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Filing Under Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration File No. 33-63139-01
Cusip #: 87228RAE3
Pricing Supplement No. C-5 Dated April 4, 1996
(To Prospectus dated November 14, 1995 and
Prospectus Supplement dated December 20, 1995)
TCI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
MEDIUM TERM NOTES, SERIES C - SENIOR FIXED RATE NOTES
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Trade Date: March 26, 1996 Interest Rate: 7.15% per annum
Principal Amount: $25,000,000 Currency: U.S. Dollars
Stated Maturity Date: April 10, 2003 Original Issue Date: April 10, 1996
Issue Price: See below Net Proceeds to $24,687,500
Issuer:
Selling Agent's Discount $312,500
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Interest Payment Dates: Monthly, on the 10th of every month, commencing May
10, 1996.
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Form: X Book-Entry
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Certified
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Redemption: The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to maturity.
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X The Notes may be redeemed prior to maturity. The Notes will be subject to redemption at the
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option of the Company, in whole, on the Interest Payment Date occurring on April 10, 2000 and on each
Interest Payment Date occurring in April or October thereafter at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of the Notes upon at least 30 days prior notice.
Initial Redemption Date: April 10, 2000
Redemption Price: 100%
Repayment: X The Notes cannot be repaid prior to maturity
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The Notes can be repaid prior to maturity at the
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Repayment Price: N/A
Repayment Date: N/A
Original Issue
Discount Note: Yes
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X No
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Total Amount of OID: N/A
Yield to Maturity: N/A
Initial Accrual Period: N/A
Optional Extension of Maturity Date: N/A
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Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
("Merrill Lynch") has purchased the Notes offered hereby as principal, for
resale to investors and other purchasers at varying prices related to
prevailing market prices, as determined by Merrill Lynch.
Interest rates offered by the Company with respect to its medium-term notes may
differ depending upon, among other things, the aggregate principal amount of
such notes purchased in any single transaction.
