Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 26, 2012

 

 

Comcast Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Pennsylvania

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

001-32871   27-0000798
(Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

One Comcast Center

Philadelphia, PA

  19103-2838
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 286-1700

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On July 2, 2012, Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”) expects to consummate the issuance and sale of $1,000,000,000 principal amount of its 3.125% Notes due 2022 and $1,250,000,000 principal amount of its 4.650% Notes due 2042 (collectively, the “Notes”), pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated June 26, 2012 among Comcast, the Cable Guarantors (defined below) and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of January 7, 2003 (the “Indenture”) among Comcast, the cable guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 25, 2003 by and among Comcast, the cable guarantors named therein and the Trustee, and as further supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 31, 2009 by and among Comcast, the Cable Guarantors and the Trustee, and an officers’ certificate issued pursuant thereto. The Notes are guaranteed on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Comcast MO Group, Inc. and Comcast MO of Delaware, LLC (the “Cable Guarantors”).

The Notes are being offered pursuant to Comcast’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on February 24, 2012 (Reg. No. 333-179678), including the prospectus contained therein, and a related prospectus supplement dated June 26, 2012.

The material terms and conditions of the Notes are set forth in the Form of Officers’ Certificate filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated by reference herein and in the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.4 and the First Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.5 to Comcast’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the Second Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Comcast’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2009.

Item 9.01(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  4.1    Form of Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the Notes
  5.1    Opinion of Arthur R. Block, Esq.
  5.2    Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
23.1    Consent of Arthur R. Block, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2    Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.2)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  COMCAST CORPORATION
Date: June 27, 2012   By:  

/s/ Arthur R. Block

    Name:   Arthur R. Block
    Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary