Comcast Corporation and Sky Limited Commence Offers to Purchase Certain of their Outstanding Senior Debt Securities
Comcast Corporation (“”) today announced that it has commenced cash tender offers to purchase any and all of its outstanding 3.700% Notes due 2024 (the “3.700% Notes”), any and all of its outstanding Floating Rate Notes due 2024 (the “Floating Rate Notes”) and any and all of its outstanding 3.375% Notes due 2025 (the “3.375% Notes”) and Sky Limited, a subsidiary of Comcast (“Sky” and, together with Comcast, the “Issuers”) has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of its outstanding 3.750% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 (the “3.750% Notes” and, together with the 3.375% Notes and the 3.700% Notes, the “Fixed Rate Notes” and, the Fixed Rate Notes together with the Floating Rate Notes, the “Notes”), for the consideration described below.
Title of Security |
CUSIP |
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Consideration(2) |
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3.700% Notes due 2024 issued by Comcast Corporation |
20030NCR0 |
$2,500,000,000 |
April 15, 2024 |
0.375% due April 15, 2024 |
FIT4 |
+0 bps |
To be determined at the Price Determination Time(3) |
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Floating Rate Notes due 2024 issued by Comcast Corporation |
20030NCX7 |
$500,000,000 |
April 15, 2024 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
$1,006.00 |
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3.750% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024 issued by Sky Limited |
111013AL2 and G15632AP0 |
$1,250,000,000 |
September 16, 2024 |
0.375% due September 15, 2024 |
FIT4 |
+25 bps |
To be determined at the Price Determination Time(3) |
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3.375% Notes due 2025 issued by Comcast Corporation |
20030NBL4 |
$993,400,000 |
February 15, 2025 |
2.000% due February 15, 2025 |
FIT4 |
+5 bps |
To be determined at the Price Determination Time(3) |
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The Bloomberg Reference Page is provided for convenience only. To the extent any Bloomberg Reference Page changes prior to the Price Determination Time (as defined below), the Joint Dealer Managers referred to below will quote the applicable Treasury Reference Security from the updated Bloomberg Reference Page.
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Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered before the Expiration Time (as defined below), not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase. In addition to the applicable consideration, all holders whose Notes are accepted for purchase will also receive accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from, and including, the last interest payment date up to, but excluding, the Settlement Date (as defined below).
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The consideration offered per $1,000 principal amount of Fixed Rate Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the applicable offers will be determined by the Joint Dealer Managers referred to below in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase (as defined below) by reference to the applicable fixed spread specified above for such series of Fixed Rate Notes plus the yield based on the applicable bid-side price of the Treasury Reference Security specified above for such series of Fixed Rate Notes as quoted on the Bloomberg Reference Page specified above for such series of Fixed Rate Notes at 11:00 a.m., New York City time (such time, the “Price Determination Time”) on May 5, 2023. |
The tender offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 5, 2023, unless extended or earlier terminated (the “Expiration Time”). Holders who have validly tendered their Notes may withdraw such Notes at any time at or prior to the Expiration Time. The Guaranteed Delivery Date is May 9, 2023. The Issuers expect to pay the applicable consideration for Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration Time on May 10, 2023, the third business day following the Expiration Time (the “Settlement Date”). The tender offers are conditioned upon satisfaction of certain conditions, but are not conditioned upon any minimum amount of Notes being tendered.
The complete terms and conditions of the tender offers are set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated May 1, 2023 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, along with any amendments and supplements thereto, which holders are urged to read carefully before making any decision with respect to the tender offers. The Issuers have retained Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC to act as Joint Dealer Managers in connection with the tender offers. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be obtained from D.F. King Co., Inc., the Tender and Information Agent for the tender offers, by phone at +1 (212) 269-5550 (banks and brokers) or +1 (877) 487-5045 (all others), by email at [email protected] or online at https://www.dfking.com/cmcsa. Questions regarding the tender offers may also be directed to the Joint Dealer Managers as set forth below:
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
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TD Securities (USA) LLC
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This news release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. The tender offers are being made only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase and the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. The tender offers are not being made in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction where the laws require the tender offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the tender offers will be made by the Joint Dealer Managers on behalf of the Issuers. None of the Issuers, the Tender and Information Agent or the Joint Dealer Managers, nor any of their affiliates, makes any recommendation as to whether holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Notes in response to the tender offers.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, our businesses reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. We deliver world-class broadband, wireless, and video through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky; produce, distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through brands including NBC, Telemundo, Universal, Peacock, and Sky; and bring incredible theme parks and attractions to life through Universal Destinations Experiences. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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