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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000911420-03-000162.txt : 20030813
<SEC-HEADER>0000911420-03-000162.hdr.sgml : 20030813
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20030813150735
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000911420-03-000162
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030812
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030813

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PROVOW TRAVIS LEE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001190933

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-09023
		FILM NUMBER:		03840808

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		830 THIRD AVE
		STREET 2:		4TH FL
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COMDIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000230131
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661]
		IRS NUMBER:				942443673
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0724

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1180 SEMINOLE TRAIL
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 7266
		CITY:			CHARLOTTESVILLE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22906-2200
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8049782200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1180 SEMMINOLE TRAIL
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 7266
		CITY:			CHARLOTTESVILLE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22906
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>
   <periodOfReport>2003-08-12</periodOfReport>
   <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000230131</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COMDIAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CMDZ</issuerTradingSymbol>
   </issuer>
   <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001190933</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PROVOW TRAVIS LEE</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>310 PILGRIMAGE POINT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ALPHARETTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
         <isDirector>1</isDirector>
         <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
         <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
         <isOther>0</isOther>
      </reportingOwnerRelationship>
   </reportingOwner>
 <derivativeTable>
   <derivativeTransaction>
      <securityTitle>
         <value>Options to purchase Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <conversionOrExercisePrice>
         <value>1.80</value>
      </conversionOrExercisePrice>
      <transactionDate>
         <value>2003-08-12</value>
            <footnoteId id="F1"/>
      </transactionDate>
      <deemedExecutionDate>
         <value>2003-08-12</value>
      </deemedExecutionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
         <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
         <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
         <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionAmounts>
         <transactionShares>
           <value>50000</value>
         </transactionShares>
         <transactionPricePerShare>
           <value>1.80</value>
         </transactionPricePerShare>
         <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
           <value>D</value>
         </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <exerciseDate>
         <value>2003-11-18</value>
            <footnoteId id="F2"/>
      </exerciseDate>
      <expirationDate>
         <value>2012-11-17</value>
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
         <underlyingSecurityTitle>
           <value>Common Stock ($0.01 par value)</value>
         </underlyingSecurityTitle>
         <underlyingSecurityShares>
           <value>50000</value>
         </underlyingSecurityShares>
      </underlyingSecurity>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
         <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
           <value>116667</value>
         </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
         <directOrIndirectOwnership>
           <value>D</value>
         </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </derivativeTransaction>
 </derivativeTable>
   <footnotes>
      <footnote id="F1"> On August 12, 2003, the Reporting Person resigned from his position as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, however, he remains a member of the Board of Directors.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F2"> On August 12, 2003, in connection with the Reporting Person's resignation from his position as Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, the Issuer cancelled unvested options previously issued to the Reporting Person for the purchase of 50,000 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. The Reporting Person's remaining 50,000 options will vest in increments of one-third as of each anniversary of the Reporting Person's initial employment with the Issuer (November 18, 2002, which was previously inadvertently reported as November 25, 2002), provided that the Reporting Person remains a director of the Issuer.</footnote>
   </footnotes>
   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>/s/Travis Lee Provow</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-08-12</signatureDate>
   </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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