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Notice of 2021 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders
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2020 Company Highlights

Strong Execution on Key Strategic Priorities

 

 

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BroadbandAggregationStreaming

$15 billion

investment in Comcast Cable’s broadband network since the beginning of 2017 enabled us to stay ahead of demand

2 million

broadband customer net additions in the U.S. in 2020

#1 provider in U.S. / #2 in U.K.

in terms of internet customers

Filing Party:Further deployed X1, Flex & Sky Q

with 47 million devices deployed, provide more of our customers with our best aggregation platforms

90+ new apps

added in 2020 on Xfinity X1, Flex and Sky Q, adding more great content and value

Launched Peacock with 33 million sign-ups in the U.S. after 6 months

NBCUniversal strategically entered the streaming market with a differentiated, free, ad-supported service that leveraged technologies and capabilities across our businesses to launch more quickly and effectively

NOW gained new users

Sky’s streaming offering, NOW, added new users streaming the latest TV, movies and live sports through Sky Cinema and Sky Sports

 
Supporting through COVID-19Working Toward Equity

Employee Response

$500 million+

in support for our employees where operations were closed or impacted by COVID-19 in 2020

Customer Support

1.5 million

public WiFi hotspots in our network were opened for free

Community Impact

1,000 WiFi-Connected Lift Zones

in community centers across the U.S. for low-income students planned by the end of 2021, with 375+ launched to date

Diverse Board

50% Director Diversity

by gender, race or ethnicity, with 30% gender and 30% racial and ethnic diversity

Building a More Inclusive World

$100 million

incremental commitment to fight injustice and inequality against any race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or ability

Addressing Digital Inequities

5 million

low-income students connected to the internet through Internet Essentials, which we believe is the largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program for Americans, since 2011

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Message from Our Chairman, President and CEO and Our Lead Independent Director

Dear Shareholders,

The past year and the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it unprecedented societal and business challenges – the most difficult we have faced in our nearly 60-year history. We are immensely proud of Comcast’s performance under the Board of Directors’ stewardship and grateful for a leadership team that adapted and innovated to keep our people, customers and communities safe and supported. Our focus, expertise and passion led to a strong year for our organization and we believe positions us for continued long-term success.

The products and services we provide were more important than ever, as millions relied on our broadband to work and learn from home and turned to our entertainment, news and sports platforms for information and enjoyment. Comcast Cable’s results this year were strong, highlighted by record total customer and broadband additions, and impressive growth in adjusted EBITDA. NBCUniversal responded quickly to the pandemic, accelerating the reorganization of its television businesses, releasing new films direct to consumers by creating a premium video on demand window and reopening the parks safely, while successfully launching the new Peacock streaming service, which surpassed 33 million sign-ups in just over its first six months. Sky also reacted swiftly and effectively, and as a result, revenue and customer relationships at the end of the year returned to pre-COVID levels.

The core values of our organization – entrepreneurial spirit, doing the right thing and acting with integrity, respect for each other and giving back to the community – guided us as we worked diligently to accelerate key initiatives that would help those that were hardest hit by the pandemic. With the full support of our Board, we moved the vast majority of our employees to work from home to keep them and their families safe and provided more than $500 million to support employees where operations were closed. We expanded Internet Essentials, which we believe is America’s largest and most successful broadband adoption program, to reach even more low-income families, and launched WiFi-enabled Lift Zones in hundreds of community centers to help those without a home connection get online.

In response to the urgently needed national dialogue around race and inequity, our company mobilized, building on a long-standing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, with an additional $100 million commitment to fight inequality and racism against any race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or ability. These efforts, which are outlined in greater detail in the pages that follow, will remain key focus areas of our Board and our business as we continue to work hard to make a difference.

As we look ahead to 2021, we do so with renewed confidence and optimism. We have entered the year with a strong balance sheet and a continued strategic focus on broadband, aggregation and streaming. We will continue to oversee and operate our organization for the long term, with support for our employees, customers and communities, and drive overall value for our company and shareholders.

Thank you for your investment in Comcast and for your commitment. We are excited about the promise of the year ahead and the opportunity to serve you and our company as directors.

Sincerely,

 

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Brian L. Roberts

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Date Filed:Edward D. Breen

Lead Independent Director

 

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LOGOTable of Contents

Notice of 20192021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Comcast Corporation

 

Date:

DATE

June 5, 2019

Time:2, 2021

TIME

Online check-in begins:

opens: 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time
Meeting begins:9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Place:

PLACE

Meeting live via the Internet—please visit:internet: comcast.onlineshareholdermeeting.com

Purposes:    

WHO CAN VOTE

Shareholders of record on April 5, 2021

 

•  Voting Items

PROPOSAL 1

Elect directors

 

•  PROPOSAL 2

Advisory vote to approve executive compensation

PROPOSAL 3

Ratify the appointment of our independent auditors

 

•  Approve the Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave PlanPROPOSAL 4

Vote on one shareholder proposal

Board Voting

Recommendation

 

•  Consider an advisory vote to approve our executive compensationFOR each director nominee

 

•  Vote on two shareholder proposals

 

•  Conduct other business if properly raisedFOR

FOR

AGAINST

All shareholders are cordially invited to attend a virtual annual meeting of shareholders, conducted via live webcast. Based on our prior experience, we believe that virtual meetings provide expanded shareholder access and participation, and improved communications. During the virtual meeting, you may ask questions and will be able to vote your shares electronically. To participate in the annual meeting, you will need the16-digit control number included on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or on your proxy card. We encourage you to allow ample time for onlinecheck-in, which will begin at 8:45 a.m. Eastern Time. Please note that there is noin-person annual meeting for you to attend.

Only shareholders of record on April 5, 20192021 may vote and participate and vote atduring the meeting. If the meeting is adjourned because a quorum is not present, then atshareholders who attend the reconvened meeting, shareholders who participate in the meeting will constitute a quorum for the purpose of acting upon the matters presented at that meeting pursuant to the rules described in “Voting Securities and Principal Holders Outstanding Shares and Voting Rights” in the attached proxy statement.

As permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are making the attached proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form10-K available to our shareholders electronically via the Internet. In accordance with thise-proxy process, we have mailed to our shareholders of record and beneficial owners a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access the proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form10-K via the Internet and how to vote online. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and the proxy statement also contain instructions on how you can receive a paper copy of the proxy materials. If you elect to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials, our 2018 Annual Report on Form10-K will be mailed to you along with the proxy statement.

The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials is being mailed, and the attached proxy statement is being made available, to our shareholders beginning on or about April 26, 2019.23, 2021.

Your vote is important. Please vote your shares promptly. To vote your shares, you can (i) use the Internet, as described in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and on your proxy card; (ii) call the toll-free telephone number set forth in the attached proxy statement and on your proxy card; or (iii) complete, sign and date your proxy card and return your proxy card by mail.

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THOMAS J. REID

Secretary

April 26, 2019


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Proxy Statement Summary

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General Information

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Voting Securities and Principal Holders

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Corporate Governance

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Proposal 1: Election of Directors

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Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Our Independent Auditors

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Proposal 3: Approval of the Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan

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Proposal 4: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

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Shareholder Proposals

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Executive Compensation

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

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Compensation Committee Report

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Summary Compensation Table

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards

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Outstanding Equity Awards at FiscalYear-End

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested

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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in and as of FiscalYear-End

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Agreements with Our Named Executive Officers

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Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

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Other Compensation Information

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Director Compensation

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Related Party Transaction Policy and Certain Transactions

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Shareholder Proposals for Next Year

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Solicitation of Proxies

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Electronic Access to Proxy Materials and Annual Report on Form10-K

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Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Shareholder Documents

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Appendix A: Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan

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Appendix B: Reconciliations ofNon-GAAP Financial Measures

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on June 5, 2019: Our proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 are available atwww.proxyvote.com.


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PROXY STATEMENT

PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY

This summary is intended to provide a broad overview of some of the items elsewhere in this proxy statement. As this is only a summary, we encourage you to read the entire proxy statement for more information about these topics before voting.

ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION

Date:

June 5, 2019

Time:

9:00 a.m. Eastern Time

Place:

Meeting live via the Internet—comcast.onlineshareholdermeeting.com

Record Date:    

Shareholders as of April 5, 2019 are entitled to vote

ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA AND VOTING MATTERS

  Proposal

   

Board’s Voting
Recommendation

Use the internet, as described in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and on your proxy card. Call the toll-free telephone number set forth in the attached proxy statement and on your proxy card. 

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Reference

  No. 1

Election of Directors

LOGO   

FOR

Page 15 

  No. 2

Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors

LOGO   

FOR

Page 20

  No. 3

Approval of Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan

LOGO   

FOR

Page 22

  No. 4

Advisory Vote to Approve Our Executive Compensation

LOGO   

FOR

Page 24

  No. 5

Shareholder Proposal to Require an Independent Board Chair

LOGO   

AGAINST

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  No. 6

Shareholder Proposal to Provide a Lobbying Report

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AGAINST

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS: NOMINEES FOR ELECTION

  Director

Age

Director Since

Board Committees

Diversity
(Gender/Race)

  Kenneth J. Bacon*

64

November 2002

Governance and Directors Nominating Committee

Ö

  Madeline S. Bell*

57

February 2016

Audit and Governance and Directors Nominating Committees

Ö

  Sheldon M. Bonovitz

81

March 1979

Finance Committee

  Edward D. Breen**

63

February 2014

Compensation Committee

  Gerald L. Hassell*

67

May 2008

Compensation and Finance Committees

  Jeffrey A. Honickman*

62

December 2005

Audit and Governance and Directors Nominating Committees

  Maritza G. Montiel*

67

June 2018

Audit Committee

Ö

  Asuka Nakahara*

63

February 2017

Audit Committee

Ö

  David C. Novak*

66

December 2016

Compensation Committee

  Brian L. Roberts

59

March 1988

*

Independent Director

**

Lead Independent Director

Audit Committee Financial Expert

80%

of Directors Independent

7 Years

Avg. Independent Director Tenure

40%

Board Diversity

(50% for Independent Directors)


GENERAL INFORMATION

Who May Vote

Holders of record of Class A and Class B common stock of Comcast Corporation (“Comcast,” the “Company,” “our,” “we” or “us”) at the close of business on April 5, 2019 may vote at the annual meeting of shareholders. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) is being mailed, and this proxy statement is being made available, to our shareholders beginning on or about April 26, 2019.

How to Vote

You may vote at the virtual meeting or by proxy. We recommend that you vote by proxy even if you plan to participate in the virtual meeting. You can always change your vote at the meeting if you participate in it.

How Proxies Work

Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) is asking for your proxy. Giving us your proxy means you authorize us to vote your shares at the meeting in the manner you direct. You may vote for all, some or none of our director candidates. You also may vote for or against the other proposals or abstain from voting.

You can vote by proxy in any of the following ways:

Internet: Go towww.proxyvote.comor scan the QR code on your Notice or proxy card with a smartphone or tablet, and then follow the instructions outlined on the secure website.

Telephone: Call toll free1-800-690-6903 and follow the instructions provided on the recorded message. If you hold shares beneficially, through a broker, brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, please refer to the instructions your broker, brokerage firm, bank or other nominee provided to you regarding voting by telephone.

Mail:Complete, sign and date your proxy card and return your proxy card in the enclosed envelope.

by mail.

If you vote via

April 23, 2021

 

THOMAS J. REID
Secretary

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on June 2, 2021: Our proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 are available at www.proxyvote.com.

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About Comcast

Our Company

Comcast Corporation (“Comcast,” the Internet“Company,” “we,” “our” or “us”) is a global media and technology company that connects people to moments that matter. We are principally focused on broadband, aggregation and streaming with over 56 million customer relationships across the United States and Europe. We deliver broadband, video and wireless services through our Xfinity, Comcast Business and Sky brands; create, distribute and stream leading entertainment, sports and news through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, Universal Studio Group, Sky Studios, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, Peacock, NBC News, NBC Sports, Sky News and Sky Sports; and provide memorable experiences at Universal Parks and Resorts in the United States and Asia.

Our Core Values

ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRITDOING THE RIGHT THING & ACTING WITH INTEGRITYRESPECT FOR EACH OTHERGIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

Our Strategy

We have three strategic priorities:

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Provide our customers with a fast and differentiated broadband experienceOffer our customers the entertainment they want by aggregating our own content along with the best from others, and provide them with multiple ways to access this contentUse the reach of our platforms to offer the best in streaming video content

We aim to be a leader in each of the markets in which we compete and create value through the complementary and reinforcing aspects of our businesses. This includes providing the best consumer proposition in broadband, aggregation and streaming by telephone, your vote mustutilizing our direct-to-customer relationships, premium content and other assets from across our company. In doing this, our core competencies in innovation and operational excellence, along with a strong culture of entrepreneurship and collaboration, enable us to deliver more value to our customers. The complementary nature and resiliency of our business have enabled us to attract and develop top talent, make significant positive impacts within the communities we serve and around the world and generate superior long-term total shareholder returns.

2020 Performance Overview

We operate and seek to succeed in intensely competitive, rapidly changing and, in most instances, highly regulated industries. Our uniquely positioned company enabled us to execute against our strategy in 2020. We delivered solid results in a year wrought with previously unimaginable challenges. Our fast decision-making and strong execution enabled us to respond, innovate and manage throughout the global pandemic in ways that benefited our employees, customers, communities, suppliers and investors now and for the long term. Our operational and financial results, and the resiliency of our business, were driven by our strategic focus on broadband, aggregation and streaming, which we believe delivers better experiences for our customers and value for our shareholders and puts us on a trajectory to emerge from this challenging environment in an even stronger position.

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During 2020, some of our businesses were forced to reinvent their day-to-day experiences, and in some instances temporarily ceased operations and productions, while others had record growth. For example, Comcast Cable continued its strong financial and operating performance in 2020, and the significant investments we have made in our technology and network over the years to stay ahead of demand and to maintain speed and reliability enabled us to successfully manage the largest sustained traffic surge in history during the peak of COVID-19. This achievement, combined with further enhancing our broadband offering by making Flex and Peacock available for free to customers, helped lead to 2 million net new broadband customers and 1.6 million total net new customer relationships this year – our best results on record.

The impact of the global pandemic placed significant pressure on NBCUniversal and Sky given the nature of these businesses, yet our leadership teams responded quickly and effectively. NBCUniversal, leveraging Sky’s technology infrastructure and Comcast Cable’s customer base, launched Peacock, our new streaming service. Even without the benefit of the Olympics, Peacock quickly surpassed our internal expectations, signing up 33 million customers in the United States in just over its first six months. NBCUniversal also reorganized its television and streaming businesses to optimize its content creation, distribution and monetization model and introduced a new “premium video on demand” strategy, making our films available in the home and enabling our Filmed Entertainment business to profitably release new titles despite theater closures due to COVID-19. Comcast Cable and Sky played a leadership role in distributing these films. Our theme parks business found creative solutions to open safely in Orlando, Florida and Osaka, Japan. Meanwhile, Sky successfully increased its penetration of customers in Europe with Sky Q, launched Sky broadband in Italy, leveraging Comcast Cable’s xFi platform, and maintained strong customer loyalty throughout the pandemic. At the end of 2020, Sky returned to 99% of pre-COVID customer levels.

Financial Performance

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted our financial results in 2020 as many of our operations were closed, paused or restricted during the year. Despite this, our overall financial results were solid and our performance against our strategic initiatives was strong as outlined above. While we expect 2021 will be receiveda challenging year given the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are encouraged by 11:the performance of our businesses as we exited 2020.

REVENUE

($ in billions)  

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE
TO COMCAST

($ in billions)

ADJUSTED EBITDA(1)

($ in billions)  

$120 $94.5 $108.9 $103.6 $100 $80 $60 $40 $20 $0 2018 2019 2020
$15 $12 $9 $6 $3 $0 $11.7 $13.1 $10.5 2018 2019 2020
$40 $30 $20 $10 $0 $30.2 $34.3 $30.8 2018 2019 2020

NET CASH PROVIDED
BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES

($ in billions)

FREE CASH FLOW(1)

($ in billions)  

$30 $25 $20 $15 $10 $5 $0 $24.3 $25.7 $24.7 2018 2019 2020
$15 $12 $9 $6 $3 $0 $12.6 $13.4 $13.3 2018 2019 2020
 

(1)Reconciliations of consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to Comcast Corporation and consolidated Free Cash Flow to net cash provided by operating activities are set forth in Appendix A.

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2020 key reported results across our three primary businesses included:

Comcast Cable (whose results are reported in our Cable Communications segment) Adjusted EBITDA increased 8.6% to $25.3 billion.
NBCUniversal Adjusted EBITDA decreased 28.5% to $6.3 billion.
Sky Adjusted EBITDA decreased 37.0% to $2.0 billion. Excluding the impact of currency, Sky Adjusted EBITDA decreased 37.6% (see Appendix A for a reconciliation).

In addition, we made four cash dividend payments totaling $4.1 billion in 2020 and announced an increase to the planned annual dividend by $0.08 per share, or 9%, to $1.00 per share on an annualized basis for 2021 – the 13th increase in 13 years.

Stock Performance

Our stock performance over the short and long term is reflected below, with our performance over the long term outperforming the S&P 500.

TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURNS: CMCSA VS. S&P 500


$500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $0 19% 18% 39% 49% 105% 103% 475% 267% 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Comcast Corporation S&P 500

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Our COVID-19 Response

COVID-19 had a tremendous impact on nearly every aspect of our daily lives in 2020. Across Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Sky, we worked hard to support our customers, employees and communities.

Making Employee Safety Our First PriorityKeeping Customers Connected as Millions Work and Learn from Home
At the onset of the pandemic, we moved the vast majority of our employees to work from home, while enhancing safety measures for our frontline, news and production teams. We also committed more than $500 million to support employees where operations were paused or impacted.With millions relying on our broadband services to work and attend school from home, our teams worked overtime to keep customers connected. The Comcast network ran superbly, despite an unprecedented surge in internet use of over 50% in some markets. Our engineers have continued to run 700,000+ diagnostic speed tests most days for network reliability.
Expanding the Reach and Impact of Internet EssentialsLaunching WiFi-Connected Lift Zones Nationwide
We sought to keep those communities hardest hit by the pandemic connected. Building on our long-standing commitment to digital equity, we expanded Internet Essentials, which we believe is America’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program, which has connected more than five million low-income students since 2011. Through partnerships with cities, public school districts, philanthropies and other organizations, we provided students with access to the tools they needed to participate in virtual learning. We also increased speeds for Internet Essentials customers, with current speeds at 50/5 Mbps.Working with non-profit partners and city leaders, we provided high-capacity WiFi in hundreds of community centers around the country to help students get online, participate in distance learning and do their schoolwork. We plan to open 1,000 Lift Zones by the end of 2021 and are on track to meet that goal by having already opened over 375.
Supporting Small Businesses through Comcast RISEKeeping Audiences Informed through a Pivotal Year
Comcast RISE, a multi-year, multi-faceted initiative, was designed to help thousands of Black, Indigenous and people of color (“BIPOC”)-owned small businesses impacted by COVID-19 by providing marketing and technology services and equipment. In 2020, 700+ small businesses received support through this program in more than 280 cities in almost 30 states, and so far in 2021 we have supported hundreds more with $5 million of grant funding.Our NBCU News Group and Sky News teams worked hard to keep the world informed and bring news and information to even more people by expanding free access to traditionally subscription-only content, curating special COVID-19 information destinations and hosting countless special reports on the pandemic.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Comcast

We believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive company seeds innovation and success, and we embrace diversity of background, perspective, culture and experience throughout our business. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DE&I”) is longstanding, and our efforts and progress in this regard are reviewed and discussed by our Board and/or its committees, our external Joint Diversity Advisory Council and management, including the Company’s Chief Diversity Officer.

Board of Directors and Workforce(U.S. full-time employees as of YE 2020)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 30% 30% of our Board of Directors were women 10% 10% 10% 30% of our Board of Directors were people of color  African American Asian American Hispanic 2+ Races Native American OVERALL WORKFORCE 36% of our employees were women 19% 7% 15% 0.4% 3% 44% of our employees were people of color  VP+ 40% of our Vice Presidents & above were women 5% 8% 7% 0.2% 2% 22% of our Vice Presidents & above were people of color

Diverse Pipeline: We seek to hire, promote and develop people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. In 2020 alone, we:

launched NBCU Academy, an innovative, multiplatform journalism training and development program offering training and education to students at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and colleges with significant Latino, Asian, Black, Indigenous and tribal populations;
created Female Forward, designed to give female directors an entry into scripted television; and
offered the Alternative Directors Program, which gives female and ethnically diverse directors the opportunity to learn new directing styles.
Employee Education: Designed to educate and inspire, our DE&I Speaker Series is a monthly employee-facing engagement featuring scholars, thought leaders, bestselling authors and expert speakers discussing a variety of DE&I topics, from racism to allyship.

DE&I Strategic Initiatives

As a media and technology company, we have a unique opportunity to use our collective platforms, programs and talent to help create a more equitable industry and society. We have identified key areas aligned with our businesses – digital equity, small businesses and media, education and awareness – where we aspire to be a leader in effecting sustainable change.

Addressing Digital Inequities: Over the last decade, we have connected a cumulative total of more than 10 million low-income Americans to the internet through our Internet Essentials program. We have partnerships with equity-focused organizations like Black Girls Code, Reboot Representation and Per Scholas designed to bring educational resources and digital skills training to underrepresented communities to unlock new opportunities and economic mobility.
$100 Million Social Justice Initiative: In 2020, we announced a comprehensive, multiyear plan to allocate an incremental $100 million to accelerate our work to fight injustice and inequality, which included our commitments to launch 1,000+ new Lift Zones and to support thousands of BIPOC-owned small businesses impacted by COVID-19 through Comcast RISE, in each case as described above.

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Media, Education & Awareness: We seek to empower diverse content creators and use our storytelling platforms to deliver programming representative of the audiences we serve. In 2020, NBCUniversal secured content deals with diverse creators and developed a new series of ‘The More You Know’ public service announcements launched during ‘TODAY’ to address systemic racism, speak up for social justice, equality and equity, and focus on important issues. We have also created a broad ecosystem of diverse content, including curated On Demand special collections like Black Voices Black Stories, Echando Palante Juntos, Celebrate Diwali, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Month.

2.6 million+100+70,000+
visits to curated On Demand cultural
content special collections in 2020
diverse networks on
Xfinity platforms
employees participated in
first-ever DE&I Day

Additional information on our company and values is available on our website, www.comcastcorporation.com,

including through our annual Values Report.

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Corporate Governance and Board Matters

Proposal 1:  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Our Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” the election of each of the nominees for director.

Board of Directors

Board Snapshot

INDEPENDENCE Independent: 90% - 9 Non-independent - 1  DIVERSITY (GENDER & RACE)  Diverse: 50% Female - 30% Racial/Ethnic Diversity - 30%  INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR TENURE Average Tenure: 7.8 years ‹ 5 years - 5 6-12 years - 1 ›12 years - 3 AGE Average Age: 64 55-60 -2 61-65 - 4 66-70 -4
Board Nominees Non-independent -1 Independent - 9 Diverse - 5 Non-Diverse - 5 Brian L. Roberts, 61 Chairman of the Board, President and CEO Director Since: March 1988 Committee Membership: None Kenneth J. Bacon, 66 Independent Director Director Since: November 2012 Committee Membership: Governance and Directors Nominating Committee Madeline S. Bell, 59 p.m. Eastern TimeIndependent Director Director Since: February 2016 Committee Membership: Governance and Directors Nominating Committee Naomi M. Bergman, 57 Independent Director Since: June 2020 Committee Membership: Audit Committee Edward D. Breen, 65 Lead Independent Director Director Since: February 2014 Committee Membership: Compensation Committee Gerald L. Hassell, 69 Independent Director Director Sice: May 2008 Committee Membership: Compensation Committee Jeffrey A. Honickman, 64 Independent Director Director Since: December 2005 Committee: Audit* and Governance and Directors Nominating Committees Maritza G. Montiel, 69 Independent Director Director Since: June 2018 Committee Membership: Audit Committee* Asuka Nakahara, 65 Independent Director Director Since: February 2017 Committee Membership: Audit Committee David C. Novak, 68 Independent Director Director Since: December 2016 Committee Membership: Compensation Committee

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Director Skills and Experience

As baseline director qualifications, our Board seeks, and each of our directors possesses, key attributes that we deem critical in being a director, including strong and effective decision-making, communication and leadership skills; high ethical standards, integrity and values; and a commitment to representing the long-term interests of our shareholders. Our Board then strives to balance the need to have directors with a diversity of skills, backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and viewpoints, areas of expertise and knowledge, while maintaining gender and racial and ethnic representation.

Our Board and each of its committees perform an annual self-assessment which, among other things, evaluates the overall composition of our Board, including the diversity of skills and backgrounds of our directors. Our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee focuses on June 4, 2019.certain specific director qualifications and skills, including those highlighted below, to select directors that bring to the Board a diversity of experience, qualifications, skills, viewpoints and perspectives to oversee and address the current issues facing our company. Our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee considers these qualifications, including with respect to gender and racial and ethnic diversity, as it seeks to identify and evaluate potential new directors.

If you give us your signed proxy but do not specify how

KENNETH J. BACON
MADELINE S. BELL
NAOMI M. BERGMAN
EDWARD D. BREEN
GERALD L. HASSELL
JEFFREY A. HONICKMAN
MARITZA G. MONTIEL
Internet/Video/Wireless Industry
Media Industry
Financial/Accounting
Consumer Products/Customer-Oriented
Government Affairs
International
Talent Management
Technology
Non-Profit/Educational/Philanthropic

Current/Former CEO/President/

Executive Officer

Diversity (Gender/Race/Ethnicity)

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Director Nominee Biographies

Kenneth J. Bacon
INDEPENDENT
Partner at RailField Partners
Age: 66
Director since: November 2002
Committees: Governance and Directors Nominating
OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
Ally Financial Inc., Welltower Inc., Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.
FORMER PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
Forest City Realty Trust

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Partner, RailField Partners, a financial advisory and asset management firm, 2012 – Present
Executive Vice President of the multifamily mortgage business, Fannie Mae, 2005 – 2012
Interim Executive Vice President, Housing and Community Development, January 2005 – July 2005
Member, National Multifamily Housing Council

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe that Mr. Bacon’s significant experience in government affairs and the financial and housing industries renders him qualified to vote, we will vote your shares (i)serve as one of our directors.

Madeline S. Bell
INDEPENDENT
President and Chief Executive Officer of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Age: 59
Director since: February 2016
Committees: Governance and Directors Nominating

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”), a top-ranked children’s health system and research institute with 20,000 employees and over $3.2 billion of annual revenue, 2015 – Present
Multiple Leadership Roles, including Chief Operating Officer, CHOP, 1995 – 2015
Began career as a pediatric nurse in 1983, moved from a variety of different nursing roles into hospital administration in 1989 and holds a Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania
Board Member, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Board Member, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and Solutions for Patient Safety
Executive Committee Member, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and CEO Council for Growth

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe that Ms. Bell’s experience and leadership of CHOP and her experience in favorthe non-profit community render her qualified to serve as one of (a)our directors.

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Naomi M. Bergman
INDEPENDENT
Senior Executive of Advance
Age: 57
Director since: June 2020
Committees: Audit
OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
Visteon Corporation
FORMER PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
Cable One, Inc.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Senior Executive, Advance, a private business that invests in a broad range of media, entertainment, technology, communications and education companies, 2016 – Present
President, Bright House Networks, a cable company, 2010 – 2016
Multiple leadership roles, Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable
Member of Technological Advisory Committee, Federal Communications Commission
Board Member, The Cable Center and Adaptive Spirit

QUALIFICATIONS:

Ms. Bergman’s role in Advance is to provide strategic guidance to Advance’s operating companies and investments, with a focus on corporate development. We believe that Ms. Bergman’s extensive experience and leadership in the cable industry and in providing strategic guidance to Advance companies render her qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Edward D. Breen
LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Age: 65
Director since: February 2014
Committees: Compensation
OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
DuPont de Nemours, Inc., International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
FORMER PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
Corteva, Inc., DowDuPont Inc., Tyco International Ltd.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Chief Executive Officer (since 2020) and Executive Chairman (since 2019), DuPont de Nemours, Inc., a provider of technology-based materials, ingredients and solutions
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, DowDuPont and predecessors, 2015 – 2019
Chief Executive Officer, Tyco International Ltd., 2002 – 2012; Chairman until 2016
Previous President and Chief Operating Officer, Motorola, and multiple leadership roles, Motorola’s Networks Sector and Motorola’s Broadband Communications Sector
Chairman, President and CEO, General Instrument Corporation, 1997 – 2000
Previously a director of Comcast from 2005 – 2011
Member of the Advisory Board, New Mountain Capital

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe that Mr. Breen’s extensive experience in the technology, equipment supplier and consumer product sectors, notably as those sectors relate to the internet, video and wireless industries, including his various experiences as a president and chief executive officer, renders him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

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Gerald L. Hassell
INDEPENDENT
Former Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of New York Mellon
Age: 69
Director since: May 2008
Committees: Compensation
OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
MetLife, Inc.
FORMER PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
The Bank of New York Mellon

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, The Bank of New York Mellon, a financial services corporation, 2011 – 2017
President, The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and The Bank of New York, 2007 – 2011
Member of the Board of Trustees, Duke University
Member of the Board of Directors, Duke University Health System

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe that Mr. Hassell’s significant experience and leadership in the financial industry, including with respect to consumer financial products, as well as his prior experience as a president and chief executive officer, render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Jeffrey A. Honickman
INDEPENDENT
Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi-Cola & National Brand Beverages
Age: 64
Director since: December 2005
Committees: Audit and Governance and Directors Nominating

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Chief Executive Officer, Pepsi-Cola & National Brand Beverages, Ltd., a bottling and distribution company, which includes among its affiliates Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of New York, Inc. and Canada Dry bottling companies from New Jersey to Virginia, 1990 – Present
Vice President and Secretary of Antonio Origlio Inc., a beverage distributor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which does business as Origlio Beverages
Chairman of the Board of Directors, American Beverage Association
Member of Board of Trustees, Barnes Foundation
Member of President’s Advisory Counsel, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Health

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe that Mr. Honickman’s significant experience in the wholesale and consumer products industries, including his experience as a chief executive officer, renders him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

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Maritza G. Montiel
INDEPENDENT
Former Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP
Age: 69
Director since: June 2018
Committees: Audit
OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
AptarGroup, Inc., McCormick & Company, Incorporated, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP, 2011 – 2014
Numerous senior management roles at Deloitte, including:
Managing Partner (Leadership Development and Succession, Deloitte University), 2009 – 2011
Regional Managing Partner, 2001 – 2009
Advisory Partner for many public company clients where Deloitte was the principal auditor
Member of Deloitte’s U.S. and Global Board of Directors

QUALIFICATIONS:

As Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte, among other things, Ms. Montiel led a variety of strategic initiatives, including the transformation of the firm’s Federal Government Services Practice. We believe that Ms. Montiel’s extensive experience and leadership in the accounting profession, including her experience as the former Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Deloitte, render her qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Asuka Nakahara
INDEPENDENT
Partner at Triton Atlantic Partners
Age: 65
Director since: February 2017
Committees: Audit
OTHER CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Partner, Triton Atlantic Partners, a real estate advisory firm and investment vehicle that he co-founded, 2009 –Present
Associate Director, Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Trammell Crow Company, various leadership roles including Chief Financial Officer (overseeing finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, marketing, Trammell Crow University, human resources and other new business initiatives), 1996 – 1999
Board Member and Chair of the Investment Committee, United States Golf Association
Board Member, PGA of America

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe that Mr. Nakahara’s extensive knowledge of real estate and general advisory matters, including his leadership and academic experiences, as well as his prior experience as a chief financial officer, render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

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David C. Novak
INDEPENDENT
Founder of David Novak Leadership, LLC
Age: 68
Director since: December 2016
Committees: Compensation

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Founder of David Novak Leadership, LLC, which provides online leadership training to transform managers into confident, capable, engaging leaders
Executive Chairman of the Board, YUM! Brands, Inc., 2015 – 2016
Chairman of the Board, YUM! Brands, Inc., 2001 – 2014
Chief Executive Officer, YUM! Brands, Inc., 2000 – 2014
Board Member, Lift-a-Life Novak Family Foundation

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe that Mr. Novak’s extensive knowledge of customer service-oriented business practices and talent management, as well as his prior experience as a chief executive officer and chairman, render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Brian L. Roberts
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast
Age: 61
Director since: March 1988
Committees: None

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Chairman of the Board, Comcast, 2004 – Present
Chief Executive Officer, Comcast, 2002 – Present
President, Comcast, 1990 – Present
Director, National Cable and Telecommunications Association, the principal trade association of the cable industry
Director Emeritus, CableLabs, the cable industry’s research and development consortium

As of December 31, 2020, Mr. Roberts, through his ownership of our Class B common stock, had sole voting power over 33 1/3% of the combined voting power of our two classes of voting common stock.

QUALIFICATIONS:

We believe that Mr. Roberts’ extensive experience and leadership in the internet, video, phone, media and entertainment and wireless industries, including as our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

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Independence Determinations

Our Board has determined that each of our nine nonemployee directors is independent in accordance with the director candidates, (b)independence definition specified in our corporate governance guidelines, which are posted under “Corporate Governance” in the ratification of the appointmentInvestors section of our independent auditors, (c)website at www.comcastcorporation.com, and in accordance with applicable Nasdaq rules. In making its independence determinations, our Board considered transactions and relationships between each director or any member of his or her immediate family and us, including those reported under “Related Party Transactions Policy and Certain Transactions” below. The Board also considered that in the approvalordinary course of business we have, during the Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plancurrent year and (d) the approval, on an advisory basis,past three fiscal years, sold products and services to, purchased products and services from, and/or made charitable donations (including by certain of our executive compensation;officers) to companies and (ii) againstorganizations at which some of our directors are currently an executive officer or a significant shareholder. In each case, the amount paid or donated to or received from these companies and organizations each year was below 1% of the shareholder proposals.recipient company’s or organization’s total consolidated gross revenues, which is far below the 5% limit prescribed by Nasdaq rules.

Notice of Electronic Availability of Proxy Materials

Pursuant toOur Board also considered director tenure in connection with its independence determinations, even though neither our corporate governance guidelines nor Nasdaq rules deem a long-tenured director not independent. Following the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), we are making this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form10-K available to our shareholders electronically via the Internet. In compliance with thise-proxy process, on or about April 26, 2019, we mailed to our shareholders of record and beneficial owners the Notice containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form10-K via the Internet and how to vote online. As a result, you will not receive a paper copy of the proxy materials unless you request one. All shareholders are able to access the proxy materials on the website referred to in the Notice and in this proxy statement and to request to receive a set of the proxy materials by mail or electronically, in either case, free of charge. If you would like to receive a paper or electronic copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials in the Notice. By participating in thee-proxy process, we reduce the impact of our annual meeting of shareholders, if all director nominees are elected to serve as our directors, the average tenure of our independent directors will be 7.8 years.

Retirement Age, Director Tenure and Director Emeritus Program

Our corporate governance guidelines require that our independent directors not stand for re-election to the Board after reaching the age of 72. We believe that our retirement policy and natural turnover achieve the appropriate balance between maintaining longer-term directors with deep institutional knowledge and refreshing the Board with new directors and different areas of expertise and knowledge, while maintaining gender and racial and ethnic representation.

Our Board has created a director emeritus program to avail itself of the counsel of retiring directors who have made and can continue to make a unique contribution to the deliberations of the Board. A director emeritus may provide advisory services as requested from time to time and may be invited to attend meetings of the Board, but may not vote, be counted for quorum purposes or have any of the duties or obligations imposed on our directors or officers under applicable law or otherwise be considered a director. Sheldon M. Bonovitz was designated as a director emeritus following our 2020 annual meeting.

Director Nominations

Our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee will consider director candidates nominated or recommended by shareholders and will evaluate any such candidates in a similar manner as any other candidates. In identifying and evaluating candidates, whether recommended by the environmentCommittee or by shareholders, the Committee will consider an individual’s professional knowledge, business, financial and save money onmanagement expertise, industry knowledge, entrepreneurial background and experience, as well as applicable independence requirements. The committee also gives significant consideration to the costcurrent composition and diversity of printingour Board, including with respect to skills, age, backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, viewpoints and mailing documents to you. See “Electronic Access to Proxy Materialsgender and Annual Report on Form10-K” below for further information on electing to receive proxy materials electronically.racial and ethnic representation.

Matters to Be Presented

We are not aware of any matters to be presented at the meeting other than those described in this proxy statement. If any matters not described in this proxy statement are properly presented at the meeting, the proxies will use their own judgment to determine how to vote your shares. If the meeting is postponed or adjourned, the proxies will vote your shares on the new meeting dateTo submit a nomination, shareholders must provide a written notice in accordance with your previous instructions, unless you have revoked your proxy.

Revokingthe requirements in our by-laws within the following time periods. For the election of directors at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, if such meeting is called for a Proxy

You may revoke your proxy before it is voted by:

submitting a new proxy with a later date including a proxy given via the Internet or by telephone;

notifying our Secretary in writing before the meetingbetween May 3, 2022 and July 2, 2022, we must receive written notice at the address given on page 3;68 on or

voting at after February 2, 2022 and on or before March 4, 2022. If such meeting is called for any other date, we must receive written notice by the virtual meeting.

Attending and Voting atclose of business on the Meeting

This year’s annual meeting will be a virtual meetingtenth day following the day we mailed notice of, shareholders conducted via live webcast. All shareholdersor announced publicly, the date of record on April 5, 2019 are invited to attend and participate in the meeting. Based on our prior experience, we believe that a virtual meeting provides expanded shareholder access and participation and improved communications, while affording shareholders the same rights as if the meeting, were held in person, including the abilitywhichever occurs first.

In addition, a shareholder or group of up to vote shares electronically during the meeting and ask questions in accordance with the rules of conduct for the meeting.

To attend, and submit your questions during, the virtual meeting, please visitcomcast.onlineshareholdermeeting.com. To participate in the annual meeting, you will need the16-digit control number included on your Notice or on your proxy card. Beneficial20 shareholders who do not have a control number may gain access to the meeting by logging into their broker, brokerage firm, bank or other nominee’s website and selecting the shareholder communications mailbox to link through to the annual meeting; instructions should also be provided on the voting instruction card provided by your broker, bank, or other nominee.

If you have any technical difficulties or any questions regarding the virtual meeting website, we are ready to assist you. Please call1-855-449-0991 (toll-free) or1-720-378-5962 (toll line). If there are any technical issues in convening or hosting the meeting, we will promptly post information to our investor relations website, cmcsa.com, including information on when the meeting will be reconvened.

Conductowning at least 3% of the Meeting

The Chairman of our Board (or any other person designated by our Board) has broad authority to conduct the annual meeting of shareholders in an orderly manner. This authority includes establishing rules of conduct, which will be available at the virtual meeting, for shareholders who wish to participate in the meeting. To ensure the meeting is conducted in a manner that is fair to all shareholders, the Chairman (or such other person designated by our Board) may exercise broad discretion in recognizing shareholders who wish to participate, the order in which questions are asked and the amount of time devoted to any one question. However, consistent with our priorin-person annual meetings, all questions submitted in accordance with the rules of conduct generally will be addressed in the order received.

Additional Information on the Annual Meeting of Shareholders

If you have questions or would like more information about the annual meeting of shareholders, you can contact us in any of the following ways:

Via the Internet: Go towww.proxyvote.com or scan the QR code on your Notice or proxy card with a smartphone or tablet.

By telephone: Call toll free1-866-281-2100.

By writing to the following address:

Thomas J. Reid, Secretary

Comcast Corporation

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Shareholder Engagement

We have always maintained a very active and broad-based investor relations outreach program to solicit input and to communicate with shareholders on a variety of topics related to our business and strategy. Over the course of a year, our investor relations team, some of our named executive officers (“NEOs”) and other key employees typically speak with several hundred investors through investor roadshows, conferences and phone conversations.

In addition to our traditional investor relations outreach program, we holdin-person and telephonic governance roadshow presentations and discussions with our larger investors. Over the past year, we spoke with approximately 35 investors, including investors who sought to engage with us. We believe these investors represented approximately 40%aggregate number of our outstanding shares of Class A common stock. We also spoke withstock continuously for at least three years may nominate and include in our proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of 20% of our Board or two directors, provided the shareholder(s) and nominee(s) satisfy the requirements in our by-laws. Notice of proxy access director nominees for the election of directors at the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders, if such meeting is called for a date between May 3, 2022 and July 2, 2022, must be received on or after November 24, 2021 and on or before December 24, 2021. If such meeting is called for any other date, we must receive written notice by the later of the top proxy advisory firms. Manyclose of these meetings included at least onebusiness on the date that is 180 days prior to such meeting or the tenth day following the date the meeting is first publicly announced or disclosed.

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Shareholders can obtain a copy of our NEOs.

This dialogue provides an opportunityby-laws by writing to discuss governance matters generally, including our directors’ skills and tenure, our Board’s oversight roles and responsibilities, our various social and environmental initiatives, and our approach to compensation matters, including the linkage between pay and performance and our compensation program’s alignment to our shareholders’ interests. Through these discussions, some of our shareholders have suggested that we consider certain changes or additional disclosures. In response to feedback from some investors, we have included additional information on our company’s culture and values in this year’s proxy statement, as described in more detail on page 8 below.

Our Board has established a process for shareholders and other interested parties to communicate with its members. Correspondence may be addressed to the Board, the Lead Independent Director, any other particular director, any committee of the Board or any other group of directors, in care of Thomas J. Reid, Secretary, Comcast Corporation, at the mailing address provided above or the followinge-mail address: audit_committee_chair@comcast.com. The Secretary, or his designee, promptly reviews all such correspondence, and, as appropriate, forwards it to the Board or other addressee basedgiven on the subject matter of the correspondence. Any such correspondence relating to accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters is handled in accordance with procedures established by the Audit Committee.

VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS

OUTSTANDING SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS

At the close of business on April 5, 2019, the record date, we had outstanding 4,529,346,634 shares of Classpage 68. A common stock and 9,444,375 shares of Class B common stock.

On each matter to be voted on, the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together. As of the record date, each holder of Class A common stock is entitled to 0.0626 votes per share and each holder of Class B common stock is entitled to 15 votes per share.

We must have a quorum to carry on the business of the annual meeting of shareholders. This means that, for each matter presented, shareholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes that all shareholders are entitled to cast on that matter must be represented at the meeting, either by proxy or by attending the virtual meeting. If the meeting is adjourned for one or more periods aggregating at least five days due to the absence of a quorum, those shareholders who are entitled to vote and who attend the adjourned meeting, even though they do not constitute a quorum as described above, will constitute a quorum for the purpose of electing directors at such reconvened meeting. If the meeting is adjourned for one or more periods aggregating at least 15 days due to the absence of a quorum, shareholders who are entitled to vote and who attend the adjourned meeting, even though they do not constitute a quorum as described above, will constitute a quorum for the purpose of acting on any matter described in this proxy statement other than the election of directors.

The director candidates who receive the most votes will be elected to fill the available seats on our Board. Approval of the other proposals requires the favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast. Only votes for or against a proposal count for voting purposes. Withheld votes in regard to the election of directors, abstentions and broker nonvotes count for quorum purposes. Broker nonvotes occur on a matter when a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee is not permitted by applicable regulatory requirements to vote on that matter without instruction from the owner of the shares and no instruction is given. Absent instructions from you, your broker may vote your shares on the ratification of the appointmentcopy of our independent auditors, but may not vote your shares on the election of directors or any of the other proposals.

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

This table sets forth information as of March 15, 2019 about persons we know to beneficially own more than 5% of any class of our voting common stock.

Title of Voting Class

Name and Address of

Beneficial Owner

Amount Beneficially
Owned
Percent of     
Class     

Class A common stock

The Vanguard Group

100 Vanguard Blvd.

Malvern, PA 19355

345,999,294(1)7.6%

Class A common stock

BlackRock, Inc.

55 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10055

320,375,109(2)6.9%

Class B common stock

Brian L. Roberts

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, PA 19103

9,444,375(3)100%

(1)

This information is based upon a Schedule 13G filing with the SEC on February 11, 2019 made by The Vanguard Group setting forth information as of December 31, 2018.

(2)

This information is based upon a Schedule 13G filing with the SEC on February 4, 2019 made by BlackRock, Inc. setting forth information as of December 31, 2018.

(3)

Includes 9,039,663 shares of Class B common stock owned by a limited liability company of which Mr. Brian L. Roberts is the managing member and 404,712 shares of Class B common stock owned by certain family trusts of which Mr. Roberts and/or his descendants are the beneficiaries. The shares of Class B common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Brian L. Roberts represent 3313% of the combined voting power of the two classes of our voting common stock, which percentage is generallynon-dilutable under the terms of our articles of incorporation. Under our articles of incorporation, each share of Class B common stock is convertible at the shareholder’s option into a share of Class A common stock. For information regarding Mr. Brian L. Roberts’ beneficial ownership of Class A common stock, see the table immediately below, “Security Ownership of Directors, Nominees and Executive Officers,” including footnote (10) to the table.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS, NOMINEES AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

This table sets forth information as of March 15, 2019 about the amount of common stock beneficially owned by (i) our current directors (all of whom are also nominees for director), (ii) the NEOs listed in “Executive Compensation – Summary Compensation Table” and (iii) our directors and executive officers as a group. No shares of common stock held by our directors or executive officers are held in margin accounts or have been hedged or pledged.

    Amount Beneficially Owned(1)  Percent of Class 
    

Name of Beneficial Owner

  Class A(2)  Class B      Class A(2)         Class B        

Kenneth J. Bacon

   33,603   –          *     

Madeline S. Bell

   26,038(3)   –          *     

Sheldon M. Bonovitz

   211,244(4)   –          *     

Edward D. Breen

   125,797   –          *     

Stephen B. Burke

   5,849,734(5)   –          *     

Michael J. Cavanagh

   1,058,382   –          *     

David L. Cohen

   5,389,519(6)   –          *     

Gerald L. Hassell

   135,592   –          *     

Jeffrey A. Honickman

   285,552(7)   –          *     

Maritza G. Montiel

   9,503(8)   –          *     

Asuka Nakahara

   20,132   –          *     

David C. Novak

   342,132(9)   –          *     

Brian L. Roberts

   35,649,208(10)   9,444,375(11)        *    100%(11) 

David N. Watson

   2,659,150(12)   –          *     

All directors and executive officers as a group (16 persons)

   51,843,594   9,444,375    1.1%    100

*

Less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the applicable class.

(1)

Beneficial ownership as reported in the above table has been determined in accordance with Rule13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

(2)

Includes beneficial ownership of the following number of shares for which the following persons hold options exercisable on or within 60 days of March 15, 2019: Mr. Burke, 4,763,610; Mr. Cavanagh, 808,782; Mr. Cohen, 3,886,160 (328,680 of which are held by a family trust); Mr. Roberts, 10,003,110; Mr. Watson, 1,762,694; and all executive officers as a group, 21,266,316.

Includes

beneficial ownership of the following number of shares underlying stock units held by the following persons that vest on or within 60 days of March 15, 2019: Mr. Burke, 193,274; Mr. Cavanagh, 117,971; Mr. Cohen, 111,214; Mr. Roberts, 48,778; Mr. Watson, 60,154; and all executive officers as a group, 535,381.

Includes

the following number of share equivalents that will be paid at a future date in cash and/or stock pursuant to an election made under our restricted stock plan for the following persons: Ms. Bell, 18,717; Mr. Bonovitz, 11,638; Mr. Hassell, 105,556; Mr. Honickman, 132,471; Ms. Montiel, 7,877; Mr. Nakahara, 13,059; and Mr. Novak, 9,705.

Includes

the following number of share equivalents that will be paid at a future date in stock under our deferred compensation plans for the following persons: Ms. Bell, 2,801; Mr. Breen, 4,818; Mr. Hassell, 25,326; Mr. Honickman, 31,644; Ms. Montiel, 1,201; Mr. Nakahara, 2,881; and Mr. Novak, 2,877.

(3)

Includes 2,200 shares held jointly by her and her spouse and 400 shares held by her spouse.

(4)

Includes 104,026 shares owned by family trusts of which he is a trustee; 33,860 shares owned by a family partnership; and 31,428 shares owned by a charitable foundation of which his spouse is a trustee.

(5)

Includes 600,000 shares held by a grantor retained annuity trust of which he is a trustee and 10,964 shares held by a charitable foundation of which he and his spouse are trustees.

(6)

Includes 914,262 shares owned in family trusts; 81,397 shares held by grantor retained annuity trusts of which he is a trustee; 80 shares held by his spouse; and 128,657 shares owned by a charitable foundation controlled by him, his spouse and his children.

(7)

Includes 20,000 shares held by a grantor trust of which he is a trustee and 154 shares owned by his daughters.

(8)

Includes 425 shares held in an individual retirement account.

(9)

Includes 500 shares held by family trusts.

(10)

Includes 286,044 shares owned by his spouse; 480 shares owned by his daughter; 1,080,211 shares owned by a family charitable foundation of which his spouse is a trustee; 13,712,646 shares owned by limited liability companies of which he is the managing member; and 8,114,490 shares owned by certain family trusts. Does not include shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of Class B common stock beneficially owned by him; if he were to convert the Class B common stock into Class A common stock, he would beneficially own 45,093,583 shares of Class A common stock, representing approximately 1% of the Class A common stock.

(11)

See footnote (3) under “— Principal Shareholders” above.

(12)

Includes 140 shares owned by his spouse; 5,328 shares owned by his children; and 440,842 shares held in family trusts.

SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Our directors and executive officers file reportsby-laws is filed with the SEC pursuantas an exhibit to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act indicating the number of shares of any class of our equity securities they owned when they became a director or executive officer and, after that, any changes in their ownership of our equity securities. We have reviewed copies of such reports and written representations from the individuals required to file the reports. BasedAnnual Report on our review of these documents, we believe that all filings required to be made by our reporting personsForm 10-K for the period January 1, 2018 throughyear ended December 31, 2018 were made on a timely basis.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS

As described in more detail elsewhere in this proxy statement, below are some highlights of our corporate governance structure. As this2020 and is only a summary, we encourage you to read the entire proxy statement for more information on our corporate governance structure.

Annual Director Elections

Strong Lead Independent Director, with Defined Role and Responsibilities (seepage 9 for more information)

80% of Directors are Independent; Director Tenure Considered in Annual Board Director Independence Determinations (seepage 15 for more information)

Audit, Compensation and Governance and Directors Nominating Committees Composed of Independent Directors (seepages 13-14 for more information)

Board Refreshment Achieved in Part through Mandatory Independent Director Retirement at 72 (seepage 12 for more information)

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Three new independent directors within past three years

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Average tenure of independent directors following the annual meeting is 7 years

40% of Directors (and 50% of Independent Directors) are Diverse by Gender or Race, Including Three of our Last Four Directors (see page 16 for more information)

Annual Board and Committee Evaluation Process (seepage 11 for more information)

Proxy AccessBy-Law (seepage 12 for more information)

Appropriate Board/Committee Level Risk Oversight of Company Risks (seepage 9 for more information)

Proactive Shareholder Engagement Program – Over the Past Year, Have Met with Approximately 35 Investors, Representing Approximately 40% of our Outstanding Shares of Class A Common Stock (seepage 3 for more information)

Annual Board and Compensation Committee Discussion of Succession Planning for CEO and Senior Executives (seepage 10 for more information)

Compensation Committee Directly Retains Independent Compensation Consultant (seepage 11 for more information)

Opportunity for Executive Sessions at Every In-Person Board and Committee Meeting

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In 2018, executive sessions held following five Board meetings and most regularly scheduled Committee meetings (seepage 8 for more information)

Robust Stock Ownership Requirements: CEO = 10x Salary; Other Named Executive Officers = 3x Salary; Nonemployee Directors = 5x Annual Retainer; All of our NEOs’ Beneficial Shareholdings Significantly Exceed these Thresholds (seepages 12 and 49for more information)

No Dividend Equivalents Paid on any Unearned Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

Prohibition on Hedging; Any Pledging Subject to Approval of Chair of Governance and Directors Nominating Committee; No Current Pledges (seepage 49 for more information)

Recoupment (“Clawback”) Policy for Executive Compensation (seepage 50 for more information)

No Automatic (“Single Trigger”) Acceleration of Vesting in Connection with a Change in Control (seepage 49 for more information)

OUR COMPANY

We are a global media and technology company with three primary businesses, Comcast Cable Communications (“Comcast Cable”), NBCUniversal Media (“NBCUniversal”) and Sky Limited (formerly, Sky plc (“Sky”)).

Comcast Cable is one of the leading providers of high-speed internet, video, voice and security and automation services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand; we also provide these and other services to business customers, sell advertising and have a wireless voice and data service, known as Xfinity Mobile, using our mobile virtual network operator rights to use Verizon’s wireless network.

NBCUniversal operates a diversified portfolio of cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television studio production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.

Sky, which we acquired in the fourth quarter of 2018, is a leading media and entertainment company in Europe. Sky’sdirect-to-consumer business provides video, internet, voice and wireless phone services, and its content business operates entertainment and sports networks and the Sky News broadcast network.

We have a deep-rooted strategic focus on long-term growth, which we have achieved in part by executing on a series of pivotal transactions. We acquired AT&T Broadband in 2002, more than doubling our then size, and NBCUniversal in 2011, adding scale in media and in content creation. This past year marked another transformative moment, with our acquisition of Sky, which significantly strengthened our global footprint.

Underpinning this strategic focus on long-term growth is our company’s culture, which is built on integrity and respect – with the goal of working together to drive our businesses to be creative, innovative and competitive. Our core values that guide our company include:

Entrepreneurial spirit. We embrace good ideas, bring them to life quickly and constantly look for new ways to innovate for our customers.

Acting with integrity. We strive to do what’s right and treat people the right way.

Respect for each other. We are committed to a culture of fairness, respect and inclusion: within our leadership and our workforce, with our suppliers, in our programming and in the communities we serve. We believe that a diverse and inclusive company creates a more effective company, leading us to approach diversity as a driver for business growth and innovation.

Giving back to the community. We have a long history of investing in and supporting local communities and organizations, developing programs and partnerships, and mobilizing our resources to connect people and inspire positive and substantive change.

We provide additional information on our company and its values, including through our annual Diversity and Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility Reports, on our website,comcastcorporation.com.The informationposted on our website andunder “Corporate Governance” in such reports is not incorporated by reference into this filing.

THE BOARD

We are governed by a Board of Directors and various committees of the Board that meet throughout the year. During 2018, there were 11 meetingsInvestors section of our Board and a total of 22 committee meetings. Each director attended more than 75% of the aggregate number of Board meetings and the number of meetings held by all of the committees on which he or she served.

Our independent directors have the opportunity to meet separately in an executive session following each regularly scheduledin-person Board meeting and, under our corporate governance guidelines, are required to meet in executive sessionwebsite at least two times each year.www.comcastcorporation.com.

 

During 2018, our independent directors held executive sessions following our five regularly-scheduled Board meetingsStructure and most regularly scheduled meetings of Board committees.

We require our directors to participate in the annual meeting of shareholders, barring unusual circumstances. Each director then in office attended the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders.

Responsibilities

Board Leadership Structure

Our Board does not believe it should be constrained by adopting an inflexible, formal requirement that the offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer be separated, but believes instead that we and our shareholders are best served by maintaining the flexibility for the Board to decide what is in the best interests of our company at a given point in time. To that end, our Board regularly reviews our Board leadership structure.

Our Board believes that we and our shareholders are best served by having Brian L.Mr. Roberts serve as both our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. We believe that Mr. Roberts is a strong and effective leader, at both the company and Board levels, who provides critical leadership in carrying out our strategic initiatives and confronting our challenges. HeMr. Roberts serves as an effective bridge between the Board and management, facilitating strong collaboration and encouraging open lines of communication with the Board.

Our independent directors are led by our Lead Independent Director, who ensures a strong, independent and active Board. Our independent directors provide guidance and oversight of senior management and regularly meet without management as part of Board and committee meetings to review, among other things, our strategy, performance, management effectiveness and succession planning. As such, we believe that Mr. Roberts is the most appropriate person to serve as Chairmanpart of our Board. Moreover, havingannual Board assessment process, our independent directors also provide input on key business and director educational topics for the following year’s Board and committee meeting agendas.

Edward D. Breen

LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

In accordance with our corporate governance guidelines, our Board has a strong Lead Independent Director position, currently filled by Mr. Breen. The Lead Independent Director:

•    Chairs meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present.

•    Facilitates communication between the Chairman and the independent directors and encourages director participation by fostering an environment of open dialogue and constructive feedback among independent directors.

•    Communicates periodically as necessary between Board meetings and executive sessions with our independent directors, following discussions with management and otherwise on topics of importance to our independent directors.

•    Consults with our independent directors concerning the need for an executive session in connection with each regularly scheduled Board meeting.

•    Is authorized to schedule meetings of the independent directors, including executive sessions of the independent directors.

•    Consults, reviews and has the opportunity to provide input on meeting agendas and meeting schedules for the Board.

•    With the Compensation Committee, organizes the annual Board evaluation of the performance of our Chief Executive Officer and senior management.

•    With the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee, reviews and approves the process for the annual self-assessment of our Board and its committees.

•    Represents independent directors in communications with external constituencies, as appropriate.

The role of Lead Independent Director is filled by an independent Chairmandirector recommended by the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee, which is a minority practice among major companies,composed entirely of independent directors, and appointed by the Board annually.

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In addition to the Lead Independent Director position, our Board believes that Board independence and oversight of management are effectively maintained through the Board’s composition, where 90% of our director nominees are independent, and through our Audit, Compensation and Governance and Directors Nominating Committees, which are composed entirely of independent directors. Moreover, having one individual perform the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is not restricted or prohibited by current laws or regulations.

Our Board believes that Board independenceregulations, and oversight of management are effectively maintained: through the Board’s composition, where 80% of our directors are independent; through our Audit, Compensation and Governance and Directors Nominating Committees, which are composed entirely of independent directors; and through our Lead Independent Director, who, among other duties and as more fully described immediately below, presides at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, including executive sessions of the independent directors. Additionally, all of our directors, including our Chairman, are bound by fiduciary obligations under law to act in a manner that they believe to be in our best interests and the best interests of our company.

Board Meetings and Attendance

Our Board of Directors and various committees of the Board meet throughout the year. During 2020, there were seven meetings of our Board and a total of 19 committee meetings. Each director attended more than 75% of the aggregate number of Board meetings and the number of meetings held by all of the committees on which he or she served.

We require our directors to participate in the annual meeting of shareholders, barring unusual circumstances. Each director then in office participated in the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders.

Lead Independent Director

In accordance withOur independent directors have the opportunity to meet separately in executive session following each regularly scheduled Board meeting and, under our corporate governance guidelines, our Board has a strong Lead Independent Director position, which is currently filled by Mr. Breen. The Lead Independent Director:

presidesare required to meet in executive session at any meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present;

facilitates communication between the Chairman and the independent directors, and communicates periodically as necessary between Board meetings andleast two times each year. In 2020, executive sessions with our independent directors, following discussions with management and otherwise on topics of importance to our independent directors;

consults with our independent directors concerning the need for an executive session in connection withwere held at each regularly scheduled Board meeting;meeting, and most regularly scheduled committee meetings.

 

has authority to schedule meetingsCommittees of the independent directors, including executive sessions of the independent directors;Our Board

 

reviews andOur Board has three standing committees composed entirely of independent directors. Committee charters are posted under “Corporate Governance” in the opportunity to provide input on meeting agendas and meeting schedules for the Board;Investors section of our website at www.comcastcorporation.com.

 

  AUDIT
COMMITTEE
 COMPENSATION
COMMITTEE
 GOVERNANCE
AND DIRECTORS
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE
Kenneth J. Bacon     
Madeline S. Bell     
Naomi G. Bergman     
Edward D. Breen     
Gerald L. Hassell     
Jeffrey A. Honickman    
Maritza G. Montiel      
Asuka Nakahara      
David C. Novak      
Meetings Held in 2020 9 5 5

with the

 Chair       Member      Audit Committee Financial Expert

Each member of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee organizes the annual Board evaluation of the performance of our Chief Executive Officer and senior management; and

with the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee reviewsis independent under Nasdaq rules. Each member of our Audit Committee is financially literate for audit committee purposes, and approvesour Board has concluded that Jeffrey A. Honickman and Maritza G. Montiel qualify as audit committee financial experts. Each member of our Compensation Committee qualifies as a “non-employee director” (under Rule 16b-3 under the process forSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) and an “outside director�� (as defined in Section 162(m) of the annual self-assessmentInternal Revenue Code of our1986).

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Board and Committee Strategy, Risk and Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Oversight Responsibilities

Our Board and its committees.

The rolecommittees provide guidance to and oversight of Lead Independent Directormanagement with respect to our business strategy throughout the year. Various elements of strategy are discussed at every Board meeting, and our management is filled by an independent director recommended bycharged with executing the Governancebusiness strategy and Directors Nominating Committee and appointed byupdating the Board annually aton progress and execution throughout the Board meeting immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders.year.

RiskOversight

While active risk management is primarily the responsibility of our management, our Board understands the significant risks facing our company, including those related to relevant ESG issues, and exercises, as a whole and through its committees, an appropriate degree of risk oversight. Our management, with involvement and input from our Board, performs a companywide enterprise risk management (“ERM”) assessment to identify key risks and to manage and mitigate the significant strategic, operational and legal risk areas for our company. Our executive management committee, which is composed of our NEOs,team has the overall responsibility for, and oversight of, this process, and an enterprise risk managementERM steering committee composed of legal, financial, accounting and business executives manages it. We also assignthe process, with one or more senior business executives to work with the executive management committeethen monitoring and steering committee onmanaging each of the identified risks. Regular business presentations and discussions throughout the year at the Board or its committees highlight significant relevant risks to appropriately monitor and manage them.

exposures, including those listed below as core enterprise risks identified through our ERM process.

Our Board and its committees exercise their respective roles in strategy and risk oversight and oversight of ESG matters in a variety of ways, including the following:

 

Board

  Board

•    Oversees the keycore enterprise risks identified through our enterprise risk managementERM process for Board oversight:

Board-level oversight (either as a whole or as delegated to its committees):

•   Competitive risks

•      competitiveReputational risks facing our businesses, including risks relating to the growth

•   Succession planning

•   Capital allocation

•   Cybersecurity and diversification of our businesses;

privacy

•      reputational and customer service risks;

   succession planning for our executive management committee and other senior executives;

   cybersecurity risks; and

   legalLegal and regulatory risks.risks

•    Reviews other significant risks facing our company identified through the enterprise risk managementERM process. Among these are significant strategic, operational and legal risks, including human capital risks such as those relating to sexual and other harassment and overall workplace employee culture.business continuity risks.

 

• Receives annual report on our government affairs group’s political spending, lobbying and trade association activities.

Audit
Committee
 

•    Reviews the quality and integrity of our financial statements.

•    Reviews the financial statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Forms 10-Q and 10-K and our quarterly earnings press releases.

•    Monitors our internal controlscontrol over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures.

•    Reviews the performance and responsibilities of our internal audit function and activities.

•    EvaluatesAppoints and evaluates the qualification, performance and independence of our independent auditors.

•    Reviews policies and practices with respect to financial risk assessment and management, including our major financial risk exposurescybersecurity and steps taken to monitor and manage such exposures.significant business continuity risks.

•    Reviews processes and practicesprocess with respect to our enterprise risk managementERM assessment.

•    Reviews the risks facing our company as disclosed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors,”“Risk Factors” in our Annual Reports on FormForms 10-K.

•    Reports its discussions to the full Board for consideration and action when appropriate.

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Compensation
Committee
 

•    Oversees and sets compensation for our senior executives.

•    Performs an annual review of our compensation philosophy, executive compensation programs and the performance of senior executives, including our NEOs.

•    Evaluates annually whether there are any risks associated with our compensation policies and practices with respect toin our executive compensation program.

•    Oversees risks associated withReviews compensation and benefit plans and policies generally, including with respect to recruitment, development, promotion, retention and compensation of our senior executives and other employees.

•    Reviews results of employee engagement surveys.

•    Oversees succession planning for senior management.

•    Reports its discussions to the full Board for consideration and action when appropriate.

 

Governance
and Directors
Nominating
Committee
 

•    Provides general oversight of corporate governance responsibilities, activitiesgovernance.

•    Oversees culture of compliance and functions.

• Monitors effectiveness of ourethical business conduct, including compliance program.

•    Reviews significant legal and regulatory compliance risks, such as privacy.

•    Oversees, monitors and receives reports on workplace harassment and discrimination matters.

•    Reviews and assesses our business resiliency programs.corporate social responsibility report and significant environmental and social issues, risks and trends, including by receiving periodic reports on DE&I initiatives and matters.

•    Oversees our approach to political and lobbying activities, including by receiving periodic reports on our compliance program for political contributions, lobbying and trade association activities.

•    Periodically reviews our Statement on Political and Trade Association Activity.

• Periodically reviews and assesses our Corporate Social Responsibility Report.

• Reports its discussions to the full Board for consideration and action when appropriate.

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Corporate Governance Practices, Policies and Processes

 

Corporate Governance Highlights

As described in more detail elsewhere in this proxy statement, below are highlights of our corporate governance structure.

Board Independence/CompositionCorporate Governance

•   Strong Lead Independent Director, with Defined Role and Responsibilities

Regular business presentations throughout the year to the•   90% of Director Nominees are Independent

•   Director Tenure Considered in Annual Board Director Independence Determinations

•   All Members of Key Board Committees are Independent

•   Opportunity for Executive Sessions at Every Board and its committees also highlight any significant relevant risksCommittee Meeting

•   50% of Director Nominees are Diverse by Gender or Race

•   30% Female

•   30% Racial/Ethnic Diversity

•   Compensation Committee Directly Retains Independent Compensation Consultant

•   5 New Independent Directors within Past 5 Years

•   Average Tenure of Independent Directors is 7.8 Years

•  Mandatory Independent Director Retirement at 72

•   Robust Shareholder Engagement Program

•   Met with over 55 investors owning over 50% of Class A common stock on Governance, Compensation and exposures.other ESG matters

•   Annual Director Elections

•   Proxy Access By-Law

•   Recoupment (“Clawback”) Policy for Executive Compensation

•   No Automatic Acceleration of Vesting in Connection with a Change in Control

Board Performance

Stock Ownership Requirements

•   Annual Board and Committee Evaluations

•   Board/Committee Oversight of Significant Company Risks and ESG Matters

•   Annual Board and Compensation Committee Discussion of Succession Planning for CEO and Senior Executives

•   Director Education on Key Company Topics and Issues, Including as Requested by Independent Directors

•   Robust Stock Ownership Requirements, with NEO Beneficial Shareholdings Significantly Exceeding Thresholds

•   CEO = 10x Salary

•   Other NEOs = 3x Salary

•   Nonemployee Directors = 5x Annual Cash Retainer

•   No Dividend Equivalents Paid on Unearned Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) or on Any Stock Options

•   Prohibition on Hedging and Pledging Comcast Stock

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Succession Planning and Talent Management

Assuring

Ensuring that we have the appropriate senior management talent to successfully pursue our strategies is one of the Board’s primary responsibilities. To this end, at least once a year, the Board discusses succession planning for our CEO and the remainder of our senior executive management team. To help fulfill the Board’s responsibility, our Compensation Committee is required, pursuant to our corporate governance guidelines, to ensure that we have in place appropriate planning to address CEO succession both in the ordinary course of business and in emergency situations. Our CEO succession planning includes criteria that reflect our business strategies, such as identifying and developing internal

candidates. Our corporate governance guidelines also require that our Compensation Committee ensure that we have appropriate succession planning for the remainder of our senior executive management team, including our NEOs. Each year, our Board and Compensation Committee discuss succession planning for our senior executive management team and their respective direct reports.

Two significant leadership transitions occurred in 2020 with the retirements of Stephen B. Burke, CEO of NBCUniversal, and David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President. While Messrs. Burke and Cohen had shaped and guided our company for many years, our next generation of leaders have seamlessly stepped in and continued to help us navigate evolving consumer, technological and regulatory trends and address competitive challenges. Our succession planning facilitated this smooth transition, including with respect to our response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Human Capital and Talent Management

Recruiting, developing, promoting and retaining top talent is a key priority for our company. Throughout the year, our executive management committee,team, as well as a broader array of executives throughout our businesses, make presentations to the Board and its committees and also interact with our directors during Board dinners before our fiveinformally outside of regularly scheduled Board meetings.

In 2020, over 45 employees, ranging from Vice Presidents to Executive Vice Presidents to heads of business units, attended meetings of our Board and its committees.

This engagement between directors and our current and future leaders gives our directors meaningful insight into our current pool of talent, what attracts and retains our executives and our company culture.

Board and Committee Evaluations

Each year, our Board and each of its committees perform a self-assessment to evaluate their effectiveness. As part of these assessments, each director completes a detailed questionnaire for the Board and any committees on which he or she serves, addressing topics such as Board structure and composition, Board responsibilities, Board meetings and materials, Board and management interactions and ethics and compliance. The questionnaire seeks responses based on numerical ratings and also seeks qualitative comments on each question and any other general comments. The Governance and Directors Nominating Committee reviews and approves the process and the questionnaires to be used, with outside counsel also reviewing the questionnaires. The results of the assessments are compiled anonymously with the average numerical response and any qualitative responses to each question, as well as a general summary of the results, beingare reviewed and discussed atwith the Board and the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee (as it relates to both the Board and all committees), each other committee (as it relates to such committee) and, as appropriate, with any individual director. The Governance and Directors Nominating Committee develops action plans for any items that may require follow up.

Compensation Consultant

Our Compensation Committee retained Korn Ferry as its independent compensation consultantfollow-up, and it also coordinates recommendations for 2018. Korn Ferry provides research, analysis and input as to the form and amount of executivekey business and director compensation, which generally includes market research utilizing information derived from proxy statements, surveyseducational topics for the following year’s Board and its own consulting experience and insight, as well as the provision of other methodological standards and policies in accordance with its established procedures. This research, analysis and input has been provided to both our Compensation Committee and to management. The Compensation Committee collaborated with Korn Ferry to determine and approve the parameters used to conduct the assessment work, including items such as the composition of peer groups, the relevant market statistical reference points within the data (e.g., median) and the elements of compensation. Korn Ferry did not determine or recommend the form or amount of compensation of our NEOs for 2018.committee meeting agendas.

In 2018, we paid Korn Ferry approximately $360,000 for services related to executive and director compensation and paid Korn Ferry approximately $406,000 for leadership and talent consulting and executive search services.

Our Compensation Committee has determined that Korn Ferry’s work for us does not raise any conflicts of interest. Our Compensation Committee reached this determination by reviewing the fees paid to Korn Ferry and evaluating its work under applicable SEC and NASDAQ Global Select Market rules on conflicts of interest. This evaluation included considering all of the services provided to us, the amount of fees received as a percentage of Korn Ferry’s annual revenue, its policies and procedures designed to prevent conflicts of interest, any business or personal relationships between Korn Ferry and the members of our Compensation Committee or executive officers and any ownership of our stock by Korn Ferry’s team that provided our executive and director compensation services.

As part of their job responsibilities, certain of our executive officers participate both in gathering and presenting facts related to compensation and benefits matters as requested by the Compensation Committee and in formulating and making recommendations to the Compensation Committee in these areas. These executives, together with our employees who work in the compensation area, also conduct research and consult with compensation consultants, legal counsel and other expert sources to keep abreast of developments in these areas. All decisions, however, regarding the compensation of our NEOs are made by the Compensation Committee and are reviewed by the Board, following reviews and discussions held in executive sessions.

Director Stock Ownership Policy

Our nonemployee director stock ownership policy requires our nonemployee directors to hold a number of shares of our common stock having a value equal to five times the director’s annual cash retainer. Each nonemployee director has a period of five years following his or her first year of service to reach this ownership requirement. For purposes of this policy, “ownership” does not include any stock held in margin accounts or pledged as collateral for a loan. In addition, “ownership” includes 60% of deferred shares under our restricted stock plan. In determining compliance, the Compensation Committee may take into account any noncompliance that occurs solely or primarily as a result of a decline in the market price of our stock. Our nonemployee director stock ownership policy is posted under “Corporate Governance” in the Investors section of our website atwww.comcastcorporation.com. All nonemployee directors satisfied the requirements of our stock ownership policy in 2018.

Retirement Age/ Director Tenure/ Director Emeritus Program

Our corporate governance guidelines require that our nonemployee directors who are also independent directors not stand forre-election to the Board after reaching the age of 72. We do not have a director tenure requirement, as we believe our retirement policy and natural turnover achieve the appropriate balance between maintaining longer-term directors with deep institutional knowledge and refreshing the Board with new directors who bring new perspectives and diversity to our Board as longer-term directors retire. Notwithstanding this belief and the fact that our corporate governance guidelines and NASDAQ Global Select Market rules do not deem long-tenured directors to be not independent, our Board reviews director tenure in connection with its director independence determinations. If all of our director nominees are elected at the annual meeting, the average tenure of our independent directors will be 7 years.

Our Board has created a director emeritus program to avail itself of the counsel of retiring directors who have made and can continue to make a unique contribution to the deliberations of the Board. Under the program, the Board may, at its discretion, designate a retiring director as director emeritus for a period of one year. A director emeritus may provide advisory services as requested from time to time and may be invited to attend meetings of the Board, but may not vote, be counted for quorum purposes or have any of the duties or obligations imposed on our directors or officers under applicable law or otherwise be considered a director.

Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Conduct

Our Board has adopted corporate governance guidelines. These guidelines that address items such as the standards, qualifications and responsibilities of our directors and director candidates and corporate governance policies and standards applicable to us in general. In addition, weWe also have codesa code of conduct that applyapplies to all of our employees, including our executive officers, and our directors. Both the guidelines and the code of conduct applicable to our executive officers and directors are posted under “Corporate Governance” in the Investors section of our website atwww.comcastcorporation.com. We will disclose under “Corporate Governance” in the Investors section of our website any amendments to, or any waivers under, the code of conduct that are required to be disclosed by the rules of the SEC.

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Shareholder Engagement

We have an active, broad-based and year-round investor relations outreach program to solicit input and to communicate with shareholders on a variety of topics. In addition to our regular investor relations program that reviews our business and strategy with buy-side investors and securities analysts, we engage with investors on various corporate governance, compensation and other environmental and social (“E&S”) topics. This dialogue provides an opportunity to discuss governance matters generally, including our directors’ skills and tenure, Board oversight roles and responsibilities, E&S initiatives and executive compensation.

The key elements of our investor relations outreach program are below:

COMCAST SHAREHOLDER OUTREACH Governance and E&S Engagements Annual Meeting Outcomes from Investor Feedback Investor Relations Year-Round Engagement Focused, one-on-one meetings with investors, senior management and, at times, directors, on range of governance, compensation and E&S matters, as well as general business and strategy updates Meetings with primary proxy advisory firms  Live webcasts of quarterly earnings presentations Live webcasts of CEO, CFO and other business leaders speaking at investor conferences Met with over 400 investors on strategy and business results through combination of roadshows, group meetings and one-on-one meetings  Discussions with most proponents of shareholder proposals before proxy statement filed Meetings with investors to discuss annual meeting proposals Shareholder vote on director nominees, auditors, executive compensation and other company and shareholder proposals  Board and/or its committees review annual meeting voting results and investor feedback received from engagements As a result of these over the past year; Made a number of changes to our executive compensation program (see pages 31-32) Committed to make various other E&S disclosures later in 2021, in each case beginning with respect to 2020 data, including:  supplementing our current DE&I reporting with information from EEO-1 reports providing increased information on lobbying done by our trade associations reporting for the first time under the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”)framework in 2021

Over past year, met with over 55 investors owning over 50% of Class A common stock on governance, compensation and E&S matters.

Our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee will consider director candidates nominated byBoard has established a process for shareholders and will evaluate any such candidates in a similar manner asother interested parties to communicate with its members. Correspondence may be addressed to the Board, the Lead Independent Director, any other candidates. To submit a nomination, shareholders must provide a written notice in accordance withparticular director, any committee of the requirements in ourby-laws within the following time periods. For the electionBoard or any other group of directors, at the 2020 annual meetingin care of shareholders, if such meeting is called for a date between May 6, 2020 and July 5, 2020, we must receive written notice at the address given on page 3 on or after February 6, 2020 and on or before March 7, 2020. If such meeting is called for any other date, we must receive written notice by the close of business on the tenth day following the day we mailed notice of, or announced publicly, the date of the meeting, whichever occurs first.

In addition, a shareholder or group of up to 20 shareholders owning at least 3% of the aggregate number of our outstanding shares of common stock continuously for at least three years may nominate and include in our proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of 20% of our Board or two directors, provided the shareholder(s) and nominee(s) satisfy the requirements in ourby-laws. Notice of proxy access director nominees for the election of directors at the 2020

annual meeting of shareholders, if such meeting is called for a date between May 6, 2020 and July 5, 2020, must be received on or after November 28, 2019 and on or before December 28, 2019. If such meeting is called for any other date, we must receive written notice by the later of the close of business on the date that is 180 days prior to such meeting or the tenth day following the date the meeting is first publicly announced or disclosed.

Shareholders can obtain a copy of ourby-laws by writing to Thomas J. Reid, Secretary, Comcast Corporation, at the mailing address givenprovided on page 3. A copy of ourby-laws also has been filed with the SEC as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and is posted on our website under “Corporate Governance” in the Investors section of our website atwww.comcastcorporation.com.

COMMITTEES OF OUR BOARD

Our Board has four standing committees, each of which has a charter posted under “Corporate Governance” in the Investors section of our website atwww.comcastcorporation.com.

The table below provides membership and meeting information for each of these committees.

    Audit
Committee
  Compensation
Committee
  Finance
Committee
  

Governance  

and Directors  

Nominating  

Committee  

Kenneth J. Bacon

           

Chair

Madeline S. Bell

  

X

        

X

Sheldon M. Bonovitz

        

X

   

Edward D. Breen

     

Chair

      

Gerald L. Hassell

     

X

  

Chair

   

Jeffrey A. Honickman

  

Chair

        

X

Maritza G. Montiel

  

X

         

Asuka Nakahara

  

X

         

David C. Novak

     

X

      

   Audit Committee Financial Expert

 

            

 

  Number of Meetings Held in 2018

 

 

  11  5  0  6

  Committee

Committee Description

  Audit
  Committee

Each member is independent and financially literate for audit committee purposes under NASDAQ Global Select Market rules.

Our Board has concluded that Jeffrey A. Honickman and Maritza G. Montiel qualify as audit committee financial experts.

The Audit Committee is responsible for the oversight and evaluation of:

•  the qualifications, independence and performance of our independent auditors;

•  the qualifications and performance of our internal audit function; and

•  the quality and integrity of our financial statements and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

  Compensation
  Committee

Each member is independent under NASDAQ Global Select Market rules and qualifies as a“non-employee director” (as defined under Rule16b-3 under the Exchange Act) and an “outside director” (as defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).

The Compensation Committee:

•  Reviews and approves our compensation and benefit programs, ensures the competitiveness of these programs and oversees and sets compensation for our senior executives.

•  Is responsible for approving the nature and amount of compensation paid to, and the employment and related agreements entered into with, our senior executives, establishing and evaluating performance-based goals related to compensation, overseeing our cash bonus and equity-based plans, approving guidelines for grants of awards under these plans and determining and overseeing our compensation and benefits policies generally.

•  Performs an annual review of our compensation philosophy, our executive compensation programs, including any material risks related to our programs, and the performance of our NEOs. The Compensation Committee’s determinations are reviewed annually by the independent directors.

•  Oversees succession planning for our senior management (including our Chief Executive Officer).

  Finance
  Committee

The Finance Committee provides advice and assistance to us, including as requested by the Board.

•  The Finance Committee may act for the directors in the intervals between Board meetings with respect to matters delegated to it from time to time by our Board in connection with a range of financial and related matters.

•  Areas of the Finance Committee’s focus may include acquisitions, banking activities and relationships, capital allocation initiatives, capital structure, cash management, derivatives risks, equity and debt financings, investments and share repurchase activities.

  Governance and
  Directors
  Nominating
  Committee

Each member is independent under NASDAQ Global Select Market rules.

The Governance and Directors Nominating Committee:

•  Exercises general oversight with respect to the governance of our Board, as well as corporate governance matters involving us and our directors and executive officers.

•  Is responsible for periodically leading reviews and evaluations of the performance, size and responsibilities of our Board and its committees.

•  Identifies and recommends director nominees. In identifying and evaluating candidates, whether recommended by the committee or by shareholders (as described above), the committee considers an individual’s professional knowledge, business, financial and management expertise, industry knowledge and entrepreneurial background and experience, as well as applicable independence requirements. The committee also gives significant consideration to the current composition and diversity of our Board.

PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Based on the recommendation of our Board’s Governance and Directors Nominating Committee, our Board has nominated the director candidates named below in “Director Biographies.” All of the nominees for director currently serve as our directors. All of our directors are elected annually.

If a director nominee becomes unavailable before the annual meeting of shareholders, your proxy authorizes the people named as proxies to vote for a replacement nominee if the Board names one,68 or the Board may reduce its size.

OUR BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR.

INDEPENDENCE DETERMINATIONS

Following the annual meeting of shareholders, iffollowing e-mail address: audit_committee_chair@comcast.com. The Secretary, or his designee, promptly reviews all director nominees are elected to servesuch correspondence and, as our directors, eight of our ten directors will be independent, and the average tenure of our independent directors will be 7 years.

Our Board has determined that each of our nonemployee directors, other than Mr. Bonovitz, who is married to a first cousin of Mr. Brian L. Roberts, is independent in accordance with the director independence definition specified in our corporate governance guidelines, which is posted under “Corporate Governance” in the Investors section of our website atwww.comcastcorporation.com, and in accordance with applicable NASDAQ Global Select Market rules. In making its independence determinations, our Board considered transactions and relationships between each director or any member of his or her immediate family and us, including those reported under “Related Party Transaction Policy and Certain Transactions” below. The Board also considered that in the ordinary course of business we have, during the current year and the past three fiscal years, sold products and services to, purchased products and services from, and/or made charitable donations (including by certain of our executive officers) to companies at which some of our directors are currently an executive officer or a significant shareholder. In each case, the amount paid or donated to or received from these companies was below 1% of the recipient company’s total consolidated gross revenues, which is far below the 5% limit prescribed by NASDAQ Global Select Market rules. Additionally, although neither of our corporate governance guidelines nor NASDAQ Global Select Market rules deem a long-tenured director not independent, our Board reviewed director tenure in connection with making its independence determinations.

DIRECTOR CHARACTERISTICS

As baseline director qualifications, our Board seeks, and each of our directors possesses, key attributes that we deem critical in being a director, including strong and effective decision-making, communication and leadership skills; high ethical standards, integrity and values; and a commitment to representing the long-term interests of our shareholders. Our Board then strives to balance the need to have directors with a variety of experiences and areas of expertise and knowledge, while maintaining gender and minority representation (40% of our directors, and 50% of our independent directors, are diverse by gender or race, including three of our last four directors).

As described in more detail onpage 11, our Board and each of its committees perform an annual self-assessment, which among other things, evaluates the overall composition of our Board, including the diversity of skills and backgrounds of our directors. Our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee has developed a detailed matrix outlining certain specific director qualifications and skills, including those highlighted below, to help ensure that our directors bringappropriate, forwards it to the Board a diversity of experience, qualifications and skills to oversee and addressor other addressee based on the current issues facing our company. Our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee also considers these qualifications, including with respect to gender and minority diversity, as it seeks to identify and evaluate potential new directors.

Internet,
Video
Phone or
Wireless
Industry

Media
Industry

Financial/
Accounting

Consumer
Products/
Customer-
Oriented
Focus

Government

Affairs

Internat-
ional

Talent
Manage-
ment

Legal

Non-Profit/
Educational/
Philanthropic

Current/Former

CEO/President/
Executive
Officer

Diversity

(Gender/Race)

 Kenneth J.

 Bacon*

XXXXX

(African American)

 Madeline S.

 Bell*

XXXX

(Female)

 Sheldon M.

 Bonovitz

XXX

 Edward D.

 Breen*

XXX

 Gerald L.

 Hassell*

XXX

 Jeffrey A.

 Honickman*

XXX

 Maritza G.

 Montiel*

XXXXX

(Hispanic Female)

 Asuka

 Nakahara*

XXXX

(Asian American)

 David C.

 Novak*

XXXXX

 Brian L.

 Roberts

XXX

* Independent Director

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHIES

Kenneth J. Bacon:Mr. Bacon has been a partner at RailField Partners, a financial advisory and asset management firm, since his retirement from Fannie Mae in March 2012, where he had served as the Executive Vice President of the multifamily mortgage business since July 2005. From January 2005 to July 2005, he served as the interim Executive Vice President of Housing and Community Development. Mr. Bacon is a member of the National Multifamily Housing Council.

Qualifications:We believe that Mr. Bacon’s significant experience in government affairs, the financial and housing industries and thenon-profit, educational and philanthropic communities as noted above renders him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:64

Director since: November 2002

Current Public Company Directorships:

Ally Financial Inc.

Welltower Inc.

Former Public Company Directorships:

Forest City Realty Trust

Madeline S. Bell: Ms. Bell is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), atop-ranked children’s hospital in the United States. Prior to being promoted to Chief Executive Officer in July 2015, Ms. Bell served as CHOP’s Chief Operating Officer for eight years. Ms. Bell began her career as a pediatric nurse and moved from a variety of different nursing roles into hospital administration in 1989, and holds a Master of Science degree in organizational dynamics. Ms. Bell serves on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Children’s Hospital Association, the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and Solutions for Patient Safety, and also serves on the Executive Committee of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Chamber’s CEO Council for Growth. Ms. Bell also serves on the Villanova University College of Nursing Board of Consultors.

Qualifications:We believe that Ms. Bell’s experience and leadership of CHOP as noted above and her experience in thenon-profit community render her qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:57

Director since: February 2016

Sheldon M. Bonovitz: Mr. Bonovitz is currently Chairman Emeritus of Duane Morris LLP, a law firm. From January 1998 to December 2007, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Duane Morris. Mr. Bonovitz is also Chairman of The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, a trustee of the Dolfinger-McMahon Charitable Trust and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindbach Foundation and a member of the board of trustees of the Barnes Foundation, the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Qualifications:We believe that Mr. Bonovitz’s experience and leadership in the legal industry, including his experience as a chief executive officer as noted above, and experience in tax matters and thenon-profit, educational and philanthropic communities render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:81

Director since: March 1979

Edward D. Breen:Mr. Breen is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of DowDuPont Inc. Prior to his role at DowDuPont, Mr. Breen was the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company until its merger with The Dow Chemical company in August 2017; he had joined the DuPont board in February 2015 and had been its Chief Executive Officer since November 2015. Mr. Breen was the Chief Executive Officer of Tyco International Ltd. from July 2002 until September 2012, was the Chairman of its Board until March 2016 and was one of its directors until September 2016. Prior to joining Tyco International, Mr. Breen was President and Chief Operating Officer of Motorola from January 2002 to July 2002; Executive Vice President and President of Motorola’s Networks Sector from January 2001 to January 2002; Executive Vice President and President of Motorola’s Broadband Communications Sector from January 2000 to January 2001; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of General Instrument Corporation from December 1997 to January 2000; and, prior to December 1997, President of General Instrument’s Broadband Networks Group. Mr. Breen is a member of the advisory board of New Mountain Capital, and had previously served as one of our directors from June 2005 until November 2011.

Qualifications:We believe that Mr. Breen’s extensive experience in the technology, equipment supplier and consumer product sectors, notably as those sectors relate to the video, phone and wireless industries, including his various experiences as a president and chief executive officer as noted above, renders him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:63

Director since: February 2014

Current Public Company Directorships:

DowDuPont Inc.

Former Public Company Directorships:

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

Tyco International Ltd.

Gerald L. Hassell: Mr. Hassell was the Chief Executive Officer of The Bank of New York Mellon from 2011 until July 2017, and was Chairman of its Board until December 2017. Prior to the merger of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and Mellon Financial Corporation in July 2007, Mr. Hassell was President of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and The Bank of New York. Mr. Hassell is a member of the board of trustees of Duke University, a member of the board of visitors of Columbia University Medical Center, Vice Chairman of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of New York and a member of the board of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Qualifications:We believe that Mr. Hassell’s significant experience and leadership in the financial industry, including with respect to consumer financial products and his experience as a president and chief executive officer as noted above, render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:67

Director since: May 2008

Current Public Company Directorships:

MetLife, Inc.

Former Public Company Directorships:

The Bank of New York Mellon

Jeffrey A. Honickman: Mr. Honickman has served since 1990 as the Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi-Cola & National Brand Beverages, Ltd., a bottling and distribution company, which includes among its affiliates Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of New York, Inc. and Canada Dry bottling companies from New York to Virginia. He is also the Vice President and Secretary of Antonio Origlio Inc., a beverage distributor based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which does business as Origlio Beverages. He currently serves as Chairman of the American Beverage Association Board of Directors and as a director of the Dr. Pepper Snapple Bottlers Association.

Qualifications:We believe that Mr. Honickman’s significant experience in the wholesale and consumer products industries, including his experience as a chief executive officer as noted above, renders him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:62

Director since: December 2005

Maritza G. Montiel:Ms. Montiel served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP from 2011 through her retirement in May 2014. As Deputy Chief Executive Officer, among other things, Ms. Montiel led a variety of strategic initiatives, including the transformation of the $1.4 billion Federal Government Services Practice. During her tenure at Deloitte, she held numerous senior management roles, including Managing Partner (Leadership Development and Succession, Deloitte University) from 2009 to 2011 and Regional Managing Partner from 2001 to 2009, and she was the Advisory Partner for many engagements in which Deloitte was the principal auditor.

Qualifications:We believe that Ms. Montiel’s extensive experience and leadership in the accounting profession, including her experience as the former Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Deloitte, coupled with her skills in corporate governance matters, render her qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:67

Director since: June 2018

Current Public Company Directorships:

AptarGroup, Inc.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Asuka Nakahara: Mr. Nakahara has been a partner of Triton Atlantic Partners, a real estate advisory firm and investment vehicle that heco-founded, since 2009. He also has served as an Associate Director of the Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for the past 19 years. Mr. Nakahara began his career at Trammell Crow Company as a leasing agent in 1980, was named a partner in 1983 and was promoted to its Chief Financial Officer in 1996, overseeing finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, marketing, Trammell Crow University, human resources and other new business initiatives. He retired from Trammell Crow in 1999. Mr. Nakahara served on the board of, and was the chair of the Investment Committee of, the United States Golf Association, and also is a past board member of the PGA of America.

Qualifications:We believe that Mr. Nakahara’s extensive knowledge of real estate and general advisory matters, including his leadership and academic experiences, as well as his prior experience as a chief financial officer as noted above, render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:63

Director since: February 2017

Current Public Company Directorships:

CBRE Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund

David C. Novak: Mr. Novak is the founder of OGO Enterprises, LLC, a company whose mission is to inspire people through personal recognitions that deepen relationships. Prior to that, Mr. Novak was the Chief Executive Officer of YUM! Brands, Inc. from January 2000 until December 2014, and was the Chairman of its Board from January 2001 until December 2014 and the Executive Chairman of its Board from January 2015 until May 2016. Mr. Novak is also the author of Taking People With You:The Only Way to Make BIG Things Happen, aNew York Times andWall Street Journal best-seller based on a successful leadership program he developed focused on teamwork and a belief in people, which rewards and recognizes customer-focused behavior.

Qualifications:We believe that Mr. Novak’s extensive knowledge of customer service-oriented business practices and talent management, as well as his prior experience as a chief executive officer and chairman as noted above, render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:66

Director since: December 2016

Former Public Company Directorships:

YUM! Brands, Inc.

Brian L. Roberts:Mr. Brian L. Roberts has served as our President since February 1990, as our Chief Executive Officer since November 2002 and as our Chairman of the Board since May 2004. As of December 31, 2018, Mr. Roberts, through his ownership of our Class B common stock, had sole voting power over 3313% of the combined voting power of our two classes of voting common stock. Mr. Roberts is also a director of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, the principal trade association of the cable industry, and is a director emeritus of CableLabs, the cable industry’s research and development organization.

Qualifications:We believe that Mr. Roberts’ extensive experience and leadership in the internet, video, phone, media and entertainment and wireless industries, including as our Chief Executive Officer and President, render him qualified to serve as one of our directors.

Age:59

Director since: March 1988

PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of our independent auditors, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”). Deloitte, together with its predecessors, has served as our independent auditors since 1963. The lead engagement partner from Deloitte is required to be rotated every five years. The process for selection of a new lead engagement partner includes a meeting between the Chairsubject matter of the Audit Committee and the candidate for this role, as well as discussion by the full Audit Committee and meetings with senior management.

Each year, the Audit Committee, along with our management and internal auditors, reviews Deloitte’s performance as part of the Audit Committee’s consideration of whether to reappoint the firm as our independent auditors. As part of this review, the Audit Committee considers (i) the continued independence of Deloitte, (ii) its quality of service provided on prior audits, (iii) evaluations of Deloitte by our management and internal auditors, (iv) Deloitte’s effectiveness of communications and working relationships with the Audit Committee and our management and internal auditors, (v) the length of time Deloitte has served as our independent auditors and (vi) the quality and depth of Deloitte and the audit team’s expertise and experience in our industries in light of the breadth, complexity and global reach of our businesses.

Following the Audit Committee’s review of Deloitte’s performance, the Audit Committee appointed Deloitte to serve as our independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2019. The Audit Committee and our Board recommend that you ratify this appointment, although your ratification is not required. A partner of Deloitte will be present at the annual meeting and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

OUR BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.

Set forth below are the fees paid or accrued for the services of Deloitte, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and their respective affiliates in 2018 and 2017.

         2018               2017       
   (in millions) 

Audit fees

  

 

$21.2      

 

  

 

$19.5      

 

Audit-related fees

  

 

1.7      

 

  

 

1.5      

 

Tax fees

  

 

0.7      

 

  

 

0.7      

 

All other fees

  

 

0.4      

 

  

 

0.1      

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

      $24.0      

 

  

 

      $21.8      

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Audit fees consisted of fees paid or accrued for services rendered to us and our subsidiaries for the audits of our annual financial statements, audits of our internal control over financial reporting (as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), reviews of our quarterly financial statements and audit services provided in connection with other statutory or regulatory filings and the implementation of the new revenue recognition standard. The increase in audit fees in 2018 is primarily due to fees paid or accrued for incremental audit work related to the acquisition of Sky.

Audit-related fees consisted of fees paid or accrued for financial due diligence services, attestation services related to contractual and regulatory compliance and audits of our employee benefit plans.

Tax fees consisted of fees paid or accrued for domestic and foreign tax compliance services, including review of tax returns and tax examination assistance. There were no fees paid or accrued in 2018 and 2017 for tax planning.

Other fees in 2018 primarily consisted of consulting fees paid or accruedcorrespondence. Any such correspondence relating to previous Sky engagements. Other fees in 2018 and 2017 also included fees paid or accrued for subscription services.

PREAPPROVAL POLICY OF AUDIT COMMITTEE OF SERVICES PERFORMED BY INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Audit Committee’s policy requires that the committee preapprove all audit andnon-audit services performed by the independent auditors to assure that the services do not impair the auditors’ independence. Unless a type of service has received general preapproval, it requires separate preapproval by the Audit Committee. Even if a service has received general preapproval, if the fee associated with the service exceeds $1 million in a single engagement or series of related engagements, it requires separate preapproval. The Audit Committee has delegated its preapproval authority to its Chair.

REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee (as used in this section, “we” or “our”) is composed solely of independent directors meeting the requirements of applicable SEC and NASDAQ Global Select Market rules. Each member also is financially literate for audit committee purposes under the NASDAQ rules, and the Board has concluded that Jeffrey A. Honickman and Maritza G. Montiel qualify as audit committee financial experts. The key responsibilities of our committee are set forth in our charter, which was adopted by us and approved by the Board and is posted under “Corporate Governance” in the Investors section of Comcast’s website atwww.comcastcorporation.com.

We serve in an oversight capacity and are not intended to be part of Comcast’s operational or managerial decision-making process. Comcast’s management is responsible for the preparation, integrity and fair presentation of information in Comcast’s consolidated financial statements, financial reporting process and internal control over financial reporting. Deloitte, Comcast’s independent auditors, is responsible for auditing Comcast’s consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting. Our principal purpose is to monitor these processes.

In this context, at each regularly scheduledin-person meeting, we met and held discussions with management, Comcast’s internal auditors and the independent auditors. Management represented to us that Comcast’s consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.

Prior to their issuance, we reviewed and discussed the quarterly and annual earnings press releases (including the presentation ofnon-GAAP financial information), consolidated financial statements and disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (including critical accounting judgments and estimates) with management, Comcast’s internal auditors and the independent auditors. We also reviewed Comcast’s policies and practices with respect to financial risk assessment, as well as its processes and practices with respect to enterprise risk assessment and management. We discussed with the independent auditors matters required to be discussed by PCAOB AS 1301,Communications with Audit Committees, and Rule2-07,Communication with Audit Committees, of RegulationS-X.

We discussed with the independent auditors the overall scope and plans for their audit and approved the terms of their engagement letter. We also reviewed Comcast’s internal audit plan. We met with the independent auditors and with Comcast’s internal auditors, in each case, with and without other members of management present, to discuss the results of their respective examinations, the evaluations of Comcast’s internal controls and the overall quality and integrity of Comcast’s financial reporting. Among other things, in our discussions with the independent auditors, we sought their perspectives on the appropriateness of the accounting principles selected by management and their assessment of risk in financial reporting.

Additionally, we reviewed the performance, responsibilities, budget and staffing of Comcast’s internal auditors. We also have established, and oversaw compliance with, procedures for Comcast’s receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and its employees’ confidential and anonymous submissions of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

We discussed with the independent auditors the auditors’ independence from Comcast and its management, including the matters, if any, in the written disclosures delivered pursuant to the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. We also reviewed Comcast’s hiring policies and practices with respect to current and former employees of the independent auditors. We preapproved,is handled in accordance with our preapproval policy described above, all services providedprocedures established by the independent auditorsAudit Committee.

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Proposal 2:  ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following proposal gives our shareholders the opportunity to cast a non-binding, advisory vote to approve the compensation of our NEOs. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our NEOs and our compensation philosophy, policies and practices, as disclosed below.

We encourage shareholders to review detailed information on our executive compensation program and the 2020 compensation of our NEOs as set forth in “Executive Compensation — Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” starting below. Shareholders are being asked to vote “FOR” the adoption of the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to Comcast Corporation’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion, is hereby APPROVED.”

While we intend to carefully consider the voting results of this proposal, this vote is advisory in nature, and, therefore, is not binding on us or our Board. Our Board and Compensation Committee value the opinions of all of our shareholders and will consider the outcome of this vote when making future compensation decisions for our NEOs.

Our Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” approval of the compensation ofour named executive officers.

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Letter from the Compensation Committee

Dear Shareholders,

2020 marked a year of unprecedented challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the Company’s senior leadership team – led by our named executive officers (“NEOs”): Brian L. Roberts (Chairman, President and considered whetherCEO), Michael J. Cavanagh (CFO), Jeff Shell (CEO of NBCUniversal), David N. Watson (CEO of Comcast Cable) and Thomas J. Reid (Chief Legal Officer and Secretary) – worked seamlessly and tirelessly together. With their provisionmanagement teams, they successfully executed on our strategy and adapted to find safe and creative solutions to navigate the pandemic to benefit employees, customers, communities, suppliers and shareholders now and for the long term. Our company’s solid operational and financial results underscore the overall resiliency of such servicesour business, and we believe we will emerge from this challenging environment in a strong position due to Comcast is compatible with maintainingour ability to execute on our strategic focus on broadband, aggregation and streaming.

As you will see described in the auditors’ independence.

Based onfollowing “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” our Committee decided not to apply discretion to adjust any financial performance goals in the reviewsshort- and discussions referred to above, we recommended to the Board, and the Board approved,long-term incentive programs designed for NEOs, believing that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in Comcast’s Annual Report on Form10-Klong-term nature of our overall compensation structure would continue to incent and reward the NEOs for managing our company for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC.long term.

In addition, as in prior years,

While we along with Comcast’s management and internal auditors, reviewed Deloitte’s performance as part of our consideration of whether to appoint the firm as independent auditors for 2019 and recommend that shareholders ratify this appointment. As part of this review, we considered the continued independence of Deloitte, the quality of service provided on prior audits, the results of an evaluation of Deloitte by Comcast’s management and internal auditors, and Deloitte’s effectiveness of communications and working relationships with us, management and the internal

auditors. We also considered the period of time that Deloitte has served as Comcast’s independent auditors and evaluated the quality and depth of the firm and the audit team’s expertise and experience in our industries in light of the breadth, complexity and global reach of Comcast’s businesses. Following this review, we have appointed Deloitte as Comcast’s independent auditors for 2019 and are recommending that Comcast’s shareholders ratify this appointment.

Members of the Audit Committee

Jeffrey A. Honickman (Chair)

Madeline S. Bell

Maritza G. Montiel

Asuka Nakahara

PROPOSAL 3: APPROVAL OF THE COMCAST CORPORATION

2019 OMNIBUS SHARESAVE PLAN

On February 12, 2019, our Compensation Committee adopted the Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan (the “plan”), subject to approval by our shareholders at the 2019 annual meeting. Following our acquisition of Sky in the fourth quarter of 2018, the plan was adopted for the primary purpose of providing Sky employees with benefits similar to those Sky had provided prior to the acquisition (and to provide benefits similar to those offered under our existing broad-based employee stock purchase plans).

Background of the Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan

As discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis that follows this proposal, we strongly believe that our acquisition of Sky will enhanceexecutive compensation program aligns the long-term value of our company by giving us a stronger presence on the global stage. As part of negotiating the Sky transaction, one of the key commitments that we made was to continue to provide Sky employees with compensation arrangements consistent with Sky’s applicable compensation programs and arrangements and its desire to attract and retain talent. Consistent with that commitment, our Compensation Committee has adopted the plan, subject to approval by our shareholders, with substantially similar benefits as were previously made available to Sky employees under a similar Sky plan. In addition, the plan provides to a broad base of employees benefits and incentives to purchase Comcast stock in a similar manner as under our existing employee stock purchase plans.

By making the plan available on a broad basis to Sky employees (but not to any executive officers or directors of our company), we believe the interests of our employees in working towardNEOs and shareholders, we are committed to continually reviewing our company’s growth and success will become further alignedcompensation program. Underscoring this commitment, our company is highly engaged with those of our shareholders, while at the same time minimizing the dilutive impact on ourmeeting with over 55 shareholders generally. As noted below, the plan is a nonqualified plan under the Internal Revenue Code that is similar to the Comcast Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, atax-qualified plan, and the Comcast NBCUniversal 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, a nonqualified plan, both of which are broad-based plans that were previously approved by an overwhelming majority of our shareholders. We believe that the provisionsowning over 50% of the plan are in line with market-based practices in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Description of the Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan

The following is a summary of the material features of the plan. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan, which is attached to this proxy statement asAppendix A.

Purpose. The purpose of the plan, and anysub-plans adopted thereunder, is to allow certain employees of our company and our subsidiaries and affiliates globally to enter into savings arrangements requiring deductions from their salary, with their accumulated savings being used to acquire shares of ourCompany’s Class A common stock following the end of apre-determined savings period, thereby providing such employees with a personal stake in our company and a long-range inducement to remain in our employ.

Sub-Plans.The plan is intended to provide us with a common framework for the establishment and administration of certainsub-plans for the broad-based benefit of our employees. The grant of any right to acquire shares under the plan will be subject to the terms and conditions of the applicablesub-plan pursuant to which it was granted.

As of the date of adoption of the plan by our Compensation Committee, the plan was comprised of the following threesub-plans:

the Comcast 2019 UK Sharesave Plan;

the Comcast 2019 Irish Sharesave Plan; and

the Comcast 2019 International Sharesave Plan.

The Compensation Committee may adopt additionalsub-plans, on similar terms to the currentsub-plans, that cover officers and employees in other jurisdictions or business units, subject to the terms of the plan and applicable law.

Eligibility. In general, and subject to the terms of the applicablesub-plan, employees of our company and participating subsidiaries and affiliates are eligible to participate in the plan, as determined pursuant to the terms of the applicablesub-plan, with such variations as may be required under applicable law, stock market or exchange rules and regulations or accounting or tax rules and regulations.

As of December 31, 2018, there were approximately 30,000 Sky employees eligible to participate in the plan. None of our executive officers or directors is eligible to participate in the plan. The basis for participation in the plan is the Compensation Committee’s decision, in its sole discretion, that an eligible employee’s participation in the plan will further the plan’s purposes of providing such participants with a personal stake in our company and a long-range inducement to remain in our employ. In exercising its discretion, the Compensation Committee will consider the recommendations of management and the purposes of the plan.

Shares Subject to the Plan. In the aggregate, up to 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock are available for purchase under the plan (including allsub-plans established under the plan), subject to adjustment in the event of certain corporate events (as described below). Shares available for purchase under the plan may consist of either treasury shares or originally issued shares. As of March 15, 2019, the fair market value of a share of Class A common stock was $40.47. If any right to purchase shares under the plan is forfeited, the underlying shares will be returned to the pool of shares available for purchase under the plan.

Purchase Price. The purchase price per share of Class A common stock will not be less than 80% of the fair market value per share at the time that the Board invites eligible employees to apply to acquire shares under the plan, as determined in accordance with the applicablesub-plan.

Administration. The plan is administered by the Compensation Committee. The Board and the Compensation Committee have authority to interpret the plan, prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it and make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable in administering the plan. The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, delegate to any person or committee its authority to administer and make all determinations under the plan. Pursuant to its delegation authority under the plan, the Compensation Committee has delegated certain of its administrative duties, subject to its review and supervision, to a Senior Executive Vice President of our company.

Adjustments.In the event of certain corporation transactions affecting shares of Class A common stock effected without the receipt of consideration by our company (including a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other change in number or class of issued and outstanding equity securities resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of shares and/or other outstanding equity securities or a recapitalization or other capital adjustment), the Compensation Committee will make appropriate equitable anti-dilution adjustments to the aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock and the class of shares that may be purchased under the plan (including allsub-plans). Any such determination made by the Compensation Committee will be final, binding and conclusive.

Amendment and Termination. The Compensation Committee has the right to amend or terminate the plan at any time, provided that any termination is without prejudice to the subsisting rights of participants under any of thesub-plans and no amendment to the plan may adversely affect the rights of any participant under any of thesub-plans (except as otherwise provided for under the relevantsub-plan). We may seek shareholder approval for a plan amendment if required by, or advisable under, applicable law or stock exchange rules. The plan will terminate upon the termination of allsub-plans.

Effective Date. The plan was adopted by the Compensation Committee on February 12, 2019, subject to approval by our shareholders at the 2019 annual meeting.

Registration with the SEC. If our shareholders approve the plan, we plan to file a registration statement on a FormS-8 with the SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable after such approval, to register the shares of Class A common stock available for purchase under the plan.

New Plan Benefits. Because benefits under the plan depend on participants’ elections to participate in the plan and the fair market value of shares of Class A common stock at various future dates, it is not possible to determine future benefits that will be received by employees under the plan. Additionally, because the plan is a new plan and no participant elections have been made to date, it is not possible to determine the benefits that would have been received by, or allocated to, employees under the plan had it been in effect in prior years.

Federal Income Taxation

The following is a general summary under current law of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences to participants who are citizens or individual residents of the United States relating to participation in the plan (if shareholder approval of the plan is obtained). This summary deals with the general tax principles that apply to participation in the plan and is provided only for general information. Certain kinds of taxes, such as foreign taxes, state and local income taxes, payroll taxes and the alternative minimum tax, are not discussed. This summary is not tax advice and it does not discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to our company and participants. Accordingly, we urge each participant to consult his or her own tax advisor as to the specific tax consequences of participation in the plan under federal, state, local,non-U.S. and other applicable laws.

Under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, a participant will not have taxable income upon the grant of a right to purchase shares of Class A common stock under the plan. Upon purchase of shares under the plan, the participant will be required to include in income an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of such shares on the date of purchase over the purchase price, and we or the participant’s participating employer will be entitled to a corresponding tax deduction. If the shares are sold or exchanged, the participant’s tax basis in such shares will be increased by an amount equal to the amount includable in his or her income as compensation, and any gain or loss computed with reference to such adjusted basis which is recognized at the time of disposition will be a capital gain or loss, either short-term or long-term, depending on the holding period for such shares.

OUR BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL OF THE COMCAST CORPORATION 2019 OMNIBUS SHARESAVE PLAN.

PROPOSAL 4: ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following proposal gives our shareholders the opportunity to cast anon-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of our NEOs. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our NEOs and our compensation philosophy, policies and practices, as disclosed below under “Executive Compensation.” For detailed information on our executive compensation program and the 2018 compensation of our NEOs, shareholders should review the information set forth in “Executive Compensation — Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” starting onpage 32.

We are a global media and technology company with three primary businesses, Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Sky, which we acquired in the fourth quarter of 2018.

Our Board credits the leadership of Mr. Brian L. Roberts and our other NEOs for working cohesively to effectively manage Comcast, for fostering our entrepreneurial and innovative workplace culture while maintaining our commitment to act with integrity and respect and give back to the communities in which we operate, for Comcast achieving strong performance over the past several yearsyear to discuss governance, compensation and for their strategic vision.E&S matters. We have a deep-rooted strategic focusreceived feedback on long-term growth, which we have achieved in part by executing on a series of pivotal transactions. We acquired AT&T Broadband in 2002, more than doubling our then size, and NBCUniversal in 2011, adding scale in media and in content creation. This past year marked another transformative moment, with our acquisition of Sky, which significantly strengthened our global footprint. We funded the acquisition of Sky with debt to avoid dilution for our shareholders and have paused our common stock repurchase program in 2019 to accelerate the reduction of our indebtedness. Our financial and operational performance in 2018 was strong, including our generating record free cash flow, as described in “Executive Compensation — Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Executive Summary —2018 Business Highlights” below. Our longer-term stock performance over

each of the last three-, five- andten-year periods has outperformed our entertainment/media and transmission/distribution peers in most instances. In any short-term period, our stock performance may be affected by various uncertainties, including the emergence of new technologies for the distribution and viewing of content, changing regulatory requirements and shifting competitive environments in our industries toward fewer, larger and more global companies. Weighing on our stock performance in the first half of 2018 were uncertainties regarding our consideration of significant strategic steps toward becoming a stronger leader in entertainment and technology. Our stock performance in the latter half of 2018 and in the first quarter of 2019, however, has since rebounded, significantly outperforming each of our peer groups. Our Board values and rewards our NEOs for thinking strategically and pursuing strategic pivotal transactions for our overall long-term growth prospects.

Our NEOs are responsible for managing a more complex and uniquely diversified company than many of our peer companies and for helping to shape the future of media and technology in the United States and globally. In designing a compensation program for our NEOs, we start by evaluating our businesses’ objectives and take into account the diversified nature of our businesses and complexity in managing them in tailoring our compensation program toward furthering these objectives. We need uniquely talentedstructure and experienced individualshave taken significant steps in response to think strategically and perform forthis feedback, further aligning our highly competitive businesses, particularly in light of the challenging competitive, technological and regulatory environments in which we operate. As a result:overall pay-for-performance structure.

 

We provide pay opportunity levels that are highly competitiveThe enhancements made to motivate and retain our executives.

Our compensation program is designedare discussed in a straight-forward mannermore detail below under “Shareholder Feedback on Executive Compensation and Compensation-Related Changes,” and include the following:

Eliminated above-market interest earnings on deferred compensation (beginning in August 2020 for directors and March 2021 for NEOs)
Redesigned the structure of performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) granted in 2021 to include a three-year performance period, with new equally-weighted performance goals of absolute return on invested capital (“ROIC”) and adjusted earnings per share (“EPS”) relative to the S&P 100, and a total shareholder return (“TSR”) modifier (which will not be applied positively if TSR is negative)
Increased the weighting of the financial metrics portion of the annual cash bonus program from 50% to 70% for 2021
Our annual cash bonus program has incentivized NEOs for our continuing focus on critical DE&I initiatives for over 10 years now and will continue to do so in 2021 – with a new dedicated portion to be based solely on stakeholder and sustainability initiatives such as further progress on our DE&I initiatives and continued leadership in addressing the “digital divide”

We believe that these improvements build on our efforts to achieve an appropriate balance of elements to reward our NEOs for their performance and for creating long-term shareholder value. In addition to fixed compensation, we provide short-term and long-term performance-based compensation, that when viewed holistically – understanding the rigor and relevance of our various performance conditions and the exceedingly long vesting periods for our NEOs to ultimately realize any value from their long-term incentive awards – stronglythoughtfully align the interests of our NEOs with thosethe interests of our shareholders over the long-term.long term. We welcome your feedback on our compensation program reflected in the following pages.

 

Our short-term annual bonus program is largely based on quantitative performance goals – these goals are based on a rigorous andin-depth enterprise-wide consolidated budget that is prepared annually and takes into consideration the cyclicality of working capital in our business, capital spending plans for the upcoming year, target product rollout numbers and other relevant factors.

Sincerely,

 

Our annual long-term incentive program is composed of grants of performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”) and stock options. We used a meaningful performance condition for the vesting of PSUs awarded in 2018 that was based on an annual increase in adjusted EBITDA (excluding the impact of Comcast Cable’s wireless phone service that launched inmid-2017) – one of the most important financial metrics in creating shareholder value. In order to achieve 100% vesting, adjusted EBITDA needed to increase between5%-6%, which range included the budgeted 2018 increase in our enterprise-wide consolidated budget. While the performance condition for PSUs is tested on an annual basis, the underlying substance of the award is akin to a multi-year award. Because PSUs vest over five years as noted below, the amounts our NEOs ultimately realize upon each year’s vesting are dependent on our stock performance at the time of vesting, thereby strongly aligning our NEOs’ long-term interests with those of our shareholders. Stock options also are inherently performance-based in that our stock price must appreciate for the options to deliver any value.

The Compensation Committee

 

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Our PSUs and stock options have among the longest vesting periods in corporate America – 5 years for PSUs, which areback-end weighted with 40% vesting in the 5th year, and 9.5 years for options, which have a10-year term.    These long vesting periods tie the value ultimately realized by our NEOs to our long-term performance and to the interests of our long-term shareholders.

Edward D. Breen (Chair)
Gerald L. Hassell
David C. Novak

 

Our incentive-based compensation award achievement is not conditioned on a total shareholder return (TSR) metric, as further discussed in “Executive Compensation — Compensation Discussion and Analysis —Emphasis on Performance” below. We seek to motivate our NEOs by setting company-specific performance goals that are directly linked with our NEOs’ management of our businesses rather than using a TSR metric that can be significantly affected by external factors such as economic and market conditions that they cannot control. While the Compensation Committee does not focus on TSR in particular in determining incentive arrangements for our NEOs, we have observed that Mr. Roberts’ compensation has generally increased less than our TSR over the last five-year period and is therefore aligned with our TSR over the long term. In addition, a significant portion of our

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NEOs’ compensation is in the form of PSUs and stock options with long vesting periods, the ultimate value of which is inherently tied to our stock price movement and shareholder value creation.

We believe that the combinationTable of these elements furthers our shareholders’ interests by securing our executives’ services in an exceedingly competitive talent market and aligning the long-term interests of our executives to create shareholder value with those of our shareholders.

We strongly believe the compensation paid to our NEOs for 2018 appropriately reflects and rewards their contributions to our performance and is aligned with the long-term interests of our shareholders. Over the past several years, we have delivered strong financial results, allowing us to both (i) reinvest in our businesses to compete effectively and adapt to changing consumer behaviors and (ii) return significant capital to shareholders or make substantial strategic acquisitions. We have maintained a strong balance sheet, which allowed us to act for the long-term by acquiring Sky in the fourth quarter of 2018. The 2018 financial results for our three primary quantitative performance goals – revenue, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow, were strong across the board, including our generating record free cash flow.

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(1)

Excluding $12.7 billion of net income tax benefits in 2017 primarily associated with a reduction of our net deferred income tax liabilities as a result of the 2017 tax reform legislation, net income attributable to Comcast would have increased by 16.7% in 2018.

(2)

Reconciliations of consolidated adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to Comcast Corporation and consolidated free cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities are set forth onAppendix B.

At our 2018 annual meeting, our shareholders approved by 87% of the votes cast, on an advisory basis, the 2017 compensation of our NEOs. The Compensation Committee has carefully considered the results of last year’s advisory vote on executive compensation and has discussed our executive compensation program and our voting results with Korn Ferry, its independent compensation consultant. It has also considered feedback received from our largest shareholders, as described in “Shareholder Feedback on Executive Compensation” onpage 37Contents.

Accordingly, we are asking our shareholders to vote “FOR” the adoption of the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to Comcast Corporation’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of RegulationS-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis compensation tables and narrative discussion, is hereby APPROVED.”

While we intend to carefully consider the voting results of this proposal, this vote is advisory in nature, and, therefore, is not binding on us or our Board. Our Board and Compensation Committee value the opinions of all of our shareholders and will consider the outcome of this vote when making future compensation decisions for our NEOs.

FOR THESE REASONS, OUR BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

We received the following shareholder proposals. The proponents and anyco-filers have represented to us that each has continuously held at least $2,000 in market value of Class A common stock for at least one year and will continue to hold these securities through the date of the annual meeting of shareholders. To be voted upon at our 2019 annual meeting of shareholders, the proponent of each proposal, or a representative of the proponent qualified under Pennsylvania law, must be present at the meeting to present the proposal.

Other than adding a brief title, we have included the text of each proposal and the shareholder’s supporting statement. Following each proposal, we explain why our Board recommends a voteAGAINST the proposal.

PROPOSAL 5: INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIRMAN

The following proposal and supporting statement were submitted by John Chevedden, 2215 Nelson Avenue, No. 205, Redondo Beach, CA 90278.

Shareholders request our Board of Directors to adopt as a policy, and amend our governing documents as necessary, to require henceforth that the Chair of the Board of Directors, whenever possible, to be an independent member of the Board. The Board would have the discretion to phase in this policy for the next Chief Executive Officer transition, implemented so it does not violate any existing agreement.

If the Board determines that a Chairman, who was independent when selected is no longer independent, the Board shall select a new Chairman who satisfies the requirements of the policy within a reasonable amount of time. Compliance with this policy is waived if no independent director is available and willing to serve as Chairman. This proposal requests that all the necessary steps be taken to accomplish the above.

This proposal topic won 50%-plus support at 5 major U.S. companies in 2013 including 73%-support at Netflix. These 5 majority votes would have been still higher if all shareholders had access to independent proxy voting advice.

It is important to have an independent Chairman of the Board given the inflexible stance of Brian L. Roberts, beneficial owner of Comcast Corporation class B common stock (with100-to-one voting power) in a letter that was forwarded to the Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2018. The letter said:

I [Brian L. Roberts] will respond in the negative to any encouragement by the Board, or any attempt by the Board to engage in any discussion or negotiation with me, to relinquish any of my preexisting rights in the Class B Common Stock. I will not engage in any discussions or negotiations regarding any proposed amendment to Comcast’s articles of incorporation that gives effect to the Proposal or any similar proposal.

I will vote against any such proposed amendment to Comcast’s articles of incorporation to limit the voting rights of the Class B Common Stock that is put to a vote of the Comcast shareholders. The foregoing affirmation also applies to any shareholder proposal submitted by a shareholder proponent in the future that concerns a similar subject matter such as that contained in the Proposal.

Please vote yes:

Independent Board Chairman – Proposal 5

Company Response to Shareholder Proposal

Our Board believes that we and our shareholders are best served by having Brian L. Roberts serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Our Board believes that Mr. Roberts serves as an effective bridge between the Board and management and provides critical leadership for carrying out our strategic initiatives and confronting our challenges.

Board independence and oversight of management are effectively maintained, and management plans are critically reviewed, as a result of the following:

80% of our directors are independent.

Each of our Audit, Compensation and Governance and Directors Nominating Committees are composed entirely of independent directors.

Our Lead Independent Director, currently Mr. Breen, is appointed annually by the Board after being recommended by the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee and, among other things:

Presides at meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, including executive sessions of the independent directors.

Facilitates communication between the Chairman and the independent directors, and communicates periodically as necessary between Board meetings and executive sessions with our independent directors, following discussions with management and otherwise on topics of importance to our independent directors.

Has the authority to schedule meetings of the independent directors.

Reviews and has the opportunity to provide input on meeting agendas and meeting schedules for the Board.

Consults with our independent directors concerning the need for an executive session in connection with each regularly scheduled Board meeting.

With the Compensation Committee, organizes the annual Board evaluation of the performance of our CEO and senior management.

With the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee, reviews and approves the process for the annual self-assessment of our Board and its committees.

Having an independent Chairman is a minority practice among major companies, and having one individual perform the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is not restricted or prohibited by current laws or regulations. Additionally, our directors, including the Chairman, are bound by fiduciary obligations under law to act in a manner that they believe to be in our best interests and the best interests of our shareholders. Separating the offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer would not serve to augment this fiduciary duty.

Further, our Board does not believe it should be constrained by adopting an inflexible, formal requirement that the offices of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer be separated, even if such policy were to not apply to our current Chairman as the proposal would allow. We and our shareholders are best served by maintaining the flexibility to decide whether to have the same individual serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, based on what is in the best interests of our company at a given point in time. As such, our Board does not believe that adopting a policy requiring the election of an independent Chairman of the Board would in any way enhance its independence or performance and, to the contrary, believes that the adoption of such a policy would not be in the best interests of our shareholders.

FOR THESE REASONS, OUR BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “AGAINST” THIS PROPOSAL.

PROPOSAL 6: TO PROVIDE A LOBBYING REPORT

The following proposal and supporting statement were submitted by Friends Fiduciary Corporation, 1650 Arch Street, Suite 1904, Philadelphia, PA 19103; Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica, 801 South 8th Street, Atchison, KS 66002; Libra Fund, QP, L.P., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10020; Sisters of Notre Dame De Namur, 351 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149; Swift Foundation, 1167 Coast Village Road, Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; The Needmor Fund, 539 East Front Street, Perrysburg, OH 43551; The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, 609 South Convent Road, Aston, PA 19014-1207; and Walden Asset Management, One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108.

Whereas,we believe in full disclosure of Comcast’s direct and indirect lobbying activities and expenditures to assess whether Comcast’s lobbying is consistent with its expressed goals and in the best interests of shareholders.

Resolved,the shareholders of Comcast request the preparation of a report, updated annually, disclosing:

1.

Company policy and procedures governing lobbying, both direct and indirect, and grassroots lobbying communications.

2.

Payments by Comcast used for (a) direct or indirect lobbying or (b) grassroots lobbying communications, in each case including the amount of the payment and the recipient.

3.

Comcast’s membership in and payments to anytax-exempt organization that writes and endorses model legislation.

4.

Description of management’s and the Board’s decision making process and oversight for making payments described in section 2 and 3 above.

For purposes of this proposal, “grassroots lobbying communication” is communication to the general public that (a) refers to specific legislation or regulation, (b) reflects a view on the legislation or regulation and (c) encourages the recipient of the communication to take action with respect to the legislation or regulation. “Indirect lobbying” is lobbying by a trade association or other organization of which Comcast is a member.

Both “direct and indirect lobbying” and “grassroots lobbying communications” include efforts at the local, state and federal levels.

The report shall be presented to the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee and posted on Comcast’s website.

Supporting Statement

We encourage transparency regarding the use of corporate funds to influence legislation and regulation. Comcast was the fourteenth highest federal lobbying spender for 2017, spending $15,310,000 (Opensecrets.org). We are concerned that Comcast’s lobbying may pose reputational risks when it contradicts the company’s public positions (“Comcast Deleted Net Neutrality Pledge the Same Day FCC Announced Repeal,”Ars Technica,November 29, 2017). While Comcast lobbies on net neutrality at the state level, shareholders have no way to know how much it is spending in 22 states with no disclosure requirements (“How Leading U.S. Corporations Govern and Spend on State Lobbying,”Sustainable Investments Institute).In California, Comcast directly spent $1.9 million in 2016—2017 on lobbying(Cal-Access Database).

Comcast serves on the board of NCTA—The Internet & Television Association, which spent $132,790,000 on lobbying from 2010 -2017. Comcast does not disclose memberships in, or payments to, trade associations, or the amounts used for lobbying. While Comcast discloses trade association payments used for political contributions, but not payments used for lobbying leaving a serious disclosure gap. Trade associations generally spend far more on lobbying than political contributions.

Nor does Comcast disclose its membership in or payments totax-exempt organizations that write and endorse model legislation, such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Comcast’s ALEC membership has drawn press scrutiny regarding an offensive speech at ALEC’s last conference, after which Verizon joined 100 companies who have publicly left ALEC, including Exxon Mobil, GE, Intel and Sprint.

Company Response to Shareholder Proposal

We believe that it is both important and appropriate to communicate with lawmakers and regulators about the interests of our company, our employees, our shareholders and the communities where we do business. In fact, in the highly regulated industries in which we primarily operate—the communications and media/entertainment industries—advocating on important legislative and regulatory issues is an absolute necessity to protecting our businesses and, ultimately, our shareholders.

Because the information that this proposal seeks to be disclosed is generally publicly available in appropriate detail, implementing this proposal would require us to incur unnecessary expense, would divert management attention away from our primary business activities and would raise potential competitive concerns.

Significant and detailed information with respect to our Government Affairs, lobbying, trade association and political activities programs are set forth in our Statement on Political and Trade Association Activity (the “Statement”), which is available for review athttps://corporate.comcast.com/values/integrity/activity. The Statement is periodically reviewed by our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee and outlines the wide variety of public policy issues that impact our business. As noted in the Statement:

Our Government Affairs’ activities include development and advocacy of public policy, lobbying, membership in a variety of trade associations, participation in a number of intergovernmental associations and partnerships with other companies in the cable, broadcast and film industries, and third party organizations on

public policy issues of concern to our company. The trade organizations that we are members of are principally composed of cable, broadcast and film industry associations that are operated for the purpose of advancing the common goals and interests of the member companies and their customers. Participation in these trade associations is subject to approval procedures set by the Senior Executive Vice President who oversees this function and reports to our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roberts. Our lobbying activity, undertaken directly and through participation in trade associations, is directed to influencing the wide variety of public policy issues that impact our businesses, including legislation and regulation relating to the distribution of video content over our cable plant, local and state cable franchising laws and regulations, regulation of the Internet and high speed data services, regulation of the telephone industry, regulation of the broadcast and programming industry, privacy, piracy, copyright, certain international regulations and a variety of general legislative and regulatory initiatives that affect us as a business, such as tax, labor and workplace safety issues.

We lobby ethically, constructively and in a bipartisan manner, and we comply with all registration and reporting regulations related to our lobbying activities.

Our Board receives an annual report on our Government Affairs’ political, lobbying and trade association activities.

We provide an annual report of our contributions to federal, state and local candidates, political parties, political committees, other political organizations exempt from federal income taxes under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code and ballot measure committees, which is available in the Statement.

We ask trade associations that receive more than $50,000 in a calendar year from our government affairs organization to identify the portion of our payments that are used for political contributions (as defined by 26 U.S.C. Section 162(e)(1)(B)), which are included in our annual reports to the extent we were provided such information.

As noted in the Statement, wedo not, either directly or through our corporate officers, certain other senior executives or directors, make independent expenditures or contribute to federal, state or local political committees that only make independent expenditures(so-called “SuperPACs”) or contribute to any organization for the purpose of funding independent expenditures.

We alsodo not, either directly or through our corporate officers, certain other senior executives or directors, support othernon-profits, such as 501(c)4 organizations, for the purpose of funding political activity or unregulated 527 political organizations (entities that are not registered as PACs under state or federal campaign finance laws) for the purpose of funding political advertising. Before making any contributions to these organizations, we must receive written representations that our funds will be used in a manner acceptable to us, including that they will not be used, directly or indirectly, to make contributions to candidate campaigns, political parties, other organizations registered as political committees or SuperPACs, or to make independent expenditures.

Our lobbying activities are subject to various public disclosure requirements. As such, we already disclose most of our government lobbying interactions in accordance with registration and reporting requirements as required by federal law, each state and applicable local jurisdictions. For example, we file quarterly reports with the U.S. Congress about our federal lobbying activities and the amount spent, which are publicly available athttp://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov, and which third-party aggregator services like OpenSecrets.org then collect, assemble and summarize. There are similar disclosure requirements in all 50 states. Federal and certain state laws also require that we disclose the portion of certain trade association dues that are used for lobbying activities, and trade associations are separately subject to strict public disclosure requirements regarding their lobbying activities. In fact, it is through these various disclosure requirements that the proponent has been able to obtain the very information included in its proposal, which reinforces that any shareholder interested in obtaining such information may readily do so.

We benefit by participating in a number of industry and trade associations, which enable our access to business, technical and industry expertise and advance our commercial interests. While we may advise these associations of our views on particular subjects, they are independent organizations that represent the interests of all their members, who may have divergent views and interests. Additionally, we do not control how any such associations direct any expenditures, and in many cases, are not even aware that such expenditures are made. In fact, we may not agree with the position of the organization on any given candidate or issue.

For a company in highly regulated industries such as ours, providing information to legislators and regulators and their respective staffs and making sure they fully understand the implications of their policy decisions is a necessary cost of doing business, and an extension of our right to petition our government. Requiring a company to go through the unnecessary burden of gathering and disclosing such costs—particularly when much of this information is already publicly available either through our own filings or those of any trade associations of which we are members—would be a waste of resources.

As interactions with government entities are highly regulated, we take diligent steps to ensure that we are in compliance with applicable rules and regulations. Our lobbying activities are subject to the restrictions and reporting requirements of applicable law and our Code of Conduct, which is available for review under the “Corporate Governance” section of the Investors section of our website atwww.comcastcorporation.com.

Finally, and importantly, this proposal could interfere with our ability to communicate with legislators and regulators and, more importantly, may require that we disclose proprietary information, putting us at a competitive disadvantage.

For the reasons set forth above, our Board believes that the requirements in this proposal are burdensome and an unproductive use of our resources and are not in the best interests of our shareholders.

FOR THESE REASONS, OUR BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “AGAINST” THIS PROPOSAL.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

This discussion and analysis describes our executive compensation philosophy, process, plans and practices and gives the context for understanding and evaluating the more specific 2018 compensation information for our NEOs contained in the tables and related disclosures that follow. Our NEOs for 2018 were as follows:

 

Brian L.Executive Overview

Overall Performance

Mr. Roberts Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Michael J. Cavanagh, Chief Financial Officer

Stephen B. Burke, Chief Executive Officerour senior leadership team successfully navigated our organization through the severe challenges of NBCUniversal

David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President

David N. Watson, Chief Executive Officer2020, executing on our strategy where it remained viable, adapting our strategy where it needed to adapt and finding safe and creative solutions to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic to benefit our employees, customers, communities, suppliers and shareholders now and for the long term. Our solid operational and financial results, and the resiliency of Comcast Cable

Executive Summary

We areour business, were driven by our strategic focus on broadband, aggregation and streaming, which we believe delivers better experiences for our customers and value for our shareholders, positions our company to outperform and puts us on a global mediatrajectory to emerge from this challenging environment in an even stronger position. Mr. Roberts and technology company with three primaryour senior leadership team executed at the highest level, working together across our complementary, high-performing businesses at Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Sky.Sky to continue to accelerate convergence in media and technology.

 

Comcast Cable is onecontinued its strong financial and operating performance in 2020, driven by our differentiated broadband experience. The significant investments we have made in our technology and network over the years to stay ahead of demand and to maintain speed and reliability enabled us to successfully manage the largest sustained traffic surge in history during the peak of COVID-19. This achievement, combined with further enhancing our broadband offering by making Flex and Peacock available for free to customers, helped lead to 2 million net new broadband customers and 1.6 million total net new relationships this year – the best results on record.

The impact of the leading providersglobal pandemic placed significant financial pressure on NBCUniversal and Sky given the nature of high-speed internet, video, voicetheir businesses, yet their leadership teams transformed the difficulties into opportunities. NBCUniversal, leveraging Sky’s technology infrastructure and security and automation services to residentialComcast Cable’s customer base, launched Peacock, its new streaming service. Even without the benefit of the Olympics, Peacock quickly surpassed our internal expectations, signing up more than 33 million customers under the XFINITY brand; we also provide these and other services to business customers, sell advertising and have a wireless voice and data service, known as Xfinity Mobile, through our mobile virtual network operator rights with Verizon Wireless.

NBCUniversal operates a diversified portfolio of cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television studio production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.

Sky, which we acquired in the fourth quarterUnited States in just over its first six months. With movie theaters closed, NBCUniversal also introduced a new “premium video on demand” strategy to make our firms available in the home and enable our Filmed Entertainment business to profitably release new titles. Our theme parks business found creative solutions to open safely in Orlando, Florida and Osaka, Japan. Meanwhile, Sky successfully increased its penetration of 2018, is a leading mediacustomers in Europe with Sky Q, launched Sky broadband in Italy, leveraging Comcast Cable’s xFi platform, and entertainment company in Europe. Sky’sdirect-to-consumer business provides video, internet, voice and wireless phone services, and its content business operates entertainment and sports networks andmaintained strong customer loyalty throughout the pandemic. At the end of 2020, Sky News broadcast network.returned to 99% of pre-COVID customer levels.

Our Board credits the leadership of Mr. Brian L. Roberts and our other NEOs for working cohesively to effectively manage Comcast, for fostering our entrepreneurial and innovative workplace culture while maintaining our commitment to act withsuccessfully leading the company during this unprecedented period. Their steadfast integrity and respectintense focus on protecting our employees, promoting collaboration and give backinnovation across our company and realigning our business to better compete in the long term underscores the resiliency of our business, enabling us to deliver strong results in 2020 and positioning us well for 2021 and beyond.

COVID-19 Response

In response to the communities in which we operate, for Comcast achieving strong performance over the past several yearsglobal pandemic, Mr. Roberts and for their strategic vision. We have a deep-rooted strategic focus on long-term growth, which we have achieved in part by executing on a series of pivotal transactions. We acquired AT&T Broadband in 2002, more than doubling our then size,senior leadership team moved quickly to help our employees, customers and NBCUniversal in 2011, adding scale in media and in content creation. This past year marked another transformative moment, with our acquisition of Sky, which significantly strengthened our global footprint. We funded the acquisition of Sky with debt to avoid dilution for our shareholders and have paused our common stock repurchase program in 2019 to accelerate the reduction of our indebtedness. Our financial and operational performance in 2018 was strong, including our generating record free cash flow, as described in “2018 Business Highlights” below. Our longer-term stock performance over each of the last three-, five- andten-year periods has outperformed our entertainment/media and transmission/distribution peers in most instances. In any short-term period, our stock performance may be affected by various uncertainties, including the emergence of new technologies for the distribution and viewing of content, changing regulatory requirements and shifting competitive environments in our industries toward fewer, larger and more global companies. Weighing on our stock performance in the first half of 2018 were uncertainties regarding our consideration of significant strategic steps toward becoming a stronger leader in entertainment and technology. Our stock performance in the latter half of 2018 and in the first quarter of 2019, however, has since rebounded, significantly outperforming each of our peer groups. Our Board values and rewards our NEOs for thinking strategically and pursuing strategic pivotal transactions for our overall long-term growth prospects.communities.

Our NEOs are responsible for managing a more complex and uniquely diversified company than many of our peer companies and for helping to shape the future of media and technology in the United States and globally. In designing a compensation program for our NEOs, we start by evaluating our businesses’ objectives and take into account the diversified nature of our businesses and complexity in managing them in tailoring our compensation program toward furthering these

objectives. We need uniquely talented and experienced individuals to think strategically and perform for our highly competitive businesses, particularly in light of the challenging competitive, technological and regulatory environments in which we operate. As a result:

We provide pay opportunity levels that are highly competitive to motivate and retain our executives.

Our compensation program is designed in a straight-forward manner to achieve an appropriate balance of elements to reward our NEOs for their performance and for creating long-term shareholder value. In addition to fixed compensation, we provide short-term and long-term performance-based compensation, that when viewed holistically – understanding the rigor and relevance of our various performance conditions and the exceedingly long vesting periods for our NEOs to ultimately realize any value from their long-term incentive awards – strongly align the interests of our NEOs with those of our shareholders over the long-term.

 

We committed over $500 million to support our employees where operations were closed or impacted due to the pandemic, made work from home options as broadly available as possible, including to most of our call center employees, and enhanced safety measures for customer-facing employees.
Our teams worked tirelessly to ensure that our broadband network and services delivered the broadband capacity needed to keep our customers productive, informed and entertained throughout the year.

Our short-term annual bonus program is largely based on quantitative performance goals – these goals are based on a rigorousWe helped our customers facing economic hardship maintain their broadband service andin-depth enterprise-wide consolidated budget that is prepared annually and takes into consideration the cyclicality offered our network of working capital in our business, capital spending plansout-of-home, public WiFi hotspots for the upcoming year, target product rollout numbers and other relevant factors.

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We increased speeds for all Internet Essentials customers, with current speeds at 50/5 Mbps, offered new Internet Essentials customers two free months of service, kicked off our initiative to launch 1,000 WiFi-connected Lift Zones in community centers nationwide and introduced our Internet Essentials Partnership Program to connect large numbers of low-income students to the internet to support distance learning.
Our annual long-term incentive program is composed of grants of PSUsNBC and stock options. We used a meaningful performance condition forSky news teams worked hard to keep the vesting of PSUs awarded in 2018 that was based on an annual increase in adjusted EBITDA (excluding the impact of Comcast Cable’s wireless phone service that launched inmid-2017) – one of the most important financial metrics in creating shareholder value as described in more detail below. In orderworld informed, while our Xfinity team curated news and education resources to achieve 100% vesting, adjusted EBITDA neededprovide quick access to increase between5%-6%, which range included the budgeted 2018 increase in our enterprise-wide consolidated budget. While the performance condition for PSUs is tested on an annual basis, the underlying substance of the award is akintools and information while expanding free access to a multi-year award. Because PSUs vest over five years as noted below, the amounts our NEOs ultimately realize upon each year’s vesting are dependent on our stock performance at the time of vesting, thereby strongly aligning our NEOs’ long-term interests with those of our shareholders. Stock options also are inherently performance-based in that our stock price must appreciate for the options to deliver any value.

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ØOur PSUs and stock options have among the longest vesting periods in corporate America – 5 years for PSUs, which areback-end weighted with 40% vesting in the 5th year, and 9.5 years for options, which have a10-year term. These long vesting periods tie the value ultimately realized by our NEOs to our long-term performance and to the interests of our long-term shareholders.

Beyond our own company initiatives, Messrs. Roberts, Cavanagh, Watson and Shell personally donated six months of their salaries to charities to support COVID-19 relief efforts.

 

Our incentive-based compensation award achievement is not conditioned on a total shareholder return (TSR) metric, as further discussed in “Emphasis on Performance” below. We seek to motivate our NEOs by setting company-specific performance goals that are directly linked with our NEOs’ management of our businesses rather than using a TSR metric that can be significantly affected by external factors such as economic and market conditions that they cannot control. While the Compensation Committee does not focus on TSR in particular in determining incentive arrangements for our NEOs, we have observed that Mr. Roberts’ compensation has generally increased less than our TSR over the last five-year period and is therefore aligned with our TSR over the long term. In addition, a significant portion of our NEOs’ compensation is in the form of PSUs and stock options with long vesting periods, the ultimate value of which is inherently tied to our stock price movement and shareholder value creation.

Social Justice Response

 

We believeMr. Roberts and our senior leadership team mobilized our company to accelerate our work in DE&I and pledge an additional $100 million over three years to fight injustice and inequality through a coordinated cross-company effort. Our key focus areas include partnering with, and providing significant grants to, organizations working to eradicate injustice and inequity; accelerating our internal efforts in all areas of DE&I; leveraging our company’s media resources to highlight Black voices and Black stories; deepening our long-standing commitment to addressing digital inequities; and committing funds to small businesses that have been affected by extended closures in the combinationwake of these elements furthersCOVID-19, with a substantial portion of those funds allocated to businesses owned by people of color.

Compensation Decisions for Achievement of 2020 Performance Metrics

In making compensation decisions for achievement of performance goals in our shareholders’ interests by securingshort- and long-term incentive programs, which goals were established in February 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, the Compensation Committee, among other things, considered the exceptional performance of our executives’ servicesNEOs in an exceedingly competitive talent market and aligningmanaging the long-term interestssustainability of our executives to create shareholder value with thosecompany through the pandemic for the benefit of our shareholders.

Cash generation is critical tostakeholders – including our businesses, both in measuringemployees, customers, suppliers, shareholders and the operating successcommunities where we operate – and the overall resiliency of our business. At the same time, it was mindful of negative COVID-19 impacts on some of our businesses such as our theme parks, our employees and our customers. The impacts of COVID-19 upon our business negatively affected in generating capital, which is not only necessary to maintain our existing businesses, but also to make growth and strategic capital investments as we seek to proactively anticipate technological and consumer behavior changes in a rapidly-changing competitive environment. Cash generation has supported our returnparticular the achievement of capital strategy to our shareholders in the form of dividend payments and share repurchases, and will be critical as we seek to reduce indebtedness we incurred and assumed in connection with our acquisition of Sky.

We use three financial quantitative performance goals in certain elements of our compensation programrelating to reinforce this critical aspect of our businesses: (1) revenue – which serves as the top line component to our cash generation,

(2) adjusted EBITDA – which reflects the operational performance of our businesses, taking into account the costs of operating our businesses; and (3) free cash flow – which measures, among other things, the cash remaining after capital investments and allows us to repay indebtedness, make strategic investments and return capital to shareholders. These are the three key financial measures we use internally to measure, and externally to report, our financial results.

We use adjusted EBITDA as the measurement for vesting of PSUs awarded to our NEOs, as it is a well-recognized gauge of the overall health of our business. We also include adjusted EBITDA along with revenue and free cash flow as the financial quantitative metrics, and use three operational metrics tied to the customer experience, product churn and the rollout of our wireless phone service,adjusted EBITDA for our annual cash bonus program and relating to adjusted EBITDA for PSUs granted in 2020. See “Financial Performance” on page 7 for information on our 2020 financial and operational performance.

Taking these factors into consideration, the Compensation Committee decided not to apply discretion to adjust any financial performance goals in our short- and long-term incentive program to present an overall evaluationprograms designed for NEOs, believing that the long-term nature of our operationaloverall compensation structure would continue to incent and strategic performance.

Consistent with this view,reward our NEOs for managing our company for the long-term. As a result, the first tranche of PSUs granted in 2020 did not vest and were forfeited. In addition, while no portion of the revenue or adjusted EBITDA components of our annual cash bonus program were achieved, metrics relating to free cash flow and adjusted EBITDAkey strategic operational priorities were achieved, resulting in the top two metrics usedCompensation Committee awarding Messrs. Roberts, Cavanagh and Shell 75% of their target annual cash bonus for valuing our company, with revenue being tied for third, according to an investor perception study of 40buy-side investors2020. Given Comcast Cable’s exceptional financial and 10 sell-side analysts conducted by an unaffiliated third party on our behalf in 2016. While we have not conducted a more recent study, we believe that these results still reflect the views of our significantbuy-side investors and sell-side analysts and that our performance on these three key financial metrics is strongly correlated to shareholder returns in both the short and long term.

We believe that other financial measures, such as return on equity, return on assets and return on invested capital, are less directly correlated with, and less reliable measures of, the profitability of our asset-intensive business and our operating performance in 2020, its relative contribution to Comcast’s overall financial performance in 2020 and are less reliable predictorsits expansion of our stock performance.

In addition, our Compensation Committee is mindfulInternet Essentials and other programs to provide assistance for customers facing economic hardship, Mr. Watson was awarded 100% of the following when designing our compensation program and evaluating our NEOs’ performance.his annual cash bonus. See “Compensation Decisions” below for additional information.

 

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The diversity of our businesses, overlaid with the impact of potential cyclical factors, including broadcasts of the Olympics and Super Bowl and the impact of political advertising on our advertising revenues, as well as macroeconomic factors on a global scale, makes consolidated financial goal-setting a challenge for us. The work that our NEOs must do to successfully operate our businesses, including working constructively, proactively and cohesively together and fostering a culture of integrity and respect, does not readily lend itself to formulaic measurements, and a proper assessment requires the use of business judgment. See “Assessing NEO Performance — NEO Evaluations” below for additional information.

The diversity of our businesses also presents challenges inherent in developing a peer group for assessing pay and performance. As such, our Compensation Committee uses three distinct peer groups (rather than a blend of all types of peers) to review executive pay, which primarily reflect our entertainment/media and transmission/distribution peers, but also reflect our status as a premier Fortune 500 company. Our Compensation Committee, with the assistance of its independent compensation consultant, Korn Ferry, then triangulates data from these three peer groups and other data to conduct a more holistic review of our pay and performance. See “Compensation Decision-Making Process — Use of Competitive Data” below for additional information.

Taken together, the interplay of these various elements provides a pay program that is strongly aligned with shareholder interests and long-term value creation, retains a high quality executive team and compensates the executive team when it does the right things to help our businesses succeed.

2018 Business Highlights

All of our businesses operate in intensely competitive and rapidly changing technological environments and in highly regulated industries.

Over the past several years, we have delivered strong financial results, allowing us to both (i) reinvest in our businesses to compete effectively and adapt to changing consumer behaviors and (ii) return significant capital to shareholders or make substantial strategic acquisitions. We have maintained a strong balance sheet, which allowed us to act for the long-term by

acquiring Sky in the fourth quarter of 2018. The 2018 financial results for our three primary quantitative performance goals – revenue, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow, were strong across the board, including our generating record free cash flow.

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Excluding $12.7 billion of net income tax benefits in 2017 primarily associated with a reduction of our net deferred income tax liabilities as a result of the 2017 tax reform legislation, net income attributable to Comcast would have increased by 16.7% in 2018.

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Reconciliations of consolidated adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to Comcast Corporation and consolidated free cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities are set forth onAppendix B.

Comcast Cable (whose operations are reflected in our Cable Communications segment) and NBCUniversal both delivered strong results in 2018:

Cable Communications’ revenue increased 3.9% to $55.1 billion and adjusted EBITDA increased 6.5% to $22.4 billion.

Cable Communications’ customer relationships increased by 1.0 million.

NBCUniversal’s revenue increased 8.9% to $35.8 billion and adjusted EBITDA increased 4.6% to $8.6 billion, including the impact of our broadcasts of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and 2018 Super Bowl.

We acquired Sky in the fourth quarter of 2018 through a series of transactions with total cash consideration of £30.2 billion (approximately $39.4 billion using the exchange rates on the purchase dates).

We returned a total of $8.4 billion of capital to shareholders in 2018, by repurchasing $5.0 billion of common stock and making four cash dividend payments totaling $3.4 billion. We have announced that we will increase our dividend by 10% to $0.84 per share on an annualized basis for 2019 – the 11th increase in 11 years. We plan to pause our common stock repurchase program in 2019 to accelerate the reduction of indebtedness we incurred in connection with our acquisition of Sky.

Our strong operational and financial results reflect our overall focus on driving profitable growth even as we continued to invest in product innovation, the capacity of our cable network infrastructure, programming and theme park attractions.

We have deployed gigabit high-speed internet services across nearly all of our footprint and are redefining thein-home high-speed internet experience through our new xFi platform to provide customers with more speed, coverage and control of theirin-homeWi-Fi experience.

We are leveraging our X1 platform to be the best aggregator of aggregators, delivering among the broadest selection of content, including through our integration of YouTube, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video and our advanced search capabilities through a voice-activated remote control.

We continue to invest in our cable customers’ overall experience.

We continue to invest in NBCUniversal’s businesses, including in programming content and new theme park attractions, as well as its recently announced planned streaming service.

In addition to providing leadership on our operational and financial performance, our NEOs continued to foster our entrepreneurial culture and reinforce our commitment to operate ethically and with integrity and respect, and were instrumental in our attaining diversity and inclusion goals. We are proud that over 60% of our employees are women or

people of color, that over half of our employees report to a woman or a person of color and that women and people of color represent more than 50% of our employees at or above the vice president-level. Additionally, since the end of 2010, the number of women at or above the vice president-level has increased by 70%, and the number of people of color at or above that level has nearly doubled. See “Assessing NEO Performance — NEO Evaluations” below for some of the third-party awards we have recently received for our diversity and inclusion and talent management initiatives. Our NEOs not only foster our diversity and inclusion initiatives with respect to our workforce, but also with our suppliers, in our programming and in the communities we serve. They have long supported our connections, programs and partnerships with the communities in which we operate and inspire positive and substantive change, such as our commitments to military engagement, accessibility and sustainability.

Pay for Performance

As more fully discussed in “Emphasis on Performance” below, we believe that our compensation program is well aligned to our performance.

Our compensation program (summarized in “Elements of Our Compensation Program” below) is designed to motivate, reward and retain our NEOs by including in their compensation both short-term and long-term performance-based components and to align their compensation with our shareholders’ interests. We use objective performance-based criteria tied to key financial and operating measures for our annual cash incentive plan and the vesting of PSUs, and a significant portion of our NEOs’ compensation is in the form of equity-based awards, which are inherently tied to our stock price movement and shareholder value creation.

While our performance measures are “absolute” in nature, our Compensation Committee also reviews our performance measures on a “relative” basis compared to our peers over time to ensure that our relative financial performance is consistent with our strongly competitive compensation philosophy. Based on these reviews, we believe our long-term financial performance is strongly aligned with the compensation of our NEOs. The Compensation Committee also reviews, as compared to our peers, the amount of compensation we pay our NEOs relative to our adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow, and we believe that we use an appropriate portion of our adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow to support our compensation program. See “Compensation Decision-Making Process — Use of Competitive Data and —Compensation Committee’s Role, Process and Validation” below for more information.

Despite strong financial and operational performance in 2018 as discussed above, 2018 was a challenging year for our stock performance, as we and our transmission/distribution peers faced headwinds from increased competitive concerns, our entertainment/media peers benefited due to increased merger and acquisition activity and prospects, and the equity markets in general performed poorly. In addition, weighing on our stock performance in the first half of 2018 were uncertainties regarding our consideration of significant strategic steps toward becoming a stronger leader in entertainment and technology. As set forth in the table below, our Class A common stock performance over each of the last three-, five- andten-year periods in most instances has outperformed our entertainment/media and transmission/distribution peers, and while our stock underperformed in the first half of 2018, it has since recovered in the latter half of 2018 and in the first quarter of 2019, significantly outperforming each of our peer groups.

  
    

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Class A

Common Stock

    

Entertainment/

Media

    

Transmission/

Distribution

    

General
Industry

    

S&P 500

Stock Index

 YTD 2019

  

17%

    

4%

    

8%

    

13%

    

14%

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(13)%

    

4%

    

(10)%

    

(1)%

    

(4)%

 Three-Year

  

28%

    

18%

    

18%

    

44%

    

30%

 Five-Year

  

43%

    

3%

    

14%

    

75%

    

50%

 Ten-Year

  

387%

    

392%

    

226%

    

433%

    

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Cumulative returns for each of the peer groups are based on the composition of our 2018 peer groups and are calculated by averaging returns without reference to market capitalization or other weightings.One-, three-, five- andten-year cumulative returns are as of December 31, 2018. YTD 2019 cumulative returns are for the three months ended March 31, 2019, and, for the entertainment/media peers, include Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. through March 19, 2019 and Fox Corporation starting on March 19, 2019.

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Compensation Program Highlights

As discussed elsewhere in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis, below are summaries of our key compensation practices and policies.

What We Do:

Use among the longest vesting schedules for equity awards granted to our NEOs: Options generally vest over 9.5 years, and PSUs vest over 5 years and areback-end weighted, with 40% vesting on the fifth anniversary of the grant date.

Employ a rigorous PSU performance condition.

Usenet-settled options, which results in fewer shares issued and less dilution to our shareholders than stock options exercised with a cash payment.

Maintain robust stock ownership guidelines. Our CEO’s stock ownership requirement is 10x his base salary; other NEOs are required to own 3x their base salaries; and nonemployee directors are required to own 5x their annual retainer. A person who is not in compliance with these guidelines cannot sell or otherwise dispose of any stock until he or she meets the applicable ownership requirement. All of our NEOs’ beneficial shareholdings exceed these thresholds significantly.

Prohibit our executive officers and directors from using any strategies or products to hedge against potential changes in the value of our stock. Stock can be pledged only in limited circumstances; any stock pledged as collateral or held in a margin account will not be counted in determining compliance with our stock ownership guidelines. No executive officer or director currently has any stock pledged or held in a margin account.

Have an incentive compensation recoupment (or “clawback”) policy applicable to our executive officers.

Require our NEOs to reimburse us for any benefits that would be considered perquisites; do not provide premium payments or reimbursements, or tax payments to our NEOs under any life or any other insurance policies.

Compensation Committee directly engages Korn Ferry as its own independent compensation consultant.

What We Don’t Do:

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Do not maintain any defined benefit pension plans or supplemental executive retirement plans (SERPs) for our NEOs; instead, we offer a nonqualified and unfunded deferred compensation plan as our primary retirement vehicle, which is available not only to our NEOs, but also to a broad group of all Comcast corporate and cable employees with base salaries of at least $350,000.

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None of our equity plans has automatic (“single-trigger”) accelerated vesting provisions in connection with a change in control. Mr. Roberts’ employment agreement has a “double-trigger” change in control provision. No other NEO has any change in control provisions in his employment agreement.

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Do not permit the repricing of options of any kind.

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Do not pay dividends or dividend equivalents in respect of any unearned PSUs.

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Do not provide for any excise tax gross ups for our executive officers.

Shareholder Feedback on Executive Compensation and Compensation-Related Changes

At our 20182020 annual meeting, our shareholders approved by 87%77% of the votes cast, on an advisory basis, the 20172020 compensation of our NEOs. The Compensation Committee has carefully considered the results of thethis advisory vote on executive compensation and has discussed our executive compensation program and our voting results with Korn Ferry, its independent compensation consultant.

The Compensation Committee has also considered feedback we haveon our compensation program received in the past year through our corporate governance roadshows, where we have met with our largestover 55 shareholders who we believe represent approximately 40%owning over 50% of our Class A common stock andover the past year, as well as two proxy advisory services regardingfirms. (See “Shareholder Engagement” on page 26 for additional details on our shareholder engagement program.) Informed by these meetings, we have taken significant steps to address the feedback received about our compensation program and have significantly enhanced our overall pay-for-performance compensation structure. As a result of these steps, total performance-based compensation of our NEOs (excluding Mr. Roberts) increased from an average of 76% in 2019 to 86% in 2020, with Mr. Roberts’ increasing from 71% to 89%.

2019 CEO COMPENSATION MIX 2020 CEO COMPENSATION MIX 17% Other 11% Salary 19% PSUs 34%Annual Cash Bonus 19% Stock Options 71% Total performance based 1% Other 11% Salary 34% Annual Cash Bonus 32% PSUs 24% Annual Cash Bonus 32% Stock Options 89% TOtal performance based  18 percentage points YoY increase in total performance-based target compansation

WHAT WE HAVE HEARDWHAT WE HAVE DONE
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
Concerns relating to “above-market” interest in deferred compensation program

Made significant changes to our deferred compensation plans over the past two years to eliminate above-market interest earnings for NEOs and directors:

   NEOs and directors may only invest deferred compensation in third-party mutual or exchange funds or a Comcast stock fund, resulting in the elimination of all above-market interest earnings (effective as of March 2021 for NEOs and August 2020 for directors)

   NEOs surrendered contractual entitlement to company contributions to their deferred compensation accounts beginning in 2020

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION DESIGN
Consider having a multi-year performance period for PSUsPSUs granted in 2021 will have a 3-year cumulative performance period, with performance goals determined at the beginning of the 3-year period and measured at the end of the three-year period; previously PSUs had five individual 1-year performance periods
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LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION DESIGN (CONT’D)

Consider using a relative performance metric

Consider incenting NEOs with a capital allocation performance metric

Consider a PSU performance metric not also used in the annual cash bonus program

PSUs granted in 2021 will have two relative performance metrics relating to adjusted EPS growth and TSR and will include an ROIC performance metric; none of these metrics are used in our annual cash bonus program

Specifically:

   PSUs will be earned based on achievement of two primary performance metrics, each weighted 50%: (1) an absolute ROIC metric (calculated for each year during the three-year period and averaged to yield an average ROIC for the cumulative three-year period) and (2) relative adjusted EPS growth to the S&P 100 over the three-year period

   Attainment of primary performance metrics is subject to a relative TSR modifier, interpolated for performance between the bottom and top quartiles (25th – 75th percentile), with no positive modifier applied if TSR is negative over the performance period

ANNUAL CASH BONUS
Consider aligning relative weighting of quantitative financial performance metrics closer to market

Quantitative financial metrics will increase from 50% (in 2020) to 70% (in 2021) of the target bonus; revenue, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow will remain as the metrics used

Strategic operational performance goals such as success in the continuing development of Peacock will be reduced from 30% (in 2020) to 15% (in 2021) of the target bonus

Consider improving the transparency and objectivity of non-financial performance metricsIn 2020, the discretionary portion of the bonus was 20% and was determined based on each NEO’s role in creating a strong workplace culture that emphasizes integrity, respect and our continuing focus on critical DE&I initiatives (in addition to overall management of the company and financial results)
In 2021, 15% of the target bonus will be discretionary based solely on stakeholder and sustainability initiatives such as further progress on our DE&I initiatives and continued efforts to address the “digital divide”
We have provided more detailed disclosure about factors the Compensation Committee considered in determining attainment of strategic operational priorities and discretionary performance below in “Compensation Decisions – Annual Cash Bonus”

The Compensation Committee considered our executive compensation program. While a fewprogram holistically as it evaluated how to further enhance our program design while ensuring that the resulting structure will attract, retain and motivate our senior executives and align them with shareholders over the long term. With this view in mind, it determined that, in addition to the changes described above, the vesting terms of our shareholders expressed views (sometimes contradictory) on specific componentsPSUs and options should be reduced to align with broader market practice, with PSUs vesting 100% in 3 years and options vesting over 5 years, and that the potential payout of our compensation program, shareholders generally did not express concerns with the overall designPSUs should be increased to up to 250% of our compensation program. For example, many investors expressed satisfaction with our exceedingly long equity vesting periods and the moretarget to reward senior executives for outperformance against rigorous PSU performance metric that we began using in 2017. In addition, a few investors expressed some concern with our use of additionalone-time performance awards from time to time; no such awards were granted in 2018.

goals.

Our Compensation Committee and our management team are committed to our continued engagement with shareholders to understand diversetheir viewpoints and to discuss and demonstrate the important connection between our compensation program, on the one hand, and our business strategy, goals and financial and operating performance, on the other hand. Our Compensation Committee, with the assistance of Korn Ferry, continues to evaluate our compensation program design. The Compensation Committee believes that its policies and decisions are consistent with our compensation philosophy and objectives and align the interests of our NEOs with our long-term goals and the interests of our shareholders without incenting inappropriate risk taking.

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Our Approach to 2020 Compensation

In designing the compensation program for 2020, we evaluated both our shareholder engagement program, including as it relatesbusiness objectives and the need to general corporate governance matters, please see “General Information — Shareholder Engagement” onpage 3.

Summary 2018 CEOattract and NEO Compensation

CEO Pay Changes from Prior Year. Mr. Roberts’ base salary increased by 3%,retain uniquely talented and he received 112% of his target annual cash bonus, or $10.7 million. He also received grants of stock options and PSUs, each with a grant date value of approximately $5.3 million, representing nearly the same value granted to him last year. The performance conditionexperienced individuals who think strategically for the vesting of PSUs granted in 2018, which was based on a sliding scale for increases in adjusted EBITDA, excluding the impact of Comcast Cable’s wireless phone service that was launched inmid-2017, resulted in 108.3% vesting, as described below in “Compensation Decisions for 2018 — Equity-Based Incentive Compensation.” We also made a $4.4 million contribution to Mr. Roberts’ deferred compensation account, a 5% increase from last year.

Other NEO Pay Changes from Prior Year. Base salarieslong term and perform for our NEOs increased by 3%, other than Mr. Watson who entered intohighly competitive businesses, particularly in light of the challenging and evolving competitive, technological and regulatory environments in which we operate. We employ a new employment agreement as discussed below under “Agreements with Our Named Executive Officers.” The annual cash bonuses for our other NEOs were paid at 112%variety of their target, their annual PSU and option awards varied and their total compensation was affected by year-over-year changes in their respective deferred compensation account balances.

In calculating the achievement of our annual cash bonus and PSU performance metrics for our NEOs, the impact of certain unbudgeted acquisition and disposition activity, such as our acquisition of Sky, was excluded.

See “Compensation Decisions for 2018” below for additional information.

Emphasis on Performance

Our overall compensation program design incorporates both objective goals (in the case of portions of our annual cash bonus metrics and the vesting of PSUs) and subjective evaluation criteria. The combination of internally measured performance (financial performance) and externally measured performance (stock price as reflected in stock options and PSUs) provides both short-term and long-term performance components in the compensation structure of our NEOs. See “Elements of Our Compensation Program” below.

Our equity-based compensation program aligns the NEOs’ compensation withelements that further our shareholders’ interests by securing our executives’ services in that bothan exceedingly competitive talent market and aligning the achievementlong-term interests of our operating, investing and capital goals and the level at which the awards ultimately pay out would be expectedexecutives to be reflected in the market price of our stock. Because a significant portion of compensation for each NEO is in the form of equity (which generally vests over 9.5 years in the case of options and 5 years in the case of PSUs), a significant portion of each NEO’s compensation is inherently tied to stock price movement and the achievement of long-termcreate shareholder value creation.value.

 

To motivate and retain our executives, we provide pay opportunity levels that are highly competitive.
Our compensation program is designed in a straightforward manner to achieve an appropriate balance of elements to reward our NEOs for their performance and create long-term shareholder value. In addition to fixed compensation, we provide short-term and long-term performance-based compensation, which when viewed holistically – understanding the rigor and relevance of our performance conditions and the vesting periods for NEOs to ultimately realize any value from their long-term incentive awards – strongly align the interests of our NEOs with those of our shareholders over the long term.
 

85% of the targetOur short-term annual bonus for our NEOs (75% in the case of Mr. Burke) was based onprogram includes quantitative financial performance goals that are based on a rigorous and in-depth enterprise-wide consolidated budget that is prepared annually and takes into consideration the cyclicality of working capital in our business, capital spending plans for the upcoming year, target product rollout numbers and other relevant factors.

Our annual long-term incentive program is composed of grants of PSUs and stock options. PSUs awarded in 2020 have a meaningful performance condition for vesting based on an annual increase in adjusted EBITDA (excluding Peacock) – one of the most important financial metrics in creating shareholder value. Stock options are inherently performance-based in that our stock price must appreciate for the options to deliver any value.
The primary financial quantitative metrics used in our incentive compensation program reflected those used both internally to measure our performance and externally to report to investors. These measures are tied to cash generation, which is critical not only to maintain our existing businesses, but to make growth and strategic capital investments as we seek to proactively anticipate technological and consumer behavior changes in a combinationrapidly changing competitive environment. Cash generation is also critical to our financial resiliency as we address the financial challenges of quantitativethe COVID-19 pandemic and qualitativeseek to reduce indebtedness. As a result, the financial metrics used in our 2020 executive compensation program were:
Revenue – Serves as the top line component to cash generation.
Adjusted EBITDA – Reflects the operational performance of our businesses, taking into account the costs of operating these businesses.
Free cash flow – Measures, among other things, cash remaining after capital investments that allows us to repay indebtedness, make strategic investments and return capital to shareholders.
Consistent with this view, free cash flow and adjusted EBITDA were the top two metrics used for valuing our company, according to an investor perception study of 47 buy-side investors and 10 sell-side analysts conducted by an unaffiliated third party on our behalf in 2019. We believe that our performance on these financial metrics is strongly correlated to shareholder returns in both the short and long term.
We set company-specific performance goals relatingthat are directly linked with the NEOs’ management of our businesses to key operational initiatives. See “Compensation Decisions for 2018 – Annual Cash Bonus” below for additional information.

motivate them.

 

TotalTaken together, the interplay of these elements provided a pay program in respect of 2020 that is strongly aligned with shareholder interests and long-term value creation, retains a high-quality executive team and compensates the executive team when it does the right things to help our businesses succeed. We believe that the significant changes to our compensation program for 2021, as discussed above in “Shareholder Feedback on Executive Compensation and Compensation-Related Changes,” further enhance the performance-based nature of our executive compensation in 2018 (using the grant date value of stock options and PSUs) was a significant percentage of the NEOs’ total compensation (which includes company deferred compensation contributions but excludes deferred compensation earnings). We do not include deferred compensation earnings because, like all employees in our deferred compensation plans, the NEOs make their own investment decisions as to how much of their salary and annual cash bonus to defer and for how long, such that interest earned on deferred compensation is largely tied to individual retirement planning decisions and not to the Compensation Committee’s compensation decisions.

CEO Compensation Mix*program.

 

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but excludes deferred compensation earningsExecutive Compensation Best Practices

 

Total performance-based compensation (calculated in accordance with the paragraph above) as a percentage of total compensation in 2018 for our other NEOs was as follows:

What We Do
Mr. Cavanagh

  Employ rigorous PSU performance conditions.

  Maintain robust stock ownership guidelines. A person not in compliance cannot sell or otherwise dispose of stock until the applicable ownership requirement is met. All of our NEOs’ and directors’ beneficial shareholdings exceed these thresholds significantly.

  CEO = 10x base salary

  NEOs = 3x base salary

  Nonemployee directors = 5x annual cash retainer

  Prohibit our executive officers and directors from (i) pledging Comcast stock as collateral or holding it in margin accounts and (ii) using any strategies or products to hedge against potential changes in the value of our stock.

  Have an incentive compensation recoupment (or “clawback”) policy applicable to our executive officers.

  Require our NEOs to reimburse us for any benefits that would be considered perquisites.

  Compensation Committee directly engages Korn Ferry as its own independent compensation consultant.

  Use net-settled options, which results in fewer shares issued and less dilution to our shareholders than stock options exercised with a cash payment.

 

78%What We Don’t Do

 

  Do not permit the repricing of options of any kind.

  Do not maintain any defined benefit pension plans or supplemental executive retirement plans for our NEOs.

  None of our equity plans has automatic (“single-trigger”) accelerated vesting provisions in connection with a change in control. Mr. Roberts’ employment agreement has a “double-trigger” change in control provision. No other NEO has any change in control provisions in his employment agreement.

  Do not pay dividends or dividend equivalents in respect of any unearned PSUs, RSUs or on any stock options.

  Do not provide premium payments or reimbursements, or tax payments, to our NEOs under any life or any other insurance policies.

  Do not provide for any excise tax gross-ups for our executive officers.

Mr. Burke 

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The Compensation Committee does not condition incentive-based compensation award achievement on a total shareholder return (TSR) metric, as it seeks to motivate our NEOs by setting company-specific quantitativeDesign and qualitative performance goals that are directly linked with our NEOs’ managementStructure of our businesses rather than using a TSR metric that can be significantly affected by external factors such as economic and market conditions that they cannot control. The2020 Executive Compensation Committee also believes that using a TSR metric could lead to an undesirable focus on short-term results at the expense of long-term performance. While the Compensation Committee does not focus on TSR in particular in determining incentive arrangements for our NEOs, we have observed that Mr. Roberts’ compensation has generally increased less than our TSR over the last five-year period and is therefore aligned with our TSR over the long term. In addition, a significant portion of our NEOs’ compensation is in the form of PSUs and stock options with long vesting periods, the ultimate value of which is inherently tied to our stock price movement and shareholder value creation.

 

Our financial quantitative performance metrics – revenue, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow – are meaningful measures of our performance that we believe are strongly correlated to shareholder returns in both the short and long term. These metrics, along with key operational performance metrics included in our annual cash bonus plan, can be affected by the decision making of our NEOs. Measuring performance for our NEOs using many of the same metrics is appropriate given the overall responsibility of the NEOs to achieve our most important performance goals for the year.

The Compensation Committee reviews the nature and mix of compensation elements, as well as compensation plan design and award terms, to ensure that our compensation program does not include inadvertent incentives for our NEOs to take inappropriate business risks by making decisions that may be in their best interests but not in the best interests of our shareholders. In conducting this review, the Compensation Committee also considers specific business risks identified through our enterprise risk management process.

ElementsElements of Our 2020 Compensation Program

We view the executive compensation program on a “portfolio” basis. Our compensation program is designed in a straight-forward mannerbasis to achieve an appropriate balance of compensation elements to motivate and reward our NEOs for their performance and creatingcreate long-term shareholder value. It includes fixed compensation, short-term performance-based compensation and long-term performance-based compensation (which includes options vesting over 9.5 years and PSUs vesting over 5 years, with 40% vesting in the 5th year). The following chart illustrates our view of the significant aspects of the portfolio used for 2020. (See “Shareholder Feedback on Executive Compensation and Compensation-Related Changes” for information about enhancements to our portfolio.

Typecompensation program design for 2021.)

 

TYPE 

Element

ELEMENT
WHY WE USED IT

Why We Use It

Compensation Highlights

COMPENSATION HIGHLIGHTS
Fixed
FIXED
 Base Salary

   Necessary to attract and retain our NEOs.

   Serves as a baseline measure of an NEO’s value.

   Guaranteed compensation in exchange for investing in a career with us.

   Salary level is based on individual performance, position within the organization and any increase in duties and responsibilities.

Deferred Compensation Plans
VARIABLE, SHORT-TERM, PERFORMANCE-BASED
 

•  One of our primary tools to attract and retain NEOs.

•  Retention incentive gets stronger as the account balance grows; the crediting rate is meaningfully reduced following termination of employment.

•  We do not offer any pension or other defined benefit-type plan.

•  Provides a simple, transparent,tax-efficient vehicle for long-term value accumulation.

Annual Cash
Bonus

  Amount of company contributions is determined as part of an overall evaluation of individual performance, any increase in duties and responsibilities and retention.

•  Receipt of PSUs may be voluntarily deferred; the value of PSUs ultimately received is based on stock price when deferral lapses or upon diversification into cash deferred compensation.

Variable, Short-Term, Performance BasedAnnual Cash Bonus

   Provides a competitive annual cash bonus opportunity and completes our competitive total annual cash compensation package.

   Target bonus is based on the Compensation Committee’s assessment of the optimal mix of base salary and annual cash bonus compensation.

   Supports our objective that NEOs must balance achieving satisfactory or better current year (short-term) results with long-term value creation.

  Bonus is at risk for performance – 100% of the target bonus is not paid unless 100% of the goals are met; no bonus is paid unless the minimum performance goal is achieved.

   Based on objective quantitative financial performance metrics but also includesand quantitative and qualitative goals relating to key operational initiatives.

   Includes a small qualitative portion based on achievement of key initiatives, such as diversityoverall management and inclusion.role in creating a strong workplace culture that emphasizes integrity, respect and our continuing focus on critical DE&I initiatives.

Additional Performance-Related Awards
VARIABLE, LONG-TERM, PERFORMANCE-BASED
 

•  Rewards an NEO for extraordinary performance, attainment of strategic milestones or unanticipated additional responsibilities.

•  May also be used in connection with an employment agreement renewal or extension, which provides a strong retention tool.

•  Form of bonus can vary, depending on primary goals/purposes for the grant.

Annual
Stock Option
Grants

  Amount and form of awards are based on individual performance and any increase in duties and responsibilities.

Variable, Long-Term, Performance BasedAnnual Stock Option Grants

   Fosters a long-term commitment, motivates executives to improve the long-term market performance of our stock and focuses them on the long-term creation of shareholder value.

   Links the NEOs’ decision makingdecision-making with the long-term outcomes of those decisions.

  Use one of the longest   Long vesting periods among our peers (9.5 years) to createperiod creates a significant retention tool and tieties value ultimately realized to our long-term performance.

  Generally vest   Vest over a 9.5 year9.5-year period: 30% on the 2nd2nd anniversary of the date of grant, 15% on each of the 3rd3rd through 5th5th anniversaries, 5% on each of the 6th6th through 9th9th anniversaries and 5% on the 9.5 year9.5-year anniversary.

   Stock price must appreciate for stock options to deliver value.

   Options are net settled, resulting in fewer shares issued upon exercise.

 Annual PSU
Grants

   Fosters a long-term commitment, motivates executives to improve the long-term market performance of our stock and focuses them on the long-term creation of shareholder value.

   Links the NEOs’ decision makingdecision-making with the long-term outcomes of those decisions.

   Back-end weighted vesting term used for most PSU grants creates a meaningful retention tool.

  Use   Uses one of the longest vesting periods among our peers for most grants to create a significant retention tool and tie value ultimately realized to our long-term performance.

   Vest over 5 yearsa 5-year period and areback-end weighted: 15% vest after 13 months, 15% on each of the 2nd2nd through 4th4th anniversaries and 40% on the 5th5th anniversary.

   Vesting is dependent upon achievement of one or more robust performance goals that are tied to value creation (adjusted EBITDA, one of the primary metrics to evaluate our business, was used in 2018).creation.

   Ultimate value of shares acquired upon vesting depends on stock price.

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Compensation Decision-Making Process

Compensation Committee’s Role, Process and Validation

The Compensation Committee is responsible for approving the nature and amount of compensation paid to, and the employment and related agreements entered into with, our executive officers, and, for all of our employees, overseeing our cash bonus and equity-based plans, approving guidelines for grants of awards under these plans and determining and overseeing our compensation and benefits policies generally.

In 2018, the Compensation Committee reviewed for our NEOs:Emphasis on Performance

 

The nature and amounts of all elements of our NEOs’Total performance-based compensation both separately and in 2020 (using the aggregate, using comprehensive tally sheets that include the currentgrant date value of stock optionoptions and PSU awards (as compared to their grant date value) and deferred compensation account balances.

PSUs) increased significantly as a percentage of the NEOs’ total compensation.

 

Each element of our NEOs’

2019 CEO COMPENSATION MIX 17% Other 11% Salary 19% PSUs 34% Annual Cash Grant 19% Stock Options 71% Total performance based  2020 CEO COMPENSATION MIX 1% Other 11% Salary 32% PSUs 24%Annual Cash Bonus 32% Stock Options 89% Total performance based  18 percentage points YoY increase in total performance-based target compensation  for internal consistency.

2019 AVERAGE NEO COMPENSATION MIX (EXCLUDING CEO) 13% Other 11% Salary 24% PSUs 31% Annual Cash Bonus 21% Stock Options 76% Total performance based  2020 AVERAGE NEO COMPENSATION MIX (EXCLUDING CEO) ‹<1% Other 14% Salary 26% PSUs 33% Annual Cash Bonus 26% Stock Options 86% Total performance based  10 percentage points YoY increase in total performance-based target comapensation

Various analyses provided by the independent compensation consultant, including the following:

 

an assessment ofOur equity-based compensation program aligns the compositionNEOs’ compensation with our shareholders’ interests in that both the achievement of our peer groups;

operating, investing and capital goals and the level at which the awards ultimately pay out would be expected to be reflected to some extent in the market price of our stock. Because a significant portion of compensation for each NEO is in the form of equity, a significant portion of each NEO’s compensation is inherently tied to stock price movement and the achievement of long-term shareholder value creation.

 

While our 2020 performance measures were “absolute” in nature, the Compensation Committee also reviewed (i) our performance measures on a competitive pay assessment (comparing NEO compensation to that of executives holding comparable positions at our peer group companies as disclosed in proxy statements and to broad groups of companies in published surveys, and analyzing components of pay“relative” basis compared to thoseour peers over time and (ii) the amount of our peer group companies (e.g., fixed vs. variable, components of long-term equity));

a financial performance review (comparing our performancecompensation paid to the NEOs relative to our peer group companies with respect to growth in adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, revenue and total shareholder return, based on financial data from a third-party source);

a compensation sharing analysis (analyzing the actual pay delivered to our NEOs as a percentage of our adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow, as compared to our peer group companies);

peers.
The Compensation Committee reviews the nature and mix of compensation elements, as well as compensation plan design and award terms, to ensure that our compensation program does not include inadvertent incentives for our NEOs to take inappropriate business risks by making decisions that may be in their best interests but not in the best interests of our shareholders. In conducting this review, the Compensation Committee also considers specific business risks identified through our ERM process.
Based on these reviews, we believe the design of the compensation program for 2020 is appropriate.
See also “Shareholder Feedback on Executive Compensation and Compensation-Related Changes” for information about changes to our executive compensation program for 2021 that further enhance its performance-based nature, including the use of relative performance metrics.

 

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an incentive compensation design analysis (analyzing, for our annual cash bonus, the number and type of performance measures, performance and payout ranges, and use of discretion; and for our annual equity awards, the number and type of components (e.g., PSUs and stock options), type of performance measures, performance and payout ranges and any comparator groups); and

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an analysis of equity dilution resulting from, and annual usage rates in, our equity-based compensation plans as compared to our peer group companies (i.e., overhang and burn rates).

Base Salary

 

After taking into account the analyses above,In March 2020, the Compensation Committee evaluates whether our financial performance, as compared to our peers over time, is consistent with our strongly competitive compensation philosophy. It believes our executives should be rewarded appropriately when our key financial performance metrics are among the top of our peers. Based on these reviews and in setting our NEOs’ 2018 compensation, the Compensation Committee believed that:

Revenue, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow, our primary financial quantitative performance metrics for our annual cash bonus and annual PSU grants, are among the primary drivers of our long-term performance.

Our long-term financial performance, measured by compound annual growth rates for revenue, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow, is strongly aligned with our NEOs’ compensation levels.

The portion of our adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow used to pay our NEOs’ total cash compensation (base salary plus target annual cash bonus and company deferred compensation contributions) and total remuneration (total cash compensation plus equity-based compensation) are within the range of market practices for our peer groups.

Our equity dilution and annual share usage (or overhang and burn rates) for our NEOs’ equity-based compensation are within the range of market practices for our peer groups.

The Compensation Committee also reviews, but does not give significant weight to, aggregate amounts realized or realizable from prior years’ compensation when making decisions regarding current compensation. It believes that value realized on prior years’ compensation from stock appreciation is the reward for the NEOs’ work over that period and reflects the achievement of our long-term goals, and, conversely, that lesser amounts realized on prior years’ compensation

reflect a lack of achievement of our long-term goals. As such, the Compensation Committee believes that realized or realizable equity compensation is inherently aligned with our long-term performance and shareholders’ interests.

Following these reviews and assessments, and with these goals in mind, the Compensation Committee determines what it believes to be an appropriate current year compensation package for each NEO. This process includes subjective criteria and involves the exercise of discretion and judgment. While the Compensation Committee considers various quantitative data, it does not use a mathematical or other formula in which stated factors or their interrelationship are quantified and weighted (either in the aggregate or as to each NEO). The Compensation Committee also believes it should retain discretion to adjust the compensation of an NEO from time to time on account of extraordinary performance, unanticipated additional responsibilities, an employment agreement renewal or extension or other circumstances. See “Assessing NEO Performance” below for information on how the Compensation Committee assessed performance in 2018.

Role of Compensation Consultants

The Compensation Committee has directly engaged Korn Ferry as its own independent compensation consultant. In determining 2018 compensation, the Compensation Committee directed Korn Ferry to provide it with various compensation analyses as described above; Korn Ferry did not recommend or determine compensation levels orincrease the base salaries of NEOs other than those of Messrs. Watson and Reid.

In response to the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, Messrs. Roberts, Cavanagh, Watson and Shell donated 100% of their salaries for six months to charities that support COVID-19 relief efforts.

Annual Cash Bonus

Our short-term incentive program includes meaningful performance-based elements performance targets or compensation plan design. The Compensation Committee assessed Korn Ferry’s work as required under SEC rulestied to financial and concluded that its work for the Compensation Committee in 2018 did not raise any conflicts of interest. See “Corporate Governance – The Board – Compensation Consultant” above for additional information.

Use of Competitive Data

The results of the peer group and compensation survey analyses discussed below, as well as the other analyses referred to above, are considered important and valuable by the Compensation Committee. However, the Compensation Committee does not make any determination of, or change to, compensation in reaction to market data alone. Rather, it uses this information only as one of several considerations to inform its decision and put it in context in determining compensation levels (and when to change compensation levels).

Peer Groups. Our company is uniquely positioned among our peers, owning both Comcast Cable – a distributor of content – and NBCUniversal – a creator of content (and, as of the fourth quarter 2018, Sky – a leading distributor and creator of content in Europe). As such, our NEOs are responsible for managing a more complex and uniquely diversified company than many companies in our peer groups. Because there are challenges inherent in developing a peer group for assessing pay and performance given the complexity and diversity of our businesses, our Compensation Committee used three distinct peer groups (rather than a blend of all types of peers) to review executive pay for 2018, and, with the assistance of Korn Ferry, triangulated data from the three peer groups and other data to conduct a more holistic review of our pay and performance.

Together, these three peer groups reflect the prominence of our two primary businesses at the beginning of 2018 in their respective industries and the size, scope, diversity and complexity of our businesses and enhance the Compensation Committee’s deliberations by allowing it to review practices and outcomes that are distinctive to each peer group.operational goals.

 

 The target bonus opportunity in 2020 was 300% of salary for Messrs. Roberts, Cavanagh and Shell, was 200% of salary for Mr. Reid and increased from 250% to 300% of salary for Mr. Watson in April 2020.
 

Entertainment/Media Peer Group. The Compensation Committee pays particular attention to the entertainment/media peer group because it believes our stock price has a strong correlation with certain of these peer group companies and this peer group has special relevance with respect to competition for executive talent. The business expertise of employees in this industry is highly correlated to our needs, not only as a leading media and entertainment company, but as a leading U.S. cable company. Media companies continue to look for new ways to distribute and monetize their content, both directly to consumers through the Internet and indirectly through traditional and virtual video distributors. For all of these reasons, our executives are attractive candidates to entertainment/media companies, in addition to those companies’ executives being attractive to us.

 NEO target bonuses were designed for the NEOs other than Mr. Reid based 80% on quantitative financial goals and a blend of quantitative and qualitative performance relative to strategic operational priorities. The maximum bonus achievable was 175%.
 

Transmission/Distribution Peer Group. Comcast Cable is a leading provider of high-speed internet, video, voice and security and automation services to residential customers and also provides these and other services to business customers. Many companies in this peer group are among Comcast Cable’s primary competitors.

 

General Industry Peer Group. Our revenue and market capitalization rank us amongBelow are the largest companies in the United States. This peer group includes companies in the consumer products and services, industrial and technology sectors with revenue and market capitalization levels similar to ours.

    Entertainment/Media(1)

    Transmission/Distribution(1)

General Industry

•  CBS Corporation

•  Discovery, Inc.

•  Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.

•  Time Warner Inc.

•  Viacom Inc.

•  The Walt Disney Company

•  AT&T Inc.

•  CenturyLink, Inc.

•  Charter Communications, Inc.

•  DISH Network Corporation

•  Sprint Corporation

•  T-Mobile US, Inc.

•  Verizon Communications Inc.

•  Alphabet Inc.

•  Amazon.com, Inc.

•  Apple Inc.

•  3M Company

•  The Boeing Company

•  Caterpillar Inc.

•  Cisco Systems, Inc.

•  The Coca-Cola Company

•  Deere & Co.

•  DowDuPont Inc.

•  Express Scripts Holding Co.

•  The General Electric Company

•  Honeywell International Inc.

•  Intel Corporation

•  International Business Machines Corporation

•  Johnson & Johnson

•  Lockheed Martin Corporation

•  McDonalds’ Corporation

•  McKesson Corporation

•  Merck & Co. Inc.

•  Microsoft Corporation

•  Oracle Corporation

•  PepsiCo, Inc.

•  Pfizer Inc.

•  Procter & Gamble Co.

•  UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

•  United Parcel Service, Inc.

•  United Technologies Corporation

•  Verizon Communications Inc.

•  The Walt Disney Company

(1)

In 2018, Discovery, Inc. was added to our Entertainment/Media peer group, andT-Mobile US, Inc. was added to our Transmission/Distribution peer group. Time Warner Inc. was acquired by AT&T Inc. in June 2018.

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The Compensation Committee triangulates pay and performance results from all three peer groups, rather than

aggregating all the data together, and places stronger weight on the entertainment/media, as well as the

transmission/distribution, peer groups.

Our peer group analyses indicate that overall, our “pay at risk” practices are generally aligned with peer group practices, although Mr. Roberts’ compensation does have somewhat more emphasis on fixed compensation and less on annual equity awards than our peers. Our Compensation Committee believes it is appropriate to provide Mr. Roberts with slightly more fixed compensation in light of his very significant stock holdings in our company, which provides meaningful shareholder alignment and long-term focus.

Comparisonstarget weightings for (i) Mr. Roberts were made to peer chief executive officers for all peer groups, (ii) Mr. Cavanagh were made to peer chief financial officers for all peer groups, (iii) Mr. Burke were made to peer chief executive officerseach element of the entertainment/media peer group and by ordinal rank (i.e., the position in the Summary Compensation Table) for the entertainment/media and general industry peer groups, (iv) Mr. Watson were made to peer chief executive officers of the transmission/distribution peer group and by ordinal rank for the transmission/distribution and general industry peer groups, and (v) Mr. Cohen were made by ordinal rank for all peer groups. Additionally, as a means to further inform the Compensation Committee, comparisons for Messrs. Burke and Watson were made to chief executive officers of general industry peer groups with revenues similar in size to those of their respective business units.

The Compensation Committee does not determine an NEO’s target compensation solely based on a specific reference point within our peer groups; instead, it reviews our peer group analyses, as well as the other analyses discussed above in “Compensation Committee’s Role, Process and Validation,” both to validate our compensation program design and to inform its judgment in determining target compensation.

The Compensation Committee generally seeks compensation to be competitive (around the median) with the entertainment/media peer group, to which, as noted above, the Compensation Committee pays particular attention.

The Compensation Committee generally seeks compensation to be in the upper quartile for the transmission/distribution and general industry peer groups as a supplemental point of reference.

NEO cash bonus plan:

 

The compensation we provide varies when compared among the peer groups

Financial (50%) Strategic Operational Priorities (30%) Discretionary (20%)  Adjusted EBITDA (25%) Free Cash Flow (20%) Revenue (5%) Customer Experience (15%) Investment Initiatives (10%) Product Churn (5%) Management, Culture and individual companies within a group in its relationship to the reference points above. In reviewing target compensation levels for 2018,

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (20%)

Mr. Roberts’ target total remuneration (which includes base salary, target annual cash bonus, company deferred compensation contributions and equity-based compensation) fell just below the 25th percentile of that in the entertainment/media peer group. Otherwise, our NEOs’ total compensation for 2018 generally met or exceeded the reference points.

Assessing NEO Performance

In determining an NEO’s individual compensation, the Compensation Committee:

Sets specific factors to be used in evaluating Mr. Brian L. Roberts, and Mr. Roberts discusses with the Compensation Committee the performance of our other NEOs.

 

Assesses each NEO’s responsibilities and roles with respect to overall corporate policy-making, management, operations and administration, as well as the importance of retaining the NEO.

Evaluates each NEO’s prior year performance, both in terms of his contribution to our performance and as compared to his individual performance goals.

Evaluates our overall prior year performance, both in terms of financial results and progress on strategic initiatives, including a comparison of our performance to our competitors.

NEOEvaluations

The Compensation Committee employs a rigorous process to evaluate our NEOs’ performance that informs its compensation decisions for the year, including those related to an NEO’s base salary and annual equity awards, the attainment of qualitative objectives for our annual cash bonus and awarding any additional performance-related bonuses. This design allows our Compensation Committee to employ a holistic evaluation process with extensive performance reviews, taking into account factors in and out of management’s control, while balancing it with our financial and shareholder outcomes, to get to a better result than a purely formulaic calculation would provide. Each year, our Compensation Committee establishes a set of defined objectives for the qualitative portion of our annual cash bonus, which may be tied to an NEO’s or our company’s overall performance, company culture or key company initiatives, such as diversity and inclusion and customer experience initiatives, at the time it determines the quantitative bonus metrics. In determining payout levels on the qualitative metrics, the Compensation Committee critically evaluates our company’s and NEOs’ performance and progress based on the defined objectives.

Company Performance. The Compensation Committee considers our overall performance when approving pay decisions for our NEOs. As more fully described above in “Executive Summary – 2018 Business Highlights,” 2018 was another year of strong financialFinancial and operational results that reflect our focus on innovation and investing in the business. We achieved this strong financial performance despite an increasingly, and rapidly changing, competitive environment for all of our businesses. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2018, we acquired Sky, a leading European distributor and creator of content.

NEO Performance. Our NEOs continued to provide critical strategic vision and leadership to our company as we continue to shape the future of technology and media. Our NEOs furthered our strong workplace culture of integrity and respect, and they fostered team building and collaboration among our senior leadership teams as we pursued the Sky acquisition, in our post-acquisition integration efforts and on various strategic initiatives such as cross-company cooperation on TV Everywhere initiatives, advanced and interactive advertising, and diversity and inclusion initiatives.

In addition to providing leadership on our operational and financial performance, our NEOs continued to foster our entrepreneurial culture and reinforce our commitment to operate ethically and with integrity and respect, and were instrumental in our attaining diversity and inclusion goals. We are proud that over 60% of our employees are women or people of color, that over half of our employees report to a woman or a person of color and that women and people of color represent more than 50% of our employees at or above the vice president-level. Additionally, since the end of 2010, the number of women at or above the vice president-level has increased by 70%, and the number of people of color at or above that level has nearly doubled.

As a testament to our various diversity and inclusion and talent management initiatives, we have received many third-party recognitions, including (i) being named toFortune magazine’s “Best Big Companies to Work For” list (#3), “100 Best Places to Work For 2018” list (#68), “75 Best Workplaces for Women” list (#11) and “Best Workplaces for Diversity” list (#2); (ii) ranking #7 on LinkedIn’s “Top Companies” list for 2018; (iii) earning a score of 100 on HRC’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index; and (iv) being named a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.

To reinforce critical aspects of our cable communications business, goals relating to customer experience, product churn and the rollout of our new wireless phone service were used as components of our NEOs’ annual cash bonus. In 2018, we continued to make progress in providing a better overall customer experience by eliminating unnecessary activity and transactions, including by providing more digital service tools, which translated into reduced call volumes and truck rolls and improved key customer satisfaction scores. Our NEOs, individually and as a team, continue to support and promote this initiative throughout our entire company.

Our NEOs also continued to frame and support our strategic plans related to dedicating capital to our businesses as we invest in the long-term performance of our company, including our acquisition of Sky, and growing newer businesses such as our wireless phone service.

When assessing NEO performance, our Compensation Committee considered each NEO’s progress on these and other strategic initiatives, including those described in “Executive Summary — 2018 Business Highlights” above. In particular:

Mr. Roberts was instrumental in continuing to shape the strategic vision of our company, including through his leadership of our acquisition of Sky. He successfully managed Mr. Watson’s transition to leading Comcast Cable. He also continued to foster strong leadership and cohesion among our NEOs and senior leadership team by leading our strategic thinking and initiatives and by championing our technology and business initiatives, focusing on the customer experience, creating a culture of integrity, respect and compliance, and reinforcing our diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Mr. Cavanagh provided critical financial and strategic leadership to our company, including though our acquisition of Sky and related debt financings and subsequent integration efforts. He continued to be instrumental in setting our capital allocation framework and in managing our balance sheet to ensure that our capital allocation framework supports our business initiatives and strategies and in his risk management oversight.

Mr. Burke successfully managed NBCUniversal, which, as noted onpage 35 above, had strong financial results in 2018. In the eight years since NBCUniversal has been part of our company, it has had the fastest annual growth of any U.S. major media company. The NBC network continued to be the top ranked broadcast network among adults18-49. We believe Mr. Burke’s strategic vision, including to invest in NBCUniversal’s businesses for their long-term success, has been a critical factor in NBCUniversal attaining such strong results.

Mr. Cohen provided critical leadership to our corporate communications, external affairs, government relations, community impact and human resources functions. He successfully oversaw our efforts relating to legislation and regulatory matters critical to our strategy and performance. He also provided leadership to critical aspects of the Sky acquisition and subsequent integration efforts and effectively managed his other significant administrative responsibilities. As our Chief Diversity Officer, he has continued to lead and promote our diversity and inclusion and talent management initiatives, which as noted above, have received many third-party recognitions.

Mr. Watson successfully led Comcast Cable, which, as noted onpage 35 above, had strong financial results and added 1.0 million net customers in 2018. Mr. Watson provided strategic and operational leadership to our cable communications business, including through his focus on customer experience initiatives, continued expansion of our high-speed internet, business services and wireless phone service businesses, and the innovation of product and service enhancements.

Compensation Decisions for 2018

Base Salary

In March 2018, the Compensation Committee increased the base salaries of our NEOs by 3%, other than Mr. Watson, who entered into a new employment agreement in March 2018 as described below under “Agreements with Our Named Executive Officers.” In December 2018, Mr. Cavanagh’s base salary increased from approximately $2.0 million to $2.3 million effective January 1, 2019 in connection with his entering into a new employment agreement as described under “Agreements with Our Named Executive Officers.” In addition, effective January 1, 2019, Mr. Watson’s base salary increased by $250,000.

Annual Cash Bonus

Our cash bonus plan, which was approved by our shareholders, provides a variable and performance-based element to annual cash compensation.

The target bonus opportunity amount in 2018, expressed as a percentage of salary, was 300% for Messrs. Roberts, Cavanagh and Burke and 250% for Messrs. Cohen and Watson.

Under our cash bonus plan, a threshold quantitative performance goal must be satisfied as a condition for any bonus payment to occur. For 2018, this threshold performance goal was that our consolidated adjusted EBITDA in 2018 be at least 101% of that in 2017, which was achieved such that the more rigorous goals set forth in the table below were used to calculate 2018 bonus payments.

Because the threshold goal was achieved, for the NEOs (other than Mr. Burke), 85% of their 2018 target bonus was based on quantitative financial goals and a combination of quantitative and qualitative goals relating to key operational initiatives, and 15% was based on qualitative goals. For Mr. Burke, 75% of his target bonus was based on quantitative financial goals and a combination of quantitative and qualitative goals relating to key operational initiatives and 25% was based on qualitative goals. The qualitative portion of the NEOs’ bonuses was based on the Compensation Committee’s determination of their level of achievement in contributing to the overall management of Comcast, including in creating a culture of integrity, the continuing management of Comcast Cable (for all NEOs other than Mr. Burke) and NBCUniversal (for all NEOs other than Mr. Watson) and the continuing focus on critical diversity and inclusion and customer experience metrics.

Of a potential maximum bonus payment of 173% of the NEOs’ target bonuses (170% in the case of Mr. Burke and 175% in the case of Mr. Watson), the Compensation Committee considered it appropriate to award bonuses based on actual achievement of the quantitative and qualitative goals of 112% of the target bonuses.

The table below provides further details of our 2018 cash bonus plan for our NEOs other than Messrs. Burke and Watson. The target levels established for the financial quantitative goals are bolded. Given Mr. Burke’s role as CEO of NBCUniversal, he did not have a goal relating to the rollout of our wireless phone service, his weightings for the customer experience and adjusted EBITDA varied slightly from the other NEOs and more discretionary weight was given to him based on NBCUniversal’s performance. Given Mr. Watson’s role at Comcast Cable, his weightings were higher for the customer experience and lower for free cash flow than the other NEOs.

The Compensation Committee established the quantitative goals below based on a rigorous andin-depth enterprise-wide consolidated budget that is prepared annually whichand takes into consideration economic factors, the cyclicality ofprojected operating environment for our businesses in generating profits, working capital in our business,and capital spending plansexpenditure needs for the upcoming year, target product rollout numbers and other relevant incentive factors.

GoalFinancial Results

Achievement Range
(in billions)
(% of target bonus)

Consolidated

£ $29.40%

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

> $29.4 – $30.00810% –< 25%
$30.009 – $30.20925%
> $30.209 – $30.6> 25% – 35%

> $30.6

37.5%

Actual 2018 Achievement

$30.29627.2%

Consolidated

£ $12.6750%

Free Cash Flow(1)

> $12.675 – $13.5268% –< 20%
$13.527 – $13.72720%
> $13.727 – $14.3> 20% – 28%

> $14.3

30%

Actual 2018 Achievement

$14.72830%

Consolidated

£ $88.70%

Revenue(1)

> $88.7 –$89.9254% –< 10%
$89.926 – $90.22610%
> $90.226 – $91.0> 10% – 14%

> $91.0

15%

Actual 2018 Achievement

$89.467.7%

Customer Experience(2)

0% – 40%

21.7%

Actual 2018 Achievement

Product Churn(3)

0% – 10%
Actual 2018 Achievement5%

Wireless Phone Rollout(4)

0% – 10%
Actual 2018 Achievement5%

Qualitative Goal(5)

0% – 30%
Actual 2018 Achievement15.5%

% of Target Bonus Achieved for 2018

112%

Actual Bonus for 2018

Roberts:

$10,739,611

Cavanagh:

6,569,575

Burke:

9,969,786

Cohen:

4,382,373

Watson:

4,188,344

 

We delivered solid financial and operational results on a consolidated basis in 2020, demonstrating the resilience and strength of our company through the global COVID-19 pandemic. However, due to the negative impacts of COVID-19 on our financial performance in 2020, adjusted EBITDA and revenue financial goals were not achieved, primarily due to closures and/or limited capacity operations of our theme parks, movie theater closures worldwide and the postponement or cancellation of certain sporting events that negatively impacted both our advertising revenues globally and Sky’s revenue from sports package customers, as well as the overall negative economic impacts of the pandemic. The free cash flow performance goal was achieved above target in part due to effective expense and capital spending management in response to the pandemic.

No discretionary adjustments were made to the financial metrics below on account of the impacts from the pandemic.

 

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2020 FINANCIAL METRICS AND RESULTS(1)

($ in billions)

          % OF
        ACTUAL TARGET
  THRESHOLD TARGET MAXIMUM ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVED
Adjusted EBITDA $34.55 $35.261 – $35.461 $35.95    
(excluding Peacock(2)) 10% – <25% 25% >25% – 37.5% $31.64 0%
Revenue $113.30 $114.907 – $115.207 $116.25    
 4% – <10% 10% >10% – 15% $102.70 0%
Free Cash Flow(3) $11.45 $12.25 – $12.45 $13.00    
(excluding Peacock(2)) 8% – <20% 20% >20% – 30% $14.76 30%
(1)

Amounts reflected have been adjusted to reflect Sky results on a constant currency basis.

(2)Amounts reflected for budgetedthe threshold, target, maximum and actual achievement exclude the impact of Comcast Cable’s wireless phone service thatPeacock, which was launched inmid-2017, which 2020 and is a standalone goal in 2018,component of the strategic operational portion of the annual cash bonus.
(3)Threshold, target and certain unbudgeted acquisitionmaximum amounts were established based on a consolidated budget for 2020 that included incremental NBCUniversal and disposition activity,Sky investments, such as launching broadband in Italy and investing in our acquisition of Sky.

theme parks, which had significant negative impacts on free cash flow in 2020.

 

Operating Results

Our operating performance in 2020 was strong, even with the COVID-19 pandemic headwinds. The factors below were evaluated in determining the achievement of strategic operational priorities in the table below:

Comcast Cable, while keeping employees safe, kept millions of internet customers connected to work and learn from home while maintaining speed and reliability and enabling us to successfully manage the largest sustained traffic surge in history during the peak of COVID-19 in 2020. As described in further detail in “NEO Performance in 2020,” Comcast Cable also helped customers facing economic hardship and expanded our Internet Essentials program. As a result of these efforts, it attained record high residential customer satisfaction scores.
Comcast Cable’s customer relationships increased by a record 1.6 million and Comcast Cable added a record 2 million net new internet customers.
Comcast Cable rolled out over 2.6 million Flex boxes, one of its key strategic investment priorities.
NBCUniversal launched Peacock in 2020 without the anticipated benefit of the Olympics, with 33 million sign-ups in the United States in just over its first six months, ahead of internal goals.
NBCUniversal reorganized its television and streaming businesses with a centralized structure designed to optimize content creation, distribution and monetization and introduced a new “premium video on demand” strategy to bring movies directly to consumers given movie theater shutdowns.
NBCUniversal found creative solutions to open its theme parks safely in Orlando, Florida and Osaka, Japan, while attaining strong customer satisfaction scores.
Sky customer relationships at the end of 2020 returned to 99% of pre-COVID levels.
Sky successfully executed key initiatives, including expanding Sky Q penetration to over 60% in the United Kingdom, launching Sky broadband in Italy, leveraging Comcast Cable’s xFi platform, and repositioning content investments in Germany.

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2020 STRATEGIC OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES(1)

  THRESHOLD TARGET MAXIMUM % OF TARGET
ACHIEVED
(ROBERTS,
CAVANAGH)
 % OF TARGET
ACHIEVED
(WATSON(2))
 % OF TARGET
ACHIEVED
(SHELL(3))
Customer Experience 0% 15% 30% 16% 30% 11%
Product Churn 0% 5% 10% 5% 10% 5%
Investment Initiatives
(Peacock, Flex, Sky initiatives)
 0% 10% 20% 15% 15% 25%
Total 0% 30% 60% 36% 55% 41%

 (1)

This metric is based uponBased in part on whether we have met or exceeded expectations of achievement of quantifiable customerstrategic operational priorities. Customer experience metricsincludes our relational net promoter score, unique contact rate and the overall percentage performance of Comcast Cable on itsother customer experience metrics. DetailsProduct churn relates to the stability of our cable customer base and customer net additions. Investment initiatives relate to the specific targets, which were designed to be rigorous targets as indicated bysuccess of several company initiatives, including the levellaunch of actual 2018 achievement,Peacock, the rollout of Flex and the launch of broadband services in Italy. Further details are not disclosed due to competitive concerns.

 (2)5% of the 10% target for investment initiatives for Mr. Watson was allocated solely to the rollout of Flex.
 (3)Mr. Shell’s target for customer experience was lower at 10% (with a maximum of 20%) given his role at NBCUniversal, and his target for investment initiatives was higher at 15% (with a maximum of 30%), with 10% of the target being allocated solely to the launch of Peacock.

NEO Performance in 2020

In evaluating the NEOs for the discretionary, qualitative portion of the annual cash bonus, the Compensation Committee considered the contribution of each NEO to the overall management and financial results of our company and to creating a strong workplace culture that emphasizes integrity, respect and our continuing focus on critical DE&I initiatives.

Each of the NEOs successfully led our company during this unprecedented period and managed our company with a view towards the long-term sustainability of our business. In addition to the operational accomplishments described above:

Mr. Roberts led our company’s strategic focus on broadband, aggregation and streaming, which we believe will position our company to outperform and put us on a trajectory to emerge from this challenging environment in an even stronger position. Mr. Roberts set the tone for our businesses to execute at the highest level, to work together across our complementary, high-performing businesses at Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Sky and to continue to accelerate convergence in media and technology. At the same time, he guided our company’s overall response to the pandemic, as well personally leading our social justice commitments, with a focus on doing the right thing for all of our stakeholders and society at large during this unprecedented time.
Mr. Cavanagh led our businesses to quickly mobilize and analyze how to mitigate key strategic, operational and financial impacts from the pandemic. As well as ensuring our general business continuity, Mr. Cavanagh protected our company by maintaining our current credit ratings, balance sheet strength and liquidity so that we could commit funds to help our customers, employees and other stakeholders during this unprecedented time. He framed key determinations on critical strategic opportunities and operational challenges. He led important decisions about capital spending projects, such as our decision to pause construction on a fourth theme park in Orlando, and the lowering of the weighted average interest cost of our borrowings by 0.18% in 2020 through opportunistic refinancings to take advantage of record low interest rates. In 2020, our company generated consolidated adjusted EBITDA of $30.8 billion and free cash flow of $13.3 billion. Finally, he played a leading role in shaping changes to our compensation programs.
Mr. Watson successfully led our company’s pledge to keep America connected throughout the pandemic, from mobilizing most employees to work from home virtually overnight, to keeping employees safe, to helping with the challenges faced by our customers and communities working and learning from home. This pledge was made possible in part due to the flexible and reliable broadband network that we have invested significantly in over the years under Mr. Watson’s leadership. These investments have allowed us to proactively manage our network, increase broadband speeds, expand our Internet Essentials program for low-income households and offer new innovative products like Flex and Peacock for free to high-speed internet services customers. Comcast Cable’s financial and operational performance in 2020 outperformed many of our own expectations set before the pandemic, setting record numbers of customer relationships and net high-speed customer additions, while delivering an unparalleled customer experience throughout the pandemic. For these reasons, Mr. Watson was awarded the maximum amount of the customer experience and product churn portions of his cash bonus. Comcast Cable served as a strong anchor for our company overall in 2020, with its revenue increasing by 3.4% to $60 billion and its adjusted EBITDA increasing by 8.6% to $25.3 billion.

 

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This metric is based upon in part whether we have met or exceeded expectations for achievement of quantifiable product churn metrics for Comcast Cable. Details of the specific targets, which were designed to be rigorous targets as indicated by the level of actual 2018 achievement, are not disclosed due to competitive concerns.

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This metricMr. Shell, in his first year as CEO of NBCUniversal, effectively led, realigned and mitigated negative COVID-19 impacts on NBCUniversal. He successfully launched Peacock, which had over 33 million sign-ups in the United States in just over its first six months without the anticipated benefit of leveraging the Olympics. He also introduced a new “premium video on demand” strategy to bring movies directly to consumers given movie theater shutdowns and realigned how the television, streaming and production businesses should operate to more effectively compete as more consumers shift to viewing streaming content. He encouraged the theme parks in Orlando and Osaka to find innovative and safe solutions for reopening and oversaw the development of Universal Beijing, which is based uponon schedule to open in part whether2021.

Mr. Reid led our company’s legal functions to several successes in 2020 including in the face of the difficulties arising from COVID-19 and, having assumed responsibility in January 2020 for overseeing our Government, Political and External Affairs functions at the federal, state and local levels, he counseled the businesses on successful navigation of unique challenges in the face of the pandemic and the 2020 electoral season. Mr. Reid has led our thinking as a new administration takes shape in Washington, D.C. and as the company prepares to act as a constructive partner with government on issues of broadband deployment and affordability. He leads with, and continuously reinforces, his commitment to integrity, and he champions our legal DE&I and pro bono initiatives.
Each of the NEOs worked together to find safe and creative solutions to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic to benefit our employees, customers, communities, suppliers and shareholders now and for the long term. Among other initiatives and accomplishments described above in 2020:
We committed over $500 million to support our employees where operations were closed or impacted due to the pandemic, made work from home options as broadly available as possible and enhanced safety measures for customer-facing employees and their customers.
We helped our customers facing economic hardship maintain their broadband service, increased speeds for all Internet Essentials customers, expanded the Internet Essentials program by offering two free months of broadband service and made 1.5 million out-of-home, public WiFi hotspots available for free across the United States.
Beyond our longstanding commitment to DE&I initiatives, we pledged an additional $100 million over three years to fight injustice and inequality through a coordinated cross-company effort. To date, we have met or exceeded expectations for achievementmade meaningful progress on this pledge, including by hosting a companywide DE&I day where over 70,000 employees participated; committing funds to BIPOC-owned small businesses that have been affected by extended closures in the wake of quantifiable metrics reflectingCOVID-19; leveraging our media resources to highlight Black voices and Black stories; and deepening our longstanding commitment to address digital inequities, including by announcing plans to launch 1,000 WiFi-connected Lift Zones in community centers nationwide and by launching the operational rolloutInternet Essentials Partnership Program to connect large numbers of our wireless phone servicelow-income students to achieve long-term business success and profitability. Details of the specific targets, which were designedinternet to be rigorous targets as indicated by the level of actual 2018 achievement, are not disclosed due to competitive concerns.

support distance learning.

NEO Annual Cash Bonus Achievement

As a result of the metrics and performance achievement described above, below is a summary of actual achievement for the 2020 annual cash bonus. Despite the strong individual performance of Messrs. Roberts, Cavanagh, Watson and Shell, the Compensation Committee negatively adjusted their achievement of the discretionary portion of their bonuses given overall company financial performance; Mr. Watson earned more of his discretionary portion relative to the other executives given the relative contribution of Comcast Cable to Comcast’s overall financial performance in 2020 and the exceptional operating performance of Comcast Cable.

  ROBERTS CAVANAGH WATSON SHELL
Financial Results 30% 30% 30% 30%
Strategic Operational Priorities 36% 36% 55% 41%
Discretionary 9% 9% 15% 4%
Total (% of Target) 75% 75% 100% 75%
Total Cash Bonus $7,738,301 $5,374,040 $5,943,951 $5,882,702

Mr. Reid’s bonus was not based on the above bonus structure for NEOs and instead was achieved at 100% based on company and his overall individual performance.

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The qualitative portion of the annual cash bonus was determined based on predetermined objectives tied primarily to the contribution of each NEO to the overall management of our company, including creating a culture of integrity, the continuing management of Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal, and our continuing focus on critical diversity and inclusion and customer experience metrics.

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Equity-Based Incentive Compensation

The Compensation Committee seeks to achieve the long-term objectives of equity

Equity-based incentive compensation in part by extending thegranted through 2020 extended vesting periodperiods for options and PSUs granted under our annual award program over a longer time period than most other large public companies – with options generallyhaving 10-year terms and vesting over 9.5 years, and PSUs vesting over 5 years and beingback-end weighted, with 40% vesting in the fifth year. weighted.

 

YEAR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9.5
                     
PSU Vesting 15% 15% 15% 15% 40%          
                     
                     
Option Vesting 0% 30% 15% 15% 15% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5%
                     

In general,determining the total value of equity-based compensation, is based on a proportional relationship to the expected cashCompensation Committee considers, among other things, the overall performance mix of an NEO’s total direct compensation and the value of each NEO, taking into account awards made at the same time to other executives, as well as the value of equity-based compensation awarded to comparable NEOs at our peer companies. While the grant date value of equity-based compensation in our annual award program may fluctuate somewhat from year to year, the target value of PSUs the Compensation Committee awards to NEOs is at least equal to or higher than the target value of stock options.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, the Compensation Committee increased the value of PSUs and stock options, which were granted to the NEOs on March 2, 2020, to place more emphasis on performance-based awards as an overall component of their total compensation.

 

The performance condition for PSUs granted in 2018 is2020 was not achieved, and therefore the first tranche, representing 15% of such PSUs, did not vest and was forfeited. The performance condition for 2020 was based on a sliding scale tied to increasesgrowth in year-over-year adjusted EBITDA excluding the impact of Comcast Cable’s wireless phone service that launched inmid-2017. Vesting(excluding Peacock), with 25% to 125% of the number of PSUs is interpolated, except that 100% vests for achievement of a5%-6% increase, which range included our budgeted increase for 2018 (which was based on our rigorous andin-depth enterprise-wide annual consolidated budget). In calculating the achievement level below, the impact of certain unbudgeted acquisition and disposition activity, such as our acquisition of Sky, was excluded.

subject to vesting if growth had been within specified ranges.

 

 

Achievement Range

 

  

 

Potential PSU Vesting %

 

  

 

Achievement

 

 

< 2.5%

 

 

  

 

0%

 

 

  

108.3%

 

(Based on a 6.5%

Increase)

 

2.5%

 

 

  

25%

 

 

5.0%-6.0%

 

 

  

100%

 

 

³ 7.5%

 

  

125%

 

Vesting for each subsequent tranche of PSUs is based on the highest vesting percentage of any prior vesting tranche, or such higher vesting percentage as may be attained for such subsequent tranche based on the same performance condition and achievement ranges provided for in the applicable PSU award. Any portion of PSUs that failfails to vest in a year is permanently forfeited. For the PSUs that were granted in 2017 through 2019, the fourth, third and second tranche of the awardtranches, respectively, vested at the same percentage level as thetheir respective first tranche.

 

Neither our Board norAs described above in “Shareholder Feedback on Executive Compensation and Compensation-Related Changes,” the Compensation Committee hassignificantly enhanced the discretionoverall equity compensation design for our NEOs in 2021 by moving to vesta cumulative three-year performance period and incorporating performance metrics into our PSU awards. It believes this new overall design, including changes that will align the NEOs’ equity vesting terms with broader market practice, with PSUs absent attainment of the applicable goal.

The100% cliff vesting based on payout levels three years following grant date and options vesting over a two- to five-year period, will continue to achieve a long-term focus, strong retention benefits, serve as a valuable tool to attract talent and align our NEOs’ and shareholders’ incentives.

Deferred Compensation

Beginning in March 2021, amounts that our NEOs have deferred under our deferred compensation plans must be notionally invested in either a company stock fund, which tracks the value of equity-based compensationour Class A common stock, or several third-party mutual and exchange funds, which will eliminate above-market interest earnings that had previously been earned through investments in our annual award program may fluctuate somewhat from year to year.

Deferred Compensation

The deferred compensation plan is available not only to our NEOs, but also to all corporate and cable employeesan income fund with base salariesa fixed rate of at least $350,000. The plan allows eligible employees to defer the receipt of cash compensation (i.e., base salary and annual bonus) up to certain limits. In addition, we make contributions to our NEOs’ deferred compensation plan accounts as described below under “Agreements with Our Named Executive Officers.” The deferred compensation plan is not tax qualified and is unfunded; account balances are unsecured andat-risk and may be forfeited in the event of a company bankruptcy. In 2014, the interest crediting rate on deferred compensation account contributions was reduced to 9% from 12%, although it remains at 12% for (i) compensation that was originally earned before 2014 (including any subsequent redeferrals), (ii) company deferred compensation contributions made pursuant to employment agreements entered into before 2014 and (iii) certain future contributions depending generally on whether a participant’s account balance at certain points during the five-year period ending December 31, 2013 was higher than the participant’s balance at specified future times.return. Our deferred compensation plan is described in more detail below in the “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in and as of Fiscal Year-End” table.

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Procedures for Determining Compensation

Compensation Committee’s Role, Process and Validation

The Compensation Committee approves the nature and amount of compensation paid to, and the employment and related agreements entered into with, our executive officers, and oversees broad-based cash bonus and equity-based plans, approving guidelines for grants of awards under these plans and determining and overseeing our compensation and benefits policies generally.

In 2020, the Compensation Committee reviewed for our NEOs:

The nature and amounts of all elements of our NEOs’ compensation, both separately and in the aggregate, using comprehensive tally sheets that include the current value of PSU and stock option awards (as compared to their grant date value).
Each element of our NEOs’ compensation for internal consistency.
Various analyses provided by its independent compensation consultant, including:
an assessment of the composition of our peer groups;
a competitive pay assessment (comparing NEO compensation to that of executives holding comparable positions at our peer group companies as disclosed in proxy statements and to broad groups of companies in published surveys, and analyzing components of pay compared to those of our peer group companies (e.g., fixed vs. variable, components of long-term equity));
a financial performance review (comparing our performance relative to our peer group companies with respect to growth in adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, revenue and total shareholder return, based on financial data from a third-party source);
a compensation sharing analysis (analyzing the actual pay delivered to our NEOs as a percentage of our adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow as compared to our peer group companies);
an incentive compensation design analysis (analyzing various annual bonus and long-term incentive design elements); and
an analysis of equity dilution resulting from, and annual usage rates in, our equity-based compensation plans as compared to our peer group companies (i.e., overhang and burn rates).
After taking into account the analyses above, the Compensation Committee evaluated our financial performance, as compared to our peers over time, as it related to our strongly competitive compensation philosophy.
The Compensation Committee also reviews, but does not give significant weight to, aggregate amounts realized or realizable from prior years’ compensation when making decisions regarding current compensation. It believes that value realized on prior years’ compensation from stock appreciation is the reward for the NEOs’ work over that period and reflects the achievement of our long-term goals and, conversely, that lesser amounts realized on prior years’ compensation reflect a lack of achievement of our long-term goals. As such, the Compensation Committee believes that realized or realizable equity compensation is inherently aligned with our long-term performance and shareholders’ interests.

Following these reviews and assessments, and with these goals in mind, the deferredCompensation Committee determines what it believes to be an appropriate current year compensation package for each NEO. This process includes subjective criteria and involves the exercise of discretion and judgment.

Role of Compensation Consultants

The Compensation Committee has directly engaged Korn Ferry as its own independent compensation consultant. In determining 2020 compensation, the Compensation Committee directed Korn Ferry to provide it with various compensation analyses as described above; Korn Ferry did not recommend or determine compensation levels or elements, performance targets or compensation plan balancesdesign.

The Compensation Committee assessed Korn Ferry’s work as required under SEC rules and concluded that its work for the Compensation Committee in 2020 did not raise any conflicts of interest. Our Compensation Committee reached this determination by reviewing fees paid to Korn Ferry and evaluating its work under applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules on conflicts of interest.

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Compensation Consultant Services

Korn Ferry provides research, analysis and input as to the form and amount of executive and director compensation, which generally includes market research utilizing information derived from proxy statements, surveys and its own consulting experience and insight, as well as the provision of other methodological standards and policies in accordance with its established procedures. This research, analysis and input has been provided to both our Compensation Committee and to management. The Compensation Committee collaborated with Korn Ferry to determine and approve the parameters used to conduct the assessment work, including items such as the composition of peer groups, the relevant market statistical reference points within the data (e.g., median) and the elements of compensation. Korn Ferry did not determine or recommend the form or amount of compensation of our NEOs for 2020.

In 2020, we paid Korn Ferry approximately $524,000 for services related to executive and annuallydirector compensation and approximately $831,000 for leadership and talent consulting and executive search services.

As part of their job responsibilities, certain of our executive officers participate both in gathering and presenting facts related to compensation and benefits matters as requested by the Compensation Committee and in formulating and making recommendations to the Compensation Committee in these areas. These executives, together with our employees who work in the compensation area, also conduct research and consult with compensation consultants, legal counsel and other expert sources to keep abreast of developments in these areas. All decisions, however, regarding the compensation of our NEOs are made by the Compensation Committee and are reviewed by the Board, following reviews and discussions held in executive sessions.

Use of Competitive Data

While peer group and various compensation survey analyses are considered important and valuable by the embeddedCompensation Committee, the Compensation Committee does not make any determination of, or change to, compensation in reaction to market data alone. Rather, it uses this information as one of several considerations to inform its decision and projected costsput it in context in determining compensation levels (and when to change compensation levels).

Peer Groups

In 2020, we used two core peer groups.

Entertainment/Media Peer Group. The Compensation Committee historically has paid particular attention to the entertainment/media peer group because it had special relevance with respect to competition for executive talent. The business expertise of employees in this industry is highly correlated to our needs. Media companies continue to look for new ways to distribute and monetize their content, both directly to consumers through the internet and indirectly through traditional and virtual video distributors.
Transmission/Distribution Peer Group. Comcast Cable and Sky are leading providers of high-speed internet, video, voice and wireless services in the United States and Europe. Many companies in this peer group are among our primary competitors and we compete with each other for executive talent. We also believe our stock price has a strong correlation with certain of these peer group companies.

Below are the companies in our peer groups for 2020; companies in bold were added to our peer groups in 2020.

ENTERTAINMENT/MEDIATRANSMISSION/DISTRIBUTION
Alphabet, Inc.AT&T Inc.
Discovery, Inc.Lumen Technologies, Inc. (f/k/a CenturyLink, Inc.)
Facebook, Inc.Charter Communications, Inc.
Fox CorpDISH Network Corporation
Netflix, Inc.Netflix, Inc.
The Walt Disney CompanyT-Mobile US, Inc.(1)
ViacomCBS Inc.Verizon Communications Inc.

 (1)In 2020, Sprint Corporation merged with T-Mobile, with T-Mobile as the surviving company.

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Our peer group analyses indicate that overall, our “pay at risk” practices are generally aligned with peer group practices.
Comparisons for (i) Mr. Roberts were made to peer chief executive officers for the peer groups, (ii) Mr. Cavanagh were made to peer chief financial officers for the peer groups, (iii) Mr. Watson were made to peer chief executive officers of, and by ordinal rank (i.e., the position in the Summary Compensation Table) for, the transmission/distribution peer group, and (iv) Mr. Shell were made to peer chief executive officers of, and by ordinal rank for, the entertainment/media peer group.
As a supplemental reference point to further inform the Compensation Committee, comparisons were made to general industry peer groups with revenues similar in size to our business as a whole and our business units.
The Compensation Committee does not determine an NEO’s target compensation solely based on a specific reference point within our peer groups; instead, it reviews our peer group analyses, as well as the other analyses discussed in “Compensation Committee’s Role, Process and Validation,” both to validate our compensation program design and to inform its judgment in determining target compensation.
The Compensation Committee generally seeks compensation to be competitive (around the median) with the entertainment/media peer group and generally seeks compensation to be in the upper quartile for the transmission/ distribution peer group as a supplemental point of reference.
The compensation we provide varies when compared among the peer groups and individual companies within a group in its relationship to the reference points above. In reviewing target compensation levels for 2020, Mr. Roberts’ target total remuneration (which includes base salary, target annual cash bonus and equity-based compensation) fell just below the median of that in the entertainment/media peer group. Otherwise, our NEOs’ total compensation for 2020 generally met or exceeded the reference points.
The Compensation Committee, advised by Korn Ferry, reviewed the criteria for selecting members of the peer groups during 2020, and determined to combine the entertainment/media and transmission/distribution peer groups given the accelerating convergence in media and technology and the complementary nature of, and consolidation in, the media and distribution industries.

Assessing NEO Performance

In determining an NEO’s individual compensation, the Compensation Committee:

Sets specific factors to be used in evaluating Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Roberts discusses with the Compensation Committee the performance of our other NEOs.
Assesses each NEO’s responsibilities and roles with respect to overall corporate policy-making, management, operations and administration, as well as the importance of retaining the NEO.
Evaluates each NEO’s prior year performance, both in terms of his contribution to our performance and as compared to his individual performance goals.
Evaluates our overall prior year performance, both in terms of financial results and progress on strategic initiatives, including a comparison of our performance to our competitors.

The Compensation Committee employs a rigorous process to evaluate our NEOs’ performance that informs its compensation decisions for the year, including those related to an NEO’s base salary and annual equity awards and the attainment of qualitative objectives for our annual cash bonus. This design allows our Compensation Committee to employ a holistic evaluation process with extensive performance reviews, taking into account factors in and out of management’s control, while balancing it with our financial and shareholder outcomes, to get to a better result than a purely formulaic calculation would provide.

Each year, our Compensation Committee establishes a set of defined objectives for the qualitative portion of our annual cash bonus, which may be tied to an NEO’s or our company’s overall performance, company culture or key company initiatives, such as DE&I and customer experience initiatives, at the time it determines the quantitative metrics. In determining payout levels on the qualitative metrics, the Compensation Committee critically evaluates our company and NEO performance and progress based on the defined objectives.

See “Compensation Decisions” above for information on NEO performance and decisions made in respect of 2020.

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Other Compensation Policies and Considerations

Executive Stock Ownership Policy

We have a stock ownership policy for members of our senior management, including our NEOs, which is available on our website,www.comcastcorporation.com. Under these guidelines, (i) Mr. Roberts is expected to own our stock in an amount equal to at least ten times his annual base salary, (ii) the other NEOs are expected to own our stock in an amount equal to at least three times their annual base salaries, (iii) other executive officers are expected to own an amount equal to at least one and a half times their annual base salaries and (iv) other key executives are expected to own an amount equal to at least one times their annual base salaries. This policythat is designed to increase our executives’ ownership stake in our company and align their interests with the intereststhose of our shareholders. “Ownership” for purposes of this policy is defined to include

MULTIPLE OF BASE SALARY
REQUIRED
COMPLIANCE STATUS AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2020
Brian L. Roberts10xIn compliance
Michael J. Cavanagh3xIn compliance
David N. Watson3xIn compliance
Jeffrey Shell3xIn compliance
Thomas J. Reid3xIn compliance

“Ownership” includes (i) stock owned directly or indirectly, and(ii) shares credited under our employee stock purchase plan, which must be held for one year from the date credited, but “ownership” does not include any stock held in margin accounts or pledged as collateral for a loan (although none of our NEOs holds any stock in a margin account or has pledged any stock as collateral). In addition, “ownership” includesand (iii) 60% of deferred vested shares, shares deemed invested in the company stock fund under our restricted stock plandeferred compensation plans and thepre-tax net number of shares deliverable upon the exercise of vested stock options. In determining compliance, the Compensation Committee may take into accountconsider any noncompliance that occurs solely or primarily as a result offrom a decline in the market price of our stock. All of our NEOs were in compliance with the requirements of our stock ownership policy as of December 31, 2018. If an executive is not in compliance, he or she is prohibited from selling our stock (unless a hardship exemption is granted).

Policies Regarding Trading Activities and Prohibitions on Hedging and Pledging

Our trading policy prohibits our executive officers, certain other high-level employees and directors from buying or selling any of our securities during specified blackout periods, and, when outside of those blackout periods, they may only buy or sell our securities with the prior approval of our General Counsel.in accordance with internal procedures. This seeks to ensure that theour executive officers and directors will not trade in our securities at a time when they are in possession of material, nonpublic information. In addition, our

Our executive officers and directors are prohibited from using any strategies or products (including derivative securities, such as put or call options, or short-selling techniques) to hedge against potential changes in the value of our stock. Executive officers and directors are also may not hold Comcastprohibited from holding our stock in margin accounts or pledgepledging our stock as collateral for a loan, unless it is approved by the Chair of our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee or his or her designee, who will consider such items as he or she deems relevant, including the amount of the pledge as compared to both our average daily trading volume and the total value of Comcast stock held by such person, as well as such person’s ability to repay any loans secured by Comcast stock or to substitute other assets as collateral.loan.

No Automatic Payments in Connection with a Change in Control

We generally do not have any benefits, such as accelerated vesting of equity awards, that are “triggered” automatically as a result of a “change in control” (a “single trigger”) or the occurrence of one or more specified events (a “double trigger”) that may follow a change in control, such as termination of employment without cause. Instead, we believe it is in the best interests of our company for our Board and Compensation Committee, who are subject to fiduciary obligations to act in a manner they believe to be in the best interests of our company and shareholders, to retain the discretion to determine whether it is appropriate to accelerate the vesting of stock options and/or stock units or provide other benefits in connection with a particular change in control transaction.

Mr. Roberts’ employment agreement provides that if his employment is terminated following a change in control, that termination will be treated as a termination without cause for the purpose of determining his benefits in those circumstances under his employment agreement. The Compensation Committee approved this provision as a fair and reasonable protection for our Chief Executive Officer in the event of a change in control.

Payments in Connection with a Termination of Employment

Payments to our NEOs upon a termination of employment are described under the “Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” table below. These compensation arrangements are contained in each NEO’s employment or other agreements which are summarized below under “Agreements with Our Named Executive Officers,” and are not a factor in the Compensation Committee’s determination of current year compensation elements. These arrangements were arrived at as a result ofarm’s-length negotiations in connection with entering into each such agreement, based on the Compensation Committee’s decision that it was appropriate to provide more favorable arrangements than those offered to nonexecutive employees upon termination of employment.

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Recoupment (or “Clawback”) Policy

We have an incentive compensation recoupment (or “clawback”) policy providing that, if it is determined by our Board that gross negligence, intentional misconduct or fraud by one of our executive officers or former executive officers caused or partially caused the restatement of all or a portion of our financial statements, the Board, in its sole discretion, may, to the extent permitted by law and our benefit plans, policies and agreements, and to the extent it determines in its sole judgment that it is in our best interests to do so, require repayment of all or a portion of any annual cash bonus, vested stock units (time- or performance-based) or other incentive-based compensation paid to such executive officer or former executive officer (and/or effect the cancellation of unvested stock units) if: (i) the amount or vesting of the incentive-based compensation was calculated based upon, or contingent on, the achievement of financial or operating results that were the subject of or affected by the restatement and (ii) the amount or vesting of the incentive-based compensation would have been less had the financial statements been correct. Our Compensation Committee and the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee review this policy from time to time, and they will review it following the SEC’s adoption of a final rule under the Dodd-Frank Act regarding incentive-based compensation recoupment.

Award Timing

Our annual equity incentive awards have been granted on the secondbi-weekly pay date in March to employees other than those at NBCUniversal and Sky, who have received awards on each March 1st. These annual awards are approved by the Compensation Committee at a meeting on or prior to the grant date. Ouroff-cycle awards (for new hires,mid-year promotions, etc.) are granted in accordance withpre-established grant date schedules. In 2020, our annual equity incentive awards were granted before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared.

Tax and Accounting Considerations

The Compensation Committee takes into consideration theconsiders accounting and tax implications of our compensation and benefit programs, including with respect to the tax deductibility of our executive compensation. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code generally limits the tax deductibility of compensation paid by public companies to certain executive officers to $1 million. In the exercise of its business judgment and in accordance with its compensation philosophy, the Compensation Committee has previously awarded, and continues to have the flexibility to award, compensation that is not tax deductible if it determines that such award is in our shareholders’ best interests.

In addition, the Internal Revenue Code limits the amount that companies can deduct for the personal use of Company-provided aircraft to the amount recognized as income by the executives who used the aircraft. In 2018,2020, the total amount of our disallowed tax deduction resulting from the personal use of Company-provided aircraft by our NEOs and any guests was approximately $8.8$3.6 million.

Other Considerations

The Compensation Committee is aware that Mr. Brian L. Roberts is our shareholder with the greatest beneficial voting power. The Compensation Committee maintains an objective stance toward Mr. Brian L. Roberts’ compensation. The Compensation Committee uses the same methods, tools and processes to determine Mr. Roberts’ compensation as it does for our other NEOs.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORTCompensation Committee Report

We, the members of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, have reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis. Based on this review and discussion, we have recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.

Members of the Compensation Committee

Edward D. Breen (Chair)

Gerald L. Hassell

David C. Novak

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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLEExecutive Compensation Tables

The following table sets forth specified information regarding the compensation for 2018, 2017 and 2016 of our 2018 NEOs:

Summary Compensation Table

Our NEOs are: our Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Mr. Brian L. Roberts), our Chief Financial Officer (Mr. Michael J. Cavanagh) and our next three most highly compensated executive officers (Messrs. Stephen B. Burke, David L. Cohen and David N. Watson)Watson, Jeffrey Shell and Thomas J. Reid). Information is presented only for 2020 for Messrs. Shell and Reid, who first became NEOs with respect to 2020.

 

          

  Name and Principal
  Position

 

 

Year

 

 

Salary

 

 

Bonus

 

 

Stock
Awards(1)

 

 

Option
Awards(2)

 

 

Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation(3)

 

 

Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings(4)

 

 

All Other
Compensation(5)

 

 

Total

 

Brian L. Roberts

   2018   $3,196,313      $5,328,517   $5,351,060   $10,739,611   $5,695,338   $4,715,368   $35,026,207  

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

   2017   3,103,566      5,337,864   5,350,848   9,124,484   5,144,047   4,459,415   32,520,224
   2016   3,013,510      5,348,520   5,351,730   10,667,827   4,321,973   4,259,931   32,963,491
                  
                  

Michael J. Cavanagh

   2018   1,955,231      3,983,004   4,001,855   6,569,575   2,952,011   2,240,023   21,701,699

Chief Financial Officer

   2017   1,898,496      3,992,184   3,999,912   5,581,578   2,523,815   2,150,016   20,146,001
   2016   1,843,408      9,499,861   4,002,920   6,525,663   1,287,390   2,547,607   25,706,849

Stephen B. Burke

   2018   2,967,198      5,328,517   5,351,060   9,969,786   11,680,195   4,662,259   39,959,015

President and CEO of NBCUniversal

   2017   2,881,100      5,337,864   15,350,857   8,470,433   10,160,248   4,336,848   46,537,350
   2016   2,797,499      5,340,465   15,351,744   9,903,148   8,561,496   4,117,532   46,071,884

David L. Cohen

   2018   1,565,133      3,733,174   2,752,750   4,382,373   4,988,634   1,693,412   19,115,476

Senior Executive Vice President

   2017   1,519,718      3,741,738   2,750,592   3,723,309   4,499,584   1,514,268   17,749,209
   2016   1,475,621      3,747,276   2,748,000   4,353,081   4,096,179   1,480,857   17,901,014

David N. Watson

   2018   1,538,914      2,740,992   2,748,460   4,188,344   2,015,073   1,521,216   14,752,999

President and CEO of Comcast Cable(6)

   2017   1,377,890      3,744,044   1,249,320   2,352,017   1,809,743   810,480   11,343,494
                  

NAME AND
PRINCIPAL POSITION
     YEAR     SALARY(1)
($)
     STOCK
AWARDS(2)
($)
     OPTION
AWARDS(3)
($)
     NON-EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN
COMPENSATION(4)
($)
     CHANGE IN
PENSION
VALUE AND
EARNINGS ON
NONQUALIFIED
DEFERRED
COMPENSATION(5)
($)
     ALL OTHER
COMPENSATION(6)
($)
     TOTAL
($)
Brian L. Roberts
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
 2020 3,439,245 10,585,278 10,600,149 7,738,302 150,134 200,159 32,713,267
 2019 3,291,832 5,330,304 5,350,324 9,974,249 7,560,231 4,863,243 36,370,183
 2018 3,196,313 5,328,517 5,351,060 10,739,611 5,695,338 4,715,368 35,026,207
Michael J. Cavanagh
Chief Financial Officer
 2020 2,388,462 7,039,868 7,050,441 5,374,039 3,335,892 62,088 25,250,790
 2019 2,285,908 6,725,376 4,749,955 6,926,300 3,831,120 2,280,818 26,799,477
 2018 1,955,231 3,983,004 4,001,855 6,569,575 2,952,011 2,240,023 21,701,699
David N. Watson
CEO of Comcast Cable
 2020 2,039,794 4,195,048 4,199,443 5,943,952 3,285,243 25,651 19,689,131
 2019 1,813,904 3,237,696 3,251,010 4,580,108 2,522,306 1,534,454 16,939,478
 2018 1,538,914 2,740,992 2,748,460 4,188,344 2,015,073 1,521,216 14,752,999
Jeffrey Shell 2020 2,614,534 3,744,972 3,750,179 5,882,702 545,769 10,000 16,548,156
CEO of NBCUniversal                
Thomas J. Reid 2020 1,594,904 2,246,134 2,250,891 3,189,808 329 10,000 9,292,066
Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary
                
(1)(1)Salary amounts for 2020 include 27 bi-weekly pay periods compared to 26 in 2019. From April 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, Messrs. Roberts, Cavanagh, Watson and Shell donated 100% of their 2020 salaries to charities to support COVID-19 relief efforts. Salary amounts for 2020 include the following salary donations by Messrs. Roberts, Cavanagh, Watson and Shell: $1,655,933, $1,150,000, $1,000,000 and $1,250,000, respectively.
(2)

The amounts in this column for 2018Amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of PSUs or RSUs granted to the NEOs in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation (FASB(“FASB ASC Topic 718)718”). These amounts, which do not correspond to the actual value that may be realized by the NEOs, were calculated using the valuation assumptions discussed in the “Share-Based Compensation” footnote to the financial statements in our Annual ReportReports on Form10-K for the yearyears ended December 31, 2018.2018, 2019 and 2020. The amounts were determined by multiplying the Class A common stock closing price on the date of grant by the number of shares subject to the grant and, for PSUs as defined in the Glossary to FASB ASC Topic 718, taking into account the probable outcome of the PSUs’ performance conditions as of the date of grant and excluding the effect of estimated forfeitures in accordance with SEC rules. The amounts were also discounted to consider that dividend equivalents that accrue during the vesting period are not paid out until the underlying shares vest. The following are the values of the PSUs as of thetheir grant date assuming attainment of the maximum level of performance: Mr. Roberts ($6,660,539)13,231,470), Mr. Cavanagh ($4,978,755)8,799,750), Mr. Burke ($6,660,539), Mr. Cohen ($4,666,396) and Mr. Watson ($3,426,240)5,243,810) and Mr. Shell ($4,681,130).

(3)(2)

The amounts in this column for 2018Amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of stock options granted to the NEOs in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Under SEC rules, the amounts shown exclude the impact of estimated forfeitures. These amounts, which do not correspond to the actual value that may be realized by the NEOs, were calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricingoption pricing model, based upon the following valuation assumptions for options granted in March 20182020 to our NEOs for their annual option awards: an expected volatility of 22.0%21.0%, an expected term to exercise of 6.0 years, an interest rate of 2.72%0.95% and a dividend yield of 2.12%2.16%. For information on valuation assumptions with respect to grants made before 2018,2020, refer to the footnotes in the “Summary Compensation Table” in our definitive proxy statements filed with the SEC in 20172019 and 2018. See the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below for additional information on options granted in 2018.

2020.

(4)(3)

The amounts in this columnAmounts represent annual performance-based bonuses earned by our NEOs under our 2006 Cash Bonus Plan.cash bonus plans. See the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below and “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Design and Structure of 2020 Executive Compensation — Compensation Decisions for 2018 — Annual Cash Bonus” above for additional information on these bonuses and the achievement of specified metrics in 2018.

2020.

(5)(4)

The amounts in this columnAmounts represent the dollar value of interest earned on compensation deferred in “income funds” under our deferred compensation plans in excess of 120% of the long-term applicable federal rate. The interest crediting rates on deferred compensation were 9% or 12%, depending on a variety of factors as more fully discussed inSee “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in and as of FiscalYear-End” below.

(6)(5)

The amounts in this columnAmounts for 20182020 include: (a) Companycompany contributions in January 2020 to our retirement-investment plan accounts in the amount of $10,000 for each NEO; (b) Company contributions to our deferred compensation plans (Mr. Roberts, $4,432,366; Mr. Cavanagh, $1,984,500; Mr. Burke, $4,254,272; Mr. Cohen, $1,407,099; and Mr. Watson, $1,407,099); and (c)(b) amounts on account of personal use of Company-provided aircraft (Mr. Roberts, $273,002;$190,159; Mr. Cavanagh, $245,523; Mr. Burke, $397,987; Mr. Cohen, $276,313;$52,088; and Mr. Watson, $104,117)$15,651).

For security and business reasons, Company practices and policy strongly encourage, and in some cases may require, Mr. Roberts to use Company-provided aircraft for business and personal travel. Our other NEOs also have access to Company-provided aircraft for personal travel, as it affords all of our NEOs greater security, allows travel time to be used productively and enables them to be immediately available to respond to business priorities from any location.
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For security and business reasons, Company practices and policy strongly encourage, and in some cases may require, Messrs. Roberts and Burke to use Company-provided aircraft for business and personal travel. Our other NEOs also have access to Company-provided aircraft for personal travel, as it affords allTable of our NEOs greater security, allows travel time to be used productively and enables them to be immediately available to respond to business priorities from any location. Our policy allows an NEO to bring guests, such as family members, on flights on Company-provided aircraft. The NEOs are required to pay us for personal use of Company-provided aircraft in amounts determined by Company policy. The NEOs are imputed income for costs related to use of Company-provided aircraft when required under Internal Revenue Code guidelines. We do not reimburse the NEOs for any taxes incurred as a result of imputed income. In addition, the Internal Revenue Code limits the amount that we can deduct for the personal use of Company-provided aircraft to the amount recognized as income by our executives who use the aircraft; the amounts in the table above do not include our 2018 disallowed tax deduction of $8.8 million resulting from the personal use of Company-provided aircraft by our NEOs and any guests.

The amounts reflected for each NEO on account of personal use of Company-provided aircraft indicate the extent to which the incremental cost of such use exceeds the amount paid to us by the NEO. The aggregate incremental cost for a personal flight on a charter plane is the cost of the flight as charged to us by the charter company. The aggregate incremental cost for a personal flight taken on a third party-owned plane that is serviced by us includes all variable costs attributable to that flight (including for repositioning flights), such as fuel, trip and allocable maintenance expenses and third-party lease payments. The aggregate incremental cost for a personal flight on a Company plane includes all variable costs for the year, such as fuel, maintenance and other trip expenses, to arrive at a variable cost per hour that we then multiply by the number of hours the NEO used the aircraft for personal travel (including the hours for repositioning flights). These methodologies exclude fixed costs, as these costs do not change based on usage.

For all other benefits that would otherwise be considered perquisites, our NEOs are required to pay us in full (and have paid us in full) for such benefits.

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 (6)Our policy allows an NEO to bring guests, such as family members, on flights on Company-provided aircraft. The NEOs are required to pay us for personal use of Company-provided aircraft in amounts determined by Company policy. The NEOs are imputed income for costs related to use of Company-provided aircraft when required under Internal Revenue Code guidelines. We do not reimburse the NEOs for any taxes incurred as a result of imputed income. In addition, the Internal Revenue Code limits the amount that we can deduct for the personal use of Company-provided aircraft to the amount recognized as income by our executives who use the aircraft; the amounts in the table above do not include our 2020 disallowed tax deduction of $3.6 million resulting from the personal use of Company-provided aircraft by our NEOs and any guests.

Effective April 1, 2017, Mr. Watson was appointedThe amounts reflected for each NEO on account of personal use of Company-provided aircraft indicate the extent to which the incremental cost of such use exceeds the amount paid to us by the NEO. The aggregate incremental cost for a personal flight on a charter plane is the cost of the flight as Presidentcharged to us by the charter company. The aggregate incremental cost for a personal flight taken on a third party-owned plane that is serviced by us includes all variable costs attributable to that flight (including for repositioning flights), such as fuel, trip and CEOallocable maintenance expenses and third-party lease payments. The aggregate incremental cost for a personal flight on a Company plane includes all variable costs for the year, such as fuel, maintenance and other trip expenses, to arrive at a variable cost per hour that we then multiply by the number of Comcast Cable. Compensation is shown onlyhours the NEO used the aircraft for 2017 and 2018 because Mr. Watson waspersonal travel (including the hours for repositioning flights). These methodologies exclude fixed costs, as these costs do not an executive officer priorchange based on usage.

For all other benefits that would otherwise be considered perquisites, our NEOs are required to his becoming President and CEO of Comcast Cable.

pay us in full (and have paid us in full) for such benefits.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS

The table below provides information about equity andnon-equity awards granted to our NEOs in 20182020 as follows: (1) the grant date for equity awards; (2) the estimated future payouts undernon-equity incentive plan awards (columns (a), (b) and (c)); (3) the estimated future payouts under equity incentive plan awards, which consist of PSUs (columns (d), (e) and (f)); (4) RSU awards that were not performance-based (column (g)); (5) option awards, which consist of the number of shares underlying stock options (column (g)(h)); (5)(6) the exercise price of the stock option awards, which reflects the closing price of our Class A common stock on the date of grant (column (h)(i)); and (6)(7) the grant date fair value of each equity award computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 (column (i)(j)).

 

     

Estimated Future Payouts Under
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1)

 

  

Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity

Incentive Plan Awards(2)

 

  

 

All Other Option
Awards: Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options(3)

(g)

 

  

Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards

(h)

 

  

Grant Date
Fair Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards(4)

(i)

 

   Name

 

 

Grant Date

 

  

Threshold

(a)

 

  

Target

(b)

 

  

Maximum

(c)

 

  

Threshold

(d)

 

  

Target

(e)

 

  

Maximum

(f)

 

 

Brian L.

Roberts

     $2,109,567   $9,588,939   $16,540,920       
  3/16/2018      37,322   149,300   186,622     $5,328,517   
  3/16/2018         748,400   $35.83   5,351,060 

Michael J.

Cavanagh

     1,290,452   5,865,693   10,118,320       
  3/16/2018      27,900   111,600   139,500     3,983,004 
  3/16/2018         559,700   35.83   4,001,855 

Stephen B.

Burke

     2,136,383   8,901,594   15,132,710       
  3/16/2018      37,322   149,300   186,622     5,328,517 
  3/16/2018         748,400   35.83   5,351,060 

David L.

Cohen

     860,823   3,912,833   6,749,637      
  3/16/2018      26,148   104,600   130,748     3,733,174 
  3/16/2018         385,000   35.83   2,752,750 

David N.

Watson

     747,919   3,739,593   6,544,287      
  3/16/2018      19,200   76,800   96,000     2,740,992 
  3/16/2018         384,400   35.83   2,748,460 

    ESTIMATED FUTURE PAYOUTS UNDER
NON-EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
AWARDS(1)
($)
 ESTIMATED FUTURE PAYOUTS
UNDER EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN AWARDS(2)
 ALL OTHER
STOCK
AWARDS:
NUMBER
OF SHARES
OF STOCK
 ALL OTHER
OPTION
AWARDS:
NUMBER OF
SECURITIES
UNDERLYING
 EXERCISE
OR BASE
PRICE OF
OPTION
AWARDS
 GRANT
DATE
FAIR VALUE
OF STOCK
AND OPTION
AWARDS(4)
NAME   GRANT
DATE
   THRESHOLD
(a)
   TARGET
(b)
   MAXIMUM
(c)
   THRESHOLD
(d)
   TARGET
(e)
   MAXIMUM
(f)
   OR UNITS(2)
(g)
   OPTIONS(3)
(h)
   ($)
(i)
   ($)
(j)
Brian L.
Roberts
  2,063,547 10,317,735 18,056,036              
 3/2/2020       62,322 249,300 311,622       10,585,278
  3/2/2020               1,623,300 42.52 10,600,149
Michael J.
Cavanagh
  1,433,077 7,165,386 12,539,426              
 3/2/2020       41,448 165,800 207,248       7,039,868
  3/2/2020               1,079,700 42.52 7,050,441
David N.
Watson
  1,223,876 6,119,382 10,708,919              
 3/2/2020       24,700 98,800 123,500       4,195,048
  3/2/2020               643,100 42.52 4,199,443
Jeffrey
Shell
  1,568,720 7,843,602 13,726,304              
 3/2/2020       22,048 88,200 110,248       3,744,972
  3/2/2020               574,300 42.52 3,750,179
Thomas J.
Reid
  574,165 3,189,808 5,661,909              
 3/2/2020             52,900     2,246,134
  3/2/2020               344,700 42.52 2,250,891
(1)

(1)

Represents annual performance-based bonus awards granted under our 2006 Cash Bonus Plan.cash bonus plans. The actual amounts earned with respect to these bonuses for 2018 are included in the “Summary Compensation Table” above under the“Non-Equity “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column.

(2)

(2)

The amounts in columns (d) through (f) represent shares of our Class A common stock underlying PSUs granted under our 2002 Restricted Stock Plan. Amounts in columns (d) though (f) represent shares underlying PSUsPlan that vest based on the achievement of the performance condition as described above in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Design and Structure of 2020 Executive Compensation Decisions for 2018 — Equity-Based Incentive Compensation.” The PSUsRSUs in column (g) vest as follows: 15% on the13-month anniversary and the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant and 40% on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant. Dividend equivalents accrue on shares underlying PSUs, although the amounts will only will be paid (without interest) if and when the shares underlying PSUs vest.

 

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(3)

The amounts in this column represent shares of our Class A common stock underlying stock options granted under our 2003 Stock Option Plan. Options become exercisable as follows: 30% of the shares become exercisable on the second anniversary of the date of grant, 15% on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the date of grant, 5% on each of the sixth through ninth anniversaries of the date of grant and 5% on thenine-and-a-half-year anniversary of the date of grant.

(4)

(4)

The amounts in this column represent the grant date fair value of PSUs, RSUs and stock options computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. These amounts do not necessarily correspond to the actual value that may be realized by the NEOs. The grant date fair value of PSUs and RSUs was determined as described in footnote (1)(2) to the “Summary Compensation Table.” Amounts with respect to stock options were calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricingoption pricing model, based upon the assumptions set forth in footnote (2) to the “Summary Compensation Table.”

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCALYEAR-END

The following table provides information on the holdings of stock optionoptions and stock awards by our NEOs as of December 31, 2018.2020. This table includes unexercised vested and unvested options to purchase shares of Class A common stock (see columns (a), (b), (c) and (d)), unvested restricted stock units (“RSUs”)RSUs with respect to shares of Class A common stock (see columns (e) and (f)) and unvested PSUs with respect to shares of Class A common stock (see columns (g) and (h)). The vesting schedules for these grants are disclosed in the footnotes to this table. The market value of stock awards is based on the closing market price of a share of our Class A common stock as of December 31, 2018,2020, or $34.05.$52.40.

 

  Option Awards  Stock Awards 

  Name

 

 

Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable

(a)

  

Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable

(b)

  

Option
Exercise
Price

(c)

  

Option
Expiration
Date

(d)

  

Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested(5)

(e)

  

Market Value
of Shares or
Units of Stock
That Have
Not Vested

(f)

  

Equity Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned Shares,
Units or Other
Rights That Have
Not Vested(5)

(g)

  

 

Equity Incentive Plan
Awards: Market
Value or Payout
Value of Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights That
Have Not Vested

(h)

 

  Brian L. Roberts

        
        338,347  $11,520,715 
  2,290,000      $7.270   03/26/2019     
  2,084,400   231,600(2)   9.170   03/25/2020     
  1,426,300   251,700(2)   12.510   03/24/2021     
  1,048,000   262,000(2)   14.995   03/22/2022     
  909,000   303,000(2)   20.610   03/21/2023     
  579,000   386,000(2)   25.000   03/20/2024     
  408,420   499,180(2)   29.725   03/19/2025     
  280,440   654,360(2)   29.880   03/17/2026     
     768,800(2)   37.460   03/16/2027     
     748,400(2)   35.830   03/15/2028     

  Michael J. Cavanagh

        
        485,879   16,544,180 
  321,732   393,228(2)   28.320   05/14/2025     
  209,760   489,440(2)   29.880   03/17/2026     
     574,700(2)   37.460   03/16/2027     
     559,700(2)   35.830   03/15/2028     

  Stephen B. Burke

        
        666,749   22,702,803 
  184,000      7.270   03/26/2019     
  93,300   186,600(2)   9.170   03/25/2020     
  649,200   202,800(2)   12.510   03/24/2021     
  1,020,800   255,200(2)   14.995   03/22/2022     
  802,500   267,500(2)   20.610   03/21/2023     
  579,000   386,000(2)   25.000   03/20/2024     
  408,420   499,180(2)   29.725   03/19/2025     
  280,440   654,360(2)   29.880   03/17/2026     
     1,389,856(3)   33.695   08/04/2026     
     1,941,134(4)   37.460   03/16/2027     
     748,400(2)   35.830   03/15/2028     

  David L. Cohen

        
        473,124   16,109,872 
  1,080,000      7.270   03/26/2019     
  986,040(1)   109,560(2)   9.170   03/25/2020     
  674,900   119,100(2)   12.510   03/24/2021     
  600,000   150,000(2)   14.995   03/22/2022     
  471,000   157,000(2)   20.610   03/21/2023     

  Option Awards  Stock Awards 

  Name

 

 

Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable

(a)

  

Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable

(b)

  

Option
Exercise
Price

(c)

  

Option
Expiration
Date

(d)

  

Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested(5)

(e)

  

Market Value
of Shares or
Units of Stock
That Have
Not Vested

(f)

  

Equity Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned Shares,
Units or Other
Rights That Have
Not Vested(5)

(g)

  

Equity Incentive Plan
Awards: Market
Value or Payout
Value of Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights That
Have Not Vested

(h)

 
  299,520   199,680(2)   25.000   03/20/2024     
  211,410   258,390(2)   29.725   03/19/2025     
  144,000   336,000(2)   29.880   03/17/2026     
     395,200(2)   37.460   03/16/2027     
     385,000(2)   35.830   03/15/2028     

David N. Watson

        
      100,750  $3,430,538   184,942   6,297,275 
  428,000      7.270   03/26/2019     
  423,000   47,000(2)   9.170   03/25/2020     
  79,314      12.630   02/24/2021     
  280,500   49,500(2)   12.510   03/24/2021     
  248,000   62,000(2)   14.995   03/22/2022     
  213,300   71,100(2)   20.610   03/21/2023     
  135,360   90,240(2)   25.000   03/20/2024     
  95,580   116,820(2)   29.725   03/19/2025     
  65,580   153,020(2)   29.880   03/17/2026     
     179,500(2)   37.460   03/16/2027     
     384,400(2)   35.830   03/15/2028     

  OPTION AWARDS STOCK AWARDS
NAME    NUMBER OF
SECURITIES
UNDERLYING
UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS
EXERCISABLE
(a)
    NUMBER OF
SECURITIES
UNDERLYING
UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS
UNEXERCISABLE(3)
(b)
    OPTION
EXERCISE
PRICE
($)
(c)
    OPTION
EXPIRATION
DATE
(d)
    NUMBER OF
SHARES OR
UNITS OF
STOCK THAT
HAVE NOT
VESTED(4)
(e)
    MARKET
VALUE OF
SHARES OR
UNITS OF
STOCK
THAT HAVE
NOT VESTED
(f)
    EQUITY
INCENTIVE
PLAN AWARDS:
NUMBER OF
UNEARNED
SHARES,
UNITS OR
OTHER
RIGHTS
THAT HAVE
NOT VESTED(4)
(g)
    EQUITY
INCENTIVE
PLAN AWARDS:
MARKET VALUE
OR PAYOUT
VALUE OF
UNEARNED
SHARES,
UNITS OR OTHER
RIGHTS THAT
HAVE
NOT VESTED
($)
(h)
Brian L. Roberts             680,894 35,678,846
  1,678,000  12.510 03/24/2021        
  1,179,000 131,000 14.995 03/22/2022        
  1,030,200 181,800 20.610 03/21/2023        
  772,000 193,000 25.000 03/20/2024        
  680,700 226,900 29.725 03/19/2025        
  560,880 373,920 29.880 03/17/2026        
  345,960 422,840 37.460 03/16/2027        
  224,520 523,880 35.830 03/15/2028        
   676,400 40.470 03/14/2029        
   1,623,300 42.520 03/01/2030        
Michael J. Cavanagh             609,148 31,919,355
  536,220(1) 178,740 28.320 05/14/2025        
  419,520(2) 279,680 29.880 03/17/2026        
  258,615(2) 316,085 37.460 03/16/2027        
  167,910(2) 391,790 35.830 03/15/2028        
   600,500 40.470 03/14/2029        
   1,079,700 42.520 03/01/2030        
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  OPTION AWARDS STOCK AWARDS
NAME    NUMBER OF
SECURITIES
UNDERLYING
UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS
EXERCISABLE
(a)
    NUMBER OF
SECURITIES
UNDERLYING
UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS
UNEXERCISABLE(3)
(b)
    OPTION
EXERCISE
PRICE
($)
(c)
    OPTION
EXPIRATION
DATE
(d)
    NUMBER OF
SHARES OR
UNITS OF
STOCK THAT
HAVE NOT
VESTED(4)
(e)
    MARKET
VALUE OF
SHARES OR
UNITS OF
STOCK
THAT HAVE
NOT VESTED
(f)
    EQUITY
INCENTIVE
PLAN AWARDS:
NUMBER OF
UNEARNED
SHARES,
UNITS OR
OTHER
RIGHTS
THAT HAVE
NOT VESTED(4)
(g)
    EQUITY
INCENTIVE
PLAN AWARDS:
MARKET VALUE
OR PAYOUT
VALUE OF
UNEARNED
SHARES,
UNITS OR OTHER
RIGHTS THAT
HAVE
NOT VESTED
($)
(h)
David N. Watson         35,090 1,838,716 322,300 16,888,520
  79,314  12.630 02/24/2021        
  330,000  12.510 03/24/2021        
  138,000 31,000 14.995 03/22/2022        
  171,240 42,660 20.610 03/21/2023        
  180,480 45,120 25.000 03/20/2024        
  159,300 53,100 29.725 03/19/2025        
  107,660 87,440 29.880 03/17/2026        
  80,775 98,725 37.460 03/16/2027        
  115,320 269,080 35.830 03/15/2028        
   411,000 40.470 03/14/2029        
   643,100 42.520 03/01/2030        
Jeffrey Shell         216,769 11,358,696 110,248 5,776,995
   303,040 44.090 12/19/2029        
   574,300 42.520 03/01/2030        
Thomas J. Reid         119,200 6,246,080    
   344,700 42.520 03/01/2030        
(1)Mr. CohenCavanagh assigned to a family trust a portion of these options representing 328,680321,732 shares.

 (2)

Mr. Cavanagh assigned these options to a family trust.

(3)The expiration date occurs one day prior to the tenth anniversary of the grant date. Shares underlying stock options as of the respective grant date had the following vesting schedule: 30%, 15%, 15%, 15%, 5%, 5%, 5%, 5% and 5% on the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and nine and a half anniversaries of the grant date, respectively.

 

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 (3)(4)

The expiration date occurs one day prior to the tenth anniversary of the grant date. Shares underlying the stock options vest on August 14, 2023.

(4)

The expiration date occurs one day prior to the tenth anniversary of the grant date. Shares underlying 1,172,334 of the stock options vest on August 14, 2023; shares underlying 768,800 of the stock options as of the grant date had the following vesting schedule: 30%, 15%, 15%, 15%, 5%, 5%, 5%, 5% and 5% on the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and nine and a half anniversaries of the grant date, respectively.

(5)

The number of shares underlying each outstanding stock unit(a) for the NEOs that remain subject to vesting are as follows:

      

        Grant Date

 

  

Brian L.

Roberts

 

  

 

Michael J.
Cavanagh

 

  

Stephen B.
Burke

 

  

David L.

Cohen

 

  

David N.
Watson

 

 

    03/21/2014

         85,600(2)   44,240(1)   20,000(1) 

    03/20/2015

         117,502(1)   51,150(1)   23,100(1) 

    05/15/2015

      77,704(3)          

    09/18/2015

               17,416(4) 

    10/30/2015

            52,712(1)    

    03/18/2016

      155,200(5)   125,300(1)   87,920(1)   29,260(1) 

    03/17/2017

   151,725(6)   113,475(6)   151,725(6)   106,354(6)   28,390(1) 

    04/14/2017

               71,526(7) 

    03/16/2018

   186,622(8)   139,500(8)   186,622(8)   130,748(8)   96,000(8) 

   BRIAN L. MICHAEL J. DAVID N. JEFFREY THOMAS J.
 GRANT DATE ROBERTS     CAVANAGH     WATSON     SHELL     REID
 03/01/2016           29,728    
 03/18/2016     53,600(b)  16,720       
 03/01/2017           36,586    
 03/17/2017  98,175(c)  73,425(c)  18,370       
 04/14/2017        46,282(d)      
 03/01/2018           47,894    
 03/16/2018  130,636(e)  97,650(e)  67,200(e)      
 03/01/2019           54,349    
 03/15/2019  140,461(f)  177,225(f)  85,318(f)      
 07/05/2019               66,300 
 12/20/2019           48,212    
 03/02/2020  311,622(g)  207,248(g)  123,500(g)  110,248   52,900 
 (1)(a)

TheExcept as otherwise described in footnote (b), all stock units granted as of the respective grant date had the following vesting schedule: 15%, 15%, 15%, 15% and 40% on the13-month, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, respectively.

 (2)(b)

The PSUs granted as of the grant date had the following vesting schedule: 42.1%, 10.2%, 10.2%, 10.2% and 27.3% on the13-month, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, respectively.

(3)

The PSUs granted as of the grant date had the following vesting schedule: 69.3%, 8.7%, 8.7%, 3.6% and 9.7% on the13-month, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, respectively.

(4)

Reflects the number of shares underlying PSUs that, as of December 31, 2018, may be achieved assuming maximum attainment of a performance condition relating to a customer service metric. The PSUs as of the grant date had the following vesting schedule: 33 1/3% on each of January 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The performance condition for the last portion of the award scheduled to vest on January 31, 2019 was not achieved, and, therefore, 17,416 shares reflected in the table above were not achieved.

(5)

The PSUs granted as of the grant date had the following vesting schedule: 25.6%, 25.6%, 25.6%, 6.3% and 16.8% on the13-month, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, respectively.

 (6)(c)

Reflects the number of shares underlying PSUs that, as of December 31, 2018,2020, may be achieved assuming maximum attainment of a performance condition, which would result in 125% vesting of the award. The PSUs as of the grant date had the following vesting schedule: 15%, 15%, 15%, 15% and 40% on the13-month, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. In February 2018, the Compensation Committee certified performance for the first tranche of PSUs, resulting in attainment of 114.5% of the award as follows: Mr. Roberts, 163,502 shares; and Mr. Cavanagh, 122,282 shares; Mr. Burke, 163,502 shares; and Mr. Cohen, 114,613 shares. The second tranche of PSUs wasthrough fourth tranches were earned at the same percentage level as the first tranche, because the attainment of the performance condition for the second tranchethose tranches was not above 114.5%. Because the performance condition for the first and secondthese tranches werewas deemed achieved at 114.5% (rather than at maximum performance of 125%), (i) 10.5% of the target shares underlying the first and secondthese four PSU tranches that would have vested on the13-month and second anniversaries of the date of grant were not achieved and (ii) 10.5% of the target shares underlying the remaining tranches of the PSUslast tranche may be earned based on achievement of the maximum performance conditions.

 (7)(d)

Reflects the number of shares underlying PSUs that, as of December 31, 2018,2020, may be achieved assuming maximum attainment of a performance condition, (which, for the first year’s tranche is an increase of 7.5% or greater in operating cash flow for the twelve-month period ended March 31, 2018 compared to the prior period, and for subsequent years is based on increases based on twelve-month periods ended December 31), which would result in 125% vesting of the award. The PSUs as of the grant date had the following vesting schedule: 15%, 15%, 15%, 15% and 40% on the13-month, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. In May 2018, the Compensation Committee certified performance for the first tranche of PSUs, resulting in attainment of 100% of the award.award (67,320 shares). The second through fourth tranches were earned at the same percentage level as the first tranche, because the attainment of the performance condition for those tranches was not above 100%. Because the performance condition for these tranches was deemed achieved at 100% (rather than at maximum performance of 125%), (i) 25% of the target shares underlying these four PSU tranches that would have vested were not achieved and (ii) 25% of the target shares underlying the last tranche may be earned based on achievement of the maximum performance conditions.

(e)Reflects the number of shares underlying PSUs that, as of December 31, 2020, may be achieved assuming maximum attainment of a performance condition, which would result in 125% vesting of the award. In February 2019, the Compensation Committee certified performance for the first tranche of PSUs, resulting in attainment of 108.3% of the award as follows: Mr. Roberts, 161,688 shares; Mr. Cavanagh, 120,861 shares; and Mr. Watson, 83,173 shares. The second and third tranches were earned at the same percentage level as the first tranche, because the attainment of the performance condition for these tranches was not above 108.3%. Because the performance condition for these tranches was deemed achieved at 108.3% (rather than at maximum performance of 125%), (i) 16.7% of the target shares underlying these three PSU tranches that would have vested were not achieved and (ii) 16.7% of the target shares underlying the remaining two tranches may be earned based on achievement of the maximum performance conditions.
(f)Reflects the number of shares underlying PSUs that, as of December 31, 2020, may be achieved assuming maximum attainment of a performance condition, which would result in 125% vesting of the award. In February 2020, the Compensation Committee certified performance for the first tranche of PSUs, resulting in attainment of 100% of the award as follows: Mr. Roberts, 132,200 shares; Mr. Cavanagh, 166,800 shares; and Mr. Watson, 80,300 shares. The second tranche was earned at the same percentage level as the first tranche, because the attainment of the performance condition for the second tranche was not above 100%. Because the performance condition for the first and secondthese tranches were deemedwas achieved at 100% (rather than at maximum performance of 125%), (i) 25% of the target shares underlying the first and secondthese two PSU tranches that would have vested on the13-month and second anniversaries of the date of grant were not achieved and (ii) 25% of the target shares underlying the remaining three tranches of the PSUs may be earned based on achievement of the maximum performance conditions.

 (8)(g)

Reflects the number of shares underlying PSUs that, as of December 31, 2018,2020, may be achieved assuming maximum attainment of a performance condition, which would result in 125% vesting of the award. The PSUs as of the grant date had the following vesting schedule: 15%, 15%, 15%, 15% and 40% on the13-month, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. In February 2019,2021, the Compensation Committee certified 0% performance for the first tranche of PSUs, resulting in attainment of 108.3% of the award as follows: Mr. Roberts, 161,688 shares; Mr. Cavanagh, 120,861 shares; Mr. Burke, 161,688 shares; Mr. Cohen, 113,280 shares; and Mr. Watson, 83,173 shares.PSUs. Because the performance condition forno shares underlying the first tranche waswere achieved, at 108.3% (rather than at maximum performance of 125%), (i) 16.7% of the target shares underlying the first PSU tranche that would have vested on the13-month anniversary of the date of grant were not achieved and (ii) 16.7% of the target shares underlying the remaining four tranches of the PSUs may be earned based on achievement of the maximum performance conditions. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Compensation Decisions for 2018 – Equity Based Incentive Compensation” above for additional details on the terms of these awards.

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested

OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED

The following table provides information, for each of our NEOs, on the number of options exercised and the value realized upon such exercise, and the number of shares of Class A common stock resulting from the vesting of stock awards and the value realized before payment of any applicable withholding tax during 2018.2020.

 

   

 

Option Awards

   

 

Stock Awards

 
                Name  

 

Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise

     

 

    Value    

    Realized on Exercise    

   

 

Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting

  

 

    Value    

    Realized on Vesting    

 

Brian L. Roberts

   806,000      $22,237,540    24,525(1)   $815,947(1) 

Michael J. Cavanagh

             150,460(1)   5,150,666(1) 

Stephen B. Burke

   564,240      17,150,059    206,961   7,031,493 

David L. Cohen

   560,000      13,160,000    154,148   5,276,011 

David N. Watson

   302,000      8,238,560    59,418   1,997,848 

  OPTION AWARDS STOCK AWARDS
  NUMBER OF VALUE NUMBER OF VALUE
  SHARES REALIZED ON SHARES REALIZED ON
  ACQUIRED ON EXERCISE ACQUIRED VESTING
NAME EXERCISE ($) ON VESTING ($)
Brian L. Roberts  1,166,000   41,725,310   68,608(1)  2,548,306 
Michael J. Cavanagh        138,103(1)  5,031,223 
David N. Watson  470,000   13,291,600   62,699   2,262,014 
Jeffrey Shell  712,000   23,336,045   78,896   3,340,307 
Thomas J. Reid        11,700(1)  494,793 
(1)

Mr. Roberts deferred the vesting of 21,85121,615, 21,857 and 17,673 of these PSUs on March 16, 2020, March 17, 2020 and April 17, 2018 and15, 2020, respectively, Mr. Cavanagh deferred the May 15, 2018March 18, 2020 vesting of 29,42620,100 of these PSUs.PSUs and Mr. Reid deferred the August 5, 2020 vesting of 11,700 of these RSUs. The value of the stock units realized on vesting is based on the value of a share of Class A common stock on the original vesting date, regardless of whether the vesting had been deferred. The actual value of the stock units realized upon settlement may be different than the value reflected in this table. The value realized on vesting also is reflected in the “Executive Contributions in Last FY” column of the “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in and as of FiscalYear-End” table immediately below; see footnote (6)(5) to that table for additional information regarding these PSU deferrals.

NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN AND AS OF FISCALYEAR-END

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in and as of Fiscal Year-End

The table below provides information on the nonqualified deferred compensation of our NEOs in and as of the end of 2018.2020.(1)

 

  Name  Executive
Contributions in
Last FY(2)
   Company
Contributions in
Last FY(3)
     Aggregate
Earnings in Last
FY(4)
     Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
      Aggregate    
    Balance at Last    
     FYE(5)    
 

  Brian L. Roberts

   $10,152,872(6)    $4,432,366      $8,353,727             $(14,630,863  $84,352,065 
   726,983(6)          261,597(6)          (8,574,691)(6)    

  Michael J. Cavanagh

   4,202,475(6)    1,984,500      4,960,598                60,947,224 
   941,926(6)          190,681(6)          (1,132,607   

  Stephen B. Burke

   9,188,349    4,254,272      16,908,433                165,704,403 

  David L. Cohen

   1,861,654    1,407,099      7,258,261                71,105,215 

  David N. Watson

   153,891    1,407,099      2,902,643                28,173,761 

    EXECUTIVE AGGREGATE AGGREGATE AGGREGATE
  TYPE OF CONTRIBUTIONS EARNINGS IN WITHDRAWALS/ BALANCE AT
     INVESTMENT    IN LAST FY(2)    LAST FY(3)    DISTRIBUTIONS    LAST FYE(4)
NAME FUND ($) ($) ($) ($)
Brian L. Roberts Income Fund  11,767,720(5)  341,750   (19,108,550)  1,480,812 
  Market Funds  14,218,577(5)  13,118,242(5)  (1,793,471)(5)  117,618,534 
Michael J. Cavanagh Income Fund  811,059(5)  4,156,794   (77,813,426)   
  Market Funds  78,452,812(5)  2,141,077(5)  (811,0559)  79,782,830 
David N. Watson Income Fund  203,979   3,840,243      37,301,412 
Jeffrey Shell Income Fund  3,881,500   669,227   (23,088,519)  8,669,948 
Thomas J. Reid Income Fund     13,391      13,391 
  Market Funds  494,793(5)  118,287(5)     613,080 
(1)

Amounts in this table have been deferred under our deferred compensation plans, except for deferrals of PSUsstock units with respect to shares of Class A common stock under our restricted stock plan, as more fully described in footnote (6)(5) to this table. Eligible employees and directors may participate in these plans.

As of March 1, 2021, amounts credited to an NEO’s account may only be invested notionally in a third-party mutual or exchange fund or our company’s common stock fund, although for 2020, NEOs were permitted to invest amounts instead in an income fund, subject to a cap on the amount that could be invested in the income fund. The interest crediting rate in the income fund was 9%, or 12% for certain grandfathered amounts.
Under our restricted stock plan, eligible employees may defer the receipt of shares that may, subject to an award of stock units, vest in the future. Upon vesting, deferred stock units are invested in our company stock fund. An employee who has elected to defer stock units may also make a “diversification election” of the shares subject to such stock units (or such greater percentage authorized by the Compensation Committee) to have the value of such stock units transferred to our deferred compensation plans.
During 2020, (i) the annual rates of return under the third-party mutual or exchange funds were as follows: 1.92%, 7.41%, 10.71%, 18.4%, and 20.64%, and (ii) the annual rate of return under our company stock fund was 19.16%.

Under our deferred compensation plans, each employee participant, including our NEOs, may only defer an amount

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Table of cash compensation equal to or less than 35% of the sum of (x) his or her annual salary, target bonus opportunity, annual stock option and stock unit grant values and any annual Company contribution to his or her deferred compensation account (the “total compensation value”) as of September 30th of the prior year (the “35% cap”), and (y) 50% of the value of certain additional awards, provided that his or her deferred compensation account balance as of September 30th of the prior year does not exceed seven times the total compensation value (the “7x cap”). If a participant’s account balance exceeds the 7x cap and we are contractually required to make a contribution on his or her behalf, such contribution will occur. Our nonemployee directors are not subject to either the 35% cap or the 7x cap.

Amounts credited to each employee participant’s account generally will be deemed invested in an income fund. Nonemployee directors who have elected to defer the receipt of shares as described in the “Director Compensation” table below will have these amounts deemed invested in our stock fund. Beginning for compensation earned on or

after January 1, 2014, the interest crediting rate was reduced from 12% to 9%, but it remained at 12% for (i) compensation that was originally earned before January 1, 2014 (including any subsequent redeferrals) and (ii) certain other compensation earned on or after January 1, 2014 as described in more detail in our 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan (which resulted in all amounts earned in 2018 that are reflected in the “Executive Contributions in Last FY” and “Company Contributions in Last FY” columns for Mr. Roberts being credited at 12%). As a result of these exceptions, amounts that Mr. Roberts contributes and that we contribute for him in respect of 2019 earned compensation will be credited at 12%.

Following such date when an employee or director is no longer employed by, or providing services to, us, any amounts remaining deferred in the income fund are credited with interest at the prime rate plus 1%, unless the Compensation Committee or its designee provides for a different rate.

