SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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): April 7, 1999
CABLE TV FUND 14-B, LTD.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado 0-16200 84-1024658
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(State of Organization) (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
P.O. Box 3309, Englewood, Colorado 80155-3309 (303) 792-3111
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(Address of principal executive office and Zip Code) (Registrant's
telephone no.
including area code)
Item 1. Changes in Control of Registrant
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The general partner of Cable TV Fund 14-B, Ltd. is Jones Intercable, Inc.
(the "General Partner"). On April 7, 1999, Comcast Corporation ("Comcast")
completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in the General Partner.
Comcast now owns 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. ("Cable Communications"). 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. The completion of this
transaction was announced in a press release made by Comcast on April 7, 1999, a
copy of which is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference.
Comcast acquired its controlling interest in the General Partner through
the closings of the following agreements: (1) the Agreement dated August 12,
1998, by and among Comcast, the Jones Entities (as defined below) and certain
affiliates of the Jones Entities named therein; (2) the Purchase and Sale
Agreement dated May 22, 1998 by and among Comcast, BTH (as defined below), BTH
(U.S. Cable) Limited ("US Cable") and BTH (Intercable) Limited ("BTH
Intercable"), as amended by the Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated August 12, 1998, by and among Comcast, BTH, US Cable and BTH
Intercable; (3) Amendment No. 1 to the Option Agreements, dated August 12, 1998,
by and among certain of the Jones Entities and The Bank of New York (as
successor agent to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York) as agent for BTH
and Comcast and (4) the Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Shareholders Agreement
by and among the General Partner, the Jones Entities, BTH, US Cable and BTH
Intercable, which Comcast entered in May and August 1998 with the General
Partner's former principal shareholders - Mr. Glenn R. Jones, Jones
International, Ltd., Jones Entertainment Group, Ltd., Jones Space Segment, Inc.,
Jones Global Group, Inc., Jones Interdigital, Inc., Jones Grantor Business Trust
and Jones International Grantor Business Trust (collectively, the "Jones
Entities") and BCI Telecom Holdings Inc. ("BTH"). The agreements provided for,
among other things, (i) the immediate exercise of the control option and the
acquisition by Comcast of the General Partner's Common Stock that was owned by
the Jones Entities, (ii) the acquisition by Comcast of the General Partner's
Class A Common Stock that was beneficially owned by US Cable and (iii) the
resignation of all of the directors of the General Partner other than those
certain directors mutually designated by the Jones Entities and BTH pursuant to
the Shareholders Agreement and the election of directors designated by Comcast
to fill such vacancies. The transactions described above closed on April 7,
1999, and Comcast paid BCE Inc., as successor to BTH, $508,159,632.36 in cash
for its shares of Class A Common Stock and Comcast paid the Jones Entities
$148,113,063.90 in cash
for their shares of Common Stock. Comcast had previously paid the Jones Entities
$50,000,000 in cash on August 12, 1998. Comcast financed these payments through
the use of working capital.
Also on April 7, 1999, the Bylaws of the General Partner were amended to
establish the size of the board of directors as a range from eight to thirteen
directors and the board was reconstituted so as to have eight directors.
Pursuant to the terms of the agreements among Comcast, BTH and the Jones
Entities, on April 7, 1999, 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. Cable Communications 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.
The address of Cable Communications' principal office is 1201 Market Street,
Suite 2201, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibit 99.1: Press release dated April 7, 1999 from Comcast.
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 of the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CABLE TV FUND 14-B, LTD.,
a Colorado limited partnership
By: Jones Intercable, Inc.,
its general partner
Dated: April 15, 1999 By: /s/ Arthur R. Block
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Arthur R. Block
Vice President
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