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): November 17, 2010

 

 

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 November 23, 2010, Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”) expects to consummate the issuance and sale of £625,000,000 principal amount of its 5.50% Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated November 17, 2010 among Comcast, the Cable Guarantors (defined below) and Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, 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 the Company, 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 the Company, 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 April 27, 2009 (Reg. No. 333-158816), including the prospectus contained therein, and a related prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2010.

The material terms and conditions of the Notes are set forth in the Form of Officers’ Certificate filed as Exhibit 4.4 to Comcast’s Form 8-A filed on November 18, 2010 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

  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: November 19, 2010     By:   /S/    ARTHUR R. BLOCK        
    Name:   Arthur R. Block
    Title:  

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary