatement of the Plan and Section 409A.

(c) Reservation of Right to Amend to Comply with Section 409A. In addition to the powers reserved to the Board and the Committee under Paragraph 14 of the Plan, the Board and the Committee reserve the right to amend the Plan, either retroactively or prospectively, in whatever respect is required to achieve and maintain compliance with the requirements of the Section 409A.

(d) Deferral Provisions of Plan Unfunded and Limited to Select Group of Management or Highly Compensated Employees. Deferral Eligible Grantees and Non-Employee Directors may elect to defer the receipt of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units as provided in Paragraph 8. The deferral provisions of Paragraph 8 and the other provisions of the Plan relating to the deferral of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units are unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing a select group of management or highly compensated employees the opportunity to defer the receipt of compensation otherwise payable to such eligible employees in accordance with the terms of the Plan.


2. DEFINITIONS

(a) “Acceleration Election” means a written election on a form provided by the Committee, pursuant to which a Deceased Grantee’s Successor-in-Interest or a Disabled Grantee elects to accelerate the distribution date of Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units.

(b) “Account” means unfunded bookkeeping accounts established pursuant to Paragraph 8(h) and maintained by the Committee in the names of the respective Grantees (i) to which Deferred Stock Units, dividend equivalents and earnings on dividend equivalents shall be credited with respect to the portion of the Account allocated to the Company Stock Fund and (ii) 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.

(c) “Active Grantee” means each Grantee who is actively employed by a Participating Company.

(d) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control,” including its correlative terms “controlled by” and “under common control with,” mean, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(e) “Annual Rate of Pay” means, as of any date, an employee’s annualized base pay rate. An employee’s Annual Rate of Pay shall not include sales commissions or other similar payments or awards.

(f) “Applicable Interest Rate” means:

 

  (i) Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 2(f)(ii),

 

  (A) the Applicable Interest Rate with respect to amounts credited to the Income Fund that are attributable to Diversification Elections and Special Diversification Elections made before January 1, 2010 shall be the interest rate that, when compounded annually pursuant to rules established by the Committee from time to time, is mathematically equivalent to 8% per annum, compounded annually, or such other interest rate established by the Committee from time to time, provided that

 

  (B)

the Applicable Interest Rate with respect to amounts credited to the Income Fund that are attributable to Diversification Elections and Special Diversification

 

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  Elections made after December 31, 2009 shall be the “Applicable Interest Rate” under the Comcast Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan as in effect for active participants in such Plan from time to time.

The effective date of any reduction in the Applicable Interest Rate shall not precede the later of: (A) the 30th day following the date of the Committee’s action to establish a reduced rate; or (B) the lapse of 24 full calendar months from the date of the most recent adjustment of the Applicable Interest Rate by the Committee.

 

  (ii) Effective for the period extending from a Grantee’s employment termination date to the date the Grantee’s Account is distributed in full, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may designate the term “Applicable Interest Rate” for such Grantee’s Account to mean the lesser of: (A) the rate in effect under Paragraph 2(f)(i) or (B) the interest rate that, when compounded annually pursuant to rules established by the Committee from time to time, is mathematically equivalent to the Prime Rate plus one percent, compounded annually as of the last day of the calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may delegate its authority to determine the Applicable Interest Rate under this Paragraph 2(f)(ii) to an officer of the Company or committee of two or more officers of the Company.

(g) “AT&T Broadband Transaction” means the acquisition of AT&T Broadband Corp. (now known as Comcast Cable Communications, LLC) by the Company.

(h) “Award” means an award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan.

(i) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(j) “Change of Control” means:

 

  (i) For all purposes of the Plan other than Paragraph 8, any transaction or series of transactions as a result of which any Person who was a Third Party immediately before such transaction or series of transactions owns then-outstanding securities of the Company such that such Person has the ability to direct the management of the Company, as determined by the Board in its discretion. The Board may also determine that a Change of Control shall occur upon the completion of one or more proposed transactions. The Board’s determination shall be final and binding.

 

  (ii) For purposes of Paragraph 8, any transaction or series of transactions that constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, within the meaning of Section 409A.

 

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(k) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(l) “Comcast Plan” means any restricted stock, restricted stock unit, stock bonus, stock option or other compensation plan, program or arrangement established or maintained by the Company or an Affiliate, including but not limited to this Plan, the Comcast Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan, the Comcast Corporation 2002 Stock Option Plan, the Comcast Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan, Comcast Corporation 1987 Stock Option Plan and the Comcast Corporation 2002 Deferred Stock Option Plan.

(m) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

(n) “Common Stock” means Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01, of the Company.

(o) “Company” means Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, including any successor thereto by merger, consolidation, acquisition of all or substantially all the assets thereof, or otherwise.

(p) “Company Stock Fund” means a hypothetical investment fund pursuant to which Deferred Stock Units are credited with respect to a portion of an Award subject to an Election, and thereafter until (i) the date of distribution or (ii) the effective date of a Diversification Election, to the extent a Diversification Election applies to such Deferred Stock Units, as applicable. The portion of a Grantee’s Account deemed invested in the Company Stock Fund shall be treated as if such portion of the Account were invested in hypothetical shares of Common Stock or Special Common Stock otherwise deliverable as Shares upon the Vesting Date associated with Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, and all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to Common Stock or Special Common Stock were credited to the Income Fund, held uninvested in cash and credited with interest at the Applicable Interest Rate as of the next succeeding December 31 (to the extent the Account continues to be deemed credited in the form of Deferred Stock Units through such December 31).

(q) “Date of Grant” means the date on which an Award is granted.

(r) “Deceased Grantee” means:

 

  (i) A Grantee whose employment by a Participating Company is terminated by death; or

 

  (ii) A Grantee who dies following termination of employment by a Participating Company.

 

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(s) “Deferral Eligible Employee” means:

 

  (i) An Eligible Employee whose Annual Rate of Pay is $200,000 or more as of both: (A) the date on which an Initial Election is filed with the Committee; and (B) the first day of the calendar year in which such Initial Election filed.

 

  (ii) An Eligible Employee whose Annual Rate of Pay is $125,000 as of each of: (A) June 30, 2002; (B) the date on which an Initial Election is filed with the Committee; and (C) the first day of each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2002.

 

  (iii) Each New Key Employee.

 

  (iv) Each other employee of a Participating Company who is designated by the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, as a Deferral Eligible Employee.

(t) “Deferred Stock Units” means the number of hypothetical Shares subject to an Election.

(u) “Disability” means:

 

  (i) A Grantee’s substantially inability to perform the Grantee’s employment duties due to partial or total disability or incapacity resulting from a mental or physical illness, injury or other health-related cause for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or for a cumulative period of fifty-two (52) weeks in any twenty-four (24) consecutive-month period; or

 

  (ii) If more favorable to the Grantee, “Disability” as it may be defined in such Grantee’s employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or an Affiliate, if any.

(v) “Disabled Grantee” means:

 

  (i) A Grantee whose employment by a Participating Company is terminated by reason of Disability;

 

  (ii) The duly-appointed legal guardian of an individual described in Paragraph 2(v)(i) acting on behalf of such individual.

(w) “Diversification Election” means a Grantee’s election to have a portion of the Grantee’s Account credited in the form of Deferred Stock Units and attributable to any grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units deemed liquidated and credited thereafter under the Income Fund, as provided in Paragraph 8(k).

(x) “Election” means, as applicable, an Initial Election, a Subsequent Election, or an Acceleration Election.

 

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(y) “Eligible Employee” means an employee of a Participating Company, as determined by the Committee.

(z) “Fair Market Value” means:

 

  (i) If Shares are listed on a stock exchange, Fair Market Value shall be determined based on the last reported sale price of a Share on the principal exchange on which Shares are listed on the date of determination, or if such date is not a trading day, the next trading date.

 

  (ii) If Shares are not so listed, but trades of Shares are reported on the Nasdaq National Market, Fair Market Value shall be determined based on the last quoted sale price of a Share on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of determination, or if such date is not a trading day, the next trading date.

 

  (iii) If Shares are not so listed nor trades of Shares so reported, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good faith.

(aa) “Family Member” has the meaning given to such term in General Instructions A.1(a)(5) to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto.

(bb) “Grandfathered Amount” means amounts described in Paragraph 1(b) that were deferred under the Plan and that were earned and vested before January 1, 2005.

(cc) “Grantee” means an Eligible Employee or Non-Employee Director who is granted an Award.

(dd) “Hardship” means an “unforeseeable emergency,” as defined in Section 409A. The Committee shall determine whether the circumstances of the Grantee constitute an unforeseeable emergency and thus a Hardship within the meaning of this Paragraph 2(dd). Following a uniform procedure, the Committee’s determination shall consider any facts or conditions deemed necessary or advisable by the Committee, and the Grantee shall be required to submit any evidence of the Grantee’s circumstances that the Committee requires. The determination as to whether the Grantee’s circumstances are a case of Hardship shall be based on the facts of each case; provided however, that all determinations as to Hardship shall be uniformly and consistently made according to the provisions of this Paragraph 2(dd) for all Grantees in similar circumstances.

(ee) “Income Fund” means a hypothetical investment fund pursuant to which an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of Deferred Stock Units subject to a Diversification Election is credited as of the effective date of such Diversification Election and as to which interest is credited thereafter until the date of distribution at the Applicable Interest Rate. In addition, the Income Fund shall also be deemed to hold dividend equivalents and earnings on dividend equivalents credited to a Grantee’s Account as described in Section 2(b) and Section 2(p). Except as otherwise provided in

 

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Paragraph 8(l), and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, for purposes of determining the time and form of payment of amounts credited to the Income Fund, the rules of the Comcast Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan shall apply on the same basis as if such amounts were credited to a participant’s account under such Deferred Compensation Plan.

(ff) “Initial Election” means a written election on a form provided by the Committee, pursuant to which a Grantee: (i) elects, within the time or times specified in Paragraph 8(a), to defer the distribution date of Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units; and (ii) designates the distribution date of such Shares.

(gg) “New Key Employee” means each employee of a Participating Company who: (i) becomes an employee of a Participating Company and has an Annual Rate of Pay of $200,000 or more as of his employment commencement date; or (ii) has an Annual Rate of Pay that is increased to $200,000 or more and who, immediately preceding such increase, was not a Deferral Eligible Employee.

(hh) “Non-Employee Director” means an individual who is a member of the Board, and who is not an employee of the Company, including an individual who is a member of the Board and who previously was an employee of the Company.

(ii) “Normal Retirement” means a Grantee’s termination of employment that is treated by the Participating Company as a retirement under its employment policies and practices as in effect from time to time.

(jj) “Other Available Shares” means, as of any date, the sum of:

 

  (i) The total number of Shares owned by a Grantee or such Grantee’s Family Member that were not acquired by such Grantee or such Grantee’s Family Member pursuant to a Comcast Plan or otherwise in connection with the performance of services to the Company or an Affiliate; plus

 

  (ii) The excess, if any of:

 

  (A) The total number of Shares owned by a Grantee or such Grantee’s Family Member other than the Shares described in Paragraph 2(jj)(i); over

 

  (B) The sum of:

(1) The number of such Shares owned by such Grantee or such Grantee’s Family Member for less than six months; plus

(2) The number of such Shares owned by such Grantee or such Grantee’s Family Member that has, within the preceding six months, been the subject of a withholding certification pursuant to Paragraph 9(c)(ii) or any similar withholding certification under any other Comcast Plan; plus

 

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(3) The number of such Shares owned by such Grantee or such Grantee’s Family Member that has, within the preceding six months, been received in exchange for Shares surrendered as payment, in full or in part, or as to which ownership was attested to as payment, in full or in part, of the exercise price for an option to purchase any securities of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, under any Comcast Plan, but only to the extent of the number of Shares surrendered or attested to; plus

(4) The number of such Shares owned by such Grantee or such Grantee’s Family Member as to which evidence of ownership has, within the preceding six months, been provided to the Company in connection with the crediting of “Deferred Stock Units” to such Grantee’s Account under the Comcast Corporation 2002 Deferred Stock Option Plan (as in effect from time to time).

For purposes of this Paragraph 2(jj), a Share that is subject to an Election pursuant to Paragraph 8 or a deferral election pursuant to another Comcast Plan shall not be treated as owned by a Grantee until all conditions to the delivery of such Share have lapsed. The number of Other Available Shares shall be determined separately for Common Stock and Special Common Stock, provided that Shares of Common Stock or Special Common Stock that otherwise qualify as “Other Available Shares” under this Paragraph 2(jj), or any combination thereof, shall be permitted to support any attestation to ownership referenced in the Plan for any purpose for which attestation may be necessary or appropriate. For purposes of determining the number of Other Available Shares, the term “Shares” shall also include the securities held by a Grantee or such Grantee’s Family Member immediately before the consummation of the AT&T Broadband Transaction that became Shares as a result of the AT&T Broadband Transaction.

(kk) “Participating Company” means the Company and each of the Subsidiary Companies.

(ll) “Performance-Based Compensation” means “Performance-Based Compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A.

(mm) “Performance Period” means a period of at least 12 months during which a Grantee may earn Performance-Based Compensation.

(nn) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization.

(oo) “Plan” means the Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan, as set forth herein, and as amended from time to time.

 

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(pp) “Prime Rate” means, for any calendar year, the interest rate that, when compounded daily pursuant to rules established by the Committee from time to time, is mathematically equivalent to the prime rate of interest (compounded annually) as published in the Eastern Edition of The Wall Street Journal on the last business day preceding the first day of such calendar year, and as adjusted as of the last business day preceding the first day of each calendar year beginning thereafter.

(qq) “Restricted Stock” means Shares subject to restrictions as set forth in an Award.

(rr) “Restricted Stock Unit” means a unit that entitles the Grantee, upon the Vesting Date set forth in an Award, to receive one Share.

(ss) “Retired Grantee” means a Grantee who has terminated employment pursuant to a Normal Retirement.

(tt) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act, as in effect from time to time.

(uu) “Section 16(b) Officer” means an officer of the Company who is subject to the short-swing profit recapture rules of section 16(b) of the 1934 Act.

(vv) “Share” or “Shares” means:

 

  (i) except as provided in Paragraph 2(vv)(ii), a share or shares of Common Stock.

 

  (ii) with respect to Awards granted before the consummation of the AT&T Broadband Transaction as to which a Vesting Date has not occurred, and for purposes of Paragraphs 2(jj) and 9(c), the term “Share” or “Shares” also means a share or shares of Special Common Stock.

(ww) “Special Common Stock” means Class A Special Common Stock, par value $0.01, of the Company.

(xx) “Special Diversification Election” means, with respect to each separate Award, a Diversification Election by a Grantee other than a Non-Employee Director to have more than 40 percent of the Deferred Stock Units credited to such Grantee’s Account in the Company Stock Fund liquidated and credited thereafter under the Income Fund, as provided in Paragraph 8(k)(i), if (and to the extent that) it is approved by the Committee or its delegate in accordance with Paragraph 8(k)(ii).

(yy) “Subsequent Election” means a written election on a form provided by the Committee, filed with the Committee in accordance with Paragraph 8(d), pursuant to which a Grantee: (i) elects, within the time or times specified in Paragraph 8(d), to further defer the distribution date of Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units; and (ii) designates the distribution date of such Shares.

 

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(zz) “Subsidiary Companies” means all business entities that, at the time in question, are subsidiaries of the Company, within the meaning of section 424(f) of the Code.

(aaa) “Successor-in-Interest” means the estate or beneficiary to whom the right to payment under the Plan shall have passed by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

(bbb) “Terminating Event” means any of the following events:

 

  (i) the liquidation of the Company; or

 

  (ii) a Change of Control.

(ccc) “Third Party” means any Person, together with such Person’s Affiliates, provided that the term “Third Party” shall not include the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

(ddd) “Vesting Date” means, as applicable: (i) the date on which the restrictions imposed on a Share of Restricted Stock lapse or (ii) the date on which the Grantee vests in a Restricted Stock Unit.

(eee) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(fff) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

3. RIGHTS TO BE GRANTED

Rights that may be granted under the Plan are:

(a) Rights to Restricted Stock which gives the Grantee ownership rights in the Shares subject to the Award, subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, as set forth in Paragraph 7, and to deferred payment, as set forth in Paragraph 8; and

(b) Rights to Restricted Stock Units which give the Grantee the right to receive Shares upon a Vesting Date, as set forth in Paragraph 7, and to deferred payment, as set forth in Paragraph 8. The maximum number of Shares subject to Awards that may be granted to any single individual in any calendar year, adjusted as provided in Paragraph 10, shall be 2.0 million Shares.

4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

(a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 10, not more than 74 million Shares in the aggregate may be issued under the Plan pursuant to the grant of Awards. The Shares issued under the Plan may, at the Company’s option, be either Shares held in treasury or Shares originally issued for such purpose.

 

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(b) If (i) Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are forfeited pursuant to the terms of an Award or (ii) with respect to Restricted Stock Units, the Company withholds Shares to satisfy its minimum tax withholding requirements as provided in Paragraph 9(c), other Awards may be granted covering the Shares that were forfeited, or covering the Shares so withheld to satisfy the Company’s minimum tax withholding requirements, as applicable.

5. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

(a) Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, provided that with respect to Awards to Non-Employee Directors, the rules of this Paragraph 5 shall apply so that all references in this Paragraph 5 to the Committee shall be treated as references to either the Board or the Committee acting alone.

(b) Grants. Subject to the express terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, the Committee shall have the power, from time to time, to:

 

  (i) select those Employees and Non-Employee Directors to whom Awards shall be granted under the Plan, to determine the number of Shares and/or Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, to be granted pursuant to each Award, and, pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, to determine the terms and conditions of each Award, including the restrictions applicable to such Shares and the conditions upon which a Vesting Date shall occur; and

 

  (ii) interpret the Plan’s provisions, prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations for the Plan, and make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

The determination of the Committee in all matters as stated above shall be conclusive.

(c) Meetings. The Committee shall hold meetings at such times and places as it may determine. Acts approved at a meeting by a majority of the members of the Committee or acts approved in writing by the unanimous consent of the members of the Committee shall be the valid acts of the Committee.

(d) Exculpation. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action in connection with the administration of the Plan or the granting of Awards thereunder unless (i) the member of the Committee has breached or failed to perform the duties of his office, and (ii) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness; provided, however, that the provisions of this Paragraph 5(d) shall not apply to the responsibility or liability of a member of the Committee pursuant to any criminal statute.

(e) Indemnification. Service on the Committee shall constitute service as a member of the Board. Each member of the Committee shall be entitled without further act on his part to indemnity from the Company to the fullest extent provided by

 

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applicable law and the Company’ s Articles of Incorporation and By-laws in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding with respect to the administration of the Plan or the granting of Awards thereunder in which he may be involved by reason of his being or having been a member of the Committee, whether or not he continues to be such member of the Committee at the time of the action, suit or proceeding.

(f) Delegation of Authority.

 

  (i) Named Executive Officers and Section 16(b) Officers. All authority with respect to the grant, amendment, interpretation and administration of grants and awards of restricted stock and restricted stock units with respect to any Eligible Employee who is either (x) a Named Executive Officer (i.e., an officer who is required to be listed in the Company’s Proxy Statement Compensation Table) or (y) is a Section 16(b) Officer, is reserved to the Committee.

 

  (ii) Senior Officers and Highly Compensated Employees. The Committee may delegate to a committee consisting of the Chairman of the Committee and one or more officers of the Company designated by the Committee, discretion under the Plan to grant, amend, interpret and administer grants of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units with respect to any Eligible Employee who (x) holds a position with Comcast Corporation of Senior Vice President or a position of higher rank than Senior Vice President or (y) has a base salary of $500,000 or more.

 

  (iii) Other Employees. The Committee may delegate to an officer of the Company, or a committee of two or more officers of the Company, discretion under the Plan to grant, amend, interpret and administer grants of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units with respect to any Eligible Employee other than an Eligible Employee described in Paragraph 5(f)(i) or Paragraph 5(f)(ii).

 

  (iv) Special Diversification Elections. Notwithstanding Paragraph 5(f)(i) or Paragraph 5(f)(ii), the Committee may delegate to an officer of the Company, or a committee of two or more officers of the Company, discretion under the Plan to authorize Special Diversification Elections made after December 31, 2009.

(g) Termination of Delegation of Authority. Any delegation of authority described in Paragraph 5(f) shall continue in effect until the earliest of:

 

  (i) such time as the Committee shall, in its discretion, revoke such delegation of authority;

 

  (ii)

in the case of delegation under Paragraph 5(f)(ii), the delegate shall cease to serve as Chairman of the Committee or serve as an

 

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  employee of the Company for any reason, as the case may be and in the case of delegation under Paragraph 5(f)(iii), the delegate shall cease to serve as an employee of the Company for any reason; or

 

  (iii) the delegate shall notify the Committee that he declines to continue to exercise such authority.

6. ELIGIBILITY

Awards may be granted only to Eligible Employees and Non-Employee Directors.

7. RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS

The Committee may grant Awards in accordance with the Plan, provided that the Board or the Committee may grant Awards to Non-Employee Directors authorized by the Comcast Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, or otherwise. With respect to Awards to Non-Employee Directors, the rules of this Paragraph 7 shall apply so that either the Board or the Committee acting alone shall have all of the authority otherwise reserved in this Paragraph 7 to the Committee.

The terms and conditions of Awards shall be set forth in writing as determined from time to time by the Committee, consistent, however, with the following:

(a) Time of Grant. All Awards shall be granted on or before May 12, 2019.

(b) Terms of Awards. The provisions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each Grantee. No cash or other consideration shall be required to be paid by the Grantee in exchange for an Award.

(c) Awards and Agreements. Each Grantee shall be provided with an agreement specifying the terms of an Award. In addition, a certificate shall be issued to each Grantee in respect of Restricted Stock subject to an Award. Such certificate shall be registered in the name of the Grantee and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Award. The Company may require that the certificate evidencing such Restricted Stock be held by the Company until all restrictions on such Restricted Stock have lapsed.

(d) Restrictions. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the Award, the Committee may establish a period commencing with the Date of Grant during which the Grantee shall not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge or assign Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units awarded under the Plan.

(e) Vesting/Lapse of Restrictions. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the Award, a Vesting Date for Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units subject to an Award shall occur at such time or times and on such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine and as are set forth in the Award; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided by the Committee, a Vesting Date shall occur only if the

 

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Grantee is an employee of a Participating Company as of such Vesting Date, and has been an employee of a Participating Company continuously from the Date of Grant. The Award may provide for Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units to vest in installments, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, waive, in whole or in part, any remaining conditions to vesting with respect to such Grantee’s Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, provided that for avoidance of doubt, such unilateral discretion shall not apply to any grant of rights that is designated as intended to satisfy the rules for performance-based compensation under section 162(m) of the Code. All references to Shares in Awards granted before the consummation of the AT&T Broadband Transaction as to which a Vesting Date has not occurred shall be deemed to be references to Special Common Stock.

(f) Rights of the Grantee. Grantees may have such rights with respect to Shares subject to an Award as may be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award, including the right to vote such Shares, and the right to receive dividends paid with respect to such Shares. A Grantee whose Award consists of Restricted Stock Units shall not have the right to vote or to receive dividend equivalents with respect to such Restricted Stock Units.

(g) Termination of Grantee’s Employment. A transfer of an Eligible Employee between two employers, each of which is a Participating Company, shall not be deemed a termination of employment. In the event that a Grantee terminates employment with all Participating Companies, all Restricted Shares and/or Restricted Stock Units as to which a Vesting Date has not occurred shall be forfeited by the Grantee and deemed canceled by the Company.

(h) Delivery of Shares. For purposes of the Plan, the Company may satisfy its obligation to deliver Shares issuable under the Plan either by (i) delivery of a physical certificate for Shares issuable under the Plan or (ii) arranging for the recording of Grantee’s ownership of Shares issuable under the Plan on a book entry recordkeeping system maintained on behalf of the Company. Except as otherwise provided by Paragraph 8, when a Vesting Date occurs with respect to all or a portion of an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall notify the Grantee that a Vesting Date has occurred, and shall deliver to the Grantee (or the Grantee’s Successor-in-Interest) Shares as to which a Vesting Date has occurred (or in the case of Restricted Stock Units, the number of Shares represented by such Restricted Stock Units) without any legend or restrictions (except those that may be imposed by the Committee, in its sole judgment, under Paragraph 9(a)). The right to payment of any fractional Shares that may have accrued shall be satisfied in cash, measured by the product of the fractional amount times the Fair Market Value of a Share at the Vesting Date, as determined by the Committee.

8. DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

A Grantee may elect to defer the receipt of Shares that would otherwise be issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units as to which a Vesting

 

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Date has occurred, as provided by the Committee in the Award, consistent, however, with the following:

(a) Initial Election.

 

  (i) Election. Each Grantee who is a Non-Employee Director or a Deferral Eligible Employee shall have the right to defer the receipt of some or all of the Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units as to which a Vesting Date has not yet occurred, by filing an Initial Election to defer the receipt of such Shares on a form provided by the Committee for this purpose.

 

  (ii)

Deadline for Initial Election. No Initial Election to defer the receipt of Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that are not Performance-Based Compensation shall be effective unless it is filed with the Committee on or before the 30th day following the Date of Grant and 12 or more months in advance of the applicable Vesting Date. No Initial Election to defer the receipt of Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that are Performance-Based Compensation shall be effective unless it is filed with the Administrator at least six months before the end of the Performance Period during which such Performance-Based Compensation may be earned.

(b) Effect of Failure of Vesting Date to Occur. An Election shall be null and void if a Vesting Date with respect to the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units does not occur before the distribution date for Shares issuable with respect to such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units identified in such Election.

(c) Deferral Period. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 8(d), all Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that are subject to an Election shall be delivered to the Grantee (or the Grantee’s Successor-in-Interest) without any legend or restrictions (except those that may be imposed by the Committee, in its sole judgment, under Paragraph 9(a)), on the distribution date for such Shares designated by the Grantee on the most recently filed Election. Subject to acceleration or deferral pursuant to Paragraph 8(d) or Paragraph 11, no distribution may be made earlier than January 2nd of the third calendar year beginning after the Vesting Date, nor later than January 2nd of the eleventh calendar year beginning after the Vesting Date. The distribution date may vary with each separate Election.

(d) Additional Elections. Notwithstanding anything in this Paragraph 8(d) to the contrary, no Subsequent Election shall be effective until 12 months after the date on which such Subsequent Election is made.

 

  (i)

Each Active Grantee who has previously made an Initial Election to receive a distribution of part or all of his or her Account, or who,

 

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  pursuant to this Paragraph 8(d)(i) has made a Subsequent Election to defer the distribution date for Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units for an additional period from the originally-elected distribution date, may elect to defer the distribution date for a minimum of five 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.

 

  (ii) A Deceased Grantee’s Successor-in-Interest may elect to: (A) file a Subsequent Election to defer the distribution date for the Deceased Grantee’s Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units for five additional years from the date payment would otherwise be made; or (B) file an Acceleration Election to accelerate the distribution date for the Deceased Grantee’s Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units from the date payment would otherwise be made to a date that is as soon as practicable following the Deceased Grantee’s death. A 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 the Deceased Grantee’s last Election. An Acceleration Election pursuant to this Paragraph 8(d)(ii) must be filed with the Committee as soon as practicable following the Deceased Grantee’s death, as determined by the Committee.

 

  (iii) A Disabled Grantee may elect to accelerate the distribution date of the Disabled Grantee’s Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units 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. An Acceleration Election pursuant to this Paragraph 8(d)(iii) must be filed with the Committee as soon as practicable following the Deceased Grantee’s death, as determined by the Committee.

 

  (iv) A Retired Grantee may elect to defer the distribution date of the Retired Grantee’s Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units for five additional years from the date payment would otherwise be made. A 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 the Retired Grantee’s last Election.

(e) Discretion to Provide for Distribution in Full Upon or Following a Change of Control. To the extent permitted by Section 409A, in connection with a Change of Control, and for the 12-month period following a Change of Control, the Committee may

 

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exercise its discretion to terminate the deferral provisions of the Plan and, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the terms of any Initial Election or Subsequent Election, distribute the Account of each Grantee in full and thereby effect the revocation of any outstanding Initial Elections or Subsequent Elections.

(f) Hardship. Notwithstanding the terms of an Initial Election or Subsequent Election, if, at the Grantee’s request, the Committee determines that the Grantee has incurred a Hardship, the Committee may, in its discretion, authorize the immediate distribution of all or any portion of the Grantee’s Account.

(g) Other Acceleration Events. To the extent permitted by Section 409A, notwithstanding the terms of an Initial Election or Subsequent Election, distribution of all or part of a Grantee’s Account may be made:

 

  (i) To fulfill a domestic relations order (as defined in section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code) to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulations section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ii) or any successor provision of law).

 

  (ii) To the extent necessary to comply with laws relating to avoidance of conflicts of interest, as provided in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(iii) (or any successor provision of law).

 

  (iii) To pay employment taxes to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(vi) (or any successor provision of law).

 

  (iv) In connection with the recognition of income as the result of a failure to comply with Section 409A, to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(vii) (or any successor provision of law).

 

  (v) To pay state, local or foreign taxes to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xi) (or any successor provision of law).

 

  (vi) In satisfaction of a debt of a Grantee to a Participating Company where such debt is incurred in the ordinary course of the service relationship between the Grantee and the Participating Company, to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xiii) (or any successor provision of law).

 

  (vii) In connection with a bona fide dispute as to a Grantee’s right to payment, to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xiv) (or any successor provision of law).

(h) Book Accounts. An Account shall be established for each Grantee who makes an Election. Deferred Stock Units shall be credited to the Account as of the date

 

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an Election becomes effective. Each Deferred Stock Unit will represent, as applicable, either a hypothetical share of Common Stock or a hypothetical share of Special Common Stock credited to the Account in lieu of delivery of the Shares to which the Election applies. 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, as further provided in Paragraph 8(k).

(i) Plan-to-Plan Transfers. The Administrator may delegate its authority to arrange for plan-to-plan transfers as described in this Paragraph 8(i) to an officer of the Company or committee of two or more officers of the Company.

 

  (i) The Administrator may, with a Grantee’s consent, make such arrangements as it may deem appropriate to transfer the Company’s obligation to pay benefits with respect to such Grantee which have not become payable under this Plan, to another employer, whether through a deferred compensation plan, program or arrangement sponsored by such other employer or otherwise, or to another deferred compensation plan, program or arrangement sponsored by the Company or an Affiliate. Following the completion of such transfer, with respect to the benefit transferred, the Grantee shall have no further right to payment under this Plan.

 

  (ii) The Administrator may, with a Grantee’s consent, make such arrangements as it may deem appropriate to assume another employer’s obligation to pay benefits with respect to such Grantee which have not become payable under the deferred compensation plan, program or arrangement under which such future right to payment arose, to the Plan, or to assume a future payment obligation of the Company or an Affiliate under another plan, program or arrangement sponsored by the Company or an Affiliate. Upon the completion of the Plan’s assumption of such payment obligation, the Administrator shall establish an Account for such Grantee, and the Account shall be subject to the rules of this Plan, as in effect from time to time.

 

  (iii)

Pursuant to rules established under Section 409A relating to certain “Transition Elections,” to the extent provided by the Committee or its delegate, a Grantee may, on or before December 31, 2008, (A) with respect to all or any portion of his or her Grandfathered Amount under the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004 that is scheduled to commence to be distributed under the Plan after December 31, 2008, and (B) with respect to any other amount credited to a Grantee’s Account that is scheduled to commence to be distributed under the Plan after December 31, 2008, make new payment elections as to the form and timing of payment of such amounts as may be permitted under this Plan, provided that (C) commencement of any distribution under such new payment

 

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  election may not occur before January 1, 2009 and (D) with respect to any Grandfathered Amount, following the completion of such new payment election, such amounts shall not be treated as a Grandfathered Amount, but instead shall be treated as a non-Grandfathered Amount, subject to the rules of this Plan.

(j) Crediting of Income, Gains and Losses on Accounts. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 8(k), the value of a Grantee’s Account as of any date shall be determined as if it were invested in the Company Stock Fund.

(k) Diversification Elections.

 

  (i) In General. A Diversification Election shall be available: (A) at any time that a Registration Statement filed under the 1933 Act (a “Registration Statement”) is effective with respect to the Plan; and (B) with respect to a Special Diversification Election, if and to the extent that the opportunity to make such a Special Diversification Election has been approved by the Committee or its delegate. No approval is required for a Diversification Election other than a Special Diversification Election.

 

  (ii) Committee Approval of Special Diversification Elections. The opportunity to make a Special Diversification Election and the extent to which a Special Diversification Election applies to Deferred Stock Units credited to the Company Stock Fund may be approved or rejected by the Committee or its delegate in its sole discretion. A Special Diversification Election shall only be effective if (and to the extent) approved by the Committee or its delegate.

 

  (iii) Timing and Manner of Making Diversification Elections. Each Grantee and, in the case of a Deceased Grantee, the Successor-in-Interest, may make a Diversification Election to convert up to 40 percent (or in the case of a Special Diversification Election, up to the approved percentage) of Deferred Stock Units attributable to such Award credited to the Company Stock Fund to the Income Fund. No deemed transfers shall be permitted from the Income Fund to the Company Stock Fund. Diversification Elections under this Paragraph 8(k)(iii) shall be prospectively effective on the later of: (A) the date designated by the Grantee on a Diversification Election filed with the Committee; or (B) the business day next following the lapse of six months from the date Deferred Stock Units subject to the Diversification Election are credited to the Grantee’s Account. In no event may a Diversification Election be effective earlier than the business day next following the lapse of six (6) months from the date Deferred Stock Units are credited to the Account following the lapse of restrictions with respect to an Award.

 

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  (iv) Timing of Credits. Account balances subject to a Diversification Election under this Paragraph 8(k) shall be deemed transferred from the Company Stock Fund to the Income Fund immediately following the effective date of such Diversification Election. The value of amounts deemed invested in the Income Fund immediately following the effective date of a Diversification Election shall be based on hypothetical sales of Common Stock or Special Common Stock, as applicable, underlying the liquidated Deferred Stock Units at Fair Market Value as of the effective date of a Diversification Election.

(l) Effect of Distributions within Five Years of Effective Date of Diversification Election. If, pursuant to Paragraphs 8(a) through 8(d), Shares distributable with respect to Deferred Stock Units credited to the Company Stock Fund that are attributable to an Award as to which a Diversification Election was made are distributed on or before the fifth anniversary of the effective date of such Diversification Election (and, in the case of a Grantee who is a Successor-in-Interest, whether or not such Diversification Election was made by a Grantee’s predecessor-in-interest), then, except as to the extent such distribution would constitute an impermissible acceleration of the time of payment under Section 409A, or as may otherwise be provided by the Committee or its delegate in its sole and absolute discretion, the following percentage of the Grantee’s Account credited to the Income Fund and attributable to such Diversification Election shall be distributed simultaneously with such Shares, without regard to any election to the contrary:

 

Time that Shares are Distributable

  

Distributable Percentage of

Corresponding Income Fund Amount

On or before the third anniversary of a

Diversification Election

   60%

After the third anniversary of a

Diversification Election and on or before the

fourth anniversary of a Diversification Election

   40%

After the fourth anniversary of a

Diversification Election and on or before the

fifth anniversary of a Diversification Election

   20%

After the fifth anniversary of a Diversification Election

   0%

 

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(m) Grantees’ Status as General Creditors. A Grantee’s right to delivery of Shares subject to an Election under this Paragraph 8, 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. The 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 a Grantee in a bankruptcy matter with respect to claims for wages.

(n) Non-Assignability, Etc. The right of a Grantee to receive Shares subject to an Election under this Paragraph 8, 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 such Grantee; and no right to receive Shares or cash payments hereunder shall be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment or encumbrance.

(o) Required Suspension of Payment of Benefits. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or any Grantee’s election as to the date or time of payment of any benefit payable under the Plan, To the extent compliance with the requirements of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(2) (or any successor provision) is necessary to avoid the application of an additional tax under Section 409A to payments due to the Grantee upon or following his separation from service, then notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, any such payments that are otherwise due within six months following the Grantee’s separation from service will be deferred and paid to the Grantee in a lump sum immediately following that six month period.

9. SECURITIES LAWS; TAXES

(a) Securities Laws. The Committee shall have the power to make each grant of Awards under the Plan subject to such conditions as it deems necessary or appropriate to comply with the then-existing requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, including Rule 16b-3. Such conditions may include the delivery by the Grantee of an investment representation to the Company in connection with a Vesting Date occurring with respect to Shares subject to an Award, or the execution of an agreement by the Grantee to refrain from selling or otherwise disposing of the Shares acquired for a specified period of time or on specified terms.

(b) Taxes. Subject to the rules of Paragraph 9(c), the Company shall be entitled, if necessary or desirable, to withhold the amount of any tax, charge or assessment attributable to the grant of any Award or the occurrence of a Vesting Date with respect to any Award, or distribution of all or any part of a Grantee’s Account. The Company shall not be required to deliver Shares pursuant to any Award or distribute a Grantee’s Account until it has been indemnified to its satisfaction for any such tax, charge or assessment.

 

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(c) Payment of Tax Liabilities; Election to Withhold Shares or Pay Cash to Satisfy Tax Liability.

 

  (i) In connection with the grant of any Award, the occurrence of a Vesting Date under any Award or the distribution of a Grantee’s Account, the Company shall have the right to (A) require the Grantee to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and/or local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery or transfer of any certificate or certificates for Shares subject to such Award, or (B) take any action whatever that it deems necessary to protect its interests with respect to tax liabilities. The Company’s obligation to make any delivery or transfer of Shares shall be conditioned on the Grantee’s compliance, to the Company’s satisfaction, with any withholding requirement.

 

  (ii)

Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9(c)(ii), any tax liabilities incurred in connection with grant of any Award, the occurrence of a Vesting Date under any Award under the Plan or the distribution of a Grantee’s Account shall, to the extent such liabilities cannot be satisfied in full by withholding cash payable in connection with such event, be satisfied by the Company’s withholding a portion of the Shares subject to such Award having a Fair Market Value approximately equal to the minimum amount of taxes required to be withheld by the Company under applicable law, unless otherwise determined by the Committee with respect to any Grantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may permit a Grantee to elect one or both of the following: (A) to have taxes withheld in excess of the minimum amount required to be withheld by the Company under applicable law; provided that the Grantee certifies in writing to the Company at the time of such election that the Grantee owns Other Available Shares having a Fair Market Value that is at least equal to the Fair Market Value to be withheld by the Company in payment of withholding taxes in excess of such minimum amount; and (B) to pay to the Company in cash all or a portion of the taxes to be withheld in connection with such grant, Vesting Date or Account distribution. In all cases, the Shares so withheld by the Company shall have a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the amount of taxes to be withheld minus the cash payment, if any, made by the Grantee or withheld from an Account distribution. Any election pursuant to this Paragraph 9(c)(ii) must be in writing made prior to the date specified by the Committee, and in any event prior to the date the amount of tax to be withheld or paid is determined. An election pursuant to this Paragraph 9(c)(ii) may be made only by a Grantee or, in the event of the Grantee’s death, by the Grantee’s legal representative. Shares withheld pursuant to this Paragraph 9(c)(ii)

 

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  shall be available for subsequent grants under the Plan. The Committee may add such other requirements and limitations regarding elections pursuant to this Paragraph 9(c)(ii) as it deems appropriate.

10. CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION

The aggregate number of Shares and class of Shares as to which Awards may be granted and the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Award shall be appropriately adjusted in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other change in the number or class of issued and outstanding equity securities of the Company resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of the Shares and/or other outstanding equity security or a recapitalization or other capital adjustment (not including the issuance of Shares and/or other outstanding equity securities on the conversion of other securities of the Company which are convertible into Shares and/or other outstanding equity securities) affecting the Shares which is effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. The Committee shall have authority to determine the adjustments to be made under this Paragraph 10 and any such determination by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.

11. TERMINATING EVENTS

The Committee shall give Grantees at least thirty (30) days’ notice (or, if not practicable, such shorter notice as may be reasonably practicable) prior to the anticipated date of the consummation of a Terminating Event. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide in such notice that upon the consummation of such Terminating Event, any conditions to the occurrence of a Vesting Date with respect to an Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units (other than Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that have previously been forfeited) shall be eliminated, in full or in part. Further, the Committee may, in its discretion, provide in such notice that notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the terms of any Election made pursuant to Paragraph 8, upon the consummation of a Terminating Event, Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units subject to an Election made pursuant to Paragraph 8 shall be transferred to the Grantee, and all amounts credited to the Income Fund shall be paid to the Grantee.

12. CLAIMS PROCEDURE

If an individual (hereinafter referred to as the “Applicant,” which reference shall include the legal representative, if any, of the individual) does not receive timely payment of benefits to which the Applicant believes he is entitled under Paragraph 8 of the Plan, the Applicant may make a claim for benefits in the manner hereinafter provided.

An Applicant may file a claim for benefits with the Committee on a form supplied by the Committee. If the Committee wholly or partially denies a claim, the Committee shall provide the Applicant with a written notice stating:

(a) The specific reason or reasons for the denial;

 

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(b) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

(c) A description of any additional material or information necessary for Applicant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

(d) Appropriate information as to the steps to be taken in order to submit a claim for review.

Written notice of a denial of a claim shall be provided within 90 days of the receipt of the claim, provided that if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim, the Committee may notify the Applicant in writing that an additional period of up to 90 days will be required to process the claim.

If the Applicant’s claim is denied, the Applicant shall have 60 days from the date of receipt of written notice of the denial of the claim to request a review of the denial of the claim by the Committee. Request for review of the denial of a claim must be submitted in writing. The Applicant shall have the right to review pertinent documents and submit issues and comments to the Committee in writing. The Committee shall provide a written decision within 60 days of its receipt of the Applicant’s request for review, provided that if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the review of the Applicant’s claim, the Committee may notify the Applicant in writing that an additional period of up to 60 days shall be required to process the Applicant’s request for review.

It is intended that the claims procedures of this Plan be administered in accordance with the claims procedure regulations of the Department of Labor set forth in 29 CFR § 2560.503-1.

Claims for benefits under the Plan must be filed with the Committee at the following address:

Comcast Corporation

One Comcast Center, 52nd Floor

1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2838

Attention: General Counsel

13. REPAYMENT

If it is determined by the Board that gross negligence, intentional misconduct or fraud by a Section 16(b) Officer or a former Section 16(b) Officer caused or partially caused the Company to have to restate all or a portion of its financial statements, the Board, in its sole discretion, may, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent it determines in its sole judgment that it is in the best interests of the Company to do so, require repayment of any Shares of Restricted Stock granted after February 28, 2007 or Shares delivered pursuant to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units granted after February 28, 2007

 

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to such Section 16(b) Officer or former Section 16(b) Officer, or to effect the cancellation of unvested Restricted Stock or unvested Restricted Stock Units, if (i) the vesting of the Award was calculated based upon, or contingent on, the achievement of financial or operating results that were the subject of or affected by the restatement, and (ii) the extent of vesting of the Award would have been less had the financial statements been correct. In addition, to the extent that the receipt of an Award subject to repayment under this Paragraph 13 has been deferred pursuant to Paragraph 8 (or any other plan, program or arrangement that permits the deferral of receipt of an Award), such Award (and any earnings credited with respect thereto) shall be forfeited in lieu of repayment.

14. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

The Plan may be terminated by the Board at any time. The Plan may be amended by the Board or the Committee at any time. No Award shall be affected by any such termination or amendment without the written consent of the Grantee.

15. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN

This amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be effective February 22, 2010. The Plan shall expire on May 12, 2019, unless sooner terminated by the Board.

16. GOVERNING LAW

The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant to the Plan shall be governed in accordance with Pennsylvania law.

Executed as of the 22nd day of February, 2010.

 

COMCAST CORPORATION
BY:   /s/ David L. Cohen
ATTEST:   /s/ Arthur R. Block

 

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Retirement-Investment Plan, as amended and restated effective Jan 1, 2010

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

THE COMCAST CORPORATION RETIREMENT-INVESTMENT PLAN

(Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2010)

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

   4

ARTICLE II - TRANSITION AND ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE

   17

Section 2.1.

 

Rights Affected and Preservation of Accrued Benefit

   17

Section 2.2.

 

Year of Eligibility Service for Special Employees.

   17

Section 2.3.

 

Eligibility to Participate – Pre-Tax Contributions.

   17

Section 2.4.

 

Election to Make Pre-Tax Contributions

   18

Section 2.4A.

 

Automatic Enrollment

   18

Section 2.5.

 

Participation in Matching Contributions.

   19

Section 2.6.

 

Eligibility to Participate – After-Tax Contributions

   19

Section 2.7.

 

Data

   19

Section 2.8.

 

Credit for Qualified Military Service

   19

ARTICLE III - CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN

   20

Section 3.1.

 

Pre-Tax Contributions.

   20

Section 3.2.

 

After-Tax Contributions

   21

Section 3.3.

 

Change of Percentage Rate

   21

Section 3.4.

 

Discontinuance of Pre-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions

   21

Section 3.5.

 

Matching Contributions.

   21

Section 3.6.

 

Timing and Deductibility of Contributions

   22

Section 3.7.

 

Fund

   22

Section 3.8.

 

Limitation on Pre-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions.

   22

Section 3.9.

 

Prevention of Violation of Limitation on Pre-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions

   23

Section 3.10.

 

Maximum Allocation.

   25

Section 3.11.

 

Safe Harbor Status

   26

ARTICLE IV - PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS

   27

Section 4.1.

 

Accounts

   27

Section 4.2.

 

Valuation

   27

Section 4.3.

 

Apportionment of Gain or Loss

   27

Section 4.4.

 

Accounting for Allocations.

   27

ARTICLE V - DISTRIBUTION

   29

Section 5.1.

 

General

   29

Section 5.2.

 

Separation from Service

   29

Section 5.3.

 

Death

   29

Section 5.4.

 

Total Disability

   29

 

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Section 5.5.

 

Valuation for Distribution

   29

Section 5.6.

 

Timing of Distribution

   29

Section 5.7.

 

Mode of Distribution of Retirement or Disability Benefits.

   30

Section 5.8.

 

Rules for Election of Optional Mode of Retirement or Disability Benefit

   31

Section 5.9.

 

Death Benefits.

   31

Section 5.10.

 

Explanations to Participants

   32

Section 5.11.

 

Beneficiary Designation.

   32

Section 5.12.

 

Recalculation of Life Expectancy

   34

Section 5.13.

 

Transfer of Account to Other Plan.

   34

Section 5.14.

 

Section 401(a)(9)

   36

ARTICLE VI - VESTING

   37

Section 6.1.

 

Nonforfeitable Amounts

   37

Section 6.2.

 

Years of Service for Vesting.

   37

Section 6.3.

 

Breaks in Service and Loss of Service

   38

Section 6.4.

 

Restoration of Service

   38

Section 6.5.

 

Forfeitures and Restoration of Forfeited Amounts upon Reemployment.

   38

ARTICLE VII - ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS

   40

Section 7.1.

 

Rollover Contributions.

   40

Section 7.2.

 

Vesting and Distribution of Rollover Account.

   40

Section 7.3.

 

Additional Rollover Amounts

   41

ARTICLE VIII - WITHDRAWALS

   42

Section 8.1.

 

Withdrawals Not Subject to Section 401(k) Restrictions

   42

Section 8.2.

 

Withdrawals Subject to Section 401(k) Restrictions.

   42

Section 8.3.

 

Withdrawals On and After Attainment of Age 59 1/2

   45

Section 8.4.

 

Amount and Payment of Withdrawals

   46

Section 8.5.

 

Withdrawals Not Subject to Replacement

   46

Section 8.6.

 

Pledged Amounts

   46

Section 8.7.

 

Investment Medium to be Charged with Withdrawal

   46

ARTICLE IX - LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS

   47

Section 9.1.

 

Loan Application

   47

Section 9.2.

 

Loan Approval.

   47

Section 9.3.

 

Amount of Loan.

   47

Section 9.4.

 

Terms of Loan.

   48

Section 9.5.

 

Enforcement.

   49

Section 9.6.

 

Additional Rules

   50

ARTICLE X - ADMINISTRATION

   51

Section 10.1.

 

Committee

   51

Section 10.2.

 

Duties and Powers of Committee.

   51

 

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Section 10.3.

 

Functioning of Committee.

   54

Section 10.4.

 

Allocation and Delegation of Duties

   54

Section 10.5.

 

Plan Expenses

   55

Section 10.6.

 

Information to be Supplied by a Participating Company

   55

Section 10.7.

 

Disputes.

   55

Section 10.8.

 

Indemnification

   56

ARTICLE XI - THE FUND

   57

Section 11.1.

 

Designation of Trustee

   57

Section 11.2.

 

Exclusive Benefit

   57

Section 11.3.

 

No Interest in Fund

   57

Section 11.4.

 

Trustee

   57

Section 11.5.

 

Investments.

   57

ARTICLE XII - AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

   59

Section 12.1.

 

Power of Amendment and Termination.

   59

Section 12.2.

 

Merger

   60

ARTICLE XIII - TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS

   61

Section 13.1.

 

General

   61

Section 13.2.

 

Definitions

   61

Section 13.3.

 

Minimum Contribution for Non-Key Employees.

   63

Section 13.4.

 

Social Security

   64

ARTICLE XIV - GENERAL PROVISIONS

   65

Section 14.1.

 

No Employment Rights

   65

Section 14.2.

 

Governing Law

   65

Section 14.3.

 

Severability of Provisions

   65

Section 14.4.

 

No Interest in Fund

   65

Section 14.5.

 

Spendthrift Clause

   65

Section 14.6.

 

Incapacity

   65

Section 14.7.

 

Withholding

   66

Section 14.8.

 

Missing Persons/Uncashed Checks.

   66

Section 14.9.

 

Notice

   66

ARTICLE XV - ADDITIONAL SERVICE CREDIT FOR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN ACQUIRED BUSINESSES

   67

Section 15.1.

 

Additional Service Credit

   67

Section 15.2.

 

Listed Employer

   67

Section 15.3.

 

Applicability

   67

Section 15.4.

 

Limitation

   67

ARTICLE XVI - COMCAST SPORTS NETWORK (PHILADELPHIA) L.P.

   68

Section 16.1.

 

General

   68

Section 16.2.

 

Eligibility and Vesting Service

   68

Section 16.3.

 

Eligibility to Participate

   68

Section 16.4.

 

Separate Testing

   68

 

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THE COMCAST CORPORATION RETIREMENT-INVESTMENT PLAN

Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2010

Background

Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, established The Comcast Corporation Employees’ Thrift Plan (the “Plan”) to provide benefits to those of its employees and the employees of its subsidiaries who were eligible to participate as provided therein effective December 1, 1979. The Plan was amended from time to time and amended, restated and redesignated The Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan effective March 1, 1983. The Plan has been amended subsequently, and amended and restated at various times.

Comcast Corporation amended, restated and redesignated the Plan as The AT&T Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan, effective November 18, 2002, the date on which the combination of Comcast Corporation and AT&T Broadband Corp. was consummated. Immediately following such redesignation, the Plan was renamed as The Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan.

Plan Mergers/Asset Transfers Prior to the Effective Date

The following plans were merged into the Plan as of the dates indicated below:

 

  (1) Barden Savings Plan, the Michigan Savings Plan, the Suburban Savings Plan and the profit sharing and cash or deferred arrangement portion of the Selkirk Plan were merged with and into this Plan – January 1, 1996

 

  (2) Jones Intercable, Inc. Profit Sharing\Retirement Savings Plan – October 1, 1999

 

  (3) Garden State Cablevision Retirement-Investment Plan – May 1, 2000

 

  (4) Prime Communications – Potomac LLC 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan and the Prime Cable 401(k) Savings and Security Plan – August 1, 2000

 

  (5) TGC, Inc. D/B/A The Golf Channel 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan – August 1, 2002

Effective April 1, 1998, assets from the tax-qualified defined contribution plan of Marcus Cable (the “Marcus Cable Plan”), attributable to the account balances of participants in the Marcus Cable Plan who transferred employment directly from Marcus Cable to the Company in connection with the Company’s acquisition of certain cable television businesses of Marcus Cable, were transferred to the Plan.


Effective November 1, 1999, assets from the tax-qualified defined contribution plans of Greater Media (the “Greater Media Plans”), attributable to the account balances of participants in the Greater Media Plans who transferred employment directly from Greater Media to the Company in connection with the Company’s acquisition of the Philadelphia cable television business of Greater Media, were transferred to the Plan.

Effective April 1, 2002, assets from the Lenfest Group Retirement Plan were transferred to the Plan.

Effective July 1, 2003 (the “Effective Date”), the Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc. Long Term Savings Plan (formerly the AT&T Broadband Long Term Savings Plan) was merged with and into the Plan.

CCCHI Plan Mergers/Asset Transfers Prior to the Effective Date

The following plans were merged into the CCCHI Plan as of the dates indicated below:

 

  (1) TCI TKR L.P. Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees – May 31, 2001

 

  (2) AT&T Long Term Savings Plan – San Francisco – June 22, 2001

 

  (3) MediaOne Group 401(k) Savings Plan – July 1, 2001

 

  (4) United Artists Cablesystems Corporation Savings and Investment Plan – August 2, 2002

 

  (5) TKR Cable Company Defined Contribution Plan – October 4, 2002.

 

  (6) Tech TV Savings and Profit Sharing Plan – December 31, 2007

 

  (7) 401(k) Savings Plan for Certain Seymour Employees – December 31, 2007

 

  (8) ThePlatform for Media Retirement Savings Plan – December 31, 2007

Effective January 25, 2002, assets from the AT&T Merger and Acquisition Retirement Savings Plan, to the extent attributable to current and former employees of AT&T Broadband, were transferred to the CCCHI Plan.

Amendment and Restatement

Comcast Corporation hereby amends and restates The Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan, effective January 1, 2010, unless stated otherwise herein, subject to receipt of an Internal Revenue Service determination that the Plan continues to meet all applicable requirements of section 401(a) of the Code, that employer contributions thereto remain deductible under section 404 of the Code and that the trust fund maintained with respect

 

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thereto remains tax exempt under section 501(a) of the Code. This amendment and restatement is intended to amend the Plan to comply in good faith with the provisions of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (“PPA”), the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (“HEART Act”) and the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (“WRER Act”).

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Except where otherwise clearly indicated by context, the masculine shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural, and vice-versa. Any term used herein without an initial capital letter that is used in a provision of the Code with which this Plan must comply to meet the requirements of section 401(a) of the Code shall be interpreted as having the meaning used in such provision of the Code, if necessary for the Plan to comply with such provision.

Account” means the entries maintained in the records of the Trustee which represent the Participant’s interest in the Fund. The term “Account” shall refer, as the context indicates, to any or all of the following:

After-Tax Matched Contribution Account” – the Account to which are credited After-Tax Matched Contributions allocated to a Participant, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. In addition, amounts denominated as “After-Tax Matched Contributions” under the CCCHI Plan are credited to this Account.

After-Tax Rollover Account” – the Account to which are credited a Participant’s After-Tax Rollover Contributions, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. In addition, amounts denominated as “Non-taxable Rollover Contributions” under the CCCHI Plan are credited to this Account.

After-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account” – the Account to which are credited After-Tax Unmatched Contributions allocated to a Participant, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. In addition, amounts denominated as “Prior Plan Contributions” under the Plan prior to the Effective Date, as well as amounts denominated as “After-Tax Unmatched Contributions” under the CCCHI Plan, are credited to this Account.

Broadband Heritage Matching Contribution Account” – the Account to which are credited Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions and Prior Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions allocated to a Participant, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto.

Catch-Up Contribution Account” – the Account to which are credited Catch-Up Contributions allocated to a Participant, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. In addition, catch-up contributions allocated to a Participant under the Plan or the CCCHI prior to the Effective Date are allocated to this Account.

Matching Contribution Account” – the Account to which are credited Matching Contributions allocated to a Participant, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. In addition, matching contributions under the Plan after December 31, 2000 and through the Effective Date, as well as matching contributions under the CCCHI Plan after December 31, 2002 and through the Effective Date are allocated to this Account.

 

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Pre-Tax Matched Contribution Account” – the Account to which are credited a Participant’s Pre-Tax Matched Contributions, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. In addition, amounts denominated as “Salary Reduction Contributions” under the Plan prior to the Effective Date that were matched, as well as amounts denominated as “Pre-Tax Matched Contributions” under the CCCHI Plan are credited to this Account.

Pre-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account” – the Account to which are credited a Participant’s Pre-Tax Unmatched Contributions, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. In addition, amounts denominated as “Salary Reduction Contributions” under the Plan prior to the Effective Date that were not matched, as well as amounts denominated as “Pre-Tax Unmatched Contributions” under the CCCHI Plan are credited to this Account.

Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Unvested)” – the Account to which are credited Prior Company Matching Contributions (Unvested) allocated to a Participant, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto.

Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Vested)” – the Account to which are credited Prior Company Matching Contributions (Vested) allocated to a Participant, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto.

QNEC Account” – the Account to which are credited a Participant’s Qualified Non-Elective Contributions, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto, including any amounts designated as qualified non-elective contributions under the Plan or the CCCHI Plan prior to the Effective Date.

Taxable Rollover Account” – the Account to which are credited a Participant’s Taxable Rollover Contributions, adjustments for withdrawals and distributions, and the earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. In addition, amounts denominated as “Rollover Contributions” under the Plan prior to the Effective Date, as well as amounts denominated as “Taxable Rollover Contributions” under the CCCHI Plan are credited to this Account.

Active Participant” means an individual who has become an Active Participant as provided in Article II and has remained a Covered Employee at all times thereafter.

 

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Actual Deferral Percentage” means, for any Early Entry Eligible Employee for a given Plan Year, the ratio of:

(a) the sum of:

(1) such Early Entry Eligible Employee’s Pre-Tax Contributions for the Plan Year, plus

(2) in the case of any Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee, his elective deferrals for the year under any other qualified retirement plan, other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in section 4975(e)(7) of the Code or a tax credit employee stock ownership plan as defined in section 409(a) of the Code, maintained by the Participating Company or any Affiliated Company; to

(b) the Early Entry Eligible Employee’s Compensation for that portion of the Plan Year during which he was an Early Entry Eligible Employee.

Administrator” means the plan administrator within the meaning of ERISA. The Committee shall be the Administrator.

Affiliated Company” means, with respect to any Participating Company:

(a) In General.

(1) any corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations, as determined under section 414(b) of the Code, which includes such Participating Company;

(2) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with such Participating Company, as determined under section 414(c) of the Code;

(3) any member of an affiliated service group, as determined under section 414(m) of the Code, of which such Participating Company is a member; and

(4) any other organization or entity which is required to be aggregated with the Participating Company under section 414(o) of the Code and regulations issued thereunder.

(b) “50% Affiliated Company.” “50% Affiliated Company” means an Affiliated Company described in subsection (a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) of this definition, but determined with “more than 50%” substituted for the phrase “at least 80%” in section 1563(a) of the Code, when applying sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code.

(c) Special Rules. (i) An entity is an Affiliated Company only during those periods in which it is included in a category described in subsection (a) or (b) of this definition. (ii) For purposes of crediting service for eligibility to participate and vesting, an entity at least 25% owned by the Company or a Participating Company shall be deemed an Affiliated Company; provided that, for purposes of eligibility to participate, crediting of such service is contingent upon an Employee notifying the Company of such prior service and verification of such prior service.

 

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After-Tax Contributions” means After-Tax Matched Contributions and After-Tax Unmatched Contributions.

After-Tax Matched Contributions” means an amount that a Participant who is a Covered Union Employee (Broadband) elects to have deducted from his or her Compensation, in accordance with Article IV, after income taxes have been withheld on such amounts.

After-Tax Rollover Contributions” means a contribution to the Plan made in accordance with the rules of section 402 of the Code and pursuant to Section 7.1 of amounts which will not constitute taxable income to the Participant when distributed or withdrawn.

After-Tax Unmatched Contributions” means an amount that a Participant who is a Covered Union Employee (Broadband) elects to have deducted from his or her Compensation, in accordance with Article IV, after income taxes have been withheld on such amounts. After-Tax Unmatched Contributions are not eligible for Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions.

Age” means, for any individual, his age on his last birthday, except that an individual reaches Age 59 1/2 or Age 70 1/2 on the corresponding date in the sixth calendar month following the month in which his 59th or 70th (respectively) birthday falls (or the last day of such sixth month if there is no such corresponding date therein).

Annual Rate of Pay” means, as of any date, an employee’s annualized base pay rate as reflected on the records of the Company. An employee’s Annual Rate of Pay shall not include sales commissions or other similar payments or awards.

AT&T Broadband Transaction” means the combination of Comcast Corporation and AT&T Broadband Corp., which was consummated on November 18, 2002.

Average Actual Deferral Percentage” means, for a specified group of Early Entry Eligible Employees for a Plan Year, the average of the Actual Deferral Percentages for such Early Entry Eligible Employees for the Plan Year.

Average Contribution Percentage” means, for a specified group of Early Entry Eligible Employees for a Plan Year, the average of the Contribution Percentages for such Early Entry Eligible Employees for the Plan Year.

Benefit Commencement Date” means, for any Participant or beneficiary, the date as of which the first benefit payment, including a single sum, from the Participant’s Account is due, other than pursuant to a withdrawal under Article VIII.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors (or other governing body) of the Company and, to the extent the Board has delegated its authority hereunder to the Board’s Executive Committee, the Executive Committee.

 

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Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions” means the amounts contributed by the Company and referenced as “Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions” pursuant to the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2009.

Catch-Up Contributions” means for any eligible Participant, contributions on his behalf as provided in Section 3.1.3 that are made in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, section 414(v) of the Code.

CCCHI Plan” means the Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc. Long Term Savings Plan (formerly the AT&T Broadband Long Term Savings Plan), as in effect on June 30, 2003.

Change in Control” means (i) “Change in Control” as defined in the AT&T 1997 Long Term Incentive Program (as amended May 19, 1999 and March 14, 2000), or (ii) the merger between AT&T Broadband and Comcast Corp. contemplated in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 19, 2001 by and among AT&T Corp., AT&T Broadband Corp., Comcast Corporation, AT&T Broadband Acquisition Corp., Comcast Acquisition Corp. and AT&T Comcast Corporation.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations issued thereunder.

Committee” means the individuals appointed to supervise the administration of the Plan, as provided in Article X of the Plan.

Company” means Comcast Corporation.

Company Stock” means Comcast Corporation Class A Common Stock.

Compensation” means, for any Eligible Employee, for any Plan Year or Limitation Year, as the case may be:

(a) except as otherwise provided below in this definition, and subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) of this definition, his wages as reported on Form W-2 (i.e., wages as defined in section 3401(a) of the Code and all other payments of compensation for which the Participating Company is required to furnish the employee a written statement under sections 6041(d) and 6051(a)(3) of the Code) from a Participating Company for such Plan Year, reduced by reimbursements or other expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash and non-cash), moving expenses, deferred compensation, and welfare benefits, but including Pre-Tax Contributions and elective contributions that are not includible in gross income under sections 125 or 402(a)(8) of the Code. For the purposes of the definitions of “Actual Deferral Percentage” and “Contribution Percentage” in this Article (except as otherwise provided in such definitions), the Company may elect to consider only Compensation as defined above for that portion of the Plan Year during which the Employee was an Eligible Employee, provided that this election is applied uniformly to all Eligible Employees for the Plan Year.

(b) for the purposes of Article XIII and Section 3.9, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) of this definition, the Employee’s wages as reported on

 

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Form W-2 (i.e., wages as defined in section 3401(a) of the Code and all other payments of compensation for which the Participating Company is required to furnish the employee a written statement under sections 6041(d) and 6051(a)(3) of the Code); provided that, Compensation shall include any elective deferral as defined by section 402(g)(3) of the Code, all employee contributions to an annuity under section 403(b) of the Code, and any amount which is contributed or deferred by a Participating Company or Affiliated Company at the election of the Employee and which is not includible in the gross income of the Employee by reason of sections 125, 132(f) or 457 of the Code.

(c) Only compensation not in excess of $200,000, as adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code, shall be considered for all purposes under the Plan.

(d) For purposes of Article III, except Section 3.9, as applied to Covered Union Employees (Broadband), Compensation shall mean base pay (prior to reductions under sections 125 and 401(k) of the Code), bonuses (other than STIP and executive STIP listed below), payments received under the Company Sickness and Accident Disability Plan or short term disability payments under the Company Disability Plan, commissions, and buyout of base pay due to demotion or resulting from pay parity, but shall not include: (1) shift, expatriate, and geographic differentials, overtime, non-cash payments, relocation allowances and special cash payments such as hire, stay or referral payments; (2) payments under the Short-Term Incentive Program (STIP), and executive bonuses including long-term payments and Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan (ESTIP); (3) payments made for waiver of medical coverage, previously deferred compensation, exercise of stock options, gross-up amounts or cashout of paid time off; (4) deferred compensation in any nonqualified plan; or (5) any compensation that is paid with an effective date after retirement or termination of employment.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, effective on and after January 1, 2006, Compensation shall not include any payments of compensation as described above in subsections (a), (b) and (d) that are paid more than 75 calendar days after an Employee’s Separation from Service.

Contribution Percentage” means for any Early Entry Eligible Employee for a given Plan Year, the ratio of:

(a) the sum of

(1) such Early Entry Eligible Employee’s Matching Contributions, plus

(2) in the case of any Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee, any employee contributions and employer matching contributions, including any elective deferrals recharacterized as employee contributions, under any other qualified retirement plan, other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in section 4975(e)(7) of the Code or a tax credit employee stock ownership plan as defined in section 409(a) of the Code, maintained by the Participating Company or any Affiliated Company, plus

 

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(3) at the election of the Committee, any portion of the Early Entry Eligible Employee’s Pre-Tax Contributions for the Plan Year or elective deferrals under any other qualified retirement plan maintained by a Participating Company or any Affiliated Company that may be disregarded without causing this Plan or such other qualified retirement plan to fail to satisfy the requirements of section 401(k)(3) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder; to

(b) the Early Entry Eligible Employee’s Compensation for that portion of the Plan Year during which he was an Early Entry Eligible Employee.

Covered Employee” means any Employee who is (a) employed by a Participating Company and designated on the books and records of such Participating Company as an employee and (b) not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, unless such agreement specifically provides for participation hereunder. The following individuals shall not be Covered Employees: (a) an individual who is treated as an Employee solely by reason of being a Leased Employee; (b) an individual who is not on an employee payroll of a Participating Company or the Participating Company does report such individual’s wages on Form W-2; (c) an individual who has entered into an agreement with a Participating Company which excludes him from participation in employee benefit plans of a Participating Company (whether or not such individual is treated or classified as an employee for certain specified purposes that do not include eligibility to participate in the Plan); and (d) an individual who is not classified by the Participating Company as an employee, even if such individual is retroactively recharacterized as an employee by a third party or a Participating Company.

Covered Union Employee (Broadband)” means a Covered Employee who is represented by the Communications Workers Union of America at locations designated on Appendix A, as it shall be revised from time to time without further action by the Committee to reflect the date as of which, pursuant to amendment of an applicable collective bargaining agreement or union decertification, any such location is no longer in a category covered by Appendix A.

Covered Union Employee (Comcast)” means a Covered Employee who is represented by a collective bargaining agreement that covers Employees at the Detroit, Michigan or New Haven, Michigan locations.

Early Entry Eligible Employee” means an Eligible Employee who has satisfied the eligibility requirements of Section 2.3.1, but has not completed a Period of Service of three months. An Eligible Employee shall be considered an “Early Entry Eligible Employee” only for that portion of a Plan Year prior to the time when such Eligible Employee has completed a Period of Service of three months.

Early Retirement Date” means the first day of any month coincident with or following the Severance from Service Date of any Participant who has attained Age 55.

Effective Date” means July 1, 2003.

Eligible Employee” means an Employee who has become an Eligible Employee as set forth in Section 2.3, whether or not he is an Active Participant, and who has remained a

 

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Covered Employee at all times thereafter. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for the period extending from the consummation of the transaction described in the Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which Golfnow Inc. will merge with an indirect subsidiary of Comcast Corporation to June 1, 2008, the term “Eligible Employee” shall not include any individual who becomes an employee of a Participating Company as the result of the acquisition by a Participating Company of the business of Golfnow Inc.

Employee” means an individual who is employed by a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company or an individual who is a Leased Employee.

Employment Commencement Date” means, for any Employee, the date on which he is first entitled to be credited with an “Hour of Service” described in Paragraph (a)(1) of the definition of Hour of Service in this Article.

Entry Date” means the first day of any calendar month.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Fund” means the fund established for this Plan, administered under the Trust Agreement, out of which benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid.

Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee” means an Early Entry Eligible Employee who is (or is treated as) a Highly Compensated Employee.

Highly Compensated Employee” means an Employee who:

(a) was a five-percent owner, as defined in section 416(i) of the Code at any time during the Plan Year or preceding Plan Year; or

(b) for the preceding Plan Year received more than $80,000 (as indexed) in Compensation from a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company.

Hour of Service” means, for any Employee, a credit awarded with respect to:

(a) except as provided in (b),

(1) each hour for which he is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company for the performance of employment duties; or

(2) each hour for which he is entitled, either by award or agreement, to back pay from a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company, irrespective of mitigation of damages; or

(3) each hour for which he is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company on account of a period of time during which no duties are performed due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability), jury duty, layoff, leave of absence, or military duty.

 

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(b) Anything to the contrary in subsection (a) notwithstanding:

(1) No Hours of Service shall be credited to an Employee for any period merely because, during such period, payments are made or due him under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of complying with applicable workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance laws.

(2) No more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited to an Employee under subsection (a)(3) of this definition on account of any single continuous period during which no duties are performed by him, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Plan.

(3) No Hours of Service shall be credited to an Employee with respect to payments solely to reimburse for medical or medically related expenses.

(4) No Hours of Service shall be credited twice.

(5) Hours of Service shall be credited at least as liberally as required by the rules set forth in U.S. Department of Labor Reg. §2530.200b-2(b) and (c).

(6) In the case of an Employee who is such solely by reason of service as a Leased Employee, Hours of Service shall be credited as if such Employee were employed and paid with respect to such service (or with respect to any related absences or entitlements) by the Participating Company or Affiliated Company that is the recipient thereof.

Investment Medium” means any fund, contract, obligation, or other mode of investment to which a Participant may direct the investment of the assets of his Account.

Investment Stock” means Comcast Corporation Class A Special Common Stock.

Leased Employee” means any person, other than an employee of a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company, who, pursuant to an agreement between a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company (the “recipient”) and any other individual (“leasing organization”), has performed services for the recipient (or for the recipient and related individuals) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year, and such services are performed by such individuals under the primary direction and control of the recipient, provided that for purposes of determining whether an individual is an Eligible Employee and for purposes of determining an individual’s eligibility and vesting service, an individual who would be a “Leased Employee” but for the requirement that such individual perform services for the recipient (or for the recipient and related individuals) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year shall nevertheless be treated as a Leased Employee.

 

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Limitation Year” means the Plan Year or such other 12-consecutive-month period as may be designated by the Company.

Matching Contributions” means the amounts contributed by the Company pursuant to Sections 3.5.1(a) and (b).

Normal Retirement Date” means, for any Participant, the date on which he reaches Age 65.

One-Year Period of Severance” means a 12-consecutive-month period beginning on the Employee’s Severance from Service Date during which the former Employee is credited with no Hours of Service.

Participant” means an individual for whom one or more Accounts are maintained under the Plan.

Participating Company” means the Company, each subsidiary of the Company which is eligible to file a consolidated federal income tax return with the Company (except to the extent that the Board or its authorized delegate determines otherwise as reflected on Exhibit A, as amended from time to time) and each other organization which is authorized by the Board of Directors or its authorized delegate to adopt this Plan by action of its board of directors or other governing body. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Participating Company” excludes:

(a) effective November 21, 2006, E! Entertainment Television, Inc. and its subsidiaries;

(b) for the period beginning August 1, 2006 and ending December 17, 2006, thePlatform for Media, Inc.;

(c) for the period beginning April 15, 2005, Strata Marketing, Inc; and

(d) for the period beginning June 17, 2009 and ending December 31, 2009, New England Cable News and its subsidiaries.

Payroll Period” means a weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay period or such other standard pay period of the Participating Company applicable to the class of Employees of which the Eligible Employee is a part.

Period of Service” means, with respect to any Employee, the period of time commencing on the Employee’s Employment Commencement Date and ending on the Employee’s Severance from Service Date and, if applicable, the period of time commencing on an Employee’s Reemployment Commencement Date and ending on the Employee’s subsequent Severance from Service Date. All service credited under the terms of the Plan in effect prior to the Effective Date shall be considered under the Plan.

 

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Period of Severance” means the period of time commencing on the Employee’s Severance from Service Date and ending on the date on which the Employee is again entitled to be credited with an Hour of Service.

Plan” means The Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan, a profit sharing plan, as set forth herein.

Plan Year” means each 12-consecutive month period that begins on January 1st and ends on the next following December 31st.

Pre-Tax Contributions” means Pre-Tax Matched Contributions and Pre-Tax Unmatched Contributions.

Pre-Tax Matched Contributions” means an amount that a Participant elects to have deducted on a pre-tax basis from his or her Compensation and contributed to the Plan under a pay reduction election pursuant to Article IV. Pre-Tax Matched Contributions are eligible for Company Matching Contributions.

Pre-Tax Unmatched Contributions” means an amount that a Participant elects to have deducted on a pre-tax basis from his or her Compensation and contributed to the Plan under a pay reduction election pursuant to Article IV. Pre-Tax Unmatched Contributions are not eligible for Company Matching Contributions.

Prior Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions” means matching contributions made under the CCCHI Plan prior to the Effective Date that were not subject to accelerated vesting under the CCCHI Plan as a result of the AT&T Broadband Transaction because the Participant was not employed on such date or that were made after the AT&T Broadband Transaction. Such matching contributions are subject to the applicable vesting schedule set forth in the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2009.

Prior Company Matching Contributions (Unvested)” means amounts denominated as “Vision Contributions” under the Plan prior to the Effective Date and matching contributions made pursuant to the Plan prior to January 1, 2001. Such matching contributions are subject to the applicable vesting schedule set forth in the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2009.

Prior Company Matching Contributions (Vested)” means the following amounts: (a) matching contributions made under the CCCHI Plan prior to the Effective Date that were fully vested in accordance with the change in control vesting provisions of Section 6.3(c) of the CCCHI Plan; (b) amounts credited to the account under the CCCHI Plan denominated as the United Artists Entertainment Company ESOP Account; (c) matching contributions made under the MediaOne Group 401(k) Savings Plan prior to January 1, 1999; and (d) matching contributions credited to a separate sub-account in the Plan and attributable to matching contributions under the following plans that were previously merged into the Plan: (1) Jones Intercable, Inc. Profit Sharing\Retirement Savings Plan, (2) Lenfest Group Retirement Plan, and (3) the tax-qualified defined contribution plans of Greater Media.

 

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Qualified Non-Elective Contributions” means contributions made pursuant to Section 3.9.4.

Reemployment Commencement Date” means the first day following a One-Year Period of Severance on which an Employee is entitled to be credited with an Hour of Service described in Paragraph (a)(1) of the definition of “Hour of Service” in this Article.

Required Beginning Date” means:

(a) For any Participant who attains Age 70 1/2 and is not a 5-percent owner (within the meaning of section 416 of the Code) of a Participating Company, April 1 of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which he has a Severance from Service Date or the calendar year in which he attained Age 70 1/2.

(b) For any Participant who attains Age 70 1/2 and is a 5-percent owner (within the meaning of section 416 of the Code) of a Participating Company, April 1 of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which he attains Age 70 1 /2.

(c) For any Participant who filed a valid deferral election with the Participating Company before January 1, 1984, and which has not subsequently been revoked, the date set forth in such election.

Severance from Service Date” means the date, as recorded on the records of a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company, on which an Employee of such company quits, retires, is discharged, or dies, or, if earlier, the first anniversary of the first day of a period during which the Employee remains absent from service with all Participating Companies and Affiliated Companies (with or without pay) for any other reason, except:

(a) Solely for purposes of determining whether a One-Year Period of Severance has occurred, if the Employee is absent from work beyond the first anniversary of the first day of absence by reason of pregnancy, childbirth, or placement in connection with adoption, or for purposes of the care of such Employee’s child immediately after birth or placement in connection with adoption, such Employee’s Severance from Service Date shall be the second anniversary of the first day of such absence; or

(b) If the Employee is absent for military service under leave granted by the Participating Company or Affiliated Company or required by law, the Employee shall not be considered to have a Severance from Service Date, provided the absent Employee returns to service with the Participating Company or Affiliated Company within 90 days of his release from active military duty or any longer period during which his right to reemployment is protected by law.

Special Employee” means an Employee whose regularly scheduled paid work week does not exceed 20 hours, or whose employment is classified as “temporary” or “intermittent,” both in accordance with uniformly applied personnel policies.

Taxable Rollover Contributions” means a contribution to the Plan made in accordance with the rules of section 402 of the Code and pursuant to Section 7.1 of amounts

 

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which will constitute taxable income to the Participant when distributed or withdrawn. Taxable Rollover Contributions shall also include any amount voluntarily transferred by a Participant from the Storer Communications Pension Plan, or from the tax-qualified defined contribution plans of Adelphia Communications Corporation, Home Team Sports, AT&T, MidAtlantic Communications, or Cable Network Services LLC (in which Outdoor Life Network was a participating employer).

Total Disability” means, with respect to any Participant, the earlier to occur of (a) the Participant qualifying for Social Security disability benefits or (b) the Participant becoming eligible for and receiving benefits under a long-term disability program sponsored by a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company.

Trust Agreement” means any agreement and declaration of trust executed under this Plan.

Trustee” means the corporate trustee or trustees or one or more individuals collectively appointed and acting under a Trust Agreement.

Valuation Date” means each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading, or such other day as the Committee shall determine.

Year of Eligibility Service” means, for any Special Employee, a credit used to determine his eligibility to participate under the Plan, as further described in Section 2.2.

Year of Service” means, for any Employee, a credit used to determine his vested status under the Plan, as further described in Section 6.2.

 

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ARTICLE II

TRANSITION AND ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE

Section 2.1. Rights Affected and Preservation of Accrued Benefit. Except as provided to the contrary herein, the provisions of this amended and restated Plan shall apply only to Employees who complete an Hour of Service on or after the Effective Date. The rights of any other individual shall be governed by the Plan as in effect upon his Severance from Service Date, except to the extent expressly provided in any amendment adopted subsequently thereto. Additional rules regarding service credit are set forth in Article XV.

Section 2.2. Year of Eligibility Service for Special Employees.

2.2.1. A Special Employee shall be credited with a Year of Eligibility Service as of the close of the 12-consecutive-month period that begins on his Employment Commencement Date if he is credited with 1,000 or more Hours of Service during such period.

2.2.2. A Special Employee who is not credited with 1,000 Hours of Service during such period shall be credited with a Year of Eligibility Service as of the close of the first Plan Year in which he is credited with 1,000 or more Hours of Service.

Section 2.3. Eligibility to Participate – Pre-Tax Contributions.

2.3.1. Each Covered Employee as of the Effective Date who was eligible to participate in the Plan in the CCCHI Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date shall continue to be an Eligible Employee as of the Effective Date.

2.3.2. Each Covered Employee who was not eligible to participate immediately prior to the Effective Date shall become an Eligible Employee on the Entry Date next following:

(a) his completion of a Period of Service of at least six months, if he is other than a Special Employee or a Covered Union Employee (Broadband);

(b) his completion of one Year of Eligibility Service, if he is a Special Employee but not Covered Union Employee (Broadband); or

(c) his completion of one month of Service, if he is a Covered Union Employee (Broadband); provided however, that a Covered Union Employee (Broadband) who, as of the date after the Effective Date that he or she ceases to be a Covered Union Employee (Broadband), does not satisfy the eligibility requirements of the preceding subsections (a) or (b), as applicable, must satisfy such requirements in order to be eligible to make Pre-Tax Contributions after such date.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, effective July 1, 2007, a Covered Employee shall become an Eligible Employee on the first of the month next following his completion of a Period of Service of three months.

2.3.3. If an individual is not a Covered Employee on the Entry Date next following the date he meets the requirements of Section 2.3.2, he shall become an Eligible Employee as of the first date thereafter on which he is a Covered Employee.

2.3.4. If a Covered Employee does not satisfy the requirements of Section 2.3.2 prior to incurring a Severance from Service Date, but is rehired prior to incurring a One-Year Period of Severance, the prior Period of Service shall be considered for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 2.3.2. If the Covered Employee incurs a One-Year Period of Severance, his prior Period of Service shall not be considered upon a subsequent Reemployment Commencement Date.

2.3.5. An Eligible Employee who ceases to be a Covered Employee, due to incurring a Severance from Service Date or otherwise, and who later becomes a Covered Employee, shall become an Eligible Employee as of the date on which he first again completes an Hour of Service as a Covered Employee.

Section 2.4. Election to Make Pre-Tax Contributions. Each Eligible Employee may elect to make Pre-Tax Contributions and become an Active Participant by filing a notice in accordance with Section 14.9 of such election with the Committee. Such notice shall authorize the Participating Company to reduce such Eligible Employee’s cash remuneration by an amount determined in accordance with Section 3.1 and to make Pre-Tax Contributions on such Eligible Employee’s behalf in the amount of such reduction. Such election shall be effective as soon as administratively practicable following receipt of his election by the Committee.

Section 2.4A. Automatic Enrollment. Each Eligible Employee who (i) is employed by a Participating Company on or after July 1, 2007 (other than an Eligible Employee who commences employment by a Participating Company as the result of the acquisition of the business of such Eligible Employee’s employer by a Participating Company (whether via a merger, stock acquisition or asset acquisition) and (ii) does not elect to make Pre-Tax Contributions and become an Active Participant pursuant to Section 2.4 will be automatically enrolled in the Plan on the first of the month next following the Eligible Employee’s completion of three months of service, provided that the Eligible Employee does not affirmatively elect to decline to be an Active Participant in the Plan. Such an automatically enrolled Eligible Employee will be an Active Participant in the Plan as soon as administratively practicable following the expiration of the time determined by the Committee for returning the election form which includes the option to elect to decline to be an Active Participant in the Plan. Covered Employees who are designated by the Committee or its delegate as having been reemployed by a Participating Company following a Severance from Service Date are not considered Eligible Employees for purposes of the automatic enrollment provisions described in this Section 2.4A.

 

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Section 2.5. Participation in Matching Contributions.

2.5.1. If an Active Participant was eligible to share in Matching Contributions immediately prior to the Effective Date, such Active Participant shall continue to be eligible to share in Matching Contributions as of the Effective Date.

2.5.2. If Salary Reduction Contributions are made on behalf of an Active Participant in any Plan Year, such Active Participant shall share in any Matching Contributions under Section 3.4 beginning on the Entry Date next following completion of a Period of Service of three months.

Section 2.6. Eligibility to Participate – After-Tax Contributions. A Covered Union Employee (Broadband) shall be eligible to make After-Tax Contributions at the same time that such Employee becomes eligible to make Pre-Tax Contributions in accordance with Section 2.2; provided that, if and when such Employee ceases to be a Covered Union Employee (Broadband), such Employee shall no longer be eligible to make After-Tax Contributions. Elections to make After-Tax Contributions shall be accomplished in the manner specified in Section 2.4.

Section 2.7. Data. Each Employee shall furnish to the Committee such data as the Committee may consider necessary for the determination of the Employee’s rights and benefits under the Plan and shall otherwise cooperate fully with the Committee in the administration of the Plan.

Section 2.8. Credit for Qualified Military Service. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with section 414(u) of the Code.

 

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ARTICLE III

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN

Section 3.1. Pre-Tax Contributions.

3.1.1. When an Eligible Employee files an election under Section 2.4 to have Pre-Tax Contributions made on his behalf, he shall elect the percentage by which his Compensation shall be reduced on account of such Pre-Tax Contributions. Subject to Section 3.8, this percentage may be between one percent (1%) and fifty percent (50%) of such Compensation, rounded to the nearer half percentage (0.5%). An automatically enrolled Eligible Employee’s Pre-Tax Contributions will be equal to two percent (2%) of the Eligible Employee’s Compensation unless such percentage is changed by the Eligible Employee in accordance with Section 3.3 and subject to Section 3.8. The Participating Company shall contribute an amount equal to such percentage of the Eligible Employee’s Compensation to the Fund for credit to the Eligible Employee’s Pre-Tax Matched Contribution Account and/or Pre-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account, as applicable, provided that such contributions may be prospectively limited as provided in Section 3.9.

3.1.2. Pre-Tax Contributions made on behalf of an Eligible Employee under this Plan, together with elective deferrals under any other plan or arrangement maintained by any Participating Company or Affiliated Company, shall not exceed $12,000 (as adjusted in accordance with section 402(g) of the Code and regulations thereunder) for any calendar year. To the extent necessary to satisfy this limitation for any year:

(a) elections under Section 3.1.1 shall be prospectively restricted; and

(b) after application of Section 3.1.2(a), the excess Pre-Tax Contributions and excess elective deferrals under any other plan or arrangement maintained by any Participating Company or Affiliated Company (with earnings thereon, but reduced by any amounts previously distributed under Section 3.9.1 for the year) shall be paid to the Participant on or before the April 15 first following the calendar year in which such contributions were made.

If the Pre-Tax Contributions plus elective deferrals described above do not exceed such limitation, but Pre-Tax Contributions, plus the elective deferrals, as defined in section 402(g)(3) of the Code, under any other plan for any Participant exceed such limitation for any calendar year, upon the written request of the Participant made on or before the March 1 first following such calendar year, the excess, including any earnings attributable thereto, designated by the Participant to be distributed from the Plan shall be paid to the Participant on or before the April 15 first following such calendar year.

3.1.3. Catch-Up Contributions. Eligible Employees who have attained Age 50 before the close of any Plan Year shall be eligible to make Catch-Up Contributions. Catch-Up Contributions shall be expressed as a percentage of Compensation (rounded to the

 

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nearer half percentage (0.5%)) but shall not be limited by the maximum deferral percentage imposed in Section 3.1.1. Furthermore, they shall not be taken into account for purposes of the provisions of the Plan implementing the required limitations of sections 402(g) and 415 of the Code. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of section 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(m)(12), 410(b) or 416 of the Code, as applicable, by reason of the making of such catch-up contributions. Catch-Up Contributions shall not be matched pursuant to Section 3.4.

Section 3.2. After-Tax Contributions. With respect to Participants who are Covered Union Employees (Broadband), the total amount of Pre-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions credited to a Participant’s Account may not exceed 50% of the Participant’s Compensation.

Section 3.3. Change of Percentage Rate. A Participant may, without penalty, change the percentage of Compensation designated (i) through his automatic enrollment in the Plan or (ii) by him as his contribution rate under Sections 3.1.1 and/or 3.2, as applicable, to any percentage permitted by Sections 3.1.1 or 3.2, and such percentage shall remain in effect until so changed. Any such change shall become effective as soon as administratively practicable following receipt of the change by the Committee.

Section 3.4. Discontinuance of Pre-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions. A Participant may discontinue his Pre-Tax Contributions or After-Tax Contributions at any time. Such discontinuance shall become effective as soon as administratively practicable following receipt of the discontinuance by the Committee.

Section 3.5. Matching Contributions.

3.5.1. Subject to Sections 2.5, 3.5.1(c), 3.8 and 3.9, the Participating Company shall contribute to the Fund for each Payroll Period:

(a) with respect to each Active Participant (other than an Active Participant who is a Covered Union Employee (Comcast) and a member of Local Union 827, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and who is employed in Pleasantville, New Jersey or Toms River, New Jersey), an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Participant’s Pre-Tax Matched Contributions for such Payroll Period not in excess of four and one-half percent (4 1/2%) of his Compensation for such Payroll Period.

(b) with respect to each Active Participant who is a Covered Union Employee (Comcast) and who is a member of Local Union 827, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and who is employed in Pleasantville, New Jersey or Toms River, New Jersey, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Participant’s Pre-Tax Matched Contributions for such Payroll Period not in excess of six percent (6%) of his Compensation for such Payroll Period.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.5.1, if the sum of the Matching Contributions made for an Active Participant on a Payroll Period basis for any Plan Year fails to provide the maximum amount of Matching Contributions to which such Active Participant would be entitled except for the Matching Contributions being made on a Payroll Period basis

 

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for such Plan Year or because of Catch-Up Contributions being re-designated as Pre-Tax Matched Contributions, a Participating Company shall make an additional Matching Contribution for the benefit of such Participant for such Plan Year in an amount equal to the amount which, when added to the Matching Contributions made pursuant to Section 3.4.1, would have been contributed had the Matching Contribution been based on the amount of the Participant’s annual Pre-Tax Matched Contributions and annual Compensation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum total Matching Contribution for any Plan Year for any Participant who is (i) a Highly Compensated Employee (other than a Covered Union Employee (Comcast) or a Covered Union Employee (Broadband)) and (ii) whose Annual Rate of Pay as of the last day of the preceding calendar year is more than $200,000, shall be $10,000.

3.5.2. The Participating Companies’ Matching Contribution obligation for a Plan Year shall be offset by the amount, if any, of the sum of Matching Contributions, Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions and Prior Company Matching Contributions (Unvested) forfeited during such Plan Year by Participants who were Employees of such Participating Company, provided that Matching Contributions may be prospectively limited as provided in Section 3.9. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contributions under this Section for any Plan Year shall not cause the total contributions by the Participating Company to exceed the maximum allowable current deduction under the applicable provisions of the Code.

Section 3.6. Timing and Deductibility of Contributions. Matching Contributions for any Plan Year under this Article shall be made no later than the last date on which amounts so paid may be deducted for Federal income tax purposes for the taxable year of the employer in which the Plan Year ends. All Participating Company contributions are expressly conditioned upon their deductibility for Federal income tax purposes. Amounts contributed as Pre-Tax Contributions, After-Tax Contributions, After-Tax Rollover Contributions and Taxable Rollover Contributions will be remitted to the Trustee as soon as practicable.

Section 3.7. Fund. The contributions deposited by the Participating Company in the Fund in accordance with this Article shall constitute a fund held for the benefit of Participants and their eligible beneficiaries under and in accordance with this Plan. No part of the principal or income of the Fund shall be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of such Participants and their eligible beneficiaries (including necessary administrative costs); provided, that in the case of a contribution made by the Participating Company as a mistake of fact, or for which a tax deduction is disallowed, in whole or in part, by the Internal Revenue Service, the Participating Company shall be entitled to a refund of said contributions, which must be made within one year after payment of a contribution made as a mistake of fact, or within one year after disallowance.

Section 3.8. Limitation on Pre-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions.

3.8.1. For any Plan Year, the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees for the current Plan Year shall not exceed the greater of:

(a) one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Early Entry Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year; or

 

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(b) the lesser of:

(1) two hundred percent (200%) of the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Early Entry Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year; or

(2) two percent (2%) plus the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Early Entry Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year.

3.8.2. For any Plan Year, the Average Contribution Percentage for the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees for the current Plan Year shall not exceed the greater of:

(a) one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the Average Contribution Percentage for all other Early Entry Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year; or

(b) the lesser of:

(1) two hundred percent (200%) of the Average Contribution Percentage for all other Early Entry Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year; or

(2) two percent (2%) plus the Average Contribution Percentage for all other Early Entry Eligible Employees for the preceding Plan Year.

3.8.3. If the Plan and any other plan(s) maintained by a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company are treated as a single plan for purposes of section 401(a)(4) or section 410(b) of the Code, the limitations in Sections 3.8.1 and 3.8.2 shall be applied by treating the Plan and such other plan(s) as a single plan.

3.8.4. The application of this Section shall satisfy sections 401(k) and 401(m) of the Code and regulations thereunder and such other requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

3.8.5. The test set forth in Section 3.8.1 must be satisfied separately with respect to (1) Early Entry Eligible Employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement and (2) Early Entry Eligible Employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The test set forth in Section 3.8.2 must be satisfied only with respect to Early Entry Eligible Employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

Section 3.9. Prevention of Violation of Limitation on Pre-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions. The Committee shall monitor the level of Participants’ Pre-Tax Contributions, Matching Contributions and elective deferrals, employee contributions, and employer matching contributions under any other qualified retirement plan maintained by a

 

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Participating Company or any Affiliated Company to insure against exceeding the limits of Section 3.8. To the extent practicable, the Plan Administrator may prospectively limit (i) some or all of the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees’ Pre-Tax Contributions to reduce the Average Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees to the extent necessary to satisfy Section 3.8.1 and/or (ii) some or all of the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees’ Matching Contributions to reduce the Average Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees to the extent necessary to satisfy Section 3.8.2. If the Committee determines after the end of the Plan Year that the limits of Section 3.8 may be or have been exceeded, it shall take the appropriate following action for such Plan Year:

3.9.1.(a) The Average Actual Deferral Percentage for the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees shall be reduced to the extent necessary to satisfy Section 3.8.1.

(b) The reduction shall be accomplished by reducing the maximum Actual Deferral Percentage for any Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee to an adjusted maximum Actual Deferral Percentage, which shall be the highest Actual Deferral Percentage that would cause one of the tests in Section 3.8.1 to be satisfied, if each Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee with a higher Actual Deferral Percentage had instead the adjusted maximum Actual Deferral Percentage, reducing the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee’s Pre-Tax Contributions and elective deferrals under any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the Participating Company or any Affiliated Company (less any amounts previously distributed under Section 3.1 for the year) in order, beginning with the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee(s) with the highest Actual Deferral Percentage.

(c) Not later than the end of the Plan Year following the close of the Plan Year for which the Pre-Tax Contributions were made, the excess Pre-Tax Contributions shall be paid to the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees (determined on the basis of the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees with the largest dollar amount of Pre-Tax Contributions), with earnings attributable thereto (as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations); provided, however, that for any Participant who is also a participant in any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the Participating Company or any Affiliated Company under which the Participant makes elective deferrals for such year, the Committee shall coordinate corrective actions under this Plan and such other plan for the year.

3.9.2.(a) The Average Contribution Percentage for the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees shall be reduced to the extent necessary to satisfy at least one of the tests in Section 3.8.2.

(b) The reduction shall be accomplished by reducing the maximum Contribution Percentage for any Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee to an adjusted maximum Contribution Percentage, which shall be the highest Contribution Percentage that would cause one of the tests in Section 3.8.2 to be satisfied, if each Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee with a higher Contribution Percentage had instead

 

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the adjusted maximum Contribution Percentage, reducing, in the following order of priority, the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees’ Matching Contributions and employee contributions and employer matching contributions under any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the Participating Company or an Affiliated Company, in order beginning with the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee(s) with the highest Contribution Percentage.

(c) Not later than the end of the Plan Year following the close of the Plan Year for which such contributions were made, the excess Matching Contributions, with earnings attributable thereto (as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations) shall be treated as a forfeiture of the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee’s Matching Contributions for the Plan Year to the extent such contributions are forfeitable (which forfeiture shall be used to reduce future Matching Contributions), or paid to the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee to the extent such contributions are nonforfeitable; provided that any such forfeiture or payment shall be determined on the basis of the Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employee(s) with the largest dollar amount of Matching Contributions; provided further, that, for any Participant who is also a participant in any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the Participating Company or any Affiliated Company under which the Participant makes employee contributions or is credited with employer matching contributions for the year, the Committee shall coordinate corrective actions under this Plan and such other plan for the year.

3.9.3. If the Plan and any other plan maintained by a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company are treated as a single plan pursuant to Section 3.8.3, the Committee shall coordinate corrective actions under the Plan and such other plan for the year.

3.9.4. The Company in its sole discretion may authorize an additional Company contribution for a Plan Year on behalf of the Non-Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees in an amount which the Company determines is necessary to meet one of the two actual deferral percentage tests or one of the two actual contribution percentage tests for such Plan Year. Such additional contributions shall be allocated in an equitable manner among the Non-Highly Compensated Early Entry Eligible Employees and the amount allocated to each such Employee shall be treated for all purposes under the Plan as an additional Pre-Tax Contribution by the Company for such Plan Year. Any such contributions shall be allocated to the Qualified Non-Elective Contribution Account.

Section 3.10. Maximum Allocation.

3.10.1. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in no event shall amounts allocated to a Participant’s Account under the Plan exceed the limitations set forth in section 415 of the Code, which are hereby incorporated into the Plan.

3.10.2. If the amounts otherwise allocable to a Participant’s Account under the Plan would exceed the limitations set forth in section 415(c) of the Code as a result of the reallocation of forfeitures, a reasonable error in estimating the Participant’s Compensation, a reasonable error in determining the amount of Pre-Tax Contributions or After-Tax Contributions that may be made with respect to the Participant under the limits, or such other circumstances as

 

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permitted by law, the Committee shall determine which portion, if any, of such excess amount is attributable to the Participant’s Pre-Tax Contributions, After-Tax Contributions or Matching Contributions, until such amount has been exhausted, and shall take the following steps to correct such violation: Excess Pre-Tax Contributions, After-Tax Contributions, and Matching Contributions and earnings thereon shall be paid to the Participant as soon as is administratively feasible. Effective for Plan Years beginning after July 1, 2007, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the annual additions (within the meaning of Code § 415) are exceeded for any Participant, then the Plan may only correct such excess in accordance with the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (EPCRS) as set forth in Revenue Procedure 2008-50 or any superseding guidance, including, but not limited to, the preamble of the final Code §415 regulations.

3.10.3. Effective for Plan Years beginning after July 1, 2007, payments made by the later of 2 1/2 months after severance from employment or the end of the Limitation Year that includes the date of severance from employment are included in Compensation for the Limitation Year if, absent a severance from employment such payments (i) would have been paid to the Participant and (ii) would have been considered Compensation while the Participant continued in employment with the Participating Company.

Section 3.11. Safe Harbor Status. Other than with respect to the Plan as it applies to Early Entry Eligible Employees and Covered Union Employees (Broadband), the Plan intends to satisfy section 401(k)(3)(a)(ii) of the Code by satisfying the matching contribution requirement of section 401(k)(12)(B) of the Code and the notice requirement of section 401(k)(12)(D) of the Code.

Any distribution of excess contributions made pursuant to this Section 3 will include earnings attributable to such contributions as required by, and as determined in accordance with, applicable Regulations of the Department of the Treasury

 

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ARTICLE IV

PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS

Section 4.1. Accounts. All contributions and earnings thereon may be invested in one commingled Fund for the benefit of all Participants. However, in order that the interest of each Participant may be accurately determined and computed, separate Accounts shall be maintained for each Participant and each Participant’s Accounts shall be made up of sub-accounts reflecting his investment elections pursuant to Section 11.5. These Accounts shall represent the Participant’s individual interest in the Fund. All contributions shall be credited to Participants’ Accounts as set forth in Article III.

Section 4.2. Valuation. The value of each Investment Medium in the Fund shall be computed by the Trustee as of the close of business on each Valuation Date on the basis of the fair market value of the assets of the Fund.

Section 4.3. Apportionment of Gain or Loss. The value of each Investment Medium in the Fund, as computed pursuant to Section 4.2, shall be compared with the value of such Investment Medium in the Fund as of the preceding Valuation Date. Any difference in the value, not including contributions or distributions made since the preceding Valuation Date, shall be the net increase or decrease of such Investment Medium in the Fund, and such amount shall be ratably apportioned by the Trustee on its books, among the Participants’ Accounts which are invested in such Investment Medium at the current Valuation Date.

Section 4.4. Accounting for Allocations.

4.4.1. In General. The Committee shall establish or provide for the establishment of accounting procedures for the purpose of making the allocations, valuations and adjustments to Participants’ Accounts provided for in this Article. From time to time such procedures may be modified for the purpose of achieving equitable and non-discriminatory allocations among the Accounts of Participants in accordance with the general concepts of the Plan and the provisions of this Article.

4.4.2. Accounting and Other Procedures Regarding Company Stock and Investment Stock.

(a) Company Stock required for purposes of the Plan shall either be transferred or sold to the Trustee by the Company, or if not so transferred or sold shall be acquired by the Trustee on the market.

(b) As of each Valuation Date, all amounts to be invested in Company Stock shall be allocated to Participants’ Accounts as additional shares in accordance with this Section 4.4.2(b). First, the Committee shall determine the number of shares to be allocated under the Plan as of such Valuation Date. Second, the number of shares to be allocated to each Participant’s Account shall be equal to the total number of shares to be allocated under the Plan as of such Valuation Date multiplied by the ratio of the sum of the items listed below for

 

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each Participant entitled to share in such allocation that are to be invested in Company Stock to the sum of such items for all such Participants. The items referenced in the preceding sentence are (i) all Pre-Tax Contributions, (ii) all After-Tax Contributions, (iii) all Matching Contributions, Prior Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions, (iv) all Taxable Rollover Contributions and After-Tax Rollover Contributions, (v) all repayments of loans pursuant to Article IX of the Plan, (vi) funds that were to be invested in Company Stock as of the preceding Valuation Date but were not and (vii) income earned with respect to such funds.

(c) Shares of Company Stock and Investment Stock shall be converted to cash for purposes of distributions, withdrawals, and loans in accordance with the batch trading guidelines established by the Committee.

(d) Shares of Company Stock shall be allocated to Participants’ Accounts as results of elections to reallocate the investment of funds held in Participants’ Accounts to the Investment Medium that holds Company Stock pursuant to the real time trading guidelines established by agreement between the Company and the Trustee. Shares of Company Stock and Investment Stock shall be converted to cash for purposes of elections to reallocate the investment of amounts held in an Investment Medium that holds Company Stock or Investment Stock.

 

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ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTION

Section 5.1. General. The interest of each Participant in the Fund shall be distributed in the manner, in the amount, and at the time provided in this Article, except as provided in Article VIII and except in the event of the termination of the Plan. The provisions of this Article shall be construed in accordance with section 401(a)(9) of the Code and regulations thereunder, including the incidental death benefit requirements of section 401(a)(9)(G) of the Code.

Section 5.2. Separation from Service. A Participant who incurs a Severance from Service Date for reasons other than death or Total Disability shall have his nonforfeitable interest in his Account paid to him or applied for his benefit in accordance with the provisions of this Article.

Section 5.3. Death. If a Participant dies before his Benefit Commencement Date, or if the Participant dies after his Benefit Commencement Date and before his entire nonforfeitable interest in his Account has been paid to him, his remaining nonforfeitable interest in his Account shall be paid to, or applied for the benefit of, his beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of this Article. In the case of a Participant who dies on or after January 1, 2007 while performing Qualified Military Service (as defined in Code §414(u)), the survivors of such Participant shall be entitled to any benefit, including but not limited to any acceleration of vesting, that would be provided under the Plan had the Participant resumed employment with his employer and then terminated employment on account of his death.

Section 5.4. Total Disability. If a Participant who is an Employee suffers a Total Disability and has a Severance from Service Date due to his Total Disability, his Account shall be paid to him or applied for his benefit in accordance with the provisions of this Article following the determination of his Total Disability and his Severance from Service Date.

Section 5.5. Valuation for Distribution. For the purposes of paying the amounts to be distributed to a Participant or his beneficiaries under the provisions of this Article, the value of the Fund and the amount of the Participant’s nonforfeitable interest shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article IV as of the Valuation Date coincident with or immediately preceding the date of any payment under this Article. Such amount shall be adjusted to take into account any additional contributions which have been or are to be allocated to the Participant’s Account since that Valuation Date, and any distributions or withdrawals made since that date.

Section 5.6. Timing of Distribution. Any Participant who has a Severance from Service Date for any reason other than death shall be entitled to receive his nonforfeitable interest in his Account, pursuant to the following rules:

5.6.1. Except as provided in Section 5.6.2, if the Participant’s nonforfeitable interest in his Account is $5,000 or less, or the Participant has reached his Early Retirement Date or Normal Retirement Date, the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date

 

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shall be the earliest practicable date following the Valuation Date coincident with or next following 30 days after his Severance from Service Date. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 5.6.1, except in the case of a Participant whose nonforfeitable interest in his Account does not exceed $5,000, if the Participant does not consent to such distribution, distribution of his benefits shall commence on any later date elected by the Participant that is not later than his Required Beginning Date.

5.6.2. If the Participant has not reached his Early Retirement Date or Normal Retirement Date and his nonforfeitable interest exceeds $5,000, his Benefit Commencement Date shall be the earliest practicable date following the Valuation Date coincident with or next following 30 days after his Severance from Service Date, except that, if the Participant does not consent to such distribution, distribution of his benefits shall commence on any later date elected by the Participant, that is not later than his Required Beginning Date, at which time his nonforfeitable interest shall commence to be paid to him. A Participant’s election to receive payment prior to his Required Beginning Date may be made no earlier than 180 days (effective for Plan Years beginning on or before January 1, 2006, 90 days) prior to the Benefit Commencement Date elected by the Participant. The Committee shall supply to each Participant who is subject to this Section 5.6.2, written information relating to (1) his right to defer distribution until his Required Beginning Date; (2) the material features of the modes of payment available to him; and (3) the relative values of such modes of payment. Such notice shall be furnished not less than 30 days nor more than 180 days (effective for Plan Years beginning on or before January 1, 2006, 90 days) prior to the date of any distribution that occurs prior to the earlier of his death or his Normal Retirement Date.

Effective March 28, 2005, if a Participant’s nonforfeitable interest in his Account is greater than $1,000 but not in excess of $5,000, and if the participant does not elect to have such distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the Participant in a direct rollover or to receive the distribution directly in accordance with this Section 5.6.1, then the Participant’s vested Account shall be distributed in a direct rollover to an individual retirement plan designated by the Committee. The preceding sentence shall not apply to alternate payees (under qualified domestic relations orders, as defined in section 414(p) of the Code), surviving spouses or beneficiaries.

5.6.3. This Section shall apply to all Participants, including Participants who had a Severance from Service Date or ceased to be Covered Employees prior to the Effective Date.

Section 5.7. Mode of Distribution of Retirement or Disability Benefits.

5.7.1. Except as provided to the contrary in this Article, a Participant may elect in writing to have his nonforfeitable interest in his Account paid to him or applied for his benefit in accordance with any of the following modes of payment:

(a) in the case of a Participant whose nonforfeitable interest in his Account exceeds $5,000, approximately equal annual or quarterly installments over a period not to exceed the lesser of:

 

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(1) the life expectancy of the Participant or the joint and survivor life expectancy of the Participant and his beneficiary (with such life expectancy to be determined in accordance with applicable regulations under the Code); or

(2) unless the sole beneficiary is the Participant’s spouse, the maximum number of years permitted by section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the applicable regulations; or

(b) a single sum payment in cash, except that a Participant may elect to receive the portion of his Account invested in Company Stock and/or Investment Stock in the form of shares.

(c) In the case of a Participant who was a participant in the CCCHI Plan, a Participant may withdraw up to ninety-five percent (95%) of his Account, in increments of not less than $500. A surviving beneficiary of such a Participant may also make withdrawal in accordance with this Section 5.7.1(c).

5.7.2. If a Participant fails to make a valid election under this Section in accordance with the rules described in Section 5.8, the value of his Account shall be distributed to him as a single sum payment.

Section 5.8. Rules for Election of Optional Mode of Retirement or Disability Benefit. A Participant may elect an optional mode of payment under Section 5.7 by filing a notice with the Committee in accordance with Section 14.9. A Participant may elect an optional mode of payment at any time during the period provided in Section 5.6.2.

Section 5.9. Death Benefits.

5.9.1. (a) A beneficiary entitled to benefits under Section 5.3 upon the death of a Participant prior to his Benefit Commencement Date shall receive a single sum payment equal to the Participant’s nonforfeitable interest in his Account.

(b) If a Participant dies after his Benefit Commencement Date while in receipt of installment payments described in Section 5.7.1(a), and before his entire nonforfeitable interest in his Account has been paid to him, his beneficiary may elect in writing to have the remaining nonforfeitable interest in the Participant’s Account paid in accordance with either of the following modes of payment:

(1) a single sum payment in cash, except that a beneficiary may elect to receive the portion of the Account invested in Company Stock and/or Investment Stock in the form of shares; or

(2) approximately equal annual installments over the remainder of the period over which the Participant had elected to receive installment payments (with such remainder to be determined in accordance with applicable regulations under the Code); provided, however, that this form of payment shall not be available to a beneficiary that is not an individual. A beneficiary may elect the mode of payment under this Section at any time prior to his Benefit Commencement Date. Such election shall be on a form prescribed by the Committee. In the event that a beneficiary fails to make a valid election under this Section, the value of the Participant’s Account will be distributed as a single sum payment.

 

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5.9.2. Payment of death benefits payable under Section 5.3 shall commence as soon as practicable following the death of the Participant.

Section 5.10. Explanations to Participants. The Committee shall provide to each Participant no less than 30 days and no more than 180 days (effective for Plan Years beginning on or before January 1, 2006, 90 days) before his Benefit Commencement Date a written explanation of:

5.10.1. the terms and conditions of each optional mode of payment, including information explaining the relative values of each mode of benefit, in accordance with applicable governmental regulations under section 401(a)(11) of the Code;

5.10.2. the Participant’s right to elect an optional mode of payment and the effect of such an election;

5.10.3. the rights of the Participant’s spouse with respect to the Participant’s election of certain optional modes of payment; and

5.10.4. the Participant’s right to revoke an election to receive an optional mode of payment and the effect of such revocation.

Section 5.11. Beneficiary Designation.

5.11.1. Except as provided in this Section 5.11, a Participant may designate the beneficiary or beneficiaries who shall receive, on or after his death, his interest in the Fund, provided that the designation of a beneficiary under a joint and survivor annuity shall be fixed and may not be changed on or after the date on which benefit payments commence. Such designation shall be made by executing and filing with the Committee a written instrument in such form as may be prescribed by the Committee for that purpose. Except as provided in this Section 5.11, the Participant may also revoke or change, at any time and from time to time, any beneficiary designations previously made. Such revocations and/or changes shall be made by executing and filing with the Committee a written instrument in such form as may be prescribed by the Committee for that purpose. If a Participant names a trust as beneficiary, a change in the identity of the trustees or in the instrument governing such trust shall not be deemed a change in beneficiary.

5.11.2. No designation, revocation, or change of beneficiaries shall be valid and effective unless and until filed with the Committee.

5.11.3. A Participant who does not establish to the satisfaction of the Committee that he has no spouse may not designate someone other than his spouse to be his beneficiary under Section 5.3 unless:

 

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(a)(1) such spouse (or the spouse’s legal guardian if the spouse is legally incompetent) executes a written instrument whereby such spouse consents not to receive such benefit and consents either:

(i) to the specific beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by the Participant; or

(ii) to the Participant’s right to designate any beneficiary without further consent by the spouse;

(2) such instrument acknowledges the effect of the election to which the Spouse’s consent is being given; and

(3) such instrument is witnessed by a Plan representative or notary public;

(b) the Participant:

(1) establishes to the satisfaction of the Committee that his spouse cannot be located; or

(2) furnishes a court order to the Committee establishing that the Participant is legally separated or has been abandoned (within the meaning of local law), unless a qualified domestic relations order pertaining to such Participant provides that the spouse’s consent must be obtained; or

(c) the spouse has previously given consent in accordance with this Section and consented to the Participant’s right to designate any beneficiary without further consent by the spouse.

The consent of a spouse in accordance with this Section 5.11.3 shall not be effective with respect to other spouses of the Participant prior to the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date, and an election to which Section 5.11.3(b) applies shall become void if the circumstances causing the consent of the spouse not to be required no longer exist prior to the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date. For purposes of this Section 5.11.3, the term “spouse” shall include an individual of the same sex as the Participant, provided that the Participant and such other individual are legally married pursuant to applicable law of a state or other jurisdiction, and the state or other jurisdiction in which the Participant resides recognizes Participant and such other individual as spouses of each other.

5.11.4. If a Participant has no beneficiary under Section 5.11.1 or Section 5.11.3, if the Participant’s beneficiary(ies) predecease the Participant, or if the beneficiary(ies) cannot be located by the Committee, the interest of the deceased Participant shall be paid to the Participant’s surviving spouse, or if no spouse survives the Participant, to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate.

 

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Section 5.12. Recalculation of Life Expectancy. If a Participant’s Account is payable over the life expectancy of the Participant and/or his spouse and/or another beneficiary, the determination of whether such life expectancy shall be recalculated, in accordance with regulations issued under section 401(a)(9) of the Code, shall be made as follows:

5.12.1. If the Account is payable over the life expectancy of the Participant or the joint and survivor life expectancy of the Participant and his spouse, the Participant shall elect, on a form supplied by the Committee, whether or not such life expectancy shall be recalculated.

5.12.2. If the Account is payable over the life expectancy of the Participant’s spouse, such spouse shall elect, on a form supplied by the Committee, whether or not such life expectancy will be recalculated.

5.12.3. If the Account is payable over the joint and survivor life expectancy of the Participant and a beneficiary other than the Participant’s spouse, the Participant shall elect, on a form supplied by the Committee, whether or not the Participant’s own life expectancy shall be recalculated. The life expectancy of the beneficiary shall not be recalculated after the Benefit Commencement Date.

5.12.4. If the Account is payable over the life expectancy of a beneficiary other than the Participant’s spouse, such life expectancy shall not be recalculated after the Benefit Commencement Date.

5.12.5. If a Participant or a Participant’s spouse fails to make an election under this Section, his life expectancy shall not be recalculated after his Benefit Commencement Date.

Section 5.13. Transfer of Account to Other Plan.

5.13.1.(a) Except to the extent otherwise provided by section 401(a)(31) of the Code and regulations thereunder, a Participant or beneficiary entitled to receive a distribution from the Plan, either pursuant to this Article or pursuant to Article VIII, may direct the Committee to have the Trustee transfer the amount to be distributed directly to:

(1) an individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code,

(2) an individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code (other than an endowment contract),

(3) a qualified retirement plan described in section 401(a) of the Code, the terms of which permit the acceptance of rollover contributions,

(4) an annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code, or

(5) an annuity contract described in section 403(b) of the Code and an eligible plan under section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into such plan from this Plan.

 

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(b) Non-spouse beneficiary rollover right.

(1) For distributions after December 31, 2009, a non-spouse beneficiary who is a “designated beneficiary” under Code §401(a)(9)(E) and the regulations thereunder, by a direct rollover, may rollover all or any portion of his or her distribution to an individual retirement account which the beneficiary establishes for purposes of receiving the distribution. In order to be able to rollover the distribution, the distribution otherwise must satisfy the requirements for an eligible rollover distribution as described in the Plan.

(2) If the Participant’s named beneficiary is a trust, the Plan may make a direct rollover to an individual retirement account on behalf of the trust, provided the trust satisfies the requirements to be a designated beneficiary within the meaning of Code §401(a)(9)(E).

(3) A non-spouse beneficiary may not rollover an amount which is a required minimum distribution, as determined under applicable Treasury regulations and other Revenue Service guidance. If the Participant dies before his or her required beginning date and the non-spouse beneficiary rolls over to an individual retirement account the maximum amount eligible for rollover, the beneficiary may elect to use either the 5-year rule or the life expectancy rule, pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.401(a)(9)-3, A-4(c), in determining the required minimum distributions from the individual retirement account that receives the non-spouse beneficiary’s distribution.

5.13.2. The Participant or beneficiary must specify the name of the plan to which the Participant or beneficiary wishes to have the amount transferred, on a form and in a manner prescribed by the Committee.

5.13.3. Section 5.13.1 shall not apply to the following distributions:

(a) except as provided in Section 5.13.3(f), any distribution of After-Tax Contributions;

(b) any distribution which is made pursuant to the Participant’s election of installments over either (1) a period of 10 years or more, or (2) a period equal to the life or life expectancy of the Participant or the joint lives or life expectancy of the Participant and his beneficiary;

(c) that portion of any distribution after the Participant’s Required Beginning Date that is required to be distributed to the Participant by the minimum distribution rules of section 401(a)(9) of the Code;

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(e) such other distributions as may be exempted by applicable statute or regulation from the requirements of section 401(a)(31) of the Code.

(f) A portion of a distribution shall not fail to be eligible for rollover merely because the portion consists of after-tax employee contributions which are not includible in gross income. However, such portion may be transferred only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in section 408(a) or (b) of the Code, or to a qualified defined contribution plan described in section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code that agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred, including separately accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, a Participant may elect to transfer after-tax employee contributions by means of a direct rollover to a qualified plan or to a 403(b) plan that agrees to account separately for amounts so transferred, including accounting separately for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not includible in gross income.

Section 5.14. Section 401(a)(9). Required minimum distributions shall be made in accordance with section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, as provided in Schedule A attached hereto.

 

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ARTICLE VI

VESTING

Section 6.1. Nonforfeitable Amounts. A Participant shall have a 100% nonforfeitable interest at all times in the following Accounts: (1) After-Tax Matched Contribution Account, (2) After-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account, (3) Catch-Up Contribution Account, (4) Matching Contribution Account, (5) After-Tax Rollover Account, (6) Pre-Tax Matched Contribution Account, (7) Pre-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account, (8) Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Vested), (9) QNEC Account, and (10) Taxable Rollover Account. A Participant shall have such nonforfeitable interest in all other Accounts as determined pursuant to the rules of the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2009.

Section 6.2. Years of Service for Vesting.

6.2.1. For the purposes of this Article, an Employee shall be credited with Years of Service equal to the number of whole years in all of the Employee’s Periods of Service. To determine the number of whole years in all of an Employee’s Periods of Service, non-contiguous periods shall be aggregated.

6.2.2. Years of Service shall be calculated on the basis that 30 days equals a completed month or one-twelfth (1/12) of a year and twelve completed months equal one year.

6.2.3. If a former Employee is reemployed by a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company before he incurs a One-Year Period of Severance and if such Employee’s Period of Severance commenced with a quit, discharge or retirement, the Employee shall be credited with Years of Service for the Period of Severance.

6.2.4. If an Employee severs from service by reason of a quit, discharge, or retirement during an absence from service for 12 months or less for any reason other than a quit, discharge or retirement, and if he then performs an Hour of Service within 12 months of the date on which he was first absent from service, he shall be credited with Years of Service for his Period of Severance.

6.2.5. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, an Employee shall not be credited with Years of Service for the same period twice.

6.2.6. CIC Development Corp. Effective December 14, 1999, any Active Participant who transfers employment directly from a Participating Company to CIC Development Corp., shall have his service with CIC Development Corp. credited for purposes of vesting under the Plan for the period commencing with the effective date of such individual’s direct transfer and ending on the earlier of (a) the date such individual is fully vested in his Matching Contribution and Vision Accounts (as applicable) or (b) the date such individual requests a distribution of any portion of his Matching Contribution or Vision Accounts.

 

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Section 6.3. Breaks in Service and Loss of Service. An Employee’s Years of Service shall be canceled if he incurs a One-Year Period of Severance before his Normal Retirement Date and at a time when he has no Accounts under the Plan.

Section 6.4. Restoration of Service. The Years of Service of an Employee whose Years of Service have been canceled pursuant to Section 6.3 shall be restored to his credit if he thereafter completes an Hour of Service at a time when the number of his consecutive One-Year Periods of Severance is less than the greater of (a) the number of Years of Service to his credit when the first such One-Year Period of Severance occurred, or (b) five.

Section 6.5. Forfeitures and Restoration of Forfeited Amounts upon Reemployment.

6.5.1. If a Participant who has had a Severance from Service Date does not thereafter complete an Hour of Service before the end of the Plan Year in which occurs the earlier of:

(a) the date on which he receives or is deemed to receive a distribution of his entire nonforfeitable interest in his Account, which is less than 100%; or

(b) the date on which he incurs his fifth consecutive One-Year Period of Severance, his Broadband Heritage Matching Contribution Account and his Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Unvested) shall be closed, and the forfeitable amount held therein shall be forfeited. For purposes of this Section 6.5.1, a Participant who has a Severance from Service Date at a time when his nonforfeitable interest in the Plan is zero shall be deemed to have received a distribution described in Section 6.5.1(a) on such Severance from Service Date.

6.5.2. Amounts forfeited from a Participant’s Broadband Heritage Matching Contribution Account and Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Unvested) under Section 6.5.1 shall be used to reduce future Matching Contributions and/or Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions.

6.5.3. If a Participant who has received (or is deemed to have received) a distribution described in Section 6.5.1(a), whereby any part of his Account has been forfeited, again becomes a Covered Employee prior to incurring five consecutive One-Year Periods of Severance, the amount so forfeited shall be restored to his new Broadband Heritage Matching Contribution Account and/or Prior Company Matching Contribution Account, if, and only if, he repays the full amount of such distribution (if any) prior to the earlier of (1) the fifth anniversary of the date on which he subsequently becomes a Covered Employee or (2) the first date the Participant incurs five consecutive One-Year Periods of Severance following the date of the distribution; provided, however, that a Participant described in the preceding sentence who is deemed to receive a distribution of his entire nonforfeitable interest shall be deemed to repay such distribution on the date he again becomes a Covered Employee. Any amounts repaid pursuant to this Section 6.5.3 shall be credited to the Participant’s After-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account. Amounts restored under this Section shall be charged against the following amounts in the following order of priority: (A) forfeitures for the Plan Year and (B) Company contributions for the Plan Year. If the foregoing amounts are insufficient, the Participating Company by whom such Participant is reemployed shall make any additional contribution necessary to accomplish the restoration.

 

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6.5.4. If a Participant has received a distribution under the Plan, other than a distribution of his entire nonforfeitable interest in his Account upon his Severance from Service Date, at a time when he has less than a 100% nonforfeitable interest in his entire Account and prior to the date on which he incurs his fifth consecutive One-Year Period of Severance, his nonforfeitable interest in his Account at all times prior to the date on which he incurs his fifth consecutive One-Year Period of Severance, shall be the difference between:

(a) the amount his nonforfeitable interest would have been if he had not received the distribution; and

(b) the amount to which the distribution would have increased or decreased if it had remained in the Fund. Immediately after the Participant has five consecutive One-Year Periods of Severance, his nonforfeitable interest determined under this Section, if in excess of zero, shall be established as a separate account, and he shall at all times have a nonforfeitable interest therein. If the Participant is later reemployed as a Covered Employee, any allocations to him shall be credited to a new account, and his nonforfeitable interest therein shall be determined under Section 6.1.

6.5.5. If a Participant has had five consecutive One-Year Periods of Severance and again becomes a Covered Employee, the amount forfeited under Section 6.5.1 shall not be restored to his new Account under any circumstances.

 

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ARTICLE VII

ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS

Section 7.1. Rollover Contributions.

7.1.1. Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 7.1.2, a Covered Employee may transfer or have transferred directly to the Fund, from any qualified retirement plan of a former employer, all or a portion of his interest in the distributing plan. In addition, a Covered Employee who has established an individual retirement account to hold distributions received from qualified retirement plans of former employers may transfer all of the assets of such individual retirement account to the Fund.

7.1.2. The Trustee shall not accept a distribution from any other qualified retirement plan or from an individual retirement account unless the following conditions are met:

(a)(1) the distribution being transferred must come directly from the fiduciary of the plan of the former employer, or

(2) it must come from the Covered Employee within 60 days after the Covered Employee receives a distribution from such other qualified retirement plan or individual retirement account and must comply with the provisions of section 402(c), 403(a)(4), 408(d)(3) or 457(f)(16) of the Code, whichever applies;

(b) distributions from a plan for a self-employed person shall not be transferred to this Plan, unless the transfer is directly to the Fund from the funding agent of the distributing plan;

(c) the interest being transferred shall not include assets from any plan to the extent that the Committee determines that the transfer of such interest (i) would impose upon this Plan requirements as to form of distribution that would not otherwise apply hereunder, or (ii) would otherwise result in the elimination of Code section 411(d)(6) protected benefits, or (iii) would cause the Plan to be a direct or indirect transferee of a plan to which the joint and survivor annuity requirements of sections 401(a)(11) and 417 of the Code apply;

(d) the interest being transferred shall not contain nondeductible contributions made to the distributing plan by the Covered Employee unless the transfer to the Fund is directly from the funding agent of the distributing plan; and

(e) subject to Section 7.3, the interest being transferred shall be in the form of cash.

Section 7.2. Vesting and Distribution of Rollover Account.

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Covered Employee’s After-Tax Rollover Account and/or Taxable Rollover Account, as applicable. A Covered Employee shall be fully vested at all times in his After-Tax Rollover Account and Taxable Rollover Account.

7.2.2. A Covered Employee’s After-Tax Rollover Account and Taxable Rollover Account shall be distributed as otherwise provided under the Plan.

Section 7.3. Additional Rollover Amounts. If an individual becomes a Participant as a result of a corporate transaction and elects to roll over a benefit from the prior employer’s tax-qualified defined contribution plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit the rollover of outstanding loan balances.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

WITHDRAWALS

Section 8.1. Withdrawals Not Subject to Section 401(k) Restrictions. A Participant who is an active Employee and has not attained Age 59 1/2 may withdraw, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Committee and uniformly applied, up to the total value of the following Accounts:

8.1.1. After-Tax Matched Contribution Account; provided that, if a Participant withdraws any After-Tax Matched Contributions credited in the Plan Year of withdrawal or the two preceding Plan Years, the Participant shall be suspended from participation for three months from the date of the withdrawal.

8.1.2. After-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account;

8.1.3. After-Tax Rollover Contribution Account;

8.1.4. Taxable Rollover Contribution Account;

8.1.5. Broadband Heritage Matching Contribution Account, provided that Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions and Prior Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions are not eligible for withdrawal if they were credited in the Plan Year of withdrawal or the two preceding Plan Years; and

8.1.6. Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Vested), provided that contributions are not eligible for withdrawal if they were credited in the Plan Year of withdrawal or the two preceding Plan Years.

Section 8.2. Withdrawals Subject to Section 401(k) Restrictions.

8.2.1. In addition to the withdrawals permitted under Section 8.1, a Participant who is an active Employee may withdraw, under the rules set forth in Sections 8.2.2 through 8.2.5 and such other rules as may be prescribed by the Committee and uniformly applied, the following amounts:

(a) his Broadband Heritage Matching Contribution Account, to the extent that Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions and Prior Broadband Heritage Matching Contributions were made in the Plan Year of withdrawal or the two preceding Plan Years;

(b) that portion of his Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Vested) consisting of matching contributions made under the CCCHI Plan prior to the Effective Date that were fully vested in accordance with the change of control vesting provisions of Section 6.3(c) of the CCCHI Plan and that were made in the Plan Year of withdrawal or the two preceding Plan Years;

 

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(c) the nonforfeitable portion of his Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Unvested);

(d) his Catch-Up Contribution Account;

(e) his Pre-Tax Matched Contribution Account (consisting of all amounts credited as of December 31, 1988 plus the sum of his Pre-Tax Matched Contributions made after December 31, 1988); plus

(f) his Pre-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account (consisting of all amounts credited as of December 31, 1988 plus the sum of his Pre-Tax Matched Contributions made after December 31, 1988).

8.2.2. A withdrawal under Section 8.2.1 shall be permitted only if the Committee finds that:

(a) it is made on account of the Participant’s immediate and heavy financial need (as defined in Section 8.2.3); and

(b) it is necessary (as defined in Section 8.2.4) to satisfy such immediate and heavy financial need.

8.2.3. A withdrawal under Section 8.2.1 will be deemed to be on account of an immediate and heavy financial need if the Participant requests such withdrawal on account of:

(a) expenses for medical care described in section 213(d) of the Code and (i) previously incurred by the Participant, his spouse, any of the Participant’s dependents (as defined in section 152 of the Code), or effective January 1, 2010, the Participant’s primary beneficiary, or (ii) necessary for such individuals to obtain such medical care;

(b) costs directly related to the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence of the Participant;

(c) the payment of tuition and related educational fees for the next 12 months of post-secondary education for the Participant, his spouse, children, dependents (as defined in section 152 of the Code) or effective January 1, 2010, the Participant’s primary beneficiary;

(d) the need to prevent the eviction of the Participant from his principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of his principal residence;

(e) for Covered Union Employees (Broadband) only, payment for extensive home repairs or renovations related to fire, natural disaster or other similar unforeseeable event; extraordinary legal expenses; or funeral expenses for members of immediate family; or

 

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(f) notwithstanding Section 8.2.3(e) above, effective June 1, 2006, payments for burial or funeral expenses for the Participant’s deceased parent, spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Code Section 152 without regard to Code Section 152(d)(1)(B)) or effective January 1, 2010, the Participant’s primary beneficiary, and expenses for the repair of damage to a Participant’s principal residence that would qualify for the casualty deduction under Code Section 165 without regard to whether the loss exceeds 10% of the Participant’s adjusted gross income; or

(g) such other circumstances or events as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury or his or her delegate.

Note that for purposes of this Section 8.2.3, “primary beneficiary” means an individual who is named as a beneficiary under the Plan and has an unconditional right to all or a portion of the Participant’s account balance under the Plan upon the Participant’s death.

8.2.4. A withdrawal under Section 8.2.2(a) shall be deemed to be necessary if:

(a) the amount of the withdrawal does not exceed the amount of the Participant’s immediate and heavy financial need, including any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the withdrawal;

(b) the Participant has obtained all currently permissible distributions (other than hardship distributions) and non-taxable loans, if any, under this and all other plans maintained by the Participating Company and all Affiliated Companies; and

(c) the Participant agrees in writing to be bound by the rules of Section 8.2.5.

8.2.5. If a Participant withdraws any amount from his Pre-Tax Matched Contribution Account, Pre-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account or Catch-Up Contribution Account pursuant to Section 8.2.1, or withdraws any elective deferrals under any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the Participating Company or any Affiliated Company, which other plan conditions such withdrawal upon the Participant’s being subject to rules similar to those stated in this Section 8.2.5 and Section 8.2.4, such Participant may not make Pre-Tax Contributions (and, in the case of a Covered Union Employee (Broadband), After-Tax Contributions) under this Plan or employee contributions (other than mandatory contributions under a defined benefit plan) or elective deferrals under any other qualified or non-qualified plan of deferred compensation (which does not include any health or welfare plan, including a health or welfare plan that is part of a cafeteria plan described in section 125 of the Code) maintained by the Participating Company or an Affiliated Company for a period of 6 months commencing on the date of the withdrawal (12 months for a Participant who is a Covered Union Employee (Broadband)); provided, however:

(a) a Participant who, immediately prior to the Effective Date, was a participant in the CCCHI Plan, was not an “Eligible Union Employee” as defined under the CCCHI Plan, and was serving a twelve-month suspension under the CCCHI Plan in connection with a hardship withdrawal taken in 2002, shall have the suspension period lifted effective September 15, 2003; and

 

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(b) a Participant who is a Covered Union Employee (Broadband) for only a portion of a Plan Year and, thereafter, remains an Eligible Employee (other than a Covered Union Employee (Broadband)), shall have the twelve-month suspension period lifted on the latest of (1) September 15, 2003, (2) completion of a six-month suspension period, or (3) decertification of such Covered Union Employee’s union.

8.2.6. If a Participant withdraws any elective deferrals under any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the Participating Company or any Affiliated Company, which other plan conditions such withdrawal upon the Participant’s being subject to rules similar to those stated in this Section 8.2, such Participant may not make Pre-Tax Contributions under this Plan or employee contributions (other than mandatory contributions under a defined benefit plan) or elective deferrals under any other qualified or non-qualified plan of deferred compensation (which does not include any health or welfare plan, including a health or welfare plan that is part of a cafeteria plan described in section 125 of the Code) maintained by the Participating Company or an Affiliated Company for the time period specified in Section 8.2.5.

Section 8.3. Withdrawals On and After Attainment of Age 59  1/2. Upon his attainment of Age 59 1/2, a Participant who is an Active Participant may withdraw, in accordance with rules prescribed by the Committee and uniformly applied, less amounts previously withdrawn therefrom, by submitting his request in accordance with Section 14.9 to the Committee, up to the vested portion in his Account in the following order:

8.3.1. After-Tax Matched Contribution Account;

8.3.2. After-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account;

8.3.3. After-Tax Rollover Account;

8.3.4. Taxable Rollover Account;

8.3.5. Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Vested);

8.3.6. Prior Company Matching Contribution Account (Unvested);

8.3.7. Pre-Tax Matched Contribution Account;

8.3.8. Pre-Tax Unmatched Contribution Account;

8.3.9. Matching Contribution Account;

8.3.10. Broadband Heritage Matching Contribution Account;

8.3.11. Catch-Up Contribution Account.

 

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Section 8.4. Amount and Payment of Withdrawals. The amount of any withdrawal will be determined on the basis of the value of the Participant’s Account valued as of the Valuation Date coincident with or immediately preceding the date of the withdrawal. Any withdrawal requested under this Section shall be paid as soon as practicable following the Committee’s determination that the requested withdrawal complies with the terms and conditions set forth in this Section. Withdrawals shall be made in a single sum payment in cash, except that a Participant making a withdrawal pursuant to Section 8.1 or 8.3 may elect to receive all or a portion of the withdrawal in the form of shares of Company Stock and/or Investment Stock to the extent that the portion of the Account that is the subject of the withdrawal is invested in Company Stock and/or Investment Stock.

Section 8.5. Withdrawals Not Subject to Replacement. A Participant may not replace any portion of his Accounts withdrawn under this Plan.

Section 8.6. Pledged Amounts. No amount that has been pledged as security for a loan under Article IX may be withdrawn under this Article.

Section 8.7. Investment Medium to be Charged with Withdrawal. Any withdrawal by a Participant under this Article shall be charged against the Investment Media in which such Participant’s Accounts are invested in such priority as shall be established by the Committee.

 

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ARTICLE IX

LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS

Section 9.1. Loan Application. Each Participant who is an Employee of a Participating Company may apply for a loan from the Plan. All applications shall be made to the Committee on forms which it prescribes, and the Committee shall rule upon such applications in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner in accordance with the rules and guidelines established in this Article.

Section 9.2. Loan Approval.

9.2.1. No application for a loan shall be approved for any Participant unless at least six months have elapsed since the date he has repaid in full any prior loan from the Plan.

9.2.2. The Committee shall have the right to reject a loan application if the Participant has the present intention to take a personal leave of absence during the period of loan repayment or on the basis of a Participant’s credit worthiness or such other factors as would be considered in a normal commercial setting by an entity in the business of making loans and as the Committee determines necessary to safeguard the Fund.

Section 9.3. Amount of Loan.

9.3.1. Generally, a Participant shall not be permitted to have more than one loan outstanding at any time from this Plan; however, individuals who become Participants as a result of a corporate transaction and who have more than one loan transferred from a prior employer’s plan in connection with such transaction, may continue both loans but may not take a new loan from the Plan until all outstanding loans are paid in full. The minimum amount of any loan shall be $500. The amount of any loan must be an even multiple of $100, provided that loans for uneven amounts shall be permitted solely to accommodate loans to former employees of a business acquired by a Participating Company in connection with the commencement of such individual’s eligibility to participate in the Plan, provided that such rule shall be applied on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis.

9.3.2. The amount of any loan, when added to the amount of a Participant’s outstanding loans under all other plans qualified under section 401(a) of the Code which are sponsored by the Participating Company or any Affiliated Company shall not exceed the lesser of:

(a) $50,000, reduced by the excess (if any) of:

(1) the Participant’s highest outstanding balance of loans during the one-year period ending on the day before the date on which such loan is made to the Participant, over

 

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(2) the outstanding balance of loans made to the Participant on the date such loan is made to the Participant; or

(b) fifty percent (50%) of the value of the Participant’s nonforfeitable Account, determined as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding the date on which the loan application is received by the Committee.

Section 9.4. Terms of Loan.

9.4.1. The interest rate on loans shall be: (a) determined by the Committee, (b) at least commensurate with rates charged for similar loans by entities in the business of making loans, and (c) adjusted from time to time as circumstances warrant. Security for each loan granted pursuant to this Article shall be, to the extent necessary, the currently unpledged portion of the Participant’s Account. In no event shall more than fifty percent (50%) of the Participant’s vested Account as of the date the loan is made be used as security for the loan. In its sole discretion, the Committee may require such additional security as it deems necessary.

9.4.2. Each loan shall be evidenced by the Participant’s execution of a personal demand note on such form as shall be supplied by the Committee. Each such note shall specify that, to the extent repayment is not demanded sooner, repayment shall be made in installments over a period of not less than 6 nor more than 60 months from the date on which the loan is distributed. All loans from the Plan shall be non-renewable. Each note shall also specify the interest rate as determined by the Committee at the time the loan is approved.

9.4.3. All loans shall be repaid in approximately equal installments (not less frequently than quarterly) through payroll deductions or in such other manner as the Committee may determine, including, without limitation, coupon repayment in the event the Committee determines that a Participant has incurred a Severance from Service Date as a result of a corporate transaction or in the event a Participant is on an unpaid leave of absence. In addition, a Participant who is a Covered Union Employee (Broadband) on his Severance from Service Date may repay through coupon repayment following his Severance from Service Date. A Participant may repay the outstanding balance of any loan in one lump sum at any time by notifying the Committee of his intent to do so and by forwarding to the Committee payment in full of the then outstanding balance, plus interest accrued to the date of payment. The amount of principal and interest repaid by a Participant shall be credited to a Participant’s Account as each repayment is made.

9.4.4. Loan repayments shall be suspended under this Plan as permitted under section 414(u) of the Code. In such cases, (1) if the loan is for a period of less than 60 months, the period of repayments shall be extended for the period necessary to permit repayment, or (2) otherwise, the loan shall be re-amortized over its remaining term; provided, however, that the period of repayment for any loan shall not exceed a total of 60 months, unless an extension is permitted in accordance with section 72(p) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

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9.4.5. If, and only if:

(a) the Participant dies;

(b) the Participant (other than a Participant who continues to be a party in interest) has a Severance from Service Date;

(c) the Compensation of a Participant who is an Employee is discontinued or decreased below the amount necessary to amortize the loan and such status continues beyond the last day of the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the first required installment payment is due after such Compensation discontinuance or decrease;

(d) the loan is not repaid by the time the note matures including any extensions pursuant to Section 9.4.4;

(e) the Participant attempts to revoke any payroll deduction authorization for repayment of the loan without the consent of the Committee;

(f) the Participant fails to pay any installment of the loan when due and the Committee elects to treat such failure as default; or

(g) any other event occurs which the Committee, in its sole discretion, believes may jeopardize the repayment of the loan;

before a loan is repaid in full, the unpaid balance thereof, with interest due thereon, shall become immediately due and payable. The Participant (or his beneficiary, in the event of the Participant’s death) may satisfy the loan by paying the outstanding balance of the loan within such time as may be specified in the note which period shall not extend more than 30 days from a Severance from Service Date. If the loan and interest are not repaid within the time specified, the Committee shall satisfy the indebtedness from the amount of the Participant’s vested interest in his Account as provided in Section 9.5 before making any payments otherwise due hereunder to the Participant or his beneficiary.

Section 9.5. Enforcement.

9.5.1. The Committee shall give written notice to the Participant (or his beneficiary in the event of the Participant’s death) of an event of default described in Section 9.4.5(d). If the loan and interest are not paid within the time period specified in the notice, the amount of the Participant’s vested interest in his Account, to the extent such Account is security for the loan, shall be reduced by the amount of the unpaid balance of the loan, with interest due thereon, and the Participant’s indebtedness shall thereupon be discharged to the extent of the reduction.

9.5.2. In addition, if the value of the Participant’s total vested interest in his Account pledged as security for the loan is insufficient to discharge fully the Participant’s indebtedness, the Participant’s Account shall be used to reduce the Participant’s indebtedness at such time as the Participant is entitled to a distribution under Article V or a withdrawal under Article VIII, and any remaining amounts in his Account shall be used to reduce the Participant’s

 

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indebtedness at such time as the Participant has a Severance from Service Date. Such action shall not operate as a waiver of the rights of the Company, the Committee, the Trustee, or the Plan under applicable law.

9.5.3. The Committee also shall be entitled to take any and all other actions necessary and appropriate to foreclose upon any property other than the Participant’s Account pledged as security for the loan or to otherwise enforce collection of the outstanding balance of the loan.

Section 9.6. Additional Rules. The Committee may establish additional rules relating to Participant loans under the Plan, which rules shall be applied on a uniform and non-discriminatory basis.

 

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ARTICLE X

ADMINISTRATION

Section 10.1. Committee. The Company’s Executive Vice President with supervisory responsibility for the Company’s Human Resources Department (“EVP”) shall appoint at least three (3) persons to serve as the Committee. The EVP may, but is not required to, appoint himself or herself to serve on the Committee and to act as Chairperson of such Committee. The Committee shall be the Administrator and the “named fiduciary” of the Plan, as defined in section 402(a)(2) of ERISA. Each member of the Committee may, but need not be, a director, officer or Employee of a Participating Company and each shall serve until his or her successor is appointed in like manner. Any member of the Committee may resign by delivering his or her written resignation to the EVP prior to the effective date of such resignation. In addition, if a member of the Committee is an Employee at the time of his or her appointment, he or she will automatically cease to be a member of the Committee when his or her employment with a Participating Company terminates. The EVP may remove any member of the Committee by written action of the EVP prior to the effective date of such removal. In the event a member of the Committee dies or is removed (automatically or by the EVP), the EVP shall appoint a successor member if necessary to assure that at least three persons are serving as members of the Committee. Until such time as such successor member’ or members’ appointment is effective, the Committee shall continue to act with full power until the vacancy is filled.

Section 10.2. Duties and Powers of Committee.

10.2.1. The Committee shall have the general responsibility for the administration of the Plan and for carrying out its provisions. In addition to the duties and powers described elsewhere hereunder, the Committee shall have the discretion and authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan.

10.2.2. The Committee shall have all other duties and powers necessary or desirable to administer the Plan, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) to communicate the terms of the Plan to Participants and beneficiaries;

(b) to prescribe procedures and related forms (which may be electronic in nature) to be followed by Participants and beneficiaries, including forms and procedures for making elections and contributions under the Plan;

(c) to receive from Participants and beneficiaries such information as shall be necessary for the proper administration of the Plan;

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(e) to appoint, discharge and periodically monitor the performance of third party administrators, insurers, service providers, other agents, consultants, accountants and attorneys in the administration of the Plan;

(f) to determine whether any domestic relations order received by the Plan is a qualified domestic relations order as provided in section 414(p) of the Code;

(g) to prepare and file any reports or returns with respect to the Plan required by the Code, ERISA or any other law;

(h) to correct errors and make equitable adjustments for mistakes made in the administration of the Plan;

(i) to issue rules and regulations necessary for the proper conduct and administration of the Plan and to change, alter, or amend such rules and regulations;

(j) to determine all questions arising in the administration of the Plan, to the extent the determination is not the responsibility of a third party administrator, insurer or some other entity;

(k) to propose and accept settlements of claims involving the Plan;

(l) to direct the Trustee to pay benefits and Plan expenses properly chargeable to the Plan; and

(m) such other duties or powers provided in the Plan or necessary to administer the Plan.

10.2.3. The Committee shall have exclusive authority and discretion to manage and control the assets of the Plan, including, but not limited to the following

(a) establish the Plan’s overall investment policy, including asset allocation, investment policy statement or investment guidelines;

(b) appoint and remove a Trustee or Trustees with respect to a portion of or all of the assets of the Trust;

(c) direct such Trustee(s) with respect to the investment and management of the Plan’s assets, including any voting rights for any securities held by the Trustee;

(d) direct the Trustee to pay investment-related expenses properly chargeable to the Plan, including Trustee expenses;

(e) enter into a trust agreement with such Trustee(s) on behalf of the Company, and approve any amendments to any such trust agreement, including single-client, common and collective trust arrangements;

 

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(f) enter into insurance contracts and arrangements, including contracts for participation in single-client or pooled separate accounts to facilitate the investment of plan assets; and

(g) appoint, monitor and remove one or more investment manager(s), as defined in section 3(38) of ERISA, to manage any portion of the Trust or an insurance company single-client or pooled separate account, including the exercise of any voting rights of any securities managed by the investment manager.

10.2.4. The Committee shall have complete discretion to interpret and construe the provisions of the Plan, make findings of fact, correct errors, and supply omissions. All decisions and interpretations of the Committee made pursuant to the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons and may not be overturned unless found by a court to be arbitrary and capricious. The Committee shall have the powers necessary or desirable to carry out these responsibilities, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) to prescribe procedures and related forms (which may be electronic in nature) to be followed by Participants and beneficiaries filing claims for benefits under the Plan;

(b) to receive from Participants and beneficiaries such information as shall be necessary for the proper determination of benefits payable under the Plan;

(c) to keep records related to claims for benefits filed and paid under the Plan;

(d) to determine and enforce any limits on benefit elections hereunder;

(e) to correct errors and make equitable adjustments for mistakes made in the payment or nonpayment of benefits under the Plan, specifically, and without limitation, to recover erroneous overpayments made by the Plan to a Participant or beneficiary, in whatever manner the Committee deems appropriate, including suspensions or recoupment of, or offsets against, future payments, including benefit payments or wages, due that Participant, dependent or beneficiary;

(f) to determine questions relating to coverage and participation under the Plan and the rights of Participants or beneficiaries to the extent the determination is not the responsibility of a third party administrator, insurer or some other entity;

(g) to propose and accept settlements and offsets of claims, overpayments and other disputes involving claims for benefits under the Plan;

(h) to compute the amount and kind of benefits payable to Participants and beneficiaries, to the extent such determination is not the responsibility of a third party administrator, insurer, or some other entity; and

 

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(i) to direct the Trustee to pay benefits and any Plan expenses properly chargeable to the Plan that are related to claims for benefits.

10.2.5. The Committee shall be deemed to have delegated its responsibilities for determining benefits and eligibility for benefits to a third party administrator, insurer or other fiduciary where such person has been appointed by the Committee to make such determinations. In such case, such other person shall have the duties and powers as the Committee as set forth above, including the complete discretion to interpret and construe the provisions of the Plan.

Section 10.3. Functioning of Committee.

10.3.1. The Committee shall meet on a periodic, as-needed basis and shall enact such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and proper to carry out its responsibilities. The Committee shall periodically report to the EVP concerning the discharge of its responsibilities.

10.3.2. The EVP shall designate one member, which may be the EVP, to be the Chairperson. The Chairperson shall be responsible for conducting Committee meetings. The Committee will keep regular records of all meetings and decisions. Any act which the Plan authorizes or requires the Committee to do may be done by a vote of those persons serving as members of the Committee at a meeting at which a quorum is present or recorded in writing without a meeting. A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Committee shall consist of a majority of the members of the Committee then in office. Actions at a meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present shall be taken by a majority of those members in attendance. The Committee may act in writing without a meeting provided such action has the written concurrence of a majority of the members of the Committee then serving. It shall have the same effect for all purposes as if assented to by all of the members in office at that time.

Section 10.4. Allocation and Delegation of Duties. The Committee shall have the authority to:

10.4.1. allocate, from time-to- time, by a written instrument filed in its records, all or any part of its responsibilities under the Plan to one or more of its members, including a subcommittee, as may be deemed advisable, and in the same manner to revoke such allocation of responsibilities. In the exercise of such allocated responsibilities, any action of the member or subcommittee to whom responsibilities are allocated shall have the same force and effect for all purposes hereunder as if such action had been taken by the Committee. The Committee shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of such member or subcommittee. The member or subcommittee to whom responsibilities have been allocated shall periodically report to the Committee concerning the discharge of the allocated responsibilities.

10.4.2. delegate, from time-to-time, by a written instrument filed in its records, all or any part of its responsibilities under the Plan to such person or persons as the Committee may deem advisable (and may authorize such person to delegate such responsibilities to such other person or persons as the Committee shall authorize) and in the same manner to revoke any such delegation of responsibilities. Any action of the delegate in the exercise of such

 

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delegated responsibilities shall have the same force and effect for all purposes hereunder as if such action had been taken by the Committee. The Committee shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of any such delegate. The delegate shall periodically report to Committee concerning the discharge of the delegated responsibilities.

Section 10.5. Plan Expenses. All fees and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and administration of the Plan, including, but not limited to, Committee, legal, accounting, actuarial, investment, Trustee, management, and administrative fees and expenses may be paid out of the Trust or any other Plan asset to the extent that it is legally permissible for these fees and expenses to be so paid. A Participating Company may, but is not required, to pay such fees and expenses directly. A Participating Company may also advance amounts properly payable by the Plan or Trust and then obtain reimbursement from the Plan or Trust for these advances.

Section 10.6. Information to be Supplied by a Participating Company. Each Participating Company shall provide the Committee or its delegates with such information as they shall from time-to-time need or reasonably request in the discharge of its duties. The Committee may rely conclusively on the information provided.

Section 10.7. Disputes.

10.7.1. If the Committee denies, in whole or in part, a claim for benefits by a Participant or his beneficiary, the Committee shall furnish notice of the denial to the claimant, setting forth:

(a) the specific reasons for the denial;

(b) specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

(c) a description of any additional information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such information is necessary; and

(d) appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit his claim for review.

Such notice shall be forwarded to the claimant within 90 days of the Committee’s receipt of the claim; provided, however, that in special circumstances the Committee may extend the response period for up to an additional 90 days, in which event it shall notify the claimant in writing of the extension, and shall specify the reason or reasons for the extension.

10.7.2. Within 60 days of receipt of a notice of claim denial, a claimant or his duly authorized representative may petition the Committee in writing for a full and fair review of the denial. The claimant or his duly authorized representative shall have the opportunity to review pertinent documents and to submit issues and comments in writing to the Committee. The Committee shall review the denial and shall communicate its decision and the reasons therefor to the claimant in writing within 60 days of receipt of the petition; provided, however, that in special circumstances the Committee may extend the response period for up to

 

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an additional 60 days, in which event it shall notify the claimant in writing prior to the commencement of the extension. The appeals procedure set forth in this Section 10.7 shall be the exclusive means for contesting a decision denying benefits under the Plan.

10.7.3. Exhaustion and Limitations Period. Claimants must exhaust the procedures described in Section 10.7 before taking action in any other forum regarding a claim for benefits under the Plan. Any suit or legal action initiated by a claimant under the Plan must be brought by the claimant no later than one (1) year following a final decision on the claim for benefits under these claims procedures. The one (1)-year statute of limitations on suits for benefits shall apply in any forum where a claimant initiates such suit or legal action. If a civil action is not filed within this period, the claimant’s benefit claim will be deemed permanently waived and abandoned, and the claimant will be precluded from reasserting it.

Section 10.8. Indemnification. Each member (or former member) of the Committee, and any other person who is an Employee or director of a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company (or a former employee or director of a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and with respect to all damages, losses, obligations, liabilities, liens, deficiencies, costs and expenses, including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs incident to any suit, action, investigation, claim or proceedings to which he may be a party by reason of his performance of any functions and duties under the Plan, except in relation to matters as to which he shall be held liable for an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties. The foregoing right to indemnification shall be in addition to such other rights as the Committee member (or former member) or other person may enjoy as a matter of law or by reason of insurance coverage of any kind. Rights granted hereunder shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any rights to indemnification to which the Committee member (or former member) or other person may be entitled pursuant to the by-laws of the Participating Company.

 

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ARTICLE XI

THE FUND

Section 11.1. Designation of Trustee. The Committee shall name and designate a Trustee and shall enter into a Trust Agreement. The Committee shall have the power to amend the Trust Agreement, remove the Trustee, and designate a successor Trustee, as provided in the Trust Agreement. All of the assets of the Plan shall be held by the Trustee for use in accordance with the Plan.

Section 11.2. Exclusive Benefit. Prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities under the Plan in the event of termination of the Plan, no part of the corpus or income of the Fund shall be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants and their beneficiaries except as expressly provided in this Plan and in the Trust Agreement.

Section 11.3. No Interest in Fund. No person shall have any interest in or right to any part of the assets or income of the Fund, except to the extent expressly provided in this Plan and in the Trust Agreement.

Section 11.4. Trustee. The Trustee shall be the named fiduciary with respect to management and control of Plan assets held by it and shall have exclusive and sole responsibility for the custody and investment thereof in accordance with the Trust Agreement.

Section 11.5. Investments.

11.5.1. Except as provided in Section 11.5.5, the Trustee shall invest all contributions that are paid to it and income thereon in such Investment Media as each Participant may select in accordance with this Section. The Investment Media made available to Participants shall include Investment Media solely invested in Company Stock (except to the extent that cash or a cash equivalent is necessary to provide liquidity to comply with Participant investment direction). Such investments acquired in the manner prescribed by the Plan shall be held by or for the Trustee.

11.5.2. Except as provided in Sections 11.5.5 through 11.5.7, a Participant shall select one or more of the Investment Media in which his Accounts shall be invested, and the percentage thereof that shall be invested in each Investment Medium selected. In the event a Participant fails to make an election pursuant to this Section, amounts allocated to his Account shall be invested in such Investment Medium or Investment Media as determined by the Committee. In the event a Participant fails to make an election pursuant to this Section with respect to amounts allocated to his Account pursuant to his automatic enrollment in the Plan, such amounts allocated to his Account shall be invested in the Investment Media as determined by the Committee. A Participant may amend such selection by prior notice to the Committee, effective as of such dates determined by the Committee, by giving prior notice to the Committee. Such amendments will be subject to the other requirements which may be imposed by the Committee or the applicable Investment Medium

 

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11.5.3. Subject to Section 11.5.7, a Participant may transfer, effective as of such dates determined by the Committee, such portion of the value of his interest in any Investment Medium to another Investment Medium, as may be permitted by the Committee.

11.5.4. The amounts contributed by all Participants to each Investment Medium shall be commingled for investment purposes.

11.5.5. The Trustee may hold assets of the Fund and make distributions therefrom in the form of cash without liability for interest, if for administrative purposes it becomes necessary or practical to do so.

11.5.6. The Committee may limit the right of a Participant (a) to increase or decrease his contribution to a particular Investment Medium, (b) to transfer amounts to or from a particular Investment Medium, or (c) to transfer amounts between particular Investment Media, if such limitation is required under the terms establishing an Investment Medium or to facilitate the merger of any other plan with and into this Plan, or the transfer or rollover of benefits into this Plan.

11.5.7. Prior to the AT&T Broadband Transaction, individuals who were Participants in the Plan prior to the Effective Date could elect to invest all or a portion of their Accounts in Investment Stock. Effective after the AT&T Broadband Transaction, Investment Stock is no longer available for new investments, and, except as provided in this Article, Participants may invest in Company Stock instead. Subject to Sections 11.5.5 and 11.5.6, all or a portion of the value of a Participant’s interest in Investment Stock may be transferred to a different Investment Medium, including Company Stock, at the election of such Participant; however, a Participant may not transfer a portion of the value of his interest in any Investment Medium to Investment Stock.

 

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ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

Section 12.1. Power of Amendment and Termination.

12.1.1. It is the intention of each Participating Company that this Plan will be permanent. However, each Participating Company reserves the right to terminate its participation in this Plan at any time by action of its board of directors or other governing body. Furthermore, the Company reserves the power to amend or terminate the Plan at any time and to any extent by action of the Board of Directors.

12.1.2. In addition,

(a) the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors may approve any amendment to the Plan; and

(b) the EVP may approve any amendment to the Plan:

(i) that is required by law or necessary or appropriate to maintain the Plan as a plan meeting the requirements of Code section 401(a), retroactively if necessary or appropriate;

(ii) that is necessary to make clarifying changes or to correct a drafting error;

(iii) to designate as a Participating Company, any organization subject to the adoption of the Plan by action of such organization’s board of directors or other governing body, provided that as a result of such designation, the number of individuals reasonably expected to become eligible to participate in the Plan does not exceed 1,000;

(iv) to exclude from status as a Participating Company any subsidiary of the Company which is eligible to file a consolidated federal income tax return with the Company, provided that as a result of such exclusion, the number of individuals reasonably expected to be excluded from eligibility to participate in the Plan does not exceed 1,000; or

(v) that is not expected to increase the costs of the Plan by more than $10 million annually based on a reasonable actuarial or other estimate.

12.1.3 Any amendment or termination of the Plan shall become effective as of the date designated by the Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors or EVP; provided however, that an amendment to the Plan shall not be effective to the extent that it has the effect of decreasing a Participant’s accrued benefit under section 411(d)(6) of the Code. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in the Plan, prior to the

 

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satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to the benefits provided under this Plan, no amendment or termination shall cause any part of the monies contributed hereunder to revert to the Participating Companies or to be diverted to any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants and their beneficiaries. Upon termination or partial termination of the Plan, or upon complete discontinuance of contributions, the rights of all affected persons to benefits accrued to the date of such termination shall be nonforfeitable. Upon termination of the plan without establishment or maintenance of another defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in section 4975(e)(7) of the Code or a simplified employee pension plan as defined in Section 408(k) of the Code), Accounts shall be distributed in accordance with applicable law.

Section 12.2. Merger. The Plan shall not be merged with or consolidated with, nor shall its assets be transferred to, any other qualified retirement plan unless each Participant would receive a benefit after such merger, consolidation, or transfer (assuming the Plan then terminated) which is of actuarial value equal to or greater than the benefit he would have received from his Account if the Plan had been terminated on the day before such merger, consolidation, or transfer.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS

Section 13.1. General. The following provisions shall apply automatically to the Plan and shall supersede any contrary provisions for each Plan Year in which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan (as defined below). It is intended that this Article shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of section 416 of the Code.

Section 13.2. Definitions. The following definitions shall supplement those set forth in Article I of the Plan:

13.2.1. “Aggregation Group” means this plan and each other qualified retirement plan (including a frozen plan or a plan which has been terminated during the 60-month period ending on the Determination Date) of a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company:

(a) in which a Key Employee is a participant; or

(b) which enables any plan in which a Key Employee participates to meet the requirements of sections 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code; or

(c) without the inclusion of which, the plans in the Aggregation Group would be Top-Heavy Plans, but, with the inclusion of which, the plans in the Aggregation Group are not Top-Heavy Plans and, taken together, meet the requirements of sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.

13.2.2. “Determination Date” means, for any Plan Year, the last day of the preceding Plan Year.

13.2.3. “Key Employee” means any Employee or former Employee (including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the Determination Date was an officer of a Participating Company having Compensation for a Plan Year greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under section 415(i)(1) of the Code), a 5% owner of a Participating Company, or a 1% owner of a Participating Company having Compensation in excess of $150,000. For this purpose, Compensation means compensation within the meaning of section 415(c)(3) of the Code. The determination of who is a key employee will be made in accordance with section 416(i)(1) of the Code and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued thereunder.

13.2.4. “Key Employee Ratio” means, for any Determination Date, the ratio of the amount described in Section 13.2.4(a) to the amount described in Section 13.2.4(b), after deducting from each such amount any portion thereof described in Section 13.2.4(c), where:

(a) the amount described in this Paragraph is the sum of:

(1) the present value of all accrued benefits of Key Employees under all qualified defined benefit plans included in the Aggregation Group;

 

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(2) the balances in all of the accounts of Key Employees under all qualified defined contribution plans included in the Aggregation Group; and

(3) the amounts distributed from all plans in such Aggregation Group to or on behalf of any Key Employee during the 1-year period (5-year period for distributions made for a reason other than incurring a Severance from Service Date, death or Total Disability) ending on the Determination Date, except any benefit paid on account of death to the extent it exceeds the accrued benefits or account balances immediately prior to death;

(b) the amount described in this Paragraph is the sum of:

(1) the present value of all accrued benefits of all participants under all qualified defined benefit plans included in the Aggregation Group;

(2) the balances in all of the accounts of all participants under all qualified defined contribution plans included in the Aggregation Group; and

(3) the amounts distributed from all plans in such Aggregation Group to or on behalf of any participant during the 1-year period (5-year period for distributions made for a reason other than incurring a Severance from Service Date, death or Total Disability) ending on the Determination Date; and

(c) the amount described in this Paragraph is the sum of:

(1) all rollover contributions (or fund to fund transfers) to the Plan by an Employee after December 31, 1983 from a plan sponsored by an employer which is not a Participating Company or an Affiliated Company;

(2) any amount that is included in Sections 13.2.4(a) or 13.2.4(b) for a person who is a Non-Key Employee as to the Plan Year of reference but who was a Key Employee as to any earlier Plan Year; and

(3) any amount that is included in Sections 13.2.4(a) or 13.2.4(b) for a person who has not performed any services for any Participating Company during the 1-year period ending on the Determination Date.

The present value of accrued benefits under any defined benefit plan shall be determined under the method used for accrual purposes for all plans maintained by all Participating Companies and Affiliated Companies if a single method is used by all such plans, or, otherwise, the slowest accrual method permitted under section 411(b)(1)(C) of the Code.

For purposes of Sections 13.2.4(a)(3) and (b)(3), distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been aggregated with the Plan under section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code shall also be included. The accrued benefits and accounts of any individual who has not performed services for a Participating Company during the 1-year period ending on the Determination Date shall not be taken into account.

 

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13.2.5. “Non-Key Employee” means, for any Plan Year:

(a) an Employee or former Employee who is not a Key Employee with respect to such Plan Year; or

(b) a beneficiary of an individual described in Section 13.2.5(a).

13.2.6. “Super Top-Heavy Plan” means, for any Plan Year, each plan in the Aggregation Group for such Plan Year if, as of the applicable Determination Date, the Key Employee Ratio exceeds ninety percent (90%).

13.2.7. “Top-Heavy Compensation” means, for any Participant for any Plan Year, the average of his annual Compensation over the period of five consecutive Plan Years (or, if shorter, the longest period of consecutive Plan Years during which the Participant was in the employ of any Participating Company) yielding the highest average, disregarding:

(a) Compensation for Plan Years ending prior to January 1, 1984; and

(b) Compensation for Plan Years after the close of the last Plan Year in which the Plan was a Top-Heavy Plan.

13.2.8. “Top-Heavy Plan” means, for any Plan Year, each plan in the Aggregation Group for such Plan Year if, as of the applicable Determination Date, the Key Employee Ratio exceeds sixty percent (60%).

13.2.9. “Year of Top-Heavy Service” means, for any Participant, a Plan Year in which he completes 1,000 or more Hours of Service, excluding:

(a) Plan Years commencing prior to January 1, 1984; and

(b) Plan Years in which the Plan is not a Top-Heavy Plan.

Section 13.3. Minimum Contribution for Non-Key Employees.

13.3.1. In each Plan Year in which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, each Eligible Employee who is a Non-Key Employee (except an Eligible Employee who is a Non-Key Employee as to the Plan Year of reference but who was a Key Employee as to any earlier Plan Year) and who is an Employee on the last day of such Plan Year will receive a total minimum Participating Company or Affiliated Company contribution (including forfeitures) under all plans described in Sections 13.2.1(a) and (b) of not less than three percent (3%) of the Eligible Employee’s Compensation for the Plan Year. Elective deferrals to such plans shall not be used to meet the minimum contribution requirements. However, employer matching contributions under the Plan shall be taken into account for purposes of satisfying the minimum

 

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contribution requirements of section 416(c)(2) of the Code and the Plan. Employer matching contributions that are used to satisfy the minimum contribution requirements shall be treated as matching contributions for purposes of the actual contribution percentage test and other requirements of section 401(m) of the Code.

13.3.2. The percentage set forth in Section 13.3.1 shall be reduced to the percentage at which contributions, including forfeitures, are made (or are required to be made) for a Plan Year for the Key Employee for whom such percentage is the highest for that Plan Year. This percentage shall be determined for each Key Employee by dividing the contribution for such Key Employee by his Compensation for the Plan Year. All defined contribution plans required to be included in an Aggregation Group shall be treated as one plan for the purpose; however, this Section shall not apply to any plan which is required to be included in the Aggregation Group if such plan enables a defined benefit plan in the group to meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4) or section 410 of the Code.

13.3.3. If a Non-Key Employee described in Section 13.3.1 participates in both a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan described in Sections 13.2.1(a) and (b), the Participating Company is not required to provide such Employee with both the minimum benefit under the defined benefit plan and the minimum contribution. In such event, the Non-Key Employee shall not receive the minimum contribution described in this Section if he has the minimum benefit required by section 416 of the Code under the defined benefit Top-Heavy Plan.

Section 13.4. Social Security. The Plan, for each Plan Year in which it is a Top-Heavy Plan, must meet the requirements of this Article without regard to any Social Security or similar contributions or benefits.

 

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ARTICLE XIV

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 14.1. No Employment Rights. Neither the action of the Company in establishing the Plan, nor of any Participating Company in adopting the Plan, nor any provisions of the Plan, nor any action taken by the Company, any Participating Company or the Committee shall be construed as giving to any Employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any Participating Company, or any right to payment except to the extent of the benefits provided in the Plan to be paid from the Fund.

Section 14.2. Governing Law. Except to the extent superseded by ERISA, all questions pertaining to the validity, construction, and operation of the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to its conflicts of law doctrine.

Section 14.3. Severability of Provisions. If any provision of this Plan is determined to be void by any court of competent jurisdiction, the Plan shall continue to operate and, for the purposes of the jurisdiction of that court only, shall be deemed not to include the provisions determined to be void.

Section 14.4. No Interest in Fund. No person shall have any interest in, or right to, any part of the principal or income of the Fund, except as and to the extent expressly provided in this Plan and in the Trust Agreement.

Section 14.5. Spendthrift Clause. No benefit payable at any time under this Plan and no interest or expectancy herein shall be anticipated, assigned, or alienated by any Participant or beneficiary, or subject to attachment, garnishment, levy, execution, or other legal or equitable process, except for (1) a Federal tax levy made pursuant to section 6331 of the Code and (2) any benefit payable pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order. Any attempt to alienate or assign a benefit hereunder, whether currently or hereafter payable, shall be void. The Committee shall review any domestic relations order to determine whether it is qualified within the meaning of section 414(p) of the Code. An order shall not be qualified unless it complies with all applicable provisions of the Plan concerning mode of payment and manner of elections. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence and any restrictions on timing of distributions and withdrawals under the Plan, an order may provide for distribution at any time permitted under section 414(p)(10) of the Code.

Section 14.6. Incapacity. If the Committee deems any Participant who is entitled to receive payments hereunder incapable of receiving or disbursing the same by reason of age, illness, infirmity, or incapacity of any kind, the Committee may direct the Trustee to apply such payments directly for the comfort, support, and maintenance of such Participant, or to pay the same to any responsible person caring for the Participant who is determined by the Committee to be qualified to receive and disburse such payments for the Participant’s benefit; and the receipt of such person shall be a complete acquittance for the payment of the benefit. Payments pursuant to this Section shall be complete discharge to the extent thereof of any and all liability of the Participating Companies, the Committee, the Administrator, the Trustee, and the Fund.

 

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Section 14.7. Withholding. The Committee and the Trustee shall have the right to withhold any and all state, local, and Federal taxes which may be withheld in accordance with applicable law.

Section 14.8. Missing Persons/Uncashed Checks. Missing Persons. Neither the Trustee nor any Participating Company shall be obliged to search for or ascertain the whereabouts of any individual entitled to benefits under the Plan. Any individual entitled to benefits under the Plan who does not file a timely claim for his benefits will be allowed to file a claim at any later date, and payment of his benefits will commence after that later date, except that, in the event the Participating Company is satisfied that a Participant has no spouse or that a Participant’s spouse cannot be located (as described in Section 5.11), and the Participant is in fact married or the spouse is later located, whichever is applicable, such spouse shall not be deemed an individual entitled to benefits under the Plan. In the event that a Participant or beneficiary does not claim his benefits by the applicable required beginning date in accordance with section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, the Plan shall forfeit the Account. If and when a claim for benefits is made after such forfeiture, the Account balance as of the date of forfeiture shall be subject to reinstatement.

14.8.2. Uncashed Checks. If a Participant requests payment of his benefits or if the Participant is automatically cashed out pursuant to Section 5.6.1, and such Participant does not cash the distribution check, the Administrator will take the following actions. For distribution checks issued prior to January 1, 2002, the distribution amount will be forfeited, subject to reinstatement in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.411(a)-4(b)(6) or any successor regulation. For distribution checks issued after January 1, 2002, the distribution amount will be reinstated under the Plan and invested in the Plan’s default investment alternative, subject to the following: (a) if the distribution was not subject to withholding because it was intended to be a direct rollover, or if the distribution was subject to withholding and the reinstatement occurs within the same Plan Year as the initial check issuance, the distribution amount will be reinstated in the same Accounts as immediately preceding the distribution; (b) if the distribution was subject to withholding and the reinstatement occurs after the close of the Plan Year in which the initial check issuance occurred, the distribution amount will be reinstated as an amount in the After-Tax Rollover Account.

Section 14.9. Notice. Notices required to be given by Participants pursuant to the terms of the Plan must be in writing; provided, however, that the Company may approve, in lieu of written notice, alternative methods of notice, including electronic modes of communication.

 

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ARTICLE XV

ADDITIONAL SERVICE CREDIT FOR FORMER

EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN ACQUIRED BUSINESSES

Section 15.1. Additional Service Credit. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, each Employee who is described in Section 15.3 shall, for the purpose of determining his eligibility to participate in the Plan under Article II, and his vested status under Article VI, receive credit for his period of employment with a Listed Employer, as if such Listed Employer had been a Participating Company during such period of employment.

Section 15.2. Listed Employer. For purposes of this Article XV, a Listed Employer is an entity, with respect to which all or a portion of its stock and/or assets are purchased by an Affiliated Company, which is designated by the Board or its authorized delegate as a Listed Employer.

Section 15.3. Applicability. This Article shall apply to any individual who becomes an employee of a Participating Company directly from a Listed Employer. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Article XV shall apply to any individual who becomes an employee of a Participating Company directly from Susquehanna Cable Co. (“Susquehanna”) or any of the Selling Subsidiaries as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement between Susquehanna and Comcast Corporation dated October 31, 2005 (the “Susquehanna APA”), during the period beginning on February 20, 2006 and ending on the date immediately following the date on which the transaction contemplated under the Susquehanna APA becomes effective (or December 31, 2006, if such transaction is not completed by that date).

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Article XV shall apply to any individual who becomes an employee of a Participating Company directly from (i) Adelphia Communications Corporation (“Adelphia”) only for the one year period following the date on which the transaction contemplated under the Asset Purchase Agreement between Adelphia and Comcast Corporation dated April 20, 2005 (the “Adelphia Transaction”) is completed and (ii) Time Warner NY Cable LLC (“Time Warner”) as of the date the transaction contemplated under the Asset Purchase Agreement between Time Warner and Adelphia dated April 20, 2005 (the “Time Warner Transaction”) is completed.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Article XV shall apply to any individual who becomes an employee of a Participating Company directly from Time Warner Houston as of January 1, 2007 pursuant to the Employment Matters Agreement by and among Texas and Kansas City Cable Partners, LLP, Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership, TWE-A/N Texas Cable Partners General Partners LLC, TCI Texas Cable Holdings LLC, TCI Texas Cable, LLC, Comcast TCP Holdings, Inc. and Comcast TCP Holdings, LLC. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Article XV shall not apply for the period August 1, 2006 through December 17, 2006 to any individual who becomes an employee of a Participating Company directly from thePlatform for Media, Inc.

Section 15.4. Limitation. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the contrary, the application of this Article shall not cause any Employee to become a Participant in the Plan prior to the effective date of an entity being designated as a Listed Employer with which he was employed, unless he would have become a Participant at an earlier date without regard to this Article.

 

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ARTICLE XVI

COMCAST SPORTS NETWORK (PHILADELPHIA) L.P.

Section 16.1. General. Comcast Sports Network (Philadelphia) L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership (formerly known as Philadelphia Sports Media LP) (“CSN”) and each of its subsidiaries that are members of the controlled group of trades or businesses that includes CSN, became a Participating Company hereunder, effective July 1, 2001.

Section 16.2. Eligibility and Vesting Service. For purposes of determining a Covered Employee’s eligibility to participate and his vested status under the Plan, a Covered Employee’s period of employment with CSN before July 1, 2001 shall be counted as part of his Period of Service under this Plan.

Section 16.3. Eligibility to Participate. Notwithstanding any provision of Article II to the contrary:

16.3.1. Each Covered Employee of CSN who was eligible to participate in the Comcast-Spectacor 401(k) Plan as of June 30, 2001 was eligible to participate in the Plan as of July 1, 2001.

16.3.2. Each other CSN Covered Employee shall be eligible to participate in accordance with the provision of Article II.

Section 16.4. Separate Testing. The portion of the Plan that benefits employees of CSN and all entities which are Affiliated Companies with respect to CSN shall be treated, to the extent required by law, as a separate part of a multiple employer plan, unless and until CSN and its Affiliated Companies become members of the controlled group of employers (within the meaning of section 414(b) of section 414(c) of the Code) that includes the Company. For purposes of the Plan and this Article XVI, an individual shall be treated as an employee of CSN or its Affiliated Companies if such employee is listed as an employee of CSN or its Affiliated Companies as of the last day of a Plan Year.

 

Executed as of the 27th of October, 2009

COMCAST CORPORATION

BY:   /s/ David L. Cohen
ATTEST:   /s/ Arthur A. Block

 

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SCHEDULE A

MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS

1. General Rules.

(A) Effective Date. The provisions of this Schedule A will apply for purposes of determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning on or after January 1, 2003.

(B) Precedence. The requirements of this Schedule A will take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of the Plan.

(C) Requirements of Treasury Regulations Incorporated. All distributions required under this Schedule A will be determined and made in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under section 401(a)(9) of the Code.

(D) TEFRA Section 242(b)(2) Elections. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Schedule A, distributions may be made under a designation made before January 1, 1984, in accordance with section 242(b)(2) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) and the provisions of the Plan that relate to section 242(b)(2) of TEFRA.

2. Time and Manner of Distribution.

(A) Required Beginning Date. The Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the Participant no later than the Participant’s Required Beginning Date.

(B) Death of Participant Before Distributions Begin. If the Participant dies before distributions begin, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than as follows:

(1) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, then distributions to the surviving spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained Age 70 1/2, if later.

(2) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is not the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, then (a) distributions to the Designated Beneficiary will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died or (b) the Designated Beneficiary’s entire interest shall be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.

(3) If there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant’s death, the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.

 

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(4) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to the surviving spouse begin, this Section 2(B), other than Section 2(B)(1), will apply as if the surviving spouse were the Participant.

For purposes of this Section 2(B) and Section 4, unless Section 2(B)(4) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. If Section 2(B)(4) applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 2(B)(1). If distributions under an annuity purchased from an insurance company irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant’s Required Beginning Date (or to the Participant’s surviving spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 2(B)(1)), the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.

(C) Forms of Distribution. Unless the Participant’s interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a single sum on or before the Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution Calendar Year distributions will be made in accordance with Sections 3 and 4 of this Schedule A. If the Participant’s interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions thereunder will be made in accordance with the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations.

3. Required Minimum Distributions During Participant’s Lifetime.

(A) Amount of Required Minimum Distribution For Each Distribution Calendar Year. During the Participant’s lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year is the lesser of:

(1) the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations, using the Participant’s Age as of the Participant’s birthday in the Distribution Calendar Year; or

(2) if the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary for the Distribution Calendar Year is the Participant’s spouse, the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations, using the Participant’s and spouse’s attained ages as of the Participant’s and spouse’s birthdays in the Distribution Calendar Year.

(B) Lifetime Required Minimum Distributions Continue Through Year of Participant’s Death. Required minimum distributions will be determined under this Section 3 beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year and up to and including the Distribution Calendar Year that includes the Participant’s date of death.

 

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4. Required Minimum Distributions After Participant’s Death.

(A) Death On or After Date Distributions Begin.

(1) Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the longer of the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant or the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant’s Designated Beneficiary, determined as follows:

(a) The Participant’s remaining Life Expectancy is calculated using the Age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

(b) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death using the surviving spouse’s age as of the spouse’s birthday in that year. For Distribution Calendar Years after the year of the surviving spouse’s death, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving spouse as of the spouse’s birthday in the calendar year of the spouse’s death, reduced by one for each subsequent calendar year.

(c) If the Participant’s surviving spouse is not the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, the Designated Beneficiary’s remaining Life Expectancy is calculated using the age of the beneficiary in the year following the year of the Participant’s death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

(2) No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or after the date distributions begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year after the year of the Participant’s death, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the Participant’s remaining Life Expectancy calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent year.

(B) Death Before Date Distributions Begin.

(1) Participant Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant’s death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant’s Account Balance by the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant’s Designated Beneficiary, determined as provided in Section 4(A).

(2) No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant’s death, distribution of the Participant’s entire interest will be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.

 

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(3) Death of Surviving Spouse Before Distributions to Surviving Spouse Are Required to Begin. If the Participant dies before the date distributions begin, the Participant’s surviving spouse is the Participant’s sole Designated Beneficiary, and the surviving spouse dies before distributions are required to begin to the surviving spouse under Section 2(B)(1), this Section 4(B) will apply as if the surviving spouse were the Participant.

5. Definitions. For purposes of this Schedule, the following definitions are used.

(A) Account Balance. The Account balance as of the last valuation date in the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution Calendar Year (valuation calendar year) increased by the amount of any contributions made and allocated or forfeitures allocated to the account balance as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date and decreased by distributions made in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date. The Account Balance for the valuation calendar year includes any amounts rolled over or transferred to the Plan either in the valuation calendar year or in the Distribution Calendar Year if distributed or transferred in the valuation calendar year.

(B) Designated Beneficiary. The individual who is designated as the beneficiary under the Plan and is the designated beneficiary under section 401(a)(9) of the Code and section 1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4, of the Treasury Regulations.

(C) Distribution Calendar Year. A calendar year for which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the Participant’s death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Participant’s death, the first Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which distributions are required to begin under Section 2(B). The required minimum distribution for the Participant’s first Distribution Calendar Year will be made on or before the Participant’s Required Beginning Date. The required minimum distribution for other Distribution Calendar Years, including the required minimum distribution for the Distribution Calendar Year in which the Participant’s Required Beginning Date occurs, will be made on or before December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.

(D) Life Expectancy. Life expectancy as computed by use of the Single Life Table in section 1.401(a)(9)-9 of the Treasury Regulations.

(E) Required Beginning Date. The date by which the distribution of a Participant’s nonforfeitable interest in his Account must commence, as specified in Article I of the Plan.

 

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APPENDIX A

 

Union Location

  

Union Code

  

Date of Cessation of Eligible Union Employee Status

Modesto, CA    P039    August 17, 2003
LA West/Bellflower    P032   
Sacramento, CA    P030    August 17, 2003
Needham, MA    P028    July 25, 2003
Minneapolis (warehouse)    P038   
Canonsburg (Techs)    P027   
Canonsburg (CSRs)    P040   
Coraopolis (Techs)    P024   
Corliss (CSRs)    P022   
Corliss (Techs)    P022   
East Hills    P033   
Pittsburgh (Call Center)    P035   
South Hills (Techs)    P020   
South Hills (CSRs)    P021   

 

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EXHIBIT A

PARTICIPATING COMPANIES/LISTED EMPLOYERS

 

Name of Entity

 

Participating Company

 

Listed Employer

 

Effective Date

Ad Sales Acquisitions

- TeleMedia

- Charter Communications

- Mediacom

- Cox Communications

  YES   YES   December 29, 2003
Gemstar TV Guide   YES   YES   April 1, 2004
US Cable Coastal of Texas LP (Georgia and South Carolina properties only)   YES   YES   May 1, 2004

Tech TV, Inc.

(formerly Tech TV LLC)

  NO   YES   May 10, 2004
Insight Communications   YES   YES   August 1, 2004
The International Channel   YES   YES   August 1, 2004
Target TV   YES   YES   January 1, 2005
Motorola   NO   YES   April 1, 2005

Liberate Technologies

(California employees only)

  NO   YES   April 8, 2005

 

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Name of Entity

 

Participating Company

 

Listed Employer

 

Effective Date

Susquehanna Cable Co.   NO   YES   The period beginning on February 20, 2006 and ending on the date immediately following the date on which the transaction contemplated under the Susquehanna APA becomes effective (or December 31, 2006, if such transaction is not completed by that date.
Adelphia Communications Corporation   NO   YES   The period beginning on the Closing Date of the Adelphia Transaction and ending on the first anniversary thereof.
Time Warner NY Cable LLC   NO   YES   The date immediately following the Closing Date of the Time Warner Transaction
thePlatform for Media, Inc.   YES   YES   December 18, 2006
Insight Media   NO   YES   January 1, 2008
E! Entertainment Television, Inc.   NO   YES   January 1, 2008
New England Cable News   YES   YES   January 1, 2010

NON-PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

 

Company

  

Effective Date

THOG Productions, LLC`    August 1, 2002*

 

* Previously excluded by action of the Board.

 

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Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award under the Comcast Corp 2002 Stock Plan

Exhibit 10.4

FORM OF COMCAST CORPORATION

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD

This is a Restricted Stock Unit Award (the “Award”) dated [Month/Day], [Year1] from Comcast Corporation (the “Company”) to the Grantee. The vesting of Restricted Stock Units is conditioned on the Grantee’s continuation in service from the Date of Grant through each applicable Vesting Date, and on the Company’s attainment of certain performance objectives, as further provided in this Award. The delivery of Shares under this Award is intended to constitute performance-based compensation, within the meaning of section 162(m) of the Code, and Treasury Regulations issued under section 162(m) of the Code.

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 5(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 Units 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 Units.

(g) “Deferred Stock Units” means the number of hypothetical Shares subject to an Election.

(h) “Disabled Grantee” means

(1) Grantee, if Grantee’s employment by a Participating Company is terminated by reason of Disability; or

(2) Grantee’s duly-appointed legal guardian following Grantee’s termination of employment by reason of Disability, acting on Grantee’s behalf.

(i) “Employer” means the Company or the subsidiary or affiliate of the Company for which Grantee is performing services on the Vesting Date.


(j) “Free Cash Flow” means the Company’s “Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities” (as stated in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows) reduced by capital expenditures and cash paid for intangible assets, and adjusted for any amounts related to certain nonoperating items, net of estimated tax benefits (such as income taxes on investment sales, and nonrecurring payments related to income taxes and litigation contingencies of acquired companies), provided that adjustments to “Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities” applied to determine “Free Cash Flow” for each year shall be determined consistently with the Company’s reconciliations of “Free Cash Flow” to the Company’s “Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities” for the Company’s calendar years ending after December 31, 2005 as reflected on Forms 8-K (with the exhibit that contains the press release that announces the Company’s earnings and other financial results for the preceding calendar year) filed annually thereafter by the Company, such that the “Free Cash Flow” for each year beginning after 2008 and before 2015 shall be determined on the same basis as for the Company’s calendar years ending after December 31, 2005, and that the comparison of “Free Cash Flow” for a calendar year to “Free Cash Flow” for the immediately preceding calendar year is determined to ensure comparability between amounts in the prior calendar year and the year to which the performance condition applies and without regard to extraordinary items or items unrelated to the Company’s operations. In the event there is a significant acquisition or disposition of any assets, business division, company or other business operations of the Company that is reasonably expected to have an effect on Free Cash Flow, the Committee shall adjust the Performance Goal to take into account the impact of such acquisition or disposition by increasing or decreasing such Performance Goal in the same proportion as Free Cash Flow of the Company would have been affected for the prior calendar year on a pro forma basis had such an acquisition or disposition occurred on the same date during the prior calendar year. Such adjustment shall be based upon the historical equivalent of Free Cash Flow of the assets so acquired or disposed of for the prior calendar year, as shown by such records as are available to the Company, as further adjusted to reflect any aspects of the transaction that should be taken into account to ensure comparability between amounts in the prior calendar year and the year to which the performance condition applies.

(k) “Grantee” means the individual to whom this Award has been granted as identified on the attached Long-Term Incentive Awards Summary Schedule.

(l) “HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

(m) “Long-Term Incentive Awards Summary Schedule” means the schedule attached hereto, which sets forth specific information relating to the grant and vesting of this Award.

(n) “Normal Retirement” means Grantee’s termination of employment that is treated by the Participating Company as a retirement under its employment policies and practices as in effect from time to time.

(o) “Performance Goal” means Free Cash Flow for a calendar year that exceeds Free Cash Flow for the immediately preceding calendar year.

 

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(p) “Plan” means the Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan, incorporated herein by reference.

(q) “Restricted Period” means, with respect to each Restricted Stock Unit, the period beginning on the Date of Grant and ending on the Vesting Date.

(r) “Restricted Stock Units” means the total number of restricted stock units granted to Grantee pursuant to this Award as set forth on the attached Long-Term Incentive Awards Summary Schedule. Each Restricted Stock Unit entitles Grantee, upon the Vesting Date of such Restricted Stock Unit, to receive one Share.

(s) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act, as in effect from time to time.

(t) “Retired Grantee” means Grantee, following Grantee’s termination of employment pursuant to a Normal Retirement.

(u) “Shares” mean shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.

(v) “Vesting Date” means the date(s) on which Grantee vests in all or a portion of the Restricted Stock Units, as set forth on the attached Long-Term Incentive Awards Summary Schedule.

(w) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2. Grant of Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to Grantee the Restricted Stock Units.

3. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, Grantee shall vest in the Restricted Stock Units on the Vesting Dates set forth on the attached Long-Term Incentive Awards Summary Schedule, and as of each Vesting Date shall be entitled to the delivery of Shares with respect to such Restricted Stock Units; provided, however, that on the Vesting Date, Grantee is, and has from the Date of Grant continuously been, an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary Company during the Restricted Period, provided further that the applicable performance conditions as set forth on the attached Long-Term Incentive Awards Summary Schedule have been satisfied, and provided further that Grantee has complied with all applicable provisions of the HSR Act.

(b) Notwithstanding Paragraph 3(a) to the contrary, if Grantee terminates employment with the Company or a Subsidiary Company during the Restricted Period due to his death or due to Grantee becoming a Disabled Grantee within the meaning of Paragraph 1(h)(1), the Vesting Date for the Restricted Stock Units shall be accelerated so that a Vesting Date will be deemed to occur with respect to the Restricted Stock Units on the date of such termination of employment; provided, however, that Grantee has complied with all applicable provisions of the HSR Act.

 

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(c) If Restricted Stock Units would have vested pursuant to the Long-Term Incentive Awards Summary Schedule or Paragraph 3(b), but did not vest solely because Grantee was not in compliance with all applicable provisions of the HSR Act, the Vesting Date for such Restricted Stock Units shall occur on the first date following the date on which they would have vested pursuant to the Long-Term Incentive Awards Summary Schedule or Paragraph 3(b) on which Grantee has complied with all applicable provisions of the HSR Act.

4. Forfeiture of Restricted Stock Units.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, if Grantee terminates employment with the Company and all Subsidiaries during the Restricted Period, other than due to death or Disability, Grantee shall forfeit the Restricted Stock Units as of such termination of employment. Upon a forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Units as provided in this Paragraph 4, the Restricted Stock Units shall be deemed canceled.

(b) The provisions of this Paragraph 4 shall not apply to Shares issued in respect of Restricted Stock Units as to which a Vesting Date has occurred.

5. Deferral Elections.

Grantee may elect to defer the receipt of Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock Units, 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 issuable with respect to Restricted Stock Units 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 issuable with respect to Restricted Stock Units hereby granted shall not be effective unless it is filed with the Committee on or before June 30, [Year 1].

(3) Deferral Period. Subject to Paragraph 5(b), all Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock Units that are subject to an Initial Election under this Paragraph 5(a) 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 7), on the date designated by Grantee, which shall not be earlier than January 2 of the third calendar year beginning after the Vesting Date, nor later than January 2 of the eleventh calendar year beginning after the Vesting Date.

(4) Effect of Failure of Vesting Date to Occur. An Initial Election shall be null and void if a Vesting Date does not occur with respect to Restricted Stock Units identified in such Initial Election.

 

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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 Restricted Stock Units 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 be 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 Grantee’s 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 Grantee’s 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 Grantee’s death.

(4) If Grantee becomes a Disabled Grantee before the Shares subject to an Initial Election under Paragraph 5(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 5(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 Committee 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 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.

 

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(e) Status of Deferred Amounts. Grantee’s 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 5, 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.

6. Notices. Any notice to the Company under this Agreement shall be made in care of the Committee at the Company’s 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.

7. Securities Laws. The Committee may from time to time impose any conditions on the Shares issuable with respect to Restricted Stock Units 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.

8. Delivery of Shares; Repayment.

(a) Delivery of Shares. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 5, the Company shall notify Grantee that a Vesting Date with respect to Restricted Stock Units has occurred. Within ten (10) business days of a Vesting Date, the Company shall, without payment from Grantee, satisfy its obligation to deliver Shares issuable under the Plan either by (i) delivery of a physical certificate for Shares issuable under the Plan or (ii) arranging for the recording of Grantee’s ownership of Shares issuable under the Plan on a book entry recordkeeping system maintained on behalf of the Company, in either case without any legend or restrictions, except for such restrictions as may be imposed by the Committee, in its sole judgment, under Paragraph 7, provided that Shares will not be delivered to Grantee until appropriate arrangements have been made with the Employer 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.

 

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(b) Repayment. If it is determined by the Board that gross negligence, intentional misconduct or fraud by Grantee caused or partially caused the Company to have to restate all or a portion of its financial statements, the Board, in its sole discretion, may, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent it determines in its sole judgment that it is in the best interests of the Company to do so, require repayment of Shares delivered pursuant to the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units, or to effect the cancellation of unvested Restricted Stock Units, if (i) the vesting of the Award was calculated based upon, or contingent on, the achievement of financial or operating results that were the subject of or affected by the restatement, and (ii) the extent of vesting of the Award would have been less had the financial statements been correct. In addition, to the extent that the receipt of an Award subject to repayment under this Paragraph 8(b) has been deferred pursuant to Paragraph 5 (or any other plan, program or arrangement that permits the deferral of receipt of an Award), such Award (and any earnings credited with respect thereto) shall be forfeited in lieu of repayment.

9. Award Not to Affect Employment. The Award granted hereunder shall not confer upon Grantee any right to continue in the employment of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.

10. 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 Grantee’s address as reflected in the Company’s 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.

 

COMCAST CORPORATION
BY:    
  David L. Cohen
ATTEST:    
  Arthur R. Block

 

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Section 302 Certifications For CEO and CFO

Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Brian L. Roberts, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Comcast Corporation;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a)

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b)

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c)

evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d)

disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an Annual Report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a)

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b)

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 28, 2010

 

/s/ BRIAN L. ROBERTS

Name: Brian L. Roberts

Title: Chief Executive Officer


I, Michael J. Angelakis, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Comcast Corporation;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a)

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b)

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c)

evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d)

disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an Annual Report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a)

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b)

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 28, 2010

 

/s/ MICHAEL J. ANGELAKIS

Name: Michael J. Angelakis

Title: Chief Financial Officer

Section 906 Certifications for CEO and CFO

Exhibit 32

Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

April 28, 2010

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The certification set forth below is being submitted in connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Comcast Corporation (the “Report”) for the purpose of complying with Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

Brian L. Roberts, the Chief Executive Officer and Michael J. Angelakis, the Chief Financial Officer of Comcast Corporation, each certifies that, to the best of his knowledge:

 

1.

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and

 

2.

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Comcast Corporation.

 

/s/ BRIAN L. ROBERTS

Name: Brian L. Roberts

Title: Chief Executive Officer

/s/ MICHAEL J. ANGELAKIS

Name: Michael J. Angelakis

Title: Chief Financial Officer