UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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): May 9, 2023
Comcast Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Pennsylvania (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | |
001-32871 (Commission File Number) | | 27-0000798 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
One Comcast Center Philadelphia, PA (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | 19103-2838 (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 286-1700
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value | CMCSA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
0.000% Notes due 2026 | CMCS26 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
0.250% Notes due 2027 | CMCS27 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
1.500% Notes due 2029 | CMCS29 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
0.250% Notes due 2029 | CMCS29A | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
0.750% Notes due 2032 | CMCS32 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
1.875% Notes due 2036 | CMCS36 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
1.250% Notes due 2040 | CMCS40 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
5.50% Notes due 2029 | CCGBP29 | New York Stock Exchange |
2.0% Exchangeable Subordinated Debentures due 2029 | CCZ | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On May 9, 2023, Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”) consummated the issuance and sale of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.550% Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.800% Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”), $1,600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.350% Notes due 2053 (the “2053 Notes”) and $1,400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.500% Notes due 2064 (the “2064 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the 2033 Notes and the 2053 Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated May 1, 2023 among Comcast, the Guarantors (as defined below) and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. 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 as further supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 29, 2022 (the “Second 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 Comcast’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on July 29, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”), as amended at the date of the underwriting agreement (Reg. No. 333-266390), including the prospectus contained therein, and a related prospectus supplement, dated May 1, 2023.
The material terms and conditions of the Notes are set forth (i) in the Form of Officers’ Certificate filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1, (ii) in the Base Indenture, filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Comcast’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended, filed on September 18, 2013 (Reg. No 333-191239), (iii) in the First Supplemental Indenture, filed as Exhibit 4.4 to Comcast’s Post Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on November 23, 2015 (Reg. No 333-191239) and (iv) in the Second Supplemental Indenture, which was filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement, each of which are 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.
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Date: | May 9, 2023 | | By: | /s/ Elizabeth Wideman |
| | | | Name: | Elizabeth Wideman |
| | | | Title: | Senior Vice President, Senior Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary |