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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 11-K

 


 

 

COMCAST CORPORATION

 


 

(Mark One):

x

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

 

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

 

OR

 

o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

 

 

For the transition period from                       to                      

 

Commission file number 001-32871

 


 

A.                     Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

COMCAST CORPORATION RETIREMENT-INVESTMENT PLAN

 

B.                     Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

Comcast Corporation

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2838

 

 

 



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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2013 and 2012

2

 

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2013

3

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

4-13

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE:

 

 

 

Form 5500, Schedule H—Part IV, Line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2013

14

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

15

 

 

SIGNATURE

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NOTE: All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.

 



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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Trustee and Participants of

Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2013 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2013 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Such schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2013 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 26, 2014

 

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COMCAST CORPORATION RETIREMENT-INVESTMENT PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012

(in thousands)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

 

$

976

 

Participant-directed investments, at fair value

 

 

3,865,554

 

Plan interest in Comcast Corporation Employee Savings Plans Master Trust participant-directed investments, at fair value

 

5,570,632

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

Notes receivable from participants

 

184,025

 

129,820

 

Contributions receivable from participants

 

3,768

 

164

 

Contributions receivable from employer

 

62,934

 

11,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total receivables

 

250,727

 

141,260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS REFLECTING ALL INVESTMENTS AT FAIR VALUE

 

5,821,359

 

4,007,790

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

(10,622

)

(20,119

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

$

5,810,737

 

$

3,987,671

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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COMCAST CORPORATION RETIREMENT-INVESTMENT PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,
2013

 

ADDITIONS:

 

 

 

Investment income:

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

$

492,861

 

Dividends

 

8,750

 

Interest

 

6,046

 

Plan interest in Comcast Corporation Employee Savings Plans Master Trust investment income

 

460,223

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

967,880

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions:

 

 

 

Participant

 

395,274

 

Employer

 

298,152

 

Rollover

 

66,483

 

 

 

 

 

Total contributions

 

759,909

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from litigation settlement

 

430

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income on notes receivable from participants

 

7,148

 

 

 

 

 

Total additions

 

1,735,367

 

 

 

 

 

DEDUCTIONS:

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants

 

393,527

 

Administrative expenses

 

7,459

 

 

 

 

 

Total deductions

 

400,986

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in net assets before transfers

 

1,334,381

 

 

 

 

 

Transfers from NBCUniversal Capital Accumulation Plan

 

488,685

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in net assets

 

1,823,066

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

3,987,671

 

 

 

 

 

End of year

 

$

5,810,737

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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COMCAST CORPORATION RETIREMENT-INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

 

1.                       PLAN DESCRIPTION

 

General

 

The following description of the Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Plan participants should refer to the Plan document and applicable amendments for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. Copies of these documents are available from the Plan Administrator, Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”, the “Company” or the “Plan Administrator”).

 

The Plan is a defined contribution plan qualified under Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) Sections 401(a), 401(k) and 401(m). The original Plan has been amended and restated to reflect mergers of other plans with and into the Plan and to make certain other technical, compliance and design changes. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

 

Effective September 10, 2013, the Company established, and the Plan assets were transferred into, the Comcast Corporation Employee Savings Plans Master Trust (“Master Trust”) in an effort to more efficiently manage the assets of the Comcast and NBCUniversal Media, LLC (“NBCUniversal”) defined contribution plans.  The Master Trust allows the Company to have a unified investment line-up across the various defined contribution plans, while allowing varying provisions in plan design.

 

Employees of the Company become eligible to participate in the Plan in the first month after completion of three months of service (or, in the case of employees of NBCUniversal and its subsidiaries, immediately following their hire date) and are automatically enrolled in the Plan at a contribution rate equal to 3% of eligible compensation on a pre-tax basis unless they opt out of participation. Automatically-enrolled participants may thereafter increase or decrease their contribution at any time. Contribution rates for participants hired (or rehired after having not worked for the Company for a period of more than 1 year following his or her employment termination date) on or after January 1, 2013, will increase 1% per year up to 10%, subject to certain limits imposed by the Code, unless a participant elects to opt out of the automatic increase program.

 

The maximum amount of eligible compensation that may be deferred is 50% (plus an additional 30% of eligible compensation for eligible employees aged 50 or above), subject to certain limits imposed by the Code. The Company matches 100% of the participant’s contributions up to 4.5% of the participant’s eligible compensation for such payroll period. The maximum Company matching contribution for a Plan year is $10,000 for any participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee (as defined in the Plan) and who is eligible to contribute to the Comcast Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan as of the first day of the Plan year.

 

Each participant has at all times a 100% nonforfeitable interest in the participant’s contributions and earnings attributable thereto.  Company matching contributions are also fully and immediately vested.  Effective January 1, 2013, the Company also provides certain eligible NBCUniversal employees an Annual Retirement Contribution equal to 3% of eligible compensation, subject to certain limits imposed by the Code.  Beginning with the 2014 Plan year, the Company may make a contribution of up to 1% of eligible compensation on behalf of certain other non-highly compensated employees of the Company eligible to participate in the Plan.  In each case, such employer contributions become vested in annual 20% increments based on years of service with the Company and its subsidiaries commencing with the attainment of 2 years of service. Rollover contributions represent participant assets transferred to the Plan from other qualified retirement plans.

 

Each participant has the right, in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, to direct the investment by the Trustee of the Plan of all amounts allocated to the separate accounts of the participant under the Plan among any one or more of the investment fund options. The Trustee pays benefits and expenses upon the written direction of the Plan Administrator. Effective January 1, 2013, the administrative fee assessed per account by the Trustee increased from $19 per year to $32 per year.

 

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Forfeitures, consisting of amounts contributed by the Company that are not 100% vested upon a participants’ separation from service and amounts related to unclaimed Required Minimum Distributions as defined by the Code, shall be used to reduce the Company’s required contributions. Pending application of the forfeitures, the Company may direct the Trustee to hold the forfeitures in cash or under investment in a suspense account. If the Plan should terminate with any forfeitures not applied against Company contributions, they will be allocated to then current participants in the proportion that each participant’s eligible compensation for that Plan year bears to the eligible compensation for all such participants for the Plan year. Forfeitures used for the year ended December 31, 2013 amounted to $1,212,239.  Outstanding forfeitures not yet applied against Company contributions at December 31, 2013 and 2012 were $35,199 and $33,619, respectively.

 

Any participant who has a separation from service for any reason shall be entitled to receive his/her vested account balance. Upon death, disability or attainment of age 65, a participant’s account becomes fully vested in all Company contributions regardless of the participant’s years of service. Generally, distribution will start no later than 60 days after the close of the Plan year in which the participant’s separation from service occurs, subject to certain deferral rights under the Plan. The distribution alternatives permitted are a lump sum payment, annual, quarterly or, beginning July 1, 2014, monthly installments, a rollover into another qualified plan, or any combination of the foregoing.

 

Transfers

 

Effective January 1, 2013, the Plan was amended to reflect that NBCUniversal and its subsidiaries became Participating Companies in the Plan. In connection therewith, $489 million in assets related to eligible NBCUniversal employees were transferred to the Plan from the NBCUniversal Capital Accumulation Plan.

 

Trustee

 

Fidelity Management Trust Company is the appointed Trustee of the Plan.

 

2.                       SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Accounting and Presentation

 

The financial statements of the Plan are presented using the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

 

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value of a financial instrument is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company’s Class A and Class A Special common stock are valued at their respective closing price reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on the last trading day of the Plan year. Money market funds are stated at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. Shares of mutual funds, separate accounts and common collective trusts are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end. The stable value fund is stated at fair value and then adjusted to contract value as described below. Fair value of the stable value fund is the net asset value of its underlying investments and contract value is principal plus accrued interest.

 

Investment contracts, such as those included in the Comcast Stable Value Fund, are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measure of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts since that is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. As required by U.S. GAAP, the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits present investments at fair value as well as an additional line item showing the adjustment of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is presented on a contract value basis.

 

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Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the financial statements reflects changes in fair value of investments held at year end, while net realized gains and losses associated with the disposition of investments are recorded as of the trade date and calculated based on fair value as of such date. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

3.                       INVESTMENTS

 

To more efficiently manage the assets of a number of Comcast and NBCUniversal defined contribution plans, Comcast established the Master Trust, effective September 10, 2013. The Trustee was appointed by Comcast to hold, administer, and invest the assets of the Master Trust. The Master Trust includes the investment assets of the Plan, NBCUniversal Capital Accumulation Plan, E! Entertainment Television, LLC Profit Sharing/401(k) Savings Plan and Leisure Arts, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan. Each of the plans in the Master Trust maintains a segregated asset portfolio within the Master Trust. Investment income, realized gains (losses) on sales of investments, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, other receipts, other disbursements and administrative expenses are allocated to the segregated asset portfolios within the Master Trust. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the net change in value from participation in the Master Trust is reported as one line item in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits and the Plan’s interest in the Master Trust is reported as single line item in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

 

Because the Plan’s portfolio is segregated from the other plans that participate in the Master Trust, the Plan does not have an undivided interest in each investment in the Master Trust. Rather, the Plan has a specific percentage interest in each investment that differs from the overall percentage interest in the Master Trust.

 

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The following is a summary of the Master Trust’s Net Assets, and the Plan’s divided interest in the Master Trust, as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Master
Trust

 

Plan

 

Plan’s Percent
Interest in
Master
Trust

 

Investments at fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Class A

 

$

387,909

 

$

387,909

 

100.0

%

Comcast Class A Special

 

45,619

 

45,619

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic stock funds

 

755,195

 

746,892

 

98.9

 

International stock funds

 

325,068

 

322,648

 

99.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate account

 

1,310,211

 

1,287,076

 

98.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common collective trusts

 

2,268,719

 

2,214,069

 

97.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Stable Value Fund

 

568,168

 

564,939

 

99.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at Fair Value

 

5,660,889

 

5,569,152

 

98.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

1,480

 

1,480

 

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS REFLECTING ALL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE

 

5,662,369

 

5,570,632

 

98.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

(10,683

)

(10,622

)

99.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

 

$

5,651,686

 

$

5,560,010

 

98.4

%

 

 

For the period September 10, 2013 through December 31, 2013, the Master Trust’s investments (including investments purchased and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated as follows (in thousands):

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments:

 

 

 

Common collective trusts

 

$

156,641

 

Separate account

 

122,068

 

Domestic stock funds

 

67,816

 

International stock funds

 

18,620

 

Fixed income funds

 

76

 

Balanced funds

 

59

 

Comcast Class A

 

73,214

 

Comcast Class A Special

 

8,275

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

$

446,769

 

 

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The following are the changes in net assets for the Master Trust as well as for the Plan’s interest in the Master Trust for the period September 10, 2013 through December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

Master Trust investment income:

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

$

446,769

 

Interest and Dividends

 

20,832

 

Net investment income

 

467,601

 

 

 

 

 

Transfers in

 

220,672

 

 

 

 

 

Transfers out

 

156,027

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in net assets

 

532,246

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

 

 

 

September 10, 2013

 

5,119,440

 

End of year

 

$

5,651,686

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan’s interest in Master Trust net investment income

 

$

460,223

 

 

The table below sets forth the fair market value of the Plan’s investments in the Master Trust representing 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets and the Plan’s share of those investments in the Master Trust as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Master Trust

 

Plan

 

Spartan 500 Index Fund—Fidelity Advantage Institutional Class

 

$

535,856

 

$

530,197

 

Spartan International Index Fund—Fidelity Advantage Inst Class

 

323,993

 

322,649

 

Vanguard Target 2025

 

308,522

 

302,247

 

Vanguard Target 2030

 

332,945

 

325,147

 

Vanguard Target 2035

 

351,738

 

343,038

 

Vanguard Target 2040

 

310,056

 

300,685

 

Large Cap Stock Fund

 

648,080

 

633,845

 

Comcast Class A Common Stock

 

387,909

 

387,909

 

Comcast Stable Value Fund

 

568,168

 

564,939

 

 

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For the period January 1, 2013 through September 9, 2013, the date upon which the Plan’s investments were transferred into the Master Trust, the Plan’s investments, including investments purchased and sold, as well as held for the period January 1, 2013 through September 9, 2013, appreciated in fair value as follows (in thousands):

 

Common stock

 

 

 

Comcast Class A

 

$

40,351

 

Comcast Class A Special

 

5,354

 

Total common stock

 

45,705

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds

 

 

 

Domestic stock funds

 

88,537

 

International stock funds

 

25,791

 

Total mutual funds

 

114,328

 

 

 

 

 

Separate account

 

168,774

 

 

 

 

 

Common collective trusts

 

164,054

 

 

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

$

492,861

 

 

The table below sets forth the fair market value of investments representing 5% or more of the Plan’s assets as of December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

 

Mutual Funds

 

 

 

Spartan 500 Index Fund—Institutional Class

 

$

293,202

 

Spartan International Index Fund—Fidelity Advantage Inst Class

 

200,840

 

 

 

 

 

Separate account

 

 

 

Large Cap Stock Fund

 

454,473

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Corporation Stock

 

 

 

Class A Common Stock

 

298,958

 

 

4.                       STABLE VALUE FUND

 

As described in Note 2, included in the Comcast Stable Value Fund are fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, which are carried at contract value. The rate at which interest is credited to the Plan is that determined under the contract, consistent with reflecting participant balances at contract value as opposed to the market value of the underlying assets. Interest rates are reset quarterly by the issuers of the investment contracts.

 

The average yield of investment contracts held as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was 1.64% and 2.36%, respectively. When adjusted to reflect the actual interest credited to the Plan, the average yield of investment contracts held as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 was 1.46% and 1.70%, respectively.

 

The following table summarizes the adjustments from fair value to contract value related to the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts included in the Comcast Stable Value Fund (in thousands):

 

 

 

2013
Credit Rating

 

2013

 

2012

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company Boston

 

AA-

 

$

(2,765

)

$

(5,133

)

JP Morgan Chase

 

A+

 

(1,866

)

 

 

Natixis

 

 

 

 

 

(5,132

)

Prudential Ins Co America

 

AA-

 

(1,807

)

(2,088

)

Bank of Tokyo — Mitsubishi

 

A+

 

(2,405

)

(4,464

)

American General Life

 

A+

 

(1,779

)

(3,302

)

 

 

 

 

$

(10,622

)

$

(20,119

)

 

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There are certain events, such as the Plan’s failure to qualify under Section 401(a) or 401(k) of the Code, which can limit the fund’s ability to transact at contract value. At this time, the occurrence of any such limiting event is not probable.

 

A contract issuer may terminate a contract at any time. Settlement upon termination will be at contract value unless the terms of the contract were not met or the Trustee’s authority over the Plan is limited or terminated.

 

5.                       FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes fair value measurements based on the types of inputs used for the various valuation techniques. The levels of the hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1

 

Consists of financial instruments whose values are based on quoted market prices for identical financial instruments in an active market.

 

 

 

Level 2

 

Consists of financial instruments that are valued using models or other valuation methodologies. These models use inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly and include:

 

 

 

 

 

·

Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

 

 

 

 

·

Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active;

 

 

 

 

 

·

Pricing models whose inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the financial instrument; and

 

 

 

 

 

·

Pricing models whose inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data through correlation or other means for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

 

 

 

Level 3

 

Consists of financial instruments whose values are determined using pricing models that use significant inputs that are primarily unobservable, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.

 

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

The valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value are as follows:

 

Mutual funds, separate account and common collective trusts: Valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end.  The net asset value as provided by the Trustee for the separate account and common collective trust funds, is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value.

 

Common stocks: Valued at the closing price reported on the last trading day of the Plan year on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.

 

Guaranteed investment contracts: Valued at fair value by discounting the related cash flows based on current yields of similar instruments with comparable durations considering the credit-worthiness of the issuer.

 

The methods described above may produce a calculated fair value that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes these valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.  There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

The availability of observable market data is monitored to assess the appropriate classification of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy. Changes in economic conditions or model-based valuation techniques may require the transfer of financial instruments from one fair value level to another. In such instances, the transfer is reported at the beginning of the reporting period.  For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, there were no transfers between levels.

 

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The table below sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Master Trust’s investments at fair value as of December 31, 2013 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Class A

 

$

387,909

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

387,909

 

Comcast Class A Special

 

45,619

 

 

 

 

 

45,619

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic stock funds

 

755,195

 

 

 

 

 

755,195

 

International stock funds

 

325,068

 

 

 

 

 

325,068

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate account

 

 

 

$

1,310,211

 

 

 

1,310,211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common collective trusts

 

 

 

2,268,719

 

 

 

2,268,719

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Stable Value Fund

 

 

 

568,168

 

 

 

568,168

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

 

$

1,513,791

 

$

4,147,098

 

$

 

 

$

5,660,889

 

 

The table below sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investments at fair value as of December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Class A

 

$

298,958

 

 

 

 

 

$

298,958

 

Comcast Class A Special

 

38,041

 

 

 

 

 

38,041

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual Funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic stock funds

 

392,858

 

 

 

 

 

392,858

 

International stock funds

 

200,840

 

 

 

 

 

200,840

 

Money market funds

 

10,459

 

 

 

 

 

10,459

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate account

 

 

 

$

987,199

 

 

 

987,199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common collective trusts

 

 

 

1,355,687

 

 

 

1,355,687

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Stable Value Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short term investments

 

5,023

 

 

 

 

 

5,023

 

Guaranteed investment contracts

 

 

 

576,489

 

 

 

576,489

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

 

$

946,179

 

$

2,919,375

 

$

 

 

$

3,865,554

 

 

6.                       NOTES RECEIVABLE FROM PARTICIPANTS AND HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS

 

A participant may borrow from his/her Plan account subject to the approval of the Plan Administrator in accordance with applicable regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the Department of Labor. In general, a participant may borrow a minimum of $500 up to a maximum of the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the participant’s nonforfeitable accrued benefit on the valuation date (as defined by the Plan) last preceding the date on which the loan request is processed by the Plan Administrator. The maximum term of a loan made pursuant to the Plan is five years (loans with terms of greater than five years may exist under the Plan as a result of rollovers from merged plans).

 

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Interest accrues at the rate of prime plus 1% as of the month the loan application is approved. Principal and interest are paid through payroll deductions or participant initiated payments. Interest rates ranged from 4.25% to 9.25% as of December 31, 2013. Maturities on outstanding loans ranged from 2014 to 2038 as of December 31, 2013. Loan transactions are treated as a transfer between the investment fund and notes receivable from participants.

 

Effective after a calendar quarter of non-repayment, a loan is considered to be in default. Defaulted loans are treated as distributions for tax purposes and become taxable income to the participant in the year in which the default occurs.

 

A participant may withdraw all or a portion of his/her benefits derived from salary reduction, rollovers or the vested portion of employer contributions, and earnings thereon, on account of hardship, as defined by the Plan and applicable IRS regulations. Under these rules, the participant must exhaust the possibilities of all other distributions, loans, etc. available under the Plan and meet certain other requirements. Upon receiving a hardship withdrawal, the participant’s elective contributions are suspended for six calendar months.

 

7.                       RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

 

A reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the total net assets per the Form 5500 as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and the increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the net income per the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

 

$

5,810,737

 

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

10,622

 

 

 

 

 

Total net assets per the Form 5500

 

$

5,821,359

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2012

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

 

$

3,987,671

 

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

20,119

 

 

 

 

 

Total net assets per the Form 5500

 

$

4,007,790

 

 

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

 

Increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

 

$

1,823,066

 

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts—December 31, 2013

 

10,622

 

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts—December 31, 2012

 

(20,119

)

 

 

 

 

Net income per Form 5500

 

$

1,813,569

 

 

8.                       ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

The Company, as Plan Administrator, has the authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan and may delegate all or a portion of the responsibilities of controlling and managing the operation and administration of the Plan to one or more persons.

 

9.                       EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

 

The Plan allows for transactions with certain parties who may perform services or have fiduciary responsibilities to the Plan, including the Company. Certain Plan investments are shares of various mutual funds that are owned and managed by the

 

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Trustee, who has been designated investment manager. The Plan invests in common stock of the Company and issues loans to participants, which are secured by the vested balances in the participants’ accounts.

 

The cash management trust primarily consists of a cash account that is used to facilitate the Trustee in purchasing shares of the Company’s common stock. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

 

10.                PLAN TERMINATION

 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, each affected participant’s account balance will become fully vested.

 

11.                FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS

 

a.                       Income Tax Status of the Plan— The IRS made a favorable determination on the Plan through a letter dated May 9, 2014 stating that the Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2013, is qualified under section 401(a) of the Code and that the trust established under the Plan is tax-exempt.  The Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualified status. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

 

b.                       Impact on Plan Participants—Employer contributions and salary reduction contributions, as well as earnings on Plan assets, are generally not subject to federal income tax until distributed from a qualified plan that meets the requirements of Sections 401(a), 401(k) and 401(m) of the Code.

 

c.                        Evaluation of Tax Positions—The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2010.

 

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COMCAST CORPORATION RETIREMENT-INVESTMENT PLAN

 

FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H — PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2013

 

FEIN #27-0000798

PLAN #001

 

(a)

 

(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party

 

(c) Description of
Investment,
Including Maturity Date,
Rate of Interest, Collateral,
Par, or
Maturity Value

 

(e) Current
Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

($ in thousands)

 

*

 

Interest in Comcast Corporation Employee Savings Plans Master Trust

 

 

 

$

5,570,632

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Notes receivable from participants (principal balance plus accrued but unpaid interest

 

Interest rates from 4.25%-9.25%; maturities from 2014 to 2038

 

184,025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,754,657

 

 


* Represents a party-in-interest to the Plan.

 

Column (d) omitted as all investments are participant directed.

 

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-101295 of Comcast Corporation on Form 
S-8 of our report dated June 26, 2014, relating to the financial statements and supplemental schedule of the Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Comcast Corporation Retirement-Investment Plan for the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 26, 2014

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

COMCAST CORPORATION RETIREMENT-INVESTMENT PLAN

 

 

 

 

By:

Comcast Corporation

June 26, 2014

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lawrence J. Salva

 

 

Lawrence J. Salva

 

 

Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

 

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