Edward D. Breen Nominated as Independent Director of Comcast Corporation Board of Directors
April 08 2005 - 6:35PM
PR Newswire (US)
Edward D. Breen Nominated as Independent Director of Comcast
Corporation Board of Directors Election Would Give Comcast a
Two-Thirds Independent Board PHILADELPHIA, April 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comcast Corporation
(NASDAQ:CMCSANASDAQ:CMCSK) today announced that Edward D. Breen has
been nominated to be an independent director of Comcast
Corporation. Mr. Breen will be added to the slate of 11 incumbent
directors for election at the company's annual meeting of
shareholders, to be held this year on June 1 in Philadelphia.
Following the annual meeting, if all director nominees are elected,
independent directors will constitute two-thirds, or eight of
twelve members, of Comcast's board. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050408/PHF025 ) Mr. Breen is
Chairman and CEO of Tyco International, Ltd. (NYSE:TYC)(BSX:TYC).
He joined Tyco in July 2002 after serving as president and COO of
cable industry leading supplier Motorola, Inc. He began working at
Motorola in January 2000, when General Instrument Corp., where he
served as chairman, president and CEO, merged with Motorola. Brian
L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast, said, "Ed Breen will make
an outstanding director of Comcast. Our board and shareholders will
benefit from his insight leading Tyco through an unprecedented
recovery and his experience as a technology leader with Motorola.
With his election, Comcast will have a two-thirds independent
board, consistent with our commitment to strong corporate
governance." Mr. Breen, 49, is a recipient of the National Cable
and Telecommunications Association's prestigious Vanguard Award in
recognition of his contributions to the growth of the cable
industry. He earned his B.S. from Grove City College in North
Pittsburgh, PA, is married with three children, and is a resident
of New Hope, PA. About Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation
(NASDAQ:CMCSANASDAQ:CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/) is the
nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and
communications products and services. With 21.5 million cable
customers and 7 million high-speed Internet customers, Comcast is
principally involved in the development, management and operation
of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming
content. The Company's content networks and investments include E!
Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, Outdoor
Life Network, G4, AZN Television, TV One and four Comcast
SportsNets. The Company also has a majority ownership in
Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia
Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team
and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.
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CONTACT: D'Arcy Rudnay, Comcast Corporation, +1-215-981-8582, Web
site: http://www.comcast.com/
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