Exhibit 10.40
FORM OF COMCAST
CORPORATION
NON-QUALIFIED
OPTION
This is a Non-Qualified Stock Option
Award dated «Grant_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 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) “ Board ”
means the board of directors of the Sponsor.
(c) “ Cause ”
means (i) fraud; (ii) misappropriation;
(iii) embezzlement; (iv) gross negligence in the
performance of duties; (v) self-dealing;
(vi) misrepresentation; (vii) dishonesty;
(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.
(d) “ 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.
(e) “ Closing ”
means the closing of the acquisition and sale of the Shares as
described in, and subject to the provisions of, Paragraph 9
hereof.
(f) “ Closing Date
” means the date of the Closing.
(g) “ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(h) “ Committee ”
means those members of the Board who have been designated pursuant
to the Plan to act in that capacity.
(i) “ Common Stock
” means the Sponsor’s Class A Common Stock, par
value, $.01 per share.
(j) “ Company ”
means the Sponsor and each of its Subsidiaries.
(k) “ 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.
(l) “ Date of Grant
” means the date hereof, the date on which the Sponsor
awarded the Option.
(m) “ Disability
” means a disability within the meaning of section 22(e)(3)
of the Code.
(n) “ 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, Discharge Without Cause
(as defined in the Optionee’s employment agreement with the
Company), With Good Reason (as defined in the Optionee’s
Employment Agreement) or Cause, the date 90 days following such
Termination of Employment;
(2) If the Optionee’s
Termination of Employment with the Company occurs after qualifying
for Retirement, the date 39 months after 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 due to Discharge
Without Cause (as defined in the Optionee’s employment
agreement) or With Good Reason (as defined in the Optionee’s
employment agreement), the date that is 90 days following the first
anniversary of the Termination of Employment;
(4) If the Optionee’s
Termination of Employment with the Company is for Cause, the date
of such Termination of Employment; or
(5) The day before the tenth
anniversary of the Date of Grant.
(o) “ Fair Market Value
” means the Fair Market Value of a Share, as determined
pursuant to the Plan.
(p) “ Option ”
means the option hereby granted.
(q) “ Option Price
” means «Strike_Price» per Share, as calculated
pursuant to the Plan.
(r) “ Person ”
means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association,
a trust or any other entity or organization.
(s) “ Plan ”
means the Comcast Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan, incorporated
herein by reference.
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(t) “ Retirement
” An Optionee will be qualified for Retirement after reaching
age 62 and completing 10 or more years of service with the
Company.
(u) “ Shares ”
mean the «Total_Options» shares of Common Stock, which
are the subject of the Option hereby granted.
(v) “ Sponsor ”
means Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, including
any successor thereto by merger, consolidation, acquisition of all
or substantially all the assets thereof, or otherwise.
(w) “ 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.
(x) “ 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.
(y) “ Terminating Event
” means any of the following events:
(1) the liquidation of the Sponsor;
or
(2) a Change of Control.
(z) “ 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 the 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 the Optionee ceases to have
a regular obligation to perform services for the Company shall be
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Optionee is a party to an employment
agreement or severance agreement with the Company which establishes
the effective date of the Optionee’s termination of
employment for purposes of this Award, that date shall
apply.
(aa) “ 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.
(bb) “ 1933 Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(cc) “ 1934 Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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2. Grant of Option . Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the
Sponsor hereby grants to the Optionee the Option to purchase any or
all of the Shares.
3. Time of Exercise of
Options .
(a) Except as provided in Paragraphs
3(b) or 4, the Option may be exercised after such time or times as
set forth below, and shall remain exercisable until the Expiration
Date, when the right to exercise shall terminate
absolutely:
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«OVest_Year_2»
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the Shares subject to the Option may be exercised following the
second anniversary of the Date of Grant.
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«OVest_Year_3»
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the Shares subject to the Option may be exercised following the
third anniversary of the Date of Grant.
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«OVest_Year_4»
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the Shares subject to the Option may be exercised following the
fourth anniversary of the Date of Grant.
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