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COMCAST CORPORATION NON-QUALIFIED Option

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Title: COMCAST CORPORATION NON-QUALIFIED Option
Governing Law: Pennsylvania     Date: 9/21/2004
Industry: Broadcasting and Cable TV    

COMCAST CORPORATION NON-QUALIFIED Option, Parties: comcast corporation  , comcast cable communications holdings  inc
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                               COMCAST CORPORATION

 

                              NON-QUALIFIED Option

 

                  This is a Non-Qualified Stock Option Award dated [Date]

("Award") from Comcast Corporation (the "Sponsor") to [Name] (the "Optionee").

 

         1. Definitions. As used herein:

 

                  (a) "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other

Person which, 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.

 

 

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                  (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, including but not limited to this

Plan, the Comcast Corporation 2002 Restricted Stock Plan, 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:

 

                    (i)   If the Optionee shall terminate service to the Sponsor

                         for any reason other than death, Disability, attainment

                         of mandatory retirement age under any mandatory

                         retirement policy established by the Board as in effect

                         from time to time ("Mandatory Retirement") or Cause,

                         the 90th day following such termination of service;

 

                    (ii) If the Optionee shall terminate service to the Sponsor

                         for Cause, the date of such termination of service; or

 

                    (iii) 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 [$xx.xx] per Share, as calculated

pursuant to the Plan.

 

                  (t) "Other Available Shares" means, as of any date, the sum

of:

 

 

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                    (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:

 

                   (1) the total number of Shares owned by an Optionee other than

the Shares described in Paragraph 1(t)(1); over

 

                  (2) the sum of:

 

                       (a) the number of such Shares owned by such Optionee for

less than six months; plus

 

                       (b) 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

 

                       (c) 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

 

                        (d) 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 2002 Stock Option

Plan, incorporated herein by reference.

 

                  (w) "Shares" means the [# of shares] shares of Common Stock,

which are the subject of the Option hereby granted.

 

 

 

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                  (x) "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.

 

                  (y) "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.

 

                  (z) "Ten Percent Shareholder" means a person who on the Date

of Grant owns, either directly or within the meaning of the attribution rules

contained


 
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