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This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify those so-called “forward-looking statements” by words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of those words and other comparable words. We wish to take advantage of the “safe harbor” provided for by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and we caution you that actual events or results may differ materially from the expectations we express in our forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Factors relating to our acquisition in November 2002 of a substantial number of cable systems and factors relating to our business generally could cause actual results to differ materially. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) we may find the integration of the newly acquired cable systems more difficult, time-consuming or costly than we expect, (2) we may not realize the combination benefits we expect from the acquisition of the newly acquired cable systems or these benefits may take longer to achieve, (3) we may incur greater-than-expected operating costs, financing costs, litigation costs, subscriber loss and business disruption, including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees, subscribers, suppliers or franchising authorities, following the acquisition, (4) changes in laws and regulations, (5) changes in the competitive environment, (6) changes in technology, (7) industry consolidation and mergers, (8) franchise related matters, (9) market conditions that may adversely affect the availability of debt and equity financing for working capital, capital expenditures or other purposes, (10) demand for the programming content we distribute or the willingness of other video program distributors to carry our content, (11) general economic conditions and (12) other risks described from time to time in reports and other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Our presentation may also contain non-GAAP financial measures, as defined in Regulation G, adopted by the SEC. We provide a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure in our quarterly earnings releases, which can be found on the investor relations page of our web site at www.cmcsa.com
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements