CABLE TV FUND 12-D LTD
10-Q, 1999-08-16
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                                   FORM 10-Q

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


(Mark One)
[x] Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1999
                                           -------------

[ ] Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 For the transition period from            to
                                           ----------    ----------

                        Commission File Number 0-14206

                              Cable TV Fund 12-D, LTD.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Exact name of registrant as specified in charter

Colorado                                                              84-1010423
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State of organization                                     I.R.S. employer I.D. #

                            c/o Comcast Corporation
                1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-2148
                -----------------------------------------------
                      Address of principal executive office

                                (215) 665-1700
                                --------------
                         Registrant's telephone number


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes   X                                                                No
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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-D, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

                     UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                     -------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                    June 30,           December 31,
                               ASSETS                                                 1999                 1998
                               ------                                           ----------------     ----------------
<S>                                                                             <C>                  <C>
Cash                                                                            $      2,306,797     $     69,325,751
                                                                                ----------------     ----------------

         Total assets                                                           $      2,306,797     $     69,325,751
                                                                                ================     ================



                 LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
                 ---------------------------------

LIABILITIES:
  Accounts payable and accrued liabilities                                      $       -                      67,751
  Accrued distributions                                                                 -                  66,825,751
                                                                                ----------------     ----------------

         Total liabilities                                                              -                  66,893,502
                                                                                ----------------     ----------------

MINORITY INTEREST IN JOINT VENTURE                                                       564,178              594,864
                                                                                ----------------     ----------------

PARTNERS' CAPITAL:
  General Partner-
    Contributed capital                                                                    1,000                1,000
    Distributions                                                                    (21,153,765)         (21,153,765)
    Accumulated earnings                                                              21,611,165           21,612,113
                                                                                ----------------     ----------------

                                                                                         458,400              459,348
                                                                                ----------------     ----------------

  Limited Partners-
    Net contributed capital (237,339 units outstanding
      at June 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998)                                        102,198,175          102,198,175
    Distributions                                                                   (182,130,796)        (182,130,796)
    Accumulated earnings                                                              81,216,840           81,310,658
                                                                                ----------------     ----------------

                                                                                       1,284,219            1,378,037
                                                                                ----------------     ----------------

         Total liabilities and partners' capital                                $      2,306,797     $     69,325,751
                                                                                ================     ================

</TABLE>

    The accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements
     are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated balance sheets.

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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-D, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

                UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                -----------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              For the Three Months Ended            For the Six Months Ended
                                                       June 30,                             June 30,
                                           ---------------------------------     ---------------------------------
                                                1999               1998               1999               1998
                                           --------------     --------------     --------------     --------------
<S>                                        <C>                <C>                <C>                <C>
REVENUES                                   $      -           $   22,166,611     $      -           $   43,079,053

COSTS AND EXPENSES:
  Operating expenses                              -               12,159,234            -               23,667,531
  Management fees and
    allocated overhead
    from Jones Intercable, Inc.                   -                2,451,333            -                4,635,262
  Depreciation and
    amortization                                  -                6,166,414            -               12,024,948
                                           --------------     --------------     --------------     --------------

OPERATING INCOME                                  -                1,389,630            -                2,751,312
                                           --------------     --------------     --------------     --------------

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
  Interest expense                                -               (2,740,844)           -               (5,415,956)
  Gain on sale of cable television
    system                                        -              147,792,730            -              147,792,730
  Other, net                                      328,375           (121,563)          (125,452)          (171,647)
                                           --------------     --------------     --------------     --------------

         Total other income
           (expense), net                         328,375        144,930,323           (125,452)       142,205,127
                                           --------------     --------------     --------------     --------------

CONSOLIDATED NET
  INCOME (LOSS)                                   328,375        146,319,953           (125,452)       144,956,439

MINORITY INTEREST IN
  CONSOLIDATED NET
  (INCOME) LOSS                                   (80,311)       (35,786,934)            30,686        (35,453,446)
                                           --------------     --------------     --------------     --------------

NET INCOME (LOSS)                          $      248,064     $  110,533,019     $      (94,766)    $  109,502,993
                                           ==============     ==============     ==============     ==============

ALLOCATION OF NET
  INCOME (LOSS):
  General Partner                          $        2,480     $    8,717,150     $         (948)    $    8,706,850
                                           ==============     ==============     ==============     ==============

  Limited Partners                         $      245,584     $  101,815,869     $      (93,818)    $  100,796,143
                                           ==============     ==============     ==============     ==============

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNIT                 $         1.03     $       428.99     $         (.40)    $       424.69
                                           ==============     ==============     ==============     ==============

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER
  OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
  UNITS OUTSTANDING                               237,339            237,339            237,339            237,339
                                           ==============     ==============     ==============     ==============
</TABLE>

    The accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements
       are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated statements.

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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-D, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

                UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                -----------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      For the Six Months Ended
                                                                                               June 30,
                                                                                ------------------------------------
                                                                                      1999                1998
                                                                                ----------------    ----------------
<S>                                                                             <C>                 <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
  Net income (loss)                                                             $        (94,766)   $    109,502,993
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net
    cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
      Depreciation and amortization                                                         -             12,024,948
      Gain on sale of cable television system                                               -           (147,792,730)
      Minority interest in consolidated income (loss)                                    (30,686)         35,453,446
      Decrease in trade receivables                                                         -              3,241,096
      Decrease in deposits, prepaid expenses and
        deferred charges                                                                    -              2,806,890
      Decrease in trade accounts payable and accrued
        liabilities and subscriber prepayments                                           (67,751)         (5,812,774)
                                                                                ----------------    ----------------
         Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities                            (193,203)          9,423,869
                                                                                ----------------    ----------------

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
  Purchase of property and equipment, net                                                   -            (10,199,452)
  Proceeds from sale of cable television system                                             -            222,963,267
                                                                                ----------------    ----------------

         Net cash provided by investing activities                                          -            212,763,815
                                                                                ----------------    ----------------

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Proceeds from borrowings                                                                  -             10,208,143
  Repayment of debt                                                                         -           (103,927,176)
  Distributions to limited partners                                                         -            (90,101,856)
  Increase (decrease) in accrued distribution to limited partners                    (66,825,751)         90,101,856
  Distribution to General Partner                                                           -             (4,326,452)
  Distributions to Joint Venture Partners                                                   -            (30,571,692)
  Increase in accrued distribution to Joint Venture Partners                                -             26,781,019
                                                                                ----------------    ----------------

         Net cash used in financing activities                                       (66,825,751)       (101,836,158)
                                                                                ----------------    ----------------

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                                     (67,018,954)        120,351,526

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period                                        69,325,751           1,742,444
                                                                                ----------------    ----------------

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period                                        $      2,306,797    $    122,093,970
                                                                                ================    ================

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE:
  Interest paid                                                                 $           -       $      7,600,533
                                                                                ================    ================


</TABLE>

 The  accompanying  notes  to  unaudited  consolidated financial  statements
       are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated statements.

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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-D, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

             NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
             ----------------------------------------------------

(1)  This Form 10-Q is being filed in conformity with the SEC requirements for
unaudited financial statements and does not contain all of the necessary
footnote disclosures required for a complete presentation of the Balance Sheets
and Statements of Operations and Cash Flows in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles. However, in the opinion of management, this data
includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals,
necessary to present fairly the financial position of Cable TV Fund 12-D, Ltd.
(the "Partnership") at June 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998 and its Statements of
Operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1999 and 1998 and
its Statements of Cash Flows for the six month periods ended June 30, 1999 and
1998.

     The accompanying consolidated financial statements include 100 percent of
the accounts of the Partnership and those of Cable TV Fund 12-BCD Venture (the
"Venture") reduced by the 24 percent minority interest in the Venture. All
interpartnership accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The Venture
owned and operated the cable television systems serving the areas in and around
Tampa, Florida (the "Tampa System") until its sale on February 28, 1996,
Albuquerque, New Mexico (the "Albuquerque System") until its sale on June 30,
1998 and Palmdale, California (the "Palmdale System") until its sale on December
31, 1998. Jones Intercable, Inc., a publicly held Colorado corporation, is the
"General Partner" and manages the Partnership and the Venture.

     On April 7, 1999, Comcast Corporation ("Comcast") completed the acquisition
of a controlling interest in the General Partner. As of April 7, 1999, Comcast
owned approximately 12.8 million shares of the General Partner's Class A Common
Stock and approximately 2.9 million shares of the General Partner's Common
Stock, representing approximately 37% of the economic interest and 47% of the
voting interest in the General Partner. Also on that date, Comcast contributed
its shares in the General Partner to Comcast's wholly owned subsidiary, Comcast
Cable Communications, Inc. ("Comcast Cable"). The approximately 2.9 million
shares of Common Stock of the General Partner owned by Comcast represents
approximately 57% of the outstanding Common Stock, which class of stock is
entitled to elect 75% of the Board of Directors of the General Partner. As a
result of this transaction, the General Partner is now a consolidated public
company subsidiary of Comcast Cable.

     Also on April 7, 1999, the bylaws of the General Partner were amended to
establish the size of the General Partner's Board of Directors as a range from
eight to thirteen directors and the board was reconstituted so as to have eight
directors and the following directors of the General Partner resigned: Robert E.
Cole, Josef J. Fridman, James J. Krejci, James B. O'Brien, Raphael M. Solot,
Robert Kearney, Howard O. Thrall, Siim Vanaselja, Sanford Zisman and Glenn R.
Jones. In addition, Donald L. Jacobs resigned as a director elected by the
holders of Class A Common Stock and was elected by the remaining directors as a
director elected by the holders of Common Stock. The remaining directors elected
the following persons to fill the vacancies on the board created by such
resignations: Ralph J. Roberts, Brian L. Roberts, John R. Alchin, Stanley Wang
and Lawrence S. Smith. All of the newly elected directors, with the exception of
Mr. Jacobs, are officers of Comcast. Also on April 7, 1999, the following
executive officers of the General Partner resigned: Glenn R. Jones, James B.
O'Brien, Ruth E. Warren, Kevin P. Coyle, Cynthia A. Winning, Elizabeth M.
Steele, Wayne H. Davis and Larry W. Kaschinske. The following persons were
appointed as executive officers of the General Partner on April 7, 1999: Ralph
J. Roberts, Brian L. Roberts, Lawrence S. Smith, John R. Alchin and Stanley
Wang.

     Comcast is principally engaged in the development, management and
operation of broadband cable networks and in the provision of content through
programming investments. Comcast Cable is principally engaged in the
development, management and operation of broadband cable networks. The address
of Comcast's principal office is 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19102-2148, which is also now the address of the General Partner's principal
office. The address of Comcast Cable's principal office is 1201 Market Street,
Suite 2201, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

(2)  On December 31, 1998, the Venture sold the Palmdale System to a subsidiary
of the General Partner for a sales price of $138,205,200. The Venture repaid all
of its remaining indebtedness, retained $2,500,000 to cover the administrative
expenses of the Partnership, including expenses that the Venture and its
constituent partnerships may incur related to pending litigation, settled
working capital adjustments and distributed the remaining sale proceeds of
$89,101,000 to the three constituent partnerships of the Venture in proportion
to their ownership interests in the Venture. The Partnership received
$67,309,253, or 76 percent, of the $89,101,000 distribution, which the
Partnership distributed in December 1998 and January 1999 to its partners of
record as of December 31, 1998. Because the limited partners had already
received distributions in an amount in excess of the capital initially
contributed to the Partnership by the limited partners, the Partnership's
portion of the net proceeds from the Palmdale System's sale were distributed 75
percent to the limited partners and 25 percent to the General Partner. The
limited partners of the Partnership, as a group, received $50,481,940 and the
General Partner received $16,827,313. The limited partners' distribution
represented $213 for each $500 limited partnership interest, or $426 for each
$1,000 invested in the Partnership.

     Taking into account all distributions that have been made, the
Partnership's limited partners have received $767 for each $500 limited
partnership interest, or $1,534 for each $1,000 invested in the Partnership.

