-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SVh2OcZszyAnZ3HWpCG5ajM7fO+4864J7Y4VcK/oOKXID8bhAtVXHujOYf7tXagt 3kSvD97GTLR+XtLi7jW1Ew== 0000940180-96-000677.txt : 19961223 0000940180-96-000677.hdr.sgml : 19961223 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000940180-96-000677 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19961219 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 19961220 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906347 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 521822078 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22616 FILM NUMBER: 96684395 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 E 59TH ST STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 EAST 59TH STREET STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 8-K 1 FORM 8-K 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) DECEMBER 19, 1996 ----------------- INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INCORPORATED - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware 0-22616 52-1822078 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer Jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) Incorporation) 110 East 59th Street, New York, New York 10022 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code (212) 906-8440 ----------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Item 5. Other Events. - ------ ------------ On December 19, 1996, International CableTel Incorporated ("CableTel") filed a multiple count lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Le Groupe Videotron, Ltee and one of its subsidiaries ("GVL"). The lawsuit stems from GVL's sale to BCM of its interest in Videotron Plc, a UK based telephony and cable company. A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the above is attached hereto as an exhibit and incorporated herein by reference. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits - ------ --------------------------------- Exhibits 99 Press Release issued December 19, 1996. 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. INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INCORPORATED (Registrant) By: \s\ Richard J. Lubasch -------------------------------------------- Name: Richard J. Lubasch Title: Senior Vice President-General Counsel Dated: December 19, 1996 EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- Exhibit Page - ------- ---- 99 Press Release issued December 19, 1996. EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE [LOGO OF INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INCORPORATED APPEARS HERE] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INTERNATIONAL CABLETEL INCORPORATED FILES CLAIM IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT AGAINST LE GROUPE VIDEOTRON LTEE New York, New York (December 19, 1996). International CableTel Incorporated (NASDAQ: ICTL) ("CableTel") announced today that it has filed a multiple count lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Le Groupe Videotron, Ltee and one of its subsidiaries ("GVL"). The lawsuit stems from GVL's sale to Bell CableMedia Plc of its interest in Videotron Plc, a UK based telephony and cable company. In the lawsuit, CableTel is seeking damages in connection with GVL's failure to negotiate exclusively with CableTel in the sale of GVL's interest in Videotron after having agreed to do so. *** For further information contact: Michael A. Peterson, Director-Corporate - ------------------------------- Development or Richard J. Lubasch, Senior Vice President-General Counsel at (212)906-8440. 110 EAST 59TH ST . 26TH FLOOR . NEW YORK . NY 10022 . TELEPHONE: 212 371 3714 FACSIMILE: 212 752 1157 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----