Under our restricted stock plan, eligible employees may defer the receipt of shares that may, subject to an award of stock units, vest in the future. Upon vesting, deferred stock units are deemed invested in our stock fund. An employee who has elected to defer stock units may also make a “diversification election” of up to 40% of the shares subject to such stock units, or such greater percentage if authorized by the Compensation Committee or any officer or committee of two or more officers to whom the Compensation Committee has delegated such authority. The effect of making a diversification election is to cause a designated portion of the deferred stock units to be deemed invested in an income fund instead of our stock fund. The income fund is credited at the annual rate applicable under our deferred compensation plan, as described above. Any amounts credited to the income fund pursuant to a diversification election do not count toward the 35% cap, but do count toward the 7x cap.

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(2)

These amounts (other than amounts related to deferrals of PSUs) are reported as compensation in the “Summary Compensation Table” above under the columns “Salary” and“Non-Equity “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.”

(3)

These amounts are reported as compensation in the “Summary Compensation Table” above under the column “All Other Compensation.”

(4)

The portion of these amounts that represents interest earned in excess of 120% of the long-term applicable federal rate is reported as compensation in the “Summary Compensation Table” above under the column “Change in Pension Value and Earnings on Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings.Compensation.

(5)(4)

All amounts contributed by an NEO and by us in prior years under our deferred compensation plans have been reported in the Summary Compensation Table in previously filed proxy statements in the year earned to the extent hean individual was an NEO for purposes of the SEC’s executive compensation disclosure. The grant date fair value of PSUsstock units deferred under our restricted stock plan has been reported in the year granted in the Summary Compensation Table in previously filed proxy statements.

(6)(5)

Pursuant to our restricted stock plan, as described in footnote (1) to this table, (i) Mr. Roberts deferred the vesting of 21,85121,615 PSUs on March 16, 2020, 21,857 PSUs on March 17, 2020 and 17,673 PSUs on April 17, 2018 and15, 2020, Mr. Cavanagh deferred the May 15, 2018March 18, 2020 vesting of 29,426 PSUs.17,920 PSUs and Mr. Reid deferred the August 5, 2020 vesting of 11,700 RSUs. Pursuant to diversification elections for 2018,2020, deferred PSUs with an aggregate fair market value on the date of the diversification of $795,376 and $1,132,607 were deemed invested in an income fund instead of our stock fund for Messrs. Roberts and Cavanagh, respectively.TheseCavanagh. These amounts are included in the second“Market Funds” row of the “Aggregate Withdrawals/Distributions” column and are also included in the amount shown in the first“Income Fund” row of the “Executive Contributions in Last FY” column to reflect the value deemed invested in the income fund and aggregated with the respective NEO’s cash deferred compensation accounts on their respective diversification dates. The amounts shown in the second“Market Funds” row of the “Executive Contributions in Last FY” column reflect the aggregate value of the PSUs(i) stock units that were deferred in 20182020 as of their respective vesting dates and (ii) amounts deemed invested in third-party mutual or exchange funds that were first made available to executive officers at the end of 2019; the amounts shown in the second“Market Funds” row of the “Aggregate Earnings in Last FY” column reflect the value of any aggregate gain or loss in 20182020 of all deferred PSUs.

stock units.

AGREEMENTS WITH OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERSAgreements with Our Named Executive Officers

The following is a description

Each of selected terms of the agreements that we have entered into with our NEOs as such terms relate to the compensation reported and described in this proxy statement.

Employment Agreement with Mr. Roberts

On July 26, 2017, we entered into a newhas an employment agreement with us that has the following key provisions. Mr. Roberts,Roberts’ agreement was effective as of August 1, 2017. The employment agreement2017 and provides for an initial term of employment through July 31, 2020, which term will be extended automatically by one additional day for each day that elapses after August 1, 2017 (so that the term of the agreement will always be three years), unless otherwise terminated by either party in accordance with the employment agreement. The following describes Mr. Roberts’Cavanagh’s agreement was entered into on December 21, 2018 and secures his employment agreement.through December 31, 2023. Mr. Watson’s agreement was entered into on March 1, 2018 and, as amended, secures his employment through June 30, 2025. Mr. Shell’s agreement was entered into on February 19, 2020 and secures his employment through December 31, 2024. Mr. Reid’s agreement was entered into on April 15, 2019 and secures his employment through December 31, 2023.

Base Salary. The agreement

Each of the employment agreements provides for a continuation of Mr. Roberts’ annual base salary rateeither as of August 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018. This amount is reviewed annually to determine whether an increase is appropriate for the subsequent calendar yearspecified in the term of the agreement. If increased, Mr. Roberts’agreement or otherwise then in effect. An NEO’s salary may not be reduced, except under an overall plan to reduce the salaries of all oursalary on a basis consistent with other senior executive officers.

Annual Bonus. Under the agreement, Mr. Roberts isexecutives at their respective levels. The NEOs also are eligible to receive an annual performance bonus, payable in cash, of a percentage of histheir respective base salarysalaries for the applicable year. During the term of the agreement, Mr.Messrs. Roberts’, Cavanagh’s, Watson’s and Shell’s target bonus opportunity expressed as a percentage of base salary, will be established by the Compensation Committee; however, the applicable target bonus percentage willmay not be less than 300% of their respective base salaries if all performance targets are achieved.

Deferred Compensationachieved (200% of base salary in the case of Mr. Reid). The agreement entitles Mr. RobertsOur NEOs are also entitled to receive an annual Company contribution to our deferred compensation plans for each ofcertain severance benefits under their respective agreements in the calendar years during the term of the agreement. The contribution amount is $4,432,366 for 2018, with annual contributions increasing by 5% each subsequent year during the term of the agreement.

Employment Agreement with Mr. Cavanagh

We entered into a new employment agreement with Mr. Cavanagh on December 21, 2018, which secures his employment through December 31, 2023. The following describes Mr. Cavanagh’s employment agreement.

Base Salary. The agreement provides for a salary of $2,300,000, effective January 1, 2019. This amount may be further increased in connection with any salary increase program offered by us during the term of the agreement, on a basis consistent with that applicable to other employees at Mr. Cavanagh’s level. Mr. Cavanagh’s salary may not be reduced, other than as partevent of a salary reduction program effected by us duringqualifying termination of employment as described under the term of the agreement, on a basis consistent with that applicable to other employees at Mr. Cavanagh’s level.“Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” table below.

Annual Bonus. Mr. Cavanagh is eligible to receive an annual performance bonus, payable in cash, of a percentage of his base salary for the applicable year. During the term of his agreement, Mr. Cavanagh’s applicable target bonus percentage will not be less than 300% if all performance targets are achieved.

Deferred Compensation. The agreement entitles Mr. Cavanagh to receive an annual Company contribution to our deferred compensation plans for each of the calendar years during the term of the agreement. The contribution amounts are $2,100,000 for 2019; $2,205,000 for 2020; $2,315,250 for 2021; $2,431,013 for 2022; and $2,552,564 for 2023.

Employment Agreement with Mr. Burke

On July 25, 2016, we amended our employment agreement, dated as of December 16, 2009, with Mr. Burke, which secures his employment through August 31, 2020. The following describes Mr. Burke’s employment agreement, as amended.

Base Salary. The agreement provides for an annual base salary of $2,600,000 effective September 1, 2013 through February 28, 2014. This amount may be further increased in connection with any salary increase program offered by us during the term of the agreement, on a basis consistent with that applicable to other employees at Mr. Burke’s level. Mr. Burke’s salary may not be reduced, other than as part of a salary reduction program effected by us during the term of the agreement, on a basis consistent with that applicable to other employees at Mr. Burke’s level.

Annual Bonus. Mr. Burke is eligible to receive an annual performance bonus, payable in cash, of a percentage of his base salary for the applicable year. During the term of the agreement, Mr. Burke’s applicable target bonus percentage will not be less than 300% if all performance targets are achieved.

Deferred Compensation. The agreement entitles Mr. Burke to receive an annual Company contribution to our deferred compensation plans for each of the calendar years during the term of the agreement. The contribution amounts are $4,254,272 for 2018; $4,466,986 for 2019; and $4,690,335 for 2020.

Employment Agreement with Mr. Cohen

We entered into a new employment agreement with Mr. Cohen on October 23, 2015, which secures his employment through December 31, 2020. The following describes Mr. Cohen’s employment agreement.

Base Salary. The agreement provides for an annual base salary of $1,440,873 from the inception of the agreement through February 29, 2016. This amount may be further increased in connection with any salary increase program offered by us during the term of the agreement, on a basis consistent with that applicable to other employees at Mr. Cohen’s level. Mr. Cohen’s salary may not be reduced, other than as part of a salary reduction program effected by us during the term of the agreement, on a basis consistent with that applicable to other employees at Mr. Cohen’s level.

Annual Bonus. Mr. Cohen is eligible to receive an annual performance bonus, payable in cash, of a percentage of his base salary for the applicable year. During the term of the agreement, Mr. Cohen’s applicable target bonus percentage will not be less than 250% if all performance targets are achieved.

Deferred Compensation. The agreement entitles Mr. Cohen to receive an annual Company contribution to our deferred compensation plans for each of the calendar years during the term of the agreement. The contribution amounts are $1,407,099 for 2018; $1,477,454 for 2019; and $1,551,327 for 2020.

Employment Agreement with Mr. Watson

We entered into a new employment agreement with Mr. Watson on March 1, 2018, which secures his employment through December 31, 2022. The following describes Mr. Watson’s employment agreement.

Base Salary. The agreement provides for an annual base salary of $1,574,481 from the inception of the agreement through February 28, 2019. This amount may be further increased in connection with any salary increase program offered by us during the term of the agreement, on a basis consistent with that applicable to other employees at Mr. Watson’s level. Mr. Watson’s salary may not be reduced, other than as part of a salary reduction program effected by us during the term of the agreement, on a basis consistent with that applicable to other employees at Mr. Watson’s level.

Annual Bonus. Mr. Watson is eligible to receive an annual performance bonus, payable in cash, of a percentage of his base salary for the applicable year. During the term of the agreement, Mr. Watson’s applicable target bonus percentage will not be less than 250% if all performance targets are achieved.

Deferred Compensation. The agreement entitles Mr. Watson to receive an annual Company contribution to our deferred compensation plans for each of the calendar years during the term of the agreement. The contribution amounts are $1,407,099 for 2018; $1,477,454 for 2019; $1,551,327 for 2020; $1,628,893 for 2021; and $1,710,338 for 2022.

Noncompetition and Confidentiality

Each of our NEOs is subject to noncompetition covenants. Under the agreements, each NEO has agreed not to compete with us during his employment and, in the event his employment terminates other than by us without cause or by him with good reason, for one year after termination of his employment. For our NEOs (other than Mr. Roberts), if we have not renewed the executive’s employment agreement and he terminates his employment after the end of the initial term of the agreement (other than for good reason), we may elect to have the noncompetition provisions apply in exchange for providing him with one year’s base salary and bonus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as Mr. CohenReid is an attorney, he may engage in the practice of law. In addition, each

Each of our NEOs has agreed not to solicit our employees or customers for one year after termination of his employment.

Each of our NEOsemployment and is subject to confidentiality covenants. Each has agreed to maintain the confidentiality of our information and not to use such information, except for our benefit, at all times during and after his employment with us.

Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE IN CONTROL

The table below describes the payments and benefits to which each of our NEOs would have been entitled (i) had his employment terminated on December 31, 20182020 (a) by us without cause or by him with good reason, (b) because of his death, (c) due to his disability or (d) upon his retirement or (ii) upon a change in control. In addition to the specific payments and benefits described below for each NEO, our NEOs also would have been entitled to receive any benefits due under the terms of our benefit plans and programs, including our deferred compensation plans described in further detail in the “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in and as of FiscalYear-End” table above. All amounts are estimates only, and actual amounts will vary depending upon the facts and circumstances applicable at the time of the triggering event.

 

         
Name Base Salary
Continuation
  Annual Cash
Bonus
Continuation
  Accrued Annual
Cash Bonus
  Acceleration/
Continued Vesting
& Exercisability of
Unvested Stock
Options(1)
  Acceleration/
Continued
Vesting of
Unvested Stock
Units(1)
  Deferred
Compensation
Contributions
  

Health Benefit

Continuation

  Total 

Brian L. Roberts

        

Without Cause/With Good Reason(2)

  $9,646,212   $28,938,636   $9,588,939   $28,629,491   $9,815,832   $14,671,684     $38,066       $101,328,860 

Death(3)

        9,588,939   28,629,491   9,815,832   —     253,774       48,288,036 

Disability(4)

  9,646,212   28,938,636   9,588,939   28,629,491   9,815,832   14,671,684     —       101,290,794 

Retirement(5)

                 —     —        

Change in Control(6)

                 —     —        

Michael J. Cavanagh

        

Without Cause/With Good Reason(7)

  3,933,818   5,900,727   5,865,693   1,051,858   4,691,205   —     25,377       21,468,678 

Death/Disability(8)

  491,727      5,865,693   4,294,161   15,269,518   —     —       25,921,099 

Retirement(5)

                 —     —        

Change in Control(6)

                 —     —        

Stephen B. Burke

        

Without Cause/With Good Reason(7)

  5,969 840   8,954,760   8,901,594   10,516,971   6,517,715   —     25,377       40,886,257 

Death/Disability(8)

  746,230      8,901,594   26,343,290   20,997,920   —     —       56,989,034 

Retirement(5)

                 —     —        

Change in Control(6)

                 —     —        

David L. Cohen

        

Without Cause/With Good Reason(7)

  3,148,962   3,936,203   3,912,833   14,081,929   13,490,712   —     19,583       38,590,222 

Death/Disability(8)

  393,620      3,912,833   14,585,358   14,915,364   —     —       33,807,175 

Retirement(5)

           14,081,929   13,490,712   —     —       27,572,641 

Change in Control(6)

                 —     —        

David N. Watson

        

Without Cause/With Good Reason(7)

  3,148,962   3,936,203   3,739,593   2,592,020   2,608,707   —     25,377       16,050,862 

Death/Disability(8)

  393,620      3,739,593   6,332,596   8,587,001   —     —       19,052,810 

Retirement(5)

                 —     —        

Change in Control(6)

                 —     —        
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           ACCELERATION/         
           CONTINUED         
           VESTING & ACCELERATION/      
           EXERCISABILITY CONTINUED      
     ANNUAL ACCRUED OF UNVESTED VESTING OF HEALTH   
  BASE SALARY CASH BONUS ANNUAL CASH STOCK UNVESTED BENEFIT   
  CONTINUATION CONTINUATION BONUS OPTIONS(1) STOCK UNITS(1) CONTINUATION TOTAL
NAME ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)
Brian L. Roberts                                                                
Without Cause/With Good Reason(2)  9,935,598   29,806,794   10,317,735   68,638,890   29,594,420   33,123   148,326,560 
Death(3)        10,317,735   68,638,890   29,594,420   209,778   108,760,823 
Disability(4)  9,935,598   29,806,794   10,317,735   68,638,890   29,594,420      148,293,437 
Retirement(5)                     
Change in Control(6)                     
Michael J. Cavanagh                            
Without Cause/With Good Reason(7)  4,600,000   6,900,000   7,165,386   8,050,936   7,333,956   28,335   34,078,613 
Death/Disability(8)  575,000      7,165,386   39,648,124   26,883,244      74,271,754 
Retirement(5)                     
Change in Control(6)                     
David N. Watson                            
Without Cause/With Good Reason(7)  4,000,000   6,000,000   5,943,951   5,728,575   3,729,256   22,082   25,423,864 
Death/Disability(8)  500,000      5,943,951   24,115,861   15,583,341      46,143,153 
Retirement(5)           24,115,861   15,583,341      39,699,202 
Change in Control(6)                     
Jeffrey Shell                            
Without Cause/With Good Reason(7)  5,000,000   7,500,000   7,843,602   755,479   4,260,015   36,742   25,395,838 
Death/Disability(8)  625,000      7,843,602   8,192,346   15,980,376      32,641,324 
Retirement(5)                     
Change in Control(6)                     
Thomas J. Reid                            
Without Cause/With Good Reason(7)  3,090,000   3,090,000   3,189,808      1,028,874   22,082   10,420,764 
Death/Disability(8)  386,250      3,189,808   3,405,636   6,246,080      13,227,774 
Retirement(5)                     
Change in Control(6)                     
 
(1)

The value associated with the acceleration or continued vesting of equity compensation is basedBased on the closing market price of a share of our Class A common stock as of December 31, 20182020 ($34.05)52.40), minus, in the case of stock options, the exercise price and, in the case of PSUs granted in 2018,2020, is based on the target vesting of 100% of PSUs as of December 31, 2018.

vesting.

(2)(2)

If we terminate Mr. Roberts’ employmenttermination without cause or he terminates his employment with good reason he is entitledwould entitle him to (i) payment of his base salary (based on the highest base salary he received during the term) on a monthly basis for three years after the termination date. He also is entitled to thedate, (ii) payment of his annual cash bonus (appropriately prorated for partial calendar years), assuming full achievement of performance goals, on an annual basis for three years. We also will continue to provide the Company deferred compensation credits set forth in his

employment agreement (as described above). In addition,years and (iii) vesting of his unvested stock options and stock units will continue to vest in accordance with their terms and his stock options will remain exercisable for the remainder of their terms, in each case, as if his employment had continued. Mr. Roberts’ receipt of the payments and benefits described above areis subject to his execution of our standard agreement containing certain mutual releases. Mr. Roberts is also entitled to receive a prorated annual cash bonus for the year of his termination, assuming full achievement of the performance goals. In addition, Mr. Roberts is entitledgoals, and to continued health and welfare benefits for three years after the termination date. Under

(3)Upon Mr. Roberts’ employment agreement, “cause” generally means willful engagement in misconduct that is materially injurious to our company, monetarily or otherwise (including fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement, self-dealing, dishonesty, misrepresentation and conviction of a crime or a felony), willful material violation of any material Company policy or our code of conduct, or willful material breach of any provision of his agreement, and “good reason” generally means (i) the failure of Mr. Roberts to be elected Chairman of the Board or retained as Chief Executive Officer and President, (ii) assignment of any duties inconsistent in any material respect with his positions, education, skills and experience, or any other action that results in a change in his positions and titles or a substantial diminution in his duties or (iii) a material breach of any provision of his agreement by us.

(3)

If Mr. Roberts’ employment is terminated by reason of his death, his unvested stock options and stock units will vest in full and his options will remain exercisable for the remainder of their terms. In addition, hisHis spouse or his or her estate is entitled towill receive payment of his annual cash bonus, prorated to reflect the number of days he was employed during the year of his death (assuming full achievement of the performance goals), and his spouse is entitled to continuedwill receive health and welfare benefits during her lifetime.

 

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(4)

If Mr. Roberts’ employment is terminated by reason of his disability, we must continue to pay his base salary on a monthly basis for three years, his annual cash bonus (appropriately prorated for partial calendar years), assuming full achievement of performance goals, on an annual basis for three years, and his unvested stock options and stock units will vest in full and his options will remain exercisable for the remainder of their term. In addition, we will continue to provide the Company deferred compensation credit set forth in his employment agreement for three years after the termination date. In the event of Mr. Roberts’ death prior to the end of such three-year period, following the date of his termination by reason of his disability, theno remaining payments and credits will not be made.

(5)(5)

None of our NEOs other than Mr. Cohen would have been entitled to any retirement-related compensation had they retired on December 31, 2018; Mr. Cohen is over the age of 62 and, as of the date of this proxy statement, has completed 16 years of service. Our retirement policy provides that uponUpon reaching the age of 62, certain of our senior executives, including our NEOs, are entitled to (i) the continued vesting and exercisability of options granted after July 2010following termination for (x)(a) 36 and 39 months, respectively, following the termination of employment if he or she has completedwith 10 years of service, (y)(b) 60 and 63 months, respectively, following the termination of employment if he or she has completedwith 15 years of service and (z)(c) 114 and 117 months, respectively, following the termination of employment if he or she has completedwith 20 years of service, provided that no option will be exercisable after the 10th10th anniversary of the date of grant; (ii) the continued vesting and exercisability of options granted before August 2010 for 36 and 39 months, respectively, following the termination of employment if he or she has completed 10 years of service; and (iii)(ii) the continued vesting of stock units following termination for (x) 36 months following the termination of employment if he or she has completedwith 10 years of service, (y) 48 months following the termination of employment if he or she has completedwith 15 years of service and (z) 60 months following the termination of employment if he or she has completedwith 20 years of service.

(6)(6)

None of our NEOs’ employment agreements provides for the automatic accelerated vesting of equity awards in connection with a change in control (a “single trigger”), and none of our NEOs’ employment agreements, other than Mr. Brian L. Roberts,Roberts’, provides for the automatic accelerated vesting of equity awards upon the occurrence of one or more specified events that may follow a change in control, such as a termination of employment (a “double trigger”). Under Mr. Roberts’ employment agreement, if we were to terminate Mr. Roberts’ employment following a change in control transaction, it would be treated as a termination without cause and he would be entitled to the same amounts set forth in the “Without Cause/With Good Reason” category, as described in footnote (2) to this table.

Under our restricted stock plan and stock option plan, a “change in control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events (i) following February 22, 2016, any person or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than an employee benefit plan or trust maintained by us, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of our outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, unless a majority of our directors in office immediately preceding the date on which such person or group acquires such beneficial ownership, by resolution negates the effectiveness of this provision in a particular circumstance; (ii) at any time during a period of 12 consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board and any new member of the Board whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of members of the Board; (iii) the consummation of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar corporate transaction involving us or any of our subsidiaries with any other corporation or entity, which would result in the combined voting power of securities of our company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors outstanding immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other similar transaction representing (either by remaining outstanding or being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or, if applicable, the ultimate parent thereof) less than a majority of the combined voting power of our company or such surviving entity or parent outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other similar transaction, or (y) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of our assets, in one transaction or a series of related transactions; or (iv) the approval by our shareholders of a liquidation or dissolution of our company.

Under our restricted stock plan and stock option plan, in the event of a change in control, the Compensation Committee may, among other things, provide that any outstanding awards will vest and become exercisable, as applicable, in full or in part. If the Compensation Committee had decided to accelerate the vesting of such options or stock units as of December 31, 2018, our NEOs would have been entitled to the applicable amounts set forth in the “Acceleration/Continued Vesting and Exercisability of Unvested Stock Options” and “Acceleration/Continued Vesting of Unvested Stock Units” columns as if their employment had been terminated due to their death or disability.

(7)(7)

If we terminate any of such executives’executive’s employment without cause or he terminates his employment with good reason, he is entitled towill receive his then-current base salary (payable in accordance with our regular payroll practices) and continued health benefits for a period of 24 months from the date of termination. However, each such executive is obligated to seek reasonable other employment during the period in whichmonths. If he receives such base salary continuation payments, and any suchbecomes reemployed, these payments will be reduced by the amount of any salary, bonus, vested equity or other compensation earned or received by him in respect of such period for services rendered through other employment or self-employment, and our obligation to continuewe will stop providing health and welfare benefits will cease upon his eligibility for health and welfare benefits from any subsequent employer.

benefits.

Each such executive also is entitled to receive the full(non-prorated) amount of the current year’s annual cash bonus (assuming full achievement of performance goals) and the following year’s target annual cash bonus (prorated to reflect the number of full months he was employed during the year of termination and assuming full achievement of performance goals). In addition, each of Messrs. Cavanagh, Burke and Watson is entitled to continued vesting of his stock options and stock units in accordance with their respective terms for 12 months following termination, and his vested stock options will remain exercisable for a period equal to the lesser of 15 months or the end of the stock option’s term; Mr. Cohen, who is over the age of 62, is entitled to receive retirement-related compensation as set forth in footnote (5) to this table.

The executives’ receipt of the payments and benefits described above are subject to his execution of our standard agreement containing certain mutual releases.

For purposes of each executive’s employment agreement, “cause” generally means conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, fraud, embezzlement or other misappropriation of funds, material misrepresentation with respect to our company, substantial or repeated failure(s) to perform duties, gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of duties, material violation of our employee handbook, code

of conduct or any other written company policy or a material breach of his agreement, and “good reason” generally means a substantial demotion in his position or a material breach by the company of his agreement.In addition, for Mr. Cavanagh “cause” also includes the commission of any act or involvement in any situation, or occurrence, whether before or during the term of the agreement, which brings him into widespread public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule, or which justifiably shocks, insults or offends a significant portion of the community, or his being subject to publicity for any such conduct or involvement in such conduct.

 (8)Such executive will receive the full (non-prorated) amount of the current year’s annual cash bonus (assuming full achievement of performance goals) and the following year’s target annual cash bonus (prorated for time employed during the year of termination and assuming full achievement of performance goals). Stock options and stock units will continue to vest in accordance with their respective terms for 12 months following termination, and vested stock options will remain exercisable for a period equal to the lesser of 15 months or the end of the stock options’ term. Mr. Watson, who is over the age of 62, is entitled to receive retirement-related compensation as set forth in footnote (5) to this table.

The executives’ receipt of the payments and benefits described above are subject to execution of our standard agreement containing certain mutual releases.

(8)If such executive’s employment terminates due to his death or disability, he or his estate will receive three months of base salary and payment of his annual cash bonus, prorated to reflect the number of days he wasfor time employed during the year of such termination (assuming full achievement of performance goals). In addition, full vesting of such executive’s, and his stock options and stock units will occur and hisfully vest, with stock options will remainremaining exercisable for the remainder of their terms.

OTHER COMPENSATION INFORMATION

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATIONEquity Compensation Plan Information

The following table summarizes our equity plan information as of December 31, 2018.2020.

 

Plan Category

 

  

Number of Securities
To Be Issued upon
Exercise of Outstanding
Options, Warrants and
Rights(1)

(a)

 

  

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding
Options, Warrants
and Rights(2)

(b)

 

  

Number of Securities 

Remaining Available for 

Future Issuance Under 

Equity Compensation 

Plans Excluding Securities 

Reflected in Column (a)(3) 

(c) 

 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

    254,358,152   $27.69    276,064,799

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

           
    

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total

        254,358,152         276,064,799
    

 

 

       

 

 

 

     WEIGHTED-AVERAGE NUMBER OF SECURITIES
     EXERCISE PRICE REMAINING AVAILABLE FOR
  NUMBER OF SECURITIES TO OF OUTSTANDING FUTURE ISSUANCE UNDER
         BE ISSUED UPON EXERCISE        OPTIONS, WARRANTS        EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS
  OF OUTSTANDING OPTIONS, AND RIGHTS(2) EXCLUDING SECURITIES
  WARRANTS AND RIGHTS(1) ($) REFLECTED IN COLUMN (A)(3)
PLAN CATEGORY (a) (b) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders            260,088,696                       35.96                       540,459,353           
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders          
Total  260,088,696       540,459,353 
(1)

(1)Includes shares of Class A common stock under the following plans: our 2003 Stock Option Plan, our 2002 Restricted Stock Plan (under which RSUs and PSUs have been granted), the Comcast Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and the Comcast-NBCUniversal 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan. Also includes our2002our 2002 and 2005 Deferred Compensation Plans (under which shares of Class A common stock have been credited to participants’ accounts). Does not include 10,000,000 shares issuable under our 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan, which our Compensation Committee adopted in February 2019, subject to approval by our shareholders at the 2019 annual meeting.

(2)

The weighted-average exercise price only takes into accountreflects stock options under our 2003 Stock Option Plan.

(3)

The number of shares available for issuance includes the following number of shares of Class A common stock: 154,296,069417,739,337 shares available for issuance under ourthe 2003 Stock Option Plan; 79,605,48687,509,705 shares available for issuance under ourthe 2002 Restricted Stock Plan; 1,009,2056,053,567 shares available for issuance under the 2019 Omnibus Sharesave Plan; 1,025,740 shares that were issued in connection with the fourth quarter 20182020 purchase period under the Comcast Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and 26,759,45116,952,666 shares available for issuance under the Comcast Corporation 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan following the fourth quarter purchase;Plan; and 302,154269,129 shares that were issued in connection with the fourth quarter 20182020 purchase period under the Comcast-NBCUniversal 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 14,092,43410,909,209 shares available for issuance under the Comcast-NBCUniversal 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan following the fourth quarter purchase.

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CEO Pay Ratio

PAY RATIO

We are required under SEC rules to provide a pay ratio comparing Mr. Roberts’ 20182020 compensation to that of our median employee’s 20182020 compensation (excluding Mr. Roberts). As a result of our sale in 2018 of arena management-related businesses that employed approximately 12,000 part-time, seasonal and temporary workers, we reasonably believed there would be a significant change in our pay ratio and have identified a new median employee for 2018. To identify the median employee, we engaged an unaffiliated third-party advisory services firm to conduct a statistical sampling of approximately 161,000177,000 full-time, part-time, seasonal and temporary employees as of December 31, 20182020 (which included approximately 19,80051,000 non-U.S. employees) based on comparisons of base wages. As permitted under SEC rules, we excluded from our employee population approximately 30,000 employees of Sky, which we acquired in the fourth quarter of 2018.

All of our part-time, seasonal and temporary employees as of December 31, 2018,2020, including in our theme park and entertainment production businesses, were required to be taken into account for purposes of identifying our median employee under SEC rules. SEC rules do not permit us to annualize the compensation paid to these workers as if they were full-time employees, which has the effect of reducing the level of our median employee’s total compensation relative to what it would have been had the rules permitted us to annualize compensation across our entire workforce or to use only full-time U.S. employees. TheAs a result, the impact of this rule may be different for us than some companies in our peer groups given the composition of our workforce across our uniquely diversified company, and changes in the number of part-time, seasonal or temporary workers from year to year may make year-over-year comparisons may not be meaningful. We believe putting into context how our median employee was identified highlights why that employee’s compensation and the resulting pay ratio, and year-over-year changes thereto, should not be compared on an“apples-to-apples” “apples-to-apples” basis.

We have estimated that our pay ratio for 20182020 is 426380 to 1, calculated by dividing Mr. Roberts’ 20182020 total compensation set forth in the Summary Compensation Table, adjusted as described below ($35,041,029)32,727,220), by $82,205,$86,206, which represents the annual total compensation of our median employee. Our median employee’s annual total compensation was determined using the same methodology we used to determine the annual total compensation of our NEOs, which, along with Mr. Roberts’ compensation, was then adjusted to include the cost to the Company of specified employee benefits provided on anon-discriminatory basis, including group health and welfare benefits and the value of courtesy cable services.

As permitted under SEC rules, we adjusted our total employee population for purposes of identifying our median employee by excluding approximately 4.2%1.4% of our employee population as follows (all amounts are approximate): 140 employees in Australia; 200 in Brazil; 38090 in Canada; 1,060 in India; 145960 in Ireland; 160 in Mexico; 27010 in Singapore; 5,580Peru; and 50 in Russia.

Audit Committee Matters

Proposal 3:    RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Our Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors.

Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of our independent auditors, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”). Deloitte, together with its predecessors, has served as our independent auditors since 1963. The lead engagement partner from Deloitte is required to be rotated every five years, and for 2021, a new lead engagement partner was selected in connection with this rotation process. The process for selection of a new lead engagement partner included a meeting between the Chair of the Audit Committee and the candidate for this role, as well as discussion by the full Audit Committee and meetings with senior management.

Each year, the Audit Committee, along with our management and internal auditors, reviews Deloitte’s performance as part of the Audit Committee’s consideration of whether to reappoint the firm as our independent auditors. As part of this review, the Audit Committee considers (i) the continued independence of Deloitte, (ii) its quality of service provided on prior audits, (iii) evaluations of Deloitte by our management and internal auditors, (iv) Deloitte’s effectiveness of communications and working relationships with the Audit Committee and our management and internal auditors, (v) the length of time Deloitte has served as our independent auditors and (vi) the quality and depth of Deloitte and the audit team’s expertise and experience in our industries in light of the breadth, complexity and global reach of our businesses.

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Following the Audit Committee’s review of Deloitte’s performance, the Audit Committee appointed Deloitte to serve as our independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2021. The Audit Committee and our Board recommend that you ratify this appointment, although your ratification is not required. A partner of Deloitte will be present at the annual meeting and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Fees of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Set forth below are the fees paid or accrued for the services of Deloitte, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and their respective affiliates in 2020 and 2019.

  2020  2019 
  ($ IN MILLIONS) 
Audit fees  21.5   28.0 
Audit-related fees  1.2   1.5 
Tax fees  1.6   0.7 
All other fees     0.1 
Total  24.3   30.3 

Audit fees consisted of fees paid or accrued for services rendered to us and our subsidiaries for the audits of our annual financial statements, audits of our internal control over financial reporting (as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), reviews of our quarterly financial statements and audit services provided in connection with other statutory, regulatory or contractual requirements.

Audit-related fees consisted of fees paid or accrued for financial due diligence services and attestation services related to contractual and regulatory compliance.

Tax fees consisted of fees paid or accrued for domestic and foreign tax compliance services, including review of tax returns and tax examination assistance. There were no fees paid or accrued in 2020 and 2019 for tax planning.

Other fees included fees paid or accrued for subscription services, and in 2019 primarily consisted of consulting fees paid or accrued relating to previous Sky engagements.

Preapproval Policy of Audit Committee of Services Performed by Independent Auditors

The Audit Committee’s policy requires that the committee preapprove all audit and non-audit services performed by the independent auditors to assure that the services do not impair the auditors’ independence. Unless a type of service has received general preapproval, it requires separate preapproval by the Audit Committee. Even if a service has received general preapproval, if the fee associated with the service exceeds $1 million in a single engagement or series of related engagements, it requires separate preapproval. The Audit Committee has delegated its preapproval authority to its Chair.

Report of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee (as used in this section, “we” or “our”) is composed solely of independent directors meeting the requirements of applicable SEC and Nasdaq Global Select Market rules. Each member also is financially literate for audit committee purposes under the Nasdaq rules, and the Board has concluded that Jeffrey A. Honickman and Maritza G. Montiel qualify as audit committee financial experts. The key responsibilities of our committee are set forth in our charter, which was adopted by us and approved by the Board and is posted under “Corporate Governance” in the United Kingdom;Investors section of Comcast’s website at www.comcastcorporation.com.

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We serve in an oversight capacity and fewer than 25are not intended to be part of Comcast’s operational or managerial decision-making process. Comcast’s management is responsible for the preparation, integrity and fair presentation of information in Comcast’s consolidated financial statements, the financial reporting process and internal control over financial reporting. Deloitte, Comcast’s independent auditors, is responsible for auditing Comcast’s consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting. Our principal purpose is to monitor these processes.

In this context, at each regularly scheduled in-person meeting, we met and held discussions with management, Comcast’s internal auditors and the independent auditors. Management represented to us that Comcast’s consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis.

Prior to their issuance, we reviewed and discussed the quarterly and annual earnings press releases, consolidated financial statements and disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (including the presentation of non-GAAP financial information and critical accounting judgments and estimates) with management, Comcast’s internal auditors and the independent auditors. We also reviewed Comcast’s policies and practices with respect to financial risk assessment, as well as its processes and practices with respect to enterprise risk assessment and management. We discussed with the independent auditors critical audit matters identified during the course of the audit and other matters required to be discussed by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) AS 1301, Communications with Audit Committees, and Rule 2-07, Communication with Audit Committees, of Regulation S-X.

We discussed with the independent auditors the overall scope and plans for their audit and approved the terms of their engagement letter. We also reviewed Comcast’s internal audit plan. We met with the independent auditors and with Comcast’s internal auditors, in each case with and without other members of management present, to discuss the results of their respective examinations, the evaluations of Comcast’s internal controls and the overall quality and integrity of Comcast’s financial reporting. Among other things, in our discussions with the independent auditors, we sought their perspectives on the appropriateness of the accounting principles selected by management and their assessment of risk in financial reporting.

Additionally, we reviewed the performance, responsibilities, budget and staffing of Comcast’s internal auditors. We also have established, and oversaw compliance with, procedures for Comcast’s receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and its employees’ confidential and anonymous submissions of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

We discussed with the independent auditors the auditors’ independence from Comcast and its management, including the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB and SEC. We also reviewed Comcast’s hiring policies and practices with respect to current and former employees of the independent auditors. We preapproved, in total throughout Europe, South America, Africa,accordance with our preapproval policy described above, all services provided by the Middle Eastindependent auditors and Eastconsidered whether their provision of such services to Comcast is compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence.

Based on the reviews and Southeast Asia.

discussions referred to above, we recommended to the Board, and the Board approved, that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in Comcast’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC.

In addition, as in prior years, we, along with Comcast’s management and internal auditors, reviewed Deloitte’s performance as part of our consideration of whether to appoint the firm as independent auditors for 2021 and recommend that shareholders ratify this appointment. As part of this review, we considered the continued independence of Deloitte, the quality of service provided on prior audits, the results of an evaluation of Deloitte by Comcast’s management and internal auditors and Deloitte’s effectiveness of communications and working relationships with us, management and the internal auditors. We also considered the period of time that Deloitte has served as Comcast’s independent auditors and evaluated the quality and depth of the firm and the audit team’s expertise and experience in our industries in light of the breadth, complexity and global reach of Comcast’s businesses. Following this review, we have appointed Deloitte as Comcast’s independent auditors for 2021 and are recommending that Comcast’s shareholders ratify this appointment.

Members of the Audit Committee

Jeffrey A. Honickman (Chair)
Naomi M. Bergman
Maritza G. Montiel
Asuka Nakahara

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATIONShareholder Proposal

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PROGRAM

We received the following shareholder proposal. The proponent has represented to us that it has continuously held at least $2,000 in market value of our Class A common stock for at least one year and will continue to hold these securities through the date of the annual meeting. We will provide the name, address and share ownership of the shareholder who submitted a Rule 14a-8 stockholder proposal upon a shareholder’s request. To be voted upon at our 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, the proponent, or a representative of the proponent qualified under Pennsylvania law, must be present at the meeting to present the proposal.

Other than adding a brief title, we have included the text of the proposal and the shareholder’s supporting statement. Following the proposal, we explain why our Board recommends a vote AGAINST it.

Proposal 4: SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON RISKS POSED BY FAILING TOPREVENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Our Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote “AGAINST” this shareholder proposal.

Supporting Statement

WHEREAS: Comcast and its subsidiaries are under intense public scrutiny for an alleged failure to protect employees from sexual harassment in the workplace, failing to hold those culpable accountable, and for lacking transparency. NBC attracted global attention when it fired “Today” host Matt Lauer for ongoing sexual harassment of employees. In 2019, Ronan Farrow alleged that NBC covered up accusations against Lauer.

Controversy has focused on NBC’s insistence on conducting an internal investigation led by management, rather than independent advisors. Six presidential candidates called on the Democratic National Committee to demand Comcast conduct an independent investigation into its toxic culture.

In 2019, NBC News’ digital editorial staff formed a union, the NBC News Guild, noting “serious questions” about NBC News’ treatment of women and people of color and how it handled workplace sexual misconduct and its “opaque” procedures for “exposing powerful predators.”

Failure to provide a safe workplace extends to Comcast call centers, where employees have described a hostile culture of sexual harassment. In 2018, Comcast fired three call center employees who filed complaints. One filed a complaint at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Fear of retaliation in reporting harassment is of concern. An EEOC study of harassment in the workplace found that 75 percent of employees reporting harassment experienced retaliation and that 87 to 94 percent of harassment victims did not file a formal complaint.

Workplace harassment can harm shareholder value. Google committed 310 million dollars to settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging the board mishandled sexual misconduct by executives, notably paying Andy Rubin 90 million dollars after sexual misconduct claims led management to ask for his resignation. The market capitalization of Wynn Resorts dropped 3 billion dollars the two days following harassment allegations against CEO Steve Wynn. 21st Century Fox agreed to a 90 million dollar settlement with shareholders alleging that directors failed to hold accountable senior executives who perpetuated sexual harassment.

Comcast and its subsidiaries rely on consumers to trust their brands. A Harvard Business Review study found a single sexual harassment claim can make a company seem less equitable and more problematic than financial misconduct or fraud and would “be enough to dramatically shape public perception of a company and elicit perceptions of structural unfairness.”

To avoid legal and reputational risk, as the employer of 184,000 workers, Comcast must create a culture of accountability and transparency, and protect employees from harassment and discrimination.

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RESOLVED: Shareholders urge the Board of Directors to conduct an independent investigation into and prepare a report (at reasonable expense, omitting confidential and proprietary information) on risks posed by the Company’s failures to prevent workplace sexual harassment.

SUPPORTING STATEMENT: Proponents suggest that the report assess steps Comcast could take to do a better job of holding employees who cause harm accountable, such as integrating metrics on creating a sexual harassment-free workplace into the performance measures of the CEO and senior leadership.

Company Response to Shareholder Proposal

This proposal, in nearly identical form, appeared in our 2020 proxy statement. Our Board concluded then, and continues to believe now, that this proposal is not in the best interest of our shareholders, and a substantial majority of our shareholders also did not support this proposal.

Below is our response to this proposal, exactly as it appeared in last year’s proxy statement, with only one update – to further underscore the commitment of our Board and senior management team to oversee our efforts to combat harassment and discrimination of all forms and to further strengthen our compliance program when possible, in 2020 we consolidated Board oversight of harassment and discrimination issues with the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee and updated its charter to reflect this oversight. The Governance and Directors Nominating Committee oversees and monitors workplace harassment and discrimination, receives regular reports on our compliance program and receives reporting regarding complaints involving harassment and discrimination.

Our company has been built on a foundation of respect, integrity and trust, and we are committed to creating and fostering a work environment that promotes those values. Any allegation of harassment or discrimination is viewed seriously and investigated, and we take appropriate action in response, including by seeking to further strengthen our compliance programs. While we unequivocally share the proponent’s underlying concerns, we do not believe that overriding the Board’s and management’s ordinary business roles and mandating an independent investigation is necessary or appropriate at this time for the reasons below.

The proposal requests that we perform “an independent investigation into and prepare a report … on risks posed by the Company’s failures to prevent workplace sexual harassment.” Importantly, the proposal does not request that we conduct an investigation into any specific allegation of sexual harassment. Instead, the proposal seeks an independent investigation into risks posed from past allegations or incidents of sexual harassment. This request, however, is deeply embedded in our day-to-day business. We devote significant time and resources in the ordinary course of our business to combat harassment and discrimination of any type and have a robust process to help identify, manage and mitigate risks relating to sexual and other harassment with appropriate Board oversight. Moreover, in recognizing the importance of transparency, many of our policies, practices and procedures, and efforts and enhancements made to further combat these issues, are publicly disclosed.

Existing Company Policies, Practices and Procedures

Company Policies. We have clearly defined, and widely communicated, policies that prohibit all forms of harassment and discrimination, sexual or otherwise, as well as other inappropriate conduct that does not rise to the level of harassment or discrimination under the law, including as described in our Code of Conduct, which our Board approves and is available in the “Corporate Governance” section of the Investors section of our website at www.comcastcorporation.com.

Employee Hotlines and Training Programs. We have an open door policy and culture so employees can report any questions or concerns—whether involving a workplace issue, a concern about suspected illegal or unethical conduct or any other matter—trusting that the company will take their concerns seriously and without fear of retaliation.

We have, and frequently communicate with employees to raise awareness about, various ways to report concerns, including through programs called Comcast NBCUniversal Listens and Sky Listens, which have helplines and online portals managed by an independent third-party company and are available 24/7 for employees to report a concern. We encourage and expect those who witness discriminatory, harassing, offensive, abusive, threatening or retaliatory conduct or other behavior inconsistent with a respectful workplace to speak up.

Based on various employee engagement surveys, a significant majority of Comcast NBCUniversal employees are aware of how to report ethical concerns or observed misconduct and believe they may report such matters without fear of retaliation.

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We have comprehensive and mandatory anti-harassment training programs for employees, including for all new employees and repeat trainings for all employees periodically thereafter.

Process and Procedures. Our legal, human resources and compliance teams design our policies, procedures and practices with a view toward enabling our employees to recognize the importance of behaving respectfully toward each other and encouraging them to come forward if they believe that they have been subject to, or become aware of, inappropriate behavior. We treat allegations with care and have internal investigative teams that handle investigations into any such alleged wrongdoing and the remedies and penalties imposed after due investigation. We continually assess our policies, procedures and practices, including with a view toward how they can be further enhanced to protect against future incidents or wrongdoing. For example:

In light of allegations of sexual harassment in our NBC News division in 2017, NBCUniversal conducted a comprehensive internal investigation and culture assessment and publicly released the results of its investigation. The investigation team was independent of NBC News and led by NBCUniversal’s General Counsel, composed of persons outside of the News Division, and two outside law firms were consulted. The results of this investigation were reported to and discussed with our Board.

In response to that investigation’s findings and to bolster our long-standing policies, procedures and trainings, we strengthened our policies, procedures and trainings as they relate to allegations of sexual harassment and similar misconduct including as follows:

Increased the availability and visibility of reporting mechanisms, including by creating a button to “Raise a Concern” on the landing page of NBCUniversal’s intranet site and increasing the frequency of its “Speak Up” campaign communications.

Provided enhanced respectful workplace trainings, including expanding in-person trainings, required respectful workplace trainings even for employees who had recently completed their required trainings, and increased the frequency of required trainings for employees.

Issued a revised companywide policy, “Providing a Respectful Working Environment,” at NBCUniversal that combined, enhanced and expanded existing anti-discrimination, anti-harassment and anti-retaliation policies.

Revised procedures for the handling of sexual harassment complaints, including by centralizing oversight of all sexual harassment investigations at Comcast Cable by its Labor & Employee relations team and creating a new Fair Employment Practices Group at NBCUniversal.

Oversight

Senior management and our Board of Directors oversee our efforts to combat harassment and discrimination of all forms. Our Governance and Directors Nominating Committee oversees, monitors and receives reports on workplace harassment and discrimination matters. If there were ever any allegation or investigation into a serious claim of discrimination or harassment involving one of our senior executives whose compensation our Compensation Committee approves, the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee would be informed. Our Board, through its committees, receives regular updates from management about significant other matters involving our company in the normal course, including those relating to workplace issues and receives periodic reports on our Comcast NBCUniversal Listens and Sky Listens programs and employee engagement surveys.

Our Board and senior management team are committed to, and management is incentivized through our executive compensation program to create, a strong workplace culture with values of integrity and respect and to foster our company’s diversity and inclusion efforts.

Looking Ahead

We will continue to take any allegation of harassment or discrimination seriously, investigate it, take appropriate action and seek ways to further strengthen our compliance program whenever possible.

We are committed to creating an engaged workforce through proactive listening and constructive dialogue. We believe, based on the results of our annual employee engagement surveys, that our employees value our workplace culture and recognize us as an employer of choice.

For the foregoing reasons, our Board believes that implementing the proponent’s proposal is not in the best interests of our shareholders.

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Information about Stock Ownership

Outstanding Shares and Voting Rights

At the close of business on April 5, 2021, the record date, we had outstanding 4,584,844,820 shares of Class A common stock and 9,444,375 shares of Class B common stock.

On each matter to be voted on, the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together. As of the record date, each holder of Class A common stock is entitled to 0.0618 votes per share and each holder of Class B common stock is entitled to 15 votes per share.

We must have a quorum to carry on the business of the annual meeting of shareholders. This means that, for each matter presented, shareholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes that all shareholders are entitled to cast on that matter must be represented at the meeting, either by proxy or by attending the meeting. If the meeting is adjourned for one or more periods aggregating at least five days due to the absence of a quorum, those shareholders who are entitled to vote and who attend the adjourned meeting, even though they do not constitute a quorum as described above, will constitute a quorum for the purpose of electing directors at such reconvened meeting. If the meeting is adjourned for one or more periods aggregating at least 15 days due to the absence of a quorum, shareholders who are entitled to vote and who attend the adjourned meeting, even though they do not constitute a quorum as described above, will constitute a quorum for the purpose of acting on any matter described in this proxy statement other than the election of directors.

The director candidates who receive the most votes will be elected to fill the available seats on our Board. Approval of the other proposals requires the favorable vote of a majority of the votes cast. Only votes for or against a proposal count for voting purposes. Withheld votes in regard to the election of directors, abstentions and broker nonvotes count for quorum purposes. Broker nonvotes occur on a matter when a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee is not permitted by applicable regulatory requirements to vote on that matter without instruction from the owner of the shares and no instruction is given. Absent instructions from you, your broker may vote your shares on the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors, but may not vote your shares on the election of directors or any of the other proposals.

Principal Shareholders

This table sets forth information as of December 31, 2020 about persons we know to beneficially own more than 5% of any class of our voting common stock.

TITLE OF VOTING CLASSNAME AND ADDRESS OF
BENEFICIAL OWNER
AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNEDPERCENT OF CLASS
Class A common stockThe Vanguard Group388,640,351(1)8.5%
100 Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
Class A common stockBlackRock, Inc.318,279,577(2)7.0%
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
Class B common stockBrian L. Roberts9,444,375(3)100%
One Comcast Center
Philadelphia, PA 19103

(1)This information is based upon a Schedule 13G filing with the SEC on February 10, 2021 made by The Vanguard Group setting forth information as of December 31, 2020.
(2)This information is based upon a Schedule 13G filing with the SEC on February 5, 2021 made by BlackRock, Inc. setting forth information as of December 31, 2020.
(3)Includes 9,039,663 shares of Class B common stock owned by a limited liability company of which Mr. Roberts is the managing member and 404,712 shares of Class B common stock owned by certain family trusts of which Mr. Roberts and/or his descendants are the beneficiaries. The shares of Class B common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Roberts represent 33 1/3% of the combined voting power of the two classes of our voting common stock, which percentage is generally non-dilutable under the terms of our articles of incorporation.
Under our articles of incorporation, each share of Class B common stock is convertible at the shareholder’s option into a share of Class A common stock. For information regarding Mr. Roberts’ beneficial ownership of Class A common stock, see the table immediately below, “Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers.”

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Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers

This table sets forth information as of February 16, 2021 about the amount of common stock beneficially owned by (i) our current directors, (ii) the NEOs listed in “Executive Compensation Tables – Summary Compensation Table” and (iii) our directors and executive officers as a group. No shares of common stock held by our directors or executive officers are held in margin accounts or have been hedged or pledged.

  AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY
OWNED(1)
 PERCENT OF CLASS
NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER CLASS A(2) CLASS B CLASS A(2) CLASS B
Kenneth J. Bacon  37,579      *    
Madeline S. Bell  33,706(3)     *    
Naomi M. Bergman  15,639(4)     *    
Edward D. Breen  135,954(5)     *    
Michael J. Cavanagh  2,162,784(6)     *    
Gerald L. Hassell  165,843      *    
Jeffrey A. Honickman  327,688(7)     *    
Maritza G. Montiel  14,677(8)     *    
Asuka Nakahara  39,297      *    
David C. Novak  361,152(9)     *    
Thomas J. Reid  7,935      *    
Brian L. Roberts  32,060,403(10)  9,444,375(11)  *   100%(11)
Jeff Shell  396,526      *    
David N. Watson  2,149,439(12)     *    
All directors and executive officers as a group (17 persons)  38,276,162(13)  9,444,375   *   100%

*Less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the applicable class.
(1)Beneficial ownership as reported in the above table has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
(2)Includes beneficial ownership of the following number of shares for which the following persons hold options exercisable on or within 60 days of February 16, 2021: Mr. Cavanagh, 1,837,455; Mr. Roberts, 5,583,710; Mr. Shell, 59,650; Mr. Watson, 1,245,070; and all executive officers as a group, 8,850,065.
Includes beneficial ownership of the following number of shares underlying stock units held by the following persons that vest on or within 60 days of February 16, 2021: Mr. Cavanagh, 115,091; Mr. Reid, 7,935; Mr. Roberts, 68,608; Mr. Shell, 59,650; Mr. Watson, 10,535; and all executive officers as a group, 337,520.
Includes the following number of share equivalents that will be paid at a future date in stock under our deferred compensation plans for the following persons: Ms. Bell, 25,140; Ms. Bergman, 4,857; Mr. Breen, 3,003; Mr. Hassell, 174,223; Mr. Honickman, 229,705; Ms. Montiel, 3,869; Mr. Nakahara, 38,373; and Mr. Novak, 34,809.
(3)Includes 2,200 shares held jointly by her and her spouse and 400 shares held by her spouse. (4) Includes 300 shares held by a family trust.
(5)Includes 53,937 shares held by a grantor retained annuity trust of which he is a trustee.
(6)Includes 100,000 shares and 1,167,777 shares underlying options held by a trust of which his spouse is a trustee. (7) Includes 20,000 shares held by a grantor trust of which he is a trustee and 154 shares owned by his daughters. (8) Includes 425 shares held in an individual retirement account.
(9)Includes 500 shares held by family trusts.
(10)Includes 286,044 shares owned by his spouse; 480 shares owned by his daughter; 1,081,336 shares owned by a family charitable foundation of which his spouse is a trustee; 13,712,646 shares owned by limited liability companies of which he is the managing member; and 8,114,490 shares owned by certain family trusts. Does not include shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of Class B common stock beneficially owned by him; if he were to convert the Class B common stock into Class A common stock, he would beneficially own 41,504,778 shares of Class A common stock, representing approximately 1% of the Class A common stock.
(11)See footnote (3) under “— Principal Shareholders” above.
(12)Includes 140 shares owned by his spouse; 5,328 shares owned by his children; and 440,842 shares held in family trusts.
(13)Includes 25 shares held by a family trust.

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Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Our directors and executive officers file reports with the SEC pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act indicating the number of shares of any class of our equity securities they owned when they became a director or executive officer and, after that, any changes in their ownership of our equity securities. Based on our review of such reports and written representations from the individuals required to file the reports, we believe that all filings required to be made by our reporting persons for 2020 were made on a timely basis, other than a late filing filed on behalf of Daniel C. Murdock, which was subsequently reported.

Compensation of Directors

Director Compensation Program

From time to time, the Compensation Committee directs an independent compensation consultant to provide analyses with respect to various nonemployee director compensation data. Korn Ferry last provided this analysis in 2017. Based on this analysis, the Compensation Committee increased the annual retainer fees and annual stock grant value for 2018 and eliminated a per meeting fee compensation structure that had been in place in prior years.2020. For 2018,2020, our nonemployee directors received annual compensation as follows:

 

    

Annual Retainer*

 

  

 

FMV of Annual Grant of

Shares of CMCSA

 

 

  Director Fees

 

  

 

$110,000

 

  

 

$185,000

 

 

  Audit Committee Fees

  

               $40,000 – Chair

  
   

               $15,000 – Member

 

   

 

  Compensation Committee Fees

  

               $40,000 – Chair

  
   

               $15,000 – Member

 

   

 

  Governance and Directors

  

               $20,000 – Chair

  

  Nominating Committee Fees

 

  

               $12,500 – Member

 

   

 

  Finance Committee Fees

  

               $10,000 – Chair

  
   

               $7,500 – Member

 

   

DIRECTOR FEESCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP FEES
 *

A fee of $2,500 may also be paid when a director attends a meeting (other than a Board or committee meeting) or conducts business on our behalf in his or her capacity as a director.

Fees received by a director may be deferred in whole or in part under our deferred compensation plans. Up toone-half

Annual Retainer $110,000 FMV of theAnnual Grant of Shares of CMCSA $195,000 Audit Committee $40,000 $15,000 Cpmpensation Committee $40,000 $15,000 Govenance and Directors Nominating Committee $20,000 $12,500 Chair Member

The annual retainer may be received, at the election of the nonemployee director, in shares of Class A common stock, the receipt of which may be deferred in whole or in part. The receipt of the annual stock grant also may be deferred in whole or in part under our restricted stock plan. IfAny fees received by a director may be deferred in whole or in part under our deferred compensation plans. As of August 1, 2020, any shares accrue dividend equivalents during the deferral period.deferred fees must be invested notionally in a third-party mutual or exchange fund or our Class A common stock fund (with dividends being reinvested in Comcast stock), and as a result, no director will have any above-market interest earnings in 2021.

Our directors emeritus are entitled to receive an annual cash payment equal to the fair market value of our annual stock grant as well asand the same annual Board retainer and fees for meetings, if any, attended as provided above for nonemployee directors. Fees received may be deferreddirectors and remain eligible for participation in whole or in part under our deferred compensation plans at the same crediting rate as nonemployee directors during and for one year following service as a director emeritus.

Nonemployee directors and directors emeritus are reimbursed for travel expenses for meetings attended and also are provided with our high-speed internet, video, voice and home security and automation services at up to two of their residences, if in our service areas, at no cost during the time they serve, and for five years thereafter.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Director Stock Ownership Policy

Our nonemployee director stock ownership policy requires our nonemployee directors to hold a number of shares of our common stock having a value equal to five times the director’s annual cash retainer. Each nonemployee director has a period of five years following his or her first year of service to reach this ownership requirement. For purposes of this policy, “ownership” includes 60% of any deferred shares. In determining compliance, the Compensation Committee may consider any noncompliance that occurs solely or primarily as a result of a decline in the market price of our stock. All nonemployee directors satisfied the requirements of our stock ownership policy in 2020.

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Director Compensation

The following table sets forth specified information regarding the 2018 compensation of our nonemployee directors.directors in 2020. No information is provided for Mr. Brian L. Roberts, who is an employee director and does not receive compensation for his services as a director.

 

  Name

 

  

Fees Earned or
Paid In Cash(1)

 

  

Stock Awards(2)

 

  

 

Change in Pension Value and
Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Earnings(3)

 

  

Total        

 

  Kenneth J. Bacon

    $147,500    $185,013    $133,246    $465,759        

  Madeline S. Bell

    137,581    185,013    7,571    330,165        

  Sheldon M. Bonovitz

    117,500    185,013    1,045,873    1,348,386        

  Edward D. Breen

    170,081    185,013    34,686    389,780        

  Gerald L. Hassell

    157,581    185,013    153,376    495,970        

  Jeffrey A. Honickman

    162,581    185,013    258,202    605,796        

  Maritza G. Montiel

    93,811    277,525    733    372,069        

  Asuka Nakahara

    125,081    185,013    5,359    315,453        

  David C. Novak

    125,081    185,013    5,473    315,567        

  Johnathan A. Rodgers(4)

    66,271        1,017    67,288        

NAME FEES
 EARNED
 OR PAID
 IN CASH(1)
 ($)
 STOCK
 AWARDS(2)
 ($)
 CHANGE IN
 PENSION VALUE
 AND NONQUALIFIED
 DEFERRED
 COMPENSATION
 EARNINGS(3)
 ($)
 TOTAL
 ($)
Kenneth J. Bacon  130,000   195,008   90,465   415,473 
Madeline S. Bell  130,000   195,008   15,851   340,859 
Naomi M. Bergman  93,760   292,518   108   386,386 
Sheldon M. Bonovitz(4)  58,750      672,496   731,246 
Edward D. Breen  150,012   195,008   40,272   385,292 
Gerald L. Hassell  130,012   195,008   154,423   479,443 
Jeffrey A. Honickman  162,512   195,008   250,622   608,142 
Maritza G. Montiel  125,012   195,008   8,794   328,814 
Asuka Nakahara  125,012   195,008   11,416   331,436 
David C. Novak  125,012   195,008   11,294   331,314 

 

(1)

This column represents all cash retainers and meeting fees earned by our nonemployee directors in 2018,2020, regardless of whether deferred as described below. Mses. Bergman and Montiel and Messrs. Breen, Hassell, Honickman, Nakahara Novak and Rodgers and Msses.

Bell and MontielNovak elected to receive 50% of their annual retainer in the form of equity. Of these directors, Ms. Montiel and Mr. RodgersEach such director earned 1,213 and 403753 share units with respect to Class A common stock respectively; each other director(other than Ms. Bergman, who earned 1,616353 share units,units), which all (other than Mr. Breen) deferred.

(2)

(2)The amounts in this column represent the aggregate grant date fair value for each award of shares of Class A common stock granted in 2018,2020, in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The amounts in this column were calculated using the valuation assumptions discussed in the “Share-Based Compensation” footnote to the financial statements in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.2020. The amounts were determined by multiplying the Class A common stock closing price on the date of grant, (which, for all directors was November 20, 2018, and for2020 (and June 3, 2020 in the case of Ms. Montiel was also June 11, 2018)Bergman), by the number of shares subject to the grant.

As of December 31, 2018, the following share units were outstanding with respect to shares of Class A common stock resulting from annual equity awards and annual retainer fees, all of which were deferred:

    

 

Annual Equity Awards

 

  

 

Annual Retainers  

 

  Madeline S. Bell

    18,717    2,413

  Sheldon M. Bonovitz

    11,638    

  Edward D. Breen

        5,741

  Gerald L. Hassell

    105,556    24,925

  Jeffrey A. Honickman

    132,471    31,256

  Maritza G. Montiel

    7,877    800

  Asuka Nakahara

    13,059    2,480

  David C. Novak

    9,705    2,477

(3)

Annual retainer and other meeting fees received by our nonemployee directors may be deferred in whole or in part under our deferred compensation plans. The amounts in this column

(3)Amounts represent the dollar value of interest on previously earned compensation (and previously reported in the “Fees Earned or Paid in Cash” or “Stock Awards” columns) that hashad been deferred through July 31, 2020 that is in excess of 120% of the long-term applicable federal rate (the interest crediting rate on deferredrate. Effective as of August 1, 2020, nonemployee directors are prohibited from deferring compensation earned in 2018 was 9%). Mr. Bonovitz, a nonindependent director, has deferred a significant amount of previously earned compensation over his 40 year tenure. Once deferred, under our deferred compensation plans into an income fund with a fixed rate of return and, asinstead, may only invest in third-party mutual or exchange funds or a Comcast stock fund. As a result, of applicable tax law, we cannot require thatin 2021, there will be no above-market interest earnings for any directors. Had this prohibition been effective on January 1, 2020, our current nonemployee directors’ total compensation in 2020 on a director’s deferred compensation balance be paid to the director. Moreover, under our deferred compensation plans andpro forma basis would have been as a result of applicable tax law, absent certain hardship exceptions, a director cannot require that we distribute amounts deferred other than in accordance with distribution schedules established by the director.

follows:

 

(4)NAMEPRO FORMA TOTAL
($)
Kenneth J. Bacon325,008
Madeline S. Bell325,008
Naomi M. Bergman386,278
Edward D. Breen345,020
Gerald L. Hassell325,020
Jeffrey A. Honickman357,520
Maritza G. Montiel320,020
Asuka Nakahara320,020
David C. Novak320,020

(4)Mr. RodgersBonovitz did not stand for election as a director at our 20182020 annual meeting of shareholders and was appointed by our Board as a director emeritus on June 11, 20183, 2020 for a period of one year. Amounts in this table do not include compensation earned aswhile he was a director emeritus.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION POLICY AND CERTAIN TRANSACTIONSRelated Party Transactions Policy and Certain Transactions

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS POLICY

We review all transactions, except for certainde minimis transactions as set forth in our related party transactions policy, involving us in which any of our directors, director nominees, significant shareholders and executive officers and their immediate family members are participants, to determine whether such person has a direct or indirect material interest in the transaction. All directors, director nominees and executive officers are required to promptly notify our General Counsel or our Senior Executive Vice President with supervisory responsibility for corporate administrative mattersChief Legal Officer of any proposed transaction involving us in which such person has a direct or indirect material interest. The proposed transaction is then reviewed by either the independent members of our Board as a whole, the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee or the Audit Committee to determine whether the proposed transaction is a related party transaction under our policy. In reviewing any related party transaction, the independent members of the Board as a whole, the Governance and Directors Nominating Committee or the Audit Committee will determine whether or not to approve or ratify the transaction based on all relevant facts and circumstances, including the following:

 

the materiality and character of the related person’s interest in the transaction;

the materiality and character of the related person’s interest in the transaction;
the commercial reasonableness of the terms of the transaction;
the benefit and perceived benefit, or lack thereof, to our company;
the opportunity costs of alternate transactions; and
the actual or apparent conflict of interest of the related person.

 

the commercial reasonableness of the terms of the transaction;

the benefit and perceived benefit, or lack thereof, to our company;

the opportunity costs of alternate transactions; and

the actual or apparent conflict of interest of the related person.

If the reviewing body determines that a transaction has potential conflict of interest issues and other circumstances warrant, it may also recommend that a special committee review the transaction. After such review, the reviewing body approves or ratifies the transaction only if it determines that the transaction is in, or not inconsistent with, the best interests of our company and our shareholders. Our related party transactiontransactions policy is posted under “Corporate Governance” in the Investors section of our website atwww.comcastcorporation.com.

2018 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related Party Transactions

In connection with Mr. Roberts’ use of an aircraft he leases from a third party, we have agreed to provide various operational services for the aircraft for Mr. Roberts and his immediate family members, including by providing pilots and performing general operational and maintenance services. Pursuant to this agreement, Mr. Roberts is responsible for reimbursing us for the costs we incur in operating and maintaining the aircraft. For 2018,2020, Mr. Roberts paid us an aggregate of approximately $518,000 in connection with$418,000 related to this agreement.

As a result of the death of our founder Ralph J. Roberts in June 2015, trusts he established for the benefit of certain of his designated beneficiaries (other than Mr. Brian L. Roberts) are entitled to receive compensation he had deferred under our deferred compensation plans and, as such, collectively earned approximately $1,141,000 in 2018 in interest and dividend equivalents on such deferred compensation. Suzanne Roberts, the mother of Brian L. Roberts and widow of Ralph J. Roberts, received health and welfare benefits pursuant to contractual arrangements entered into with Ralph J. Roberts approximately 20 years ago.

Mr. Brian L. Roberts’ son is an employee of Comcast Spectacor, one of our business units. He received approximately $245,000$435,000 in compensation from us and also participated in our employee benefit plans on the same basis as other similarly-situatedsimilarly situated employees in 2018.2020.

Until August 2018,

As previously disclosed in theson-in-law proxy statement for our 2017 annual meeting of Madeline S. Bell, oneshareholders, in 2016, an LLC controlled by Mr. Roberts and his wife (the “Roberts LLC”) purchased three residential condominium units for $7.6 million, $3.6 million and $3.2 million from a partnership, which at the time was owned by us and an unaffiliated third party, Liberty Property Trust (“LPT”), in a building that an affiliate of LPT was developing as our Comcast Technology Center and a hotel. At the time, the Company obtained two independent appraisals of the fair market value of the condominium units, and the purchase price paid by Mr. Roberts exceeded each of those values.

The Roberts LLC commenced development of the three condominium units into a single Four Seasons residence constituting the entire 45th floor of the Comcast Technology Center. In July of 2020, Mr. Roberts began to explore a potential sale of the combined units. The hotel that the partnership had developed, which hotel is now owned entirely by the Company, subsequently expressed interest in buying the units. Supported by advice received from the unrelated third-party manager of the hotel, the Company intends to use the three combined units for purposes of creating additional suites for the hotel. In addition to negotiating on arm’s-length terms with Mr. Roberts, the Company obtained two independent appraisals. One appraisal stated that the fair market value of the combined condominium units was $13.5 million, while the other appraisal stated that the fair market value was $16 million. In April 2021, the Company purchased the combined condominium units from the Roberts LLC for the lower of the two appraisals at $13.5 million, which represents a loss of approximately $820,000 compared with the purchase price the Roberts LLC paid for the three units in 2016.

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Who May Vote

Holders of record of Class A and Class B common stock of Comcast at the close of business on April 5, 2021 may vote at the annual meeting of shareholders. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) is being mailed, and this proxy statement is being made available, to our shareholders beginning on or about April 23, 2021.

Participating and Voting at the Meeting

Attendance at the meeting for purposes of voting and asking questions is limited to shareholders of record on April 5, 2021. Please be sure to have your proxy voting card or notice with you so that you may access your 16-digit control number to log on to the meeting. If your shares are held in the name of your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, please have your voting instruction form received from your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, which will contain the relevant control number.

If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting, please call the technical support number that will be posted on the meeting login page.

Conduct of the Meeting

The Chairman of our directors, wasBoard (or any other person designated by our Board) has broad authority to conduct the annual meeting of shareholders in an orderly manner. This authority includes establishing rules of conduct, which will be available at the meeting online, for shareholders who wish to participate in the meeting. Questions may be submitted during the meeting in the online question box provided at the meeting. Questions submitted in accordance with the rules of conduct generally will be addressed in the order received (both with respect to specific agenda items and the general question and answer session) and will be read as submitted, unless the question is duplicative of a writerquestion already asked and answered or is deemed profane or otherwise inappropriate, in which case the question may be edited or paraphrased.

How to Vote

You may vote at the meeting or by proxy before the meeting. We recommend that you vote by proxy even if you plan to participate in the meeting. You can always change your vote at the meeting.

How Proxies Work

Our Board of Directors is asking for content createdyour proxy. Giving us your proxy means you authorize us to vote your shares at the meeting in the manner you direct. You may vote for all, some or none of our director candidates. You also may vote for or against the other proposals or abstain from voting.

You can vote by DreamWorks Animation, whichproxy before the meeting in any of the following ways:

   
InternetTelephoneMail
Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR code on your Notice or proxy card with a smartphone or tablet, and then follow the instructions outlined on the secure website.Call toll free 1-800-690-6903 and follow the instructions provided on the recorded message. If you hold shares beneficially, through a broker, brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, please refer to the instructions your broker, brokerage firm, bank or other nominee provided to you regarding voting by telephone.Complete, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the enclosed envelope.

If you vote via the internet or by telephone, your vote must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, 2021.

If you give us your signed proxy but do not specify how to vote, we acquiredwill vote your shares (i) in August 2016. While his relationship with us has ended, he received approximately $189,000favor of (a) the director candidates, (b) the approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation and (c) the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors; and (ii) against the shareholder proposal.

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Matters to be Presented

We are not aware of any matters to be presented at the meeting other than those described in compensation from us and also participatedthis proxy statement. If any matters not described in our employee benefit plansthis proxy statement are properly presented at the meeting, the proxies will use their own judgment to determine how to vote your shares. If the meeting is postponed or adjourned, the proxies will vote your shares on the same basis as other similarly-situated employeesnew meeting date in 2018.accordance with your previous instructions, unless you have revoked your proxy.

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR NEXT YEAR

Revoking a Proxy

You may revoke your proxy before it is voted by:

submitting a new proxy with a later date, including a proxy given via the internet or by telephone;
notifying our Secretary in writing before the meeting at the address given below; or
voting in person at the meeting.

Notice of Electronic Availability of Proxy Materials

Pursuant to the rules of the SEC, we are making this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K available to our shareholders electronically via the internet. In compliance with this e-proxy process, on or about April 23, 2021, we mailed to our shareholders of record and beneficial owners the Notice containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K via the internet and how to vote online. As a result, you will not receive a paper copy of the proxy materials unless you request one. All shareholders may access the proxy materials on the website referred to in the Notice and in this proxy statement and request to receive a set of the proxy materials by mail or electronically, in either case, free of charge. If you would like to receive a paper or electronic copy of our proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials in the Notice. By participating in the e-proxy process, we reduce the impact of our annual meeting of shareholders on the environment and save money on the cost of printing and mailing documents to you. See “Electronic Access to Proxy Materials and Annual Report on Form 10-K” below for further information on electing to receive proxy materials electronically.

Additional Information on the Annual Meeting of Shareholders

If you have questions or would like more information about the annual meeting of shareholders, you can contact us in any of the following ways:

Via the internet:Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR code on your Notice or proxy card with a smartphone or tablet.By writing:Thomas J. Reid, Secretary Comcast Corporation One Comcast Center
Philadelphia, PA 19103
By telephone:Call toll free 1-866-281-2100

Shareholder Proposals for Next Year

Any shareholder proposals intended to be presented at our 20202022 annual meeting of shareholders and considered for inclusion in our proxy materials under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 14a-8”) must be received by close of business on December 28, 201924, 2021 and must comply with the procedures and requirements of Rule14a-8 under the Exchange Act. 14a-8. Shareholder proposals failing to comply with the procedures of Rule14a-8 under the Exchange Act will be excluded. If the date of our 20202022 annual meeting is more than 30 days from June 5, 2020,3, 2022, we will publicly announce a different submission deadline from that set forth above, in compliance with SEC rules.

Any shareholder proposals (other than those proposals seeking to nominate directors) that are intended to be presented at the annual meeting of shareholders in 20202022 but are not to be included in our proxy materials must comply with the advance notice provision in Section 2.09 of ourby-laws. If we call the 20202022 annual meeting of shareholders for a date between May 6, 20203, 2022 and July 5, 2020,2, 2022, we must receive notice of the proposal on or after February 6, 20202, 2022 and on or before March 7, 2020.4, 2022. If we call the 20202022 annual meeting of shareholders for any other date, we must receive notice of the proposal by the close of business on the tenth day following the day we mailed notice of, or announced publicly, the date of the meeting, whichever occurs first. If notice is not received by March 7, 20204, 2022 (or the tenth day following the day we mail notice of, or announce publicly, the date of our 20202022 annual meeting of shareholders, if such meeting is not called for a date between May 6, 20203, 2022 and July 5, 2020)2, 2022), the shareholder proposals will be deemed “untimely.”

Shareholders who wish to nominate directors for election must comply with the procedures described under “Corporate Governance and Board Matters — Board of Directors — Director Nominations.”

All shareholder proposals should be directed to Thomas J. Reid, Secretary, Comcast Corporation, at our address listed on page 3.

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Solicitation of Proxies

We pay the cost of this proxy solicitation. Pursuant to SEC rules, we are making this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form10-K available to our shareholders electronically via the Internet.internet. In addition to soliciting proxies by the Internetinternet and mail, we expect that a number of our employees will solicit shareholders personally and by telephone. None of these employees will receive any additional or special compensation for doing this. We have retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. to assist in the solicitation of proxies for aggregate fees of approximately $32,000$32,500 plus reasonableout-of-pocket costs and expenses. The agreement with D.F. King contains customary indemnification provisions. We will, on request, reimburse banks, brokerage firms and other nominees for their expenses in sending proxy materials to their customers who are beneficial owners of our common stock and obtaining their voting instructions.

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Shareholders can access this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form10-K via the Internetinternet atwww.proxyvote.comor by scanning the QR code on the Notice or proxy card with a smartphone or tablet, and then following the instructions outlined on the secure website. For future annual meetings of shareholders, shareholders can consent to accessing their proxy materials, including the Notice, the proxy statement and the annual report, electronically in lieu of receiving them by mail. To receive materials electronically, you will need access to a computer and ane-mail account. You will have the opportunity to revoke your request for electronic delivery at any time without charge.

If you are a registered shareholder and you have not already done so, you can choose this electronic delivery option by following the instructions provided when voting via the Internetinternet and provided on the proxy card. Your choice will remain in effect unless you revoke it by contacting our transfer agent, Equiniti Trust Company D/B/A EQ Shareowner Services (“EQ Shareowner Services”), at1-888-883-8903or P.O. Box 64854, St. Paul, MN 55164-0854. You may update your electronic address by contacting EQ Shareowner Services.

If you hold your shares through a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee and you have not already done so, you can choose this electronic delivery option by contacting your nominee or by following the instructions provided when voting via the Internet.internet. Your choice will remain in effect unless you revoke it by contacting your nominee. You may update your electronic address by contacting your nominee.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING DELIVERY OF SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTS

Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Shareholder Documents

Under SEC rules, delivery of each Notice or a single proxy statement and annual report, as applicable, in a single envelope to two or more shareholders sharing the same mailing address is permitted under certain conditions. This procedure, called “householding,” is available if all of the following criteria are met:

 

you have the same address as other shareholders registered on our books;

you have the same address as other shareholders registered on our books;
you have the same last name as the other shareholders; and
your address is a residential address or post office box.

 

you have the same last name as the other shareholders; and

your address is a residential address or post office box.

If you meet this criteria, you are eligible for householding and the following terms apply. If you are not eligible, please disregard this notice.

How do I consent to, or discontinue, the householding process of receiving just one set of annual disclosure materials?

To give your consent to, or to discontinue, householding, please notify our transfer agent, EQ Shareowner Services, at1-888-883-8903 or by mail at P.O. Box 64874, St. Paul, MN 55164-0854 if you are a registered shareholder, or your bank or broker if you are a beneficial shareholder. Registered and beneficial shareholders may also discontinue householding by contacting Broadridge by phone at (866)540-7095 or by mail at Broadridge, Householding Department, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

The householding consent is considered perpetual, which means you will continue to receive a single envelope containing each Notice for the household or a single proxy statement and annual report, as applicable, in the future unless you discontinue this process.

Appendix A

COMCAST CORPORATION

2019 OMNIBUS SHARESAVE PLAN

1.        Purpose. Comcast Corporation (the “Company”) maintains certain broad-based equity compensation plans designed to provide equity compensation awards in the form of stock options (“Options”) to employees of, and, to the extent required by applicable law, board members who provide full-time services to, the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates globally (collectively, the “Participants”). The purpose of these plans is to allow Participants to enter into savings arrangements requiring deductions from their salary, with their accumulated savings being used to exercise Options and acquire shares of Comcast Corporation Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 (“Shares”), following the end of apre-determined savings period, thereby providing such Participants with a personal stake in the Company and a long-range inducement to remain in the employ of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates. As of the date of adoption of this Comcast Corporation Omnibus Sharesave Plan (the “Omnibus Sharesave Plan”), these equity compensation plans currently comprise:

 

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the Comcast 2019 UK Sharesave Plan;

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b.

the Comcast 2019 Irish Sharesave Plan; and

c.

the Comcast 2019 International Sharesave Plan.

For the purposes of the Omnibus Sharesave Plan, each of the above listed plans as set forth and attached hereto in Appendices I – III, together with any additional plans adopted by the Committee (as defined below) pursuant to Paragraph 6 hereof, shall be collectively referred to as the “Sub-Plans”. The Company has adopted the Omnibus Sharesave Plan to consolidate theSub-Plans under a common framework consisting of a single document with Appendices. The Omnibus Sharesave Plan is intended to provide the Company with a common framework for the establishment and administration of sharesave plans for the benefit of the employees of the Company and participating subsidiaries.

2.        Administration. (i) The Omnibus Sharesave Plan shall be administered by the Comcast Corporation Compensation Committee or its delegate (the “Committee”). The Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) shall have authority to interpret the Omnibus Sharesave Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable in administering the Omnibus Sharesave Plan, with or without the advice of counsel. The Committee may delegate its administrative duties, subject to its review and supervision, to the appropriate officers and employees of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. The determinations of the Board and the Committee on the matters referred to in this Paragraph 2 shall be conclusive and binding.

(ii) The Committee may delegate its authority with respect to the Omnibus Sharesave Plan, including but not limited to the Committee’s authority regarding administration and interpretation of the Omnibus Sharesave Plan as described in Paragraph 2(i), the Committee’s authority to make equitable anti-dilution adjustments as described in Paragraph 3, the Committee’s authority to establish additionalSub-Plans as described in 6, and the Committee’s authority to amend and terminate the Omnibus Sharesave Plan as described in Paragraph 7, to a person, persons or committee, in its sole and absolute discretion. Actions taken by the Committee’s duly-authorized delegate shall have the same force and effect as actions taken by the Committee. Any delegation of authority pursuant to this Paragraph 2(ii) shall continue in effect until the earliest of:

(a)

such time as the Committee shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, revoke such delegation of authority;

(b)

in the case of delegation to a person that is conditioned on such person’s continued service as an employee of the Company or as a member of the Board, the date such delegate shall cease to serve in such capacity for any reason; or

 
(c)

the delegate shall notify the Committee that he or she declines to continue to exercise such authority.

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We believe that the Omnibus Sharesave Plan. (i) Subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 3(ii) below,presentation of financial measures not more than 10,000,000 million Shares in the aggregate may be issued under the Omnibus Sharesave Plan pursuant to the grant of Options under theSub-Plans. The Shares issued under the Omnibus Sharesave Plan may, at the Company’s option, be either Shares held in treasury or Shares originally issued for such purpose. If Options covering Shares are forfeited pursuant to the terms of an Option, the underlying Shares shall return to the pool of Shares available for issuance under the Omnibus Sharesave Plan.

(ii) The Committee shall make appropriate equitable anti-dilution adjustments to the aggregate number of Shares and class of Shares as to which Options may be granted in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other change in the number or class of issued and outstanding equity securities of the Company resulting from a subdivision or consolidation of the Shares and/or other outstanding equity security or a recapitalization or other capital adjustment (not including the issuance of Shares and/or other outstanding equity securities on the conversion of other securities of the Company which are convertible into Shares and/or other outstanding equity securities) affecting the Shares which is effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. The Committee shall have authority to determine the adjustments to be made under this Paragraph 3(ii) and any such determination by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.

4.        Purchase Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in an applicableSub-Plan, in no event shall the price per Share at which a participant may acquire Shares upon the exercise of an Option be less than eighty percent (80%) of the Market Value (as defined below) of a Share as of the time at which the Board invites applications for Options, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the applicableSub-Plan. For these purposes, “Market Value” means,United States (“GAAP”) provides useful information to investors regarding our results of operations and financial condition. Our non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in relationaddition to, but not as a Share on any day (i) if and so long as the Shares are admittedsubstitute for, operating income, net income, net income attributable to listing and traded on the National Market SystemComcast Corporation, earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders, net cash provided by operating activities or other measures of the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (or such other principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are admitted to listingperformance or traded), its closing price on such day or, if not a trading day, on the immediately preceding trading day or (ii) if not listed or traded on any such exchange or system, its market value, determinedliquidity reported in accordance with applicable law or regulation.GAAP.

5.        Impact onSub-Plans. The Omnibus Sharesave Plan shall not, except as otherwise stated herein, amend, alter, or otherwise modify the terms of eachSub-Plan or any grants or awards made pursuant to suchSub-Plan and any such grant or award shall be expressed to be made under the relevantSub-Plan.

6.        AdditionalSub-Plans. Additional equity compensation plans on similar terms to the currentSub-Plans may be adopted by the Committee in order to provide equity compensation awards to Participants in other jurisdictions or business units to those covered by the then currentSub-Plans (subject, where required, to any shareholder approval having first been obtained). The Committee may determine that the terms of such additional equity compensation plans may be adjusted in such a manner as necessary or desirable to take account of relevant tax, exchange control or securities laws. Any such additional equity compensation plans will from the date of adoption be considered to beSub-Plans for the purposes of this Omnibus Sharesave Plan and any Shares made available under such additional equity compensation plans shall be subject to the limits in Paragraph 3 above.

7.        Amendment and Termination The Committee may amend or terminate the Omnibus Sharesave Plan at any time; provided, however, that termination shall be without prejudice to the subsisting rights of participants under any of theSub-Plans and no amendment to the Omnibus Sharesave Plan shall adversely affect the rights of any participant under any of theSub-Plans save as provided for under the relevantSub-Plan; provided further that the Company may seek shareholder approval of the Omnibus Sharesave Plan or any amendment to the Omnibus Sharesave Plan if such approval is determined to be required by or advisable under the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Internal Revenue Service, the rules of any stock exchange or system on which the Shares are listed or other applicable law or regulation, and provided further that the Board or the Committee may condition the effectiveness of any participation on such shareholder approval. The Omnibus Sharesave Plan shall terminate upon the termination of allSub-Plans.

8.        Securities Law. The acquisition of Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies as may be required. The Board or the Committee shall have the power to subject the acquisition of Shares under the Plan to such conditions as it may deem necessary or appropriate to assure that such acquisition of Shares is in compliance with applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).

9.        Effective Date. The Omnibus Sharesave Plan shall be adopted as of the date of the Committee approval, subject to the approval by the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2019. Grants made pursuant to theSub-Plans shall be subject to the terms of the Omnibus Sharesave Plan.

Appendix B

Reconciliations ofNon-GAAP Financial Measures

We define adjustedAdjusted EBITDA as net income attributable to Comcast Corporation before net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable subsidiary preferred stock, income tax benefit (expense),expense, investment and other income (loss), net, interest expense, depreciation and amortization expense, and other operating gains and losses (such as impairment charges related to fixed and intangible assets and gains or losses on the sale of long-lived assets), if any. From time to time we may exclude from adjustedAdjusted EBITDA the impact of certain events, gains, losses or other charges (such as significant legal settlements) that affect theperiod-to-period comparability of our operating performance. ReconciliationsAdditional information and reconciliations of adjustedAdjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to Comcast Corporation for the years ended December 31, 2016, 20172018, 2019 and 20182020 are set forth in “Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations –Non-GAAP Financial Measure”Measures” on pages54-55page 57 of our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018,2020, as filed with the SecuritiesSEC on February 4, 2021 (the “10-K”).

Constant currency and Exchange Commissionconstant currency growth rates are calculated by comparing the prior year results adjusted to reflect the average exchange rates from the current year rather than the actual exchange rates that were in effect during the respective prior year. Additional information and a reconciliation of Sky’s constant currency Adjusted EBITDA growth rate for 2020 is set forth in “Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Non-GAAP Financial Measures” on January 31, 2019. In 2018, we definedpages 57-58 of the 10-K.

We define Free Cash Flow as Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities (as stated in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows) reduced by capital expenditures and cash paid for intangible assets. From time to time, we may exclude from Free Cash Flow the impact of certain cash receipts or payments (such as significant legal settlements) that affectperiod-to-period comparability. Cash payments for acquisitions and construction of real estate properties andrelated to certain capital or intangible assets, such as the construction of Universal Beijing Resort, are presented separately in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and are therefore excluded from capital expenditures and cash paid for intangible assets for Free Cash Flow.

For additional details regarding We believe Free Cash Flow provides a meaningful measure of liquidity and a useful basis for assessing our use ofnon-GAAP financial measures, please referability to Exhibit 99.2repay debt, make strategic acquisitions and investments, and return capital to investors through stock repurchases and dividends. It is also a significant performance measure in our Current Report onForm 8-K filed on January 23, 2019 for the reasonsannual incentive compensation programs. Additionally, we believe that the presentation of financial measures not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) providesFree Cash Flow is useful information to investors regarding our results of operations and financial condition and, to the extent material, the additional purposes, if any, for which our management uses thesenon-GAAP financial measures. Ournon-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitutebasis for operating income, net income, net income attributable to Comcast Corporation, earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders, net cash provided by operating activities orcomparing our performance and coverage ratios with other measurescompanies in our industries, although our measure of performance or liquidity reported in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliation from Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow may not be directly comparable to similar measures used by other companies. Free Cash Flow has certain limitations, including that it does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures since other non-discretionary payments, such as mandatory debt repayments, are not deducted from the measure.

RECONCILIATION FROM NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW

($ in millions)

 

        

Year Ended December 31,

 

 
        

2018

         

2017

      

2016

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

     $

 

24,297

 

 

 

      $

 

21,261

 

 

 

   $

 

19,691

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

      

 

(9,774)

 

 

 

       

 

(9,550)

 

 

 

    

 

(9,135)

 

 

 

Cash paid for capitalized software and other
intangible assets

 

      

 

(1,935)

 

 

 

       

 

(1,605)

 

 

 

    

 

(1,552)

 

 

 

Adjustments1

 

 

              (325)     146 
     

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total free cash flow

     $12,588       $9,781    $9,150 
     

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
  2020  2019  2018 
Net cash provided by operating activities  24,737   25,697   24,297 
Capital expenditures  (9,179)  (9,953)  (9,774)
Cash paid for capitalized software and other intangible assets  (2,455)  (2,475)  (1,935)
Adjustments related to legal settlements  177   125    
Free Cash Flow  13,280   13,394   12,588 

 

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Adjustments include a $250 million payment related to a legal settlement and a $575 million tax benefit related to a debt exchange in 2017 and a $146 million payment for the settlement of a tax receivable agreement related to the DreamWorks acquisition in 2016; we consider these payments and the tax benefit to be nonrecurring in nature, and therefore, have excluded them from free cash flow.

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   05 -Gerald L. Hassell 10 -Brian L. Roberts                  
                          
 The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” Proposals 2 and 3: For Against Abstain BShareholder Proposal — The Board of Directors recommends a vote “AGAINST” Proposal 4 if properly presented at the annual meeting: For Against Abstain
                          
 2. Advisory vote on executive compensation o o o 4.To conduct independent investigation and report on risks posed by failing to prevent sexual harassment o o o
 3. Ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors o o o            
                      
                          
                          
                          
                          

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1. Election of Directors
01— Kenneth J. Bacon 06—Jeffrey A. Honickman
02—Madeline S. Bell 07—Maritza G. Montiel
03—Sheldon M. Bonovitz 08—Asuka Nakahara
04—Edward D. Breen 09—David C. Novak
05—Gerald L. Hassell 10—Brian L. Roberts
The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” Shareholder Proposals — The Board of Directors
Proposals 2, 3 and 4: For Against Abstain B recommends a vote “AGAINST” Proposals 5 and 6 if For Against Abstain properly presented at the annual meeting:
2. Ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors ! ! ! 5. To require an independent board chairman ! ! !
3. Approval of Comcast Corporation 2019 Omnibus ! ! ! 6. To provide a lobbying report ! ! !
Sharesave Plan
4. Advisory vote on executive compensation ! ! !
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20192021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 2, 2021

9:00 a.m. Eastern Time

comcast.onlineshareholdermeeting.com

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COMCAST CORPORATION
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS ON JUNE 5, 2019.2, 2021.

I hereby appoint David L. CohenMichael J. Cavanagh and Thomas J. Reid, and each of them acting individually, as proxies, with the powers I would possess if personally present, and with full power of substitution, to vote all shares in Comcast Corporation at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held live via the Internet at comcast.onlineshareholdermeeting.com at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on June 5, 2019,2, 2021, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, upon all matters described in the proxy statement that may properly come before the meeting, in accordance with my instructions on the reverse side of this proxy card. In the event that any other matter may properly come before the meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the proxies are each authorized to vote on such matter in their discretion, including for any replacement nominee nominated for director by the Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation if a director nominee on this proxy card becomes unavailable to serve. I hereby revoke all previous proxies given to vote at the annual meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

I acknowledge receipt of the notice of annual meeting of shareholders, the proxy statement and the Annual Report on Form10-K of Comcast Corporation.

The shares represented by this proxy card will be voted in accordance with your instructions if the card is signed and returned. If you are voting with this proxy card, please mark your choices on the other side of this proxy card, sign it where indicated on the other side and return it promptly to Vote Processing, Comcast Corporation, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. If your card is signed and returned without instructions, the shares will be voted in favor of all of the director nominees and any replacement nominee, in favor of Proposals 2 and 3, and 4, and against Proposals 5 and 6.Proposal 4. If you are voting shares held in the Comcast Employee Stock Purchase Plan or the Comcast-NBCUniversal Employee Stock Purchase Plan, voting by Internet, telephone, mail or in person by ballot will vote all of the shares held by you in such plans, as well as any shares held by you as a shareholder of record. If you hold shares that are not represented by this proxy card, you will receive additional proxy card(s) by mail that will allow you to vote the remaining shares.

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