     Although the sale of the Palmdale System represented the sale of the only
remaining operating asset of the Venture, the Venture and the Partnership will
not be dissolved until after all pending litigation relating to the Venture and
the Partnership has been resolved and terminated. (See Part II, Item 1).

(3)  The General Partner manages the Partnership and the Venture and received a
fee for its services equal to 5 percent of the gross revenues of the Venture,
excluding revenues from the sale of cable television systems or franchises. The
General Partner has not received and will not receive a management fee after
December 31, 1998. Management fees paid to the General Partner for the three and
six month periods ended June 30, 1998 were $1,108,331 and $2,153,953,
respectively.

     The Venture will continue to reimburse the General Partner for certain
administrative expenses. These expenses represent the salaries and related
benefits paid for corporate personnel. Such personnel provide administrative,
accounting, tax, legal and investor relations services to the Venture. Such
services, and their related costs, are necessary to the administration of the
Venture. Reimbursements made to the General Partner by the Venture for overhead
and administrative expenses for the three and six month periods ended June 30,
1999 were $13,995 and $29,414, respectively, compared to $1,343,002 and
$2,481,309, respectively, for the comparable 1998 periods.

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                           CABLE TV FUND 12-D, LTD.
                           ------------------------
                            (A Limited Partnership)

        MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
                             RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
                             ---------------------

FINANCIAL CONDITION
- -------------------

         On  December  31,  1998,  the  Venture  sold the  Palmdale  System to a
subsidiary of the General Partner for a sales price of $138,205,200. The Venture
repaid  all of its  remaining  indebtedness,  retained  $2,500,000  to cover the
administrative expenses of the Partnership,  including expenses that the Venture
and its  constituent  partnerships  may incur  related  to  pending  litigation,
settled working capital  adjustments and distributed the remaining sale proceeds
of  $89,101,000  to  the  three  constituent  partnerships  of  the  Venture  in
proportion to their ownership interests in the Venture. The Partnership received
$67,309,253,  or  76  percent,  of  the  $89,101,000  distribution,   which  the
Partnership  distributed  in December  1998 and January  1999 to its partners of
record as of  December  31,  1998.  Because  the  limited  partners  had already
received  distributions  in  an  amount  in  excess  of  the  capital  initially
contributed  to the  Partnership  by the  limited  partners,  the  Partnership's
portion of the net proceeds from the Palmdale  System's sale were distributed 75
percent to the  limited  partners  and 25 percent to the  General  Partner.  The
limited partners of the Partnership,  as a group,  received  $50,481,940 and the
General  Partner  received  $16,827,313.   The  limited  partners'  distribution
represented $213 for each $500 limited  partnership  interest,  or $426 for each
$1,000 invested in the Partnership.

         Taking  into  account  all  distributions  that  have  been  made,  the
Partnership's  limited  partners  have  received  $767  for  each  $500  limited
partnership interest, or $1,534 for each $1,000 invested in the Partnership.

         Although the sale of the Palmdale  System  represented  the sale of the
only remaining  operating asset of the Venture,  the Venture and the Partnership
will not be dissolved until after all pending litigation relating to the Venture
and the Partnership has been resolved and terminated. (See Part II, Item 1).

         Because   the   Venture   has  sold  all  of  its  assets  and  further
distributions,  if any, will be made to the limited partners of record as of the
closing  date of the  sale of the  Venture's  last  remaining  cable  television
system, new limited partners would not be entitled to any distributions from the
Partnership  and  transfers  of  limited  partnership  interests  would  have no
economic or practical  value. The General Partner  therefore has determined,  in
accordance  with  the  authority   granted  to  it  under  Section  3.5  of  the
Partnership's  limited  partnership  agreement,  that it will  not  process  any
transfers  of  limited  partnership  interests  in the  Partnership  during  the
remainder of the Partnership's term.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- ---------------------

         Due to the Palmdale  System sale on December  31,  1998,  which was the
Venture's last remaining  operating asset, a discussion of results of operations
would not be  meaningful.  Other  expense of $125,452  incurred in the first six
months  of 1999  related  to  various  costs  associated  with  the  sale of the
Venture's  systems.  The  Venture and the  Partnership  will be  liquidated  and
dissolved upon the final  resolution of all pending  litigation  relating to the
Venture and the Partnership.

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                          PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

Tampa Litigation
- ----------------

         The General Partner is a defendant in a consolidated civil action filed
by limited partners of the Partnership styled David Hirsch,  Marty, Inc. Pension
Plan (by its  trustee  and  beneficiary,  Martin  Ury) and  Jonathan  and Eileen
Fussner, derivatively on behalf of Cable TV Fund 12-B, Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-C,
Ltd.  and Cable TV Fund  12-D,  Ltd.,  plaintiffs  v.  Jones  Intercable,  Inc.,
defendant,  and Cable TV Fund 12-BCD Venture, Cable TV Fund 12-B, Ltd., Cable TV
Fund 12-C,  Ltd.  and Cable TV Fund 12-D,  Ltd.,  nominal  defendants  (District
Court, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado, Case No. 95-CV-1800, Division 3). The
consolidated  complaint  generally alleges that the General Partner breached its
fiduciary duty to the plaintiffs and to the other limited  partners of the three
named  partnerships  and to the Venture in connection with the Venture's sale of
the Tampa System to a subsidiary of the General Partner and the subsequent trade
of the Tampa  System and other cable  systems  owned by the  General  Partner in
exchange for cable  television  systems  owned by an  unaffiliated  cable system
operator.  The  consolidated  complaint  also sets  forth a claim for  breach of
contract  and a claim for breach of the implied  covenant of good faith and fair
dealing. Among other things, the plaintiffs have asserted that the subsidiary of
the General Partner that acquired the Tampa System paid an inadequate  price for
it. The price paid for the Tampa System was  determined  by the average of three
separate,  independent  appraisals  of the Tampa  System's  fair market value as
required by the terms of the limited  partnership  agreements of the three named
partnerships.  The plaintiffs have  challenged the adequacy and  independence of
the  appraisals.  The  consolidated  complaint  seeks damages in an  unspecified
amount and an award of attorneys'  fees,  and the complaint  also seeks punitive
damages and certain equitable relief.

         In August 1997, the General  Partner moved for summary  judgment in its
favor on the  ground  that the  plaintiffs  did not make  demand on the  General
Partner for the relief they seek before  commencing  their lawsuits or show that
such a demand would have been futile.  In January 1998,  the district  court (i)
held that the plaintiffs did not make demand before commencing their lawsuits or
show that such demand would have been futile;  (ii) stayed the consolidated case
and vacated the original trial date,  (iii) ordered that the  plaintiffs  make a
demand  on  the  General  Partner  and  that  the  General  Partner  appoint  an
independent counsel to review,  consider and report on that demand, (iv) ordered
that the  independent  counsel be  appointed  at the March  1998  meeting of the
General  Partner's  Board of  Directors;  and (v) ordered  that the  independent
counsel be subject to the approval of the district court.

         In March 1998, the General  Partner's  Board of Directors  appointed an
independent  counsel.  The  plaintiffs  did not object to the General  Partner's
choice of  independent  counsel  and the  district  court  approved  the General
Partner's  choice of  independent  counsel.  During the period March through May
1998, the independent counsel met several times with the attorneys  representing
the plaintiffs and the General  Partner and he also reviewed a great quantity of
written  materials.  The  independent  counsel issued his report in August 1998,
which  concluded that the  plaintiffs'  claims are not  meritorious  and are not
supported by a preponderance  of the evidence.  The independent  counsel further
determined  that the General  Partner "did not breach a fiduciary  duty" owed to
the  plaintiffs  or to the named  partnerships  or to the Venture,  and that the
General  Partner  "did not  commit  any  impropriety  in  connection  with"  the
Venture's sale of the Tampa System. The independent  counsel  specifically found
that the three appraisals of the Tampa System were independent and objective and
met the  requirements  of the limited  partnership  agreements.  The independent
counsel further noted that the General  Partner had met its fiduciary  duties of
fairness and full disclosure to the named partnerships and to the Venture.

         In August  1998,  the General  Partner  moved to dismiss or for summary
judgment in its favor based on the report of the independent  counsel,  a motion
that the plaintiffs  opposed.  In September  1998, the district court denied the
General  Partner's motion to dismiss or for summary judgment based on the report
of independent counsel and the district court set a new trial date for May 1999.
The General Partner  subsequently  submitted a motion for reconsideration of the
district  court's  denial of the  General  Partner's  motion to  dismiss  or for
summary judgment based on the report of independent counsel,  which the district
court also denied.

         The General Partner then filed an interlocutory  appeal of the district
court's  rulings to the Colorado  Supreme Court.  In February 1999, the Colorado
Supreme  Court issued an order  requiring  the  plaintiffs to show cause why the
General  Partner's  request for dismissal or for summary  judgment should not be
granted and the Colorado  Supreme Court stayed all  proceedings  in the district
court until the General  Partner's  interlocutory  appeal could be resolved.  In
June 1999, the Colorado  Supreme Court issued its rulings,  concluding  that the
district  court did not err in its  initial  decision

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refusing to dismiss the plaintiffs' complaint because of the plaintiffs' failure
to make demand. The Colorado Supreme Court went on to hold, however, that the
district court did err in disregarding the independent counsel's decision that
the litigation should not proceed without first addressing whether the
independent counsel lacked the authority or the ability to make a disinterested
and independent decision on behalf of the General Partner. The Colorado Supreme
Court remanded the case to the district court and directed the district court to
determine whether the independent counsel had the authority, independence and
good faith to entitle his decision to deference. Based on this ruling of the
Colorado Supreme Court, in July 1999, the General Partner renewed its motion to
dismiss or for summary judgment based on the report of the independent counsel,
arguing that because the independent counsel was independent, because he
employed reasonable and good faith procedures in his analysis of the transaction
and because he was acting with both the General Partner's and the district
court's authority, the case should not proceed and the district court should
defer to the independent counsel's business judgment that the plaintiffs' claims
are meritless. The plaintiffs have opposed this motion.

Palmdale Litigation
- -------------------

         In June 1999,  the  General  Partner  was named a  defendant  in a case
styled City Partnership Co., derivatively on behalf of Cable TV Fund 12-C, Ltd.,
Cable TV Fund 12-D,  Ltd. and Cable TV Fund 12-BCD  Venture,  plaintiff v. Jones
Intercable,  Inc.,  defendant and Cable TV Fund 12-C,  Ltd., Cable TV Fund 12-D,
Ltd. and Cable TV Fund 12-BCD Venture,  nominal defendants (U.S. District Court,
District of Colorado,  Civil Action No. 99-WM-1151)  brought by City Partnership
Co., a limited  partner of the named  partnerships.  The  plaintiff's  complaint
alleges that the General  Partner  breached its fiduciary  duty to the plaintiff
and to the other  limited  partners  of the  partnerships  and to the Venture in
connection with the Venture's sale of the Palmdale system to a subsidiary of the
General Partner in December 1998. The complaint alleges that the General Partner
acquired  the Palmdale  System at an unfairly low price that did not  accurately
reflect the market value of the Palmdale System. The plaintiff also alleges that
the proxy  solicitation  materials  delivered  to the  limited  partners  of the
partnerships  in  connection  with the  votes  of the  limited  partners  on the
Venture's  sale of the  Palmdale  System  contained  inadequate  and  misleading
information  concerning  the fairness of the  transaction,  which the  plaintiff
claims caused the General  Partner to breach its fiduciary duty of candor to the
limited partners and which the plaintiff  claims  constituted acts and omissions
in violation of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Plaintiff
also claims that the General Partner  breached the contractual  provision of the
partnerships'  limited partnership  agreements  requiring that the sale price be
determined by the average of three separate, independent appraisals, challenging
both the independence and the currency of the appraisals.  The complaint finally
seeks  declaratory  injunctive relief to prevent the General Partner from making
use of the partnerships'  funds to finance the General Partner's defense of this
litigation.

         In July  1999,  the  General  Partner  filed  motions  to  dismiss  the
plaintiff's  claims  for  relief  arising  from the  allegations  of  false  and
misleading proxy  statements under Section 14(a) of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934 and for breach of fiduciary  duty on the grounds that  Colorado law does
not  permit  these  types of tort  claims  that are based on the same  essential
averments  that  support  the  plaintiff's  claim of breach of  contract or tort
claims for purely  economic  loss caused by an alleged  breach of contract.  The
General Partner also asked the court to dismiss the entire action on the grounds
that the court lacks  jurisdiction over the subject matter.  The General Partner
believes  that the  procedures  followed  by it in  conducting  the votes of the
limited  partners  of the  partnerships  on the  sale  of the  Palmdale  System,
including the fairness opinion in the proxy statements  delivered to the limited
partners of the  partnerships,  were proper and that the  Venture's  sale of the
Palmdale System at a price  determined by averaging three separate,  independent
appraisals was in accordance  with the express  provisions of the  partnerships'
limited  partnership  agreements.  The  General  Partner  intends to defend this
lawsuit vigorously.

Tender Offer Litigation
- -----------------------

         In July 1999, Jones  Intercable,  Inc., each of its  subsidiaries  that
serve as general partners of managed public partnerships and most of its managed
public partnerships,  including the Partnership, were named defendants in a case
styled Everest Cable Investors, LLC, Everest Properties, LLC, Everest Properties
II, LLC and KM Investments,  LLC, plaintiffs v. Jones Intercable,  Inc., et al.,
defendants  (Superior Court, Los Angeles County,  State of California,  Case No.
C213638).  Plaintiffs,  all of which are affiliated with each other,  are in the
business of, among other things,  investing in limited partnerships that own and
operate cable television  systems.  Plaintiffs allege that one of the plaintiffs
has been a limited  partner  or has  obtained a valid  power-of-attorney  from a
limited partner in each of Jones Intercable,  Inc.'s managed public partnerships
and that they had formed a coordinated plan amongst  themselves to acquire up to
4.9% of the limited  partnership  interests in each of Jones Intercable,  Inc.'s
managed  public  partnerships  during  the  latter  half  of  1996.  Plaintiffs'
complaint alleges that they were frustrated in this purpose by Jones Intercable,
Inc.'s  refusal to provide  plaintiffs

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with lists of the names and addresses of the limited partners of Jones
Intercable, Inc.'s managed public partnerships. The complaint alleges that Jones
Intercable Inc.'s actions constituted a breach of contract, a breach of Jones
Intercable, Inc.'s implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing owed to the
plaintiffs as limited partners, a breach of Jones Intercable, Inc.'s fiduciary
duty owed to the plaintiffs as limited partners and tortious interference with
prospective economic advantage. Plaintiffs allege that Jones Intercable, Inc.'s
failure to provide them with the partnership lists prevented them from making
their tender offers and the plaintiffs claim that they have been injured by such
action in an amount to be proved at trial, but not less than $17 million. Given
the fact that this case was only recently filed and that the time for Jones
Intercable, Inc.'s response to the complaint has not yet expired, Jones
Intercable, Inc. has not yet responded to this complaint. Jones Intercable, Inc.
believes, however, that it and the defendant subsidiaries and managed public
partnerships have defenses to the plaintiffs' claims for relief, and Jones
Intercable, Inc. intends to defend this lawsuit vigorously both on its own
behalf and on behalf of its subsidiaries and its managed public partnerships.


Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

         a)   Exhibits

              27) Financial Data Schedule

         b)   Reports on Form 8-K

                  Report on Form 8-K dated April 7, 1999,  filed April 15, 1999,
              reported that on April 7, 1999, Comcast Corporation  completed the
              acquisition of a controlling interest in the General Partner.

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                                  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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                        CABLE TV FUND 12-D, LTD.
                                        BY:  JONES INTERCABLE, INC.
                                             General Partner



                                        By:  /S/ Lawrence S. Smith
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Lawrence S. Smith
                                             Principal Accounting Officer


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



Dated:  August 16, 1999

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