Exhibit 10.17
AMENDMENT TO
COMPENSATION AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
COMCAST CORPORATION AND ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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This Amendment is made as of this 18th day of November, 2002, by and
between Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), and
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ("▇▇▇▇▇▇▇").
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WHEREAS, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company entered into an amended and restated
Compensation and Deferred Compensation Agreement effective August 31, 1998 (the
"Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company amended the Agreement by Amendment dated
as of August 19, 1999, Amendment dated as of June 5, 2001, and Amendment dated
January 24, 2002 (the Agreement as thus amended being referred to herein as the
"Amended Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to further modify the provisions of the
Amended Agreement concerning the term of the Amended Agreement, the
establishment of a trust as provided therein and other matters; and
WHEREAS, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ is agreeable to accepting the Company's proposed
modifications to the Amended Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the provisions set
forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
1. Section 1.1 of the Amended Agreement is modified by replacing the phrase
"December 31, 2002" therein with the phrase "December 31, 2007".
2. Effective as of November 18, 2002, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇' Base Compensation is
increased to $1,600,000 per annum. Notwithstanding the provisions of the second
sentence of Section 3.1 of the Amended Agreement (which is hereby deleted): (a)
the Base Compensation shall not be subject to increase on January 1, 2003; and
(b) the Base Compensation shall be subject to increase effective January 1, 2004
(and for each calendar year following 2004) in the discretion of the
Subcommittee.
3. The parties acknowledge that the occurrence of the merger (the "Merger")
between the Company and a subsidiary of AT&T Comcast Corporation ("AT&T
Comcast") (which, effective immediately following the consummation of the
Merger, is changing its name to "Comcast Corporation"), as contemplated by the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 19, 2001 (as amended from
time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), among the Company, AT&T Comcast, AT&T
Corp., and certain other related parties, will result in a Change of Control as
defined in the Amended Agreement. Pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Amended
Agreement, the Company is required, prior to the occurrence of a Change of
Control, to establish the Trust (as defined in the Amended Agreement), and is
further required, upon and after the occurrence of a Change of Control, to
contribute certain assets to the Trust. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ hereby waives the requirements
that the Company so form and contribute assets to the Trust as a result of the
Merger; provided that (a) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ may at any time, by notice to the Company,
require the Company to form and contribute assets to the Trust and (b) if
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ gives such notice, the Company, as promptly as practicable (and in any
event within 30 days) thereafter, shall (i) form the Trust in accordance with
Section 3.10 of the Amended Agreement, (ii) contribute to the Trust the funds
and other assets which the Company would be required to
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contribute pursuant to the Amended Agreement if a Change of Control occurred on
the date of such notice, and (iii) thereafter contribute such additional assets
as may be required by the Amended Agreement as if the waiver made hereby had not
been made.
4. Section 12.3 of the Amended Agreement is amended by adding the following
at the end thereof:
In any case where this Agreement provides for a determination to be made or
instruction to be given by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, such determination or instruction made
or given after his death shall be made or given by the foregoing persons as
their interests may appear; provided that, if it is impractical to give
effect to separate determinations or instructions, the determination or
instruction given by such of the foregoing as shall then have the greatest
interest, as determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion, shall
control.
5. As contemplated by Section 9.14 of the Merger Agreement, and pursuant to
Section 12.1 of the Amended Agreement, upon consummation of the Merger, AT&T
Comcast, as the successor to the Company, will be bound by the Amended
Agreement, as further amended hereby (together, the "Further Amended
Agreement"), and will perform the Further Amended Agreement, in the same manner
and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no
such succession had taken place. To give effect thereto, and as further
contemplated by Section 9.14 of the Merger Agreement, upon and following
consummation of the Merger:
(a) When used in the Further Amended Agreement to refer to a period or
action to be taken or other event occurring after consummation of the
Merger,
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(i) the term "Company" shall be deemed to refer to AT&T Comcast
(which shall include, for all purposes of this Section 3, its
successors as provided in Section 12.1 of the Further Amended
Agreement);
(ii) the terms "Board" and "Committee" shall be deemed to refer,
respectively, to the Board of Directors of AT&T Comcast and the
Compensation Committee of such Board;
(iii) the term "Subcommittee" shall be deemed to refer to the
Subcommittee on Performance-Based Compensation of the Compensation
Committee, if such Subcommittee exists, or, if such Subcommittee does
not exist, such other subcommittee of the Compensation Committee as
shall perform the functions heretofore performed by the Subcommittee
on Performance-Based Compensation of the Company's Compensation
Committee, or, if there is no such other subcommittee, the full
Compensation Committee; and
(iv) by signing this Amendment where indicated below, AT&T
Comcast hereby assumes the Company's obligations to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ under the
Further Amended Agreement, 1993 Agreement, the Cash Bonus Plan, the
1992 Split-Dollar Plan, the 1992 and 1994 Split-Dollar Plans, the 1996
Split-Dollar Agreement, the 1997/1998 Split-Dollar Agreement, the 1996
Deferred Compensation Plan, the SERP and the Pre-Existing Agreements
(as each is defined in the Amended Agreement), and the terms "1993
Agreement," "Cash Bonus Plan," "1992 Split-Dollar Plan," "1992 and
1994 Split-Dollar Plans," "1996 Split-Dollar Agreement," "1997/1998
Split-Dollar Agreement," "1996
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Deferred Compensation Plan," "SERP," and "Pre-Existing Agreements"
shall be deemed to refer to such agreements or plans as so assumed by
AT&T Comcast.
(b) The phrase "Comcast Corporation" in Section 12.2 of the Further
Amended Agreement is replaced with the phrase "AT&T Comcast Corporation
(which, effective immediately following the consummation of the merger
between Comcast Corporation and a subsidiary of AT&T Comcast Corporation,
is changing its name to "Comcast Corporation")".
6. Effective upon consummation of the Merger, Section 2.1 of the Further
Amended Agreement is amended by (a) replacing the phrase "Chairman of the Board"
therein with the phrase "Chairman of the Executive and Finance Committee of the
Board" and (b) deleting the phrase "Section 4-6 of".
7. Except as amended hereby, the Amended Agreement remains in full force
and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of
the date first above written.
Comcast Corporation
By:
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▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Agreed to and acknowledged by:
AT&T Comcast Corporation
By:
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