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): February 1, 2018
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) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (215) 286-1700
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On February 8, 2018 Comcast Corporation (Comcast) consummated the issuance and sale of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.550% Notes due 2028, $1,200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.900% Notes due 2038 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% Notes due 2048 (collectively, the Notes), pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated February 1, 2018 among Comcast, the Guarantors (defined below) and Barclays Capital Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of September 18, 2013 (the Base Indenture) among Comcast, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 17, 2015 (the First Supplemental Indenture) among Comcast, the guarantors named therein 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 and NBCUniversal Media, LLC (the Guarantors).
The Notes were offered pursuant to Comcasts Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on July 28, 2016, as amended at the date of the underwriting agreement (Reg. No. 333-212719), including the prospectus contained therein, and a related prospectus supplement dated February 1, 2018.
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 Base Indenture and First Supplemental Indenture, which are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.3 and Exhibit 4.4, respectively, to Comcasts Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on July 28, 2016, and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01(d) Exhibits
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: February 8, 2018 | By: | /s/ Arthur R. Block | ||||||
Name: | Arthur R. Block | |||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |