COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC
8-K, 2000-03-03
CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES
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                       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): March 2, 2000



                       COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



        Delaware                   333-30745                 23-2175755
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(State of Incorporation)    (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
                                                            Identification No.)



1201 Market Street, Suite 2201, Wilmington, Delaware            19801
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(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code:        (302) 594-8700
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Item 2.   ACQUSITITION OR DISPOSTION OF ASSETS

On March 2, 2000, Comcast Corporation ("Comcast")announced that it had completed
the  acquisition  by merger of Jones  Intercable,  Inc.  ("Jones"),  an indirect
controlled  subsidiary  of Comcast and a controlled  subsidiary of Comcast Cable
Communications,  Inc.  ("Comcast Cable").  Each former Jones shareholder,  which
includes  Comcast  Cable,  is entitled to receive 1.4 shares of Comcast  Class A
Special  Common Stock for each share of Jones.  In the merger,  Comcast issued a
total of 58.9  million  shares of its Class A Special  Common Stock and acquired
the 60.4% of the stock of Jones  that it did not  previously  own.  As a result,
Jones has been merged with and into Comcast JOIN Holdings,  Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary  of Comcast.  Comcast  Cable is entitled  to 24.4  million  shares of
Comcast Class A Special Common Stock.

A press release announcing the completion of the merger was issued by Comcast on
March 2, 2000. The  information  contained in the press release is  incorporated
herein by reference. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


ITEM 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                 (c)      Exhibits:

                 10.1      Agreement and Plan of Merger among Jones  Intercable,
                           Inc., Comcast  Corporation and Comcast JOIN Holdings,
                           Inc., dated as of December 22, 1999  (incorporated by
                           reference  to  Appendix  A to  Comcast  Corporation's
                           Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, filed
                           on January 26, 2000).

                  99.1     Press Release dated March 2, 2000.



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                                   SIGNATURE
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     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, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  March 3, 2000                       COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                            By: /s/ Joseph J. Euteneuer
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                                                Joseph J. Euteneuer
                                                Vice President
                                                (Authorized Officer)










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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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     10.1           Agreement and Plan of Merger among Jones  Intercable,  Inc.,
                    Comcast  Corporation and Comcast JOIN Holdings,  Inc., dated
                    as of  December  22,  1999  (incorporated  by  reference  to
                    Appendix A to Comcast Corporation's  Registration  Statement
                    on Form S-4, as amended, filed on January 26, 2000).


     99.1           Press Release dated March 2, 2000.




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Contact:
Ken Mikalauskas, Vice President, Finance                      (215) 981-7541
Kelley Claypool, Manager, Investor Relations                  (215) 655-8016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COMCAST COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF JONES INTERCABLE, INC.


Philadelphia,  PA - March 2, 2000:  Comcast  Corporation  (NASDAQ:CMCSK,  CMCSA)
announced  today  that it has  completed  the  acquisition  by  merger  of Jones
Intercable,  Inc. (NASDAQ: JOIN, JOINA), previously a publicly-traded controlled
subsidiary of Comcast.  Each former Jones shareholder will receive 1.4 shares of
Comcast Class A Special Common Stock (CMCSK) for each share of Jones Intercable,
Inc. (JOIN and JOINA). In the merger,  Comcast issued approximately 58.9 million
shares of its Class A Special  Common  Stock and acquired the 60.4% of the stock
of Jones  Intercable,  Inc., that it did not previously own. As a result,  Jones
Intercable,  Inc. has been merged with and into Comcast JOIN  Holdings,  Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Comcast.

With the recent  acquisition of Lenfest  Communications,  Inc. and other pending
transactions,  Comcast  Cable will serve over 8.2 million  customers.  More than
four  million of these  customers  will be located in the  Mid-Atlantic  region,
stretching from New Jersey to suburban Washington, D.C. Comcast views geographic
consolidation  of key markets as critically  important to the company's  future,
enhancing its ability to offer expanded  digital video and  high-speed  Internet
access  services to its  customers and helping  accelerate  deployment of future
services, such as residential and commercial telephone, through its networks.

Comcast   Corporation   (www.comcast.com)   is   principally   involved  in  the
development,  management  and  operation  of  broadband  cable  networks and the
provision of programming content through its consolidated subsidiaries including
QVC, Comcast- Spectacor,  Comcast SportsNet and E! Entertainment  Television and
through other programming investments.

Comcast's  Class A Special  Common  Stock and Class A Common Stock are traded on
the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbols CMCSK and CMCSA, respectively.

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