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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
| x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006
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
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.) | |
| 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA | 19102-2148 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 665-1700
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
| Title of Each Class |
Name of Each Exchange on which Registered | |
| Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value | Nasdaq Global Select Market | |
| Class A Special Common Stock, $0.01 par value | Nasdaq Global Select Market | |
| 2.0% Exchangeable Subordinated Debentures due 2029 | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 7.00% Notes due 2055 | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 7.00% Notes due 2055, Series B | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 8.375% Guaranteed Notes due 2013 | New York Stock Exchange | |
| 9.455% Guaranteed Notes due 2022 | New York Stock Exchange |
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
NONE
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes ¨ No x
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 12 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 if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendments to this Form 10-K. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer x Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨
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 June 30, 2006, the aggregate market value of the Class A common stock and Class A Special common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was $44.708 billion and $23.300 billion, respectively.
As of December 31, 2006, after giving effect to our February 2007 stock split, there were 2,060,357,960 shares of Class A common stock, 1,049,725,007 shares of Class A Special common stock and 9,444,375 shares of Class B common stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Part II and IV—Portions of the Registrant’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Part III—The Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders presently scheduled to be held in May 2007.
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COMCAST CORPORATION
2006 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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| Item 9 |
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
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| Item 12 |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management |
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This Annual Report on Form 10-K is for the year ended December 31, 2006. This Annual Report on Form 10-K modifies and supersedes documents filed prior to it. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) allows us to “incorporate by reference” information that we file with them, 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, information that we file with the SEC in the future will automatically update and supersede information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we refer to Comcast Corporation as “Comcast”; Comcast and its consolidated subsidiaries as “we,” “us” and “our;” and Comcast Holdings Corporation as “Comcast Holdings.”
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PART I
| ITEM 1: | BUSINESS |
We are the largest cable operator in the United States and offer a variety of consumer entertainment and communication products and services. As of December 31, 2006, our cable systems served approximately 23.4 million video subscribers, 11 million high-speed Internet subscribers and 2.4 million phone subscribers and passed approximately 45.7 million homes in 39 states and the District of Columbia. We were incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania in December 2001. Through our predecessors (including our immediate predecessor, Comcast Holdings), we have developed, managed and operated cable systems since 1963.
We classify our operations in two reportable segments: Cable and Programming. Our Cable segment, which generates approximately 95% of our consolidated revenues, manages and operates our cable systems, including video, high-speed Internet and phone services (“cable services”), as well as our regional sports and news networks.
Our Programming segment consists of our six consolidated national programming networks: E!, Style, The Golf Channel, VERSUS (formerly known as OLN), G4 and AZN Television.
Our other business interests include Comcast Spectacor, which owns the Philadelphia Flyers, the Philadelphia 76ers and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia and manages other facilities for sporting events, concerts and other events. Comcast Spectacor and all other consolidated businesses not included in our Cable or Programming segment are included in “Corporate and Other” activities.
On January 31, 2007, our Board of Directors approved a three-for-two stock split in the form of a 50% stock dividend (the “Stock Split”) payable on February 21, 2007, to shareholders of record on February 14, 2007. The number of shares outstanding and related amounts presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K have been adjusted to reflect the Stock Split for all periods presented.
For financial and other information on our segments, refer to Note 14 to our consolidated financial statements included in our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is filed as Exhibit 13.1 to, and portions of which are incorporated by reference in, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND WEB SITES
Our phone number is (215) 665-1700, and our principal executive offices are located at 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-2148. The public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to such reports filed with or furnished to the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) are available free of charge on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov and on our Web site at www.comcast.com as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with the SEC. The information posted on our Web site is not incorporated into our SEC filings.
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GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS OF OUR BUSINESSES
We operate our businesses in an increasingly competitive, highly regulated and technologically complex environment. During 2006, we continued to focus on our strategy of growth in subscribers for our products and services. Our Cable business continued the deployment and marketing of our digital phone service (“Comcast Digital Voice”) and additional digital cable services, such as video on demand, which we refer to as “ON DEMAND,” Digital Video Recorder (“DVR”) and High Definition Television (“HDTV”). Our Programming business expanded its ownership and management of programming businesses.
The following are the more significant developments during 2006:
| • | completed transactions with Adelphia and Time Warner that resulted in a net increase of 1.7 million video subscribers, a net cash payment by us of approximately $1.5 billion and the disposition of our ownership interest in Time Warner Cable Inc. (“TWC”) and Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. (“TWE”), the assets of two cable system partnerships and the transfer of our previously owned cable systems in Los Angeles, Cleveland and Dallas. We collectively refer to these transactions as the “Adelphia and Time Warner transactions.” |
| • | initiated the dissolution of the Texas and Kansas City Cable Partnership (“TKCCP”) that resulted in our acquisition of cable systems serving Houston, Texas (approximately 700,000 video subscribers) in January 2007 |
| • | acquired the cable systems of Susquehanna Communications serving approximately 200,000 video subscribers for approximately $775 million |
| • | acquired the 39.5% interest in E! Entertainment Television (which operates the E! and Style programming networks) that we did not already own for approximately $1.2 billion |
| • | participated in a consortium of investors (“SpectrumCo”) that acquired wireless spectrum licenses covering approximately 91% of the population in the United States for approximately $2.4 billion (our portion was $1.3 billion) |
| • | repurchased approximately 113 million shares (adjusted to reflect the Stock Split) of our Class A Special common stock pursuant to our Board-authorized share repurchase program for approximately $2.3 billion |
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DESCRIPTION OF OUR BUSINESSES
Cable Segment
The table below summarizes certain information for our cable operations as of December 31. In July 2006, we transferred our previously owned cable systems located in Los Angeles, Cleveland and Dallas (“Comcast Exchange Systems”) to Time Warner Cable. The information provided in the table below excludes the Comcast Exchange Systems for all dates presented.
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |||||||||||
| Homes and subscribers in millions: |
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| Video |
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| Homes Passed(a) |
45.7 | 38.6 | 37.8 | 36.9 | 36.2 | ||||||||||
| Subscribers(b) |
23.4 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 20.2 | ||||||||||
| Penetration |
51.3 | % | 52.7 | % | 54.1 | % | 55.1 | % | 55.9 | % | |||||
| Digital Cable |
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| Subscribers(c) |
12.1 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 6.2 | ||||||||||
| Penetration |
51.9 | % | 44.8 | % | 39.4 | % | 35.1 | % | 30.6 | % | |||||
| High-Speed Internet |
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| “Available” Homes(d) |
45.2 | 38.2 | 37.1 | 32.2 | 30.1 | ||||||||||
| Subscribers |
11.0 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 3.4 | ||||||||||
| Penetration |
24.4 | % | 21.1 | % | 17.8 | % | 15.4 | % | 11.2 | % | |||||
| Phone |
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| “Available” Homes(d) |
31.5 | 19.6 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | ||||||||||
| Subscribers |
2.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||||||||||
| Penetration |
7.6 | % | 6.0 | % | 12.2 | % | 14.2 | % | 14.9 | % |
All percentages are calculated based on actual amounts. Minor differences may exist due to rounding.
| (a) |
A home is “passed” if we can connect it to our distribution system without further extending the transmission lines. As described in Note (b) below, in the case of certain multiple dwelling units (“MDUs”), such as apartment buildings and condominium complexes, homes “passed” are counted on an adjusted basis. “Homes passed” is an estimate based on the best available information. |
| (b) |
Generally, a dwelling or commercial unit with one or more television sets connected to a system counts as one cable subscriber. In the case of some MDUs, we count homes passed and cable subscribers on a Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) equivalent basis by dividing total revenue received from a contract with an MDU by the standard residential rate where the specific MDU is located. |
| (c) |
A dwelling with one or more digital set-top boxes counts as one digital cable subscriber. On average, as of December 31, 2006, each digital cable subscriber had 1.5 digital set-top boxes. |
| (d) |
A home passed is “available” if we can connect it to our distribution system without further upgrading the transmission lines and if we offer the service in that area. Available homes for phone include digital phone and circuit-switched homes. |
Cable Services
We offer a variety of services over our cable systems, including video, high-speed Internet and phone.
With our cable system upgrade substantially complete, we are now focusing our technology investments on extending the reach and capacity of our networks, improving network efficiency, increasing the capacity and improving the functionality of advanced set-top boxes, developing cross-service features and functionality, developing interactive services and integrating phone features with our high-speed Internet service and our advanced set-top boxes.
Substantially all of our subscribers are residential customers. We also tailor our cable services to the needs of businesses, such as restaurants, hotels and small businesses. We expect the number of business services subscribers to grow substantially over the next several years.
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Video Services
We offer a full range of video services. We tailor our channel offerings for each system serving a particular geographic area according to applicable local and federal regulatory requirements, programming preferences and demographics. Subscribers typically pay us on a monthly basis and generally may discontinue services at any time. Monthly subscription rates and related charges vary according to the type of service selected and the type of equipment the subscriber uses. Our video service offerings include the following:
Basic cable. Our basic cable services consist of a limited basic service with access to between 10 and 20 channels of programming and an expanded basic service with access to between 60 and 80 channels of programming. These services generally consist of programming provided by national and local broadcast networks, national and regional cable networks, and governmental and public access programming.
Digital cable. Our digital cable services consist of a digital starter cable service, a full digital cable service, and some specialty tiers with sports, family or ethnic themes. The digital starter cable service uses a digital set-top box to deliver between 60 and 80 channels of video programming, multiple music channels, an interactive program guide and a partial ON DEMAND library. Full digital cable services also use a digital set-top box to deliver over 250 channels of video programming, multiple music channels, an interactive program guide, access to a full ON DEMAND library, and multiple offerings from any premium channel programming purchased by the subscriber (including programming that varies as to time of broadcast and theme of content).
Video on demand. Our video on demand service, which we refer to as ON DEMAND, allows our digital starter cable and full digital cable subscribers the opportunity to choose from a library of programs, start the programs at whatever time is convenient, and pause, rewind or fast-forward the programs. A substantial portion of our ON DEMAND content is available to our digital cable subscribers at no additional charge.
Subscription video on demand. Our subscription video on demand service provides subscribers with ON DEMAND access to packages of programming that are either associated with a particular premium content provider to which they already subscribe, such as HBO On-Demand, or are otherwise made available on a subscription basis. Certain selected packages of programming are available for an additional fee.
High-Definition Television. Our HDTV service provides our digital cable subscribers with improved, high-resolution picture quality, improved audio quality and a wide-screen format. Our HDTV service offers a broad selection of high-definition programming with access up to approximately 20 high-definition channels, including most major broadcast networks, leading national cable networks, premium channels and regional sports networks. In addition, our ON DEMAND service provides more than 150 HDTV programming choices.
Digital Video Recorder. Our DVR service lets digital cable subscribers select, record and store programs and play them at whatever time is convenient. DVR service also provides the ability to pause and rewind “live” television.
Premium channel programming. Our premium channel programming service, which includes cable networks such as HBO, Showtime, Starz and Cinemax, generally offers, without commercial interruption, feature motion pictures, live and taped sporting events, concerts and other special features.
Pay-per-view programming. Our pay-per-view service allows our cable subscribers to order, for a separate fee, individual movies and special-event programs, such as professional boxing, professional wrestling and concerts, on an unedited, commercial-free basis.
High-Speed Internet Services
We offer high-speed Internet service with Internet access at downstream speeds from 6Mbps to 16Mbps, depending on the level of service selected. This service also includes our interactive portal, Comcast.net, which
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provides multiple e-mail addresses and online storage, as well as a variety of proprietary content and value-added features and enhancements that are designed to take advantage of the speed of the Internet service we provide.
Phone Services
We offer Comcast Digital Voice, our IP-enabled phone service that provides unlimited local and domestic long-distance calling, including features such as Voice Mail, Caller ID and Call Waiting. As of December 31, 2006, Comcast Digital Voice service was available to 32 million homes. We anticipate that, by the end of 2007, approximately 85% of our homes passed will have access to Comcast Digital Voice.
In some areas, we provide our circuit-switched local phone service. Subscribers to this service have access to a full array of calling features and third-party long-distance services. At this time, we are now focusing our marketing efforts on Comcast Digital Voice.
Advertising
As part of our programming license agreements with programming networks, we often receive an allocation of scheduled advertising time that we may sell to local, regional and national advertisers. We also coordinate the advertising sales efforts of other cable operators in some markets, and in other markets we have formed and operate advertising interconnects, which establish a physical, direct link between multiple cable systems and provide for the sale of regional and national advertising across larger geographic areas than could be provided by a single cable operator.
Regional Sports and News Networks
Our regional sports and news networks include Comcast SportsNet (Philadelphia), Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore/Washington), Cable Sports Southeast, CN8—The Comcast Network, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, MountainWest Sports Network and Comcast SportsNet West (Sacramento). These networks earn revenue through the sale of advertising time and from monthly per subscriber license fees paid by cable system operators and direct broadcast satellite (“DBS”) companies.
Other Revenue Sources
We also generate revenues from installation services, commissions from third-party electronic retailing and from other services, such as providing businesses with data connectivity and networked applications.
Sources of Supply
To offer our video services, we license from programming networks the substantial majority of the programming we distribute (both channels and ON DEMAND programs) for which we generally pay a monthly fee on a per video subscriber, per channel basis. We attempt to secure long-term licenses with volume discounts and/or marketing support and incentives for this programming. We also license individual programs or packages of programs from program suppliers for our ON DEMAND service, generally under shorter-term agreements.
Our video programming expenses are increased by the growth in the number of video subscribers, the increase in the number of channels and programs we provide, and increases in license fees. We expect our programming expenses to continue to be our largest single expense item and to increase in the future. In recent years, the cable and satellite television industries have experienced a substantial increase in the cost of programming, particularly sports programming. We anticipate that these increases may be mitigated, to some extent, by volume discounts.
To offer our high-speed Internet portal service, we license the software products (such as e-mail) and content (such as news feeds) that we integrate into our service from a variety of suppliers under multiyear contracts in which we generally pay a monthly fee on a per subscriber or fixed fee basis.
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To offer Comcast Digital Voice, we license the software products (such as voice mail) that we integrate into our service from a variety of suppliers under multiyear contracts and payment is based upon consumption of the related services.
Customer and Technical Service
We service our subscribers through local, regional and national call and technical centers. Generally, our call centers provide 24/7 call-answering capability, telemarketing and other services. Our technical services function performs various tasks, including installations, transmission and distribution plant maintenance, plant upgrades and activities related to customer service.
Technology Development
Historically, we have relied on third-party hardware and software vendors for many of the technologies needed for the operation of our businesses, the addition of new features to existing services, and the development and commercialization of new service offerings. In recent years, we have begun developing strategically important software and technologies internally and integrating third-party software to our specifications. We have arranged for long-term access rights to national fiber-based networks that we actively manage to interconnect our local and regional distribution systems and to facilitate the efficient delivery of our services. We expect these efforts to continue and expand in the future. These efforts require greater initial expenditures than would be required if we continued to purchase or license these products and services from third parties.
We have begun to explore various ways to offer wireless services. We have entered into a strategic alliance with a wireless carrier to offer its wireless service integrated with our cable services and to develop technology that facilitates further integration. We have also purchased our own wireless spectrum, both directly and through a consortium. We have not yet built any networks using our spectrum, but we are exploring various strategies to utilize this spectrum to enhance our service offerings and offer new services.
Sales and Marketing
We offer our products and services through direct customer contact through our call centers, door-to-door selling, direct mail advertising, television advertising, local media advertising, telemarketing and retail outlets. In 2006, we began marketing our video, high-speed Internet and Comcast Digital Voice services in a package that we refer to as the “triple play.”
Competition
We operate our businesses in an increasingly competitive environment. We compete with a number of different companies that offer a broad range of services through increasingly diverse means. In addition, we operate in a technologically complex environment where it is likely new technologies will further increase the number of competitors we face for our video, high-speed Internet and phone services, and our advertising business. We expect advances in communications technology to continue in the future and we are unable to predict what effects these developments will have on our businesses and operations.
Video Services
We compete with a number of different sources that provide news, information and entertainment programming to consumers, including:
| • | DBS providers that transmit satellite signals containing video programming, data and other information to receiving dishes located on the subscriber’s premises |
| • | incumbent local exchange carriers (“ILECs”) that are building wireline fiber-optic networks, and in some cases using Internet protocol technology, to provide video services in substantial portions of their service areas and have begun to offer this service in several of our markets, in addition to marketing DBS service in certain areas |
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| • | other wireline communications providers that build and operate wireline communications systems in the same communities that we serve, including those operating as franchised cable operators or under an alternative regulatory scheme known as open video systems (“OVS”) |
| • | online services that offer Internet video streaming, downloading and distribution of movies, television shows and other video programming |
| • | satellite master antenna television systems, known as SMATVs, that generally serve condominiums, apartment and office complexes, and residential developments |
| • | local television broadcast stations that provide free over-the-air programming which can be received using an antenna and a television set |
| • | digital subscription services transmitted over local television broadcast stations that can be received by a special set-top box |
| • | wireless and other emerging mobile technologies that provide for the distribution and viewing of video programming |
| • | video stores and home video products |
| • | movie theaters |
| • | newspapers, magazines and books |
| • | live concerts and sporting events |
In recent years, Congress has enacted legislation and the FCC has adopted regulatory policies intended to provide a favorable operating environment for existing competitors and for potential new competitors to our cable systems. The FCC adopted rules favoring new investment by ILECs in fiber-optic networks capable of distributing video programming and rules allocating and auctioning spectrum for new wireless services that may compete with our video service offerings. Furthermore, Congress and various state governments are considering measures that would reduce or eliminate local franchising requirements for new entrants into the multichannel video marketplace, including ILECs. Certain of such franchising entry measures have already been adopted by the FCC and nine states. We could be significantly disadvantaged if proposals to change franchising rules for our competitors, but not for cable operators, are approved and implemented (see “Legislation and Regulation” below).
DBS Systems. According to recent government and industry reports, conventional, medium- and high-power satellites currently provide video programming to over 29 million subscribers in the United States. DBS providers with high-power satellites typically offer more than 300 channels of programming, including programming services substantially similar to those our cable systems provide. Two companies, DirecTV and EchoStar, provide service to substantially all of these DBS subscribers.
High-power satellite service can be received throughout the continental United States through small rooftop or side-mounted outside antennas. Satellite systems use video compression technology to increase channel capacity and digital technology to improve the quality and quantity of the signals transmitted to their subscribers. Our digital cable service is competitive with the programming, channel capacity and quality of signals currently delivered to subscribers by DBS.
Federal legislation establishes, among other things, a compulsory copyright license that permits satellite systems to retransmit local broadcast television signals to subscribers who reside in the local television station’s market. These companies are currently transmitting local broadcast signals in most markets that we serve. Additionally, federal law generally provides satellite systems with access to cable-affiliated video programming services delivered by satellite. DBS providers are competitive with cable operators like us because they offer programming that closely resembles what we offer. These DBS providers are also attempting to expand their service offerings to include, among other things, high-speed Internet service and have entered into marketing arrangements in which their service is promoted and sold by ILECs.
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ILECs. ILECs, in particular AT&T and Verizon, are building fiber-optic networks to provide video services in substantial portions of their service areas and have begun to offer this service in several of our service areas, in addition to entering into joint marketing arrangements with DBS providers in certain areas. The ILECs have taken various positions on the question of whether they need a local cable television franchise to provide video services. Some, like Verizon, have applied for local cable franchises while others, like AT&T, claim that they can provide their video services without a local cable franchise. Notwithstanding their positions, both AT&T and Verizon have filed for video service franchise certificates pursuant to recent state franchising legislation (see “Legislation and Regulation” below).
Other Wireline Providers. We operate our cable systems pursuant to nonexclusive franchises that are issued by a local community governing body, such as a city council or county board of supervisors or, in some cases, by a state regulatory agency. Federal law prohibits franchising authorities from unreasonably denying requests for additional franchises, and it permits franchising authorities to operate cable systems. In addition to ILECs, various companies, including those that traditionally have not provided cable services and have substantial financial resources (such as public utilities, including those that own some of the poles to which our cables are attached), have obtained cable franchises and provide competing communications services. These and other wireline communications systems offer video and other communications services in various areas where we hold franchises. We anticipate that facilities-based competitors will emerge in other franchise areas that we serve.
SMATV. Our cable systems also compete for subscribers with SMATV systems. SMATV system operators typically are not subject to regulation like local franchised cable system operators. SMATV systems offer subscribers both improved reception of local television stations and much of the programming offered by our cable systems. In addition, some SMATV operators are offering packages of phone, Internet access and video services to residential and commercial developments.
Broadcast Subscription Services. Local television broadcasters in a few markets sell digital subscription services. These services typically contain a limited number of cable programming services at a price of approximately $20 per month.
High-Speed Internet Services
We compete with a number of other companies, many of which have substantial resources, including:
| • | ILECs and other telephone companies |
| • | Internet service providers (“ISPs”), such as AOL, Earthlink and Microsoft |
| • | wireless phone companies and other providers of wireless Internet services |
| • | power companies |
The deployment of digital subscriber line (“DSL”) technology allows Internet access to be provided to subscribers over telephone lines at data transmission speeds substantially greater than those of conventional modems. ILECs and other companies offer DSL service, and several of them have increased transmission speeds, lowered prices or created bundled service packages. In addition, some ILECs, such as Verizon and AT&T, are constructing fiber-optic networks that allow them to provide data transmission speeds that exceed those that can be provided with DSL technology and are now offering such higher speed service in numerous markets. The FCC has reduced the obligations of ILECs to offer their broadband facilities on a wholesale or retail basis to competitors, and it has freed their DSL services of common carrier regulation.
Various wireless phone companies are offering wireless high-speed Internet services. In addition, in a growing number of commercial areas, such as retail malls, restaurants and airports, wireless “WiFi” and “WiMax” Internet access capability is available. Numerous local governments are also considering or actively pursuing publicly subsidized WiFi and WiMax Internet access networks.
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A number of cable operators have reached agreements to provide unaffiliated ISPs access to their cable systems in the absence of regulatory requirements. We reached access agreements with several national and regional third-party ISPs, although to date these ISPs have made limited use of their rights. We cannot provide any assurance, however, that regulatory authorities will not impose so-called “open access” or similar requirements on us as part of an industry-wide requirement. Additionally, Congress and the FCC are considering creating certain rights for Internet content providers and for users of high-speed Internet services by imposing “network neutrality” requirements upon service providers. These requirements could adversely affect our high-speed Internet services business (see “Legislation and Regulation” below).
We expect competition for high-speed Internet service subscribers to remain intense, with companies competing on service availability, price, product features, customer service, transmission speed and bundled services.
Phone Services
Our Comcast Digital Voice service and circuit-switched local phone service compete against ILECs, wireless phone service providers, competitive local exchange carriers (“CLECs”) and other Voice-over-IP (“VoIP”) service providers. The ILECs have substantial capital and other resources, longstanding customer relationships, and extensive existing facilities and network rights-of-way. A few CLECs also have existing local networks and significant financial resources.
We anticipate that by the end of 2007, approximately 85% of our homes passed will have access to Comcast Digital Voice. We expect some of our circuit-switched phone subscribers to migrate to our Comcast Digital Voice service over the next several years. The competitive nature of the phone business may negatively affect demand for and pricing of our phone services.
Advertising
We compete against a wide variety of media for sales of advertising, including local television broadcast stations, national television broadcast networks, national and regional cable television networks, local radio broadcast stations, local and regional newspapers, magazines, and Internet sites.
Programming Segment
The table below presents information as of December 31, 2006, relating to our consolidated national programming networks:
| Programming Network |
Approximate (in millions) |
Description | ||
| E! |
81 | Pop culture and entertainment-related programming | ||
| Style |
37 | Lifestyle-related programming | ||
| The Golf Channel |
63 | Golf and golf-related programming | ||
| VERSUS |
61 | Sports and leisure programming | ||
| G4 |
53 | Gamer lifestyle programming | ||
| AZN Television |
14 | Asian American programming |
Revenue for our programming networks is principally generated from the sale of advertising and from monthly per subscriber license fees paid by cable system operators, DBS companies and other multichannel video programming distributors (“MVPDs”) that have typically entered into multiyear contracts to distribute our programming networks. To obtain long-term contracts with distributors, we may make cash payments, provide an initial period in which license fee payments are waived or do both. Our programming networks assist distributors with ongoing marketing and promotional activities to retain existing subscribers and acquire new subscribers.
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Although we believe prospects of continued carriage and marketing of our programming networks by larger distributors are generally good, the loss of one or more of such distributors could have a material effect on our programming networks.
Sources of Supply
Our programming networks often produce their own television programs and broadcasts of live events. This often requires us to acquire the rights to the content that is used in such productions (such as rights to screenplays or sporting events). In other cases, our programming networks license the cable telecast rights to television programs produced by third parties.
Competition
Our programming networks compete with other television programming services for distribution and programming. In addition, our programming networks compete for audience share with all other forms of programming provided to viewers, including broadcast networks, local broadcast stations, pay and other cable networks, home video, pay-per-view and video on demand services and online activities. Finally, our programming networks compete for advertising revenue with other national and local media, including other television networks, television stations, radio stations, newspapers, Internet sites and direct mail.
Other Businesses
In addition to our controlling interest in Comcast Spectacor, which owns the Philadelphia Flyers, the Philadelphia 76ers and two large multipurpose arenas, we also own noncontrolling interests in MGM, iN DEMAND, TV One, PBS KIDS Sprout, FEARnet, SportsChannel New England, New England Cable News, Pittsburgh Cable News Channel, Music Choice and Sterling Entertainment.
LEGISLATION AND REGULATION
Our video and phone services are subject to numerous requirements, prohibitions and limitations imposed by various federal and state laws and regulations, local ordinances and our franchise agreements. Our high-speed Internet service, while not currently subject to significant regulation, may be subject to such regulation in the future. Our Programming businesses are, with limited exceptions, not subject to direct governmental regulation. In addition, our video services are subject to compliance with the terms of the FCC’s July 2006 order approving the Adelphia and Time Warner transactions (the “Adelphia Order”).
The most significant federal law affecting our cable business is the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Communications Act”). The Communications Act and the regulations and policies of the FCC affect significant aspects of our cable system video services, including cable system ownership, video subscriber rates, carriage of broadcast television stations, the way we sell our programming packages to subscribers, access to cable system channels by franchising authorities and other third parties, and use of utility poles and conduits. Additionally, the Communications Act and FCC regulations affect the offering of our high-speed Internet services and phone services.
Video Services
Ownership Limits. The FCC is considering imposing “horizontal ownership limits” that would limit the percentage of video subscribers that any single cable provider could serve nationwide. A federal appellate court struck down the previous 30% limit, and the FCC is now considering this issue anew. We serve approximately
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27% of multichannel video subscribers. If the FCC were to reinstate ownership limits similar to those previously imposed, such limits would restrict our ability to take advantage of future growth opportunities. The FCC is also assessing whether it should reinstate “vertical ownership limits” on the number of affiliated programming networks a cable operator may carry on its cable systems. The previous limit of 40% of the first 75 channels was also invalidated by the federal appellate court. The percentage of affiliated programming networks we currently carry is well below the previous 40% limit, but it is uncertain how any new vertical limits might affect our Programming businesses. In addition, the FCC is considering revisions to its ownership attribution rules that would affect which cable subscribers are counted under any horizontal ownership limit and which programming interests are counted under any vertical ownership limit. It is uncertain when the FCC will rule on these issues.
Pricing and Packaging. The Communications Act and the FCC’s regulations and policies limit the prices that cable systems may charge for limited basic service, equipment and installation as well as the manner in which cable operators may package premium or pay-per-view services with other tiers of service. These rules do not apply to cable systems that are determined by the FCC to be subject to “effective competition,” but these determinations have thus far been made for only a small number of our cable systems. Failure to comply with these rate rules can result in rate reductions and refunds for subscribers. From time to time, Congress and the FCC consider imposing new pricing or packaging regulations on the cable industry, including proposals requiring cable operators to offer programming services on an a la carte or themed-tier basis instead of, or in addition to, our current packaged offerings. It is unclear whether or when Congress, the FCC or any other regulatory agency may adopt any new requirements with respect to the pricing or packaging of video services and how such requirements, if adopted, would affect our Cable and Programming businesses. Additionally, Communications Act uniform pricing requirements may affect our ability to respond to increased competition through offers, promotions or other discounts that aim to retain existing subscribers or regain those we have lost.
Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent. Cable operators are currently required to carry, without compensation, the programming transmitted by most local commercial and non-commercial television stations (“must-carry”). Alternatively, local television stations may insist that a cable operator negotiate for “retransmission consent,” which may enable popular stations to demand cash payments or other significant concessions (such as the carriage of, and payment for, other programming networks affiliated with the broadcaster) as a condition of transmitting the TV broadcast signals that cable subscribers expect to receive. As part of the transition from analog to digital broadcast transmission (now scheduled for completion in February 2009), Congress and the FCC gave each local broadcast station a digital channel, capable of carrying multiple programming streams, in addition to its current analog channel. The FCC has to date rejected proposals to require cable operators to: (i) simultaneously carry both the analog and digital signals of each broadcaster during the transition (cable operators currently are obligated to carry only the broadcaster’s analog signal during the transition); and (ii) carry the multiple program streams transmitted within a broadcaster’s digital signal (cable operators currently are obligated to carry only the primary digital video stream of the broadcaster after the broadcaster surrenders its analog channel). However, such proposals may continue to be presented by the FCC. In general, if such expanded carriage requirements were adopted, we would have less freedom and capacity to provide the services that we believe will be of greatest interest to our subscribers.
Program Access/Licensee Agreements. The Communications Act and the FCC’s “program access” rules generally prevent satellite video programmers affiliated with cable operators from favoring cable operators over competing MVPDs, such as DBS, and limit the ability of such programmers to offer exclusive programming arrangements to cable operators. The FCC has extended the exclusivity restrictions through October 2007 and is expected to launch a proceeding to consider a further extension of the exclusivity restrictions in the first half of 2007. There is also increased attention at the FCC and in Congress focused on exclusive arrangements involving sports programming. In addition, the Communications Act and the FCC’s “program carriage” rules prohibit cable operators or other MVPDs from requiring a financial interest in any video programming network as a condition of carriage or from unreasonably restraining the ability of an unaffiliated programming network to compete fairly by discriminating against the network on the basis of its nonaffiliation in the selection, terms or conditions for carriage. The FCC is planning to launch a rulemaking aimed at streamlining the complaint processes for program
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access and program carriage complaints. Any decision by the FCC or Congress to apply new program access or program carriage regulations to cable operators could have an adverse impact on our businesses. Additionally, the FCC’s Adelphia Order (discussed below) expands the application of the program access rules to Comcast-affiliated regional sports networks (“RSNs”) and establishes an arbitration option for disputes over carriage of unaffiliated RSNs.
Cable Equipment Issues. The FCC has adopted regulations aimed at promoting the retail sale of set-top boxes and other equipment that can be used to receive digital video services. Currently, most cable subscribers access these services using a leased set-top box that integrates cable access security with other operating functions. Subscribers may also obtain digital video services through a separate piece of equipment, known as a CableCARD, that connects to digital cable devices purchased at retail. Effective July 2007, cable operators must cease placing into service new set-top boxes with integrated security. At that time, newly deployed leased set-top boxes must use a separate piece of equipment (typically a CableCARD) to provide access to digital video services. A federal court upheld the ban on integrated set-top box security in August 2006, leaving any subsequent relief to the FCC. We and other companies subject to the ban are currently seeking FCC waivers to exempt some limited function set-top boxes from the ban and/or to extend the deadline to accommodate a newer security technology that can be downloaded to leased set-top boxes as well as retail equipment. Our waiver request for limited-function set-top boxes was denied by the FCC’s Media Bureau in January 2007. We have requested a review of that decision by the full FCC, but there is no assurance that our request will be granted. If the FCC does not extend the deadline and does not grant our waiver request, we will be forced to incur added costs in purchasing CableCARD-enabled set-top boxes and the associated CableCARDs.
In addition, the FCC has adopted rules to implement an agreement between the cable and consumer electronics industries aimed at promoting the manufacture of “plug-and-play” TV sets that can connect directly to the cable network and receive one-way analog and digital video services without the need for a set-top box. We believe that we are substantially in compliance with these one-way plug-and-play requirements.
Franchise Matters. Cable operators generally operate their cable systems pursuant to non-exclusive franchises granted by local or state franchising authorities. While the terms and conditions of franchises vary materially from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, franchises typically last for a fixed term, obligate the franchisee to pay franchise fees and meet service quality, customer service and other requirements, and are terminable if the franchisee fails to comply with material provisions. The Communications Act contains provisions governing the franchising process, including, among other things, renewal procedures designed to protect incumbent franchisees against arbitrary denials of renewal. We believe that our franchise renewal prospects generally are favorable.
There has been considerable activity at the federal and state level regarding franchise requirements imposed on new entrants. In December 2006, the FCC adopted new rules designed to ease the franchising process and reduce franchising burdens for new entrants. In announcing this decision, the FCC said that it would, among other things, limit the range of financial, construction and other commitments that franchising authorities can request of new entrants, require franchising authorities to act on franchise applications by certain new entrants (such as ILECs) within 90 days, and preempt certain local “level playing field” franchising requirements. However, the FCC has not yet released the text of its order, so the terms are not yet fully known. We expect the order will be subject to a court challenge once it is released. In addition, Congress and various state governments are considering measures that would lessen or eliminate franchising requirements for new entrants, including ILECs. Several states have already enacted legislation to provide statewide franchising or to simplify local franchising requirements for new entrants, thus relieving new entrants of many of the local franchising burdens faced by incumbent operators. Certain of these state statutes allow the incumbent cable operator to “opt into” the new state franchise where a competing state franchise has been issued for the incumbent’s franchise area. However, even in those states where the incumbent cable operator is allowed to opt into a state franchise, the incumbent operator typically retains certain franchise obligations that are more burdensome than the new entrant’s state franchise. We have significant operations in several of the states that have passed state franchising legislation and we anticipate that additional states will pass similar franchising legislation.
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The FCC has also announced that it will initiate a follow-on rulemaking to consider whether to make similar changes for existing cable operators. We could be materially disadvantaged if rules that provide less burdensome franchising requirements for new entrants, but not existing operators, are implemented. Furthermore, Congress may also consider proposals to eliminate or streamline local franchising requirements for ILECs and other new entrants. If enacted, this legislation could materially disadvantage existing operators.
Pole Attachments. The Communications Act requires phone companies and other utilities (other than those owned by municipalities or cooperatives) to provide cable systems with nondiscriminatory access to any pole or right-of-way controlled by the utility. The rates that utilities may charge for such access are regulated by the FCC or, alternatively, by states that certify to the FCC that they regulate such rates. Several states in which we have cable systems have certified that they regulate pole rates. There is always the possibility that the FCC or a state could permit the increase of pole attachment rates paid by cable operators. Additionally, higher pole attachment rates apply to pole attachments that are subject to the FCC’s telecommunications services pole rates. The applicability of and method for calculating those rates for cable systems over which various phone services are transmitted remain unclear, and there is a risk that we will face significantly higher pole attachment costs as our phone business expands.
Privacy Regulation. The Communications Act generally restricts the nonconsensual collection and disclosure to third parties of subscribers’ personal information by cable operators and phone providers. Additional requirements may be imposed if and to the extent state or local authorities establish their own privacy standards. In addition, the FCC, the Federal Trade Commission and many states have adopted rules that limit the telemarketing practices of cable operators and other commercial entities.
Copyright Regulation. In exchange for filing certain reports and contributing a percentage of revenue to a federal copyright royalty pool, cable operators can obtain blanket permission to retransmit copyrighted material contained in broadcast signals. The possible modification or elimination of this copyright license is the subject of ongoing legislative and administrative review. The elimination or substantial modification of the cable compulsory license could adversely affect our ability to obtain certain programming and substantially increase our programming expenses. Further, the Copyright Office has not yet made any determinations as to how the compulsory license will apply to digital broadcast signals and services. In addition, we pay standard industry licensing fees to use music in the programs we create, including our Cable businesses’ local advertising and local origination programming, and our Programming businesses’ original programs. These licensing fees have been the source of litigation with music performance rights organizations in the past, and we cannot predict with certainty whether license fee disputes may arise in the future.
PEG/Leased Access. The Communications Act permits franchising authorities to require cable operators to set aside the use of channels for public, educational and governmental (“PEG”) access programming. Many of our cable systems provide substantial channel capacity and financial support for PEG programming. The Communications Act also requires a cable system with 36 or more channels to make available a portion of its channel capacity for commercial leased access by third parties to provide programming that may compete with services offered directly by the cable operator. To date, we have generally not been required to devote significant channel capacity to leased access. However, the FCC’s Adelphia Order will now permit programmers seeking to obtain commercial leased access carriage on our systems to submit rate and terms disputes to commercial arbitration. Further, the FCC has stated that a new rulemaking will be commenced in an effort to facilitate the use of commercial leased access by potential programmers. New FCC rules that significantly alter the rates or terms for commercial leased access could have an adverse impact on our business.
High-Speed Internet Services
We provide high-speed Internet service by means of our existing cable systems. In 2002, the FCC ruled that this was an “interstate information service” not subject to federal telecommunications regulation or state or local utility regulation. That ruling was affirmed by the Supreme Court in June 2005. However, our high-speed
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Internet service is nonetheless subject to certain regulatory obligations. In August 2005, the FCC adopted rules requiring providers of high-speed Internet access service (including cable operators) to comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (“CALEA”). The FCC required that by May 2007 high-speed Internet service providers must implement certain network capabilities to assist law enforcement in conducting surveillance of persons suspected of criminal activity. We expect that our high-speed Internet services will comply with these new requirements. In addition, Congress is considering proposals that would give the Attorney General authority to require that Internet service providers retain for substantial periods information regarding their customers. We do not know the scope or length of the data retention requirements that may be adopted or how they will affect our operating costs or potential liabilities.
Congress and the FCC are considering defining certain rights for users of high-speed Internet services, and to regulate or restrict certain types of commercial agreements between service providers and providers of Internet content. These proposals are generally referred to as “network neutrality.” In August 2005, the FCC issued a non-binding policy statement stating four principles to guide its policymaking regarding high-speed Internet and other related services. These principles state that consumers are entitled to: (i) access the lawful Internet content of their choice; (ii) run applications and services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement; (iii) connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network; and (iv) enjoy competition among network providers, application and service providers, and content providers. Parties are pressing the FCC to adopt these principles as formal rules. Congress is considering legislation that would both codify these principles and impose additional obligations on high-speed Internet providers and some states are considering similar proposals. Any new federal or state rules or statutes could limit our ability to manage our cable systems (including use for other services), to obtain value for use of our cable systems, or to respond to competitive conditions. We cannot predict whether such rules or statutes will be adopted.
A federal program generally applicable to telecommunications services, known as the “Universal Service” program, requires telecommunications service providers to collect and pay a fee based on their revenues (in recent years, roughly 10% of revenues) into a fund used to subsidize the provision of telecommunications services in high-cost areas and Internet access and telecommunications services to schools and libraries and certain health care providers. The FCC and Congress are considering revisions to the Universal Service program that could result in high-speed Internet access services being subject to Universal Service fees. We cannot predict whether or how the Universal Service funding system might be extended to cover high-speed Internet access services or, if that occurs, how it will affect us. Furthermore, Congress, the FCC and certain local governments are also considering proposals to impose customer service, quality of service and privacy standards on high-speed Internet service providers, and it is uncertain whether any of these proposals will be adopted.
Congress and federal regulators have adopted a wide range of measures affecting Internet use, including, for example, consumer privacy, copyright protection, defamation liability, taxation, obscenity and unsolicited commercial e-mail. Further, state and local governments have also adopted Internet-related regulations. Governmental bodies at all levels are also considering additional regulations in these and other areas, such as pricing, service and product quality, and intellectual property ownership. The adoption of new laws or the application of existing laws, including tax laws, to the Internet could have a material effect on our high-speed Internet service.
Phone Services
We offer phone service using both VoIP and circuit-switched technology. The FCC has adopted a number of orders addressing specific regulatory issues relating to VoIP. In November 2004, the FCC ruled that a particular form of VoIP service is not subject to state or local utility regulation. State regulators and others have challenged that ruling, including specifically its application to cable-delivered VoIP services such as Comcast Digital Voice, and at least one state public utility commission has claimed authority to regulate that service under state law. In May 2005, the FCC adopted rules requiring VoIP service providers having certain characteristics (including our Comcast Digital Voice service) to furnish Enhanced 911 (“E911”) capabilities as a standard feature of their
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services, and to advise their customers of the circumstances under which E911 service may not be available. We believe Comcast Digital Voice service complies with these requirements. Also, in an order issued in September 2005, the FCC imposed CALEA obligations on VoIP service providers. We expect that Comcast Digital Voice will comply with these CALEA rules when they go into effect in May 2007. In June 2006, the FCC ruled that certain VoIP services (including our Comcast Digital Voice service) would be subject to Universal Service payment obligations with respect to the interstate portions of the service. Congress is also considering legislation that, if enacted, would affect the regulatory obligations of VoIP service providers. We cannot predict whether Congress will approve such legislation.
The FCC has initiated other rulemakings to consider whether to impose further regulations on VoIP. For example, in one rulemaking, it is considering whether and how certain types of common carrier regulations should apply to VoIP services, including intercarrier compensation, and the obligation to provide persons with disabilities with access to these services.
The FCC and Congress are also considering how VoIP service should interconnect with ILECs’ phone networks. Since the FCC has never determined whether VoIP service is a “telecommunications service,” the precise scope of ILEC interconnection rules applicable to VoIP providers is not entirely clear. As a result, some ILECs may resist interconnecting directly with VoIP providers. In light of these concerns, VoIP service providers typically either secure CLEC authorization, or obtain interconnection to ILEC networks by contracting with an existing CLEC, whose right to deal with the ILECs is clear. We have arranged for such interconnection rights through our own and through third-party CLECs. It is uncertain whether and when the FCC or Congress will adopt further rules in this area and how such rules would affect our Comcast Digital Voice service.
Our circuit-switched phone services are subject to federal, state and local utility regulation, although the level of regulation imposed on us is generally less than that applied to the incumbent phone companies. The scope of ILEC obligations is, however, being re-evaluated at the FCC and in Congress. The FCC has already adopted measures relieving the ILECs of certain obligations to make elements of their networks available to competitors at cost-based rates. The FCC has also initiated rulemakings on intercarrier compensation, Universal Service and other matters that, in the aggregate, could significantly change the rules that apply to phone competition, including the relationship between wireless and wireline providers, long-distance and local providers, and incumbents and new entrants. It is unclear how these proceedings will affect our phone services.
Other Areas
The FCC actively regulates other aspects of our Cable business and limited aspects of our Programming business, including the mandatory blackout of syndicated, network and sports programming; customer service standards; political advertising; indecent or obscene programming; Emergency Alert System requirements for analog and digital services; closed captioning requirements for the hearing impaired; competitors’ access to cable wiring inside apartment buildings and other MDUs; commercial restrictions on children’s programming; origination cablecasting (i.e., programming locally originated by and under the control of the cable operator); sponsorship identification; equal employment opportunity; lottery programming; program carriage; recordkeeping and public file access requirements; and technical standards relating to operation of the cable network. We are unable to predict how these regulations might be changed in the future and how any such changes might affect our Cable and Programming businesses.
State and Local Taxes
Some states and localities are considering imposing new taxes, including sales and property taxes, on the services we offer. We cannot predict at this time whether such taxes will be enacted or what impact they might have on our business.
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FCC Adelphia Order
The Adelphia Order imposed a number of conditions on us and our affiliated programming networks:
Program Access Conditions. Under the Adelphia Order, all RSNs that we manage, control or have an attributable ownership interest in are deemed covered by the program access rules, regardless of the means of delivery. Previously, cable-affiliated RSNs delivered terrestrially were exempt from the rules. However, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia is not subject to this condition for MVPDs that currently do not carry the network. Further, under the Adelphia Order, an MVPD may, as an alternative to filing a program access complaint, seek to resolve disputes regarding carriage of our RSNs through commercial arbitration. Such arbitration is subject to FCC review. However, such arbitration right is not applicable to Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia for MVPDs that currently do not carry the network. This arbitration condition expires in July 2012.
Carriage of Unaffiliated RSNs. The Adelphia Order also imposes conditions regarding the carriage of unaffiliated RSNs on our cable systems. Specifically, if an RSN that is unaffiliated with any MVPD has been denied carriage on one of our cable systems, the RSN may submit its carriage claim to a commercial arbitration process that may result in mandatory carriage of the RSN. The arbitrator’s decision is subject to FCC review. This arbitration condition also expires in July 2012.
Leased Access Conditions. The Adelphia Order permits programmers that cannot reach a leased access agreement with us to submit the dispute to commercial arbitration. This leased access condition expires in July 2012.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2006, we employed approximately 90,000 employees, including part-time employees. Of these employees, approximately 75,000 were associated with our cable businesses with the remainder associated with our other businesses. Approximately 5,000 of our employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements or have organized but are not covered by collective bargaining agreements. We believe we have good relationships with our employees.
CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The SEC encourages companies to disclose forward-looking information so that investors can better understand a company’s future prospects and make informed investment decisions. In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, 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,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these 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 and uncertainties listed in “Risk Factors” under Item 1A 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.
Additionally, we operate in a highly competitive, consumer-driven and rapidly changing environment. The environment is affected by government regulation, economic, strategic, political and social conditions, consumer response to new and existing products and services, technological developments and, particularly in view of new technologies, the ability to develop and protect intellectual property rights. Our actual results could differ materially from management’s expectations because of changes in such factors. Other factors and risks could adversely affect our operations, business or financial results of our businesses in the future and could also cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
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| ITEM 1A: | RISK FACTORS |
All of the services offered by our cable systems face a wide range of competition that could adversely affect our future results of operations.
Our cable systems compete with a number of different sources that provide news, information and entertainment programming to consumers. We compete directly with other programming distributors, including DBS companies, phone companies, companies that build competing cable systems in the same communities we serve, and companies that offer programming and other communications services to our subscribers and potential subscribers, including high-speed Internet and VoIP-enabled phone. This competition may adversely affect our business and operations materially in the future.
Programming expenses are increasing, which could adversely affect our future results of operations.
We expect our programming expenses to continue to be our largest single expense item in the foreseeable future. In recent years, the cable and satellite video industries have experienced a rapid increase in the cost of programming. If we are unable to raise our subscribers’ rates or offset such programming cost increases through the sale of additional services, the increasing cost of programming could have an adverse impact on our operating results. In addition, as we add programming to our video services, we may face increased programming expenses that, in conjunction with the additional pricing constraints, may reduce operating margins.
We also expect to be subject to increasing demands by broadcasters in exchange for their required consent for the retransmission of broadcast programming to our subscribers. We cannot predict the impact of these demands or the effect on our business and operations should we fail to obtain the required consents.
We are subject to regulation by federal, state and local governments, which may impose costs and restrictions.
Federal, state and local governments extensively regulate the cable industry and the circuit-switched phone services industry and may begin regulating the Internet services industry. We expect that legislative enactments, court actions and regulatory proceedings will continue to clarify and in some cases change the rights and obligations of cable operators and other entities under the Communications Act and other laws, possibly in ways that we have not foreseen. Congress considers new legislative requirements potentially affecting our businesses virtually every year, and significant legislation to update the Communications Act is currently pending in Congress. The results of these legislative, judicial and administrative actions may materially affect our business operations. Local authorities grant us franchises that permit us to operate our cable systems. We have to renew or renegotiate these franchises from time to time. Local franchising authorities often demand concessions or other commitments as a condition to renewal or transfer, and such concessions or other commitments could be costly to us in the future. In addition, we could be materially disadvantaged if we remain subject to legal constraints that do not apply equally to our competitors, such as if local phone companies that provide video programming services are not subject to the local franchising requirements and other requirements that apply to us. For example, the FCC has adopted rules and several states have enacted legislation to ease the franchising process and reduce franchising burdens for new entrants. Congress and the FCC are also considering various forms of “network neutrality” regulation. See “Legislation and Regulation—Video Services—Franchise Matters and High-Speed Internet Services” in Item 1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We may face increased competition because of technological advances and new regulatory requirements, which could adversely affect our future results of operations.
ILECs are building wireline fiber-optic networks and in some case using Internet protocol technology to provide video services in substantial portions of their service areas (and have begun to offer this service in several states), in addition to marketing DBS service in certain areas. ILECs and other companies also offer DSL service, which provides Internet access to subscribers at data transmission speeds substantially greater than that of conventional analog modems. We expect other advances in communications technology, as well as changes in
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the marketplace, to occur in the future. New technologies and services may develop that compete with services that cable systems offer, and such services may not be regulated in the same manner or to the same extent as our services. The success of these ongoing and future developments could have an adverse effect on our business operations. Moreover, in recent years, Congress has enacted legislation and the FCC has adopted regulatory policies intended to provide a favorable operating environment for existing competitors and for potential new competitors to our cable systems.
We face risks arising from the outcome of various litigation matters.
We are involved in various litigation matters, including those arising in the ordinary course of business and those described under the caption “Legal Proceedings “ in Item 3 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. While we do not believe that any of these litigation matters alone or in the aggregate will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, an adverse outcome in one or more of these matters could be material to our consolidated results of operations for any one period. Further, no assurance can be given that any adverse outcome would not be material to our consolidated financial position.
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.
From time to time we have made acquisitions and have entered into other strategic transactions. In connection with acquisitions and other strategic transactions, we may incur unanticipated expenses; fail to realize anticipated benefits; have difficulty incorporating the acquired businesses; disrupt relationships with current and new employees, subscribers and vendors; incur significant indebtedness; or have to delay or not proceed with announced transactions. These factors could have a material effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Our Class B common stock has substantial voting rights and separate approval rights over a number of potentially material transactions and, through his beneficial ownership of the Class B common stock, our Chairman and CEO has considerable influence over our operations.
Our Class B common stock has a nondilutable 33 1/3 % of the combined voting power of our common stock. This nondilutable voting power is subject to proportional decrease to the extent the number of shares of Class B common stock is reduced below 9,444,375, which was the number of shares of Class B common stock outstanding on the date of our 2002 acquisition of AT&T Corp.’s cable business, subject to adjustment in specified situations. Stock dividends payable on the Class B common stock in the form of Class B or Class A Special common stock do not decrease the nondilutable voting power of the Class B common stock. The Class B common stock also has separate approval rights over the following potentially material transactions: mergers or consolidations involving Comcast Corporation, transactions (such as a sale of all or substantially all of our assets) or issuances of securities that require shareholder approval, transactions that result in any person or group owning shares representing more than 10% of the combined voting power of the resulting or surviving corporation, issuances of Class B common stock or securities exercisable or convertible into Class B common stock and amendments to our articles of incorporation or by-laws that would limit the rights of holders of our Class B common stock. Brian L. Roberts beneficially owns of all of the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock and accordingly has considerable influence over our operations and has the ability to transfer potential effective control by selling the Class B common stock. In addition, under our articles of incorporation, Mr. Roberts is entitled to remain as our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President until May 26, 2010, unless he is removed by the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the entire Board of Directors or he is no longer willing or able to serve.
| ITEM 1B: | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS |
None.
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| ITEM 2: | PROPERTIES |
We believe that substantially all of our physical assets are in good operating condition.
Cable
Our principal physical assets consist of operating plant and equipment, including signal receiving, encoding and decoding devices, headends and distribution systems and equipment at or near subscribers’ homes for each of our cable systems. The signal receiving apparatus typically includes a tower, antenna, ancillary electronic equipment and earth stations for reception of satellite signals. Headends, consisting of electronic equipment necessary for the reception, amplification and modulation of signals, are located near the receiving devices. Our distribution system consists primarily of coaxial and fiber optic cables, lasers, routers, switches and related electronic equipment. Our cable plant and related equipment generally are attached to utility poles under pole rental agreements with local public utilities, although in some areas the distribution cable is buried in underground ducts or trenches. Customer premise equipment consists principally of set-top boxes and cable modems. The physical components of cable systems require periodic maintenance.
Our signal reception sites, primarily antenna towers and headends, and microwave facilities, are located on owned and leased parcels of land, and we own or lease space on the towers on which certain of our equipment is located. We own most of our service vehicles.
Our high-speed Internet backbone consists of fiber owned by us and related equipment. We also operate regional data centers with equipment that is used to provide services (such as e-mail, news and web services) to our high-speed Internet subscribers and Comcast Digital Voice subscribers. In addition, we maintain a network operations center with equipment necessary to monitor and manage the status of our high-speed Internet network.
Throughout the country we own buildings that provide call centers, service centers, warehouses and administrative space. We also own a building that houses our media center. The media center contains equipment that we own or lease, including equipment related to network origination, global transmission via satellite and terrestrial fiber optics, a broadcast studio, mobile and post-production services, interactive television services and streaming distribution services.
Programming
Television studios and business offices are the principal physical assets of our Programming operations. We own or lease the television studios and business offices of our Programming operations.
Other
Two large, multi-purpose arenas that we own are the principal physical assets of our other operations.
As of December 31, 2006, we leased locations for our corporate offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as well as numerous business offices, warehouses and properties housing divisional information technology operations throughout the country. We expect to move into a new leased headquarters building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in late 2007.
| ITEM 3: | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
At Home Cases
Litigation has been filed against us as a result of our alleged conduct with respect to our investment in and distribution relationship with At Home Corporation. At Home was a provider of high-speed Internet services that filed for bankruptcy protection in September 2001. Filed actions are: (i) class action lawsuits against us, AT&T (the former controlling shareholder of At Home and also a former distributor of the At Home service) and others in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging securities law violations and common law fraud in connection with disclosures made by At Home in 2001; and (ii) a lawsuit brought in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in the name of At Home by certain At Home
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bondholders against us, Brian L. Roberts (our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director), Cox (Cox is also an investor in At Home and a former distributor of the At Home service) and others, alleging breaches of fiduciary duty relating to March 2000 agreements (which, among other things, revised the distributor relationships), and seeking recovery of alleged short-swing profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (purported to have arisen in connection with certain transactions relating to At Home stock effected pursuant to the March 2000 agreements).
In the Southern District of New York actions (item (i) above), the court dismissed all claims. The plaintiffs’ appealed this decision, and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the plaintiffs’ appeal. The plaintiffs petitioned the Court of Appeals for rehearing. The Delaware case (item (ii) above) was transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The court dismissed the Section 16(b) claims, and the breach of fiduciary duty claim for lack of federal jurisdiction. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the plaintiffs’ appeal from the decision dismissing the Section 16(b) claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court denied the plaintiffs’ petition for a further appeal. The plaintiffs recommenced the breach of fiduciary duty claim in Delaware Chancery Court. The Court has set a trial date in October 2007.
Under the terms of our 2002 acquisition of AT&T Corp.’s cable business, we are contractually liable for 50% of any liabilities of AT&T in the actions described in items (i) and (ii) above (in which we are also a defendant).
We deny any wrongdoing in connection with the claims that have been made directly against us, our subsidiaries and Brian L. Roberts, and are defending all of these claims vigorously. The final disposition of these claims is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, but could possibly be material adverse to our consolidated results of operations of any one period. Further, no assurance can be given that any adverse outcome would not be material to our consolidated financial position.
AT&T—TCI Cases
In June 1998, class action lawsuits were filed by then-shareholders of Tele-Communications, Inc. (“TCI”) Series A TCI Group Common Stock (“Common A”) against AT&T and the directors of TCI relating to the acquisition of TCI by AT&T, alleging that former members of the TCI board of directors breached their fiduciary duties to Common A shareholders by agreeing to transaction terms whereby holders of the Series B TCI Group Common Stock received a 10% premium over what Common A shareholders received.
In connection with the TCI acquisition (completed in early 1999), AT&T agreed under certain circumstances to indemnify TCI’s former directors for certain liabilities, potentially including those incurred in connection with this action. Under the terms of our acquisition of AT&T Corp.’s cable business, (i) we agreed to indemnify AT&T for certain liabilities, potentially including those incurred by AT&T in connection with this action, and (ii) we assumed certain obligations of TCI to indemnify its former directors, potentially including those incurred in connection with this action.
In October 2006 these lawsuits were settled. We agreed to contribute approximately $44 million to the settlement. This amount was paid in November 2006 and did not have a material impact on our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006. The settlement was approved in February 2007.
Patent Litigation
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 vendors pursuant to applicable contractual indemnification provisions. To the extent that the allegations in these lawsuits can be analyzed by us at this stage of their proceedings, we believe the claims are without merit and intend to defend the actions vigorously. The final disposition of these claims is not expected to
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have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, but could possibly be material to our consolidated results of operations of any one period. Further, no assurance can be given that any adverse outcome would not be material to our consolidated financial position.
Antitrust Cases
We are defendants in two purported class actions originally filed in the United States District Courts for the District of Massachusetts and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, respectively. The potential class in the Massachusetts case is our subscriber base in the “Boston Cluster” area, and the potential class in the Pennsylvania case is our subscriber base in the “Philadelphia and Chicago clusters,” as those terms are defined in the complaints. In each case, the plaintiffs allege that certain subscriber exchange transactions with other cable providers resulted in unlawful “horizontal market restraints” in those areas and seek damages pursuant to antitrust statutes, including treble damages.
As a result of recent events in both cases relating to the procedural issue of whether the plaintiffs’ claims could proceed in court or, alternatively, whether the plaintiffs should be compelled to arbitrate their claims pursuant to arbitration clauses in their subscriber agreements, it has become more likely that these cases will proceed in court. Our motion to dismiss the Pennsylvania case on the pleadings was denied, and the plaintiffs have moved to certify a class action. We are opposing the plaintiffs’ motion and are proceeding with class discovery. We have moved to dismiss the Massachusetts case. The Massachusetts case was recently transferred to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and plaintiffs are seeking to consolidate it with the Pennsylvania case.
We believe the claims in these actions are without merit and are defending the actions vigorously. The final disposition of these claims 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 of any one period. Further, no assurance can be given that any adverse outcome would not be material to our consolidated financial position.
Other
We are subject to other legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business. The amount of ultimate liability with respect to such actions is not expected to materially affect our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
| ITEM 4: | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 4A: | EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT |
Except for our Chairman and CEO (who continues in these offices until his death, resignation or removal), the term of office of each of our officers continues until his or her successor is selected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. The following table sets forth information concerning our executive officers, including their ages, positions and tenure as of December 31, 2006:
| Name |
Age | Officer Since |
Position with Comcast | |||
| Brian L. Roberts |
47 | 1986 | Chairman and CEO; Director | |||
| Ralph J. Roberts |
86 | 1969 | Chairman of the Executive and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors; Director | |||
| John R. Alchin |
58 | 1990 | Executive Vice President; Co-Chief Financial Officer; Treasurer | |||
| Stephen B. Burke |
48 | 1998 | Executive Vice President; Chief Operating Officer; President, Comcast Cable | |||
| David L. Cohen |
51 | 2002 | Executive Vice President | |||
| Lawrence S. Smith |
59 | 1988 | Executive Vice President; Co-Chief Financial Officer | |||
| Arthur R. Block |
51 | 1993 | Senior Vice President; General Counsel; Secretary | |||
| Lawrence J. Salva |
50 | 2000 | Senior Vice President; Chief Accounting Officer; Controller |
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Brian L. Roberts has served as a director and as our President and Chief Executive Officer since November 2002 and our Chairman of the Board since May 2004. Prior to November 2002, Mr. Roberts served as a director and President of Comcast Holdings Corporation (our immediate predecessor and now a subsidiary) for more than five years. As of December 31, 2006, Mr. Roberts had sole voting power over approximately 33 1/3 % of the combined voting power of our two classes of voting common stock. He is a son of Mr. Ralph J. Roberts. Mr. Roberts is also a director of Comcast Holdings and The Bank of New York Company, Inc.
Ralph J. Roberts has served as a director and as our Chairman of the Executive and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors since November 2002. Prior to November 2002, Mr. Roberts served as a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Comcast Holdings for more than five years. He is the father of Mr. Brian L. Roberts.
John R. Alchin has served as an Executive Vice President and as our Co-Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since November 2002. Prior to November 2002, Mr. Alchin served as an Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Comcast Holdings since January 2000. Mr. Alchin is also a director of Polo Ralph Lauren Corp and BNY Capital Markets, Inc. Mr. Alchin has informed the Company that he will step down from his executive officer positions at the end of 2007.
Stephen B. Burke has served as our Chief Operating Officer since July 2004, and as our Executive Vice President and President of Comcast Cable and Comcast Cable Communications Holdings since November 2002. Prior to November 2002, Mr. Burke served as an Executive Vice President of Comcast Holdings and as President of Comcast Cable since January 2000. Mr. Burke is also a director of JPMorgan Chase & Company.
David L. Cohen has served as an Executive Vice President since November 2002. Mr. Cohen joined Comcast Holdings in July 2002 as an Executive Vice President. Prior to that time, he was a partner in, and Chairman of, the law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP for more than five years. Mr. Cohen is also a director of Comcast Holdings.
Lawrence S. Smith has served as an Executive Vice President and as our Co-Chief Financial Officer since November 2002. Prior to November 2002, Mr. Smith served as an Executive Vice President of Comcast Holdings for more than five years. Mr. Smith is also a director of Comcast Holdings and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Smith has informed the Company that he will step down from his executive officer positions at the end of the first quarter of 2007.
Arthur R. Block has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since November 2002. Prior to November 2002, Mr. Block served as General Counsel of Comcast Holdings since June 2000 and as Senior Vice President of Comcast Holdings since January 2000. Mr. Block is also a director of Comcast Holdings.
Lawrence J. Salva has served as our Senior Vice President and Controller since November 2002 and as Chief Accounting Officer since May 2004. Mr. Salva joined Comcast Holdings in January 2000 as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.
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PART II
| ITEM 5: | MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES |
Our Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CMCSA and our Class A Special common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol CMCSK. There is no established public trading market for our Class B common stock. Our Class B common stock can be converted, on a share for share basis, into Class A or Class A Special common stock.
We have not declared and paid any cash dividends on our Class A, Class A Special or Class B common stock in our last two fiscal years and do not intend to do so for the foreseeable future.
Holders of our Class A common stock in the aggregate hold 66 2/3% of the voting power of our capital stock. The number of votes that each share of our Class A common stock will have at any given time will depend on the number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock then outstanding. Holders of shares of our Class A Special common stock cannot vote in the election of directors or otherwise, except where class voting is required by law. In that case, holders of our Class A Special common stock will have the same number of votes per share as each holder of Class A common stock. Our Class B common stock has a 33 1/3% nondilutable voting interest, and each share of Class B common stock has 15 votes per share. Mr. Brian L. Roberts beneficially owns all outstanding shares of our Class B common stock. Generally, including as to the election of directors, holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote as one class except where class voting is required by law.
As of December 31, 2006, there were 921,275 record holders of our Class A common stock, 2,266 record holders of our Class A Special common stock and three record holders of our Class B Common Stock.
On January 31, 2007, our Board of Directors approved a three-for-two stock split in the form of a 50% stock dividend (the “Stock Split”) payable on February 21, 2007, to shareholders of record on February 14, 2007. The number of shares outstanding and related amounts have been adjusted to reflect the Stock Split for all periods presented.
A summary of our repurchases during 2006 under our Board-authorized share repurchase program, on a trade-date basis, is as follows (adjusted to reflect the Stock Split):
| Period |
Total Number of Shares Purchased |
Average Price per Share |
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program |
Total Dollars Purchased Under the Program |
Maximum Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program | ||||||||
| First Quarter 2006 |
41,159,078 | $ | 17.79 | 40,635,671 | $ | 722,951,623 | $ | 4,633,102,630 | |||||
| Second Quarter 2006 |
33,766,388 | $ | 20.32 | 33,703,154 | $ | 684,881,802 | $ | 3,948,220,828 | |||||
| Third Quarter 2006 |
21,982,785 | $ | 22.49 | 21,906,574 | $ | 492,632,865 | $ | 3,455,587,963 | |||||
| October 1-31, 2006 |
909,301 | $ | 24.61 | 900,000 | $ | 22,128,135 | $ | 3,433,459,828 | |||||
| November 1-30, 2006 |
8,938,358 | $ | 26.01 | 7,723,326 | $ | 200,000,000 | $ | 3,233,459,828 | |||||
| December 1-31, 2006 |
8,278,608 | $ | 27.43 | 8,202,432 | $ | 225,000,000 | $ | 3,008,459,828 | |||||
| Total Fourth Quarter |
18,126,267 | $ | 26.59 | 16,825,758 | $ | 447,128,135 | $ | 3,008,459,828 | |||||
| Total 2006 |
115,034,518 | $ | 20.82 | 113,071,157 | $ | 2,347,594,425 | $ | 3,008,459,828 | |||||
The total number of shares purchased during 2006 includes 1,963,361 shares received in the administration of employee share-based plans.
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Common Stock Sales Price Table
We incorporate the table setting forth the high and low sales prices of our Class A and Class A Special common stock required for this item by reference to page 77 of our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders set forth as Exhibit 13.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Performance Graph
We incorporate the Performance Graph required for this item by reference to page 77 of our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders set forth as Exhibit 13.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| ITEM 6: | SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA |
We incorporate the information required for this item by reference to page 78 of our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders set forth as Exhibit 13.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| ITEM 7: | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
We incorporate the information required for this item by reference to pages 25 to 36 of our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders set forth as Exhibit 13.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| ITEM 7A: | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
We incorporate the information required for this item by reference to pages 34 to 35 of our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders set forth as Exhibit 13.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| ITEM 8: | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA |
We incorporate the information required for this item by reference to pages 39 to 75 of our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders set forth as Exhibit 13.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
| ITEM 9: | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE |
None.
| ITEM 9A: | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Conclusions regarding disclosure controls and procedures.
Our principal executive officers and principal financial officers, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) 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.
Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting.
We incorporate the information required for this item by reference to page 37 of our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders set forth as Exhibit 13.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Attestation report of the registered public accounting firm.
We incorporate the information required for this item by reference to page 38 of our 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders set forth as Exhibit 13.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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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.
| ITEM 9B: | OTHER INFORMATION |
None.
PART III
| ITEM 10: | DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT |
Except for the information regarding executive officers required by Item 401 of Regulation S-K, which is included in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K as Item 4A, we incorporate the information required by this item by reference to our definitive proxy statement for our annual meeting of shareholders presently scheduled to be held in May 2007. We refer to this proxy statement as the 2007 Proxy Statement.
| ITEM 11: | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |
We incorporate the information required by this item by reference to our 2007 Proxy Statement.
| ITEM 12: | SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT |
We incorporate the information required by this item by reference to our 2007 Proxy Statement.
| ITEM 13: | CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS |
We incorporate the information required by this item by reference to our 2007 Proxy Statement.
| ITEM 14: | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
We incorporate the information required by this item by reference to our 2007 Proxy Statement.
We will file our 2007 Proxy Statement for our Annual Meeting of Shareholders with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before April 30, 2007.
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PART IV
ITEM 15: EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a.) Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules
| 2006 Annual Report Page | ||
| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
38 | |
| Consolidated Balance Sheet—December 31, 2006 and 2005 |
39 | |
| Consolidated Statement of Operations—Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
40 | |
| Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows—Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
41 | |
| Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity—Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 |
42 | |
| Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
43 | |
| Supplementary Information |
67 |
Data submitted herewith:
| 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K Page | ||
| 32 | ||
| Financial Statement Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts. |
33 |
All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, not required or the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
(b) Exhibits required to be filed by Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
| 3.1 | Restated Articles of Incorporation of Comcast Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
| 3.2 | Restated By-Laws of Comcast Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 6, 2006). | |
| 4.1 | Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002). | |
| 4.2 | Specimen Class A Special Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002). | |
| 4.3 | Rights Agreement dated as of November 18, 2002, between Comcast Corporation and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent, which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Participant’s Cumulative Preferred Stock as Exhibit A and the Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B (incorporated by reference to our registration statement on Form 8-A12g filed on November 18, 2002). | |
| 4.4 | Form of Indenture, dated as of January 7, 2003, between Comcast Corporation, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc., Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC (f/k/a Comcast MO of Delaware, Inc.) and The Bank of New York, as Trustee relating to our 5.85% Notes due 2010, 6.50% Notes due 2015, 5.50% Notes due 2011, 7.05% Notes due 2033, 5.30% Notes due 2014, 4.95% Notes due 2016, 5.65% Notes due 2035, 5.45% Notes due 2010, 5.85% Notes due 2015, 5.90% Notes due 2016, 5.875% Notes due 2018, 6.50% Notes due 2035, 6.45% Notes due 2037, 7.00% Notes due 2055 and 7.00% Notes due 2055 Series B (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to our registration statement on Form S-3 filed on December 16, 2002). | |
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| 4.5 | Form of Supplemental Indenture, dated March 25, 2003, to the Indenture between Comcast Corporation, Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc., Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC (f/k/a Comcast MO of Delaware, Inc.) and The Bank of New York as Trustee, dated as of January 7, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.25 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003). | |
| Certain instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term obligation of the registrant and certain of its subsidiaries (the total amount of securities authorized under each of which does not exceed ten percent of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis), are omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K. We agree to furnish copies of any such instruments to the SEC upon request. | ||
| 9.1 | Agreement and Declaration of Trust of TWE Holdings I Trust by and among MOC Holdco I, Inc., Edith E. Holiday and The Capital Trust Company of Delaware (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K12g3 filed on November 18, 2002). | |
| 9.2 | Form of Agreement and Declaration of Trust of TWE Holdings II Trust by and among MOC Holdco II, Inc., Edith E. Holiday and The Capital Trust Company of Delaware (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K12g3 filed on November 18, 2002). | |
| 10.1* | Comcast Corporation 1987 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective November 18, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002). | |
| 10.2* | Comcast Corporation 2002 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective January 30, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003). | |
| 10.3* | Comcast Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective December 5, 2006. | |
| 10.4* | Comcast Corporation 2002 Deferred Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective February 16, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004). | |
| 10.5* | Comcast Corporation 2002 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective December 5, 2006. | |
| 10.6* | Comcast Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective December 14, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
| 10.7* | Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan, as amended and restated effective December 14, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
| 10.8* | 2004 Management Achievement Plan, as amended and restated effective December 14, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
| 10.9* | 1992 Executive Split Dollar Insurance Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(12) to the Comcast Holdings Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992). | |
| 10.13* | Comcast Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, as amended and restated, effective January 12, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004). | |
| 10.14* | Comcast Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective December 14, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
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| 10.15* | Comcast Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective June 5, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Comcast Holdings Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001). | |
| 10.16* | Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and John R. Alchin dated November 7, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2005). | |
| 10.19* | Certificate of Interest of Julian Brodsky under the Comcast Holdings Corporation Unfunded Plan of Deferred Compensation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002). | |
| 10.20* | Employment Agreement between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Julian A. Brodsky, dated as of May 1, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002). | |
| 10.21* | Amendment to Employment Agreement between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Julian A. Brodsky, dated as of November 18, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002). | |
| 10.22* | Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and Stephen B. Burke dated November 22, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our Form 8-K filed on November 22, 2005). | |
| 10.23* | Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and Stephen B. Burke dated January 25, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
| 10.24* | Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and David L. Cohen dated November 7, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to our Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2005). | |
| 10.25* | Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and David L. Cohen dated November 11, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
| 10.26* | Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and David L. Cohen dated January 25, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
| 10.27* | Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and Brian L. Roberts, dated as of June 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2005). | |
| 10.28* | Term Life Insurance Premium and Tax Bonus Agreement between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Brian L. Roberts, dated as of September 23, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2003). | |
| 10.29* | Amendment to Term Life Insurance Premium and Tax Bonus Agreement between Comcast Corporation and Brian L. Roberts, dated as of May 22, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006). | |
| 10.30* | Life Insurance Premium and Tax Bonus Agreement between Comcast Corporate and Brian L. Roberts, dated as of May 22, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006). | |
| 10.31* | Amendment to Life Insurance Premium and Tax Bonus Agreement between Comcast Corporate and Brian L. Roberts, dated as of September 15, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006). | |
| 10.32* | Compensation and Deferred Compensation Agreement and Stock Appreciation Bonus Plan between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Ralph J. Roberts, as amended and restated March 16, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(13) to the Comcast Holdings Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993). | |
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| 10.33* | Compensation and Deferred Compensation Agreement between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Ralph J. Roberts, as amended and restated August 31, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Comcast Holdings Corporation quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998). | |
| 10.34* | Amendment Agreement to Compensation and Deferred Compensation Agreement between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Ralph J. Roberts, dated as of August 19, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Comcast Holdings Corporation quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000). | |
| 10.35* | Amendment to Compensation and Deferred Compensation Agreement between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Ralph J. Roberts, dated as of June 5, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Comcast Holdings Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001). | |
| 10.36* | Amendment to Compensation and Deferred Compensation Agreement between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Ralph J. Roberts, dated as of January 24, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002). | |
| 10.37* | Amendment to Compensation and Deferred Compensation Agreement between Comcast Holdings Corporation and Ralph J. Roberts, dated as of November 18, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002). | |
| 10.38* | Insurance Premium Termination Agreement between Comcast Corporation and Ralph J. Roberts, effective January 30, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004). | |
| 10.39* | Executive Employment Agreement between Comcast Corporation and Lawrence S. Smith dated as of October 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to our Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2005). | |
| 10.40 | Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2005, between Adelphia Communications Corporation and Comcast Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005). | |
| 10.41 | Amendment No. 1, dated June 24, 2005, to the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of April 20, 2005 between Adelphia Communications Corporation (“Adelphia”) and Comcast (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 31, 2006). | |
| 10.42 | Amendment No. 2, to the Asset Purchase Agreement between Adelphia Communications Corporation and Comcast Corporation, dated June 21, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2006). | |
| 10.43 | Amendment No. 3, dated June 26, 2006, to the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of April 20, 2005, between Adelphia and Comcast (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 31, 2006). | |
| 10.44 | Amendment No. 4, dated July 31, 2006, to the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of April 20, 2005, between Adelphia and Comcast (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 31, 2006). | |
| 10.45 | Redemption Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2005, by and among Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., MOC Holdco II, Inc., TWE Holdings II Trust, Cable Holdco II Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc. and, for certain limited purposes, Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Inc. and TWE Holdings I Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005). | |
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| 10.46 | Redemption Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2005, by and among Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., MOC Holdco I, LLC, TWE Holdings I Trust, Cable Holdco III LLC, Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. and, for certain limited purposes, Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Inc. and Time Warner Cable Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005). | |
| 10.47 | Exchange Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2005, by and among Comcast Corporation, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast of Georgia, Inc., TCI Holdings, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., Time Warner NY Cable LLC and Urban Cable Works of Philadelphia, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.4 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005). | |
| 10.48 | Composite copy of Tolling and Optional Redemption Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 17, 2005, and by Amendment No. 2, dated as of April 20, 2005, by and among Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., MOC Holdco II, Inc., TWE Holdings II Trust, Cable Holdco Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc. and, for certain limited purposes, Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Inc. and TWE Holdings I Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005). | |
| 10.49 | Letter Agreement, dated April 20, 2005, among Adelphia Communications Corporation, Comcast Corporation and Time Warner NY Cable LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.6 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005). | |
| 10.50 | Letter Agreement, dated April 20, 2005, between Time Warner Cable Inc. and Comcast Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.7 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005). | |
| 10.51 | Letter Agreement by and among TWE Holdings II Trust, Comcast Corporation, Adelphia Communications Corporation and Time Warner Cable Inc., dated June 21, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to our Current Report on For 8-K filed on June 27, 2006). | |
| 10.52 | Five Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 7, 2005 among Comcast Corporation, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., the Financial Institutions party thereto and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.45 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005). | |
| 13.1 | Pages 25 to 75 and page78 of the 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders, but only to the extent set forth in Items 6-8 and 9A hereof. With the exception of the aforementioned information incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders is not deemed “filed” as part hereof. | |
| 21 | List of subsidiaries. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. | |
| 31 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Financial Officers pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| 32 | Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Financial Officers pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. | |
| * | Constitutes a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 26, 2007.
| By: | /s/ BRIAN L. ROBERTS | |
| Brian L. Roberts | ||
| Chairman and CEO |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ BRIAN L. ROBERTS Brian L. Roberts |
Chairman and CEO; Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ RALPH J. ROBERTS Ralph J. Roberts |
Chairman of the Executive and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors; Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ JULIAN A. BRODSKY Julian A. Brodsky |
Non-Executive Vice Chairman; Director |
February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ LAWRENCE S. SMITH Lawrence S. Smith |
Executive Vice President (Co-Principal Financial Officer) |
February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ JOHN R. ALCHIN John R. Alchin |
Executive Vice President and Treasurer (Co-Principal Financial Officer) |
February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ LAWRENCE J. SALVA Lawrence J. Salva |
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ S. DECKER ANSTROM S. Decker Anstrom |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ EDWARD D. BREEN Edward D. Breen |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ KENNETH J. BACON Kenneth J. Bacon |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ SHELDON M. BONOVITZ Sheldon M. Bonovitz |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ JOSEPH J. COLLINS Joseph J. Collins |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ J. MICHAEL COOK J. Michael Cook |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ JEFFREY A. HONICKMAN Jeffrey A. Honickman |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ DR. JUDITH RODIN Dr. Judith Rodin |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
| /s/ MICHAEL I. SOVERN Michael I. Sovern |
Director | February 26, 2007 | ||
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Comcast Corporation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Comcast Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, and have issued our report thereon dated February 23, 2007 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph concerning the adopting of a new accounting pronouncement in 2006); such consolidated financial statements and report are included in the 2006 Annual Report to Shareholders and incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K. Our audits also included the consolidated financial statement schedule of Comcast Corporation and its subsidiaries, listed in Item 15(a). This consolidated financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such consolidated financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 23, 2007
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Comcast Corporation and Subsidiaries
Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
| (In millions) |
Balance at Beginning of Year |
Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses |
Deductions from Reserves(a) |
Balance at End of Year | ||||||||
| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
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| 2006 |
$ | 132 | $ | 279 | $ | 254 | $ | 157 | ||||
| 2005 |
127 | 245 | 240 | 132 | ||||||||
| 2004 |
142 | 226 | 241 | 127 | ||||||||
| (a) | Uncollectible accounts written off. |
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Exhibit 10.3
COMCAST CORPORATION
2003 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 5, 2006)
1. Background and Purpose of Plan
(a) Background. COMCAST CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania corporation hereby amends and restates the Comcast Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan, (the “Plan”), effective December 5, 2006.
(b) Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to assist the Sponsor and its Affiliates in retaining valued employees, officers and directors by offering them a greater stake in the Sponsor’s success and a closer identity with it, and to aid in attracting individuals whose services would be helpful to the Sponsor and would contribute to its success.
2. Definitions
(a) “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.
(b) “AT&T Broadband Transaction” means the acquisition of AT&T Broadband Corp. (now known as Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.) by the Sponsor.
(c) “Board” means the board of directors of the Sponsor.
(d) “Cash Right” means any right to receive cash in lieu of Shares granted under the Plan and described in Paragraph 3(a)(iii).
(e) “Cause” means (i) fraud; (ii) misappropriation; (iii) embezzlement; (iv) gross negligence in the performance of duties; (v) self-dealing; (vi) dishonesty; (vii) misrepresentation; (viii) conviction of a crime of a felony; (ix) material violation of any Company policy; (x) material violation of the Company’s Code of Ethics and Business Conduct or, (xi) in the case of an employee of a Company who is a party to an employment agreement with a Company, material breach of such agreement; provided that as to items (ix), (x) and (xi), if capable of being cured, such event or condition remains uncured following 30 days written notice thereof.
(f) “Change of Control” means 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 Sponsor such that such Person has the ability to direct the management of the Sponsor, 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.
(g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(h) “Comcast Plan” means any restricted stock, stock bonus, stock option or other compensation plan, program or arrangement established or maintained by the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor, including, but not limited to this Plan, the Comcast Corporation 2002 Stock Option Plan, the Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan, the Comcast Corporation 1987 Stock Option Plan and the AT&T Broadband Corp. Adjustment Plan.
(i) “Committee” means the committee described in Paragraph 5, provided that for purposes of Paragraph 7:
(i) all references to the Committee shall be treated as references to the Board with respect to any Option granted to or held by a Non-Employee Director; and
(ii) all references to the Committee shall be treated as references to the Committee’s delegate with respect to any Option granted within the scope of the delegate’s authority pursuant to Paragraph 5(b).
(j) “Common Stock” means the Sponsor’s Class A Common Stock, par value, $.01.
(k) “Company” means the Sponsor and the Subsidiary Companies.
(l) “Date of Grant” means the date as of which an Option is granted.
(m) “Disability” means a disability within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(n) “Fair Market Value.” 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. 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. If Shares are not so listed nor trades of Shares so reported, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board or the Committee in good faith.
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(o) “Immediate Family” means an Optionee’s spouse and lineal descendants, any trust all beneficiaries of which are any of such persons and any partnership all partners of which are any of such persons.
(p) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option granted under the Plan, designated by the Committee at the time of such grant as an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of section 422 of the Code and containing the terms specified herein for Incentive Stock Options; provided, however, that to the extent an Option granted under the Plan and designated by the Committee at the time of grant as an Incentive Stock Option fails to satisfy the requirements for an incentive stock option under section 422 of the Code for any reason, such Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Option.
(q) “Non-Employee Director” means an individual who is a member of the Board, and who is not an employee of a Company, including an individual who is a member of the Board and who previously was, but at the time of reference is not, an employee of a Company.
(r) “Non-Qualified Option” means:
(i) an Option granted under the Plan, designated by the Committee at the time of such grant as a Non-Qualified Option and containing the terms specified herein for Non-Qualified Options; and
(ii) an Option granted under the Plan and designated by the Committee at the time of grant as an Incentive Stock Option, to the extent such Option fails to satisfy the requirements for an incentive stock option under section 422 of the Code for any reason.
(s) “Officer” means an officer of the Sponsor (as defined in section 16 of the 1934 Act).
(t) “Option” means any stock option granted under the Plan and described in Paragraph 3(a)(i) or Paragraph 3(a)(ii).
(u) “Optionee” means a person to whom an Option has been granted under the Plan, which Option has not been exercised in full and has not expired or terminated.
(v) “Other Available Shares” means, as of any date, the sum of:
(i) the total number of Shares owned by an Optionee that were not acquired by such Optionee pursuant to a Comcast Plan or otherwise in connection with the performance of services to the Sponsor or an Affiliate; plus
(ii) the excess, if any of:
(A) the total number of Shares owned by an Optionee other than the Shares described in Paragraph 2(v)(i); over
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(B) the sum of:
(1) the number of such Shares owned by such Optionee for less than six months; plus
(2) the number of such Shares owned by such Optionee that has, within the preceding six months, been the subject of a withholding certification pursuant to Paragraph 15(b) or any similar withholding certification under any other Comcast Plan; plus
(3) the number of such Shares owned by such Optionee 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 Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor, 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 Optionee as to which evidence of ownership has, within the preceding six months, been provided to the Sponsor in connection with the crediting of “Deferred Stock Units” to such Optionee’s Account under the Comcast Corporation 2002 Deferred Stock Option Plan (as in effect from time to time).
For purposes of this Paragraph 2(v), a Share that is subject to a deferral election pursuant to another Comcast Plan shall not be treated as owned by an Optionee 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 for Special Common Stock. For purposes of determining the number of Other Available Shares, the term “Shares” shall also include the securities held by a Participant immediately before the consummation of the AT&T Broadband Transaction that became Common Stock or Special Common Stock as a result of the AT&T Broadband Transaction.
(w) “Outside Director” means a member of the Board who is an “outside director” within the meaning of section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.
(x) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization.
(y) “Plan” means the Comcast Corporation 2002 Stock Option Plan.
(z) “Share” or “Shares.”
(i) Except as provided in this Paragraph 2(z), a share or shares Common Stock;
(ii) For purposes of Paragraphs 2(v), 7(d) and Paragraph 15, the term “Share” or “Shares” also means a share or shares of Special Common Stock.
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(iii) The term “Share” or “Shares” also means such other securities issued by the Sponsor as may be the subject of an adjustment under Paragraph 10, or for purposes of Paragraph 2(v) and Paragraph 15, as may have been the subject of a similar adjustment under similar provisions of a Comcast Plan as now in effect or as may have been in effect before the AT&T Broadband Transaction.
(aa) “Special Common Stock” means the Sponsor’s Class A Special Common Stock, par value $0.01.
(bb) “Sponsor” means Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, as successor to Comcast Holdings Corporation (formerly known as Comcast Corporation), including any successor thereto by merger, consolidation, acquisition of all or substantially all the assets thereof, or otherwise.
(cc) “Subsidiary Companies” means all business entities that, at the time in question, are subsidiaries of the Sponsor within the meaning of section 424(f) of the Code.
(dd) “Ten Percent Shareholder” means a person who on the Date of Grant owns, either directly or within the meaning of the attribution rules contained in section 424(d) of the Code, stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of his employer corporation or of its parent or subsidiary corporations, as defined respectively in sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code, provided that the employer corporation is a Company.
(ee) “Terminating Event” means any of the following events:
(i) the liquidation of the Sponsor; or
(ii) a Change of Control.
(ff) “Third Party” means any Person other than a Company, together with such Person’s Affiliates, provided that the term “Third Party” shall not include the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor.
(gg) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(hh) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
3. Rights To Be Granted
(a) Types of Options and Other Rights Available for Grant. Rights that may be granted under the Plan are:
(i) Incentive Stock Options, which give an Optionee who is an employee of a Company the right for a specified time period to purchase a specified number of Shares for a price not less than the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.
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(ii) Non-Qualified Options, which give the Optionee the right for a specified time period to purchase a specified number of Shares for a price determined by the Committee; and
(iii) Cash Rights, which give an Optionee the right for a specified time period, and subject to such conditions, if any, as shall be determined by the Committee and stated in the option document, to receive a cash payment of such amount per Share as shall be determined by the Committee and stated in the option document, in lieu of exercising a Non-Qualified Option.
(b) Limit on Grant of Options. The maximum number of Shares for which Options may be granted to any single individual in any calendar year, adjusted as provided in Paragraph 10, shall be 10,000,000 Shares.
4. Shares Subject to Plan
Subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 10, not more than 70 million Shares in the aggregate (including Shares granted pursuant to the Plan as in effect immediately before the closing of the AT&T Broadband Transaction) may be issued pursuant to the Plan upon exercise of Options. Shares delivered pursuant to the exercise of an Option may, at the Sponsor’s option, be either treasury Shares or Shares originally issued for such purpose. If an Option covering Shares terminates or expires without having been exercised in full, other Options may be granted covering the Shares as to which the Option terminated or expired.
5. Administration of Plan
(a) Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board or any other committee or subcommittee designated by the Board, provided that the committee administering the Plan is composed of two or more non-employee members of the Board, each of whom is an Outside Director.
(b) Delegation of Authority.
(i) Named Executive Officers and Section 16(b) Officers. All authority with respect to the grant, amendment, interpretation and administration of Options with respect to any employee or officer of a Company 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 subject to the short-swing profit recapture rules of section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, 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 Options with respect to any employee or officer of a Company 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, provided that an Option granted pursuant to this delegated authority may not have an exercise price per Share that is less than the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.
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(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 Options with respect to any employee or officer of a Company other than an employee or officer described in Paragraph 5(b)(i) or Paragraph 5(b)(ii), provided that an Option granted pursuant to this delegated authority may not have an exercise price per Share that is less than the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.
(iv) Termination of Delegation of Authority. Delegation of authority as provided under this Paragraph 5(b) shall continue in effect until the earliest of:
(x) such time as the Committee shall, in its discretion, revoke such delegation of authority;
(y) in the case of delegation under Paragraph 5(b)(ii), the delegate shall cease to serve as Chairman of the Committee or serve as an employee of the Company for any reason, as the case may be and in the case of delegation under Paragraph 5(b)(iii), the delegate shall cease to serve as an employee of the Company for any reason; or
(z) the delegate shall notify the Committee that he declines to continue to exercise such authority.
(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 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 Options 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 Sponsor to the fullest extent provided by applicable law and the Sponsor’s By-laws in connection with or arising out of any actions, suit or proceeding with respect to the administration of the Plan or the granting of Options thereunder in which he may be involved by reasons 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.
6. Eligibility
(a) Eligible individuals to whom Options may be granted shall be employees, officers or directors of a Company who are selected by the Committee for the grant of Options. Eligible individuals to whom Cash Rights may be granted shall be individuals who
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are employees of a Company on the Date of Grant other than Officers. The terms and conditions of Options granted to individuals other than Non-Employee Directors shall be determined by the Committee, subject to Paragraph 7. The terms and conditions of Cash Rights shall be determined by the Committee, subject to Paragraph 7. The terms and conditions of Options granted to Non-Employee Directors shall be determined by the Board, subject to Paragraph 7.
(b) An Incentive Stock Option shall not be granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder except on such terms concerning the option price and term as are provided in Paragraph 7(b) and 7(g) with respect to such a person. An Option designated as Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder but which does not comply with the requirements of the preceding sentence shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Option. An Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option shall be treated as a Non-Qualified Option if the Optionee is not an employee of a Company on the Date of Grant.
7. Option Documents and Terms - In General
All Options granted to Optionees shall be evidenced by option documents. The terms of each such option document for any Optionee who is an employee of a Company shall be determined from time to time by the Committee, and the terms of each such option document for any Optionee who is a Non-Employee Director shall be determined from time to time by the Board, consistent, however, with the following:
(a) Time of Grant. All Options shall be granted on or before February 25, 2013.
(b) Option Price. Except as otherwise provided in Section 13(b), the option price per Share with respect to any Option shall be determined by the Committee, provided, however, that with respect to any Incentive Stock Options, the option price per share shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such Share on the Date of Grant, and provided further that with respect to any Incentive Stock Options granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, the option price per Share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of such Share on the Date of Grant.
(c) Restrictions on Transferability. No Option granted under this Paragraph 7 shall be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and, during the lifetime of the Optionee, shall be exercisable only by him or for his benefit by his attorney-in-fact or guardian; provided that the Committee may, in its discretion, at the time of grant of a Non-Qualified Option or by amendment of an option document for an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Option, provide that Options granted to or held by an Optionee may be transferred, in whole or in part, to one or more transferees and exercised by any such transferee; provided further that (i) any such transfer is without consideration and (ii) each transferee is a member of such Optionee’s Immediate Family; and provided further that any Incentive Stock Option granted pursuant to an option document which is amended to permit transfers during the lifetime of the Optionee shall, upon the effectiveness of such amendment, be treated thereafter as a Non-Qualified Option. No transfer of an Option shall be effective unless the Committee is notified of the terms and conditions of the transfer and the Committee determines that the transfer complies with the requirements for transfers of Options under the
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Plan and the option document. Any person to whom an Option has been transferred may exercise any Options only in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 7(g) and this Paragraph 7(c).
(d) Payment Upon Exercise of Options. Full payment for Shares purchased upon the exercise of an Option shall be made in cash, by certified check payable to the order of the Sponsor, or, at the election of the Optionee and as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, approve, by surrendering or attesting to ownership of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate option price, or by attesting to ownership and delivering such combination of Shares and cash as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, approve; provided, however, that ownership of Shares may be attested to and Shares may be surrendered in satisfaction of the option price only if the Optionee certifies in writing to the Sponsor that the Optionee owns a number of Other Available Shares as of the date the Option is exercised that is at least equal to the number of Shares as to which ownership has been attested, or the number of Shares to be surrendered in satisfaction of the Option Price, as applicable; provided further, however, that the option price may not be paid in Shares if the Committee determines that such method of payment would result in liability under section 16(b) of the 1934 Act to an Optionee. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, if payment is made in whole or in part by surrendering Shares, the Optionee shall deliver to the Sponsor certificates registered in the name of such Optionee representing Shares legally and beneficially owned by such Optionee, free of all liens, claims and encumbrances of every kind and having a Fair Market Value on the date of delivery that is equal to or greater than the aggregate option price for the Option Shares subject to payment by the surrender of Shares, accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in blank by the record holder of the Shares represented by such certificates; and if payment is made in whole or in part by attestation of ownership, the Optionee shall attest to ownership of Shares representing Shares legally and beneficially owned by such Optionee, free of all liens, claims and encumbrances of every kind and having a Fair Market Value on the date of attestation that is equal to or greater than the aggregate option price for the Option Shares subject to payment by attestation of Share ownership. If the Committee, in its sole discretion, should refuse to accept Shares in payment of the option price, any certificates representing Shares which were delivered to the Sponsor shall be returned to the Optionee with notice of the refusal of the Committee to accept such Shares in payment of the option price. The Committee may impose such limitations and prohibitions on attestation or ownership of Shares and the use of Shares to exercise an Option as it deems appropriate.
(e) Issuance of Certificate Upon Exercise of Options; Payment of Cash. Only whole Shares shall be issuable upon exercise of Options. Any right to a fractional Share shall be satisfied in cash. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of Paragraph 10, a certificate for the number of whole Shares and a check for the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of any fractional Share to which the Optionee is entitled shall be delivered to such Optionee by the Sponsor.
(f) Termination of Employment. For purposes of the Plan, a transfer of an employee between two employers, each of which is a Company, shall not be deemed a termination of employment. For purposes of Paragraph 7(g), an Optionee’s termination of employment shall be deemed to occur on the date an Optionee ceases to have a regular obligation to perform services for a Company, without regard to whether (i) the Optionee continues on the
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Company’s payroll for regular, severance or other pay or (ii) the Optionee continues to participate in one or more health and welfare plans maintained by the Company on the same basis as active employees. Whether an Optionee ceases to have a regular obligation to perform services for a Company shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Optionee is a party to an employment agreement or severance agreement with a Company which establishes the effective date of such Optionee’s termination of employment for purposes of this Paragraph 7(f), that date shall apply. For an Optionee who is a Non-Employee Director, all references to any termination of employment shall be treated as a termination of service to the Sponsor as a Non-Employee Director.
(g) Periods of Exercise of Options. An Option shall be exercisable in whole or in part at such time or times as may be determined by the Committee and stated in the option document, provided, however, that if the grant of an Option would be subject to section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, unless the requirements for exemption therefrom in Rule 16b-3(c)(1), under such Act, or any successor provision, are met, the option document for such Option shall provide that such Option is not exercisable until not less than six months have elapsed from the Date of Grant. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion, no Option shall first become exercisable following an Optionee’s termination of employment for any reason; provided further, that:
(i) In the event that an Optionee terminates employment with the Company for any reason other than death or Cause, any Option held by such Optionee and which is then exercisable shall be exercisable for a period of 90 days following the date the Optionee terminates employment with the Company (unless a longer period is established by the Committee); provided, however, that if such termination of employment with the Company is due to the Disability of the Optionee, he shall have the right to exercise those of his Options which are then exercisable for a period of one year following such termination of employment (unless a longer period is established by the Committee); provided, however, that in no event shall an Incentive Stock Option be exercisable after five years from the Date of Grant in the case of a grant to a Ten Percent Shareholder, nor shall any other Option be exercisable after ten years from the Date of Grant.
(ii) In the event that an Optionee terminates employment with the Company by reason of his death, any Option held at death by such Optionee which is then exercisable shall be exercisable for a period of one year from the date of death (unless a longer period is established by the Committee) by the person to whom the rights of the Optionee shall have passed by will or by the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that in no event shall an Incentive Stock Option be exercisable after five years from the Date of Grant in the case of a grant to a Ten Percent Shareholder, nor shall any other Option be exercisable after ten years from the Date of Grant.
(iii) In the event that an Optionee’s employment with the Company is terminated for Cause, each unexercised Option held by such Optionee shall terminate and cease to be exercisable; provided further, that in such event, in addition to immediate termination of the Option, the Optionee, upon a determination by the Committee shall automatically forfeit all Shares otherwise subject to delivery upon exercise of an Option but for which the Sponsor has not yet delivered the Share certificates, upon refund by the Sponsor of the option price.
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(h) Date of Exercise. The date of exercise of an Option shall be the date on which written notice of exercise, addressed to the Sponsor at its main office to the attention of its Secretary, is hand delivered, telecopied or mailed first class postage prepaid; provided, however, that the Sponsor shall not be obligated to deliver any certificates for Shares pursuant to the exercise of an Option until the Optionee shall have made payment in full of the option price for such Shares. Each such exercise shall be irrevocable when given. Each notice of exercise must (i) specify the Incentive Stock Option, Non-Qualified Option or combination thereof being exercised; and (ii) include a statement of preference (which shall binding on and irrevocable by the Optionee but shall not be binding on the Committee) as to the manner in which payment to the Sponsor shall be made (Shares or cash or a combination of Shares and cash). Each notice of exercise shall also comply with the requirements of Paragraph 15.
(i) Cash Rights. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide in an option document for an eligible Optionee that Cash Rights shall be attached to Non-Qualified Options granted under the Plan. All Cash Rights that are attached to Non-Qualified Options shall be subject to the following terms:
(i) Such Cash Right shall expire no later than the Non-Qualified Option to which it is attached.
(ii) Such Cash Right shall provide for the cash payment of such amount per Share as shall be determined by the Committee and stated in the option document.
(iii) Such Cash Right shall be subject to the same restrictions on transferability as the Non-Qualified Option to which it is attached.
(iv) Such Cash Right shall be exercisable only when such conditions to exercise as shall be determined by the Committee and stated in the option document, if any, have been satisfied.
(v) Such Cash Right shall expire upon the exercise of the Non-Qualified Option to which it is attached.
(vi) Upon exercise of a Cash Right that is attached to a Non-Qualified Option, the Option to which the Cash Right is attached shall expire.
8. Limitation on Exercise of Incentive Stock Options
The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time Options are granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options may first become exercisable by an Optionee in any one calendar year under the Plan and any other plan of the Company shall not exceed $100,000. The limitations imposed by this Paragraph 8 shall apply only to Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan, and not to any other options or stock appreciation rights. In the event an individual receives an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option which is subsequently determined to have exceeded the limitation set forth above, or if an individual
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receives Options that first become exercisable in a calendar year (whether pursuant to the terms of an option document, acceleration of exercisability or other change in the terms and conditions of exercise or any other reason) that have an aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the Options are granted) that exceeds the limitations set forth above, the Options in excess of the limitation shall be treated as Non-Qualified Options.
9. Rights as Shareholders
An Optionee shall not have any right as a shareholder with respect to any Shares subject to his Options until the Option shall have been exercised in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the option document and the Optionee shall have paid the full purchase price for the number of Shares in respect of which the Option was exercised and the Optionee shall have made arrangements acceptable to the Sponsor for the payment of applicable taxes consistent with Paragraph 15.
10. Changes in Capitalization
In the event that Shares are changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of the Sponsor, whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split-up or other substitution of securities of the Sponsor, the Board shall make appropriate equitable anti-dilution adjustments to the number and class of shares of stock available for issuance under the Plan, and subject to outstanding Options, and to the option prices and the amounts payable pursuant to any Cash Rights. Any reference to the option price in the Plan and in option documents shall be a reference to the option price as so adjusted. Any reference to the term “Shares” in the Plan and in option documents shall be a reference to the appropriate number and class of shares of stock available for issuance under the Plan, as adjusted pursuant to this Paragraph 10. The Board’s adjustment shall be effective and binding for all purposes of this Plan.
11. Terminating Events
(a) The Sponsor shall give Optionees 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. Upon receipt of such notice, and for a period of ten (10) days thereafter (or such shorter period as the Board shall reasonably determine and so notify the Optionees), each Optionee shall be permitted to exercise the Option to the extent the Option is then exercisable; provided that, the Sponsor may, by similar notice, require the Optionee to exercise the Option, to the extent the Option is then exercisable, or to forfeit the Option (or portion thereof, as applicable). The Committee may, in its discretion, provide that upon the Optionee’s receipt of the notice of a Terminating Event under this Paragraph 11(a), the entire number of Shares covered by Options shall become immediately exercisable.
(b) Notwithstanding Paragraph 11(a), in the event the Terminating Event is not consummated, the Option shall be deemed not to have been exercised and shall be exercisable thereafter to the extent it would have been exercisable if no such notice had been given.
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12. Interpretation
The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and to make and amend rules for putting it into effect and administering it. It is intended that the Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall constitute incentive stock options within the meaning of section 422 of the Code, and that Shares transferred pursuant to the exercise of Non-Qualified Options shall constitute property subject to federal income tax pursuant to the provisions of section 83 of the Code. The provisions of the Plan shall be interpreted and applied insofar as possible to carry out such intent.
13. Amendments
(a) In General. The Board or the Committee may amend the Plan from time to time in such manner as it may deem advisable. Nevertheless, neither the Board nor the Committee may, without obtaining approval within twelve months before or after such action by such vote of the Sponsor’s shareholders as may be required by Pennsylvania law for any action requiring shareholder approval, or by a majority of votes cast at a duly held shareholders’ meeting at which a majority of all voting stock is present and voting on such amendment, either in person or in proxy (but not, in any event, less than the vote required pursuant to Rule 16b-3(b) under the 1934 Act) change the class of individuals eligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option, extend the expiration date of the Plan, decrease the minimum option price of an Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan or increase the maximum number of shares as to which Options may be granted, except as provided in Paragraph 10 hereof.
(b) Repricing of Options. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, neither the Board nor the Committee may, without obtaining prior approval by the Sponsor’s shareholders, reduce the option price of any issued and outstanding Option granted under the Plan at any time during the term of such option (other than by adjustment pursuant to Paragraph 10 relating to Changes in Capitalization). This Paragraph 13(b) may not be repealed, modified or amended without the prior approval of the Sponsor’s shareholders.
14. Securities Law
(a) In General. The Committee shall have the power to make each grant under the Plan subject to such conditions as it deems necessary or appropriate to comply with the then-existing requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, including Rule 16b-3 (or any similar rule) of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(b) Acknowledgment of Securities Law Restrictions on Exercise. To the extent required by the Committee, unless the Shares subject to the Option are covered by a then current registration statement or a Notification under Regulation A under the 1933 Act, each notice of exercise of an Option shall contain the Optionee’s acknowledgment in form and substance satisfactory to the Committee that:
(i) the Shares subject to the Option are being purchased for investment and not for distribution or resale (other than a distribution or resale which, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Sponsor, may be made without violating the registration provisions of the Act);
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(ii) the Optionee has been advised and understands that (A) the Shares subject to the Option have not been registered under the 1933 Act and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the 1933 Act and are subject to restrictions on transfer and (B) the Sponsor is under no obligation to register the Shares subject to the Option under the 1933 Act or to take any action which would make available to the Optionee any exemption from such registration;
(iii) the certificate evidencing the Shares may bear a restrictive legend; and
(iv) the Shares subject to the Option may not be transferred without compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
(c) Delay of Exercise Pending Registration of Securities. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan or an option document to the contrary, if the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that issuance of Shares pursuant to the exercise of an Option should be delayed pending registration or qualification under federal or state securities laws or the receipt of a legal opinion that an appropriate exemption from the application of federal or state securities laws is available, the Committee may defer exercise of any Option until such Shares are appropriately registered or qualified or an appropriate legal opinion has been received, as applicable.
15. Withholding of Taxes on Exercise of Option
(a) Whenever the Company proposes or is required to deliver or transfer Shares in connection with the exercise of an Option, the Company shall have the right to (i) require the recipient to remit to the Sponsor an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery or transfer of any certificate or certificates for such Shares or (ii) take any action whatever that it deems necessary to protect its interests with respect to tax liabilities. The Sponsor’s obligation to make any delivery or transfer of Shares on the exercise of an Option shall be conditioned on the recipient’s compliance, to the Sponsor’s satisfaction, with any withholding requirement. In addition, if the Committee grants Options or amends option documents to permit Options to be transferred during the life of the Optionee, the Committee may include in such option documents such provisions as it determines are necessary or appropriate to permit the Company to deduct compensation expenses recognized upon exercise of such Options for federal or state income tax purposes.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 15(b), any tax liabilities incurred in connection with the exercise of an Option under the Plan other than an Incentive Stock Option shall be satisfied by the Sponsor’s withholding a portion of the Shares underlying the Option exercised having a Fair Market Value approximately equal to the minimum amount of taxes required to be withheld by the Sponsor under applicable law, unless otherwise determined by the Committee with respect to any Optionee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may permit an Optionee to elect one or both of the following: (i) to
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have taxes withheld in excess of the minimum amount required to be withheld by the Sponsor under applicable law; provided that the Optionee certifies in writing to the Sponsor that the Optionee owns a number of Other Available Shares having a Fair Market Value that is at least equal to the Fair Market Value of Option Shares to be withheld by the Company for the then-current exercise on account of withheld taxes in excess of such minimum amount, and (ii) to pay to the Sponsor in cash all or a portion of the taxes to be withheld upon the exercise of an Option. 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 Optionee. Any election pursuant to this Paragraph 15(b) 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 15(b) may be made only by an Optionee or, in the event of the Optionee’s death, by the Optionee’s legal representative. No Shares withheld pursuant to this Paragraph 15(b) shall be available for subsequent grants under the Plan. The Committee may add such other requirements and limitations regarding elections pursuant to this Paragraph 15(b) as it deems appropriate.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 15(c), any tax liabilities incurred in connection with the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall be satisfied by the Optionee’s payment to the Sponsor in cash all of the taxes to be withheld upon exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may permit an Optionee to elect to have the Sponsor withhold a portion of the Shares underlying the Incentive Stock Option exercised having a Fair Market Value approximately equal to the minimum amount of taxes required to be withheld by the Sponsor under applicable law. Any election pursuant to this Paragraph 15(c) 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 15(c) may be made only by an Optionee or, in the event of the Optionee’s death, by the Optionee’s legal representative. No Shares withheld pursuant to this Paragraph 15(c) shall be available for subsequent grants under the Plan. The Committee may add such other requirements and limitations regarding elections pursuant to this Paragraph 15(c) as it deems appropriate.
16. Effective Date and Term of Plan
This amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be effective December 5, 2006. The Plan shall expire on February 25, 2013, unless sooner terminated by the Board.
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17. General
Each Option shall be evidenced by a written instrument containing such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee may determine. The issuance of Shares on the exercise of an Option shall be subject to all of the applicable requirements of the corporation law of the Sponsor’s state of incorporation and other applicable laws, including federal or state securities laws, and all Shares issued under the Plan shall be subject to the terms and restrictions contained in the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Sponsor, as amended from time to time.
Executed as of the 5th day of December, 2006.
| COMCAST CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ David L. Cohen | |
| David L. Cohen | ||
| Attest: | /s/ Arthur R. Block | |
| Arthur R. Block | ||
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Exhibit 10.5
COMCAST CORPORATION
2002 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
ARTICLE 1 - COVERAGE OF PLAN
1.1. Background, Continuation and Freeze of Plan.
(a) Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby amends and restates the Comcast Corporation 2002 Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), effective December 5, 2006. The Plan was initially adopted effective February 12, 1974 and was amended and restated effective August 15, 1996, June 21, 1999, December 19, 2000, October 26, 2001, April 29, 2002, July 9, 2002, November 18, 2002, March 3, 2003, December 1, 2003, January 30, 2004, February 24, 2004 and February 16, 2005.
(b) In order to preserve the favorable tax treatment available to deferrals that were made under the Plan before January 1, 2005 in light of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and the regulations issued by the Department of the Treasury thereunder (the “AJCA”), no Compensation may be deferred under the Plan pursuant to an Initial Election after December 31, 2004, other than amounts that (i) were subject to an Initial Election before January 1, 2005, (ii) would, but for such Initial Election, have been paid in 2005 and (iii) are treated as earned and vested as of December 31, 2004 under IRS Notice 2005-1.
(c) The Company has maintained the Comcast Corporation Supplemental Retirement-Investment Plan (the “Supplemental RIP”), a non-qualified deferred compensation plan pursuant to which eligible employees have been credited with certain account balances that are credited with earnings at the same rate as the earnings rate for active participants in the Plan. Credits to the Supplemental RIP are frozen. Distributions of participants’ account balances credited under the Supplemental RIP are distributable as soon as administratively practicable following a participant’s termination of employment. Effective as of December 5, 2006, the Supplemental RIP is merged with and into the Plan and the separate existence of the Supplemental RIP shall cease, and all undistributed participants’ accounts that had previously been administered pursuant to the Supplemental RIP (hereinafter referred to as “Supplemental RIP Legacy Accounts”) shall be held under the Plan. Supplemental RIP Legacy Accounts shall be subject only to the provisions of this Section 1.1(c) and the other provisions of this Article 1, Section 4.4, Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Article 6, Section 7.2, Article 9, Article 10, Article 11, Article 12 and such portions of Article 2 of the Plan as shall be integral to the interpretation and operation of the Plan provisions listed above. An individual whose Supplemental RIP Legacy Account is held under the Plan as a result of the merger of the Supplemental RIP with and into the Plan shall be a participant in the Plan only for purposes of the Supplemental RIP Legacy Account, unless such individual is otherwise eligible to participate in the Plan and an Account under the Plan has been established for such individual’s benefit. Except for earnings credits, no amounts shall be credited to Supplemental RIP Legacy Accounts administered under the Plan. Except for earnings credited to Supplemental RIP Legacy Accounts after 2004, Supplemental RIP Legacy Accounts consist solely of deferred compensation credits that were earned and vested before January 1, 2005. Accordingly, Supplemental RIP Legacy Accounts are intended to be treated as grandfathered benefits that are not subject to the AJCA.
(d) Amounts earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005 are and will remain subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
1.2. Plan Unfunded and Limited to Outside Directors and Select Group of Management or Highly Compensated Employees. The Plan is unfunded and is maintained primarily for the purpose of providing outside directors and a select group of management or highly compensated employees the opportunity to defer the receipt of compensation otherwise payable to such outside directors and eligible employees in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
ARTICLE 2 - DEFINITIONS
2.1. “Account” means the bookkeeping accounts established pursuant to Section 5.1 and maintained by the Administrator in the names of the respective Participants, to which all amounts deferred and earnings allocated under the Plan shall be credited, and from which all amounts distributed pursuant to the Plan shall be debited.
2.2. “Active Participant” means:
(a) Each Participant who is in active service as an Outside Director; and
(b) Each Participant who is actively employed by a Participating Company as an Eligible Employee.
2.3. “Administrator” means the Committee.
2.4. “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.
2.5. “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.
2.6. “Applicable Interest Rate” means:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 2.6(b) or (c), the Applicable Interest Rate means the interest rate that, when compounded daily pursuant to rules established by the Administrator from time to time, is mathematically equivalent to 12% per annum, compounded annually.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise required by Section 10.2, effective for the period beginning as soon as administratively practicable following a Participant’s employment termination date to the date the Participant’s Account is distributed in full, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may designate the term “Applicable Interest Rate” for such
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Participant’s Account to mean the lesser of (i) the rate in effect under Section 2.6(a) or (ii) the Prime Rate plus one percent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may delegate its authority to determine the Applicable Interest Rate under this Section 2.6(b) to an officer of the Company or committee of two or more officers of the Company.
(c) Except to the extent otherwise required by Section 10.2, the Applicable Interest Rate for Severance Pay deferred pursuant to Article 3 shall be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, provided that the Applicable Interest Rate shall not be less than the lower of the Prime Rate or LIBOR, nor more than the rate specified in Section 2.6(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may delegate its authority to determine the Applicable Interest Rate under this Section 2.6(c) to an officer of the Company.
2.7. “Beneficiary” means such person or persons or legal entity or entities, including, but not limited to, an organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Code, designated by a Participant or Beneficiary to receive benefits pursuant to the terms of the Plan after such Participant’s or Beneficiary’s death. If no Beneficiary is designated by the Participant or Beneficiary, or if no Beneficiary survives the Participant or Beneficiary (as the case may be), the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s Surviving Spouse if the Participant has a Surviving Spouse and otherwise the Participant’s estate, and the Beneficiary of a Beneficiary shall be the Beneficiary’s Surviving Spouse if the Beneficiary has a Surviving Spouse and otherwise the Beneficiary’s estate.
2.8. “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.9. “CCCHI” means Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., formerly known as AT&T Broadband Corp.
2.10. “Change of Control” means 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.
2.11. “CHC” means Comcast Holdings Corporation, formerly known as Comcast Corporation.
2.12. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
2.13. “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.14. “Company” means Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, as successor to CHC, including any successor thereto by merger, consolidation, acquisition of all or substantially all the assets thereof, or otherwise.
2.15. “Company Stock” means:
(a) except as provided in Section 2.15(b), Comcast Corporation Class A Special Common Stock, par value, $0.01, including a fractional share; and
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(b) with respect to amounts credited to the Company Stock Fund pursuant to deferral elections by Outside Directors made pursuant to Section 3.1(a), Comcast Corporation Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01, including a fractional share;
and such other securities issued by Comcast Corporation as may be subject to adjustment in the event that shares of either class of Company Stock are changed into, or exchanged for, a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities of the Company, whether through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split-up or other substitution of securities of the Company. In such event, the Committee shall make appropriate equitable anti-dilution adjustments to the number and class of hypothetical shares of Company Stock credited to Participants’ Accounts under the Company Stock Fund. Any reference to the term “Company Stock” in the Plan shall be a reference to the appropriate number and class of shares of stock as adjusted pursuant to this Section 2.15. The Committee’s adjustment shall be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan.
2.16. “Company Stock Fund” means a hypothetical investment fund pursuant to which income, gains and losses are credited to a Participant’s Account as if the Account, to the extent deemed invested in the Company Stock Fund, were invested in hypothetical shares of Company Stock, and all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to Company Stock were held uninvested in cash, and reinvested in additional hypothetical shares of Company Stock as of the next succeeding December 31 (to the extent the Account continues to be deemed invested in the Company Stock Fund through such December 31), based on the Fair Market Value of the Company Stock for such December 31.
2.17. “Compensation” means:
(a) In the case of an Outside Director, the total remuneration payable in cash or payable in Company Stock (as elected by the Outside Director pursuant to the Comcast Corporation 2003 Director Compensation Plan) for services as a member of the Board and as a member of any Committee of the Board; and
(b) In the case of an Eligible Employee, the total cash remuneration for services payable by a Participating Company, excluding sales commissions or other similar payments or awards.
2.18. “Death Tax Clearance Date” means the date upon which a Deceased Participant’s or a deceased Beneficiary’s Personal Representative certifies to the Administrator that (i) such Deceased Participant’s or deceased Beneficiary’s Death Taxes have been finally determined, (ii) all of such Deceased Participant’s or deceased Beneficiary’s Death Taxes apportioned against the Deceased Participant’s or deceased Beneficiary’s Account have been paid in full and (iii) all potential liability for Death Taxes with respect to the Deceased Participant’s or deceased Beneficiary’s Account has been satisfied.
2.19. “Death Taxes” means any and all estate, inheritance, generation-skipping transfer, and other death taxes as well as any interest and penalties thereon imposed by any governmental entity (a “taxing authority”) as a result of the death of the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary.
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2.20. “Deceased Participant” means a Participant whose employment, or, in the case of a Participant who was an Outside Director, a Participant whose service as an Outside Director, is terminated by death.
2.21. “Disabled Participant” means:
(a) A Participant whose employment or, in the case of a Participant who is an Outside Director, a Participant whose service as an Outside Director, is terminated by reason of disability;
(b) The duly-appointed legal guardian of an individual described in Section 2.21(a) acting on behalf of such individual.
2.22. “Eligible Employee” means:
(a) Each employee of a Participating Company who, as of December 31, 1989, was eligible to participate in the Prior Plan.
(b) Each employee of a Participating Company who was, at any time before January 1, 1995, eligible to participate in the Prior Plan and whose Annual Rate of Pay is $90,000 or more as of both (i) the date on which an Initial Election is filed with the Administrator and (ii) the first day of each calendar year beginning after December 31, 1994.
(c) Each individual who was an employee of an entity that was a Participating Company in the Plan as of June 30, 2002 and who has an Annual Rate of Pay of $125,000 as of each of (i) June 30, 2002; (ii) the date on which an Initial Election is filed with the Administrator and (iii) the first day of each calendar year beginning after December 31, 2002.
(d) Each employee of a Participating Company whose Annual Rate of Pay is $200,000 or more as of both (i) the date on which an Initial Election is filed with the Administrator and (ii) the first day of the calendar year in which such Initial Election is filed.
(e) Each New Key Employee.
(f) Each employee of a Participating Company who (i) as of December 31, 2002, was an “Eligible Employee” within the meaning of Section 2.34 of the AT&T Broadband Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended and restated, effective November 18, 2002) with respect to whom an account was maintained, and (ii) for the period beginning on December 31, 2002 and extending through any date of determination, has been actively and continuously in service to the Company or an Affiliate.
(g) Each other employee of a Participating Company who is designated by the Committee, in its discretion, as an Eligible Employee.
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2.23. “Fair Market Value”
(a) If shares of Company Stock 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.
(b) If shares of Company Stock 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.
(c) If shares of Company Stock are not so listed nor trades of shares so reported, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good faith.
2.24. “Former Eligible Employee” means an employee of a Participating Company who, as of any relevant date, does not satisfy the requirements of an “Eligible Employee” but who previously met such requirements under the Plan or the Prior Plan.
2.25. “Grandfathered Participant” means an Inactive Participant who, on or before December 31, 1991, entered into a written agreement with the Company to terminate service to the Company or gives written notice of intention to terminate service to the Company, regardless of the actual date of termination of service.
2.26. “Hardship” means a Participant’s severe financial hardship due to an unforeseeable emergency resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant, or, a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of a dependent (as defined by section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, or loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar and extraordinary unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. A need to send the Participant’s child to college or a desire to purchase a home is not an unforeseeable emergency. No Hardship shall be deemed to exist to the extent that the financial hardship is or may be relieved (a) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, (b) by borrowing from commercial sources on reasonable commercial terms to the extent that this borrowing would not itself cause a severe financial hardship, (c) by cessation of deferrals under the Plan, or (d) by liquidation of the Participant’s other assets (including assets of the Participant’s spouse and minor children that are reasonably available to the Participant) to the extent that this liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the Participant’s resources shall be deemed to include those assets of his spouse and minor children that are reasonably available to the Participant; however, property held for the Participant’s child under an irrevocable trust or under a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act custodianship or Uniform Transfers to Minors Act custodianship shall not be treated as a resource of the Participant. The Board shall determine whether the circumstances of the Participant constitute an unforeseeable emergency and thus a Hardship within the meaning of this Section. Following a uniform procedure, the Board’s determination shall consider any facts or conditions deemed necessary or advisable by the Board, and the Participant shall be required to submit any evidence of the Participant’s circumstances that the Board requires. The determination as to whether the Participant’s
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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 Section for all Participants in similar circumstances.
2.27. “Inactive Participant” means each Participant (other than a Retired Participant, Deceased Participant or Disabled Participant) who is not in active service as an Outside Director and is not actively employed by a Participating Company.
2.28. “Income Fund” means a hypothetical investment fund pursuant to which income, gains and losses are credited to a Participant’s Account as if the Account, to the extent deemed invested in the Income Fund, were credited with interest at the Applicable Interest Rate.
2.29. “Initial Election” means a written election on a form provided by the Administrator, filed with the Administrator in accordance with Article 3, pursuant to which an Outside Director or an Eligible Employee may:
(a) Elect to defer all or any portion of the Compensation payable for the performance of services as an Outside Director or as an Eligible Employee (including Severance Pay, to the extent permitted with respect to an Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 3.2) following the time that such election is filed; and
(b) Designate the time of payment of the amount of deferred Compensation to which the Initial Election relates.
2.30. “Insider” means an Eligible Employee or Outside Director who is subject to the short-swing profit recapture rules of section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2.31. “LIBOR” means, for any calendar year, the interest rate that, when compounded daily pursuant to rules established by the Administrator from time to time, is mathematically equivalent to the annual London Inter Bank Offered Rate (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.
2.32. “New Key Employee” means each employee of a Participating Company:
(a) who 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
(b) who has an Annual Rate of Pay that is increased to $200,000 or more and who, immediately preceding such increase, was not an Eligible Employee.
2.33. “Normal Retirement” means:
(a) For a Participant who is an employee of a Participating Company immediately preceding his termination of employment, a 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; and
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(b) For a Participant who is an Outside Director immediately preceding his termination of service, his normal retirement from the Board.
2.34. “Outside Director” means a member of the Board, who is not an employee of a Participating Company.
2.35. “Participant” means each individual who has made an Initial Election, or for whom an Account is established pursuant to Section 5.1, and who has an undistributed amount credited to an Account under the Plan, including an Active Participant, a Deceased Participant and an Inactive Participant.
2.36. “Participating Company” means:
(a) The Company;
(b) CHC;
(c) Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, and its subsidiaries;
(d) Comcast International Holdings, Inc.;
(e) Comcast Online Communications, Inc.;
(f) Comcast Business Communications, Inc.;
(g) CCCHI and its subsidiaries;
(h) Comcast Shared Services Corporation (“CSSC”), to the extent individual employees of CSSC or groups of CSSC employees, categorized by their secondment, are designated as eligible to participate by the Committee or its delegate; and
(i) Any other entities that are subsidiaries of the Company as designated by the Committee in its sole discretion.
2.37. “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization.
2.38. “Plan” means the Comcast Corporation 2002 Deferred Compensation Plan, as set forth herein, and as amended from time to time.
2.39. “Prime Rate” means, for any calendar year, the interest rate that, when compounded daily pursuant to rules established by the Administrator 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.
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2.40. “Prior Plan” means the Comcast Corporation 1996 Deferred Compensation Plan, as in effect immediately preceding the amendment, restatement and renaming of the Plan as the Comcast Corporation 2002 Deferred Compensation Plan.
2.41. “Retired Participant” means a Participant who has terminated service pursuant to a Normal Retirement.
2.42. “Severance Pay” means any amount that is payable in cash and is identified by a Participating Company as severance pay, or any amount which is payable on account of periods beginning after the last date on which an employee (or former employee) is required to report for work for a Participating Company.
2.43. “Subsequent Election” means a written election on a form provided by the Administrator, filed with the Administrator in accordance with Article 3, pursuant to which a Participant or Beneficiary may elect to defer (or, in limited cases, accelerate) the time of payment or to change the manner of payment of amounts previously deferred in accordance with the terms of a previously made Initial Election or Subsequent Election.
2.44. “Surviving Spouse” means the widow or widower, as the case may be, of a Deceased Participant or a Deceased Beneficiary (as applicable).
2.45. “Terminating Event” means either of the following events:
(a) the liquidation of the Company; or
(b) a Change of Control.
2.46. “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.
ARTICLE 3 - INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS
3.1. Elections.
(a) Initial Elections. Each Outside Director and Eligible Employee shall have the right to defer all or any portion of the Compensation (including bonuses, if any, and, in the case of Outside Directors, including any portion of an Outside Director’s Compensation payable in the form of Company Stock) that he would otherwise be entitled to receive in a calendar year by filing an Initial Election at the time and in the manner described in this Article 3; provided that Severance Pay shall be included as “Compensation” for purposes of this Section 3.1 only to the extent permitted, and subject to such rules regarding the length of any initial deferral period and subsequent deferral period, if any, established by the Administrator in its sole discretion. The Compensation of such Outside Director or Eligible Employee for a calendar year shall be reduced in an amount equal to the portion of the Compensation deferred by such Outside Director or Eligible Employee for such calendar year pursuant to such Outside Director’s or Eligible Employee’s Initial Election. Such reduction shall be effected on a pro rata basis from each periodic installment payment of such Outside Director’s or Eligible Employee’s
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Compensation for the calendar year (in accordance with the general pay practices of the Participating Company), and credited, as a bookkeeping entry, to such Outside Director’s or Eligible Employee’s Account in accordance with Section 5.1. Amounts credited to the Accounts of Outside Directors in the form of Company Stock shall be credited to the Company Stock Fund and credited with income, gains and losses in accordance with Section 5.2(c).
(b) Subsequent Elections. Each Participant or Beneficiary shall have the right to elect to defer (or, in limited cases, accelerate) the time of payment or to change the manner of payment of amounts previously deferred in accordance with the terms of a previously made Initial Election pursuant to the terms of the Plan by filing a Subsequent Election at the time, to the extent, and in the manner described in this Article 3.
3.2. Filing of Initial Election: General. An Initial Election shall be made on the form provided by the Administrator for this purpose. Except as provided in Section 3.3, no such Initial Election shall be effective unless it is filed with the Administrator on or before December 31 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year to which the Initial Election applies; provided that an Initial Election with respect to Severance Pay shall not be effective unless it is filed within 30 days following the date of written notification to an Eligible Employee from the Administrator or its duly authorized delegate of such Eligible Employee’s eligibility to defer Severance Pay.
3.3. Filing of Initial Election by New Key Employees and New Outside Directors.
(a) New Key Employees. Notwithstanding Section 3.1 and Section 3.2, a New Key Employee may elect to defer all or any portion of his Compensation that he would otherwise be entitled to receive in the calendar year in which the New Key Employee was employed, beginning with the payroll period next following the filing of an Initial Election with the Administrator and before the close of such calendar year by making and filing the Initial Election with the Administrator within 60 days of such New Key Employee’s date of hire or within 60 days of the date such New Key Employee first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan. Any Initial Election by such New Key Employee for succeeding calendar years shall be made in accordance with Section 3.1 and Section 3.2.
(b) New Outside Directors. Notwithstanding Section 3.1 and Section 3.2, an Outside Director may elect to defer all or any portion of his Compensation that he would otherwise be entitled to receive in the calendar year in which an Outside Director’s election as a member of the Board becomes effective (provided that such Outside Director is not a member of the Board immediately preceding such effective date), beginning with Compensation payable following the filing of an Initial Election with the Administrator and before the close of such calendar year by making and filing the Initial Election with the Administrator within 60 days of the effective date of such Outside Director’s election. Any Initial Election by such Outside Director for succeeding calendar years shall be made in accordance with Section 3.1 and Section 3.2.
3.4. Calendar Years to which Initial Election May Apply. A separate Initial Election may be made for each calendar year as to which an Outside Director or Eligible
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Employee desires to defer all or any portion of such Outside Director’s or Eligible Employee’s Compensation. The failure of an Outside Director or Eligible Employee to make an Initial Election for any calendar year shall not affect such Outside Director’s or Eligible Employee’s right to make an Initial Election for any other calendar year.
(a) Initial Election of Distribution Date. Each Outside Director or Eligible Employee shall, contemporaneously with an Initial Election, also elect the time of payment of the amount of the deferred Compensation to which such Initial Election relates; provided, however, that, subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 3.5(e) or (f), Section 3.7, Section 7.1, 7.2, or Article 8, no distribution may commence earlier than January 2nd of the second calendar year beginning after the date the Initial Election is filed with the Administrator, nor later than January 2nd of the eleventh calendar year beginning after the date the Initial Election is filed with the Administrator. Further, each Outside Director or Eligible Employee may select with each Initial Election the manner of distribution in accordance with Article 4.
3.5. Subsequent Elections.
(a) Active Participants. Each Active Participant, who has made an Initial Election, or who has made a Subsequent Election, may elect to change the manner of distribution or defer the time of payment of any part or all of such Participant’s Account for a minimum of two and a maximum of ten additional years from the previously-elected payment date, by filing a Subsequent Election with the Administrator on or before the close of business on June 30 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the lump-sum distribution or initial installment payment would otherwise be made. The number of Subsequent Elections under this Section 3.5(a) shall not be limited.
(b) Inactive Participants. The Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit an Inactive Participant to make a Subsequent Election to change the manner of distribution, or defer the time of payment of any part or all of such Inactive Participant’s Account for a minimum of two years and a maximum of ten additional years from the previously-elected payment date, by filing a Subsequent Election with the Administrator on or before the close of business on June 30 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the lump-sum distribution or initial installment payment would otherwise be made. The number of Subsequent Elections under this Section 3.5(b) shall be determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion.
(c) Surviving Spouses.
(i) General Rule. A Surviving Spouse who is a Deceased Participant’s Beneficiary may elect to change the manner of distribution, or defer the time of payment, of any part or all of such Deceased Participant’s Account the payment of which would be made neither within six (6) months after, nor within the calendar year of, the date of such election. Such election shall be made by filing a Subsequent Election with the Administrator in which the Surviving Spouse shall specify the change in the manner of distribution or the change in the time of payment, which shall be no less than two nor more than ten years from the previously-elected payment date, or such Surviving Spouse may elect to defer payment until such Surviving Spouse’s death. A Surviving Spouse may make a total of two (2) Subsequent
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Elections under this Section 3.5(c)(i), with respect to all or any part of the Deceased Participant’s Account. Subsequent Elections pursuant to this Section 3.5(c)(i) may specify different changes with respect to different parts of the Deceased Participant’s Account.
(ii) Exception. Notwithstanding the above Section 3.5(c)(i), a Subsequent Election may be made by a Surviving Spouse within sixty (60) days of the Deceased Participant’s death; provided, however, such election may only be made with respect to amounts which would not be paid under the Deceased Participant’s election as in effect on the date of the Deceased Participant’s death until a date which is at least six (6) months from the Deceased Participant’s date of death. Such election shall be made by filing a Subsequent Election with the Administrator in which the Surviving Spouse shall specify the change in the manner of distribution or the change in the time of payment, which shall be no less than two (2) nor more than ten (10) years from the previously-elected payment date, or such Surviving Spouse may elect to defer payment until such Surviving Spouse’s death. A Surviving Spouse may only make one (1) Subsequent Election under this Section 3.5(c)(ii) with respect to all or any part of the Deceased Participant’s Account. Such Surviving Spouse may, however, make one additional Subsequent Election under Section 3.5(c)(i) in accordance with the terms of Section 3.5(c)(i). The one (1) Subsequent Election permitted under this Section 3.5(c)(ii) may specify different changes for different parts of the Deceased Participant’s Account.
(d) Beneficiary of a Deceased Participant Other Than a Surviving Spouse.
(i) General Rule. A Beneficiary of a Deceased Participant (other than a Surviving Spouse) may elect to change the manner of distribution, or defer the time of payment, of any part or all of such Deceased Participant’s Account the payment of which would be made neither within six (6) months after, nor within the calendar year of, the date of such election. Such election shall be made by filing a Subsequent Election with the Administrator in which the Beneficiary shall specify the change in the manner of distribution or the change in the time of payment, which shall be no less than two (2) nor more than ten (10) years from the previously-elected payment date. A Beneficiary may make one (1) Subsequent Election under this Section 3.5(d)(i), with respect to all or any part of the Deceased Participant’s Account. Subsequent Elections pursuant to this Section 3.5(d)(i) may specify different changes for different parts of the Deceased Participant’s Account.
(ii) Exception. Notwithstanding the above Section 3.5(d)(i), a Subsequent Election may be made by a Beneficiary within sixty (60) days of the Deceased Participant’s death; provided, however, such election may only be made with respect to amounts which would not be paid under the Deceased Participant’s election as in effect on the date of the Deceased Participant’s death until a date which is at least six (6) months from the Deceased Participant’s date of death. Such election shall be made by filing a Subsequent Election with the Administrator in which the Beneficiary shall specify the change in the manner of distribution or the change in the time of payment, which shall be no less than two (2) nor more than ten (10) years from the previously-elected payment date. A Beneficiary may make one (1) Subsequent Election under this Section 3.5(d)(ii) with respect to all or any part of the Deceased Participant’s Account. Subsequent Elections pursuant to this Section 3.5(d)(ii) may specify different changes for different parts of the Deceased Participant’s Account.
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(e) Other Deferral and Acceleration by a Beneficiary. Any Beneficiary (other than a Surviving Spouse who has made a Subsequent Election under Section 3.5(c) or a Beneficiary who has made a Subsequent Election under Section 3.5(d)) may elect to change the manner of distribution from the manner of distribution in which payment of a Deceased Participant’s Account would otherwise be made, and
(i) Defer the time of payment of any part or all of the Deceased Participant’s Account or deceased Beneficiary’s Account for one additional year from the date a payment would otherwise be made or begin (provided that if a Subsequent Election is made pursuant to this Section 3.5(e)(i), the Deceased Participant’s Account or deceased Beneficiary’s Account shall be in all events distributed in full on or before the fifth anniversary of the Deceased Participant’s or a deceased Beneficiary’s death); or
(ii) Accelerate the time of payment of a Deceased Participant’s Account or deceased Beneficiary’s Account from the date or dates that payment would otherwise be made or begin to the date that is the later of (A) six (6) months after the date of the Deceased Participant’s or deceased Beneficiary’s death and (B) January 2nd of the calendar year beginning after the Deceased Participant’s or deceased Beneficiary’s death, provided that if a Subsequent Election is made pursuant to this Section 3.5(e)(ii), the Deceased Participant’s Account or deceased Beneficiary’s Account shall be distributed in full on such accelerated payment date.
A Subsequent Election pursuant to this Section 3.5(e) must be filed with the Administrator within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the Deceased Participant’s or deceased Beneficiary’s death. One and only one Subsequent Election shall be permitted pursuant to this Section 3.5(e) with respect to a Deceased Participant’s Account or deceased Beneficiary’s Account, although if such Subsequent Election is filed pursuant to Section 3.5(e)(i), it may specify different changes for different parts of the Account.
(f) Disabled Participant. A Disabled Participant (who has not been permitted to make a Subsequent Election under Section 3.5(h)) may elect to change the form of distribution from the form of distribution that the payment of the Disabled Participant’s Account would otherwise be made and may elect to accelerate the time of payment of the Disabled Participant’s Account from the date payment would otherwise be made to January 2nd of the calendar year beginning after the Participant became disabled. A Subsequent Election pursuant to this Section 3.5(f) must be filed with the Administrator on or before the close of business on the later of (i) the June 30 following the date the Participant becomes a Disabled Participant if the Participant becomes a Disabled Participant on or before May 1 of a calendar year; (ii) the 60th day following the date the Participant becomes a Disabled Participant if the Participant becomes a Disabled Participant after May 1 and before November 2 of a calendar year or (iii) the December 31 following the date the Participant becomes a Disabled Participant if the Participant becomes a Disabled Participant after November 1 of a calendar year.
(g) Retired Participant. A Retired Participant (who has not been permitted to make a Subsequent Election under Section 3.5(h)) may elect to change the form of distribution from the form of distribution that payment of the Retired Participant’s Account would otherwise be made and may elect to defer the time of payment of the Retired Participant’s Account for a minimum of two additional years from the date payment would otherwise be made (provided that
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if a Subsequent Election is made pursuant to this Section 3.5(g), the Retired Participant’s Account shall be distributed in full on or before the fifth anniversary of the Retired Participant’s Normal Retirement). A Subsequent Election pursuant to this Section 3.5(g) must be filed with the Administrator on or before the close of business on the later of (i) the June 30 following the Participant’s Normal Retirement on or before May 1 or a calendar year, (ii) the 60th day following the Participant’s Normal Retirement after May 1 and before November 2 of a calendar year or (iii) the December 31 following the Participant’s Normal Retirement after November 1 of a calendar year.
(h) Retired Participants and Disabled Participants. The Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit a Retired Participant or a Disabled Participant to make a Subsequent Election to change the form of distribution that the payment of the Retired Participant’s account would otherwise be made or to defer the time of payment of any part or all of such Retired or Disabled Participant’s Account for a minimum of two years and a maximum of ten additional years from the previously-elected payment date, by filing a Subsequent Election with the Administrator on or before the close of business on June 30 of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the lump-sum distribution or initial installment payment would otherwise be made. The number of Subsequent Elections under this Section 3.5(h) shall be determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion.
(i) Most Recently Filed Initial Election or Subsequent Election Controlling. Subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 3.5(e) or 3.5(f), Section 3.7 or Section 7.1, no distribution of the amounts deferred by a Participant for any calendar year shall be made before the payment date designated by the Participant or Beneficiary on the most recently filed Initial Election or Subsequent Election with respect to each deferred amount.
3.6. Distribution in Full Upon Terminating Event. The Company shall give Participants 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 notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or the terms of any Initial Election or Subsequent Election, upon the consummation of a Terminating Event, the Account balance of each Participant shall be distributed in full and any outstanding Initial Elections or Subsequent Elections shall be revoked.
3.7. Withholding and Payment of Death Taxes.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan to the contrary, including but not limited to the provisions of Article 3 and Article 7, or any Initial or Subsequent Election filed by a Deceased Participant or a Deceased Participant’s Beneficiary (for purposes of this Section, the “Decedent”), the Administrator shall apply the terms of Section 3.7(b) to the Decedent’s Account unless the Decedent affirmatively has elected, in writing, filed with the Administrator, to waive the application of Section 3.7(b).
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(b) Unless the Decedent affirmatively has elected, pursuant to Section 3.7(a), that the terms of this Section 3.7(b) not apply:
(i) The Administrator shall prohibit the Decedent’s Beneficiary from taking any action under any of the provisions of the Plan with regard to the Decedent’s Account other than the Beneficiary’s making of a Subsequent Election pursuant to Section 3.5;
(ii) The Administrator shall defer payment of the Decedent’s Account until the later of the Death Tax Clearance Date and the payment date designated in the Decedent’s Initial Election or Subsequent Election;
(iii) The Administrator shall withdraw from the Decedent’s Account such amount or amounts as the Decedent’s Personal Representative shall certify to the Administrator as being necessary to pay the Death Taxes apportioned against the Decedent’s Account; the Administrator shall remit the amounts so withdrawn to the Personal Representative, who shall apply the same to the payment of the Decedent’s Death Taxes, or the Administrator may pay such amounts directly to any taxing authority as payment on account of Decedent’s Death Taxes, as the Administrator elects;
(iv) If the Administrator makes a withdrawal from the Decedent’s Account to pay the Decedent’s Death Taxes and such withdrawal causes the recognition of income to the Beneficiary, the Administrator shall pay to the Beneficiary from the Decedent’s Account, within thirty (30) days of the Beneficiary’s request, the amount necessary to enable the Beneficiary to pay the Beneficiary’s income tax liability resulting from such recognition of income; additionally, the Administrator shall pay to the Beneficiary from the Decedent’s Account, within thirty (30) days of the Beneficiary’s request, such additional amounts as are required to enable the Beneficiary to pay the Beneficiary’s income tax liability attributable to the Beneficiary’s recognition of income resulting from a distribution from the Decedent’s Account pursuant to this Section 3.7(b)(iv);
(v) Amounts withdrawn from the Decedent’s Account by the Administrator pursuant to Sections 3.7(b)(iii) and 3.7(b)(iv) shall be withdrawn from the portions of Decedent’s Account having the earliest distribution dates as specified in Decedent’s Initial Election or Subsequent Election; and
(vi) Within a reasonable time after the later to occur of the Death Tax Clearance Date and the payment date designated in the Decedent’s Initial Election or Subsequent Election, the Administrator shall pay the Decedent’s Account to the Beneficiary.
ARTICLE 4 - MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION
4.1. Manner of Distribution.
(a) Amounts credited to an Account shall be distributed, pursuant to an Initial Election or Subsequent Election in either (i) a lump sum payment or (ii) substantially equal annual installments over a five (5), ten (10) or fifteen (15) year period or (iii) substantially equal monthly installments over a period not exceeding fifteen (15) years. Installment distributions payable in the form of shares of Company Stock shall be rounded to the nearest whole share.
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(b) Notwithstanding any Initial Election or Subsequent Election or any other provision of the Plan to the contrary:
(i) distributions pursuant to Initial Elections or Subsequent Elections shall be made in one lump sum payment unless the portion of a Participant’s Account subject to distribution, as of both the date of the Initial Election or Subsequent Election and the benefit commencement date, has a value of more than $10,000;
(ii) following a Participant’s termination of employment for any reason, if the amount credited to the Participant’s Account has a value of $25,000 or less, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, direct that such amount be distributed to the Participant (or Beneficiary, as applicable) in one lump sum payment; provided, however, that this Section 4.1(b)(ii) shall not apply to any amount credited to a Participant’s Account until the expiration of the deferral period applicable under any Initial Election or Subsequent Election in effect as of April 29, 2002.
4.2. Determination of Account Balances for Purposes of Distribution. The amount of any distribution made pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be based on the balances in the Participant’s Account on the date of distribution. For this purpose, the balance in a Participant’s Account shall be calculated by crediting income, gains and losses under the Company Stock Fund and Income Fund, as applicable, through the date immediately preceding the date of distribution.
4.3. Plan-to-Plan Transfers. The Administrator may delegate its authority to arrange for plan-to-plan transfers as described in this Section 4.3 to an officer of the Company or committee of two or more officers of the Company.
(a) The Administrator may, with a Participant’s consent, make such arrangements as it may deem appropriate to transfer the Company’s obligation to pay benefits with respect to such Participant 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 Participant shall have no further right to payment under this Plan.
(b) Pursuant to Q-A 19(c) of IRS Notice 2005-1, to the extent provided by the Committee or its delegate, on or before December 31, 2005, a Participant may, with respect to all or any portion of his or her Account, make new payment elections as to the form and timing of payment of such amounts as may be permitted under the Comcast Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan, provided that following the completion of such new payment election, such amounts shall not be treated as grandfathered benefits under this Plan, but instead shall be treated as non-grandfathered benefits, subject to the rules of the Comcast Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan.
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4.4. Supplemental RIP Legacy Accounts.
(a) Earnings Adjustment. As of the last day of each calendar year, each Supplemental RIP Legacy Account shall be adjusted as if such Account were invested at the rate of 12% per annum, compounded annually.
(b) Distribution. A Participant with respect to whom a Supplemental RIP Legacy Account has been established under the Plan and whose employment terminates for any reason shall receive distribution of the Participant’s entire Supplemental RIP Legacy Account in one lump sum as soon after such termination of employment as is administratively feasible. The amount distributed shall be the balance of the Participant’s Supplemental RIP Legacy Account as of the preceding December 31st, increased by one percent for each completed month in the year of distribution preceding the date on which distribution is made, reduced by any applicable payroll taxes or required tax withholding.
ARTICLE 5 - BOOK ACCOUNTS
5.1. Deferred Compensation Account. A deferred Compensation Account shall be established for each Outside Director and Eligible Employee when such Outside Director or Eligible Employee becomes a Participant. Compensation deferred pursuant to the Plan shall be credited to the Account on the date such Compensation would otherwise have been payable to the Participant.
5.2. Crediting of Income, Gains and Losses on Accounts.
(a) In General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.2, the Administrator shall credit income, gains and losses with respect to each Participant’s Account as if it were invested in the Income Fund.
(b) Investment Fund Elections.
(i) Except for amounts credited to the Accounts of Participants who are Outside Directors who have elected to defer the receipt of Compensation payable in the form of Company Stock, all amounts credited to Participants’ Accounts on and after July 9, 2002 shall be credited with income, gains and losses as if it were invested in the Income Fund. Each Participant who, as of July 9, 2002, has all or any portion of his or her Account credited with income, gains and losses as if it were invested in the Company Stock Fund may direct, as of any business day, to have all or any portion of the amount credited to the Company Stock Fund deemed transferred to the Income Fund, in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator from time to time. No portion of the Participant’s Account credited to the Income Fund may be deemed transferred to the Company Stock Fund.
(ii) With respect to amounts credited to Participants’ Accounts through July 9, 2002, investment fund elections shall continue in effect until revoked or superseded. Except for amounts credited to the Accounts of Participants who are Outside Directors who have elected to defer the receipt of Compensation payable in the form of Company Stock, all amounts credited to Participants’ Accounts on and after July 9, 2002 shall be deemed to be invested in the Income Fund. Except for amounts described in Section 5.2(c),
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notwithstanding any investment fund election to the contrary, as of the valuation date (as determined under Section 4.2) for the distribution of all or any portion of a Participant’s Account that is subject to distribution in the form of installments described in Section 4.1(a) or (b), such Account, or portion thereof, shall be deemed invested in the Income Fund (and transferred from the Company Stock Fund to the Income Fund, to the extent necessary) until such Account, or portion thereof, is distributed in full.
(iii) Investment fund elections under this Section 5.2(b) shall be effective as soon as practicable following the Participant’s election, pursuant to procedures established by the Administrator. An Active Participant may not make an investment fund election with respect to Compensation to be deferred for a calendar year.
(iv) Except for amounts described in Section 5.2(c), if a Participant ceases to continue in service as an Active Participant, then, notwithstanding any election to the contrary, such Participant’s Account shall be deemed invested in the Income Fund, effective as of the first day of any calendar year beginning after such Participant ceases to continue in service as an Active Participant.
(c) Outside Director Stock Fund Credits. Amounts credited to the Accounts of Outside Directors in the form of Company Stock shall be credited with income, gains and losses as if they were invested in the Company Stock Fund. No portion of such Participant’s Account attributable to amounts credited after December 31, 2002 to the Company Stock Fund may be deemed transferred to the Income Fund. Distributions of amounts credited to the Company Stock Fund with respect to Outside Directors’ Accounts after December 31, 2002 shall be distributable in the form of Company Stock, rounded to the nearest whole share.
(d) Timing of Credits. Compensation deferred pursuant to the Plan shall be deemed invested in the Income Fund on the date such Compensation would otherwise have been payable to the Participant. Accumulated Account balances subject to an investment fund election under Section 5.2(b) shall be deemed invested in the applicable investment fund as of the effective date of such election. The value of amounts deemed invested in the Company Stock Fund shall be based on hypothetical purchases and sales of Company Stock at Fair Market Value as of the effective date of an investment election.
5.3. Status of Deferred Amounts. Regardless of whether or not the Company is a Participant’s employer, all Compensation deferred under this Plan shall continue for all purposes to be a part of the general funds of the Company.
5.4. Participants’ Status as General Creditors. Regardless of whether or not the Company is a Participant’s employer, an Account shall at all times represent a general obligation of the Company. The Participant 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 the Participant’s Accounts. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create an escrow, trust, custodial account or fiduciary relationship of any kind. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to eliminate any priority or preferred position of a Participant in a bankruptcy matter with respect to claims for wages.
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ARTICLE 6 - NO ALIENATION OF BENEFITS; PAYEE DESIGNATION
Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the right of any Participant or Beneficiary to any benefit or interest under any of the provisions of this Plan shall not be subject to encumbrance, attachment, execution, garnishment, assignment, pledge, alienation, sale, transfer, or anticipation, either by the voluntary or involuntary act of any Participant or any Participant’s Beneficiary or by operation of law, nor shall such payment, right, or interest be subject to any other legal or equitable process. However, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a Participant or Beneficiary may direct that any amount payable pursuant to an Initial Election or a Subsequent Election on any date designated for payment be paid to any person or persons or legal entity or entities, including, but not limited to, an organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Code, instead of to the Participant or Beneficiary. Such a payee designation shall be provided to the Administrator by the Participant or Beneficiary in writing on a form provided by the Administrator, and shall not be effective unless it is provided immediately preceding the time of payment. The Company’s payment pursuant to such a payee designation shall relieve the Company and its Affiliates of all liability for such payment.
ARTICLE 7 - DEATH OF PARTICIPANT
7.1. Death of Participant. A Deceased Participant’s Account shall be distributed in accordance with the last Initial Election or Subsequent Election made by the Deceased Participant before the Deceased Participant’s death, unless the Deceased Participant’s Surviving Spouse or other Beneficiary timely elects to accelerate or defer the time or change the manner of payment pursuant to Section 3.5.
7.2. Designation of Beneficiaries. Each Participant and Beneficiary shall have the right to designate one or more Beneficiaries to receive distributions in the event of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s death by filing with the Administrator a Beneficiary designation on the form provided by the Administrator for such purpose. The designation of a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries may be changed by a Participant or Beneficiary at any time prior to such Participant’s or Beneficiary’s death by the delivery to the Administrator of a new Beneficiary designation form.
ARTICLE 8 - HARDSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS
Notwithstanding the terms of an Initial Election or Subsequent Election, if, at the Participant’s request, the Board determines that the Participant has incurred a Hardship, the Board may, in its discretion, authorize the immediate distribution of all or any portion of the Participant’s Account.
ARTICLE 9 - INTERPRETATION
9.1. Authority of Committee. The Committee shall have full and exclusive authority to construe, interpret and administer this Plan and the Committee’s construction and interpretation thereof shall be binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes.
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9.2. 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 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 Administrator on a form supplied by the Administrator. If the Administrator wholly or partially denies a claim, the Administrator shall provide the Applicant with a written notice stating:
(a) The specific reason or reasons for the denial;
(b) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;
(c) A description of any additional material or information necessary for the 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 Administrator 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 Administrator. 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 Administrator in writing. The Administrator 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 Administrator 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 Administrator at the following address:
Comcast Corporation
1500 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Attention: General Counsel
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ARTICLE 10 - AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
10.1. Amendment or Termination. Except as otherwise provided by Section 10.2, the Company, by action of the Board or by action of the Committee, shall have the right at any time, or from time to time, to amend or modify this Plan. The Company, by action of the Board, shall have the right to terminate this Plan at any time.
10.2. Amendment of Rate of Credited Earnings. No amendment shall change the Applicable Interest Rate with respect to the portion of a Participant’s Account that is attributable to an Initial Election or Subsequent Election made with respect to Compensation earned in a calendar year and filed with the Administrator before the date of adoption of such amendment by the Board. For purposes of this Section 10.2, a Subsequent Election to defer the payment of part or all of an Account for an additional period after a previously-elected payment date (as described in Section 3.5) shall be treated as a separate Subsequent Election from any previous Initial Election or Subsequent Election with respect to such Account.
ARTICLE 11 - WITHHOLDING OF TAXES
Whenever the Participating Company is required to credit deferred Compensation to the Account of a Participant, the Participating Company shall have the right to require the Participant to remit to the Participating Company an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the date on which the deferred Compensation shall be deemed credited to the Account of the Participant, or take any action whatever that it deems necessary to protect its interests with respect to tax liabilities. The Participating Company’s obligation to credit deferred Compensation to an Account shall be conditioned on the Participant’s compliance, to the Participating Company’s satisfaction, with any withholding requirement. To the maximum extent possible, the Participating Company shall satisfy all applicable withholding tax requirements by withholding tax from other Compensation payable by the Participating Company to the Participant, or by the Participant’s delivery of cash to the Participating Company in an amount equal to the applicable withholding tax.
ARTICLE 12 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
12.1. No Right to Continued Employment. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring upon any Participant the right to remain in service as an Outside Director or in the employment of a Participating Company as an executive or in any other capacity.
12.2. Expenses of Plan. All expenses of the Plan shall be paid by the Participating Companies.
12.3. Gender and Number. Whenever any words are used herein in any specific gender, they shall be construed as though they were also used in any other applicable gender. The singular form, whenever used herein, shall mean or include the plural form, and vice versa, as the context may require.
12.4. Law Governing Construction. The construction and administration of the Plan and all questions pertaining thereto, shall be governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and other applicable federal law and, to the extent not governed by federal law, by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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12.5. Headings Not a Part Hereof. Any headings preceding the text of the several Articles, Sections, subsections, or paragraphs hereof are inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of the Plan, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction, or effect.
12.6. 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 provision determined to be void.
ARTICLE 13 - EFFECTIVE DATE
The effective date of this amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be December 5, 2006.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, COMCAST CORPORATION has caused this Plan to be executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized, and its corporate seal to be affixed hereto, as of the 5th day of December, 2006.
| COMCAST CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ David L. Cohen | |
| David L. Cohen | ||
| Attest: | /s/ Arthur R. Block | |
| Arthur R. Block | ||
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Comcastic!
It’s about record-breaking results from innovative products with constantly improving features and functions. It means getting there first, and sustaining our advantage by increasing and extending the business while revving up our next growth engine.
It’s making phone, computer and television faster, better and more interactive. It’s adding choice, control and simplicity to the mix in one neat package.
Of course, it also describes the power of 90,000 exceptional employees — all committed to realizing the entertainment and communications dreams of our customers. Put it all together, and it’s a superior experience.
And that’s simply Comcastic!
On the cover:
Comcast employees are all smiles these days. Why? Their hard work, dedication and enthusiasm is really paying off. That’s why we’ve decided to feature them in this Annual Report — they make Comcast a great place to work.
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Comcastic is.
turning a triple play into a grand slam.
“You’ve heard of a ‘win-win.’ Well, think of Triple Play as a ‘win-win-win.’ Subscribers get video, high-speed Internet and phone service in one convenient package —and all at a great value. No wonder our phones just keep ringing.”
Robert Negrete Manager, Call Center Operations Morgan Hill, CA
Triple Play has been a phenomenal growth engine for Comcast in 2006. With one call and a single installation, customers get digital cable, high-speed Internet and digital voice for $99 a month. Plus, it’s great for business because:
• Triple Play results in higher average monthly revenue per customer.
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• Triple Play is lifting sign-up rates for our three products — they all grew faster than ever in 2006.
• Triple Play is accelerating revenue and operating cash flow growth.
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Comcastic is.
meeting every demand with ON DEMAND.
ON DEMAND viewership has grown exponentially, building customer satisfaction and loyalty with every view.
• 12.7 million, or 52%, of our video customers take digital services — all of them with access to ON DEMAND. Some 36% also take HD/DVR.
• ON DEMAND movie purchases increased pay-per-view revenue 27%, to $633 million, in 2006, the third consecutive year of growth greater than 20%.
More than 3.7 Billion ON DEMAND Views Since 2004:
(in millions) 1,855
1,361
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“People want what they want, when they want it. Nothing beats our ON DEMAND service. It gives our customers more than 8,000 viewing options today, most at no additional charge.”
Denise Higgins VOD Content Supervisor New Castle, DE
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Comcastic is.
building strong brands that deliver must-have content across multiple platforms.
“Our brands are laser-focused on individual interests and passions. Whether it’s fashion on the red carpet, or horror films, or the stars of golf on the course, we’re delivering great content on television, on demand and online.”
Suzanne Kolb EVP, Marketing and Communications E! and Style Networks Los Angeles, CA
With first-rate content, Comcast appeals to sports fans, kids and even horror flick fans. Our networks include:
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Comcastic is.
turning up the volume on a whole new business.
“So many new customers have discovered what a great value Comcast Digital Voice® is. And as impressive as the sign-up rates for phone are, they’re just gaining speed. It’s going to be a growth engine for years to come.”
Since the introduction of Comcast Digital Voice, subscriptions have surged as customers take advantage of the unlimited local and nationwide phone service, low international rates and full set of features. Growth continues to accelerate.
Five times more Comcast Digital Voice additions in 2006 than in 2005:
(subscribers in thousands)
• Comcast Digital Voice is now marketed to 32 million homes, or 70% of our footprint, and we will expand our coverage to 40 million homes by year-end 2007.
• Over 80% of voice customers take all three products.
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Mohammed Haroon Director, Telephony Operations Twin Cities Region St. Paul, MN
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Comcastic is.
taking high-speed Internet to a higher level.
Comcast High-Speed Internet delivers the speed and tools customers need to get the most from their Internet experience.
• We increased the speed of our service four times in the last three years, at no extra cost to consumers.
• In 2006, we introduced PowerBoost, which can burst speeds to 12 or 16 Mbps for large downloads, and we plan to roll out an upstream version in 2007.
• We launched 65 new features in the last three years, including McAfee® security, Video Mail, PhotoShow and many others.
• Through The Fan™ video player, we delivered 700 million video downloads in 2006 and ranked in the top 15 providers of video on the Internet.
• Comcast.net also ranked among the top 10 in Internet search traffic.
“Our high-speed Internet service is simply a better broadband experience. With a steady stream of new features and faster speeds, it makes video downloads and interactive media a snap.”
Melinda Lindsley Director,
Business Requirements /Cross-Product Systems Philadelphia, PA
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knowing how to deliver a great customer experience.
As we roll out new products, we continue to improve our service and field support, which builds the foundation for our future growth.
• In 2006, we hired and trained 6,500 field technicians and customer service representatives to keep pace with the accelerating growth of new products. We expect the pace of new hiring to continue in 2007.
• We’re investing in automated tools to increase our operating efficiency.
• We’re building new training programs at Comcast University and creating new career paths to provide better service and a better experience for our customers.
“We begin technical training with ‘Think Customer First,’ emphasizing the skills our people need to make customers comfortable, like avoiding tech jargon, and making things simple.”
Carl Hansen South Jersey Area Technical Learning and Development Manager Turnersville, NJ
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and staying true to who we are.
“Since my first day with Comcast 25 years ago, the company has totally supported my volunteer activities — from backing my involvement in a special-needs camp, to giving me time off to help out in New York City after 9/11.”
Comcast is deeply rooted in local communities. We focus our civic efforts in three areas: youth leadership, literacy and volunteerism.
• Comcast is a national partner of City Year, which recruits young people to give a year to full-time community service and leadership development. In 2006, the company provided City Year with $1.4 million in grants and in-kind support.
• Comcast’s Leaders and
Achievers® Scholarship Program recognized 1,728 high school seniors nationwide. Based on their community involvement and academic achievement, each earned a $1,000 college scholarship.
• Comcast recruited a diverse group of students to participate as summer interns through our ongoing partnership with the Emma Bowen Foundation. Last year, we hosted 25 interns who received funds for college in addition to their intern stipend.
William “Billy” Malone Dispatch Manager Union, NJ
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Dear Comcast Shareholders, Employees and Friends:
About 18 months ago, we decided that it was time to launch Comcast’s very first nationwide advertising campaign. Surveys showed that customers loved our new products — such as ON DEMAND, high- speed Internet and more. This led us to look for a smart way to express our customers’ enthusiasm for Comcast’s new and improved experience — and that’s how “Comcastic!” was born.
I’m glad our team came up with that word, because I can’t think of a better way to describe 2006. It was our best year ever. It was truly Comcastic!
clockwise from left:
Brian L. Roberts Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen B. Burke Chief Operating Officer President Comcast Cable
Ralph J. Roberts Founder Chairman, Executive and Finance Committee
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We broke all records in 2006, driven by our cable business.(a) Cable revenues increased 12%, to $26.3 billion. Operating cash flow(b) rose 15%, to $10.5 billion, making 2006 our sixth straight year — capping 26 consecutive quarters — of double-digit operating cash flow growth. During the year, our customers bought five million new products —or what we call “revenue-generating units” (RGUs)(c) — an increase of 69% from 2005. And each of our services — basic cable, digital cable, high-speed Internet and digital voice — added more new customers than ever before. We have real momentum. The past year was sensational, but 2007 and the future have the potential to be even better.
The big story behind these wonderful results is the rollout of Comcast’s Triple Play.
Triple Play: It’s a Whole New Ball Game
Our Triple Play offering of video, high-speed Internet and digital voice is just what consumers want. We can deliver our superior products in a compelling value package, providing a simple, convenient and attractive option for everyone. With one phone call and one installation visit, we become the primary provider of communications and entertainment services to the home — and at an introductory price of $99 a month, our biggest challenge has been to keep up with demand. With the widespread introduction of Triple Play to 70%, or 32 million, of the homes in our markets in 2006, consumers are embracing our Comcast Digital Voice® service, loaded with attractive features and with more to come. It’s clear that Triple Play is boosting our overall take rates for video and high-speed Internet as well. As customers see the great value they’re getting, they take additional digital and premium video services, too. As a result, revenue per Triple Play customer averages $120 – $130 per month.
Our Triple Play offer of video, high-speed Internet and voice has proven to be a powerful formula for growth.
We were determined to be first to market on a wide scale with these three services, and we have succeeded in getting the jump on the competition. As we expand the availability of Triple Play to 85% of our customer base by the end of 2007, we expect it will continue to power our growth.
See notes and definitions on page 23.
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Innovate. Differentiate. Win.
That’s been our mantra for the past several years. We’re absolutely focused on delivering superior products and services, and doing it better than our competitors. We added 1.9 million digital customers in 2006, an increase of 59% from 2005. Today, more than 12.7 million, or 52%, of our video customers take our digital cable services. Digital growth has been steady as consumers see and want ON DEMAND, our industry-leading video-on-demand platform, digital video recorders (DVRs) and high-definition television (HDTV) as part of their lives.
ON DEMAND gives our digital cable customers unmatched choice and control. It’s truly the personalization of TV.
With more than 8,000 programming choices available today — and growing every year — ON DEMAND gives our digital cable customers unmatched choice and control. It’s truly the personalization of TV. And as the penetration of HDTV sets accelerates, we’re expanding our high-definition ON DEMAND offerings, too. We now offer more than 150 hours of high-definition programming ON DEMAND, primarily movies in high definition. We plan to double that number in 2007 and again in 2008, and continue to expand our linear HDTV channels, so that we remain the HDTV market leader with the most sports and movies in high definition.
With our high-speed Internet service, we deliver a better experience by continually increasing the speed of our service and adding a wealth of new features. We added 1.9 million high-speed Internet subscribers in 2006, the highest level of annual high-speed Internet additions in our history, and ended the year with 11.5 million high-speed Internet customers, representing 25% penetration of homes in our markets. We believe we will keep growing not only by continuing to attract new customers, but also by capitalizing on the capabilities of our service to power innovation and develop new online services. We created Comcast Interactive Media to focus on those opportunities. In 2006, we launched several new digital media platforms, including Ziddio, TV Planner and Game Invasion, and in 2007 we plan to launch other new online services.
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With the dramatic ramp-up of Comcast Digital Voice in 2006, we have built a fantastic new engine for continued growth. We added 1.5 million Comcast Digital Voice customers last year, more than five times the number added in 2005. By year’s end, we were marketing this service to 32 million homes, or 70% of our footprint, yet we are only at 6% penetration. We intend to increase that dramatically in 2007. Our goal is to reach at least 20% penetration, or nine million customers, by 2009. Given the power of Triple Play, we are on pace to achieve that goal.
We are also excited about our latest initiative: expanding into commercial business services — providing phone, Internet and video services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In 2007, we are beginning to target an estimated five million SMBs in our markets. We estimate that those businesses generated $12 – $15 billion in revenue for other providers in 2006, and our goal is to capture 20% or more of this market over the next five years. Buoyed by our success in the high-speed Internet and residential digital voice markets, and riding on much of the same network and infrastructure, we enter this new field with great confidence.
Our programming division continues to be a major value creator for the company and helps us to partner and work with new platforms to help differentiate and grow our cable business. In 2006, we acquired the remaining interest in E! Entertainment Television and now own 100% of it. We brought in new on-air talent, like Ryan Seacrest, and invested in programming that increased revenues and ratings at E!. We made similar investments at The Golf Channel and VERSUS, drawing higher distribution and ratings as the result of our expanded relationships with the PGA TOUR and the National Hockey League.
Investing in a Future of Opportunity
Consumers want the best services at a great price. They want things to be simple and convenient. They want to feel in control. The next great frontier for Comcast is to integrate our products in ways never before imaginable — like providing a single access point for customers to manage all their communications, or to plan and schedule their TV experience no matter where they are.
Our product teams and Comcast Interactive Media are focused on developing integrated services that offer entertainment and communications to consumers across multiple platforms. Our programming networks are also working on that strategy. PBS KIDS Sprout is available on a linear channel, on demand and online. In October 2006, we launched FEARnet, a new advertising-supported, multiplatform network delivering the best of modern horror films, streaming video and original content — on demand, online and to mobile devices.
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With our cable partners and Sprint Nextel, we are testing consumer demand and applications to integrate and extend the Comcast experience outside the home, bringing mobility to our products. We also invested in wireless spectrum with a nationwide reach as part of the SpectrumCo consortium. This spectrum gives us strategic flexibility and many options to capitalize on new wireless functionalities as they evolve.
Our strong balance sheet and free cash flow(d) give us significant financial flexibility to innovate, invest and grow. In 2006, we focused our investments in cable and programming to drive new product RGUs, to enhance our services and to launch new businesses. We generated over $2.6 billion in free cash flow and used $2.3 billion to repurchase our stock. In fact, over the past three years, we have invested virtually all of our free cash flow in our stock and securities exchangeable into our stock, reducing our shares outstanding by more than 10%.
On a Mission to Grow
In 2007, we will focus even more intently on growing RGUs to capture market share and extend our leadership in the market. In the last five years, we have transformed Comcast into a company that develops and delivers multiple services with diverse revenue streams. Over the next few years, it is easy to imagine that our company could be serving as many high-speed Internet and digital voice customers as we have video customers today.
In 2007, we will focus even more intently on growing RGUs to capture market share and extend our leadership in the market.
The first quarter of 2007 marks a bittersweet milestone with the retirement of Larry Smith, our Co-Chief Financial Officer. Over the years, I have called Larry the company’s “chief money-making officer.” He has made phenomenal contributions to Comcast’s growth and success — his deal-making prowess, wise counsel and steady leadership are a huge part of Comcast’s culture. His friendship and guidance will continue as he remains a part-time advisor in the future. We are thrilled to have recruited Michael Angelakis, a managing director in the extremely successful Providence Equity Partners, to succeed Larry. Michael will partner with John Alchin in 2007 as Co-CFO and will succeed John when he retires at the end of 2007.
See notes and definitions on page 23.
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Finally, since we’re talking about a year of record results, I want to highlight two other records set by Comcasters in 2006. Our nationwide employee United Way campaign reached $4.2 million, a new record that places us in the top tier of United Way corporate campaigns in America. And on October 7, more than 32,000 employees and their families participated in Comcast Cares Day, our national day of volunteerism, delivering over 192,000 hours of community service to 300 projects in 34 states in a single day. This extraordinary effort represents one of the largest single corporate days of service in America.
2006 represents a turning point in our history, as we have once again positioned ourselves for growth and success.
As you read this year’s report in print or online, you’ll see many great Comcasters who exemplify the commitment, confidence, diversity and enthusiasm that made 2006 possible and make the future look so wonderful. Each of them, and every one of our 90,000 employees, gives so much to the company every day. They are our greatest asset, and we’re really proud to highlight them this year.
I will never forget what this company achieved in 2006. In many ways, it represents a turning point in our history, as we have once again positioned ourselves for growth and success. It was a phenomenal effort, led by Steve Burke and his fabulous team. My father, Ralph, and I believe we’re poised for even more great achievements in 2007.
It is an honor to help lead this company. Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Brian L. Roberts
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Comcast Corporation February 23, 2007
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Financial Highlights
(in millions, except number of employees) 2006 2005
Comcast Cable(a)
Revenues $ 26,339 $ 23,556
Operating Cash Flow(b) $ 10,511 $ 9,132
Total Revenue Generating Units(c) 50.8 45.8
Subscribers
Basic Cable 24.2 24.1
Digital Cable 12.7 10.8
High-Speed Internet 11.5 9.6
Phone 2.5 1.3
Consolidated Comcast Corporation
Revenues $ 24,966 $ 21,075
Operating Cash Flow(b) 9,442 8,072
Depreciation and Amortization 4,823 4,551
Operating Income 4,619 3,521
Income from Continuing Operations 2,235 828
Discontinued Operations(e) 298 100
Net Income $ 2,533 $ 928
Shares Outstanding(f) 3,119 3,208
Cash and Short-Term Investments $ 2,974 $ 1,095
Total Assets 110,405 103,400
Total Debt $ 28,975 $ 23,371
Number of Employees 90,000 80,000
Minor differences may exist due to rounding.
Notes and definitions used in the Letter to Shareholders and Financial Highlights:
(a) All Comcast Cable results in the Letter to Shareholders and in these highlights are presented on a pro forma, as adjusted basis. See reconciliation on page 76.
(b) Operating Cash Flow is defined as operating income before depreciation and amortization, excluding impairment charges related to fixed and intangible assets and gains or losses on sale of assets, if any. See reconciliation on page 76.
(c) RGUs represent the sum of basic and digital cable, high-speed Internet and phone subscribers, excluding additional outlets. Subscriptions to DVR and/or HDTV services by existing Comcast Digital Cable customers do not result in additional RGUs.
(d) Free Cash Flow is defined as “Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities From Continuing Operations” (as stated in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows) reduced by capital expenditures and cash paid for intangible assets; and increased by any payments related to certain non-operating items, net of estimated tax benefits (such as income taxes on investment sales, and non-recurring payments related to income tax and litigation contingencies of acquired companies). Reconciliation of this item appears on page 76.
(e) In July 2006, in connection with the transactions with Adelphia and Time Warner, we transferred our previously owned cable systems located in Los Angeles, Cleveland and Dallas to Time Warner Cable. These cable systems are presented as discontinued operations for the years ended on or before December 31, 2006 (see Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements).
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Additional information about Comcast is also contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our Proxy Statement. We invite you to refer to those documents.
This report may contain forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect actual results from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Readers are directed to Comcast’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of such risks and uncertainties.
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The Areas We Serve
The map below highlights our 40 major markets with emphasis on our operations in the top 25 U.S. TV markets. Approximately 90% of our video subscribers are in the markets listed (subscribers in thousands).
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The following provides further details of our highlights and insights into our consolidated financial statements, including discussion of our results of operations and our liquidity and capital resources. As a result of transferring our previously owned cable systems located in Los Angeles, Cleveland and Dallas (“Comcast Exchange Systems”), the operating results of the Comcast Exchange Systems are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Consolidated Operating Results
| Year Ended December 31 (in millions) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | % Change 2005 to 2006 |
% Change 2004 to 2005 |
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| Revenues |
$ | 24,966 | $ | 21,075 | $ | 19,221 | 18.5 | % | 9.6 | % | ||||||||
| Costs and Expenses |
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| Operating, Selling, General and Administrative (excluding depreciation) |
15,524 | 13,003 | 12,041 | 19.4 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||
| Depreciation |
3,828 | 3,413 | 3,197 | 12.2 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||
| Amortization |
995 | 1,138 | 1,154 | (12.5 | ) | (1.5 | ) | |||||||||||
| Operating Income |
4,619 | 3,521 | 2,829 | 31.2 | 24.4 | |||||||||||||
| Other Income (Expense) Items, net |
(1,025 | ) | (1,801 | ) | (1,086 | ) | (43.1 | ) | 65.8 | |||||||||
| Income from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes and Minority Interest |
3,594 | 1,720 | 1,743 | 109.0 | (1.4 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Income Tax Expense |
(1,347 | ) | (873 | ) | (801 | ) | 54.3 | 9.0 | ||||||||||
| Income from Continuing Operations before Minority Interest |
2,247 | 847 | 942 | 165.5 | (10.2 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Minority Interest |
(12 | ) | (19 | ) | (14 | ) | (36.8 | ) | 35.7 | |||||||||
| Income from Continuing Operations |
2,235 | 828 | 928 | 169.9 | (10.8 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Discontinued Operations, net of Tax |
298 | 100 | 42 | 198.0 | 138.1 | |||||||||||||
| Net Income |
$ | 2,533 | $ | 928 | $ | 970 | 173.0 | % | (4.3 | )% | ||||||||
All percentages are calculated based on actual amounts. Minor differences may exist due to rounding.
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| Year Ended December 31 (in millions) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | % Change 2005 to 2006 |
% Change 2004 to 2005 |
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| Video |
$ | 15,096 | $ | 12,918 | $ | 12,211 | 16.9 | % | 5.8 | % | |||||
| High-speed Internet |
4,986 | 3,757 | 2,938 | 32.7 | 27.9 | ||||||||||
| Phone |
913 | 617 | 620 | 48.0 | (0.5 | ) | |||||||||
| Advertising |
1,537 | 1,272 | 1,206 | 20.8 | 5.4 | ||||||||||
| Other |
851 | 789 | 654 | 7.8 | 20.7 | ||||||||||
| Franchise fees |
717 | 634 | 601 | 13.1 | 5.3 | ||||||||||
| Revenues |
24,100 | 19,987 | 18,230 | 20.6 | 9.6 | ||||||||||
| Operating expenses |
8,600 | 7,041 | 6,656 | 22.1 | 5.8 | ||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses |
5,796 | 4,999 | 4,634 | 15.9 | 7.8 | ||||||||||
| Operating income before depreciation and amortization |
$ | 9,704 | $ | 7,947 | $ | 6,940 | 22.1 | % | 14.5 | % | |||||
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Our Programming segment consists of our consolidated national programming networks:
| Programming Network | Approximate U.S. Subscribers (in millions) |
Description | ||
| E! |
81 | Pop culture and entertainment-related programming | ||
| Style |
37 | Lifestyle-related programming | ||
| The Golf Channel |
63 | Golf and golf-related programming | ||
| VERSUS |
61 | Sports and leisure programming | ||
| G4 |
53 | Gamer lifestyle programming | ||
| AZN Television |
14 | Asian American programming |
We also own interests in MGM (20%), iN DEMAND (54%), TV One (33%), PBS KIDS Sprout (40%), FEARnet (33%) and ExerciseTV (55%). The operating results of these entities are not included in our Programming segment’s operating results as they are presented in equity in net (losses) income of affiliates, net or Corporate and Other activities.
Programming Segment Results of Operations
| Year Ended December 31 (in millions) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | % Change 2005 to 2006 |
% Change 2004 to 2005 |
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| Revenues |
$ | 1,053 | $ | 919 | $ | 787 | 14.6 | % | 16.7 | % | |||||
| Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses |
812 | 647 | 518 | 25.6 | 24.7 | ||||||||||
| Operating income before depreciation and amortization |
$ | 241 | $ | 272 | $ | 269 | (11.4 | )% | 1.3 | % | |||||
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The table set forth below summarizes the fair values and contract terms of financial instruments subject to interest rate risk maintained by us as of December 31, 2006:
| (in millions) |
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Thereafter | Total | |
Fair Value 12/31/06 |
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| Debt |
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| Fixed-Rate |
$ | 908 | $ | 1,474 | $ | 990 | $ | 1,109 | $ | 1,741 | $ | 20,982 | $ | 27,204 | $ | 28,923 | ||||||||||||||||
| Average Interest Rate |
8.3 | % | 7.3 | % | 7.5 | % | 5.7 | % | 6.4 | % | 7.2 | % | 7.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Variable-Rate |
$ | 75 | $ | 194 | $ | 1,259 | $ | 211 | $ | 26 | $ | 6 | $ | 1,771 | $ | 1,771 | ||||||||||||||||
| Average Interest Rate |
5.8 | % | 5.5 | % | 5.3 | % | 5.1 | % | 5.9 | % | 6.8 | % | 5.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest Rate Instruments(a) |
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| Fixed to Variable Swaps |
$ | — | $ | 600 | $ | 750 | $ | 200 | $ | 750 | $ | 900 | $ | 3,200 | $ | (103 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Average Pay Rate |
— | % | 7.2 | % | 7.0 | % | 6.1 | % | 6.1 | % | 5.4 | % | 6.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Average Receive Rate |
— | % | 6.2 | % | 6.9 | % | 5.9 | % | 5.5 | % | 5.3 | % | 5.9 | % |
| (a) | We did not have any variable to fixed swaps as of December 31, 2006. |
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Our unconditional contractual obligations as of December 31, 2006, which consist primarily of our debt obligations and their amounts in future periods, are summarized in the following table:
| Payments Due by Period | |||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | Total | Year 1 | Years 2 – 3 |
Years 4 – 5 |
More than 5 | ||||||||||
| Debt obligations(a) |
$ | 28,909 | $ | 962 | $ | 3,900 | $ | 3,079 | $ | 20,968 | |||||
| Capital lease obligations |
66 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Operating lease obligations |
1,614 | 292 | 491 | 253 | 578 | ||||||||||
| Purchase obligations(b) |
12,068 | 3,809 | 3,056 | 2,150 | 3,053 | ||||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities reflected on the balance sheet: |
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| Acquisition-related obligations(c) |
364 | 271 | 75 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Other long-term obligations(d) |
4,361 | 283 | 449 | 207 | 3,422 | ||||||||||
| Total |
$ | 47,382 | $ | 5,638 | $ | 7,989 | $ | 5,707 | $ | 28,048 | |||||
Refer to Note 8 (long-term debt) and Note 13 (commitments) to our consolidated financial statements.
(a) Excludes interest payments.
(b) Purchase obligations consist of agreements to purchase goods and services that are legally binding on us and specify all significant terms, including fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased and price provisions. Our purchase obligations primarily relate to our Cable segment, including contracts with programming networks, customer premise equipment manufacturers, communication vendors, other cable operators for which we provide advertising sales representation, and other contracts entered into in the normal course of business. We also have purchase obligations through Comcast Spectacor for the players and coaches of our professional sports teams. We did not include contracts with immaterial future commitments.
(c) Acquisition-related obligations consist primarily of costs related to terminated employees, costs relating to exiting contractual obligations, and other assumed contractual obligations of the acquired entity.
(d) Other long-term obligations consist primarily of our prepaid forward sales transactions of equity securities we hold, subsidiary preferred shares, deferred compensation obligations, pension, postretirement and postemployment benefit obligations, and programming rights payable under license agreements.
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Management’s Report on Financial Statements
Our management is responsible for the preparation, integrity and fair presentation of information in our consolidated financial statements, including estimates and judgments. The consolidated financial statements presented in this report have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Our management believes the consolidated financial statements and other financial information included in this report fairly present, in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the periods presented in this report. The consolidated financial statements have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is included herein.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial reporting. Our system of internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
| • | Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and dispositions of our assets. |
| • | Provide reasonable assurance that our transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of our financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and our directors. |
| • | Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. |
Because of its inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Further, because of changes in conditions, effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting may vary over time. Our system contains self-monitoring mechanisms, and actions are taken to correct deficiencies as they are identified.
Our management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the system of internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our system of internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2006. Our management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is included herein.
Audit Committee Oversight
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which is comprised solely of independent directors, has oversight responsibility for our financial reporting process and the audits of our consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee meets regularly with management and with our internal auditors and independent registered public accounting firm (collectively, the “auditors”) to review matters related to the quality and integrity of our financial reporting, internal control over financial reporting (including compliance matters related to our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct), and the nature, extent, and results of internal and external audits. Our auditors have full and free access and report directly to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee recommended, and the Board of Directors approved, that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in this Annual Report.
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| Brian L. Roberts | John R. Alchin | Lawrence S. Smith | Lawrence J. Salva | |||
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Executive Vice President and |
Senior Vice President, | |||
| Co-Chief Financial Officer |
Co-Chief Financial Officer |
Chief Accounting Officer | ||||
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Comcast Corporation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Comcast Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006. We also have audited management’s assessment, included under the caption Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, an opinion on management’s assessment, and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company’s board of directors, management, and other personnel 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Comcast Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, management’s assessment that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Furthermore, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
As discussed in Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, “Share Based Payments,” effective January 1, 2006.
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| December 31 (in millions, except share data) | 2006 | 2005 | ||||||
| Assets |
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| Current Assets |
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| Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 1,239 | $ | 947 | ||||
| Investments |
1,735 | 148 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $157 and $ 132 |
1,450 | 1,008 | ||||||
| Other current assets |
778 | 685 | ||||||
| Current assets of discontinued operations |
— | 60 | ||||||
| Total current assets |
5,202 | 2,848 | ||||||
| Investments |
8,847 | 12,675 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $15,506 and $ 12,079 |
21,248 | 17,704 | ||||||
| Franchise rights |
55,927 | 48,804 | ||||||
| Goodwill |
13,768 | 13,498 | ||||||
| Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $5,543 and $ 4,635 |
4,881 | 3,118 | ||||||
| Other noncurrent assets, net |
532 | 635 | ||||||
| Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations, net |
— | 4,118 | ||||||
| $ | 110,405 | $ | 103,400 | |||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
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| Current Liabilities |
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| Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors |
$ | 2,862 | $ | 2,239 | ||||
| Accrued salaries and wages |
453 | 360 | ||||||
| Other current liabilities |
2,579 | 2,122 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes |
563 | 2 | ||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt |
983 | 1,689 | ||||||
| Current liabilities of discontinued operations |
— | 112 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities |
7,440 | 6,524 | ||||||
| Long-term debt, less current portion |
27,992 | 21,682 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes |
27,089 | 27,370 | ||||||
| Other noncurrent liabilities |
6,476 | 6,920 | ||||||
| Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations |
— | 28 | ||||||
| Minority interest |
241 | 657 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies ( Note 13) |
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| Stockholders’ equity |
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| Preferred stock — authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued, zero |
— | — | ||||||
| Class A common stock, $0.01 par value — authorized, 7,500,000,000 shares; issued, 2,425,818,710 and 2,410,511,727; outstanding, 2,060,357,960, and 2,045,050,977 |
24 | 24 | ||||||
| Class A Special common stock, $0.01 par value — authorized, 7,500,000,000 shares; issued 1,120,659,771 and 1,224,368,823; outstanding, 1,049,725,007 and 1,153,434,059 |
11 | 12 | ||||||
| Class B common stock, $0.01 par value — authorized, 75,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding, 9,444,375 |
— | — | ||||||
| Additional capital |
42,401 | 42,989 | ||||||
| Retained earnings |
6,214 | 4,825 | ||||||
| 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) |
34 | (114 | ) | |||||
| Total stockholders’ equity |
41,167 | 40,219 | ||||||
| $ | 110,405 | $ | 103,400 | |||||
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Operations
| Year Ended December 31 (in millions, except per share data) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||
| Revenues |
$ | 24,966 | $ | 21,075 | $ | 19,221 | ||||||
| Costs and Expenses |
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| Operating (excluding depreciation) |
9,010 | 7,513 | 7,036 | |||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative |
6,514 | 5,490 | 5,005 | |||||||||
| Depreciation |
3,828 | 3,413 | 3,197 | |||||||||
| Amortization |
995 | 1,138 | 1,154 | |||||||||
| 20,347 | 17,554 | 16,392 | ||||||||||
| Operating income |
4,619 | 3,521 | 2,829 | |||||||||
| Other Income (Expense) |
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| Interest expense |
(2,064 | ) | (1,795 | ) | (1,874 | ) | ||||||
| Investment income (loss), net |
990 | 89 | 472 | |||||||||
| Equity in net (losses) income of affiliates, net |
(124 | ) | (42 | ) | (81 | ) | ||||||
| Other income (expense) |
173 | (53 | ) | 397 | ||||||||
| (1,025 | ) | (1,801 | ) | (1,086 | ) | |||||||
| Income from continuing operations before income taxes and minority interest |
3,594 | 1,720 | 1,743 | |||||||||
| Income tax expense |
(1,347 | ) | (873 | ) | (801 | ) | ||||||
| Income from continuing operations before minority interest |
2,247 | 847 | 942 | |||||||||
| Minority interest |
(12 | ) | (19 | ) | (14 | ) | ||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
2,235 | 828 | 928 | |||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations, net of tax |
103 | 100 | 42 | |||||||||
| Gain on discontinued operations, net of tax |
195 | — | — | |||||||||
| Net Income |
$ | 2,533 | $ | 928 | $ | 970 | ||||||
| Basic earnings for common stockholders per common share |
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| Income from continuing operations |
$ | 0.71 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||
| Income from discontinued operations |
0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |||||||||
| Gain on discontinued operations |
0.06 | — | — | |||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 0.80 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.29 | ||||||
| Diluted earnings for common stockholders per common share |
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| Income from continuing operations |
$ | 0.70 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||
| Income from discontinued operations |
0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |||||||||
| Gain on discontinued operations |
0.06 | — | — | |||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 0.79 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.29 | ||||||
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Year Ended December 31 (in millions) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||
| Operating Activities |
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| Net income |
$ | 2,533 | $ | 928 | $ | 970 | ||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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| Depreciation |
3,828 | 3,413 | 3,197 | |||||||||
| Amortization |
995 | 1,138 | 1,154 | |||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of discontinued operations |
139 | 253 | 272 | |||||||||
| Share-based compensation expenses |
190 | 56 | 33 | |||||||||
| Noncash interest expense, net |
99 | 8 | 33 | |||||||||
| Equity in net losses (income) of affiliates, net |
124 | 42 | 81 | |||||||||
| (Gains) losses on investments and noncash other (income) expense, net |
(979 | ) | (54 | ) | (703 | ) | ||||||
| Gain on discontinued operations |
(736 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
| Noncash contribution expense |
33 | 10 | 25 | |||||||||
| Minority interest |
12 | 19 | 14 | |||||||||
| Deferred income taxes |
674 | 183 | 531 | |||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of trading securities |
— | — | 680 | |||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures: |
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| Change in accounts receivable, net |
(357 | ) | (97 | ) | (54 | ) | ||||||
| Change in accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors |
560 | (152 | ) | (163 | ) | |||||||
| Change in other operating assets and liabilities |
(497 | ) | (912 | ) | 12 | |||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
6,618 | 4,835 | 6,082 | |||||||||
| Financing Activities |
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| Proceeds from borrowings |
7,497 | 3,978 | 1,030 | |||||||||
| Retirements and repayments of debt |
(2,039 | ) | (2,706 | ) | (2,323 | ) | ||||||
| Repurchases of common stock |
(2,347 | ) | (2,313 | ) | (1,361 | ) | ||||||
| Issuances of common stock |
410 | 93 | 113 | |||||||||
| Other |
25 | 15 | 25 | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
3,546 | (933 | ) | (2,516 | ) | |||||||
| Investing Activities |
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| Capital expenditures |
(4,395 | ) | (3,621 | ) | (3,660 | ) | ||||||
| Cash paid for intangible assets |
(306 | ) | (281 | ) | (615 | ) | ||||||
| Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
(5,110 | ) | (199 | ) | (296 | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from sales and restructuring of investments |
2,720 | 861 | 228 | |||||||||
| Purchases of investments |
(2,812 | ) | (306 | ) | (156 | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from sales (purchases) of short-term investments, net |
33 | (86 | ) | (13 | ) | |||||||
| Proceeds from settlement of contract of acquired company |
— | — | 26 | |||||||||
| Other |
(2 | ) | (116 | ) | (26 | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
(9,872 | ) | (3,748 | ) | (4,512 | ) | ||||||
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
292 | 154 | (946 | ) | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
947 | 793 | 1,739 | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
$ | 1,239 | $ | 947 | $ | 793 | ||||||
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
| Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
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| Common Stock Class | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | A | Special | B | Additional Capital |
Retained Earnings |
Treasury At Cost |
Unrealized Gains (Losses) |
Cumulative Translation Adjustments |
Minimum Pension Liability |
Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, January 1, 2004 |
$ | 24 | $ | 14 | $ | — | $ | 44,729 | $ | 4,552 | $ | (7,517 | ) | $ | (112 | ) | $ | (28 | ) | $ | — | $ | 41,662 | |||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income: |
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| Net income |
970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reclassification adjustments for losses included in net income, net of deferred taxes |
1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumulative translation adjustments |
20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income |
991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock compensation plans |
130 | (73 | ) | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase and retirement of common stock |
(1 | ) | (757 | ) | (558 | ) | (1,316 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employee stock purchase plan |
28 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2004 |
24 | 13 | — | 44,130 | 4,891 | (7,517 | ) | (111 | ) | (8 | ) | — | 41,422 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income: |
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| Net income |
928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gains on marketable securities, net of deferred taxes of $ 11 |
20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reclassification adjustments for income included in net income, net of deferred taxes of $ 2 |
(4 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum pension liability, net of deferred taxes of $ 7 |
(12 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumulative translation adjustments |
1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income |
933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock compensation plans |
120 | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase and retirement of common stock |
(1 | ) | (1,294 | ) | (994 | ) | (2,289 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employee stock purchase plan |
33 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2005 |
24 | 12 | — | 42,989 | 4,825 | (7,517 | ) | (95 | ) | (7 | ) | (12 | ) | 40,219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income: |
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| Net income |
2,533 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized gains on marketable securities, net of deferred taxes of $ 69 |
128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reclassification adjustments for income included in net income, net of deferred taxes of $ 6 |
11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum pension liability, net of deferred taxes of $ 4 |
7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumulative translation adjustments |
2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income |
2,681 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock compensation plans |
604 | (33 | ) | 571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase and retirement of common stock |
(1 | ) | (1,235 | ) | (1,111 | ) | (2,347 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employee stock purchase plan |
43 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2006 |
$ | 24 | $ | 11 | $ | — | $ | 42,401 | $ | 6,214 | $ | (7,517 | ) | $ | 44 | $ | (5 | ) | $ | (5 | ) | $ | 41,167 | |||||||||||||||
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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The following table reconciles the numerator and denominator of the computations of Diluted EPS from continuing operations for the years presented (adjusted to reflect the Stock Split):
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31 (in millions, except per share data) |
Income | Shares | Per Share Amount |
Income | Shares | Per Share Amount |
Income | Shares | Per Share Amount | |||||||||||||||
| Basic EPS |
$ | 2,235 | 3,160 | $ | 0.71 | $ | 828 | 3,295 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 928 | 3,360 | $ | 0.28 | |||||||||
| Effect of Dilutive Securities |
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| Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating to stock plans |
20 | 17 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted EPS |
$ | 2,235 | 3,180 | $ | 0.70 | $ | 828 | 3,312 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 928 | 3,375 | $ | 0.28 | |||||||||
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Note 7: Goodwill and Intangible Assets
The December 31, 2005 and 2004 Cable segment goodwill balances exclude $720 million related to discontinued operations. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by business segment (see Note 14) for the periods presented are as follows:
| (in millions) | Cable | Programming | Corporate and Other |
Total | ||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2004 |
$ | 12,278 | $ | 824 | $ | 198 | $ | 13,300 | ||||||
| Settlements and adjustments |
(50 | ) | 89 | — | 39 | |||||||||
| Acquisitions |
45 | 53 | 61 | 159 | ||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2005 |
12,273 | 966 | 259 | 13,498 | ||||||||||
| Settlements and adjustments |
(695 | ) | 7 | — | (688 | ) | ||||||||
| Acquisitions |
432 | 468 | 58 | 958 | ||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2006 |
$ | 12,010 | $ | 1,441 | $ | 317 | $ | 13,768 | ||||||
Settlements and adjustments are primarily related to certain pre-acquisition tax liabilities. Acquisitions in 2006 are primarily related to the Adelphia and Time Warner transactions, and the Susquehanna and E! Entertainment Television transactions.
The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of our intangible assets subject to amortization are as follows:
| 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| December 31 (in millions) | Useful Life | Gross Carrying Amount |
Accumulated Amortization |
Gross Carrying Amount |
Accumulated Amortization |
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| Franchise-related customer relationships |
4 – 11 years | $ | 4,954 | $ | (3,188 | ) | $ | 3,273 | $ | (2,701 | ) | |||||
| Cable and satellite television distribution rights |
5 – 11 years | 1,267 | (533 | ) | 1,333 | (685 | ) | |||||||||
| Cable franchise renewal costs and contractual operating rights |
10 years | 982 | (283 | ) | 863 | (198 | ) | |||||||||
| Computer software |
1 – 5 years | 1,104 | (515 | ) | 871 | (252 | ) | |||||||||
| Patents and other technology rights |
3 – 12 years | 214 | (62 | ) | 214 | (62 | ) | |||||||||
| Programming agreements and rights |
2 – 4 years | 1,026 | (782 | ) | 772 | (520 | ) | |||||||||
| Other agreements and rights |
2 – 22 years | 877 | (180 | ) | 427 | (217 | ) | |||||||||
| Total |
$ | 10,424 | $ | (5,543 | ) | $ | 7,753 | $ | (4,635 | ) | ||||||
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| (in millions) | Notional Amount |
Maturities | Average Pay Rate |
Average Receive Rate |
Estimated Fair Value |
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| As of December 31, 2006 |
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| Fixed to Variable Swaps |
$ | 3,200 | 2008 – 2014 | 7.2 | % | 5.9 | % | $ | (103 | ) | |||||
| As of December 31, 2005 |
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| Fixed to Variable Swaps |
$ | 3,600 | 2006 – 2014 | 6.5 | % | 6.0 | % | $ | (97 | ) | |||||
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The following table provides condensed information relating to our pension benefits and postretirement benefits for the periods presented:
| 2006 | 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31 (in millions) | Pension Benefits |
Postretirement Benefits |
Pension Benefits |
Postretirement Benefits |
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| Benefit obligation |
$ | 184 | $ | 280 | $ | 194 | $ | 247 | ||||||||
| Fair value of plan assets |
$ | 122 | $ | — | $ | 98 | $ | – | ||||||||
| Plan funded status and recorded benefit obligation |
$ | (62 | ) | $ | (280 | ) | $ | (96 | ) | $ | (236 | ) | ||||
| Portion of benefit obligation not yet recognized as a component of net periodic benefit cost |
$ | 12 | $ | (4 | ) | $ | 18 | — | ||||||||
| Discount rate |
5.75 | % | 6.00 | % | 5.50 | % | 5.75 | % | ||||||||
| Expected return on plan assets |
7.00 | % | N/A | 7.00 | % | N/A | ||||||||||
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The following table summarizes our share activity for the periods presented (adjusted to reflect the Stock Split):
| Common Stock | Class A | Class A Special | Class B | ||||
| Balance, January 1, 2004 |
2,036,280,835 | 1,331,386,738 | 9,444,375 | ||||
| Stock compensation plans |
1,537,284 | 8,153,658 | — | ||||
| Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
1,702,427 | — | — | ||||
| Repurchases of common stock |
— | (70,401,353 | ) | — | |||
| Balance, December 31, 2004 |
2,039,520,546 | 1,269,139,043 | 9,444,375 | ||||
| Stock compensation plans |
3,586,731 | 2,975,453 | — | ||||
| Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
1,943,700 | — | — | ||||
| Repurchases of common stock |
— | (118,680,437 | ) | — | |||
| Balance, December 31, 2005 |
2,045,050,977 | 1,153,434,059 | 9,444,375 | ||||
| Stock compensation plans |
13,140,825 | 9,362,105 | — | ||||
| Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
2,166,158 | — | — | ||||
| Repurchases of common stock |
— | (113,071,157 | ) | — | |||
| Balance, December 31, 2006 |
2,060,357,960 | 1,049,725,007 | 9,444,375 |
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The following table summarizes the activity of our stock option plans for the year ended December 31, 2006 (adjusted to reflect the Stock Split):
| Options (in thousands) |
Weighted-Average Exercise Price |
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) |
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions) | ||||||||
| Class A Common Stock |
|||||||||||
| Outstanding as of January 1, 2006 |
121,240 | $ | 24.73 | ||||||||
| Granted |
18,594 | $ | 18.12 | ||||||||
| Exercised |
(12,222 | ) | $ | 19.18 | |||||||
| Forfeited |
(4,113 | ) | $ | 19.76 | |||||||
| Expired |
(1,722 | ) | $ | 26.10 | |||||||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2006 |
121,777 | $ | 24.43 | 5.5 | $ | 812.3 | |||||
| Exercisable as of December 31, 2006 |
67,297 | $ | 28.33 | 3.6 | $ | 343.1 | |||||
| Class A Special Common Stock |
|||||||||||
| Outstanding as of January 1, 2006 |
76,948 | $ | 20.90 | ||||||||
| Exercised |
(10,545 | ) | $ | 15.31 | |||||||
| Forfeited |
(95 | ) | $ | 21.75 | |||||||
| Expired |
(1,707 | ) | $ | 23.96 | |||||||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2006 |
64,601 | $ | 21.75 | 3.5 | $ | 410.6 | |||||
| Exercisable as of December 31, 2006 |
57,081 | $ | 21.95 | 3.4 | $ | 353.1 | |||||
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| (in millions) | Cable(a)(b) | Programming(c) | Corporate and Other(d)(e) |
Eliminations(e)(f) | Total | ||||||||||||
| 2006 |
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| Revenues(g) |
$ | 24,100 | $ | 1,053 | $ | 355 | $ | (542 | ) | $ | 24,966 | ||||||
| Operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization(h) |
9,704 | 241 | (357 | ) | (146 | ) | 9,442 | ||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
4,657 | 166 | 80 | (80 | ) | 4,823 | |||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) |
5,047 | 75 | (437 | ) | (66 | ) | 4,619 | ||||||||||
| Capital Expenditures |
4,244 | 16 | 31 | 104 | 4,395 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 |
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| Revenues(g) |
$ | 19,987 | $ | 919 | $ | 315 | $ | (146 | ) | $ | 21,075 | ||||||
| Operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization(h)(i) |
7,947 | 272 | (302 | ) | 155 | 8,072 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
4,346 | 154 | 71 | (20 | ) | 4,551 | |||||||||||
| Operating income (loss)(i) |
3,601 | 118 | (373 | ) | 175 | 3,521 | |||||||||||
| Capital Expenditures |
3,409 | 16 | 38 | 158 | 3,621 | ||||||||||||
| 2004 |
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| Revenues(g) |
$ | 18,230 | $ | 787 | $ | 332 | $ | (128 | ) | $ | 19,221 | ||||||
| Operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization(h)(i) |
6,940 | 269 | (310 | ) | 281 | 7,180 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
4,102 | 162 | 105 | (18 | ) | 4,351 | |||||||||||
| Operating income (loss)(i) |
2,838 | 107 | (415 | ) | 299 | 2,829 | |||||||||||
| Capital Expenditures |
3,394 | 17 | 21 | 228 | 3,660 | ||||||||||||
(a) For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, Cable segment revenues were derived from the following services:
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | |||||||
| Video |
62.6 | % | 64.6 | % | 67.0 | % | |||
| High-speed Internet |
20.7 | 18.8 | 16.1 | ||||||
| Phone |
3.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||||||
| Advertising |
6.4 | 6.4 | 6.6 | ||||||
| Other |
6.5 | 7.1 | 6.9 | ||||||
| Total |
100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | 100.0 | % |
(b) Our regional sports and news networks (Comcast SportsNet, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet West, Cable Sports Southeast, MountainWest Sports Network and CN8 — The Comcast Network) are included in our Cable segment. To be consistent with our management reporting presentation, beginning August 1, 2006, the Cable segment also includes the operating results of the cable systems serving Houston, Texas held in the TKCCP (see Note 5). The operating results of the cable systems serving Houston, Texas are reversed in the Eliminations column to reconcile to our consolidated financial statements.
(c) Programming includes our consolidated national programming networks: E!, Style, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4 and AZN Television.
(d) Corporate and Other includes 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.
(e) We consolidate our less than wholly owned technology development ventures, which we control or of which we are considered the primary beneficiary. These ventures are with various corporate partners, such as Motorola and Gemstar. 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. Cost allocations are made to the Cable segment based on our percentage ownership in each entity. The remaining net costs related to the minority corporate partners are included in Corporate and Other.
(f) Included in the Eliminations column are intersegment 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 the use of satellite feeds to our Programming segment
(g) Non-U.S. revenues were 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 before depreciation and amortization, excluding impairment charges 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), net cash provided by operating activities or other measures of performance or liquidity reported in accordance with GAAP.
(i) To be consistent with our management reporting presentation, the 2005 and 2004 segment amounts have been adjusted as if stock options had been expensed as of January 1, 2004 (see Note 10). The total adjustments are reversed in the Eliminations column to reconcile to our consolidated 2005 and 2004 amounts. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, the adjustments reducing operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization by segment were as follows:
| (in millions) | 2005 | 2004 | |||||
| Cable |
$ | 116 | $ | 180 | |||
| Programming |
1 | (4 | ) | ||||
| Corporate and Other |
49 | 107 | |||||
| Total |
$ | 166 | $ | 283 | |||
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| (in millions, except per share data) | First Quarter |
Second Quarter |
Third Quarter |
Fourth Quarter |
Total Year | |||||||||||
| 2006 |
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| Revenues |
$ | 5,595 | $ | 5,908 | $ | 6,432 | $ | 7,031 | $ | 24,966 | ||||||
| Operating income |
1,004 | 1,173 | 1,224 | 1,218 | 4,619 | |||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
438 | 399 | 969 | 429 | (a) | 2,235 | ||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations |
28 | 61 | 14 | — | 103 | |||||||||||
| Gain on discontinued operations |
— | — | 234 | (39 | )(a) | 195 | ||||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 466 | $ | 460 | $ | 1,217 | $ | 390 | $ | 2,533 | ||||||
| Basic earnings for common stockholders per common share(c) |
||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
$ | 0.14 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.71 | ||||||
| Income from discontinued operations |
0.01 | 0.02 | — | — | 0.03 | |||||||||||
| Gain on discontinued operations |
— | — | 0.07 | (.01 | ) | 0.06 | ||||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.80 | ||||||
| Diluted earnings for common stockholders per common share(c) |
||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
$ | 0.14 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.70 | ||||||
| Income from discontinued operations |
0.01 | 0.02 | — | — | 0.03 | |||||||||||
| Gain on discontinued operations |
— | — | 0.07 | (0.01 | ) | 0.06 | ||||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.79 | ||||||
| 2005 |
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| Revenues |
$ | 5,074 | $ | 5,301 | $ | 5,284 | $ | 5,416 | $ | 21,075 | ||||||
| Operating income |
829 | 1,002 | 841 | 849 | 3,521 | |||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
122 | 401 | 198 | 107 | 828 | |||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations |
21 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 100 | |||||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 143 | $ | 430 | $ | 222 | $ | 133 | (b) | $ | 928 | |||||
| Basic earnings for common stockholders per common share(c) |
||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
$ | 0.04 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.25 | ||||||
| Income from discontinued operations |
— | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |||||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 0.04 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||
| Diluted earnings for common stockholders per common share(c) |
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| Income from continuing operations |
$ | 0.04 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.25 | ||||||
| Income from discontinued operations |
— | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |||||||||||
| Net income |
$ | 0.04 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.07 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||
(a) Includes adjustments reducing estimated gains recorded on transactions that closed in the third quarter of 2006.
(b) Includes refinement to our effective tax rate in the fourth quarter of 2005.
(c) Adjusted to reflect the Stock Split
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As of December 31, 2006
| (in millions) | Comcast Parent |
CCCL Parent |
CCCH Parent |
Combined CCHMO Parents |
Comcast Holdings |
Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries |
Elimination and Consolidation Adjustments |
Consolidated Corporation | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets |
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| Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 77 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,162 | $ | — | $ | 1,239 | |||||||||
| Investments |
— | — | — | — | — | 1,735 | — | 1,735 | |||||||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net |
— | — | — | — | — | 1,450 | — | 1,450 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other current assets |
15 | 1 | — | — | — | 762 | — | 778 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total current assets |
92 | 1 | — | — | — | 5,109 | — | 5,202 | |||||||||||||||||
| Investments |
— | — | — | — | — | 8,847 | — | 8,847 | |||||||||||||||||
| Investments in and amounts due from subsidiaries eliminated upon consolidation |
62,622 | 31,152 | 37,757 | 41,151 | 23,984 | 1,895 | (198,561 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Property and equipment, net |
17 | — | 1 | — | — | 21,230 | — | 21,248 | |||||||||||||||||
| Franchise rights |
— | — | — | — | — | 55,927 | — | 55,927 | |||||||||||||||||
| Goodwill |
— | — | — | — | — | 13,768 | — | 13,768 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other intangible assets, net |
— | — | — | — | — | 4,881 | — | 4,881 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other noncurrent assets, net |
176 | 16 | 20 | — | 31 | 289 | — | 532 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total assets |
$ | 62,907 | $ | 31,169 | $ | 37,778 | $ | 41,151 | $ | 24,015 | $ | 111,946 | $ | (198,561 | ) | $ | 110,405 | ||||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
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| Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors |
$ | 11 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,851 | $ | — | $ | 2,862 | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
616 | 247 | 83 | 106 | 69 | 1,911 | — | 3,032 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes |
— | — | — | — | — | 563 | — | 563 | |||||||||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt |
— | 600 | — | 242 | — | 141 | — | 983 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total current liabilities |
627 | 847 | 83 | 348 | 69 | 5,466 | — | 7,440 | |||||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt, less current portion |
15,358 | 4,397 | 3,498 | 3,046 | 683 | 1,010 | — | 27,992 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes |
4,638 | — | — | — | 887 | 21,564 | — | 27,089 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other noncurrent liabilities |
1,117 | 46 | — | — | 76 | 5,237 | — | 6,476 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minority interest |
— | — | — | — | — | 241 | — | 241 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ Equity |
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| Common stock |
35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other stockholders’ equity |
41,132 | 25,879 | 34,197 | 37,757 | 22,300 | 78,428 | (198,561 | ) | 41,132 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity |
41,167 | 25,879 | 34,197 | 37,757 | 22,300 | 78,428 | (198,561 | ) | 41,167 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ | 62,907 | $ | 31,169 | $ | 37,778 | $ | 41,151 | $ | 24,015 | $ | 111,946 | $ | (198,561 | ) | $ | 110,405 | ||||||||
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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2005
| (in millions) | Comcast Parent |
CCCL Parent |
CCCH Parent |
Combined CCHMO Parents |
Comcast Holdings |
Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries |
Elimination and Consolidation Adjustments |
Consolidated Comcast Corporation | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets |
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| Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 947 | $ | — | $ | 947 | |||||||||
| Investments |
— | — | — | — | — | 148 | — | 148 | |||||||||||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net |
— | — | — | — | — | 1,008 | — | 1,008 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other current assets |
16 | — | — | — | — | 669 | — | 685 | |||||||||||||||||
| Current assets of discontinued operations |
— | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total current assets |
16 | — | — | — | — | 2,832 | — | 2,848 | |||||||||||||||||
| Investments |
— | — | — | — | — | 12,675 | — | 12,675 | |||||||||||||||||
| Investments in and amounts due from subsidiaries eliminated upon consolidation |
53,103 | 29,562 | 36,042 | 40,482 | 22,742 | 955 | (182,886 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Property and equipment, net |
11 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 17,688 | — | 17,704 | |||||||||||||||||
| Franchise rights |
— | — | — | — | — | 48,804 | — | 48,804 | |||||||||||||||||
| Goodwill |
— | — | — | — | — | 13,498 | — | 13,498 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other intangible assets, net |
— | — | — | — | 4 | 3,114 | — | 3,118 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other noncurrent assets, net |
122 | 21 | 23 | — | 43 | 426 | — | 635 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other noncurrent assets of discontinued operations, net |
— | — | — | — | — | 4,118 | — | 4,118 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total assets |
$ | 53,252 | $ | 29,583 | $ | 36,067 | $ | 40,482 | $ | 22,792 | $ | 104,110 | $ | (182,886 | ) | $ | 103,400 | ||||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
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| Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,239 | $ | — | $ | 2,239 | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
447 | 224 | 113 | 127 | 89 | 1,482 | — | 2,482 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes |
— | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt |
— | 620 | — | 995 | — | 74 | — | 1,689 | |||||||||||||||||
| Current liability of discontinued operations |
— | — | — | — | — | 112 | — | 112 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total current liabilities |
447 | 844 | 113 | 1,122 | 89 | 3,909 | — | 6,524 | |||||||||||||||||
| Long term-debt, less current portion |
8,243 | 4,988 | 3,498 | 3,318 | 981 | 654 | — | 21,682 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes |
3,470 | — | — | — | 811 | 23,089 | — | 27,370 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other noncurrent liabilities |
873 | 54 | — | — | 50 | 5,943 | — | 6,920 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minority interest |
— | — | — | — | — | 657 | — | 657 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations |
— | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ Equity |
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| Common stock |
36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other stockholders’ equity |
40,183 | 23,697 | 32,456 | 36,042 | 20,861 | 69,830 | (182,886 | ) | 40,183 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity |
40,219 | 23,697 | 32,456 | 36,042 | 20,861 | 69,830 | (182,886 | ) | 40,219 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ | 53,252 | $ | 29,583 | $ | 36,067 | $ | 40,482 | $ | 22,792 | $ | 104,110 | $ | (182,886 | ) | $ | 103,400 | ||||||||
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2006
| (in millions) | Comcast Parent |
CCCL Parent |
CCCH Parent |
Combined CCHMO Parents |
Comcast Holdings |
Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries |
Elimination and Consolidation Adjustments |
Consolidated Comcast Corporation |
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| Revenues |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service revenues |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 24,966 | $ | — | $ | 24,966 | ||||||||||||||||
| Management fee revenue |
526 | 193 | 298 | 298 | 8 | — | (1,323 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 526 | 193 | 298 | 298 | 8 | 24,966 | (1,323 | ) | 24,966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costs and Expenses |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating (excluding depreciation) |
— | — | — | — | — | 9,010 | — | 9,010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative |
256 | 193 | 298 | 298 | 16 | 6,776 | (1,323 | ) | 6,514 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation |
8 | — | — | — | 2 | 3,818 | — | 3,828 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization |
— | — | — | — | 4 | 991 | — | 995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 264 | 193 | 298 | 298 | 22 | 20,595 | (1,323 | ) | 20,347 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) |
262 | — | — | — | (14 | ) | 4,371 | — | 4,619 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Income (Expense) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense |
(776 | ) | (400 | ) | (325 | ) | (259 | ) | (68 | ) | (236 | ) | — | (2,064 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment income (loss), net |
— | — | — | — | 34 | 956 | — | 990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity in net income (losses) of affiliates |
2,867 | 1,509 | 1,900 | 2,069 | 1,266 | (138 | ) | (9,597 | ) | (124 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense) |
— | — | — | — | — | 173 | — | 173 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,091 | 1,109 | 1,575 | 1,810 | 1,232 | 755 | (9,597 | ) | (1,025 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and minority interest |
2,353 | 1,109 | 1,575 | 1,810 | 1,218 | 5,126 | (9,597 | ) | 3,594 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit |
180 | 143 | 114 | 90 | 26 | (1,900 | ) | — | (1,347 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before minority interest |
2,533 | 1,252 | 1,689 | 1,900 | 1,244 | 3,226 | (9,597 | ) | 2,247 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minority interest |
— | — | — | — | — | (12 | ) | — | (12 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
2,533 | 1,252 | 1,689 | 1,900 | 1,244 | 3,214 | (9,597 | ) | 2,235 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations, net of tax |
— | — | — | — | — | 103 | — | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gain on discontinued operations, net of tax |
— | — | — | — | — | 195 | — | 195 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Income |
$ | 2,533 | $ | 1,252 | $ | 1,689 | $ | 1,900 | $ | 1,244 | $ | 3,512 | $ | (9,597 | ) | $ | 2,533 | |||||||||||||||
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
| (in millions) | Comcast Parent |
CCCL Parent |
CCCH Parent |
Combined CCHMO Parents |
Comcast Holdings |
Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries |
Elimination and Consolidation Adjustments |
Consolidated Comcast Corporation |
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| Revenues |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service revenues |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 21,075 | $ | — | $ | 21.075 | ||||||||||||||||
| Management fee revenue |
457 | 174 | 278 | 278 | 8 | — | (1,195 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 457 | 174 | 278 | 278 | 8 | 21,075 | (1,195 | ) | 21,075 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costs and Expenses |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating (excluding depreciation) |
— | — | — | — | — | 7,513 | — | 7,513 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative |
204 | 174 | 278 | 278 | 15 | 5,736 | (1,195 | ) | 5,490 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation |
3 | — | — | — | 3 | 3,407 | — | 3,413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization |
— | — | — | — | 10 | 1,128 | — | 1,138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 207 | 174 | 278 | 278 | 28 | 17,784 | (1,195 | ) | 17,554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) |
250 | — | — | — | (20 | ) | 3,291 | — | 3,521 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Income (Expense) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense |
(371 | ) | (477 | ) | (329 | ) | (306 | ) | (101 | ) | (211 | ) | — | (1,795 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment income (loss), net |
— | — | — | — | (16 | ) | 105 | — | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity in net income (losses) of affiliates |
1,007 | 1,372 | 605 | 804 | 977 | 43 | (4,850 | ) | (42 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense) |
— | — | — | — | — | (53 | ) | — | (53 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 636 | 895 | 276 | 498 | 860 | (116 | ) | (4,850 | ) | (1,801 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and minority interest |
886 | 895 | 276 | 498 | 840 | 3,175 | (4,850 | ) | 1,720 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit |
42 | 167 | 115 | 107 | 48 | (1,352 | ) | — | (873 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before minority interest |
928 | 1,062 | 391 | 605 | 888 | 1,823 | (4,850 | ) | 847 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minority interest |
— | — | — | — | — | (19 | ) | — | (19 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
$ | 928 | $ | 1,062 | $ | 391 | $ | 605 | $ | 888 | $ | 1,804 | $ | (4,850 | ) | $ | 828 | |||||||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations, net of tax |
— | — | — | — | — | 100 | — | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Income |
$ | 928 | $ | 1,062 | $ | 391 | $ | 605 | $ | 888 | $ | 1,904 | $ | (4,850 | ) | $ | 928 | |||||||||||||||
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2004
| (in millions) | Comcast Parent |
CCCL Parent |
CCCH Parent |
Combined CCHMO Parents |
Comcast Holdings |
Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries |
Elimination and Consolidation Adjustments |
Consolidated Comcast Corporation |
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| Revenues |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service revenues |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 19,221 | $ | — | $ | 19,221 | ||||||||||||||||
| Management fee revenue |
416 | 161 | 253 | 253 | 8 | — | (1,091 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 416 | 161 | 253 | 253 | 8 | 19,221 | (1,091 | ) | 19,221 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Costs and Expenses |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating (excluding depreciation) |
— | — | — | — | — | 7,036 | — | 7,036 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative |
168 | 161 | 253 | 253 | 13 | 5,248 | (1,091 | ) | 5,005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation |
2 | — | — | — | 3 | 3,192 | — | 3,197 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization |
— | — | — | — | 11 | 1,143 | — | 1,154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 170 | 161 | 253 | 253 | 27 | 16,619 | (1,091 | ) | 16,392 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) |
246 | — | — | — | (19 | ) | 2,602 | — | 2,829 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Income (Expense) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense |
(289 | ) | (474 | ) | (348 | ) | (399 | ) | (98 | ) | (266 | ) | — | (1,874 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Investment income (loss), net |
— | — | — | — | 100 | 372 | — | 472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity in net income (losses) of affiliates |
998 | 1,170 | 310 | 569 | 997 | (216 | ) | (3,909 | ) | (81 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense) |
— | — | — | — | — | 397 | — | 397 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 709 | 696 | (38 | ) | 170 | 999 | 287 | (3,909 | ) | (1,086 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and minority interest |
955 | 696 | (38 | ) | 170 | 980 | 2,889 | (3,909 | ) | 1,743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit |
15 | 166 | 122 | 140 | 6 | (1,250 | ) | — | (801 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations before minority interest |
970 | 862 | 84 | 310 | 986 | 1,639 | (3,909 | ) | 942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minority interest |
— | — | — | — | — | (14 | ) | — | (14 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations |
970 | 862 | 84 | 310 | 986 | 1,625 | (3,909 | ) | 928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from discontinued operations, net of tax |
— | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Income |
$ | 970 | $ | 862 | $ | 84 | $ | 310 | $ | 986 | $ | 1,667 | $ | (3,909 | ) | $ | 970 | |||||||||||||||
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended December 31, 2006
| (in millions) | Comcast Parent |
CCCL Parent |
CCCH Parent |
Combined CCHMO Parents |
Comcast Holdings |
Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries |
Elimination and Consolidation Adjustments |
Consolidated Comcast Corporation |
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| Operating Activities |
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| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
$ | 90 | $ | (240 | ) | $ | (226 | ) | $ | (224 | ) | $ | 20 | $ | 7,198 | $ | — | $ | 6,618 | ||||||||||||
| Financing Activities |
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| Proceeds from borrowings |
7,474 | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | 7,497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retirements and repayments of debt |
(350 | ) | (619 | ) | — | (988 | ) | (27 | ) | (55 | ) | — | (2,039 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Repurchases of common stock |
(2,347 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | (2,347 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuances of common stock |
410 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 410 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other |
33 | — | — | — | — | (8 | ) | — | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
5,220 | (619 | ) | — | (988 | ) | (27 | ) | (40 | ) | — | 3,546 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Investing Activities |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transactions with affiliates |
(5,272 | ) | 859 | 226 | 1,212 | (3 | ) | 2,978 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures |
(8 | ) | — | — | — | — | (4,387 | ) | — | (4,395 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash paid for intangible assets |
— | — | — | — | — | (306 | ) | — | (306 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
— | — | — | — | — | (5,110 | ) | — | (5,110 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales and restructuring of investments |
47 | — | — | — | 10 | 2,663 | — | 2,720 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchases of investments |
— | — | — | — | — | (2,812 | ) | — | (2,812 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales (purchases) of short-term investments, net |
— | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other |
— | — | — | — | — | (2 | ) | — | (2 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
(5,233 | ) | 859 | 226 | 1,212 | 7 | (6,943 | ) | — | (9,872 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Increase in cash and cash equivalents |
77 | — | — | — | — | 215 | — | 292 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
— | — | — | — | — | 947 | — | 947 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
$ | 77 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,162 | $ | — | $ | 1,239 | |||||||||||||||
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For the Year Ended December 31, 2005
| (in millions) | Comcast Parent |
CCCL Parent |
CCCH Parent |
Combined CCHMO Parents |
Comcast Holdings |
Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries |
Elimination and Consolidation Adjustments |
Consolidated Comcast Corporation |
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| Operating Activities |
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| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
$ | 61 | $ | (256 | ) | $ | (204 | ) | $ | (387 | ) | $ | (110 | ) | $ | 5,731 | $ | — | $ | 4,835 | |||||||||||
| Financing Activities |
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| Proceeds from borrowings |
3,972 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 3,978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retirements and repayments of debt |
— | (700 | ) | — | (1,628 | ) | (13 | ) | (365 | ) | — | (2,706 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchases of common stock |
(2,313 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | (2,313 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuances of common stock |
93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other |
— | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
1,752 | (700 | ) | — | (1,628 | ) | (13 | ) | (344 | ) | — | (933 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Investing Activities |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transactions with affiliates |
(1,813 | ) | 956 | 204 | 2,015 | 123 | (1,485 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures |
— | — | — | — | — | (3,621 | ) | — | (3,621 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash paid for intangible assets |
— | — | — | — | — | (281 | ) | — | (281 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
— | — | — | — | — | (199 | ) | — | (199 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales and restructuring of investments |
— | — | — | — | — | 861 | — | 861 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchases of investments |
— | — | — | — | — | (306 | ) | — | (306 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales (purchases) of short-term investments, net |
— | — | — | — | — | (86 | ) | — | (86 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other |
— | — | — | — | — | (116 | ) | — | (116 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
(1,813 | ) | 956 | 204 | 2,015 | 123 | (5,233 | ) | — | (3,748 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Increase in cash and cash equivalents |
— | — | — | — | — | 154 | — | 154 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
— | — | — | — | — | 793 | — | 793 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 947 | $ | — | $ | 947 | |||||||||||||||
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended December 31, 2004
| (in millions) | Comcast Parent |
CCCL Parent |
CCCH Parent |
Combined CCHMO Parents |
Comcast Holdings |
Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries |
Elimination and Consolidation Adjustments |
Consolidated Comcast Corporation |
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| Operating Activities |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
$ | 482 | $ | (143 | ) | $ | (155 | ) | $ | (478 | ) | $ | 8 | $ | 6,368 | $ | — | $ | 6,082 | ||||||||||||
| Financing Activities |
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| Proceeds from borrowings |
620 | — | 400 | — | — | 10 | — | 1,030 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retirements and repayments of debt |
(300 | ) | (561 | ) | (400 | ) | (306 | ) | — | (756 | ) | — | (2,323 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Repurchases of common stock |
(1,361 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | (1,361 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuances of common stock |
113 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other |
8 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
(920 | ) | (561 | ) | — | (306 | ) | — | (729 | ) | — | (2,516 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Investing Activities |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net transactions with affiliates |
438 | 704 | 155 | 784 | (8 | ) | (2,073 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures |
— | — | — | — | — | (3,660 | ) | — | (3,660 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash paid for intangible assets |
— | — | — | — | — | (615 | ) | — | (615 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
— | — | — | — | — | (296 | ) | — | (296 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales and restructuring of investments |
— | — | — | — | — | 228 | — | 228 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purchases of investments |
— | — | — | — | — | (156 | ) | — | (156 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales (purchases) of short-term investments, net |
— | — | — | — | — | (13 | ) | — | (13 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from settlement of contract of acquired company |
— | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other |
— | — | — | — | — | (26 | ) | — | (26 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
438 | 704 | 155 | 784 | (8 | ) | (6,585 | ) | — | (4,512 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
— | — | — | — | — | (946 | ) | — | (946 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
— | — | — | — | — | 1,739 | — | 1,739 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 793 | $ | — | $ | 793 | |||||||||||||||
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures
Reconciliation of 2006 Operating Income to Operating Cash Flow
| (in millions) | |||
| Operating Income |
$ | 4,619 | |
| Depreciation and Amortization |
4,823 | ||
| Operating Cash Flow(a) |
$ | 9,442 | |
(a) Operating Cash Flow (as presented above) is defined as operating income before depreciation and amortization, excluding impairment charges related to fixed and intangible assets and gains or losses on sale of assets, if any.
Calculation of 2006 Free Cash Flow
| (in millions) | ||||
| Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities |
$ | 6,618 | ||
| Capital Expenditures |
(4,395 | ) | ||
| Cash Paid For Intangible Assets |
(306 | ) | ||
| Nonoperating Items, Net of Tax |
706 | |||
| Free Cash Flow(a) |
$ | 2,623 | ||
(a) Free Cash Flow (as presented above) is defined as “Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities” (as stated in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows) reduced by capital expenditures and cash paid for intangible assets; and increased by any payments related to certain nonoperating items, net of estimated tax benefits (such as income taxes on investment sales, and nonrecurring payments related to income tax and litigation contingencies of acquired companies).
Reconciliation of Cable Segment pro Forma, “As Adjusted” Financial Data
| (in millions) | Cable | Pro Forma Adjustments(a) |
Cable Pro Forma |
Pro Forma % Growth |
% Growth | ||||||||||
| 2006 |
|||||||||||||||
| Revenue |
$ | 24,100 | $ | 2,239 | $ | 26,339 | 12 | % | 21 | % | |||||
| Operating Expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) |
14,396 | 1,432 | 15,828 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Cash Flow |
$ | 9,704 | $ | 807 | $ | 10,511 | 15 | % | 22 | % | |||||
| Depreciation and Amortization |
4,657 | 608 | 5,265 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Income |
$ | 5,047 | $ | 199 | $ | 5,246 | |||||||||
| 2005 |
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| Revenue |
$ | 19,987 | $ | 3,569 | $ | 23,556 | |||||||||
| Operating Expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) |
11,924 | 2,384 | 14,308 | ||||||||||||
| Stock option adjustment(b) |
116 | — | 116 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Cash Flow |
$ | 7,947 | $ | 1,185 | $ | 9,132 | |||||||||
| Depreciation and Amortization |
4,346 | 1,134 | 5,480 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Income |
$ | 3,601 | $ | 51 | $ | 3,652 | |||||||||
(a) Pro forma results adjust only for certain acquisitions and dispositions, including Susquehanna Communications (April 2006), the Adelphia and Time Warner transactions (July 2006) and the dissolution of the Texas and Kansas City cable partnership (effective January 1, 2007). Cable segment results are presented as if the transactions noted above were effective on January 1, 2005.
(b) To be consistent with our management reporting, the 2005 Cable segment amounts have been adjusted as if stock options had been expensed as of January 1, 2005.
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Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity
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| Year Ended December 31 (in millions, except per share data) | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Statement of Operations Data |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues |
$ | 24,966 | $ | 21,075 | $ | 19,221 | $ | 17,330 | $ | 7,997 | ||||||||||
| Operating income |
4,619 | 3,521 | 2,829 | 1,938 | 948 | |||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations |
2,235 | 828 | 928 | (222 | ) | (452 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations(a)(b) |
298 | 100 | 42 | 3,462 | 178 | |||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) |
2,533 | 928 | 970 | 3,240 | (274 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Basic earnings( loss) for common stockholders per common share(c) |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations |
$ | 0.71 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.28 | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.27 | ) | ||||||||
| Discontinued operations(a)(b) |
0.09 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1.02 | 0.11 | |||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) |
$ | 0.80 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.95 | $ | (0.16 | ) | |||||||||
| Diluted earnings (loss) for common stockholders per common share(c) |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations |
$ | 0.70 | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.28 | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.27 | ) | ||||||||
| Discontinued operations(a)(b) |
0.09 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 1.02 | 0.11 | |||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) |
$ | 0.79 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.95 | $ | (0.16 | ) | |||||||||
| Balance Sheet Data (at year end) |
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| Total assets |
$ | 110,405 | $ | 103,400 | $ | 105,035 | $ | 109,348 | $ | 113,485 | ||||||||||
| Long-term debt |
27,992 | 21,682 | 20,093 | 23,835 | 27,956 | |||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity |
41,167 | 40,219 | 41,422 | 41,662 | 38,329 | |||||||||||||||
| Statement of Cash Flows Data |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in): |
||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities |
$ | 6,618 | $ | 4,835 | $ | 6,082 | $ | 2,686 | $ | 2,518 | ||||||||||
| Financing activities |
3,546 | (933 | ) | (2,516 | ) | (7,048 | ) | (1,005 | ) | |||||||||||
| Investing activities |
(9,872 | ) | (3,748 | ) | (4,512 | ) | 5,239 | (1,125 | ) | |||||||||||
(a) In July 2006, in connection with the transactions with Adelphia and Time Warner, we transferred our previously owned cable systems located in Los Angeles, Cleveland and Dallas to Time Warner Cable. These cable systems are presented as discontinued operations for the years ended on or before December 31, 2006 (see Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements).
(b) In September 2003, we sold our interest in QVC to Liberty Media Corporation. QVC is presented as a discontinued operation for the years ended on and before December 31, 2003.
(c) Adjusted to reflect the Stock Split.
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Board of Directors and Corporate Executives
| Board of Directors | ||||||
| S. Decker Anstrom | Edward D. Breen | J. Michael Cook | Ralph J. Roberts | |||
| President and | Chairman and | Retired Chairman and | Founder | |||
| Chief Operating Officer | Chief Executive Officer | Chief Executive Officer | Chairman, Executive and | |||
| Landmark Communications, Inc. | Tyco International, Ltd. | Deloitte & Touche LLP | Finance Committee | |||
| Kenneth J. Bacon | Julian A. Brodsky | Jeffrey A. Honickman | Dr. Judith Rodin | |||
| Executive Vice President | Non-Executive Vice Chairman | Chief Executive Officer | President | |||
| Housing and | Pepsi-Cola and | The Rockefeller Foundation | ||||
| Community Development | Joseph J. Collins | National Brand Beverage, Ltd. | ||||
| Fannie Mae | Chairman | Michael I. Sovern | ||||
| Aegis, LLC | Brian L. Roberts | Chairman | ||||
| Sheldon M. Bonovitz | Retired Chairman and | Chairman and CEO | Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc. | |||
| Chairman and | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
| Chief Executive Officer | Time Warner Cable | |||||
| Duane Morris LLP | ||||||
| Corporate Executives | ||||||
| Brian L. Roberts | Arthur R. Block | Joseph F. DiTrolio | Charisse R. Lille | |||
| Chairman and | Senior Vice President, | Vice President | Vice President | |||
| Chief Executive Officer | General Counsel and | Financial Operations | Human Resources | |||
| Secretary | ||||||
| Ralph J. Roberts | Marlene S. Dooner | Kenneth Mikalauskas | ||||
| Founder | Mark A. Coblitz | Vice President | Vice President | |||
| Chairman, Executive and | Senior Vice President | Investor Relations | Finance | |||
| Finance Committee | Strategic Planning | |||||
| William E. Dordelman | Marc A. Rockford | |||||
| John R. Alchin | Robert S. Pick | Vice President | Vice President and | |||
| Executive Vice President and | Senior Vice President | Finance | Senior Deputy General Counsel | |||
| Co-Chief Financial Officer | Corporate Development | |||||
| Kamal Dua | D’Arcy F. Rudnay | |||||
| Stephen B. Burke | Lawrence J. Salva | Vice President | Vice President | |||
| Executive Vice President and | Senior Vice President, | Internal Audit and | Corporate Communications | |||
| Chief Operating Officer | Chief Accounting Officer and | General Auditor | ||||
| President, Comcast Cable | Controller | Joseph W. Waz, Jr. | ||||
| Leonard J. Gatti | Vice President | |||||
| David L. Cohen | C. Stephen Backstrom | Vice President | External Affairs and | |||
| Executive Vice President | Vice President | Financial Reporting | Public Policy Counsel | |||
| Taxation | ||||||
| Lawrence S. Smith | Gregg M. Goldstein | |||||
| Executive Vice President and | Payne D. Brown | Vice President | ||||
| Co-Chief Financial Officer | Vice President | Corporate Development | ||||
| Strategic Initiatives | ||||||
| Amy L. Banse | Kerry Knott | |||||
| Senior Vice President | Karen Dougherty Buchholz | Vice President | ||||
| Interactive Media | Vice President | Government Affairs | ||||
| President | Administration | |||||
| Comcast Interactive Media | ||||||
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Division Executives
| Comcast Cable | ||||||
| Stephen B. Burke | John D. Schanz | Douglas Gaston | Michael A. Doyle | |||
| President |
Executive Vice President |
General Counsel |
President | |||
| National Engineering and |
Eastern Division | |||||
| David A. Scott | Technology Operations |
Suzanne L. Keenan | ||||
| Executive Vice President |
Senior Vice President |
Bradley P. Dusto | ||||
| Finance and Administration |
Tony G. Werner | Customer Service and |
President | |||
| Executive Vice President and |
Comcast University |
Western Division | ||||
| David N. Watson | Chief Technology Officer |
|||||
| Executive Vice President |
Charisse R. Lille | John H. Ridall | ||||
| Operations |
Catherine Avgiris | Senior Vice President |
President | |||
| Senior Vice President and |
Human Resources |
Southern Division | ||||
| Madison Bond | General Manager |
|||||
| Executive Vice President |
Voice Services |
Kevin M. Casey | William E. Stemper | |||
| Content Acquisition |
President |
President | ||||
| Greg R. Butz | Northern Division |
Comcast Business Services | ||||
| David A. Juliano | Senior Vice President |
|||||
| Executive Vice President |
Product Development |
William Connors | Charles W. Thurston | |||
| Marketing and |
General Manager |
President |
President | |||
| Product Development |
Media Services |
Midwest Division |
Comcast Spotlight | |||
| Comcast Programming | ||||||
| Jeff Shell | Ted Harbert | Diane L. Robina | Sandy Wax | |||
| President |
President and CEO |
President |
President and General Manager | |||
| Comcast Entertainment Group |
Emerging Networks |
PBS KIDS Sprout | ||||
| Joseph M. Donnelly | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer |
Gavin Harvey | Rod Shanks | Jack L. Williams | |||
| President |
President |
President | ||||
| David T. Cassaro | VERSUS |
AZN |
Comcast Sports | |||
| President |
Management Services | |||||
| Comcast Network |
David Manougian | Neal Tiles | President and | |||
| Advertising Sales |
Chief Executive Officer |
President |
Chief Executive Offier | |||
| The Golf Channel |
G4 |
Comcast SportsNet | ||||
| Comcast Interactive Media | ||||||
| Amy L. Banse | Samuel H. Schwartz | |||||
| President |
Executive Vice President |
|||||
| Strategy and Development |
||||||
| Comcast Spectacor | ||||||
| Edward M. Snider | Peter A. Luukko | Sanford Lipstein | Philip I. Weinberg | |||
| Chairman |
President |
Executive Vice President |
Executive Vice President and | |||
| Finance and |
General Counsel | |||||
| Fred A. Shabel | Chief Financial Officer |
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| Vice Chairman |
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Shareholder Information
Corporate Headquarters
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Stock Listings
Comcast’s stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the following trading symbols: Class A common stock: CMCSA
Class A Special common stock: CMCSK
Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar
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Shareholder Services
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Investor Relations
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To e-mail Investor Relations, go to our Web site and click on Contact Investor Relations.
2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K
This Annual Report to Shareholders contains much of the information that is included in the 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For a copy of Comcast’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, visit our Investor Relations Web site (www.cmcsa.com or www.cmcsk.com) or call our Investor Relations Hotline toll-free at 866-281-2100. Other printed information is also available through this hotline.
Stock Split
On January 31, 2007, our Board of Directors approved a three-for-two stock split in the form of a 50% stock dividend (the “Stock Split”) payable on February 21, 2007, to shareholders of record on February 14, 2007. The number of shares outstanding and related amounts presented in this Annual Report to Shareholders have been adjusted to reflect the Stock Split for all periods presented.
2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Pennsylvania Convention Center One Convention Center Place 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 May 23, 2007 9 a.m. Eastern Time
Legal Counsel
Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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CO-AR-07
Exhibit 21
| Entity Name |
Org State | |
| ABB MOG-WM, Inc. |
CO | |
| ABB RFL, LLC |
DE | |
| ABB TS Assets, LLC |
DE | |
| Alabama T. V. Cable, Inc. |
AL | |
| American Microwave & Communications, Inc. |
MI | |
| American Televenture of Minersville, Inc. |
CO | |
| Atlantic American Cablevision of Florida, LLC |
FL | |
| Atlantic American Cablevision, LLC |
DE | |
| Atlantic American Holdings, Inc. |
FL | |
| Atlantic Cablevision of Florida, Inc. |
DE | |
| Bay Area Interconnect |
CA | |
| Beatrice Cable TV Company |
NE | |
| Box Office Enterprises, Inc. |
CT | |
| Brigand Pictures, Inc. |
DE | |
| BroadNet Austria GmbH |
Austria | |
| BroadNet Belgium S.A. |
Belgium | |
| BroadNet Czech a.s. |
Czech Republic | |
| BroadNet Danmark ApS |
Denmark | |
| BroadNet Europe SPRL |
Belgium | |
| BroadNet France S.A.S. |
France | |
| BroadNet Hellas S.A. |
Greece | |
| BroadNet Holdings, B.V. |
The Netherlands | |
| BroadNet Italy SPA |
Italy | |
| BroadNet Magyarorszag Kft |
Hungary | |
| BroadNet Norge A.S. |
Norway | |
| BroadNet Slovakia s.r.o. |
Slovakia | |
| BroadNet Suisse A.S. |
Switzerland | |
| BroadNet UK Ltd. |
UK | |
| C Spectrum Investment, LLC |
DE | |
| Cable Accounting, Inc. |
CO | |
| Cable Enterprises, Inc. |
DE | |
| Cable Programming Ventures, LLC |
DE | |
| Cable Sports Southeast, LLC |
DE | |
| Cable Television Advertising Group, Inc. |
WY | |
| Cable Television of Gary, Inc. |
IN | |
| Cablevision Associates of Gary Joint Venture |
IN | |
| Cablevision Investment of Detroit, Inc. |
MI | |
| Cablevision of Arcadia/Sierra Madre, Inc. |
DE | |
| CATV Facility Co., Inc. |
CO | |
| CCC-NJFT, Inc. |
CO | |
| CCF Management Services, Inc. |
DE | |
| Century-TCI California Communications, L.P. |
DE | |
| Century-TCI Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| CIC Development Corp. |
DE | |
| Classic Services, Inc. |
DE | |
| Clinton Cable TV Investors, Inc. |
MI | |
| Clinton TV Cable Company, LLC |
IA | |
| Coastal Cable TV, Inc. |
CT | |
| Colorado Terrace Tower II Corporation |
CO | |
| COM Indiana, LLC |
DE | |
| COM Indianapolis, LLC |
DE | |
| COM Inkster, Inc. | MI | |
| COM MH, LLC |
DE | |
| COM South, LLC |
CO | |
| COM Sports Ventures, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast 38GHZ, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast A/TW Note Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB Business Services, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast ABB Cablevision V, Inc. |
IA | |
| Comcast ABB CSC Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB CSC II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB HCI, LLC |
IA | |
| Comcast ABB Holdings I, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB Holdings II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB LCI, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB Management Corporation |
CO | |
| Comcast ABB Network Solutions, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast ABB NOC, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB Note Consolidation, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB of Clinton |
IA | |
| Comcast ABB of Georgia II, LLC |
GA | |
| Comcast ABB of Kiowa, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast ABB of Mississippi/Iowa, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB of Payette, Inc. |
OR | |
| Comcast ABB Optionee Payroll, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB Overseas Holdings I, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB Overseas Holdings II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB Overseas Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ABB USC, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Argentina, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast ASBC, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Brazil, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast BroadNet Payroll Services, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Business Communications of Virginia, LLC |
VA | |
| Comcast Business Communications, LLC |
PA | |
| Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Communications, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Funding |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Funding GP, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Funding I, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable of Indiana, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable of Indiana/Michigan/Texas I, LLC |
TX | |
| Comcast Cable of Maryland, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable SC Investment, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Trust I |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Trust II |
DE | |
| Comcast Cable Trust III |
DE | |
| Comcast Cablevision Communications, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cablevision of Baltimore City GP, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cablevision of Garden State, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cablevision of Philadelphia Area I, LLC | PA | |
| Comcast Cablevision of Southeast Michigan, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Capital Corporation |
DE | |
| Comcast CCH Subsidiary Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cellular Holding Company, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Cellular Holdings Corporation |
DE | |
| Comcast CHC Subsidiary Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Children’s Network Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast CICG GP, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast CICG, L.P. |
DE | |
| Comcast CIM STS Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast COLI Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Commercial Services Financing, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Commercial Services Group Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Commercial Services, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Concurrent Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Corporate Investments II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Corporate Investments, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Corporation Political Action Committee |
PA | |
| Comcast Corporation Political Action Committee of Maryland |
MD | |
| Comcast Corporation Political Action Committee of Massachusetts |
MA | |
| Comcast Corporation Political Action Committee-USA |
PA | |
| Comcast Corporation Trust I |
DE | |
| Comcast Corporation Trust II |
DE | |
| Comcast Corporation Trust III |
DE | |
| Comcast Crystalvision, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast CTV Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast CVC Ventures |
DE | |
| Comcast Data Services, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast DC Radio, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Directory Services, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast do Brasil Ltda. |
Brazil | |
| Comcast Encore, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Entertainment Holdings LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Entertainment Networks Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Financial Agency Corporation |
DE | |
| Comcast Florida Programming Investments, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Funding I, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Garden State, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Gateway Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Greater Boston Advertising Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Hockey, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Holdings Corporation |
PA | |
| Comcast Holdings II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Holdings III, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Holdings IV, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Holdings V, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Horror Entertainment Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast ICCP, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast ICG, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast In Demand Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Interactive Capital, LP |
DE | |
| Comcast Interactive Media, Inc. | DE | |
| Comcast International Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Investment Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast IP Phone II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast IP Phone, LLC |
PA | |
| Comcast IP Services II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast IP Services, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast IPG/JV, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast ISD, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast JR Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast LCP, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Levittown Finance, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Life Insurance Holding Company |
DE | |
| Comcast LMC E! Entertainment, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast LMDS Communications, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Metatv, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MH Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Michigan Holdings, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast Midwest Management, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Cable Advertising of Metropolitan Atlanta, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast MO Cable News, Inc. |
MA | |
| Comcast MO Capital Corporation |
CO | |
| Comcast MO Communications Holding Company, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Delta, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast MO Digital Radio, Inc. |
MA | |
| Comcast MO Europe, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast MO Express Midwest, Inc. |
OH | |
| Comcast MO Express of California, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast MO Express of Florida, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Express of New England, Inc. |
MA | |
| Comcast MO Express of Virginia, Inc. |
VA | |
| Comcast MO Federal Relations, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Finance Corporation |
CO | |
| Comcast MO Finance Trust I |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Finance Trust II |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Finance Trust III |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Finance Trust IV |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Finance Trust V |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Finance Trust VI |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Financial Services Foreign Sales, Inc. |
United States Virgin Islands | |
| Comcast MO Financial Services, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast MO Financing A |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Financing B |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Foreign Investments, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast MO FS Leasing 1995, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast MO FSC One, Ltd. |
Bermuda | |
| Comcast MO FSC Three, Ltd. |
Bermuda | |
| Comcast MO Group Funding, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Group, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Holdings I, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Holdings II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Information Technology Systems, Inc. | MA | |
| Comcast MO Interactive Services, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast MO International Holdings II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO International Programming, Inc. |
MA | |
| Comcast MO International, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast MO Investments, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Leveraged Lease Partners 1997, LP |
DE | |
| Comcast MO of Burnsville/Eagan, Inc. |
MN | |
| Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast MO of Minnesota, Inc. |
MN | |
| Comcast MO of North Valley, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast MO of Quad Cities, Inc. |
MN | |
| Comcast MO of the North Suburbs, Inc. |
MN | |
| Comcast MO Racing, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Real Estate, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast MO SPC I, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast MO SPC II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast MO SPC III, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast MO SPC IV, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast MO SPC V, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast MO SPC VI, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast MO SPE, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast MO Telecommunications Corp. |
DE | |
| Comcast Multicable Media, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Nashville Finance |
DE | |
| Comcast National Communications Services, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast NCC Holdings I, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast NCC Holdings II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast NCC Holdings III, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Netherlands, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast New Media Development, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast New Mexico/Pennsylvania Finance, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 13, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 15, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 16, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 17, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 18, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 19, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 2, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 20, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 21, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 22, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 23, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 3, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 4, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 5, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 6, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 7, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 8, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Newco 9, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Alabama, Inc. |
AL | |
| Comcast of Alameda, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of Arizona, Inc. | CO | |
| Comcast of Arkansas, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Arkansas/Florida/Louisiana/Minnesota/Mississippi/Tennessee, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Avalon, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Baltimore City, Inc. |
MD | |
| Comcast of Baltimore City, L.P. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Bellevue, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Boston, Inc. |
NY | |
| Comcast of Brockton, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Bryant, Inc. |
AR | |
| Comcast of Burlington County, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of California I, Inc. |
NV | |
| Comcast of California II, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of California II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of California III, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of California III, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of California IV, Inc. |
WY | |
| Comcast of California IX, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of California V, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of California VI, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of California VIII, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of California X, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of California XI, Inc. |
TN | |
| Comcast of California XII, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of California XIII, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of California XIV, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of California XV, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of California/Colorado, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of California/Colorado/Florida/Oregon, Inc. |
GA | |
| Comcast of California/Colorado/Illinois/Indiana/Michigan GP, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of California/Colorado/Illinois/Indiana/Michigan, LP |
DE | |
| Comcast of California/Colorado/Washington I, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of California/Colorado/Washington, LP |
CO | |
| Comcast of California/Connecticut/Michigan |
CO | |
| Comcast of California/Idaho, Inc. |
ID | |
| Comcast of California/Illinois, LP |
CO | |
| Comcast of California/Maryland/Pennsylvania/Virginia/West Virginia, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of California/Massachusetts/Michigan/Utah, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of California/Pennsylvania/Utah/Washington, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast of Carolina, Inc. |
SC | |
| Comcast of Celebration, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Central New Jersey, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Chesterfield County, Inc. |
VA | |
| Comcast of Chicago, Inc. |
IL | |
| Comcast of Clinton |
MI | |
| Comcast of Clinton CT, Inc. |
CT | |
| Comcast of Clinton MI, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Coconut Creek, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of Colorado I, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of Colorado II, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of Colorado III, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of Colorado IV, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Colorado IX, LLC | DE | |
| Comcast of Colorado V, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of Colorado VI, LLC |
IA | |
| Comcast of Colorado VII, LLC |
IA | |
| Comcast of Colorado VIII, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of Colorado X, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of Colorado XI, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Colorado XII, Inc. |
MD | |
| Comcast of Colorado, LP |
CO | |
| Comcast of Colorado/Florida, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Colorado/Pennsylvania/West Virginia, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Connecticut II, Inc. |
CT | |
| Comcast of Connecticut, Inc. |
OK | |
| Comcast of Connecticut, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Connecticut/Georgia/Massachusetts/New Hampshire/New York/North Carolina/Virginia/Vermont, |
DE | |
| Comcast of Contra Costa, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Cupertino, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of Danbury, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Davis County, Inc. |
UT | |
| Comcast of Delmarva, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Detroit |
MI | |
| Comcast of Detroit, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of East San Fernando Valley, LP |
CO | |
| Comcast of Eastern Connecticut, Inc. |
CT | |
| Comcast of Eastern Shore, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Elkton, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Everett, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Flint, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Florida |
WY | |
| Comcast of Florida I, Inc. |
MO | |
| Comcast of Florida II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Florida III, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Florida, LP |
DE | |
| Comcast of Florida/Georgia |
MI | |
| Comcast of Florida/Georgia, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Florida/Illinois/Michigan, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Florida/Pennsylvania, LP |
DE | |
| Comcast of Florida/Washington, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Fort Wayne Limited Partnership |
IN | |
| Comcast of Fresno, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of Garden State L.P. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Georgia I, LLC |
GA | |
| Comcast of Georgia/Massachusetts, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Georgia/Michigan, LP |
CA | |
| Comcast of Georgia/South Carolina II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Georgia/South Carolina, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Georgia/Virginia, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Gloucester County, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Greater Florida/Georgia, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of Grosse Pointe, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Groton, Inc. |
CT | |
| Comcast of Harford County, LLC |
MD | |
| Comcast of Hopewell Valley, Inc. | NJ | |
| Comcast of Howard County, LLC |
MD | |
| Comcast of Illinois I, Inc. |
IL | |
| Comcast of Illinois II, Inc. |
KS | |
| Comcast of Illinois III, Inc. |
IL | |
| Comcast of Illinois IV, Inc. |
IL | |
| Comcast of Illinois IX, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Illinois V, Inc. |
MD | |
| Comcast of Illinois VI, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Illinois VII, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of Illinois VIII, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Illinois X, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Illinois XI, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Illinois XII, L.P. |
NJ | |
| Comcast of Illinois XIII, L.P. |
AZ | |
| Comcast of Illinois/Indiana |
FL | |
| Comcast of Illinois/Indiana/Michigan, Inc. |
AR | |
| Comcast of Illinois/Ohio/Oregon, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Illinois/West Virginia, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Indiana, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of Indiana/Kentucky/Utah |
CA | |
| Comcast of Indiana/Michigan, LLC |
IA | |
| Comcast of Indiana/Michigan/Pennsylvania, LLC |
IA | |
| Comcast of Indianapolis, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Indianapolis, L.P. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Inkster Limited Partnership |
MI | |
| Comcast of Jersey City, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Kentucky/Tennessee/Virginia, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Laurel, Inc. |
MS | |
| Comcast of Lawrence, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Levittown, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Little Rock, Inc. |
AR | |
| Comcast of Lompoc, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Long Beach Island, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Louisiana/Mississippi/Texas, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Lower Merion, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast of Macomb County, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Macomb, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Maine/New Hampshire, Inc. |
NH | |
| Comcast of Margate, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of Marianna, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Marin I, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of Marin II, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of Maryland Limited Partnership |
MD | |
| Comcast of Maryland, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Maryland, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Massachusetts I, Inc. |
MA | |
| Comcast of Massachusetts II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Massachusetts III, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Massachusetts/New Hampshire, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Massachusetts/Virginia, Inc. |
VA | |
| Comcast of Mercer County, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Meridian, Inc. | MS | |
| Comcast of Miami, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of Michigan I, Inc. |
VA | |
| Comcast of Michigan II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Michigan III, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Michigan IV, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast of Michigan, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Michigan/Mississippi/Tennessee, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Middletown, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Milton, Inc. |
MA | |
| Comcast of Minnesota, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Minnesota/Wisconsin, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Missouri, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Monmouth County, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Montana I, Inc. |
MT | |
| Comcast of Montana II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Montana III, Inc. |
OR | |
| Comcast of Mt. Clemens |
MI | |
| Comcast of Mt. Clemens, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Muncie, LLC |
IN | |
| Comcast of Muncie, LP |
IN | |
| Comcast of Muskegon |
MI | |
| Comcast of Nashville I, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Nashville II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Needham, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of New Castle County, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of New Hampshire, Inc. |
MD | |
| Comcast of New Haven, Inc. |
CT | |
| Comcast of New Jersey II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of New Jersey, LLC |
NJ | |
| Comcast of New Mexico, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of New Mexico/Pennsylvania, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of New York, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of North Broward, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of Northern California I, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of Northern California II, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of Northern Illinois, Inc. |
IL | |
| Comcast of Northern Indiana, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Northwest New Jersey, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Novato, Inc. |
OR | |
| Comcast of Oakland County, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Ocean County, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Ohio, Inc. |
OH | |
| Comcast of Oregon I, Inc. |
OR | |
| Comcast of Oregon II, Inc. |
OR | |
| Comcast of Panama City, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Parkland, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of Pennsylvania |
CO | |
| Comcast of Pennsylvania I, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Pennsylvania II, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Pennsylvania II, L.P. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Pennsylvania, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Pennsylvania/Maryland, Inc. | PA | |
| Comcast of Pennsylvania/Washington/West Virginia, LP |
CO | |
| Comcast of Perry, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Philadelphia, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast of Philadelphia, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Plainfield, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Potomac, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Puget Sound, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Quincy, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Richmond, Inc. |
VA | |
| Comcast of Sacramento I, LLC |
CA | |
| Comcast of Sacramento II, LLC |
CA | |
| Comcast of Sacramento III, LLC |
CA | |
| Comcast of San Joaquin, Inc. |
WY | |
| Comcast of San Leandro, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of Santa Cruz, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Santa Maria, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Shelby, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Sierra Valleys, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast of South Chicago, Inc. |
IL | |
| Comcast of South Dade, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of South Florida I, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of South Florida II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of South Jersey, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Southeast Pennsylvania, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Southern California, Inc. |
OR | |
| Comcast of Southern Illinois, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Southern Mississippi, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Southern New England, Inc. |
MA | |
| Comcast of Southern Tennessee, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Spokane, LLC |
WA | |
| Comcast of St. Paul, Inc. |
MN | |
| Comcast of Sterling Heights, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Tacoma, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Tallahassee, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of Taylor, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Tennessee, LP |
DE | |
| Comcast of the District, LLC |
DC | |
| Comcast of the Gulf Plains, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of the Meadowlands, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of the South |
CO | |
| Comcast of the South, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of the South, L.P. |
DE | |
| Comcast of the South, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Tualatin Valley, Inc. |
OR | |
| Comcast of Tupelo, Inc. |
MS | |
| Comcast of Twin Cities, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Utah I, Inc. |
IN | |
| Comcast of Utah II, Inc. |
LA | |
| Comcast of Utica, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Virginia, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Warren |
MI | |
| Comcast of Warren, Inc. |
MI | |
| Comcast of Wasatch, Inc. | UT | |
| Comcast of Washington I, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Washington II, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Washington III, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Washington IV, Inc. |
WA | |
| Comcast of Washington V, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Washington, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Washington/Oregon |
WA | |
| Comcast of Washington/Oregon SMATV I , LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Washington/Oregon SMATV II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of West Florida, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast of West Virginia, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Western Colorado, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Wildwood, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast of Willow Grove, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast of Wisconsin, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast of Wyoming I, Inc. |
FL | |
| Comcast of Wyoming II, Inc. |
WY | |
| Comcast of Wyoming, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Palm Beach GP, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast PC Communications, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast PC Investments, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone Management, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Alabama, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Arizona, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Arkansas, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of California, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Central Indiana, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Colorado, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Connecticut, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast Phone of D.C., LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Delaware, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Florida, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Georgia, LLC |
CO | |
| Comcast Phone of Illinois, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Kansas, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Kentucky, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Louisiana, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Maine, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Maryland, Inc. |
CO | |
| Comcast Phone of Massachusetts, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Michigan, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Minnesota, Inc. |
MN | |
| Comcast Phone of Mississippi, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Missouri, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of New Hampshire, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of New Jersey, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of New Mexico, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of New York, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of North Carolina, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Northern Maryland, Inc. | MD | |
| Comcast Phone of Northern Virginia, Inc. |
VA | |
| Comcast Phone of Ohio, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Oregon, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Pennsylvania, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of South Carolina, Inc. |
SC | |
| Comcast Phone of Tennessee, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Texas, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Utah, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Vermont, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. |
VA | |
| Comcast Phone of Washington, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of West Virginia, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone of Wisconsin, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Phone, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Primestar Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Programming Development, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Programming Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Programming Management, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Programming Ventures II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Programming Ventures III, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Programming Ventures IV, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Programming Ventures V, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Programming Ventures, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast PSM Holdings, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast Publishing Holdings Corporation |
PA | |
| Comcast QCOM TV Partners GP, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast QIH, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast QVC, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Real Estate Holdings of Alabama, Inc. |
AL | |
| Comcast Regional Programming, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast SC Investment, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast SCH Delaware Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast SCH Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Shared Services Corporation |
DE | |
| Comcast Sound Corporation |
DE | |
| Comcast Spectacor, L.P. |
PA | |
| Comcast Sports Holding Company, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Sports Management Services, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Sports NY Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast SportsNet Chicago Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic GP, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic LP, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, L.P. |
DE | |
| Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P. |
PA | |
| Comcast SportsNet West, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Spotlight, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast STB Software DVR, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast STB Software I, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast STB Software II, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast STB Software LIB, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast STB Software MOT, LLC | DE | |
| Comcast STB Software PAN, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast STB Software PM, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast STB Software TW, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Studio Investments, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast TCP Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast TCP Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Technology, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Telephony Communications of California, Inc. |
CA | |
| Comcast Telephony Communications of Connecticut, Inc. |
CT | |
| Comcast Telephony Communications of Delaware, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Telephony Communications of Georgia, Inc. |
GA | |
| Comcast Telephony Communications of Indiana, Inc. |
IN | |
| Comcast Telephony Communications of Pennsylvania, Inc. |
PA | |
| Comcast Telephony Communications, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast Telephony Services Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Telephony Services II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast TKI Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast TW Exchange Holdings I GP, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast TW Exchange Holdings I, LP |
DE | |
| Comcast TW Exchange Holdings II GP, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast TW Exchange Holdings II, LP |
DE | |
| Comcast TW Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Venezuela PCS, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast VF Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast Visible World Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS ME02, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS ME04, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS ME05, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS ME16, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS ME19, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS ME22, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS ME26, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS ME28, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast WCS Merger Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Comcast/Mediacom Minneapolis Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Charleston Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Detroit Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Enterprise Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Franklin Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Ft. Myers-Naples Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Hilton Head Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Jacksonville Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Littleton/Plymouth Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner New Hampshire Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast/Time Warner Saranac Lake Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| Comcast-Spectacor Foundation |
PA | |
| ComCon Entertainment Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| ComCon Production Services I, Inc. |
CA | |
| Command Cable of Eastern Illinois Limited Partnership |
NJ | |
| Commercial Funding, Inc. |
NY | |
| Communication Investment Corporation | VA | |
| Community Realty, Inc. |
NV | |
| Community Telecable of Seattle, Inc. |
WA | |
| Conditional Access Licensing, LLC |
DE | |
| Continental Australia Programming, Inc. |
MA | |
| Continental Cablevision Asia Pacific, Inc. |
MA | |
| Continental Programming Australia Limited Partnership |
New South Wales | |
| Continental Telecommunications Corp. of Virginia |
VA | |
| Continental Teleport Partners, Inc. |
MA | |
| CSLP Ballpark Services, LLC |
DE | |
| CSLP Baysox Club, LLC |
MD | |
| CSLP Keys Club, LLC |
MD | |
| CSLP London, LLC |
DE | |
| CSLP Shorebirds Club, LLC |
MD | |
| CSLP Soccer, LLC |
PA | |
| CVC Keep Well LLC |
DE | |
| DigiVentures, LLC |
DE | |
| E Entertainment UK Limited |
UK | |
| E! Entertainment Europe BV |
Netherland Antilles | |
| E! Entertainment Hong Kong Limited |
Hong Kong | |
| E! Entertainment Television International Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| E! Entertainment Television, Inc. |
DE | |
| E! Networks Productions, Inc. |
DE | |
| E! Networks Sales & Distribution, Inc. |
DE | |
| East Rutherford Realty, Inc. |
NJ | |
| Elbert County Cable Partners, L.P. |
CO | |
| Equity Resources Venture |
CO | |
| Exclamation Music, Inc. |
CA | |
| Exclamation Productions, Inc. |
CA | |
| Exercise TV LLC |
DE | |
| FAB Communications, Inc. |
OK | |
| First Television Corporation |
DE | |
| Flyers Skate Zone, L.P. |
PA | |
| For Games Music, LLC |
DE | |
| Four Flags Cable TV |
MI | |
| Four Flags Cablevision |
MI | |
| FPS Rink, Inc. |
PA | |
| FPS Rink, L.P. |
PA | |
| G4 Holding Company |
DE | |
| G4 Media, Inc. |
DE | |
| Garden State Telecommunications LLC |
DE | |
| Gateway/Jones Communications, Ltd. |
CO | |
| Global London, Inc. |
Ontario | |
| Global London, L.P. |
Ontario | |
| Global Spectrum, Inc. |
PA | |
| Global Spectrum, L.P. |
DE | |
| GlobalCom Holding Company, Inc. |
DE | |
| Greater Boston Cable Advertising |
MA | |
| Guide Investments, Inc. |
CO | |
| GuideWorks, LLC |
DE | |
| Hawkeye Communications of Clinton, Inc. |
IA | |
| Headend In The Sky, Inc. |
CO | |
| Heritage Cablevision of Massachusetts, Inc. | MA | |
| Heritage Cablevision of South East Massachusetts, Inc. |
MA | |
| Home Sports Network, Inc. |
CO | |
| IEC License Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| In Demand, L.L.C. |
DE | |
| Interactive Technology Services, Inc. |
PA | |
| Intermedia Cable Investors, LLC |
CA | |
| International Networks, LLC |
CO | |
| Jones Cable Corporation |
CO | |
| Jones Cable Holdings, Inc. |
CO | |
| Jones Communications, Inc. |
CO | |
| Jones Intercable Funds, Inc. |
CO | |
| Jones Panorama Properties, LLC |
DE | |
| Jones Programming Services, Inc. |
CO | |
| Jones Spacelink Cable Corporation |
CO | |
| Jones Telecommunications of California, LLC |
CO | |
| LCNI II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest Atlantic Communications, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest Australia Group Pty Ltd. |
Australia | |
| Lenfest Australia Investment Pty Ltd. |
Australia | |
| Lenfest Australia, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest Clearview, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest Delaware Properties, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest International Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest International, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest Investments, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest Jersey, LLC |
DE | |
| Lenfest MCN, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest Oaks, Inc. |
PA | |
| Lenfest Telephony, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest Videopole Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Lenfest York, Inc. |
DE | |
| Liberty City Funding Corporation |
FL | |
| Liberty Ventures Group LLC |
DE | |
| L-TCI Associates |
DE | |
| LVO Cable Properties, Inc. |
OK | |
| M H Lightnet, LLC |
DE | |
| MarketLink Indianapolis Cable Advertising, LLC |
DE | |
| MediaOne Brasil Comercio e Participacoes Ltda. |
Brazil | |
| Mile Hi Cable Partners, L.P. |
CO | |
| Mobile Enterprises, Inc. |
DE | |
| MOC Holdco I, LLC |
DE | |
| MOC Holdco II, Inc. |
DE | |
| Mountain Cable Network, Inc. |
NV | |
| Mountain States General Partner, LLC |
CO | |
| Mountain States Limited Partner, LLC |
CO | |
| Mt. Clemens Cable TV Investors, Inc. |
MI | |
| MTCB S.A. |
Brazil | |
| MW Sports Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| National Cable Communications LLC |
DE | |
| National Digital Television Center, Inc. |
CO | |
| NDTC Technology, Inc. |
CO | |
| New England Microwave, Inc. | CT | |
| New Hope Cable TV, Inc. |
PA | |
| Northwest Illinois Cable Corporation |
DE | |
| Northwest Illinois TV Cable Co. |
DE | |
| Nroca Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| Outdoor Life Network, L.L.C. |
DE | |
| Ovations Fanfare, L.P. |
PA | |
| Ovations Food Services, Inc. |
PA | |
| Ovations Food Services, L.P. |
PA | |
| Ovations Ontario Food Services, Inc. |
Ontario | |
| Ovations Ontario Food Services, LP |
Ontario | |
| Owner Trusts UT 1-3, 7-12, 15-27, 29, 33, 34 |
DE | |
| Pacific Northwest Interconnect |
NY | |
| Parnassos Communications, L.P. |
DE | |
| Parnassos Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| Patron Solutions L.P. |
PA | |
| Patron Solutions, LLC |
PA | |
| Pattison Development, Inc. |
PA | |
| Pattison Realty, Inc. |
PA | |
| Philadelphia 76ers, Inc. |
DE | |
| Philadelphia 76ers, L.P. |
DE | |
| Philadelphia Flyers Enterprises Co. |
Nova Scotia | |
| Philadelphia Flyers, L.P. |
DE | |
| Philadelphia Flyers, LLC |
DE | |
| Philadelphia Phantoms, Inc. |
PA | |
| Philadelphia Phantoms, L.P. |
PA | |
| Preview Magazine Corporation |
NY | |
| Preview Magazine Corporation |
DE | |
| Prime Telecom Potomac, LLC |
DE | |
| QCOM TV Partners |
PA | |
| Roberts Broadcasting Corporation |
PA | |
| Satellite Services, Inc. |
DE | |
| Saturn Cable TV, Inc. |
CO | |
| SCI 34, Inc. |
DE | |
| SCI 36, Inc. |
DE | |
| SCI 37, Inc. |
DE | |
| SCI 38, Inc. |
DE | |
| SCI 48, Inc. |
DE | |
| SCI 55, Inc. |
DE | |
| Selkirk Communications (Delaware) Corporation |
DE | |
| Selkirk Systems, Inc. |
FL | |
| Shorebirds, L.P. |
MD | |
| SIFD One, Ltd. |
DE | |
| SIFD Three, Ltd. |
DE | |
| SIFD Two, Ltd. |
DE | |
| South Florida Cable Advertising |
FL | |
| Southwest Washington Cable, Inc. |
WA | |
| Spectacor Adjoining Real Estate New Arena, L.P. |
DE | |
| Spectrum Arena Limited Partnership |
PA | |
| SpectrumCo, LLC |
DE | |
| St. Louis Tele-Communications, Inc. |
MO | |
| Stage II, L.P. |
PA | |
| Storer Administration, Inc. | DE | |
| Storer Cable TV of Radnor, Inc. |
PA | |
| Storer Disbursments, Inc. |
FL | |
| Strata Marketing, Inc. |
DE | |
| StreamSage, Inc. |
DE | |
| Sural LLC |
DE | |
| Susquehanna Cable Co. |
PA | |
| Susquehanna Cable Investment Co. |
DE | |
| Taurus Properties, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI Adelphia Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI Atlantic, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI Bay, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Cable Investments, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI Cablevision Associates Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Cablevision of California Century Holdings, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI Cablevision of Kentucky, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Cablevision of Massachusetts, Inc. |
MA | |
| TCI Cablevision of Michigan, Inc. |
MI | |
| TCI Cablevision of Minnesota, Inc. |
MN | |
| TCI Cablevision of Nebraska, Inc. |
NE | |
| TCI Cablevision of North Central Kentucky, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Cablevision of Sierra Vista, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Cablevision of South Dakota, Inc. |
SD | |
| TCI Cablevision of St. Bernard, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Cablevision of Vermont, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI California Holdings, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI Capital Corp. |
WY | |
| TCI Central, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI Command II, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI Command, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Communications Financing I |
DE | |
| TCI Communications Financing II |
DE | |
| TCI Communications Financing III |
DE | |
| TCI Communications Financing IV |
DE | |
| TCI CSC II, Inc. |
NY | |
| TCI CSC III, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI CSC IV, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI CSC IX, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI CSC V, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI CSC VI, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI CSC VII, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI CSC VIII, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI CSC X, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI CSC XI, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Development, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI Evangola, Inc. |
WY | |
| TCI Falcon Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI FCLP Alabama, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI FCLP California, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI FCLP Missouri, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI FCLP Northern California, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI FCLP Northwest, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI FCLP Oregon, LLC | DE | |
| TCI FCLP Redding, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI FCLP Wenatchee, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI Fleet Services, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Gilbert Uplink, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Great Lakes, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Hits At Home, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI ICM VI, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI IL-Holdings II, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI IL-Holdings, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Internet Holdings, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Internet Services, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI IP-VI, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI IT Holdings, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Lake II, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI Lake, Inc. |
WY | |
| TCI Lenfest, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Magma Holdings, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Materials Management, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Michigan, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Microwave, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Midcontinent, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI National Digital Television Center - Hong Kong, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI New York Holdings, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Northeast, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Northwest, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI of Bloomington/Normal, Inc. |
VA | |
| TCI of Council Bluffs, Inc. |
IA | |
| TCI of Greenwich, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI of Indiana Holdings, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI of Indiana Insgt Holdings, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI of Kokomo, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI of Lee County, Inc. |
AL | |
| TCI of Lexington, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI of Maine, Inc. |
ME | |
| TCI of Missouri, Inc. |
MO | |
| TCI of North Central Kentucky, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI of North Dakota, Inc. |
ND | |
| TCI of Overland Park, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI of Paterson, Inc. |
NV | |
| TCI of Radcliff, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI of South Dakota, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI of Southern Minnesota, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI of Springfield, Inc. |
MO | |
| TCI of Watertown, Inc. |
IA | |
| TCI Ohio Holdings, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Pacific Communications, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Programming Holding Company III |
DE | |
| TCI Realty, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI South Carolina IP-I, LLC | DE | |
| TCI Southeast, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Spartanburg IP-IV, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI Starz, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Technology Management, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI Telecom, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI Texas Cable Holdings LLC |
CO | |
| TCI Texas Cable, LLC |
CO | |
| TCI TKR Cable II, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI TKR of Houston, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI TKR of Jefferson County, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI TKR of Metro Dade, LLC |
DE | |
| TCI TKR of Southeast Texas, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI TKR of Wyoming, Inc. |
WY | |
| TCI TW Texas JV Holdings II, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI TW Texas JV Holdings III, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI TW Texas JV Holdings IV, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI TW Texas JV Holdings V, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI USC, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Ventures Five, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCI Washington Associates, L.P. |
DE | |
| TCI West, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI.NET, Inc. |
DE | |
| TCI/CA Acquisition Sub LLC |
CO | |
| TCI/CI Merger Sub, LLC |
DE | |
| TCID Data Transport, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCID of Chicago, Inc. |
IL | |
| TCID of Florida, LLC |
FL | |
| TCID of Michigan, Inc. |
NV | |
| TCID of South Chicago, Inc. |
IL | |
| TCID Partners II, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCID Partners, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCID X*press, Inc. |
CO | |
| TCID-Commercial Music, Inc. |
CO | |
| Tele-Communications of Colorado, Inc. |
CO | |
| Tele-Link Telecomunicacoes S.A. |
Brazil | |
| Televents Group Joint Venture |
CO | |
| Televents Group, Inc. |
NV | |
| Televents of Colorado, LLC |
CO | |
| Televents of Florida, LLC |
DE | |
| Televents of Powder River, LLC |
DE | |
| Televents of Wyoming, LLC |
DE | |
| Televester, Inc. |
DE | |
| Tempo DBS, Inc. |
CO | |
| Tempo Development Corporation |
OK | |
| TEMPO Television, Inc. |
OK | |
| TGC, Inc. |
DE | |
| TGW Telecomunicacoes S.A. |
Brazil | |
| The Comcast Foundation |
DE | |
| The Intercable Group, Ltd. |
CO | |
| thePlatform for Media, Inc. |
DE | |
| thePlatform, Inc. |
DE | |
| THOG Productions, LLC | DE | |
| Trans-Muskingum, Incorporated |
WV | |
| Tribune-United Cable of Oakland County |
MI | |
| TVWorks Canada, Inc. |
Canada | |
| TVWorks Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| TVWorks, LLC |
DE | |
| TWE Holdings I Trust |
DE | |
| TWE Holdings II Trust |
DE | |
| U S West (India) Private Limited |
India | |
| UACC Midwest Insgt Holdings, LLC |
CO | |
| UA-Columbia Cablevision of Massachusetts, Inc. |
MA | |
| UATC Merger Corp. |
DE | |
| UCTC LP Company |
DE | |
| UCTC of Los Angeles County, Inc. |
DE | |
| United Artists Holdings, Inc. |
DE | |
| United Artists Holdings, LLC |
DE | |
| United Cable Investment of Baltimore, Inc. |
MD | |
| United Cable Television Corporation of Michigan |
MI | |
| United Cable Television of Baldwin Park, Inc. |
CO | |
| United Cable Television of Illinois Valley, Inc. |
IL | |
| United Cable Television of Los Angeles, LLC |
CA | |
| United Cable Television of Oakland County, Ltd. |
CO | |
| United Cable Television of Sarpy County, Inc. |
NE | |
| United Cable Television of Scottsdale, Inc. |
AZ | |
| United Cable Television Services of Colorado, Inc. |
CO | |
| United of Oakland, Inc. |
DE | |
| US West Deutschland GmbH |
Germany | |
| USWFS Borrower Trust |
DE | |
| USWFS Direct Trust Beazer |
DE | |
| USWFS Direct Trust Grand Trunk |
DE | |
| USWFS Direct Trust United No. 13 |
DE | |
| USWFS Direct Trust United No. 14 |
DE | |
| USWFS Intermediary Trust |
DE | |
| UTI Purchase Company |
CO | |
| Valertex, Inc. |
TX | |
| Waltham Tele-Communications |
MA | |
| Waltham Tele-Communications, LLC |
CO | |
| Watch What You Play Music, LLC |
DE | |
| Western NY Cablevision, L.P. |
DE | |
| Western Range Insurance Co. |
VT | |
| Western Satellite 2, Inc. |
CO | |
| Westmarc Cable Group, Inc. |
DE | |
| Westmarc Cable Holding, Inc. |
DE | |
| Westmarc Development II, Inc. |
CO | |
| Westmarc Development III, LLC |
CO | |
| Westmarc Development IV, LLC |
CO | |
| Westmarc Development, LLC |
CO | |
| Westmarc Realty, Inc. |
CO | |
| Westmoreland Financial Corporation |
DE | |
| Wilmington Cellular Telephone Company LLC |
DE | |
| York Cable Television, Inc. |
DE | |
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements of Comcast Corporation on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-101645, 333-101295, 333-104385, 333-121082, 333-123059, 333-130844, 333-130845, and 333-130847), Form S-3 (Nos. 333-132750, 333-101861, 333-119161 and 333-104034), and Form S-4 (Nos. 333-101264 and 333-102883) of our reports dated February 23, 2007 (which reports express unqualified opinions and include an explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of a new accounting pronouncement in 2006), relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of Comcast Corporation and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, appearing in and incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Comcast Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2006.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 23, 2007
Exhibit 31
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Brian L. Roberts, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K 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 officers 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 officers 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: February 26, 2007
| /s/ BRIAN L. ROBERTS | ||
| Name: | Brian L. Roberts | |
| Chief Executive Officer |
I, Lawrence S. Smith, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K 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 officers 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 officers 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: February 26, 2007
| /s/ LAWRENCE S. SMITH | ||
| Name: | Lawrence S. Smith | |
| Co-Chief Financial Officer |
I, John R. Alchin, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K 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 officers 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 officers 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: February 26, 2007
| /s/ JOHN R. ALCHIN | ||
| Name: | John R. Alchin | |
| Co-Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 32
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
February 26, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The certification set forth below is being submitted in connection with the annual report on Form 10-K 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, Lawrence S. Smith, the Co-Chief Financial Officer and John R. Alchin, the Co-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 | |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| /s/ LAWRENCE S. SMITH | ||
| Name: | Lawrence S. Smith | |
| Co-Chief Financial Officer | ||
| /S/ JOHN R. ALCHIN | ||
| Name: | John R. Alchin | |
| Co-Chief Financial Officer | ||