-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Rw1h1hUl2LcBCbTg6C2vHbwvRePGCaJLElepvimcwZvm2xqzbLDzbyMozSFPZXlx mvw10S48FIrliOatJGNYpA== 0001193125-09-088553.txt : 20090427 0001193125-09-088553.hdr.sgml : 20090427 20090427163731 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-088553 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3ASR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090427 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20090427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001166387 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-158816-04 FILM NUMBER: 09772939 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 296 NORTH MAPLE AVE CITY: BASKING RIDGE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07920 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AT&T BROADBAND CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMCAST CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001166691 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 270000798 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-158816 FILM NUMBER: 09772935 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 MARKET STREET CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AT&T COMCAST CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020206 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMCAST MO OF DELAWARE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000355069 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 042370836 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-158816-01 FILM NUMBER: 09772936 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE PILOT HOUSE STREET 2: LEWIS WHARF CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6177429500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE PILOT HOUSE LEWIS WHARF CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMCAST MO GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000732718 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 840926774 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-158816-02 FILM NUMBER: 09772937 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 188 INVERNESS DRIVE WEST CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 3037936500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 188 INVERNESS DRIVE WEST CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MEDIAONE GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981007 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MEDIA ONE GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980616 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: US WEST INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000925692 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 841260157 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-158816-03 FILM NUMBER: 09772938 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5619 DTC PARKWAY CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80001-3000 BUSINESS PHONE: 3032675500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5619 DTC PARKWAY CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80001-3000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AT&T BROADBAND LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000310 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TELE COMMUNICATIONS INC /CO/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940812 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TCI LIBERTY HOLDING CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940620 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001040573 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 232175755 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3ASR SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-158816-05 FILM NUMBER: 09772940 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1201 MARKET STREET SUITE 2201 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 BUSINESS PHONE: 3025948700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1201 MARKET STREET SUITE 2201 CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 S-3ASR 1 ds3asr.htm AUTOMATIC SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT Automatic Shelf Registration Statement
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2009

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Comcast Corporation

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC

Comcast MO Group, Inc.

Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC

(Exact Name of Registrants as Specified in Their Charters)

 

Pennsylvania
Delaware
Delaware
Delaware
Delaware
Delaware
  27-0000798
23-2175755
04-3592397
84-1260157
91-2047743
84-1372033
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838

(215) 286-1700

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Arthur R. Block, Esq.

Senior Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

Comcast Corporation

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838

(215) 286-1700

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

 

Copy to:

Bruce K. Dallas, Esq.

Davis Polk & Wardwell

1600 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, California 94025

(650) 752-2000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨


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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨    Smaller reporting company  ¨
      (Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
  

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered   Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)
  Amount of
Registration Fee(1)

Senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities (collectively, “Debt Securities”)

       

Preferred stock, without par value

       

Depositary shares representing preferred stock

       

Class A common stock, $0.01 par value (2)

       

Class A Special common stock, $0.01 par value (2)

       

Warrants

       

Purchase Contracts

       

Units

       

Guarantees of Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units

       
 
 
(1) An indeterminate amount of securities to be offered at indeterminate prices is being registered pursuant to this registration statement. The Registrants are deferring payment of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 456(b) and are omitting this information in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r). These securities may also be sold separately, together or as units with other securities registered hereunder.

 

(2) Includes rights to be issued under Comcast Corporation’s rights agreement.

 

 

 


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PROSPECTUS

LOGO

 

 

The following are types of securities that may be offered and sold from time to time by Comcast Corporation or by selling security holders under this prospectus:

 

•        Unsecured senior debt securities

  

•        Preferred stock

•        Unsecured subordinated debt securities

  

•        Depositary shares

•        Warrants

  

•        Class A common stock

•        Purchase contracts

  

•        Class A Special common stock

•        Units

  

If indicated in the relevant prospectus supplement, the securities may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by a number of our wholly owned cable subsidiaries named in this prospectus.

Our Class A common stock and Class A Special common stock are quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbols “CMCSA” and “CMCSK.” On April 24, 2009, the reported last sale prices on the Nasdaq Global Select Market for our Class A common stock and our Class A Special common stock were $13.89 and $12.99, respectively.

We will describe in a prospectus supplement, which must accompany this prospectus, the securities we are offering and selling, as well as the specific terms of the securities. Those terms may include:

 

•        Maturity

  

•        Dividends

  

•        Conversion or exchange rights

•        Interest rate

  

•        Redemption terms

  

•        Liquidation amount

•        Sinking fund terms

  

•        Listing on a securities exchange

  

•        Subsidiary guarantees

•        Currency of payments

  

•        Amount payable at maturity

  

 

 

Investing in these securities involves certain risks. See “Item 1A—Risk Factors” beginning on page 13 of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities regulators have not approved or disapproved of these securities, or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

We may offer the securities in amounts, at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. We may sell the securities directly to you, through agents we select, or through underwriters and dealers we select. If we use agents, underwriters or dealers to sell the securities, we will name them and describe their compensation in a prospectus supplement.

The date of this prospectus is April 27, 2009


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The Companies

   1

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

   3

Use of Proceeds

   4

Dividend Policy

   4

Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends

   4

Description of Debt Securities and Cable Guarantees

   5

Global Securities

   19

Description of Capital Stock

   21

Plan of Distribution

   25

Legal Matters

   26

Experts

   26

Available Information

   26

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

   27

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.

We refer to Comcast Corporation in this prospectus as “Comcast” or “we,” “us,” “our” or comparable terms and to Comcast Holdings Corporation as “Comcast Holdings.” We refer to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC as “Comcast Cable,” Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc. as “Comcast Cable Communications Holdings,” Comcast MO Group, Inc. as “Comcast MO Group,” Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC as “Comcast Cable Holdings,” Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC as “Comcast MO of Delaware,” and all of them collectively as the “Cable Guarantors.”

 

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THE COMPANIES

Comcast Corporation

We are the nation’s leading provider of cable services, offering a variety of entertainment, information and communications services to residential and commercial customers. As of December 31, 2008, our cable systems served approximately 24.2 million video customers, 14.9 million high-speed Internet customers and 6.5 million phone customers and passed over 50.6 million homes in 39 states and the District of Columbia. We report the results of these operations as our Cable segment, which generates approximately 95% of our consolidated revenue. Our Cable segment also includes the operations of our regional sports networks. Our other reportable segment, Programming, consists primarily of our national programming networks, including E!, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4 and Style. We were incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania in December 2001. Through our predecessors, we have developed, managed and operated cable systems since 1963.

Our other business interests include Comcast Interactive Media and Comcast Spectacor. Comcast Interactive Media develops and operates Comcast’s Internet businesses focused on entertainment, information and communication, including Comcast.net, Fancast, thePlatform, Fandango, Plaxo and DailyCandy. Comcast Spectacor owns two professional sports teams and two large, multipurpose arenas, and manages other facilities for sporting events, concerts and other events.

For a description of our business, financial condition, results of operations and other important information regarding us, see our filings with the SEC incorporated by reference in this prospectus. For instructions on how to find copies of these and our other filings incorporated by reference in this prospectus, see “Available Information” in this prospectus.

Cable Guarantors

Our obligations, including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities issued pursuant to this prospectus will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of Comcast Cable, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Comcast Cable Holdings, Comcast MO Group and Comcast MO of Delaware. In this prospectus, we refer to these guarantors as the cable guarantors and to these guarantees as the cable guarantees. We have numerous other subsidiaries that will not be guarantors on the debt securities. If indicated in the relevant prospectus supplement, our obligations under the other securities we are offering and selling may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by specified cable guarantors.

The cable guarantees will not contain any restrictions on the ability of any cable guarantor to:

 

   

pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of that cable guarantor’s capital stock; or

 

   

make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of that cable guarantor.

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Comcast Cable, which was incorporated in 1981 as a Delaware corporation, became a Delaware limited liability company in 2003 and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ours.

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings is a Delaware corporation (formerly known as AT&T Broadband Corp.) incorporated in 2001 and a wholly owned subsidiary of ours.

 

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Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC

Comcast Cable Holdings is a Delaware limited liability company (formerly known as AT&T Broadband, LLC) formed in 1994. Comcast Cable Holdings is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings.

Comcast MO Group, Inc.

Comcast MO Group is a Delaware corporation (formerly known as MediaOne Group, Inc.) incorporated in 1999. Comcast MO Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings.

Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC

Comcast MO of Delaware, which was incorporated in 1996 as a Delaware corporation, became a Delaware limited liability company in 2003. Comcast MO of Delaware is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast MO Group.

 

 

Our principal executive offices are located at One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838, and our telephone number is (215) 286-1700. We maintain a Web site at http://www.comcast.com where general information about us is available. We are not incorporating the contents of the Web site into this prospectus.

Each cable guarantor’s principal place of business is One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838.

 

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CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Our businesses may be affected by, among other things, the following:

 

   

all of the services offered by our cable systems face a wide range of competition that could adversely affect our future results of operations;

 

   

we may face increased competition because of technological advances and new regulatory requirements, which could adversely affect our future results of operations;

 

   

programming expenses are increasing, which could adversely affect our future results of operations;

 

   

we are subject to regulation by federal, state and local governments, which may impose additional costs and restrictions;

 

   

weakening economic conditions may have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition;

 

   

we rely on network and information systems and other technology, and a disruption or failure of such networks, systems or technology may disrupt our business;

 

   

we may be unable to obtain necessary hardware, software and operational support;

 

   

our business depends on certain intellectual property rights and on not infringing the intellectual property rights of others;

 

   

we face risks arising from the outcome of various litigation matters;

 

   

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; and

 

   

our Class B common stock has substantial voting rights and separate approval rights over several potentially material transactions, and our Chairman and CEO has considerable influence over our operations through his beneficial ownership of our Class B common stock.

In this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by reference, 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,” “believes,” “estimates,” “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 “Item 1A—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 incorporated herein by reference. Actual events or our actual results may differ materially from any of our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities for working capital and general corporate purposes. We may also invest the proceeds in certificates of deposit, United States government securities or certain other interest-bearing securities. If we decide to use the net proceeds from a particular offering of securities for a specific purpose, we will describe that in the related prospectus supplement.

DIVIDEND POLICY

We intend to pay quarterly dividends at an annual rate currently of $0.27 per share. Our Board of Directors retains the right to change our dividend policy at any time.

RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS

Our ratio of earnings to fixed charges and our ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends were as follows for the respective periods indicated:

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

2008

  

2007

   

2006

   

2005

   

2004

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges:

 

2.59x

   2.85 x   2.72 x(1)   1.92 x(1)   1.94 x(1)

Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends:

 

2.59x

   2.84 x   2.72 x(1)   1.92 x(1)   1.94 x(1)

 

(1) In July 2006, in connection with certain 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. Accordingly, we have adjusted the ratio of earnings to fixed charges and the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends to reflect the impact of discontinued operations. Prior to this adjustment, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 was 2.01x and 1.97x, respectively, and the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 was 2.01x and 1.97x, respectively.

For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings is the amount resulting from (1) adding (a) pretax income from continuing operations before adjustment for noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees, (b) fixed charges, (c) amortization of capitalized interest, (d) distributed income of equity investees and (e) our share of pretax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from guarantees are included in fixed charges and (2) subtracting (i) interest capitalized, (ii) preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries and (iii) the noncontrolling interest in pretax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges. Fixed charges is the sum of (w) interest expensed and capitalized, (x) amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness, (y) an estimate of the interest within rental expense and (z) preference security dividend requirements of our consolidated subsidiaries. Preferred security dividend is the amount of pretax earnings that is required to pay the dividends on outstanding preference securities. Interest associated with our uncertain tax positions is a component of income tax expense.

For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred dividends, earnings is the amount resulting from (1) adding (a) pretax income from continuing operations before adjustment for noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees, (b) fixed charges, (c) amortization of capitalized interest, (d) distributed income of equity investees and (e) our share of pretax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from guarantees are included in fixed charges and (2) subtracting (i) interest capitalized, (ii) preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries and (iii) the noncontrolling interest in pretax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges. Fixed charges is the sum of (w) interest expensed and capitalized, (x) amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness, (y) an estimate of the interest within rental expense and (z) preference security dividend requirements of our consolidated subsidiaries. Preferred security dividend is the amount of pretax earnings that is required to pay the dividends on outstanding preference securities. Interest associated with our uncertain tax positions is a component of income tax expense.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND CABLE GUARANTEES

Our debt securities, consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness, may be issued from time to time in one or more series:

 

   

in the case of senior debt securities, under a senior indenture dated January 7, 2003, as amended by a supplemental indenture dated March 25, 2003, entered into among us, the cable guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York, as trustee; and

 

   

in the case of subordinated debt securities, under a subordinated indenture to be entered into among us, the cable guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

The senior indenture and supplemental indenture are included, and the subordinated indenture will be substantially in the form included, as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

Because the following is only a summary of the indentures and the debt securities, it does not contain all information that you may find useful. For further information about the indentures and the debt securities, you should read the indentures. As used in this section of the prospectus and under the caption “Description of Capital Stock,” the terms “we,” “us” and “our” refer solely to Comcast Corporation and such references do not include any subsidiaries of Comcast Corporation.

General

The senior debt securities will constitute our unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and the subordinated debt securities will constitute our unsecured and subordinated obligations. A detailed description of the subordination provisions is provided below under the caption “—Certain Terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities—Subordination.” In general, however, if we declare bankruptcy, holders of the senior debt securities will be paid in full before the holders of subordinated debt securities will receive anything. The debt securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the cable guarantors, as described below. The debt securities will not be guaranteed by any of our other subsidiaries.

We are a holding company and conduct all of our operations through subsidiaries. Consequently, our ability to pay our obligations, including our obligation to pay interest on the debt securities, to repay the principal amount of the debt securities at maturity or upon redemption or to buy back the debt securities will depend upon our subsidiaries’ earnings and their distribution of those earnings to us and upon our subsidiaries repaying investments and advances we have made to them. Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and, except for the cable guarantors with respect to the cable guarantees, have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due on the debt securities or to make funds available to us to do so. Our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends or make other payments or advances to us will depend upon their operating results and will be subject to applicable laws and contractual restrictions. Our indentures will not limit our subsidiaries’ ability to enter into other agreements that prohibit or restrict dividends or other payments or advances to us.

You should look in the applicable prospectus supplement for the following terms of the debt securities being offered:

 

   

the designation of the debt securities;

 

   

the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities;

 

   

the percentage of their principal amount (i.e., price) at which the debt securities will be issued;

 

   

the date or dates on which the debt securities will mature and the right, if any, to extend such date or dates;

 

   

the rate or rates, if any, per year, at which the debt securities will bear interest, or the method of determining such rate or rates;

 

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the date or dates from which such interest will accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such interest payment dates and the record dates for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any interest payment dates;

 

   

the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of that extension;

 

   

provisions for a sinking fund purchase or other analogous fund, if any;

 

   

the period or periods, if any, within which, the price or prices of which, and the terms and conditions upon which the debt securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at our option or at your option;

 

   

the form of the debt securities;

 

   

any provisions for payment of additional amounts for taxes and any provision for redemption, if we must pay such additional amounts in respect of any debt security;

 

   

the terms and conditions, if any, upon which we may have to repay the debt securities early at your option and the price or prices in the currency or currency unit in which the debt securities are payable;

 

   

the currency, currencies or currency units for which you may purchase the debt securities and the currency, currencies or currency units in which principal and interest, if any, on the debt securities may be payable;

 

   

the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the debt securities may be converted or exchanged for the cash value of other securities issued by us or by a third party;

 

   

the right, if any, to “reopen” a series of the debt securities and issue additional debt securities of such series; and

 

   

any other terms of the debt securities, including any additional events of default or covenants provided for with respect to the debt securities, and any terms which may be required by or advisable under applicable laws or regulations.

You may present debt securities for exchange and for transfer in the manner, at the places and subject to the restrictions set forth in the debt securities and the prospectus supplement. We will provide you those services without charge, although you may have to pay any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with any exchange or transfer, as set forth in the indenture.

Debt securities will bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. Debt securities bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below the prevailing market rate may be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. Special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to any such discounted debt securities or to certain debt securities issued at par which are treated as having been issued at a discount for United States federal income tax purposes will be described in the relevant prospectus supplement.

We may issue debt securities with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any interest payment date, to be determined by reference to one or more currency exchange rates, securities or baskets of securities, commodity prices or indices. You may receive a payment of principal on any principal payment date, or a payment of interest on any interest payment date, that is greater than or less than the amount of principal or interest otherwise payable on such dates, depending upon the value on such dates of the applicable currency, security or basket of securities, commodity or index. Information as to the methods for determining the amount of principal or interest payable on any date, the currencies, securities or baskets of securities, commodities or indices to which the amount payable on such date is linked and certain additional tax considerations will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

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Certain Terms of the Senior Debt Securities

Cable Guarantees

Our obligations under the senior debt securities, including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of the cable guarantors. The cable guarantees will rank equally with all other general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the cable guarantors.

The cable guarantees will not contain any restrictions on the ability of any cable guarantor to:

 

   

pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of that cable guarantor’s capital stock or

 

   

make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of that cable guarantor.

Certain Covenants

We and the cable guarantors have agreed to some restrictions on our activities for the benefit of holders of all series of senior debt securities issued under the senior indenture. The restrictive covenants summarized below will apply, unless the covenants are waived or amended, so long as any of the senior debt securities are outstanding.

The senior indenture does not contain any financial covenants other than those summarized below and does not restrict us or our subsidiaries from paying dividends or incurring additional debt. In addition, the senior indenture will not protect holders of notes issued under it in the event of a highly leveraged transaction or a change in control.

Limitation on Liens Securing Indebtedness. Neither we nor any cable guarantor shall create, incur or assume any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on such person’s assets, including the Capital Stock of such person’s wholly owned subsidiaries, to secure the payment of our Indebtedness or that of any cable guarantor, unless we secure the outstanding senior debt securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all Indebtedness secured by such Lien, so long as such Indebtedness shall be so secured.

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Neither we nor any cable guarantor shall enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction involving any of such person’s assets, including the Capital Stock of such person’s wholly owned subsidiaries.

The restriction in the foregoing paragraph shall not apply to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction if:

 

   

the lease is for a period not in excess of three years, including renewal of rights;

 

   

the lease secures or relates to industrial revenue or similar financing;

 

   

the transaction is solely between us and a cable guarantor or between or among cable guarantors; or

 

   

we or the applicable cable guarantor, within 270 days after the sale is completed, applies an amount equal to or greater than (a) the net proceeds of the sale of the assets or part thereof leased or (b) the fair market value of the assets or part thereof leased (as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors) either to:

 

   

the retirement (or open market purchase) of senior debt securities, our other long-term Indebtedness ranking on a parity with or senior to the senior debt securities or long-term Indebtedness of a cable guarantor; or

 

   

the purchase by us or any cable guarantor of other property, plant or equipment related to our business or the business of any cable guarantor having a value at least equal to the value of the assets or part thereof leased.

This provision and the provision described under “—Limitation on Liens Securing Indebtedness” do not apply to any of our subsidiaries other than the cable guarantors.

 

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Capitalized Lease” means, as applied to any person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal, or mixed) of which the discounted present value of the rental obligations of such person as lessee, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such person; and “Capitalized Lease Obligation” is defined to mean the rental obligations, as aforesaid, under such lease.

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests, participations, or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting) of such person’s capital stock or other ownership interests, whether outstanding as of, or issued after, the date of the senior indenture, including, without limitation, all common stock and preferred stock.

Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect against the fluctuation in currency values.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the date of determination, including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and computations contained in the senior indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.

Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such person:

 

   

to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities, or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or

 

   

entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any person at any date of determination (without duplication):

 

   

all indebtedness of such person for borrowed money;

 

   

all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments;

 

   

all obligations of such person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto);

 

   

all obligations of such person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business);

 

   

all obligations of such person as lessee under Capitalized Leases;

 

   

all Indebtedness of other persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such person; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of:

 

   

the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination; and

 

   

the amount of such Indebtedness;

 

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all Indebtedness of other persons to the extent Guaranteed by such person; and

 

   

to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, obligations under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the term “Indebtedness” be deemed to include letters of credit or bonds that secure performance or surety bonds or similar instruments that are issued in the ordinary course of business.

The amount of Indebtedness of any person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and, with respect to contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation; provided:

 

   

that the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the face amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP; and

 

   

that Indebtedness shall not include any liability for federal, state, local, or other taxes.

Interest Rate Agreements” means any obligations of any person pursuant to any interest rate swaps, caps, collars, and similar arrangements providing protection against fluctuations in interest rates. For purposes of the senior indenture, the amount of such obligations shall be the amount determined in respect thereof as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of such person, based on the assumption that such obligation had terminated at the end of such fiscal quarter, and in making such determination, if any agreement relating to such obligation provides for the netting of amounts payable by and to such person thereunder or if any such agreement provides for the simultaneous payment of amounts by and to such person, then in each such case, the amount of such obligations shall be the net amount so determined, plus any premium due upon default by such person.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement that has the practical effect of creating a security interest, in respect of such asset. For the purposes of the senior indenture, we or any cable guarantor shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset acquired or held subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.

Permitted Liens” means:

 

   

any Lien on any asset incurred prior to the date of the senior indenture;

 

   

any Lien on any assets acquired after the date of the senior indenture (including by way of merger or consolidation) by us or any cable guarantor, which Lien is created, incurred or assumed contemporaneously with such acquisition, or within 270 days thereafter, to secure or provide for the payment or financing of any part of the purchase price thereof, or any Lien upon any assets acquired after the date of the senior indenture existing at the time of such acquisition (whether or not assumed by us or any cable guarantor), provided that any such Lien shall attach only to the assets so acquired;

 

   

any Lien on any assets in favor of us or any cable guarantor;

 

   

any Lien on assets incurred in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt governmental obligations (including, without limitation, industrial revenue bonds and similar financing);

 

   

any Lien granted by any cable guarantor on assets to the extent limitations on the incurrence of such Liens are prohibited by any agreement to which such cable guarantor is subject as of the date of the senior indenture; and

 

   

any renewal of or substitution for any Lien permitted by any of the preceding bullet points, including any Lien securing reborrowing of amounts previously secured within 270 days of the repayment thereof, provided that no such renewal or substitution shall extend to any assets other than the assets covered by the Lien being renewed or substituted.

 

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Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any person or to which any such person is a party, providing for the leasing to us or a cable guarantor of any property, whether owned by us or such cable guarantor at the date of the original issuance of the debt securities or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by us or such cable guarantor to such person or to any other person by whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of such property.

Financial Information. We will file, whether or not required to do so under applicable law, with the trustee, within 15 days after being required to file the same under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (hereinafter, the “Exchange Act”), copies of the annual reports and the information, documents and other reports to be filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. We intend to file all such reports, information and documents with the SEC, whether or not required by Section 13 or 15(d), and will send copies to the trustee within such 15-day period.

Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. The senior indenture restricts our ability to consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our property and assets to any person (other than a consolidation with or merger with or into or a sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition to a wholly owned subsidiary with a positive net worth; provided that, in connection with any merger of us and a wholly owned subsidiary, no consideration other than common stock in the surviving person shall be issued or distributed to our stockholders) unless:

 

   

we are the continuing person or the person formed by such consolidation or into which we are merged or that acquired all or substantially all of our assets shall be a corporation or limited liability company organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any jurisdiction thereof and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the trustee, all of our obligations on all of the senior debt securities and under the senior indenture;

 

   

immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

   

we deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate and opinion of counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger, or transfer and such supplemental indenture complies with this provision and that all conditions precedent provided for in the senior indenture and notes relating to such transaction have been complied with;

provided, however, that the foregoing limitations will not apply if, in the good faith determination of our Board of Directors set forth in a board resolution, the principal purpose of such transaction is to change our state of incorporation; and provided further that any such transaction shall not have as one of its purposes the evasion of the foregoing limitations.

Upon any express assumption of our obligations as described above, we will be released and discharged from all obligations and covenants under the senior indenture and all the senior debt securities.

The senior indenture and the cable guarantees do not limit the ability of any cable guarantor to consolidate with or merge into or sell all or substantially all its assets. Upon the sale or disposition of any cable guarantor (whether by merger, consolidation, the sale of its capital stock or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets) to any person, that cable guarantor will be deemed released from all its obligations under the senior indenture and its cable guarantee.

Events of Default

For purposes of this section, the term “Obligor” shall mean each of us, Comcast Cable, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Comcast Cable Holdings, Comcast MO Group and Comcast MO of Delaware, in each case excluding such entity’s subsidiaries.

 

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An event of default for a series of senior debt securities is defined under the senior indenture as being:

(1) a default by any Obligor in the payment of principal or premium, if any, on the senior debt securities of such series when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;

(2) a default by any Obligor in the payment of interest on the senior debt securities of such series when the same becomes due and payable, if that default continues for a period of 30 days;

(3) default by any Obligor in the performance of or breach by any Obligor of any of its other covenants or agreements in the senior indenture applicable to the senior debt securities of such series and that default or breach continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after written notice is received from the trustee or from the holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the senior debt securities of all affected series;

(4) any cable guarantee is not (or is claimed by any cable guarantor not to be) in full force and effect;

(5) a court having jurisdiction enters a decree or order for:

 

   

relief in respect of any Obligor in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law now or hereafter in effect;

 

   

the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of any Obligor for any substantial part of such party’s property and assets; or

 

   

the winding up or liquidation of any Obligor’s affairs and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 180 consecutive days; or

(6) any Obligor:

 

   

commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law;

 

   

consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, or similar official of such party or for any substantial part of such party’s property; or

 

   

effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors.

A default under any Obligor’s other indebtedness is not a default under the senior indenture.

If an event of default other than an event of default specified in clauses (5) and (6) above occurs with respect to an issue of senior debt securities and is continuing under the senior indenture, then, and in each and every such case, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of such senior debt securities then outstanding under the senior indenture by written notice to us (and to the trustee, if such notice is given by the holders), may declare the principal amount of and accrued interest, if any, on such senior debt securities to be immediately due and payable and upon any such declaration, the same shall become immediately due and payable. The amount due upon acceleration shall include only the original issue price of the senior debt securities and accrued interest to the date of acceleration, if any.

If an event of default specified in clauses (5) and (6) above occurs with respect to any Obligor, the principal amount of and accrued interest, if any, on each issue of senior debt securities then outstanding shall be and become immediately due and payable without any notice or other action on the part of the trustee or any holder. Upon certain conditions declarations of acceleration may be rescinded and annulled and past defaults may be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of an issue of senior debt securities that has been accelerated. Furthermore, subject to various provisions in the senior indenture, the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of an issue of senior debt securities by notice to the trustee may waive an existing default or event of default with respect to such senior debt securities and its consequences, except a default in the payment of principal of or interest on such senior debt securities or in respect of a covenant or provision of the senior indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of each such senior debt security. Upon any such waiver, such default shall

 

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cease to exist, and any event of default with respect to such senior debt securities shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the senior indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or event of default or impair any right consequent thereto. For information as to the waiver of defaults, see “—Modification and Waiver.”

The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of an issue of senior debt securities may direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to such senior debt securities. However, the trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the senior indenture, that may involve the trustee in personal liability, or that the trustee determines in good faith would be unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of such issue of senior debt securities not joining in the giving of such direction and may take any other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from holders of such issue of senior debt securities. A holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to the senior indenture or any series of senior debt securities unless:

 

   

the holder gives the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default;

 

   

the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such series of senior debt securities make a written request to the trustee to pursue the remedy in respect of such event of default;

 

   

the requesting holder or holders offer the trustee indemnity satisfactory to the trustee against any costs, liability, or expense; and

 

   

the trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity.

These limitations, however, do not apply to the right of any holder of a senior debt security to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such senior debt security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after the due date for the senior debt securities, which right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the holder. The senior indenture requires certain of our officers to certify, on or before a date not more than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, as to their knowledge of our compliance with all conditions and covenants under the senior indenture, such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under the senior indenture.

Discharge and Defeasance

The senior indenture provides that, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, we may discharge our obligations with respect to an issue of senior debt securities and the senior indenture with respect to that series of senior debt securities if:

 

   

the senior debt securities of the affected series previously authenticated and delivered with certain exceptions, have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and we have paid all sums payable under the senior indenture; or

 

   

the senior debt securities of the affected series mature within one year or all of them are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the trustee for giving the notice of redemption and:

 

   

we irrevocably deposit in trust with the trustee, as trust funds solely for the benefit of the holders of the senior debt securities of the affected series, for that purpose, money or U.S. government obligations or a combination thereof sufficient (unless such funds consist solely of money, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the trustee), without consideration of any reinvestment and after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by the trustee, to pay principal of and interest on the senior debt securities of the affected series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all other sums payable by it under the senior indenture; and

 

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we deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the senior indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the senior indenture with respect to the senior debt securities of the affected series have been complied with.

With respect to all senior debt securities which have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and for which have been paid all sums payable by us under the senior indenture, only our obligations to compensate and indemnify the trustee and our right to recover excess money held by the trustee under the senior indenture shall survive. With respect to senior debt securities which mature within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under redemption arrangements satisfactory to the trustee, only our obligations with respect to the issue of defeased senior debt securities, to execute and deliver such senior debt securities for authentication, to set the terms of such senior debt securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of such senior debt securities, to have moneys held for payment in trust, to register the transfer or exchange of such senior debt securities, to deliver such senior debt securities for replacement or cancellation, to compensate and indemnify the trustee and to appoint a successor trustee, and our right to recover excess money held by the trustee shall survive until such senior debt securities are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only our obligations to compensate and indemnify the trustee, and our right to recover excess money held by the trustee shall survive.

The senior indenture also provides that, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, we:

 

   

will be deemed to have paid and will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of a series of senior debt securities, and the provisions of the senior indenture and the cable guarantees will no longer be in effect with respect to those senior debt securities (“legal defeasance”); and

 

   

may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition of the senior indenture described above under “—Certain Covenants” and such omission shall be deemed not to be an event of default under the third clause of the first paragraph of “—Events of Default” with respect to that series of senior debt securities (“covenant defeasance”);

provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

   

we have irrevocably deposited in trust with the trustee as trust funds solely for the benefit of the holders of the senior debt securities of such series, for payment of the principal of and interest on the senior debt securities of such series, money or U.S. government obligations or a combination thereof sufficient (unless such funds consist solely of money, in the opinion of a nationally recognized form of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the trustee) without consideration of any reinvestment and after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by the trustee, to pay and discharge the principal of and accrued interest on the senior debt securities of such series to maturity or earlier redemption (irrevocably provided for under arrangements satisfactory to the trustee), as the case may be;

 

   

such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the senior indenture, the cable guarantees or any other material agreement or instrument to which we are a party or by which we are bound;

 

   

no default or event of default with respect to the senior debt securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

 

   

we shall have delivered to the trustee:

 

   

either an opinion of counsel that the holders of the senior debt securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of our exercising our option under this provision of the senior indenture and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred (which opinion, in the case of a legal defeasance, shall be based upon a change in law) or a ruling directed to the trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the same effect; and

 

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an opinion of counsel that the holders of the senior debt securities of such series have a valid security interest in the trust funds subject to no prior liens under the Uniform Commercial Code; and

 

   

we have delivered to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, in each case stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the senior indenture relating to the defeasance contemplated of the senior debt securities of such series have been complied with.

Subsequent to legal defeasance under the first bullet point above, our obligations with respect to the issue of defeased senior debt securities to execute and deliver such senior debt securities for authentication, to set the terms of such senior debt securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of such senior debt securities, to have moneys held for payment in trust, to register the transfer or exchange of such senior debt securities, to deliver such senior debt securities for replacement or cancellation, to compensate and indemnify the trustee and to appoint a successor trustee, and our right to recover excess money held by the trustee shall survive until such senior debt securities are no longer outstanding. After such senior debt securities are no longer outstanding, in the case of legal defeasance under the first bullet point above, only our obligations to compensate and indemnify the trustee and our right to recover excess money held by the trustee shall survive.

Modification and Waiver

We and the trustee may amend or supplement the senior indenture or the senior debt securities without notice to or the consent of any holder:

 

   

to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency in the senior indenture; or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under the senior indenture as our Board of Directors may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders in any material respect;

 

   

to comply with the provisions described under “—Certain Covenants—Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets;”

 

   

to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the senior indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

 

   

to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee;

 

   

to establish the form or forms or terms of the senior debt securities as permitted by the senior indenture;

 

   

to provide for uncertificated notes and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose;

 

   

to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder;

 

   

to add to its covenants such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the holders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an event of default; or

 

   

to make any change so long as no senior debt securities are outstanding.

Subject to certain conditions, without prior notice to any holder of senior debt securities, modifications and amendments of the senior indenture may be made by us and the trustee with respect to any series of senior debt securities with the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the affected series of senior debt securities, and our compliance with any provision of the senior indenture with respect to any series of senior debt securities may be waived by written notice to the trustee by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the affected series of senior debt securities outstanding; provided, however, that each affected holder must consent to any modification, amendment or waiver that:

 

   

changes the stated maturity of the principal of, or any sinking fund obligation or any installment of interest on, the senior debt securities of the affected series;

 

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reduces the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the senior debt securities of the affected series;

 

   

changes the place or currency of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the senior debt securities of the affected series;

 

   

changes the provisions for calculating the optional redemption price, including the definitions relating thereto;

 

   

changes the provisions relating to the waiver of past defaults or changes or impairs the right of holders to receive payment or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of the senior debt securities of the affected series on or after the due date therefor;

 

   

reduces the above-stated percentage of outstanding senior debt securities of the affected series the consent of whose holders is necessary to modify or amend or to waive certain provisions of or defaults under the senior indenture;

 

   

alters or impairs the right of holders to convert the senior debt securities of the affected series at the rate and upon the terms provided in the senior indenture;

 

   

waives a default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the senior debt securities;

 

   

adversely affects the rights of such holder under any mandatory redemption or repurchase provision or any right of redemption or repurchase that such holder has;

 

   

modifies any of the provisions of this paragraph, except to increase any required percentage or to provide that certain other provisions cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each senior debt security of the series affected by the modification; or

 

   

changes or waives any provision in the senior indenture that, pursuant to a board resolution or supplemental indenture establishing the terms of one or more series of senior debt securities, is prohibited from being so changed or waived.

It is not necessary for the consent of the holders under the senior indenture to approve the particular form of any note amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver that requires the consent of a majority or all of the affected holders under the senior indenture becomes effective, notice must be given to the holders affected thereby briefly describing the amendment, supplement, or waiver. Supplemental indentures will be mailed to holders upon request. Any failure to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers, Directors, or Employees

The senior indenture provides that no recourse shall be had under or upon any obligation, covenant, or agreement of ours or the cable guarantors in the senior indenture or any supplemental indenture, or in any of the senior debt securities or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee of ours or any cable guarantor or of any successor person thereof under any law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise. Each holder, by accepting the senior debt securities, waives and releases all such liability.

Concerning the Trustee

The senior indenture provides that, except during the continuance of a default, the trustee will not be liable, except for the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in the senior indenture. If an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the trustee will exercise such rights and powers vested in it under the senior indenture and will use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

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Governing Law

The senior indenture and the debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.

The Trustees

We may have normal banking relationships with the trustee under the senior indenture in the ordinary course of business.

Gerald L. Hassell, one of our directors, is President and a director of the trustee.

Certain Terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities

Other than the terms of the subordinated indenture and subordinated debt securities relating to subordination, or otherwise as described in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of subordinated debt securities, the terms of the subordinated indenture and subordinated debt securities are identical in all material respects to the terms of the senior indenture and senior debt securities.

Subordination

The indebtedness evidenced by the subordinated debt securities is subordinate to the prior payment in full of all our Senior Indebtedness, as defined in the subordinated indenture. During the continuance beyond any applicable grace period of any default in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any of our Senior Indebtedness, we may not make any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the subordinated debt securities. In addition, upon any payment or distribution of our assets upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to the extent provided in the subordinated indenture in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all our Senior Indebtedness. Because of this subordination, if we dissolve or otherwise liquidate, holders of our subordinated debt securities may receive less, ratably, than holders of our Senior Indebtedness. The subordination provisions do not prevent the occurrence of an event of default under the subordinated indenture.

The subordination provisions also apply in the same way to each cable guarantor with respect to the Senior Indebtedness of such cable guarantor.

The term “Senior Indebtedness” of a person means with respect to such person the principal of, premium, if any, interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding on the date of the subordinated indenture or incurred by that person in the future:

 

   

all of the indebtedness of that person for money borrowed, including any indebtedness secured by a mortgage or other lien which is (1) given to secure all or part of the purchase price of property subject to the mortgage or lien, whether given to the vendor of that property or to another lender, or (2) existing on property at the time that person acquires it;

 

   

all of the indebtedness of that person evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other securities sold by that person for money;

 

   

all of the lease obligations which are capitalized on the books of that person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

   

all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the first two bullet points above and all lease obligations of others of the kind described in the third bullet point above that the person, in any manner, assumes or guarantees or that the person in effect guarantees through an agreement to purchase, whether that agreement is contingent or otherwise; and

 

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all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in the first, second or fourth bullet point above and all renewals or extensions of leases of the kinds described in the third or fourth bullet point above;

unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument or lease creating or evidencing it or the assumption or guarantee relating to it expressly provides that such indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding is not superior in right of payment to the subordinated debt securities. Our senior debt securities, and any unsubordinated guarantee obligations of ours or any cable guarantor to which we and the cable guarantors are a party, including our and the cable guarantors’, guarantees of each others’ debt securities and other indebtedness for borrowed money, constitute Senior Indebtedness for purposes of the subordinated debt indenture.

Convertible Debt Securities

The terms, if any, on which debt securities being offered may be exchanged for or converted into other debt securities or shares of preferred stock, Class A common stock or Class A Special common stock or other securities or rights of ours (including rights to receive payments in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies or indices) or securities of other issuers or any combination of the foregoing will be set forth in the prospectus supplement for such debt securities being offered.

Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, the following provisions will apply to debt securities being offered that may be exchanged for or converted into capital stock:

The holder of any debt securities convertible into capital stock will have the right exercisable at any time during the time period specified in the prospectus supplement, unless previously redeemed by us, to convert such debt securities into shares of capital stock, which may include preferred stock, Class A common stock or Class A Special common stock, as specified in the prospectus supplement, at the conversion rate for each $1,000 principal amount of debt securities set forth in the prospectus supplement, subject to adjustment.

The holder of a convertible debt security may convert a portion thereof which is $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000. In the case of debt securities called for redemption, conversion rights will expire at the close of business on the business day prior to the date fixed for the redemption as may be specified in the prospectus supplement, except that in the case of redemption at the option of the debt security holder, if applicable, such right will terminate upon receipt of written notice of the exercise of such option.

Unless the terms of the specific debt securities being offered provide otherwise, in certain events, the conversion rate will be subject to adjustment as set forth in the indentures. Such events include:

 

   

the issuance of shares of any class of capital stock of ours as a dividend on the class of capital stock into which the debt securities of such series are convertible;

 

   

subdivisions, combinations and reclassifications of the class of capital stock into which debt securities of such series are convertible;

 

   

the issuance to all holders of the class of capital stock into which debt securities of such series are convertible or rights or warrants entitling the debt security holders (for a period not exceeding 45 days) to subscribe for or purchase shares of such class of capital stock at a price per share less than the current market price per share of such class of capital stock;

 

   

the distribution to all holders of the class of capital stock into which debt securities of such series are convertible of evidences of indebtedness of ours or of assets or subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above); and

 

   

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In the case of cash dividends in excess of threshold amounts, we may, at our option, choose to set aside the amount of such distribution in cash for distribution to the holder upon conversion rather than adjust the conversion rate; we do not intend to pay interest on the cash set aside.

No adjustment of the conversion rate will be required unless an adjustment would require a cumulative increase or decrease of at least 1% in such rate. Fractional shares of capital stock will not be issued upon conversion but, in lieu thereof, we will pay a cash adjustment. Convertible debt securities surrendered for conversion between the record date for an interest payment, if any, and the interest payment date, except convertible debt securities called for redemption on a redemption date during such period, must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest thereon which the registered holder is to receive.

 

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GLOBAL SECURITIES

We may issue the debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units of any series in the form of one or more fully registered global securities that will be deposited with a depositary or with a nominee for a depositary identified in the prospectus supplement relating to such series and registered in the name of the depositary or its nominee. In that case, one or more global securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of the aggregate principal or face amount of outstanding registered securities of the series to be represented by such global securities. Unless and until the depositary exchanges a global security in whole for securities in definitive registered form, the global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to a nominee of the depositary or by a nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of the depositary or by the depositary or any of its nominees to a successor of the depositary or a nominee of such successor.

The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion of a series of securities to be represented by a global security will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such series. We anticipate that the following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements.

Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be limited to persons that have accounts with the depositary for such global security known as “participants” or persons that may hold interests through such participants. Upon the issuance of a global security, the depositary for such global security will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants’ accounts with the respective principal or face amounts of the securities represented by such global security beneficially owned by such participants. The accounts to be credited shall be designated by any dealers, underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of such securities. Ownership of beneficial interests in such global security will be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the depositary for such global security (with respect to interests of participants) and on the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons holding through participants). The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in global securities.

So long as the depositary for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of such global security, such depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the securities represented by such global security for all purposes under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement. Except as set forth below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have the securities represented by such global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of such securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a global security must rely on the procedures of the depositary for such global security and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement. We understand that under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security desires to give or take any action which a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement, purchase contract or unit agreement, the depositary for such global security would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take such action, and such participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to give or take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.

Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on debt securities, and any payments to holders with respect to warrants, purchase contracts or units represented by a global security registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee will be made to such depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of such global security. None of us, the trustees, the warrant agents, the unit agents or any of our other agents, agent of the trustees or agent of the warrant agents or unit agents will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in such global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

 

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We expect that the depositary for any securities represented by a global security, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium, interest or other distribution of underlying securities or commodities to holders in respect of such global security, will immediately credit participants’ accounts in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in such global security as shown on the records of such depositary. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in such global security held through such participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such participants.

If the depositary for any securities represented by a global security is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and we do not appoint a successor depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days, we will issue such securities in definitive form in exchange for such global security. In addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion determine not to have any of the securities of a series represented by one or more global securities and, in such event, will issue securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for all of the global security or securities representing such securities. Any securities issued in definitive form in exchange for a global security will be registered in such name or names as the depositary shall instruct the relevant trustee, warrant agent or other relevant agent of ours. We expect that such instructions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in such global security.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The statements made under this caption include summaries of certain provisions contained in our articles of incorporation and by-laws. These statements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such articles of incorporation and by-laws.

We have three classes of common stock outstanding: Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share; Class A Special common stock, $0.01 par value per share; and Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share. There are currently authorized 7.5 billion shares of Class A common stock, 7.5 billion shares of Class A Special common stock, 75 million shares of Class B common stock and 20 million shares of preferred stock. Our Board of Directors may issue preferred stock, in one or more series, without par value, with full, limited, multiple, fractional, or no voting rights, and with such designations, preferences, qualifications, privileges, limitations, restrictions, options, conversion rights and other special rights as our Board of Directors shall determine.

Dividends

Subject to the preferential rights of any preferred stock then outstanding, holders of our Class A common stock, Class A Special common stock, and Class B common stock are entitled to receive, from time to time, when, as and if declared, in the discretion of our Board, such cash dividends as our Board may from time to time determine, out of such funds as are legally available therefor, in proportion to the number of shares held by them, respectively, without regard to class.

Holders of our Class A common stock, Class A Special common stock, and Class B common stock will also be entitled to receive, from time to time, when, as and if declared by our Board, such dividends of our stock or other property as our Board may determine, out of such funds as are legally available therefor. However, stock dividends on, or stock splits of, any class of common stock will not be paid or issued unless paid or issued on all classes of our common stock, in which case they will be paid or issued only in shares of that class; provided, however, that stock dividends on, or stock splits of, our Class B common stock may also be paid or issued in shares of our Class A Special common stock.

We intend to pay quarterly dividends at an annual rate currently of $0.27 per share. See “Dividend Policy” above.

Voting Rights

Except as required by law, holders of our Class A Special common stock are not entitled to vote. When holders of our Class A Special common stock are entitled to vote by applicable law, each share of our Class A Special common stock has the same number of votes as each share of our Class A common stock.

As of December 31, 2008, on all matters submitted for a vote of holders of all classes of our voting stock, holders of our Class A common stock in the aggregate hold 66 2/3% of the aggregate voting power of our capital stock. As of December 31, 2008, 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.

Approval Rights

Except as required by law, holders of Class A Special common stock and Class A common stock have no specific approval rights over any corporate actions. Holders of our Class B common stock have an approval right over (1) any merger of us with another company or any other transaction, in each case that requires our shareholders’ approval under applicable law, or any other transaction that would result in any person or group owning shares representing in excess of 10% of the aggregate voting power of the

 

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resulting or surviving corporation, or any issuance of securities (other than pursuant to director or officer stock option or purchase plans) requiring our shareholders’ approval under the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or quotation system; (2) any issuance of our Class B common stock or any securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into our Class B common stock; and (3) charter or by-law amendments (such as a charter amendment to opt in to any of the Pennsylvania antitakeover statutes) and other actions (such as the adoption, amendment or redemption of a shareholder rights plan) that limit the rights of holders of our Class B common stock or any subsequent transferee of our Class B common stock to transfer, vote or otherwise exercise rights with respect to our capital stock.

Principal Shareholder

Brian L. Roberts, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, beneficially owns all outstanding shares of our Class B common stock, which has a nondilutable 33 1/3% of the combined voting power of our stock and which also has separate approval rights over certain material transactions, as described above under “—Approval Rights.” Accordingly, Mr. Roberts has considerable influence over our operations and has the ability (subject to certain restrictions through November 17, 2012) 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. The Class B common stock is convertible on a share-for-share basis into Class A common stock or Class A Special common stock. As of February 28, 2009, if Mr. Roberts were to convert the Class B common stock he beneficially owns into Class A common stock, Mr. Roberts would beneficially own 12,798,458 shares of Class A common stock, which is less than 1% of the Class A common stock that would be outstanding after the conversion.

Conversion of Class B Common Stock

The Class B common stock is convertible share for share into either the Class A common stock or the Class A Special common stock.

Preference on Liquidation

In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, either voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Class A Special common stock, Class A common stock and Class B common stock are entitled to receive, subject to any liquidation preference of any preferred stock then outstanding, our remaining assets, if any, in proportion to the number of shares held by them without regard to class.

Mergers, Consolidations, Etc.

Our charter provides that if in a transaction such as a merger, consolidation, share exchange or recapitalization holders of each class of our common stock outstanding do not receive the same consideration for each of their shares of our common stock (i.e., the same amount of cash or the same number of shares of each class of stock issued in the transaction in proportion to the number of shares of our common stock held by them, respectively, without regard to class), holders of each such class of our common stock will receive “mirror” securities (i.e., shares of a class of stock having substantially equivalent rights as the applicable class of our common stock).

Miscellaneous

The holders of Class A common stock, Class A Special common stock and Class B common stock do not have any preemptive rights. All shares of Class A common stock, Class A Special common stock and Class B common stock presently outstanding are, and all shares of the Class A common stock and Class A Special common stock offered hereby, or issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of securities offered hereby, will, when issued, be, fully paid and non-assessable. We have been advised that the Class A common stock and Class A Special common stock are exempt from existing Pennsylvania personal property tax.

The transfer agent and registrar for our Class A Special common stock and Class A common stock is Computershare, 250 Royall Street, Canton, Massachusetts 02021. Their telephone number is (888) 883-8903.

 

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Shareholder Rights Plan

The following description of the material terms of a rights agreement with respect to a shareholder rights plan is qualified by reference to the terms of the rights agreement, which is included as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

The Rights. Pursuant to the rights agreement, our board declared on November 18, 2002 a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right (the “Rights”) for each outstanding share of our Class A common stock, Class A Special common stock and Class B common stock payable to holders of record on November 18, 2002. Shares of common stock issued after the record date and prior to the Distribution Date will be issued with a Right attached so that all shares of common stock outstanding prior to the Distribution Date will have Rights attached. 2.5 million shares of preferred stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Rights.

Rights holders have no rights as a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote or to receive dividends.

The rights agreement includes antidilution provisions designed to prevent efforts to diminish the effectiveness of the Rights.

The transferability and exercisability of the Rights will depend on whether a “Distribution Date” has occurred. A Distribution Date generally means the earlier of (1) the close of business on the tenth day after a public announcement that any person or group has become an “Acquiring Person” and (2) the close of business on the tenth business day after the date of the commencement of a tender or exchange offer by any person that could result in such person becoming an Acquiring Person. An Acquiring Person generally means any person or group (other than any holder of our Class B common stock or any of such holder’s affiliates) who becomes the beneficial owner of our voting capital stock that represents 10% or more of the total number of votes that holders of our capital stock are entitled to cast with respect to any matter presented for a shareholder vote.

Transferability. Prior to the Distribution Date, (1) the Rights will be evidenced by the certificates of the relevant underlying common stock and the registered holders of the common stock shall be deemed the registered holders of the associated Rights and (2) the Rights will be transferable only in connection with transfers of shares of the underlying common stock. After the Distribution Date, the rights agent will mail separate certificates evidencing the Rights to each holder of the relevant underlying common stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date. Thereafter, the Rights will be transferable separately from the common stock.

Exercisability. The Rights will not be exercisable prior to the Distribution Date. After the Distribution Date, but prior to the occurrence of an event described below under “—’Flip In’ Feature” or “—’Flip Over’ Feature,” each Right will be exercisable to purchase for $125 one one-thousandth of a share of our Series A participating cumulative preferred stock.

“Flip In” Feature. If any person becomes an Acquiring Person, each holder of a Right, except for the Acquiring Person or certain affiliated persons, will have the right to acquire, instead of one one-thousandth of a share of our Series A participating cumulative preferred stock, a number of shares of our Class A common stock, in each case having a market value equal to twice the exercise price of the Right. For example, if an initial purchase price of $125 was in effect on the date that the flip in feature of the Rights was exercised, any holder of a Right, except for the person that has become an Acquiring Person or certain affiliated persons, could exercise his or her Right by paying to us $125 in order to receive shares of our Class A common stock having a value equal to $250.

“Exchange” Feature. At any time after a person becomes an Acquiring Person (but before any person becomes the beneficial owner of our voting capital stock representing 50% or more of the total number of votes which holders of our capital stock are entitled to cast with respect to any matter presented for a shareholder vote), our Board may exchange all or some of the Rights, except for those held by any Acquiring Person or certain affiliated persons, for our Class A common stock at an exchange ratio of one share of our Class A common stock for each Right. Use of this exchange feature means that eligible Rights holders would not have to pay cash before receiving shares of our Class A common stock.

 

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“Flip Over” Feature. If, after a person becomes an Acquiring Person, (1) we are involved in a merger or other business combination in which we are not the surviving corporation or any of our common stock is exchanged for other securities or assets or (2) we and/or one or more of our subsidiaries sell or transfer assets or earning power aggregating 50% or more of the assets or earning power of us and/or our subsidiaries, then each Right will entitle the holder, except for any Acquiring Person or certain affiliated persons, to purchase a number of shares of common stock of the other party to the transaction having a value equal to twice the exercise price of the Right.

Redemption of Rights. Our Board may redeem all of the Rights at a price of $0.001 per Right at any time prior to the time that any person becomes an Acquiring Person. The right to exercise will terminate upon redemption, and at that time, holders of the Rights will have the right to receive only the redemption price for each Right they hold.

Amendment of Rights. For so long as the Rights are redeemable, the rights agreement may be amended in any respect. At any time when the Rights are no longer redeemable, the rights agreement may be amended in any respect that does not adversely affect Rights holders (other than any Acquiring Person and certain affiliated persons), cause the rights agreement to become amendable except as set forth in this sentence or cause the Rights again to become redeemable.

Expiration of Rights. If not previously exercised or redeemed, the Rights will expire on November 18, 2012, unless earlier exchanged.

Anti-Takeover Effects. The Rights have certain anti-takeover effects. The Rights may cause substantial dilution to a person that attempts to acquire us without a condition to such an offer that a substantial number of the Rights be acquired or that the Rights be redeemed or declared invalid. The Rights should not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved by our Board since the Rights may be redeemed by us as described above.

Taxation. While the dividend of the Rights was not taxable to stockholders or to us, stockholders or we may, depending upon the circumstances, recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights become exercisable as set forth above.

Series A Preferred Stock. In connection with the creation of the Rights, our Board authorized the issuance of shares of our preferred stock designated as our Series A participating cumulative preferred stock. The dividend, liquidation, voting and redemption features of our Series A participating cumulative preferred stock have been designed so that the value of one-thousandth of a share of our Series A participating cumulative preferred stock approximates the value of one share of our Class A common stock. Shares of our Series A participating cumulative preferred stock will be purchasable only after the Rights have become exercisable. The rights of our Series A participating cumulative preferred stock as to dividends, liquidation and voting, and in the event of mergers or consolidations, are protected by customary antidilution provisions.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We or selling security holders may sell the securities being offered hereby in four ways:

 

   

directly to purchasers;

 

   

through agents;

 

   

through underwriters; and

 

   

through dealers.

If any securities are sold pursuant to this prospectus by any person other than us, we will disclose in a prospectus supplement required information with respect to each security holder, which may include its name, the nature of any relationship it has had with us or any of our affiliates during the three years preceding such offering and the amount of securities of the class it owns both before and after the offering.

We or any selling security holder may directly solicit offers to purchase securities, or we or any selling security holder may designate agents to solicit such offers. We will, in the prospectus supplement relating to such offering, name any agent that could be viewed as an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933 (hereinafter, the “Securities Act”) and describe any commissions we or any selling security holder must pay. Any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment or, if indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, on a firm commitment basis. Agents, dealers and underwriters may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business.

If any underwriters are utilized in the sale of the securities in respect of which this prospectus is delivered, we will enter into an underwriting agreement with them at the time of sale to them, and we will set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to such offering their names and the terms of any agreement with them.

If a dealer is utilized in the sale of the securities in respect of which the prospectus is delivered, we and any selling security holders will sell such securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell such securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealer at the time of resale.

Remarketing firms, agents, underwriters and dealers may be entitled under agreements which they may enter into with us or any selling security holder to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business.

In order to facilitate the offering of the securities, any underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the securities or any other securities the prices of which may be used to determine payments on such securities. Specifically, any underwriters may overallot in connection with the offering, creating a short position for their own accounts. In addition, to cover overallotments or to stabilize the price of the securities or of any such other securities, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, the securities or any such other securities in the open market. Finally, in any offering of the securities through a syndicate of underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing the securities in the offering if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed securities in transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilization transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities above independent market levels. Any such underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may end any of these activities at any time.

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LEGAL MATTERS

As to matters governed by Pennsylvania law, Arthur R. Block, Esquire, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Comcast, and as to matters governed by New York and Delaware law, Davis Polk & Wardwell, will pass upon the validity of the securities on our behalf and on behalf of the cable guarantors, although we may use other counsel, including our employees, to do so. Unless otherwise indicated in the accompanying prospectus supplement, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP will represent the underwriters.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements, and the related consolidated financial statement schedule, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the effectiveness of Comcast Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports which are incorporated herein by reference (which express an unqualified opinion on the consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statement schedule and include an explanatory paragraph concerning the adoption FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, effective January 1, 2007, of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115, effective January 1, 2008, and of EITF Issue No 06-10, Accounting for Collateral Assignment Spilt-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements, effective January 1, 2008 and express an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting). Such consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

We, along with the cable guarantors, have filed this prospectus as part of a combined registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC. The registration statement contains exhibits and other information that are not contained in this prospectus. Our descriptions in this prospectus of the provisions of documents filed as exhibits to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC are only summaries of the documents’ material terms. If you want a complete description of the content of the documents, you should obtain the documents by following the procedures described below.

We file annual, quarterly and special reports and other information with the SEC. Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Comcast Cable, Comcast Cable Holdings, Comcast MO Group and Comcast MO of Delaware do not currently file information with the SEC. Although the cable guarantors would normally be required to file information with the SEC on an ongoing basis, we expect that the cable guarantors will be exempt from this filing obligation for as long as we continue to file our information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Our SEC filings, including the complete registration statement and all of the exhibits to it are available through the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, in any accompanying prospectus supplement and in material we file with the SEC and incorporate by reference herein. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, the securities described in the prospectus only where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and our filings with the SEC is accurate only as of its date, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or of any sale of the securities.

 

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you directly to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus. In addition, information we file with the SEC in the future will automatically update and supersede information contained in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement.

This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the SEC:

 

   

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on February 20, 2009.

 

   

The section of the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

 

   

Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2009.

 

   

The description of our capital stock incorporated in our Current Report on Form 8-K12G3 and Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G, each filed on November 18, 2002, as the same may be amended from time to time.

We also incorporate by reference into this prospectus additional documents that we may file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act until we sell all of the securities we are offering. Any statements contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference into this prospectus is deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, or in a subsequently filed document also incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes that statement. We will provide free copies of any of those documents, if you write or telephone us at: One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838, (215) 286-1700.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses payable by the Registrants in connection with this Registration Statement.

 

     Amount to be
Paid

Registration fee

   $ *

Legal fees and expenses

     75,000

Printing and engraving fees

     50,000

Accounting fees and expenses

     20,000

Miscellaneous

     30,000
      

TOTAL

   $ 175,000
      

 

* Omitted because the registration fee is being deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b).

 

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Comcast Corporation

Indemnification under Pennsylvania Law and Comcast’s Charter and By-laws.

Sections 1741 through 1750 of Subchapter D, Chapter 17, of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (“PBCL”) contain provisions for mandatory and discretionary indemnification of a corporation’s directors, officers and other personnel, and related matters.

Under Section 1741 of the PBCL, subject to certain limitations, a corporation has the power to indemnify directors and officers under certain prescribed circumstances against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with an action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than derivative or corporate actions), to which any such officer or director is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such officer or director being a representative of the corporation or serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, so long as the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, such officer or director had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

Section 1742 of the PBCL permits indemnification in derivative and corporate actions if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the officer or director has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the proper court determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the officer or director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses that the court deems proper.

Under Section 1743 of the PBCL, indemnification is mandatory to the extent that the officer or director has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action or proceeding referred to in Section 1741 or 1742 of the PBCL.

Section 1744 of the PBCL provides that, unless ordered by a court, any indemnification under Section 1741 or 1742 of the PBCL shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the officer or director met the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination must be made by (i) the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum of directors not parties to the action or proceeding, (ii) if a quorum is not obtainable, or if obtainable and a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the shareholders.

 

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Section 1745 of the PBCL provides that expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any action or proceeding referred to in Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the PBCL may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Except as otherwise provided in the corporation’s by-laws, advancement of expenses must be authorized by the board of directors.

Section 1746 of the PBCL provides generally that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the PBCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an officer or director seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding that office. In no event may indemnification be made in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness.

Section 1747 of the PBCL grants a corporation the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director or officer against any liability incurred by him in his capacity as officer or director, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against that liability under Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the PBCL.

Sections 1748 and 1749 of the PBCL extend the indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions contained in Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the PBCL to successor corporations in fundamental changes and to officers and directors serving as fiduciaries of employee benefit plans.

Section 1750 of the PBCL provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the PBCL shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such person.

Article Eleventh of the Comcast charter provides that no director of Comcast will be personally liable, as such, for monetary damages (other than under criminal statutes and under laws imposing such liability on directors for the payment of taxes) unless such person’s conduct constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness. Article Twelfth of the Comcast charter extends such protection to officers.

Article 7 of the Comcast by-laws provides that each officer and director of Comcast will be indemnified and held harmless by Comcast to the fullest extent permitted by Pennsylvania law against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, taxes, penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such officer or director in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of Comcast), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”). No indemnification will be made, however, in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness, or in connection with a Proceeding (or part of a Proceeding) initiated by an officer or director (except in connection with a Proceeding to enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses), unless the Proceeding (or part of the Proceeding) was authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification includes the right to have the expenses incurred by such director or officer in participating in any Proceeding paid by Comcast in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding automatically and without any action or approval required by the Board of Directors, provided that, if Pennsylvania law requires, the payment of expenses incurred by such director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding shall only be made upon delivery to Comcast of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the director or officer, to repay all advanced amounts without interest if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be so indemnified.

 

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Article 7 of the Comcast by-laws also provides that Comcast may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, for the benefit of any person on behalf of whom insurance is permitted to be purchased by Pennsylvania law against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not Comcast would have the power to indemnify such person under Pennsylvania or any other law. Comcast may also purchase and maintain insurance to insure its indemnification obligations.

The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the PBCL and to the applicable provisions of the Comcast charter and by-laws.

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine, that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or the court shall deem proper.

Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) or (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; that indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liabilities under Section 145.

Article VIII of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings’ Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings will not be personally liable to Comcast Cable Communications Holdings or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except that a director will not be exempt from liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to Comcast Cable Communications Holdings or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. If there is any change in Delaware law which expands the liability of directors, the limited liability of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings’ directors shall continue to the extent permitted by law and if there is any change in Delaware law which permits a corporation, without the requirement of any further action by the stockholders or directors of such corporation, to limit further the liability of directors, then the liability of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings’ directors will be limited to the extent permitted by law.

 

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Article IV, Section 8 of the Comcast Cable Communications Holdings by-laws provides that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise in any way involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer or employee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of the proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or employee will be indemnified and held harmless by Comcast Cable Communications Holdings to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the indemnitee in connection with the proceeding. However, except in the case of proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings will indemnify an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by the indemnitee only if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings. The right to indemnification includes the right to be paid by Comcast Cable Communications Holdings the advancement of the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer will be made only upon delivery to Comcast Cable Communications Holdings of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for the expenses. Also, the Board of Directors of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings may grant rights to indemnification and rights to be paid by Comcast Cable Communications Holdings the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition as described above to any agent of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings or to any agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee benefit plan, serving at the request of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings.

If a claim for indemnification is not paid in full within 60 days (or 20 days in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses) after a written claim is received by Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, the indemnitee may bring suit to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in such suit, or in a suit brought by Comcast Cable Communications Holdings to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee will be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending the suit. It will be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) that the indemnitee has not met the standard for indemnification set forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, but Comcast Cable Communications Holdings would bear the burden of proving this defense.

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of Comcast Cable Communications Holdings or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not Comcast Cable Communications Holdings would have the power to indemnify such person under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Comcast Cable is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act permits a limited liability company, subject to any restrictions that may be set forth in its limited liability company agreement, to indemnify its members and managers from and against any and all claims and demands.

Section 18.1 of Comcast Cable’s Limited Liability Company Agreement (“LLC Agreement”) provides that Comcast Cable will indemnify the member, Comcast Holdings Corporation, any officer of Comcast Cable and any officer of Comcast Cable who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity at Comcast Cable’s request (each, an “Indemnified Person”)

 

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against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person, to the fullest extent permitted by law in connection with any threatened, pending or contemplated action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter, a “proceeding”), brought or threatened to be brought against such Indemnified Person by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving in any such capacity or in any other capacity on behalf of Comcast Cable, the member or any of Comcast Cable’s subsidiaries. In addition, the member may, by resolution, similarly indemnify any other person (hereinafter, an “Other Person”) for liabilities incurred by him or her in connection with services rendered by him or her for or at the request of Comcast Cable, the member or any of Comcast Cable’s subsidiaries.

Section 18.2 of Comcast Cable’s LLC Agreement provides that expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any Indemnified Person in defending a proceeding will be paid by Comcast Cable in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding as authorized by the member upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person, to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by Comcast Cable as authorized by law. Advance expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Other Persons may be paid by Comcast Cable if the member deems appropriate and upon such terms and conditions, including the giving of an undertaking, as the member deems appropriate.

Section 18.4 of Comcast Cable’s LLC Agreement provides that Comcast Cable may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was an Indemnified Person or Other Person against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not Comcast Cable would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under applicable law.

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC

Comcast Cable Holdings is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. The indemnification of officers and other persons provided for by Comcast Cable Holdings’ LLC Agreement and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act is identical to the indemnification provisions described under “—Comcast Cable Communications, LLC,” except that the member of Comcast Cable Holdings is Comcast Cable Communications Holdings.

Comcast MO Group, Inc.

Comcast MO Group is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. The indemnification of officers and directors provided for by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is identical to the provisions described above under “—Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.”

Article VIII, Section 1 of Comcast MO Group’s Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of Comcast MO Group will not be personally liable to Comcast MO Group or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as director, except to the extent this exemption is not permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Any repeal or modification of this provision will not affect the rights of a director of Comcast MO Group prior to such repeal or modification.

Article VIII, Section 2 of Comcast MO Group’s Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise in any way involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he, or the person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of Comcast MO Group or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of the proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent will be indemnified and held harmless by Comcast MO Group to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 excise taxes or penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by the indemnitee in connection with the proceeding. However,

 

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except in the case of proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, Comcast MO Group will indemnify an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by the indemnitee only if the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of Comcast MO Group. The right to indemnification includes the right to be paid by Comcast MO Group the advancement of expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer will be made only upon delivery to Comcast MO Group of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for the expenses. Also, the Board of Directors of Comcast MO Group may grant rights to indemnification as described above to any of Comcast MO Group’s employees and agents.

If a claim for indemnification is not paid in full within 30 days after a written claim is received by Comcast MO Group, the claimant may bring suit to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and if successful in whole or in part, the indemnitee will be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting the suit. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for Comcast MO Group to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but Comcast MO Group would bear the burden of proving this defense.

Comcast MO Group may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of Comcast MO Group or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not Comcast MO Group would have the power to indemnify such person under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC

Comcast MO of Delaware is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. The indemnification of officers and other persons provided for by Comcast MO of Delaware’s LLC Agreement and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act is identical to the indemnification provisions described under “—Comcast Cable Communications, LLC,” except that the member of Comcast MO of Delaware is Comcast of Georgia/Virginia, Inc.

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

  (a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt Securities)*
1.2   Form of Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities)*
1.3   Form of Underwriting Agreement (Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units)**
4.1   Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate(1)
4.2   Specimen Class A Special Common Stock Certificate(1)
4.3   Rights Agreement dated as of November 18, 2002, between Comcast Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a 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(2)

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Document

4.4   Indenture, dated January 7, 2003, between Comcast Corporation, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (f/k/a Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.), Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as Trustee(3)
4.5   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 (f/k/a Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.), Comcast MO Group, Inc., Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC (f/k/a Comcast MO of Delaware, Inc.) and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as Trustee, dated January 7, 2003(3)
4.6   Form of Subordinated Indenture among the Company, the cable guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee(4)
4.7   Form of Senior Debt Security(5)
4.8   Form of Subordinated Debt Security(5)
4.9   Form of Purchase Contract Agreement relating to Purchase Contracts**
  4.10   Form of Unit Agreement**
  4.11   Form of Warrant Agreement for Warrants sold separately**
  4.12   Form of Warrant for Warrants sold separately**
  4.13   Form of Warrant Agreement for Warrants sold attached to other Securities**
  4.14   Form of Warrant for Warrants sold attached to other Securities**
  4.15   Form of Pledge Agreement**
  4.16   Form of Deposit Agreement**
  4.17   Form of Depositary Share**
  4.18   Form of Guarantee (Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units)**
5.1   Opinion of Arthur R. Block, Esquire*
5.2   Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell*
12.1     Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of Comcast Corporation(3)
12.2     Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends of Comcast Corporation(3)
23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP*
23.2     Consent of Arthur R. Block, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3     Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.2)
24.1     Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereof)

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Document

25.1   Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee under the Senior Indenture*
25.2   Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture*

 

* Filed herewith.

 

** To be filed by Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed on March 20, 2003.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G, filed on November 18, 2002.

 

(3) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on February 20, 2009.

 

(4) Incorporated by reference to our Amended Registration Statement on Form S-3/A, filed on March 27, 2006.

 

(5) Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on December 16, 2002.

 

Item 17. Undertakings

 

  (a) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrants pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

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(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrants under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

The undersigned Registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrants will be sellers to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrants;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrants; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrants to the purchaser.

 

  (b) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of Comcast Corporation’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (c)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in

 

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connection with the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

  (d) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period, to set forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.

 

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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR COMCAST CORPORATION

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Comcast Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, on April 27, 2009.

 

COMCAST CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Arthur R. Block
  Name:   Arthur R. Block
  Title:   Senior Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Brian L. Roberts, Michael J. Angelakis, David L. Cohen, Lawrence J. Salva and Arthur R. Block and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons 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)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Ralph J. Roberts

Ralph J. Roberts

   Founder; Chairman Emeritus of the Board;
Director
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Julian A. Brodsky

Julian A. Brodsky

   Non-Executive Vice Chairman; Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Michael J. Angelakis

Michael J. Angelakis

   Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Lawrence J. Salva

Lawrence J. Salva

   Senior Vice President,
Chief Accounting Officer and
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ S. Decker Anstrom

S. Decker Anstrom

   Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Kenneth J. Bacon

Kenneth J. Bacon

   Director   April 27, 2009

 

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Sheldon M. Bonovitz

Sheldon M. Bonovitz

   Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Edward D. Breen

Edward D. Breen

   Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Joseph J. Collins

Joseph J. Collins

   Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ J. Michael Cook

J. Michael Cook

   Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Gerald L. Hassell

Gerald L. Hassell

   Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Jeffrey A. Honickman

Jeffrey A. Honickman

   Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Dr. Judith Rodin

Dr. Judith Rodin

   Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Michael I. Sovern

Michael I. Sovern

   Director   April 27, 2009

 

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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, on April 27, 2009.

 

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
By:   /s/ Arthur R. Block
  Name:   Arthur R. Block
  Title:   Senior Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Brian L. Roberts, Michael J. Angelakis, David L. Cohen, Lawrence J. Salva and Arthur R. Block and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Brian L. Roberts

Brian L. Roberts

   Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Michael J. Angelakis

Michael J. Angelakis

   Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Lawrence J. Salva

Lawrence J. Salva

   Senior Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 27, 2009
COMCAST HOLDINGS
CORPORATION
    

By:

  /s/ Arthur R. Block    Sole Member   April 27, 2009
  Arthur R. Block     
  Senior Vice President     

 

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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, on April 27, 2009.

 

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Arthur R. Block
  Name:   Arthur R. Block
  Title:   Senior Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Brian L. Roberts, Michael J. Angelakis, David L. Cohen, Lawrence J. Salva and Arthur R. Block and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Brian L. Roberts

Brian L. Roberts

   Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Michael J. Angelakis

Michael J. Angelakis

   Executive Vice President; Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ David L. Cohen

David L. Cohen

   Executive Vice President; Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Arthur R. Block

Arthur R. Block

   Senior Vice President; Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Lawrence J. Salva

Lawrence J. Salva

   Senior Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 27, 2009

 

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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR

COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, on April 27, 2009.

 

COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC
By:   /s/ Arthur R. Block
  Name:   Arthur R. Block
  Title:   Senior Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Brian L. Roberts, Michael J. Angelakis, David L. Cohen, Lawrence J. Salva and Arthur R. Block and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Brian L. Roberts

Brian L. Roberts

   Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Michael J. Angelakis

Michael J. Angelakis

   Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Lawrence J. Salva

Lawrence J. Salva

   Senior Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 27, 2009
  COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.     

By:

  /s/ Arthur R. Block    Sole Member   April 27, 2009
  Arthur R. Block     
  Senior Vice President     

 

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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR COMCAST MO GROUP, INC.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Comcast MO Group, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, on April 27, 2009.

 

COMCAST MO GROUP, INC.
By:   /s/ Arthur R. Block
  Name:   Arthur R. Block
  Title:   Senior Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Brian L. Roberts, Michael J. Angelakis, David L. Cohen, Lawrence J. Salva and Arthur R. Block and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Brian L. Roberts

Brian L. Roberts

   Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Michael J. Angelakis

Michael J. Angelakis

   Executive Vice President; Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ David L. Cohen

David L. Cohen

   Executive Vice President; Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Arthur R. Block

Arthur R. Block

   Senior Vice President; Director   April 27, 2009

/s/ Lawrence J. Salva

Lawrence J. Salva

   Senior Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 27, 2009

 

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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR

COMCAST MO OF DELAWARE, LLC

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, on April 27, 2009.

 

COMCAST MO OF DELAWARE, LLC
By:   /s/ Arthur R. Block
  Name:   Arthur R. Block
  Title:   Senior Vice President

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Brian L. Roberts, Michael J. Angelakis, David L. Cohen, Lawrence J. Salva and Arthur R. Block and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Brian L. Roberts

Brian L. Roberts

   Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Michael J. Angelakis

Michael J. Angelakis

   Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer)
  April 27, 2009

/s/ Lawrence J. Salva

Lawrence J. Salva

   Senior Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 27, 2009
 

COMCAST OF GEORGIA/VIRGINIA, INC.

    

By:

  /s/ Arthur R. Block    Sole Member   April 27, 2009
  Arthur R. Block     
  Senior Vice President     

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt Securities)*
1.2   Form of Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities)*
1.3   Form of Underwriting Agreement (Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units)**
4.1   Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate(1)
4.2   Specimen Class A Special Common Stock Certificate(1)
4.3   Rights Agreement dated as of November 18, 2002, between Comcast Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (f/k/a 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(2)
4.4   Indenture, dated January 7, 2003, between Comcast Corporation, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (f/k/a Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.), Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as Trustee(3)
4.5   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 (f/k/a Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.), Comcast MO Group, Inc., Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC (f/k/a Comcast MO of Delaware, Inc.) and The Bank of New York Mellon (f/k/a The Bank of New York), as Trustee, dated January 7, 2003(3)
4.6   Form of Subordinated Indenture among the Company, the cable guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee(4)
4.7   Form of Senior Debt Security(5)
4.8   Form of Subordinated Debt Security(5)
4.9   Form of Purchase Contract Agreement relating to Purchase Contracts**
  4.10   Form of Unit Agreement**
  4.11   Form of Warrant Agreement for Warrants sold separately**
  4.12   Form of Warrant for Warrants sold separately**
  4.13   Form of Warrant Agreement for Warrants sold attached to other Securities**
  4.14   Form of Warrant for Warrants sold attached to other Securities**
  4.15   Form of Pledge Agreement**
  4.16   Form of Deposit Agreement**
  4.17   Form of Depositary Share**
  4.18   Form of Guarantee (Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units)**
5.1   Opinion of Arthur R. Block, Esquire*

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Document

5.2   Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell*
12.1     Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges of Comcast Corporation(3)
12.2     Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends of Comcast Corporation(3)
23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP*
23.2     Consent of Arthur R. Block, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3     Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell (included in Exhibit 5.2)
24.1     Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereof)
25.1     Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee under the Senior Indenture*
25.2     Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture*

 

* Filed herewith.

 

** To be filed by Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed on March 20, 2003.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G, filed on November 18, 2002.

 

(3) Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on February 20, 2009.

 

(4) Incorporated by reference to our Amended Registration Statement on Form S-3/A, filed on March 27, 2006.

 

(5) Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on December 16, 2002.

 

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EX-1.1 2 dex11.htm FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT (DEBT SECURITIES) Form of Underwriting Agreement (Debt Securities)

EXHIBIT 1.1

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

[            ]

Comcast Corporation

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We (the “Managers”) are acting on behalf of the underwriter or underwriters (including ourselves) named below (such underwriter or underwriters being herein called the “Underwriters”), and we understand that Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell $[            ] aggregate principal amount of [    ]% Notes Due [                    ] (the “Offered Securities”). The Offered Securities are to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture, dated as of [                    ] by and among the Company, the Cable Guarantors and [                    ], as trustee (the “Trustee”), as guaranteed on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc. and Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC (the “Cable Guarantors”).

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference herein, the Company hereby agrees to sell and the Underwriters agree to purchase, severally and not jointly, the aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities set forth below opposite their names at a purchase price of [    ]% plus accrued interest, if any, from [                    ] to the date of payment and delivery (the “Purchase Price”).

 

Underwriter

   Principal Amount
of Offered
Securities To Be
Purchased
 

[                ]

   [                     ]

[                ]

   [                     ]

[                ]

   [                     ]

The Underwriters will pay for the Offered Securities upon delivery thereof at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell, 1600 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California at 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on [                    ], or at such other time, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on [                    ] as shall be designated in writing by the Underwriters and the Company. The time and date of such payment and delivery are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”


The Offered Securities shall have the terms set forth in the Prospectus dated [                    ] and the Prospectus Supplement dated [                    ], including the following:

Terms of Offered Securities:

Maturity Date: [                    ]

Interest Rate: [                    ]

Redemption Provisions: [                    ].

Interest Payment Dates: [                    ]

commencing [                    ].

(Interest accrues from [                    ])

Form and Denomination: [                    ].

Ranking: [                    ]

Other Terms: As set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.

Capitalized terms used above and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement referred to above.

All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and (a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered, mailed or sent via facsimile in care of (i) [                    ]; facsimile number [                    ]; Attention: [                    ], (ii) [                    ]; facsimile number [                    ]; or (b) if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent via facsimile to One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, facsimile number [                    ], attention: [                    ].

The Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Underwriters is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Offered Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, none of the Underwriters is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction with respect to the offering of Offered Securities contemplated hereby. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

Except as set forth below, all provisions contained in the document entitled Comcast Corporation Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities)) dated [                    ], (the “Standard Provisions”), a copy of which is attached hereto, are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein, except that (i) if any term defined in such document is otherwise defined herein, the definition set forth herein shall control, (ii) all references in such document to a type of security that is not an Offered Security shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and (iii) all references in such document to a type of agreement that has not been entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement.


Please confirm your agreement by having an authorized officer sign a copy of this Agreement in the space set forth below.

 

Very truly yours,
[Name of Lead Managers]
On behalf of themselves and the other
Underwriters named herein
By:   [            ]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
By:   [            ]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Accepted:
COMCAST CORPORATION
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


COMCAST CABLE HOLDINGS, LLC
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
COMCAST MO GROUP, INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
COMCAST MO OF DELAWARE, LLC
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


SCHEDULE I

TIME OF SALE PROSPECTUS

1. Base Prospectus dated [                    ] relating to the Offered Securities and included in the Registration Statement (File No. [                    ])

2. Final term sheet containing the final terms of the Offered Securities as set forth in Schedule II hereto and filed with the Commission under Rule 433


SCHEDULE II

FINAL TERM SHEET

EX-1.2 3 dex12.htm FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT STANDARD PROVISIONS (DEBT SECURITIES) Form of Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities)

EXHIBIT 1.2

COMCAST CORPORATION

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

STANDARD PROVISIONS

(DEBT SECURITIES)

April 27, 2009

From time to time, Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), may, alone or together with Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc. and Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC (collectively, the “Cable Guarantors”), enter into one or more underwriting agreements that provide for the sale of designated securities to the several underwriters named therein. The standard provisions set forth herein may be incorporated by reference in any such underwriting agreement (an “Underwriting Agreement”). The Underwriting Agreement, including the provisions incorporated therein by reference, is herein referred to as this Agreement. Terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

The Company proposes to issue from time to time its senior debt securities (“Senior Debt Securities”) and its subordinated debt securities (“Subordinated Debt Securities” and with the Senior Debt Securities, the “Debt Securities”), which Debt Securities may, if so designated, be convertible into the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, or Class A Special Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share. The Debt Securities may be guaranteed (the “Cable Guarantees”) on an unsecured basis by the Cable Guarantors.

The Company and the Cable Guarantors have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement including a prospectus relating to the Debt Securities and the Cable Guarantees and have filed with, or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly after the date of this Agreement file with or transmit for filing to, the Commission a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), specifically relating to the Debt Securities and the Cable Guarantees, if applicable, offered pursuant to this Agreement (the “Offered Securities”). The term “Registration Statement” means the registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement including any additional registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b). The term “Base Prospectus” means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. The term “Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus together with the Prospectus Supplement. The term “preliminary prospectus” means a preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Offered Securities, together with the Base Prospectus. The term “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405


under the Securities Act. The term “issuer free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 433 under the Securities Act. The term “Disclosure Package” means the Base Prospectus and preliminary prospectus, if any, together with any additional documents or other information identified in Schedule I to this Agreement. As used herein, the terms “Base Prospectus,” “Prospectus”, “preliminary prospectus” and “Disclosure Package” shall include in each case the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein. As used herein, the term “Applicable Time” means the time and date at which this Agreement is deemed to be executed or such other time as agreed in writing by the Company and the Managers. The terms “supplement,” “amendment” and “amend” as used herein shall include all documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus that are filed subsequent to the date of the Base Prospectus by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For purposes of this Agreement, “Issuers” means the Company and includes the Cable Guarantors if Cable Guarantees are offered pursuant to this Agreement.

1. Representations and Warranties. The Issuers, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to each of the Underwriters as of the Applicable Time that:

(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission.

(b) Each document filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(c) The Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing representations and warranties do not apply to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1 (the “Form T-1”) or (ii) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto based upon information furnished to the Issuers in writing by any Underwriter through the Managers expressly for use therein.

(d) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. The Company has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus other than (i) any written communications furnished in advance to the Managers; (ii) an electronic road show, if any, furnished to the Managers before first use; or (iii) free writing prospectuses identified on Schedule I to this Agreement, including the term sheet as set forth in Schedule II to this Agreement. Any such free writing prospectus as of its issue date complied in all material

 

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respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and was filed with the Commission in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required pursuant to Rule 433(d) thereunder).

(e) The execution and delivery by each Issuer of, and the performance by each Issuer of its obligations under, this Agreement, each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, and the Offered Securities, will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the articles of incorporation or by-laws of any Issuer or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the performance by each Issuer of its obligations under this Agreement, each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued or the Offered Securities, except such as may be required by the securities or blue sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities; provided, however, that no representation is made as to whether the purchase of the Offered Securities constitutes a “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(f) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles of incorporation or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any contract, except to the extent such default would not have a material adverse effect.

(g) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Disclosure Package (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto effected subsequent to the date of the Agreement).

(h) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and are not so described or any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package or to be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described, filed or incorporated as required.

(i) Each of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries has all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits of and from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal, state, local and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, to own, lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct its business in the manner

 

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described in the Disclosure Package, except to the extent that the failure to obtain or file would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

2. Public Offering. The Issuers are advised by the Managers that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Offered Securities as soon after this Agreement has been entered into as in the Managers’ judgment is advisable. The terms of the public offering of the Offered Securities are set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

3. Purchase and Delivery. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, payment for the Offered Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City at the time and place set forth in this Agreement, upon delivery to the Managers for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Offered Securities registered in such names and in such denominations as the Managers shall request in writing not less than one full business day prior to the date of delivery, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters duly paid.

4. Conditions to Closing. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the following conditions:

(a) Subsequent to the Applicable Time and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any Issuer or any of the securities of any Issuer by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.

(b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission, and there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Disclosure Package, that, in the judgment of the Managers, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the judgment of the Managers, impracticable to market the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package; and the Managers shall have received, on the Closing Date, a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the foregoing effect. Such certificate shall also provide that the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and correct as of the Closing Date. The officer making such certificate may rely upon the best of his knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

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Company (or another lawyer of the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters), dated the Closing Date, to the effect (as applicable) that:

(i) the Company is validly existing as a corporation subsisting under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification (except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect upon the business or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, as a whole);

(ii) each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(iii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(iv) all of the issued shares of capital stock or membership interests, as applicable, of each Cable Guarantor have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (with respect to such shares of capital stock), and (except for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;

(v) the Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable;

(vi) the Offered Securities to be offered by the Company have been duly authorized by the Company;

(vii) except as rights to indemnity and contribution under this Agreement may be limited under applicable law, the execution and delivery by each Issuer of, and the performance by each Issuer of its obligations under, each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, the Offered Securities and this Agreement will not contravene (A) any provision of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any federal law of the United States of America that in such counsel’s experience is normally applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, the Offered Securities and this Agreement (except with respect to federal, state or foreign securities laws or to laws relating specifically to the cable communications industry, as to which such counsel is not called upon to express any opinion), (B) the articles of incorporation or bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of any Issuer, or (C) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, any material agreement or other material instrument binding upon such Issuer;

 

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(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or qualification with any state governmental body or agency under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, any federal law of the United States of America, or to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, any other state or jurisdiction of the United States, that in such counsel’s experience is normally applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, the Offered Securities and this Agreement is required for the performance by any Issuer of its obligations under each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, the Offered Securities and this Agreement (except such as may be required under federal, state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws and with respect to consents, approvals and authorizations relating specifically to the cable communications industry as to which such counsel is not called upon to express any opinion);

(ix) subject to such qualification as may be set forth in the Disclosure Package, the Company and its subsidiaries have, and are in material compliance with, such franchises, and to the best knowledge of such counsel after reasonable investigation, such licenses and authorizations, as are necessary to own their properties and to conduct their business in the manner described in the Disclosure Package, except where the failure to have, or comply with, such franchises, licenses and authorizations would not have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, as a whole, and such franchises, licenses and authorizations contain no materially burdensome restrictions not adequately described in the Disclosure Package, which restrictions would have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, as a whole;

(x) the statements included in (A) Item 3 of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, (B) Part II, Item 1 under the caption “Legal Proceedings” of the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, if any, incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, (C) the Registration Statement in Item 15 and (D) the Disclosure Package under the caption “Description of Capital Stock,”1 insofar as such statements summarize the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly summarize such legal matters, documents and proceedings in all material respects;

 

 

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(xi) such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceeding pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject which is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and is not so described or of any contract or other document which is required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not described or filed as required;

(xii) the securities into which the Offered Securities are convertible, initially reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Offered Securities (the “Underlying Securities”), have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance; and

(xiii) when the Underlying Securities are issued upon conversion of the Offered Securities in accordance with the terms of the Offered Securities, such Underlying Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not be subject to any preemptive or other right to subscribe for or purchase such Underlying Securities.

Such counsel shall also state that nothing has come to his attention that causes him to believe that (1) on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (2) at the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (3) that the Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Closing Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

With respect to the preceding paragraph, such counsel may state that his belief is based upon his participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package, Prospectus and the documents incorporated therein by reference and review and discussion of the contents thereof, but is without independent check or verification except as specified. Such counsel need not pass upon or assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in, and need not have checked the accuracy, completeness or fairness of, or otherwise verified, the information furnished in Registration Statement, Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus, except as specified. Such counsel is not called to pass upon, and need express no view regarding, the financial statements or financial schedules or other financial or accounting data included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on Form T-1. In addition, such counsel need not express a view as to the conveyance of the Disclosure Package or the information contained therein to the purchasers of the Offered Securities.

 

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In expressing his opinion as to questions of the law of jurisdictions other than the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States, such counsel may rely to the extent reasonable on such counsel as may be reasonably acceptable to counsel to the Underwriters. In addition, such counsel may reasonably rely as to questions of fact on certificates of responsible officers of the Company.

(d) The Managers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell, special counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(i) each Cable Guarantor is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

(ii) each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Cable Guarantor and, assuming each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and duly executed and delivered by the respective trustee thereto, each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued is a valid and binding agreement of each Issuer, enforceable against each Issuer in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability (except with respect to the (A) enforceability of any waiver of rights under any usury or stay law, and (B) validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of any provision that permits holders to collect any portion of stated principal amount upon acceleration of the Offered Securities to the extent determined to constitute unearned interest, as to which such counsel is not called upon to express any opinion);

(iii) the Cable Guarantees have been duly authorized, and, assuming the Offered Securities have been authorized by the Company, when the Offered Securities have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of each relevant indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, the Offered Securities will be valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Cable Guarantees will be valid and binding obligations of the Cable Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability; and will be entitled to the benefits of each relevant indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued (except with respect to the (A) enforceability of any waiver of rights under any usury or stay law, and (B) validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of any provision that permits holders to collect any portion of stated principal amount upon acceleration of the Offered Securities to the extent determined to constitute unearned interest, as to which such counsel is not called upon to express any opinion);

 

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(iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Cable Guarantor party hereto;

(v) except as rights to indemnity and contribution under this Agreement may be limited under applicable law, the execution and delivery by each Issuer of, and the performance by each Issuer of its obligations under each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, the Offered Securities and this Agreement, will not contravene (A) any provision of laws of the State of New York or any federal law of the United States of America that in such counsel’s experience is normally applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, the Offered Securities and this Agreement (except with respect to federal, state or foreign securities laws or to laws relating specifically to the cable communications industry, as to which such counsel is not called upon to express any opinion), or (B) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of any Cable Guarantor; and

(vi) no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency under the laws of the State of New York or any federal law of the United States of America that in such counsel’s experience is normally applicable to general business corporations in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, the Offered Securities and this Agreement (except such as may be required under federal, state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws and with respect to consents, approvals and authorizations relating specifically to the cable communications industry, as to which such counsel is not called upon to express any opinion).

Such counsel shall state that they have considered the statements included in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Description of the Notes” and in the Base Prospectus under the caption “Description of Debt Securities and Cable Guarantees” insofar as they summarize provisions of each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued and, the Offered Securities and that in their opinion such statements fairly summarize these provisions in all material respects. Such counsel shall also state that the statements included in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences for Non-U.S. Holders” insofar as they purport to describe provisions of U.S. federal income tax laws or legal conclusions with respect thereto, fairly and accurately summarize the matters referred to therein in all material respects.

Such counsel shall also state that (a) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and (b) nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that causes them to believe that, insofar as relevant to the offering of the Offered Securities, (1) on the date of this Agreement, the Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not

 

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misleading; (2) at the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (3) the Prospectus as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Closing Date contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

With respect to the preceding paragraph, Davis Polk & Wardwell may state that their belief is based upon information gained in the performance of their services, but is without independent check or verification except as specified. Such counsel need not pass upon or assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of statements contained in, and need not have checked the accuracy, completeness or fairness of, or otherwise verified, the information furnished in, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as specified. In addition, such counsel is not called to pass upon, or express any view regarding, the financial statements or financial schedules or other financial or accounting data included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the Form T-1. Such counsel need not express a view as to the conveyance of the Disclosure Package of the information contained therein to investors.

(e) The Managers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of internal communications counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:

(i) no approval of the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) is required in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities;

(ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued, by each Issuer, the fulfillment of the terms set forth herein and therein by each Issuer and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by each Issuer do not violate any statute, regulation or other law of the United States relating specifically to the cable communications industry (except as otherwise explicitly set forth in the Disclosure Package) or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any order, judgment or decree of any court or governmental body of the United States relating specifically to the cable communications industry and applicable to such Issuer or any subsidiary, and which violation would have a material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of such Issuer and its subsidiaries, as a whole;

(iii) the statements in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and Prospectus relating specifically to the cable communications industry, as updated by the Company’s most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, if any, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, if any, incorporated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and as updated by the Disclosure Package, insofar as they are, or refer to, statements of federal law

 

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or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by such counsel and present in all material respects the information called for with respect to such statements of federal law or legal conclusions; and

(iv) such counsel does not know of any proceeding pending before the FCC to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or involving the cable communications properties, licenses or authorizations of the Company and its subsidiaries, or of any cable communications law or regulation relevant thereto required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package pursuant to Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, which is not described as required.

(f) The Managers shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, covering the matters requested by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managers.

(g) The Managers shall have received on the date hereof a letter dated such date and on the Closing Date a letter dated such date, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Managers, from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information reviewed by them contained in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and each other firm of independent accountants, if any, who audited or reviewed financial statements contained in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to such financial statements and financial information.

(h) The Managers shall have received on the date hereof or on the Closing Date, as applicable, such additional documents as the Managers shall have reasonably requested to confirm compliance with the conditions to Closing listed herein.

5. Covenants of the Company. In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the Issuers covenant as follows:

(a) To furnish to the Managers, without charge, a copy of the Registration Statement and two signed copies of any post-effective amendment thereto specifically relating to the Offered Securities (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated therein by reference) and, during the period mentioned in paragraph (f) below, as many copies of the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated therein by reference and any supplements and amendments thereto as the Managers may reasonably request.

 

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(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, to furnish the Managers a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement.

(c) Before filing, using or referring to any free writing prospectus relating to the Offered Securities, to furnish the Managers a copy of each such free writing prospectus.

(d) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

(e) If the Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Offered Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time, not misleading, or if any event shall occur as a result of which any free writing prospectus included as part of the Disclosure Package conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, the Company shall forthwith prepare and furnish, at its expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Managers will furnish to the Company), either amendments or supplements to the Disclosure Package so that the statements in the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time, be misleading or so that any free writing prospectus which is included as part of the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement.

(f) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Offered Securities during which in the opinion of counsel to the Managers the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time, not misleading, forthwith to prepare and furnish, at its expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Managers will furnish to the Company) to which Offered Securities may have been sold by the Managers on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers on request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time, be misleading.

(g) To endeavor to qualify the Offered Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such U.S. jurisdictions as the Managers shall reasonably request.

 

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(h) To make generally available to the Company’s security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering the twelve month period beginning on the first day of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the date hereof, which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (which may be accomplished by making generally available the Company’s financial statements in the manner provided for by Rule 158 of the Securities Act).

6. Covenants of the Underwriters. In further consideration of the agreements of the Issuers herein contained, each Underwriter severally covenants as follows:

(a) Not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.

(b) Not to use, refer to or distribute any free writing prospectus except:

(i) a free writing prospectus that (A) is not an issuer free writing prospectus and (B) contains only information describing the preliminary terms of the Offered Securities or the offering thereof, which information is limited to the categories of terms referenced on Schedule II to this Agreement or otherwise permitted under Rule 134 of the Securities Act;

(ii) a free writing prospectus as shall be agreed in writing with the Company that is not distributed, used or referred to by such Underwriter in a manner reasonably designed to lead to its broad unrestricted dissemination (unless the Company consents in writing to such dissemination); or

(iii) a free writing prospectus identified in Schedule I to this Agreement as forming part of the Disclosure Package.

7. Indemnification and Contribution. The Issuers, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls each Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Disclosure Package (as amended or supplemented), any issuer free writing prospectus as defined under Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished to any Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Managers expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity with respect to any preliminary prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the Disclosure Package shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from

 

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whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased Offered Securities, or any person controlling any such Underwriter, if (a) the Issuers have notified such Underwriter that any preliminary prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus or the Disclosure Package contains an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (b) the Issuers provided a copy of any such preliminary prospectus, issuer free writing prospectus or Disclosure Package (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or a separate free writing prospectus correcting such material misstatement or omission to the contact of the Managers indicated in the notice provision contained in this Agreement sufficiently in advance of first entering into a contract of sale of Offered Securities with such person (the “Time of Sale”) so that such preliminary prospectus, issuer free writing prospectus or Disclosure Package (as so amended or supplemented but without reference to documents incorporated by reference therein) or separate free writing prospectus could have been conveyed to such person prior to the Applicable Time, and (c) the information contained in any such corrected preliminary prospectus, issuer free writing prospectus, Disclosure Package or separate free writing prospectus was not conveyed by or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person, if required by law so to have been conveyed, at or prior to the Time of Sale, and if such corrected preliminary prospectus, issuer free writing prospectus, or Disclosure Package (as so amended or supplemented but without reference to documents incorporated by reference therein) or separate free writing prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability.

Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Issuer, their respective directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls an Issuer within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to any Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Managers expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Disclosure Package, any issuer free writing prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (hereinafter called the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (hereinafter called the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding

 

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or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Underwriters and such control persons of the Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Managers. In the case of any such separate firm for the Issuers and such directors, officers and controlling persons of the Issuers, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Issuers. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify, to the extent provided in the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

If the indemnification provided for in the first or second paragraph of this Section 7 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities for which indemnification is provided herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Issuers on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuers and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in respect thereof. The relative fault of the Issuers and the Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Issuers and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any

 

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such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the Underwriters shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Securities underwritten by them and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

The indemnity and contribution agreement contained in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or any person controlling the Underwriters or by or on behalf of the Issuers, their respective officers or directors or any other person controlling an Issuer and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Offered Securities.

8. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Managers by notice given by the Managers to the Issuers, if (a) after the Applicable Time and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities, or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the judgment of the Managers, is material and adverse and (b) in the case of any of the events specified in clauses (a)(i) through (iv), such event, singly or together with any other such event, makes it, in the judgment of the Managers, impracticable to market the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package.

The Issuers will pay and bear all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including (a) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), as originally filed and as amended, the preliminary prospectuses, the Disclosure Package, any free writing prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the cost of furnishing copies thereto to the Underwriters, (b) the preparation, printing and distribution of this Agreement, each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be issued and Blue Sky Memorandum, (c) the delivery of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters, (d) the fees and disbursements of the Issuers’ counsel and accountants, (e) the qualification of the Offered Securities under the applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws in accordance with Section 5, including filing fees and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with any Blue Sky survey and any legal investment survey, (f) all fees payable to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in connection with the review, if any, of the offering of the Securities, (g) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Offered Securities and (h) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee, in connection with each indenture under which the Offered Securities are to be

 

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issued and the Offered Securities. Except as specifically provided elsewhere herein, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including without limitation the fees and expenses of their counsel and the expenses of selling presentations.

If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Issuers to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Issuers shall be unable to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder. This provision shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

9. Defaulting Underwriters. If on the Closing Date any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase on such date, and the aggregate amount of Offered Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate amount of the Offered Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally and not jointly in the proportions that the amount of Offered Securities set forth opposite their respective names bears to the aggregate amount of Offered Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Managers may specify, to purchase the Offered Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the amount of Offered Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such amount of Offered Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If on the Closing Date any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Securities and the aggregate amount of Offered Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate amount of Offered Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Managers and the Issuers for the purchase of such Offered Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Issuers. In any such case either the Managers or the Issuers shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

11. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

12. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

 

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EX-5.1 4 dex51.htm OPINION OF ARTHUR R. BLOCK, ESQUIRE Opinion of Arthur R. Block, Esquire

EXHIBIT 5.1

[LETTERHEAD OF COMCAST CORPORATION]

April 27, 2009

Comcast Corporation

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), and have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed on the date hereof by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the registration of the sale from time to time of (i) shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”); (ii) shares of the Company’s Class A Special Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Special Common Stock”); (iii) shares of the Company’s preferred stock, without par value (the “Preferred Stock”); (iv) the Company’s senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities (collectively, the “Debt Securities”) which may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc., and Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC. (collectively, the “Cable Guarantors”); (v) warrants (the “Warrants”), which may be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement between the Company and the warrant agent to be named therein (the “Warrant Agreement”); (vi) purchase contracts (the “Purchase Contracts”) which may be issued under one or more purchase agreements (each, a “Purchase Contract Agreement”) to be entered into between the Company and the purchase contract agent to be named therein (the “Purchase Contract Agent”) requiring the holders thereof to purchase or sell (A) the Company’s securities or securities of an entity unaffiliated or


affiliated with the Company, a basket of such securities, an index or indices of such securities or any combination of the above, (B) currencies or composite currencies or (C) commodities; (vii) units (the “Units”) consisting of Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Preferred Stock, Class A Common Stock or Class A Special Common Stock or any combination of the foregoing to be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into among the Company, a bank or trust company, as unit agent (the “Unit Agent”), and the holders from time to time of the Units (each such unit agreement, a “Unit Agreement”); (viii) guarantees (the “Cable Guarantees”) of the Debt Securities by the Cable Guarantors; and (ix) guarantees (the “Additional Guarantees”) of Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units or any combination of the foregoing by the Cable Guarantors to be issued under one or more guarantee agreements (each, a “Guarantee Agreement” to be entered into by the Cable Guarantors). The Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Class A Common Stock, Class A Special Common Stock, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Units, Cable Guarantees and Additional Guarantees are herein collectively referred to as the “Securities.” The Debt Securities and the Preferred Stock may be convertible and/or exchangeable for Securities or other securities or rights. The senior Debt Securities are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of January 7, 2003, as amended by that First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2003 (together, the “Senior Indenture”), among the Company, the Cable Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as Trustee. The subordinated Debt Securities are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Subordinated Indenture”) among the Company, the Cable Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are hereinafter referred to individually as an “Indenture” and collectively as the “Indentures.” The Company may offer Depositary Shares (the “Depositary Shares”) representing interests in Preferred Stock deposited with a Depositary and evidenced by Depositary Receipts, and such Depositary Shares are also covered by the Registration Statement. The Class A Common Stock and Class A Special Common Stock may be issued with associated rights under the Rights Agreement dated as of November 18, 2002, between the Company and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent.

I have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as I have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

 

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Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

1. When the necessary corporate action on the part of the Company has been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of such shares of Class A Common Stock proposed to be sold by the Company, and when such shares of Class A Common Stock are issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof) or upon conversion or exercise of any security offered under the Registration Statement (the “Offered Security”), in accordance with the terms of such Offered Security or the instrument governing such Offered Security providing for such conversion or exercise as approved by the Board of Directors, for the consideration approved by the Board of Directors (which consideration is not less than the par value of the Class A Common Stock), such shares of Class A Common Stock will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.

2. When the necessary corporate action on the part of the Company has been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of such shares of Class A Special Common Stock proposed to be sold by the Company, and when such shares of Class A Special Common Sock are issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof) or upon conversion or exercise of an Offered Security, in accordance with the terms of such Offered Security or the instrument governing such Offered Security providing for such conversion or exercise as approved by the Board of Directors, for the consideration approved by the Board of Directors (which consideration is not less than the par value of the Class A Special Common Stock), such shares of Class A Special Common Stock will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.

3. Upon designation of the relative rights, preferences and limitations of any series of Preferred Stock by the Board of Directors of the Company and proper filing with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a Certificate of Designations relating to such series of Preferred Stock, all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company will have been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of such series of Preferred Stock proposed to be sold by the Company, and when such shares of Preferred Stock are issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor or upon conversion in accordance with the terms of any other Security that has been duly authorized, issued, paid for and delivered, such shares of Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

4. When Depositary Shares evidenced by Depositary Receipts are issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of a Deposit Agreement against the deposit of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Preferred Stock, such Depositary Shares will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the Deposit Agreement.

 

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5. The Senior Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

In connection with my opinions expressed above, I have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any such Security, (i) the Board of Directors shall have duly established the terms of such Security; (ii) the Registration Statement shall have been declared effective and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; and (iii) there shall not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of such Security. I have also assumed that none of the terms of any Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of such Security, nor the compliance by the Company with the terms of such Security will violate any applicable law or public policy or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon the Company, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company.

I am a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement referred to above and further consent to the reference to my name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus, which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without my prior written consent.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Arthur R. Block
Arthur R. Block

 

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EX-5.2 5 dex52.htm OPINION OF DAVIS, POLK & WARDWELL Opinion of Davis, Polk & Wardwell

EXHIBIT 5.2

LOGO

    

1600 EL CAMINO REAL

MENLO PARK, CA 94025

650 752 2000

FAX 650 752 2111

  

NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, D.C.

LONDON

PARIS

FRANKFURT

MADRID

TOKYO

BEIJING

HONG KONG

April 27, 2009

Comcast Corporation

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2838

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania company (the “Company”) in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed on the date hereof by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the registration of the sale from time to time of (i) shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”); (ii) shares of the Company’s Class A Special Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Special Common Stock”); (iii) shares of the Company’s preferred stock, without par value (the “Preferred Stock”); (iv) the Company’s senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities (collectively, the “Debt Securities”) which may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc., and Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC. (collectively, the “Cable Guarantors”); (v) warrants (the “Warrants”), which may be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement between the Company and the warrant agent to be named therein (the “Warrant Agreement”); (vi) purchase contracts (the “Purchase Contracts”) which may be issued under one or more purchase agreements (each, a “Purchase Contract Agreement”) to be entered into between the Company and the purchase contract agent to be named therein (the “Purchase Contract Agent”) requiring the holders thereof to purchase or sell (A) the Company’s securities or securities of an entity unaffiliated or affiliated with the Company, a basket of such


securities, an index or indices of such securities or any combination of the above, (B) currencies or composite currencies or (C) commodities; (vii) units (the “Units”) consisting of Debt Securities, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Preferred Stock, Class A Common Stock or Class A Special Common Stock or any combination of the foregoing to be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into among the Company, a bank or trust company, as unit agent (the “Unit Agent”), and the holders from time to time of the Units (each such unit agreement, a “Unit Agreement”); (viii) guarantees (the “Cable Guarantees”) of the Debt Securities by the Cable Guarantors; and (ix) guarantees (the “Additional Guarantees”) of Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units or any combination of the foregoing by the Cable Guarantors to be issued under one or more guarantee agreements (each, a “Guarantee Agreement” to be entered into by the Cable Guarantors). The Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Class A Common Stock, Class A Special Common Stock, Warrants, Purchase Contracts, Units, Cable Guarantees and Additional Guarantees are herein collectively referred to as the “Securities.” The Debt Securities and the Preferred Stock may be convertible and/or exchangeable for Securities or other securities or rights. The senior Debt Securities are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of January 7, 2003, as amended by that First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2003 (together, the “Senior Indenture”), among the Company, the Cable Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as Trustee. The subordinated Debt Securities are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Subordinated Indenture”) among the Company, the Cable Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are hereinafter referred to individually as an “Indenture” and collectively as the “Indentures.” The Company may offer Depositary Shares (the “Depositary Shares”) representing interests in Preferred Stock deposited with a Depositary and evidenced by Depositary Receipts, and such Depositary Shares are also covered by the Registration Statement. The Class A Common Stock and Class A Special Common Stock may be issued with associated rights under the Rights Agreement dated as of November 18, 2002, between the Company and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent.

We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1. Assuming the Senior Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and the Company, and when the Subordinated Indenture and any supplemental indenture to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, the Company and the Cable Guarantors; the specific terms of a particular series of Debt Securities have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the applicable Indenture; and such

 

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Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable Indenture and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Debt Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

2. Assuming the Senior Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and the Company, and when the Subordinated Indenture and any supplemental indenture to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, the Company and the Cable Guarantors; the specific terms of a particular series of Debt Securities have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the applicable Indenture; and such Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable Indenture and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, the Cable Guarantees relating to such Debt Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Cable Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

3. When the Warrant Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Warrants has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Warrant Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Warrants have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Warrant Agreement; and such Warrants have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Warrant Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

4. When the Guarantee Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Additional Guarantees has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Cable Guarantors and any agent party thereto; the Additional Guarantees have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Guarantee Agreement; and such Additional Guarantees have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Guarantee Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Additional Guarantees will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Cable Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

 

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5. When the Purchase Contract Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Purchase Contracts has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement; and such Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

6. When the Unit Agreement to be entered into in connection with the issuance of any Units has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Unit Agent and the Company; the specific terms of the Units have been duly authorized and established in accordance with the Unit Agreement; and such Units have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered in accordance with the Unit Agreement and the applicable underwriting or other agreement against payment therefor, such Units will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability.

In connection with the opinions expressed above, we have assumed that, at or prior to the time of the delivery of any such Security, (i) the Board of Directors or, in the case of a limited liability company, the managing member shall have duly established the terms of such Security and duly authorized the issuance and sale of such Security and such authorization shall not have been modified or rescinded; (ii) the Registration Statement shall have become effective pursuant to Rule 462(e) and such effectiveness shall not have been terminated or rescinded; and (iii) there shall not have occurred any change in law affecting the validity or enforceability of such Security. We have also assumed that none of the terms of any Security to be established subsequent to the date hereof, nor the issuance and delivery of such Security, nor the compliance by the Company or the Cable Guarantors with the terms of such Security will violate any applicable law or public policy or will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon the Company or the Cable Guarantors, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or the Cable Guarantors.

 

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We are members of the Bars of the States of New York and California and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement referred to above and further consent to the reference to our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus, which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell

 

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EX-23.1 6 dex231.htm CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated February 20, 2009, relating to the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedule of Comcast Corporation (which reports express unqualified opinions and include an explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of new accounting pronouncements in 2008 and 2007), and the effectiveness of Comcast Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Comcast Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2008, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Philadelphia, PA

April 24, 2009

EX-25.1 7 dex251.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY, AS AMENDED--SENIOR INDENTURE Statement of Eligibility, as amended--Senior Indenture

EXHIBIT 25.1

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)        ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(State of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.

  10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Comcast Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   27-0000798

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   23-2175755

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)


Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   04-3592397

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   84-1260157

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Comcast MO Group, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   91-2047743

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   84-1372033

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  19103-2838
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Senior Debt Securities

and Guarantees of Senior Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 

 

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1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, New York 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

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  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 20th day of April, 2009.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:   /S/   SCOTT KLEIN
  Name:   SCOTT KLEIN
  Title:   ASSISTANT TREASURER

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2008, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts
In Thousands

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

   4,440,000

Interest-bearing balances

   87,807,000

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

   7,327,000

Available-for-sale securities

   32,572,000

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

   373,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

   0

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

   0

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

   32,827,000

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

   357,000

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

   32,470,000

Trading assets

   10,665,000

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

   1,098,000

Other real estate owned

   8,000

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

   795,000

Not applicable

  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

   4,908,000

Other intangible assets

   1,606,000

Other assets

   11,095,000
    

Total assets

   195,164,000
    


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

   85,286,000

Noninterest-bearing

   54,008,000

Interest-bearing

   31,278,000

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

   72,497,000

Noninterest-bearing

   1,558,000

Interest-bearing

   70,939,000

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

   454,000

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

   75,000

Trading liabilities

   8,365,000

Other borrowed money:

  

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

   6,256,000

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

   3,490,000

Other liabilities

   7,018,000
    

Total liabilities

   183,441,000
    

Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries

   350,000

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

   0

Common stock

   1,135,000

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

   8,276,000

Retained earnings

   6,810,000

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   -4,848,000

Other equity capital components

   0

Total equity capital

   11,373,000
    

Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital

   195,164,000
    


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Thomas P. Gibbons,

Chief Financial Officer

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

       

Steven G. Elliott

       

Directors

Robert P. Kelly

       
EX-25.2 8 dex252.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY, AS AMENDED--SUBORDINATED INDENTURE Statement of Eligibility, as amended--Subordinated Indenture

EXHIBIT 25.2

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)        ¨

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(State of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.

  10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Comcast Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Pennsylvania   27-0000798

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   23-2175755

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)


Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   04-3592397

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   84-1260157

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Comcast MO Group, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   91-2047743

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   84-1372033

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One Comcast Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   19103-2838
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Subordinated Debt Securities

and Guarantees of Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York

   One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

   33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

   Washington, D.C. 20429

New York Clearing House Association

   New York, New York 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).


  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195).

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 20th day of April, 2009.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:   /S/   SCOTT KLEIN
  Name:   SCOTT KLEIN
  Title:   ASSISTANT TREASURER


EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 2008, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts
In Thousands

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

   4,440,000

Interest-bearing balances

   87,807,000

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

   7,327,000

Available-for-sale securities

   32,572,000

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

   373,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

   0

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

   0

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

   32,827,000

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

   357,000

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

   32,470,000

Trading assets

   10,665,000

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

   1,098,000

Other real estate owned

   8,000

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

   795,000

Not applicable

  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

   4,908,000

Other intangible assets

   1,606,000

Other assets

   11,095,000
    

Total assets

   195,164,000
    


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

   85,286,000

Noninterest-bearing

   54,008,000

Interest-bearing

   31,278,000

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

   72,497,000

Noninterest-bearing

   1,558,000

Interest-bearing

   70,939,000

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

   454,000

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

   75,000

Trading liabilities

   8,365,000

Other borrowed money:

  

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

   6,256,000

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

   3,490,000

Other liabilities

   7,018,000
    

Total liabilities

   183,441,000
    

Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries

   350,000

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

   0

Common stock

   1,135,000

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

   8,276,000

Retained earnings

   6,810,000

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   -4,848,000

Other equity capital components

   0

Total equity capital

   11,373,000
    

Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital

   195,164,000
    


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Thomas P. Gibbons,

Chief Financial Officer

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Gerald L. Hassell

       

Steven G. Elliott

       

Directors

Robert P. Kelly

       
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