Note 2: Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements

In November 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a new accounting standard that provides guidance on the accounting and reporting requirements for noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial statements. The guidance requires noncontrolling interests (previously referred to as minority interests) that are not redeemable to be separately reported in the equity section of an entity’s consolidated balance sheet. Redeemable noncontrolling interests continue to be presented outside of equity. The guidance establishes accounting and reporting standards for (i) ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, (ii) the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interests, (iii) changes in a parent’s ownership interest and (iv) the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. In addition, it establishes disclosure requirements, including new financial statement captions that clearly distinguish between controlling and noncontrolling interests. These include a separate presentation of net income attributable to controlling and noncontrolling interests with the combined amounts labeled as “Net income from consolidated operations” in our statement of operations. Under the guidance, “Net income from consolidated operations” is comparable to what was previously presented as “Income from continuing operations before minority interest” and “Net income attributable to Comcast Corporation” is comparable to what was previously presented as “Net income.” We adopted the standard on January 1, 2009, at which time we applied the new presentation and disclosure requirements.

The new accounting standard requires the retrospective application of the new financial statement captions. The tables below reflect the revised presentations for our balance sheets as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.

Revised Balance Sheet Captions

Revised Statement of Operations Captions

See Note 7 for further details on our noncontrolling interests.

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

In June 2009, the FASB amended the accounting guidance related to the consolidation of variable interest entities. The amended guidance (i) requires ongoing reassessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity, (ii) eliminates the quantitative approach previously required for determining the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity and replaces it with a qualitative approach and (iii) requires additional disclosure about an enterprise’s involvement in variable interest entities. The new standard will be effective for us as of January 1, 2010. We are currently assessing the impact this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Subsequent Events

In May 2009, the FASB issued a new accounting standard on the accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued (“subsequent events”). The standard requires disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events and whether that date represents the date the financial statements were issued or were available to be issued. This disclosure is intended to alert all users of the financial statements that an entity has not evaluated subsequent events after that date in the set of financial statements being presented. The standard is effective for us as of June 30, 2009. Accordingly, we have evaluated subsequent events through the issuance of these financial statements on August 6, 2009. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Note 4: Investments

As of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the estimated fair value of the AirTouch preferred stock was $1.469 billion and $1.357 billion, respectively.

Components of Investment Income (Loss), Net

Note 6: Derivative Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

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 exposures 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. Our risk management control system is used to assist us in monitoring the hedging program, derivative positions and hedging strategies. Hedges 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 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. The valuation adjustments we recorded against the derivative assets to reflect counterparty credit risk are not significant.

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 related 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 instruments that are not designated as a hedge, changes in fair value are recognized on a current basis in earnings.

As of June 30, 2009, our derivatives designated as hedges include (i) the derivative component of our prepaid forward sale agreements, which are recorded to other noncurrent liabilities, and (ii) our interest rate swap agreements, which are recorded to other 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 the 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 June 30, 2009, our derivatives not designated as hedges include the derivative component of our ZONES debt, which are recorded to long-term debt.

As of June 30, 2009, our debt had an estimated fair value of $34.160 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

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

The difference between variable and fixed rates received under the terms of our interest rate swap agreements reduced interest expense by approximately $25 million and $48 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.

Note 8: 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 2009, we granted 29.5 million stock options and 10.0 million RSUs related to our annual management grant program. The fair values associated with these grants were $4.94 per stock option and $13.48 per RSU.

Recognized Share-Based Compensation Expense

As of June 30, 2009, there was $368 million and $340 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 $10 million and $27 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, the employee cost was approximately $11 million and $28 million, respectively.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The table below presents our accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of deferred taxes.