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RULE 424(b)(3)
REGISTRATION NO. 333-3766
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1996
(As supplemented May 10, 1996)
COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
(Fixed Rate Note)
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Designation: Fixed Rate Medium-Term Original Issue date: September 19, 1997
Notes Due September 20, 2004
Principal Amount: U.S. $100,000,000 Maturity Date: September 20, 2004
Issue Price (as a percentage of Cox's Option to Extend Maturity: None
Principal Amount): 100%
Interest Rate: 6.69% per annum CUSIP: 22404Q AE 8
Commission or discount (as a percentage of Form: [x] Global
Principal Amount): .600% Note [ ] Definitive Note
Optional Redemption Provisions: None.
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This Pricing Supplement No. 5 supplements and, to the extent
inconsistent therewith, amends the description of the Notes referred to above
in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Notes will be sold to NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc., Merrill
Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
for resale to one or more investors at a fixed public offering price. After
the initial public offering of the Notes, the public offering price and any
concession or discount may be changed.
Dated: September 18, 1997
