COMCAST CORPORATION
NON-QUALIFIED OPTION
This is a Non-Qualified Stock Option Award dated
________________, 200_ (“Award”) from Comcast
Corporation (the “Sponsor”) to ____________________
(the “Optionee”).
1.
Definitions
. As used herein:
(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 Comcast Cable Communications
Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as AT&T Broadband Corp.) by the
Company.
(c) “ Board ” means the board of
directors of the Sponsor.
(d) “ 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.
(e) “ 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.
(f) “ Closing ” means the closing
of the acquisition and sale of the Shares as described in, and
subject to the provisions of, Paragraph 9 hereof.
(g) “ Closing Date ” means the
date of the Closing.
(h) “ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(i) “ 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 and the Comcast
Corporation 1987 Stock Option Plan and the AT&T Broadband Corp.
Adjustment Plan.
(j) “ Committee ” means those
members of the Board who have been designated pursuant to the Plan
to act in that capacity.
(k) “ Common Stock ” means the
Sponsor’s Class A Common Stock, par value, $.01 per share.
For purposes of Paragraph 1(t) and Paragraph 5, the term
“Common Stock” also means the Sponsor’s Class A
Special Common Stock, par value, $.01 per share.
(l) “ Company ” means the Sponsor
and each of its Subsidiaries.
(m) “ Date of Exercise ” means
the date on which the notice required by Paragraph 6 hereof is
hand-delivered, placed in the United States mail postage prepaid,
or delivered to a telegraph or telex facility.
(n) “ Date of Grant ” means the
date hereof, the date on which the Sponsor awarded the
Option.
(o) “ Disability ” means a
disability within the meaning of section 22(e)(3) of the
Code.
(p) “ Expiration Date ” means the
earliest of the following:
(1) If the Optionee’s Termination of
Employment with the Company is due to any reason other than death,
Disability, Retirement or Cause the date three months following
such Termination of Employment;
(2) If the Optionee’s Termination of
Employment with the Company occurs after qualifying for Retirement,
the date three months after the third anniversary of the date of
the Optionee’s Termination of Employment, subject to
cancellation by the Committee pursuant to Paragraph
3(b);
(3) If the Optionee’s Termination of
Employment with the Company is for Cause, the date of such
Termination of Employment; or
(4) The day before the tenth anniversary of the Date
of Grant.
(q) “ Fair Market Value ” means
the Fair Market Value of a Share, as determined pursuant to the
Plan.
(r) “ Option ” means the option
hereby granted.
(s) “ Option Price ” means $_____
per Share, as calculated pursuant to the Plan.
(t) “ Other Available Shares ”
means, as of any date, the sum of:
(1) 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
(2) the excess, if any of:
(a) the total number of Shares owned by an Optionee
other than the Shares described in Paragraph 1(t)(1);
over
i) the number of such Shares owned by such Optionee
for less than six months; plus
ii) 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) of the Plan
or any similar withholding certification under any other Comcast
Plan; plus
iii) 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
iv) 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 Company 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 1(t), 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. 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 as a result of the AT&T Broadband
Transaction.
(u) “ Person ” means an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust
or any other entity or organization.
(v) “ Plan ” means the Comcast
Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan, incorporated herein by
reference.
(w) “ Retirement .” An Optionee
will be qualified for Retirement after reaching age 62 and
completing 10 or more years of service with the Company.
(x) “ Shares ” means the _____
shares of Common Stock, which are the subject of the Option hereby
granted.
(y) “ 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.
(z) “ Subsidiary ” means any
business entity that, at the time in question, is a subsidiary of
the Sponsor within the meaning of section 424(f) of the
Code.
(aa) “ 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 the Sponsor or a
Subsidiary.
(bb) “ Terminating Event ” means
any of the following events:
(1) the liquidation of the Sponsor; or
(cc) “ Termination of Employment ”
means the Optionee’s termination of employment. For purposes
of the Plan and this Award, the Optionee’s Termination of
Employment occurs on the date the Optionee ceases to have a regular
obligation to perform services for the Company, without regard to
whether (i) the Optionee continues on