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): October 24, 1997
COMCAST UK CABLE PARTNERS LIMITED
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Bermuda 0-24792 Not applicable
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(State or Other (Commission File (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Number) Identification No.)
Incorporation)
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street West
Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (809) 295-5950
Item 1. Changes In Control of Registrant
(a) Comcast U.K. Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Holdings"), owns 12,872,605 shares of the Class B Common Shares of
Comcast UK Cable Partners Limited, a Bermuda corporation ("Comcast
UK"), constituting approximately 78% of the voting power of the two
classes of Comcast UK's voting Common Shares combined. Holdings is
an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, a
Pennsylvania corporation ("Comcast"). As of September 30, 1997,
Sural Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Sural"), owned 1,845,037
shares of Comcast Class A Common Stock and 8,786,250 shares of
Comcast Class B Common Stock, constituting approximately 82% of the
voting power of the two classes of Comcast's voting Common Stock
combined. On October 24, 1997, Ralph J. Roberts, the Chairman of
the Board of Comcast, gifted shares of Class A Common Stock of Sural
to his son, Brian L. Roberts, the President and a director of
Comcast. As a result of the gift, Brian L. Roberts has sole voting
power over stock representing a majority of voting power of all
Sural stock and, therefore, effectively controls Comcast and its
subsidiaries, including Comcast Cable Communications, Inc., Comcast
Cellular Holdings, Inc. and Comcast UK, which are also subject to
the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: October 27, 1997 COMCAST UK CABLE PARTNERS LIMITED
By: /s/ Arthur R. Block
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Arthur R. Block
Vice President and Senior Deputy
General Counsel
