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8-K - FORM 8-K - COMCAST CORP | d448588d8k.htm |
EX-5.2 - OPINION OF DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP - COMCAST CORP | d448588dex52.htm |
EX-4.1 - FORM OF OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE - COMCAST CORP | d448588dex41.htm |
EX-5.1 - OPINION OF ARTHUR R. BLOCK, ESQ. - COMCAST CORP | d448588dex51.htm |
Exhibit 8.1
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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 1600 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 |
650 752 2000 tel 650 752 2111 fax |
December 3, 2012
Comcast Corporation
One Comcast Center
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2838
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as special tax counsel to Comcast Corporation, a corporation incorporated in Pennsylvania (the Company), in connection with the preparation and filing of the prospectus supplement dated November 29, 2012 (the Prospectus Supplement) relating to the Companys 5.00% Notes due 2061 (the Notes).
We have examined such matters of fact and law as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of our opinion.
We hereby confirm that our opinion as to the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to Non-U.S. Holders (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement) of an investment in the Notes is set forth in full under the caption Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences for Non-U.S. Holders in the Prospectus Supplement.
We hereby consent to the use of our name under the caption Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences for Non-U.S. Holders in the Prospectus Supplement and to the filing, as an exhibit to the Prospectus Supplement, of this letter. By such consent we do not concede that we are an expert for the purposes of the Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP |