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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
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For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
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Delaware
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43-1857213
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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12405
Powerscourt Drive
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St.
Louis, Missouri 63131
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(314) 965-0555
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(Address
of principal executive offices including zip code)
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area
code)
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Page
No.
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PART
I
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Item 1
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Business
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1
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Item
1A
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Risk
Factors
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21
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Item
1B
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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33
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Item 2
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Properties
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33
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Item 3
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Legal
Proceedings
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34
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Item 4
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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34
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PART
II
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Item 5
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Market
for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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35
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Item 6
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Selected
Financial Data
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37
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Item 7
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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38
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Item 7A
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
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68
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Item 8
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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69
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Item 9
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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69
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Item
9A
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Controls
and Procedures
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69
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Item
9B
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Other
Information
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70
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PART
III
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Item 10
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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71
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Item 11
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Executive
Compensation
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71
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Item 12
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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71
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Item 13
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
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71
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Item 14
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Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
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71
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PART
IV
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Item 15
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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72
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Signatures
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73
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Exhibit
Index
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74
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·
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the
availability, in general, of funds to meet interest payment obligations
under our debt and to fund our operations and necessary capital
expenditures, either through cash flows from operating activities,
further
borrowings or other sources and, in particular, our ability to be
able to
provide under the applicable debt instruments such funds (by dividend,
investment or otherwise) to the applicable obligor of such
debt;
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our
ability to comply with all covenants in our indentures and credit
facilities, any violation of which could trigger a default of our
other
obligations under cross-default provisions;
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our
ability to pay or refinance debt prior to or when it becomes due
and/or to
take advantage of market opportunities and market windows to refinance
that debt through new issuances, exchange offers or otherwise, including
restructuring our balance sheet and leverage
position;
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· | competition from other video programming distributors, including incumbent telephone companies, direct broadcast satellite operators, wireless broadband providers and DSL providers; |
· | unforeseen difficulties we may encounter in our continued introduction of our telephone services such as our ability to meet heightened customer expectations for the reliability of voice services compared to other services we provide and our ability to meet heightened demand for installations and customer service; |
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our
ability to sustain and grow revenues and cash flows from operating
activities by offering video, high-speed Internet, telephone and
other
services and to maintain and grow a stable customer base, particularly
in
the face of increasingly aggressive competition from other service
providers;
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our
ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to pass programming
cost increases on to our customers;
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general
business conditions, economic uncertainty or slowdown;
and
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the
effects of governmental regulation, including but not limited to
local
franchise authorities, on our business.
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the
January 2006 sale by our subsidiaries, CCH II, LLC ("CCH II") and
CCH II
Capital Corp., of an additional $450 million principal amount of
their
10.250% senior notes due 2010;
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the
April 2006 refinancing of our credit
facilities;
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the
September 2006 exchange by our subsidiaries, Charter Holdings, CCH
I, LLC
(“CCH I”), CCH I Capital Corp., CCH II and CCH II Capital Corp., of
approximately $797 million in total principal amount of outstanding
debt
securities of Charter Holdings in a private placement for CCH I and
CCH II
new debt securities (the “Private Exchange”);
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the
September 2006 exchange by us and our subsidiaries, CCHC, CCH II,
and CCH
II Capital Corp., of approximately $450 million in total principal
amount
of Charter’s 5.875% convertible senior notes due 2009 for cash, shares of
Charter’s Class A common stock and CCH II new debt securities;
and
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the
third quarter 2006 sales of certain cable television systems serving
a
total of approximately 390,300 analog video customers for a total
sales
price of approximately $1.0
billion.
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improve
the end-to-end customer experience and increase customer
loyalty;
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grow
sales and retention for all our products and services;
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drive
operating and capital effectiveness; and
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continue
an opportunistic approach to enhancing liquidity, extending maturities,
and reducing debt.
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(1)
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Charter
acts as the sole manager of Charter Holdco and its direct and indirect
limited liability company subsidiaries. Charter’s certificate of
incorporation requires that its principal assets be securities of
Charter
Holdco, the terms of which mirror the terms of securities issued
by
Charter. See “Item 1. Business — Corporate Organizational Structure —
Charter Communications, Inc.” below.
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(2)
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These
membership units are held by Charter Investment, Inc. (“CII”) and Vulcan
Cable III Inc., each of which is 100% owned by Paul G. Allen, our
chairman
and controlling shareholder. They are exchangeable at any time on
a
one-for-one basis for shares of Charter Class B common stock, which
in
turn are exchangeable into Charter Class A common
stock.
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(3)
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The
percentages shown in this table reflect the 39.8 million shares of
Class A common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2006
issued
pursuant to the share lending agreement.
However, for accounting purposes, Charter’s common equity interest in
Charter Holdco is 52%, and Paul G. Allen’s ownership of Charter
Holdco through CII and Vulcan Cable III Inc. is 48%. These percentages
exclude the 39.8 million mirror membership units outstanding as of
December
31, 2006 issued pursuant to the share lending agreement.
See
Note 13 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements contained
in
“Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
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(4)
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Represents
preferred membership interests in CC VIII, LLC (“CC VIII”), a subsidiary
of CC V Holdings, LLC, and an exchangeable accreting note issued
by CCHC
related to the settlement of the CC VIII dispute. See Note 10 to
the
accompanying consolidated financial statements contained in “Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data.”
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Charter
Communications, Inc.
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Assuming
Exchange of
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Actual
Shares Outstanding (a)
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Charter
Holdco Membership Units (b)
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Fully
Diluted Shares Outstanding (c)
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Number
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Percentage
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Number
of
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Percentage
of
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of
Fully
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of
Fully
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Number
of
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Percentage
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As
Converted
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As
Converted
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Diluted
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Diluted
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Common
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of
Common
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Common
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Common
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Common
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Common
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Shares
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Shares
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Voting
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Shares
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Shares
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Shares
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Shares
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Outstanding
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Outstanding
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Percentage
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Outstanding
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Outstanding
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Outstanding
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Outstanding
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Class A
Common Stock
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407,994,585
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99.99%
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9.99%
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407,994,585
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54.61%
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407,994,585
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41.94%
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Class B
Common Stock
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50,000
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0.01%
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90.01%
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50,000
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0.01%
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50,000
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*
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Total
Common Shares
Outstanding
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408,044,585
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100.00%
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100.00%
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One-for-One
Exchangeable Equity in Subsidiaries:
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Charter
Investment, Inc.
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222,818,858
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29.82%
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222,818,858
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22.91%
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Vulcan
Cable III Inc.
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116,313,173
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15.56%
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116,313,173
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11.96%
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Total
As Converted Shares Outstanding
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747,176,616
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100.00%
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Other
Convertible Securities
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Charter
Communications, Inc.:
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Convertible
Preferred Stock (d)
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148,575
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0.02%
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Convertible
Debt:
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5.875%
Convertible Senior
Notes
(e)
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170,454,545
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17.52%
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Employee,
Director and
Consultant
Stock Options (f)
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26,692,468
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2.74%
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CCHC:
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14%
Exchangeable Accreting
Note
(g)
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28,300,595
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2.91%
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Fully
Diluted Common Shares Outstanding
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972,772,799
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100.00%
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(a)
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Paul
G. Allen owns approximately 7% of Charter’s outstanding Class A common
stock (approximately 49% assuming the exchange by Mr. Allen of all
units
in Charter Holdco held by him and his affiliates for shares of Charter
Class B common stock, which are in turn convertible into Class A
common
stock) and beneficially controls approximately 91% of the voting
power of
Charter’s capital stock. Mr. Allen is entitled to ten votes for each
share of Class B common stock held by him and his affiliates and for
each membership unit in Charter Holdco held by him and his affiliates.
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(b)
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Assumes
only the exchange of Charter Holdco membership units held by Mr.
Allen and
his affiliates for shares of Charter Class B common stock on a
one-for-one basis pursuant to exchange agreements between the holders
of
such units and Charter, which shares are in turn convertible into
Class A
common stock. Does not include shares issuable on conversion or exercise
of any other convertible securities, including stock options, convertible
notes and convertible preferred stock.
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(c)
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Represents
“fully diluted” common shares outstanding, assuming exercise, exchange or
conversion of all outstanding options and exchangeable or convertible
securities, including the exchangeable membership units described
in note
(b) above, all shares of Charter Series A convertible redeemable
preferred stock, the 14% CCHC exchangeable accreting note, all outstanding
5.875% convertible senior notes of Charter, and all employee, director
and
consultant stock options.
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(d)
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Reflects
common shares issuable upon conversion of the 36,713 shares of
Series A convertible redeemable preferred stock. Such shares have a
current liquidation preference of approximately $4 million and are
convertible at any time into shares of Class A common stock at an
initial conversion price of $24.71 per share (or 4.0469446 shares
of Class
A common stock for each share of convertible redeemable preferred
stock),
subject to certain adjustments.
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(e)
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Reflects
shares issuable upon conversion of all outstanding 5.875% convertible
senior notes ($413 million total principal amount), which are convertible
into shares of Class A common stock at an initial conversion rate of
413.2231 shares of Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount
of notes (or approximately $2.42 per share), subject to certain
adjustments.
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(f)
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The
weighted average exercise price of outstanding stock options was
$3.88 as
of December 31, 2006.
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(g)
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Mr.
Allen, through his wholly owned subsidiary CII, holds an accreting
note
(the “CCHC note”) that as of December 31, 2006 is exchangeable for Charter
Holdco units. The CCHC note has a 15-year maturity. The CCHC note
has an
initial accreted value of $48 million accreting at 14% compounded
quarterly, except that from and after February 28, 2009, CCHC may
pay any
increase in the accreted value of the CCHC note in cash and the accreted
value of the CCHC note will not increase to the extent such amount
is paid
in cash. The CCHC note is exchangeable at CII’s option, at any time, for
Charter Holdco Class A common units, which are exchangeable into
shares of
Charter Class B common stock, which shares are in turn convertible
into
Class A common stock, at a rate equal to the then accreted value,
divided
by $2.00. See Note 10 to our accompanying consolidated financial
statements contained in “Item 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data.”
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Approximate
as of
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December
31,
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December
31,
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2006
(a)
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2005
(a)
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Video
Services:
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Analog
Video:
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Residential
(non-bulk) analog video customers (b)
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5,172,300
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5,616,300
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Multi-dwelling
(bulk) and commercial unit customers (c)
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261,000
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268,200
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Total
analog video customers (b)(c)
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5,433,300
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5,884,500
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Digital
Video:
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Digital
video customers (d)
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2,808,400
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2,796,600
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Non-Video
Services:
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Residential
high-speed Internet customers (e)
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2,402,200
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2,196,400
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Residential
telephone customers (f)
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445,800
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121,500
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(a)
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“Customers”
include all persons our corporate billing records show as receiving
service (regardless of their payment status), except for complimentary
accounts (such as our employees). In addition, at December 31, 2006
and
2005, “customers” include approximately 35,700 and 50,500 persons whose
accounts were over 60 days past due in payment, approximately 6,000
and
14,300 persons, whose accounts were over 90 days past due in payment
and
approximately 2,700 and 7,400 of which were over 120 days past due
in
payment, respectively.
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(b)
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“Analog
video customers” include all customers who receive video
services.
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(c)
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Included
within “video customers” are those in commercial and multi-dwelling
structures, which are calculated on an equivalent bulk unit (“EBU”) basis.
EBU is calculated for a system by dividing the bulk price charged
to
accounts in an area by the most prevalent price charged to non-bulk
residential customers in that market for the comparable tier of service.
The EBU method of estimating analog video customers is consistent
with the
methodology used in determining costs paid to programmers and has
been
used consistently.
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(d)
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“Digital
video customers” include all households that have one or more digital
set-top boxes or cable cards deployed.
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(e)
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"Residential
high-speed Internet customers" represent those residential customers
who
subscribe to our high-speed Internet service.
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(f)
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“Residential
telephone customers” include all residential customers receiving telephone
service.
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Basic
Analog Video. All
of our video customers receive a package of basic programming which
generally consists of local broadcast television, local community
programming, including governmental and public access, and limited
satellite-delivered or non-broadcast channels, such as weather, shopping
and religious services. Our basic channel line-up generally has between
9
and 30 channels.
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Expanded
Basic Video. This
expanded programming level includes a package of satellite-delivered
or
non-broadcast channels and generally has between 20 and 60 channels
in
addition to the basic channel line-up.
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Digital
Video.
We
offer digital video service to our customers in several different
service
combination packages. All of our digital packages include a digital
set-top box or cable card, an interactive electronic programming
guide, an
expanded menu of pay-per-view channels, and the option to also receive
digital packages which range generally from 3 to 45 additional video
channels. We also offer our customers certain digital packages with
one or
more premium channels that give customers access to several alternative
genres of certain premium channels (for example, HBO Family® and HBO
Comedy®). Some digital tier packages focus on the interests of a
particular customer demographic and emphasize, for example, sports,
movies, family, or ethnic programming. In addition to video programming,
digital video service enables customers to receive our advanced services
such as OnDemand and high definition television. Other digital packages
bundle digital television with our advanced services, such as high-speed
Internet services and telephone services.
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Premium
Channels. These
channels provide original programming, commercial-free movies, sports,
and
other special event entertainment programming. Although we offer
subscriptions to premium channels on an individual basis, we offer
an
increasing number of digital video channel packages and premium channel
packages, and we offer premium channels bundled with our advanced
services.
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Pay-Per-View. These
channels allow customers to pay on a per event basis to view a single
showing of a recently released movie, a one-time special sporting
event,
music concert, or similar event on a commercial-free
basis.
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OnDemand
and Subscription OnDemand.
OnDemand
service allows customers to access hundreds of movies and other
programming at any time with digital picture quality. In some systems
we
also offer subscription OnDemand for a monthly fee or included in
a
digital tier premium channel subscription.
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High
Definition Television.
High definition television offers our digital customers certain video
programming at a higher resolution to improve picture quality versus
standard analog or digital video images.
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Digital
Video Recorder.
DVR service enables customers to digitally record programming and
to pause
and rewind live programming.
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bandwidth
capacity to enable traditional and two-way video and broadband
services;
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dedicated
bandwidth for two-way services, which avoids reverse signal interference
problems that can occur with two-way communication capability;
and
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clean
signal quality and high service
reliability.
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Less
than 550
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750
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860/870
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Two-way
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megahertz
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550
megahertz
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megahertz
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megahertz
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activated
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7%
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5%
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41%
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47%
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93%
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· |
require
us to dedicate a significant portion of our cash flow from operating
activities to make payments on our debt, reducing our funds available
for
working capital, capital expenditures, and other general corporate
expenses;
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limit
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business,
the cable and telecommunications industries, and the economy at
large;
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place
us at a disadvantage compared to our competitors that have proportionately
less debt;
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make
us vulnerable to interest rate increases, because approximately 22%
of our
borrowings are, and will continue to be, at variable rates of
interest;
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expose
us to increased interest expense to the extent we refinance existing
debt
with higher cost debt;
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adversely
affect our relationship with customers and
suppliers;
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limit
our ability to borrow additional funds in the future, due to applicable
financial and restrictive covenants in our debt;
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make
it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations to the holders
of our
notes and for our subsidiaries to satisfy their obligations to their
lenders under their credit facilities and to their noteholders;
and
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limit
future increases in the value, or cause a decline in the value of
our
equity, which could limit our ability to raise additional capital
by
issuing equity.
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incur
additional debt;
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repurchase
or redeem equity interests and
debt;
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issue
equity;
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make
certain investments or
acquisitions;
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pay
dividends or make other
distributions;
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dispose
of assets or merge;
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enter
into related party transactions; and
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grant
liens and pledge assets.
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· |
competition
from other video programming distributors, including incumbent telephone
companies, direct broadcast satellite operators, wireless broadband
providers and DSL providers;
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unforeseen
difficulties we may encounter in our continued introduction of our
telephone services such as our ability to meet heightened customer
expectations for the reliability of voice services compared to other
services we provide, and our ability to meet heightened demand for
installations and customer service;
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our
ability to sustain and grow revenues by offering video, high-speed
Internet, telephone and other services, and to maintain and grow
a stable
customer base, particularly in the face of increasingly aggressive
competition from other service
providers;
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our
ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to pass programming
cost increases on to our customers;
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general
business conditions, economic uncertainty or slowdown;
and
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the
effects of governmental regulation, including but not limited to
local
franchise authorities, on our
business.
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the
sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than
the
fair saleable value of all its
assets;
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the
present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount
that
would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts,
including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature;
or
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it
could not pay its debts as they became
due.
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the
lenders under Charter Operating's credit facilities, whose interests
are
secured by substantially all of our operating assets, will have the
right
to be paid in full before us from any of our subsidiaries' assets;
and
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the
holders of preferred membership interests in our subsidiary, CC VIII,
would have a claim on a portion of its assets that may reduce the
amounts
available for repayment to holders of our outstanding
notes.
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we
would retain our proportional equity interest in Charter Holdco but
would
lose all of our powers to direct the management and affairs of Charter
Holdco and its subsidiaries; and
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we
would become strictly a passive investment vehicle and would be treated
under the Investment Company Act as an investment
company.
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the
liquidity of the Class A common
stock;
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how
the Class A common stock trades in the
marketplace;
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the
price that purchasers would be willing to pay for the Class A common
stock
in a change of control transaction or otherwise;
and
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the
market price of the Class A common
stock.
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rules
governing the provision of cable equipment and compatibility with
new
digital technologies;
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rules
and regulations relating to subscriber
privacy;
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limited
rate regulation;
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requirements
governing when a cable system must carry a particular broadcast station
and when it must first obtain consent to carry a broadcast
station;
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rules
and regulations relating to provision of voice
communications;
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rules
for franchise renewals and transfers;
and
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other
requirements covering a variety of operational areas such as equal
employment opportunity, technical standards, and customer service
requirements.
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High
|
|
Low
|
||
2005
|
|||||||
First
quarter
|
|
$
|
2.30
|
|
$
|
1.35
|
|
Second
quarter
|
|
1.53
|
0.90
|
||||
Third
quarter
|
|
1.71
|
1.14
|
||||
Fourth
quarter
|
|
1.50
|
1.12
|
||||
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
||
First
quarter
|
|
$
|
1.25
|
|
$
|
0.94
|
|
Second
quarter
|
|
1.38
|
1.03
|
||||
Third
quarter
|
|
1.56
|
1.11
|
||||
Fourth
quarter
|
|
3.36
|
1.47
|
Number
of Securities
|
|
Number
of Securities
|
||||||
to
be Issued Upon
|
Weighted
Average
|
Remaining
Available
|
||||||
Exercise
of Outstanding
|
Exercise
Price of
|
|
for
Future Issuance
|
|||||
Options,
Warrants
|
Outstanding
Options,
|
Under
Equity
|
||||||
Plan
Category
|
and
Rights
|
Warrants
and Rights
|
|
Compensation
Plans
|
||||
Equity
compensation plans approved
by
security holders
|
|
26,403,200
|
(1)
|
|
$
3.88
|
|
34,327,388
|
|
Equity
compensation plans not
approved
by security holders
|
|
289,268
|
(2)
|
|
$
3.91
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
TOTAL
|
|
26,692,468
|
|
|
$
3.88
|
|
34,327,388
|
(1)
|
This
total does not include 2,572,267 shares issued pursuant to restricted
stock grants made under our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, which were
or are
subject to vesting based on continued employment or 12,184,749 performance
shares issued under our LTIP plan, which are subject to vesting based
on
continued employment and Charter’s achievement of certain performance
criteria.
|
(2)
|
Includes
shares of Class A common stock to be issued upon exercise of options
granted pursuant to an individual compensation agreement with a
consultant.
|
Charter
Communications, Inc.
|
||||||||||||||||
Year
Ended December 31, (a)
|
||||||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||||
Statement
of Operations Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
5,504
|
$
|
5,033
|
$
|
4,760
|
$
|
4,616
|
$
|
4,377
|
||||||
Operating
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
367
|
$
|
304
|
$
|
(1,942
|
)
|
$
|
484
|
$
|
(3,914
|
)
|
||||
Interest
expense, net
|
$
|
(1,887
|
)
|
$
|
(1,789
|
)
|
$
|
(1,670
|
)
|
$
|
(1,557
|
)
|
$
|
(1,503
|
)
|
|
Loss
from continuing operations before cumulative effect of accounting
change
|
$
|
(1,586
|
)
|
$
|
(1,003
|
)
|
$
|
(3,441
|
)
|
$
|
(241
|
)
|
$
|
(2,104
|
)
|
|
Net
loss applicable to common stock
|
$
|
(1,370
|
)
|
$
|
(970
|
)
|
$
|
(4,345
|
)
|
$
|
(242
|
)
|
$
|
(2,514
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted loss from continuing operations before cumulative effect
of
accounting change per common share
|
$
|
(4.78
|
)
|
$
|
(3.24
|
)
|
$
|
(11.47
|
)
|
$
|
(0.83
|
)
|
$
|
(7.15
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted loss per common share
|
$
|
(4.13
|
)
|
$
|
(3.13
|
)
|
$
|
(14.47
|
)
|
$
|
(0.82
|
)
|
$
|
(8.55
|
)
|
|
Weighted-average
shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
331,941,788
|
310,209,047
|
300,341,877
|
294,647,519
|
294,490,261
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance
Sheet Data (end of period):
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Investment
in cable properties
|
$
|
14,440
|
$
|
15,666
|
$
|
16,167
|
$
|
20,694
|
$
|
21,406
|
||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
15,100
|
$
|
16,431
|
$
|
17,673
|
$
|
21,364
|
$
|
22,384
|
||||||
Long-term
debt
|
$
|
19,062
|
$
|
19,388
|
$
|
19,464
|
$
|
18,647
|
$
|
18,671
|
||||||
Note
payable - related party
|
$
|
57
|
$
|
49
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
||||||
Minority
interest (b)
|
$
|
192
|
$
|
188
|
$
|
648
|
$
|
689
|
$
|
1,050
|
||||||
Preferred
stock — redeemable
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
55
|
$
|
55
|
$
|
51
|
||||||
Shareholders’
equity (deficit)
|
$
|
(6,219
|
)
|
$
|
(4,920
|
)
|
$
|
(4,406
|
)
|
$
|
(175
|
)
|
$
|
41
|
(a)
|
In
2006, we sold certain cable television systems in West Virginia and
Virginia
to
Cebridge Connections, Inc.
We
determined that the West Virginia and Virginia cable systems comprise
operations and cash flows that for financial reporting purposes meet
the
criteria for discontinued operations. Accordingly, the results of
operations for the West Virginia and Virginia cable systems have
been
presented as discontinued operations, net of tax for the year ended
December 31, 2006 and all prior periods presented herein have been
reclassified to conform to the current
presentation.
|
(b)
|
Minority
interest represents preferred
membership interests in our indirect subsidiary, CC VIII, and since
June 6, 2003, the pro rata share of the profits and losses of CC
VIII. This preferred membership interest arises from approximately
$630 million of preferred membership units issued by CC VIII in
connection with an acquisition in February 2000. As part of the Private
Exchange, CCHC contributed its 70% interest in the 24,273,943
Class A preferred membership units (collectively, the "CC VIII
interest")
to
CCH I. See
Note 22 to our accompanying consolidated financial statements contained
in
“Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” Reported
losses allocated to minority interest on the statement of operations
are
limited to the extent of any remaining minority interest on the balance
sheet related to Charter Holdco. Because minority interest in Charter
Holdco was substantially eliminated at December 31, 2003, beginning
in
2004, Charter began to absorb substantially all losses before income
taxes
that otherwise would have been allocated to minority interest. Under
our
existing capital structure, Charter will continue to absorb all future
losses for GAAP purposes.
|
· |
capitalization
of labor and overhead costs;
|
· |
useful
lives of property, plant and
equipment;
|
· |
impairment
of property, plant, and equipment, franchises, and
goodwill;
|
· |
income
taxes; and
|
· |
litigation.
|
· |
Dispatching
a “truck roll” to the customer’s dwelling for service
connection;
|
· |
Verification
of serviceability to the customer’s dwelling (i.e., determining whether
the customer’s dwelling is capable of receiving service by our cable
network and/or receiving advanced or Internet
services);
|
· |
Customer
premise activities performed by in-house field technicians and third-party
contractors in connection with customer installations, installation
of
network equipment in connection with the installation of expanded
services, and equipment replacement and betterment;
and
|
· |
Verifying
the integrity of the customer’s network connection by initiating test
signals downstream from the headend to the customer’s digital set-top
box.
|
Cable
distribution systems………………………………
|
|
7-20
years
|
Customer
equipment and installations…………………
|
|
3-5
years
|
Vehicles
and equipment…………………………………
|
|
1-5
years
|
Buildings
and leasehold improvements……………….
|
|
5-15
years
|
Furniture,
fixtures and equipment….……………………
|
|
5
years
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
2004
|
||||||||||||
Revenues
|
|
$
|
5,504
|
|
|
100%
|
|
$
|
5,033
|
|
|
100%
|
|
$
|
4,760
|
|
|
100%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Costs
and Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
Operating
(excluding depreciation and amortization)
|
|
|
2,438
|
|
|
44%
|
|
2,203
|
|
44%
|
|
1,994
|
|
42%
|
||||
|
Selling,
general and administrative
|
|
|
1,165
|
|
|
21%
|
|
1,012
|
|
20%
|
|
965
|
|
20%
|
||||
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
1,354
|
|
|
25%
|
|
1,443
|
|
29%
|
|
1,433
|
|
30%
|
||||
|
Impairment
of franchises
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
--
|
|
--
|
|
2,297
|
|
48%
|
||||
Asset
impairment charges
|
159
|
3%
|
39
|
1%
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||||||
Other
operating expenses, net
|
21
|
--
|
32
|
--
|
13
|
|
--
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
5,137
|
|
|
93%
|
|
|
4,729
|
|
|
94%
|
|
|
6,702
|
|
|
140%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Operating
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
|
|
367
|
|
|
7%
|
|
|
304
|
|
|
6%
|
|
|
(1,942)
|
|
|
(40)%
|
|
Interest
expense, net
|
|
|
(1,887)
|
|
|
|
|
(1,789)
|
|
|
|
|
(1,670)
|
|
|
||||
Gain
(loss) on extinguishment of debt and preferred stock
|
101
|
521
|
(31)
|
||||||||||||||||
Other
income, net
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Loss
from continuing operations before income taxes
and
cumulative effect of accounting change
|
|
|
(1,399)
|
|
|
|
|
(891)
|
|
|
|
|
(3,575)
|
|
|
||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
|
|
(187)
|
|
|
|
|
(112)
|
|
|
|
|
134
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Loss
from continuing operations before cumulative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
effect
of accounting change
|
|
|
(1,586)
|
|
|
|
|
(1,003)
|
|
|
|
|
(3,441)
|
|
|
||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations,
net
of tax
|
216
|
36
|
(135)
|
||||||||||||||||
Loss
before cumulative effect of accounting change
|
(1,370)
|
(967)
|
(3,576)
|
||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
effect of accounting change, net of tax
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
(765)
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net
loss
|
|
|
(1,370)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(967)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,341)
|
|
|
||
Dividends
on preferred stock - redeemable
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net
loss applicable to common stock
|
|
$
|
(1,370)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(970)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(4,345)
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Loss
per common share, basic and diluted:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations before cumulative effect of accounting
change
|
$
|
(4.78)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(3.24)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(11.47)
|
|
||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(4.13)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(3.13)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(14.47)
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding
|
|
|
331,941,788
|
|
|
|
|
310,209,047
|
|
|
|
|
300,341,877
|
|
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2006
over 2005
|
2005
over 2004
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenues
|
%
of Revenues
|
Revenues
|
%
of Revenues
|
Revenues
|
%
of Revenues
|
Change
|
%
Change
|
Change
|
%
Change
|
||||||||||||||
Video
|
$
|
3,349
|
61%
|
$
|
3,248
|
|
65%
|
|
$
|
3,217
|
|
68%
|
|
$
|
101
|
3%
|
$
|
31
|
|
1%
|
||||
High-speed
Internet
|
|
1,051
|
19%
|
|
875
|
|
17%
|
|
|
712
|
|
15%
|
|
176
|
20%
|
|
163
|
|
23%
|
|||||
Telephone
|
135
|
2%
|
36
|
1%
|
18
|
--
|
99
|
275%
|
18
|
100%
|
||||||||||||||
Advertising
sales
|
|
319
|
6%
|
|
284
|
|
6%
|
|
|
279
|
|
6%
|
|
35
|
12%
|
|
5
|
|
2%
|
|||||
Commercial
|
|
305
|
6%
|
|
266
|
|
5%
|
|
|
227
|
|
5%
|
|
39
|
15%
|
|
39
|
|
17%
|
|||||
Other
|
|
345
|
6%
|
|
324
|
|
6%
|
|
|
307
|
|
6%
|
|
21
|
6%
|
|
17
|
|
6%
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
$
|
5,504
|
100%
|
$
|
5,033
|
|
100%
|
|
$
|
4,760
|
|
100%
|
|
$
|
471
|
9%
|
$
|
273
|
|
6%
|
|
2006
compared to 2005
|
2005
compared to 2004
|
|||||
Increases
related to price increases and incremental video services
|
$
|
102
|
$
|
119
|
|||
Increases
related to increase in digital video customers
|
58
|
18
|
|||||
Decreases
related to decrease in analog video customers
|
(34
|
)
|
(76
|
)
|
|||
Increase
related to acquisition
|
6
|
--
|
|||||
Decreases
related to system sales
|
(31
|
)
|
(21
|
)
|
|||
Hurricane
impact
|
--
|
(9
|
)
|
||||
|
|||||||
$
|
101
|
$
|
31
|
|
2006
compared to 2005
|
2005
compared to 2004
|
|||||
Increases
related to increases in high-speed Internet customers
|
$
|
146
|
$
|
135
|
|||
Increases
related to price increases
|
31
|
34
|
|||||
Increase
related to acquisition
|
3
|
--
|
|||||
Decreases
related to system sales
|
(4
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
|||
Hurricane
impact
|
--
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
|
|||||||
$
|
176
|
$
|
163
|
|
2006
compared to 2005
|
2005
compared to 2004
|
|||||
Increases
in programming costs
|
$
|
143
|
$
|
104
|
|||
Increases
in labor costs
|
32
|
24
|
|||||
Increases
in costs of providing high-speed Internet and telephone
services
|
25
|
26
|
|||||
Increases
in maintenance costs
|
15
|
24
|
|||||
Increases
in advertising sales costs
|
14
|
4
|
|||||
Increases
in franchise costs
|
11
|
10
|
|||||
Other
increases, net
|
2
|
29
|
|||||
Increase
related to acquisition
|
13
|
--
|
|||||
Decreases
related to system sales
|
(20
|
)
|
(12
|
)
|
|||
|
|||||||
$
|
235
|
$
|
209
|
|
2006
compared to 2005
|
2005
compared to 2004
|
|||||
Increases
(decreases) in customer care costs
|
$
|
56
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
||
Increases
in marketing costs
|
38
|
23
|
|||||
Increases
in employee costs
|
32
|
28
|
|||||
Increases
(decreases) in bad debt and collection costs
|
19
|
(20
|
)
|
||||
Increases
(decreases) in property and casualty costs
|
17
|
(6
|
)
|
||||
Increases
(decreases) in professional service costs
|
(26
|
)
|
31
|
||||
Other
increases (decreases), net
|
21
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
Decreases
related to system sales
|
(9
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
|||
Increase
related to acquisition
|
5
|
--
|
|||||
|
|||||||
$
|
153
|
$
|
47
|
|
2006
compared to 2005
|
2005
compared to 2004
|
|||||
Increases
in losses on sales of assets
|
$
|
2
|
$
|
92
|
|||
Hurricane
asset retirement loss
|
(19
|
)
|
19
|
||||
Increases
(decreases) in special charges, net
|
6
|
(97
|
)
|
||||
Decreases
in unfavorable contracts and other settlements
|
--
|
5
|
|||||
|
|||||||
$
|
(11
|
)
|
$
|
19
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
Charter
Holdings debt exchanges
|
$
|
108
|
$
|
500
|
$
|
--
|
||||
Charter
Operating credit facility refinancing
|
(27
|
)
|
--
|
(21
|
)
|
|||||
Charter
convertible note repurchases / exchanges
|
20
|
3
|
(10
|
)
|
||||||
Charter
preferred stock repurchase
|
--
|
23
|
--
|
|||||||
CC
V Holdings notes repurchase
|
--
|
(5
|
)
|
--
|
||||||
$
|
101
|
$
|
521
|
$
|
(31
|
)
|
|
2006
compared
to
2005
|
2005
compared
to
2004
|
|||||
Decreases
in gain on derivative instruments and
hedging
activities, net
|
$
|
(44
|
)
|
$
|
(19
|
)
|
|
Decreases
in minority interest
|
(5
|
)
|
(18
|
)
|
|||
Increase
(decreases) in investment income
|
(6
|
)
|
18
|
||||
Loss
on debt to equity conversions
|
--
|
23
|
|||||
Other,
net
|
2
|
1
|
|||||
|
|||||||
$
|
(53
|
)
|
$
|
5
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||||||||
|
Semi-Annual
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Principal
|
Accreted
|
Interest
Payment
|
|
Maturity
|
|||||||||
|
Amount
|
Value(a)
|
Dates
|
Date(b)
|
||||||||||
Charter
Communications, Inc.:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
5.875%
convertible senior notes due 2009(c)
|
|
$
|
413
|
$
|
408
|
|
|
5/16
& 11/16
|
11/16/09
|
|||||
Charter
Holdings:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
8.250%
senior notes due 2007
|
|
|
105
|
105
|
|
|
4/1
& 10/1
|
|
|
4/1/07
|
||
|
|
8.625%
senior notes due 2009
|
|
|
187
|
187
|
|
|
4/1
& 10/1
|
|
|
4/1/09
|
||
|
|
10.000%
senior notes due 2009
|
|
|
105
|
105
|
|
|
4/1
& 10/1
|
|
|
4/1/09
|
||
|
|
10.750%
senior notes due 2009
|
|
|
71
|
71
|
|
|
4/1
& 10/1
|
|
|
10/1/09
|
||
9.625%
senior notes due 2009
|
52
|
52
|
|
|
5/15
& 11/15
|
|
|
11/15/09
|
||||||
|
|
10.250%
senior notes due 2010
|
|
|
32
|
32
|
|
|
1/15
& 7/15
|
|
|
1/15/10
|
||
|
|
11.750%
senior discount notes due 2010
|
|
|
21
|
21
|
|
|
1/15
& 7/15
|
|
|
1/15/10
|
||
|
|
11.125%
senior notes due 2011
|
|
|
52
|
52
|
|
|
1/15
& 7/15
|
|
|
1/15/11
|
||
13.500%
senior discount notes due 2011
|
|
|
62
|
62
|
|
|
1/15
& 7/15
|
|
|
1/15/11
|
||||
|
|
9.920%
senior discount notes due 2011
|
|
|
63
|
63
|
|
|
4/1
& 10/1
|
|
|
4/1/11
|
||
10.000%
senior notes due 2011
|
71
|
71
|
|
|
5/15
& 11/15
|
|
|
5/15/11
|
||||||
11.750%
senior discount notes due 2011
|
55
|
55
|
|
|
5/15
& 11/15
|
|
|
5/15/11
|
||||||
12.125%
senior discount notes due 2012
|
91
|
91
|
|
|
1/15
& 7/15
|
|
|
1/15/12
|
||||||
CIH
(a):
|
||||||||||||||
11.125%
senior notes due 2014
|
151
|
151
|
1/15
& 7/15
|
1/15/14
|
||||||||||
13.500%
senior discount notes due 2014
|
581
|
581
|
1/15
& 7/15
|
1/15/14
|
||||||||||
9.920%
senior discount notes due 2014
|
471
|
471
|
4/1
& 10/1
|
4/1/14
|
||||||||||
10.000%
senior notes due 2014
|
299
|
299
|
5/15
& 11/15
|
5/15/14
|
||||||||||
11.750%
senior discount notes due 2014
|
815
|
815
|
5/15
& 11/15
|
5/15/14
|
||||||||||
12.125%
senior discount notes due 2015
|
217
|
216
|
1/15
& 7/15
|
1/15/15
|
||||||||||
CCH
I (a):
|
||||||||||||||
11.00%
senior notes due 2015
|
3,987
|
4,092
|
4/1
& 10/1
|
10/1/15
|
||||||||||
CCH
II (a):
|
||||||||||||||
10.250%
senior notes due 2010
|
2,198
|
2,190
|
3/15
& 9/15
|
9/15/10
|
||||||||||
10.250%
senior notes due 2013
|
250
|
262
|
4/1
& 10/1
|
10/1/13
|
||||||||||
CCO
Holdings:
|
||||||||||||||
Senior
floating notes due 2010
|
550
|
550
|
3/15,
6/15,
9/15
& 12/15
|
12/15/10
|
||||||||||
8
3/4% senior notes due 2013
|
800
|
795
|
5/15
& 11/15
|
11/15/13
|
||||||||||
Charter
Operating:
|
||||||||||||||
8%
senior second-lien notes due 2012
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
4/30
& 10/30
|
4/30/12
|
||||||||||
8
3/8% senior second-lien notes due 2014
|
770
|
770
|
4/30
& 10/30
|
4/30/14
|
||||||||||
Credit
Facilities
|
5,395
|
5,395
|
|
|
|
|
varies
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$
|
18,964
|
$
|
19,062
|
(d)
|
(a) | The accreted value presented above generally represents the principal amount of the notes less the original issue discount at the time of sale, plus the accretion to the balance sheet date except as follows. Certain of the CIH notes, CCH I notes, and CCH II notes issued in exchange for Charter Holdings notes and Charter convertible notes in 2005 and 2006 are recorded for financial reporting purposes at values different from the current accreted value for legal purposes and notes indenture purposes (the amount that is currently payable if the debt becomes immediately due). As of December 31, 2006, the accreted value of our debt for legal purposes and notes and indentures purposes is $18.8 billion. |
(b)
|
In
general, the obligors have the right to redeem all of the notes set
forth
in the above table (except with respect to the 5.875% convertible
senior
notes due 2009, the 8.25% Charter Holdings notes due 2007, the 10.000%
Charter Holdings notes due 2009, the 10.75% Charter Holdings notes
due
2009, and the 9.625% Charter Holdings notes due 2009) in whole or
in part
at their option, beginning at various times prior to their stated
maturity
dates, subject to certain conditions, upon the payment of the outstanding
principal amount (plus a specified redemption premium) and all accrued
and
unpaid interest. The 5.875% convertible senior notes are
|
redeemable if the closing price of our Class A common stock exceeds the conversion price by certain percentages as described below. For additional information see Note 9 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements contained in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” |
(c)
|
The
5.875% convertible senior notes are convertible at the option of
the
holders into shares of Class A common stock at a conversion rate,
subject to certain adjustments, of 413.2231 shares per $1,000 principal
amount of notes, which is equivalent to a price of $2.42 per share.
Certain anti-dilutive provisions cause adjustments to occur automatically
upon the occurrence of specified events. Additionally, the conversion
ratio may be adjusted by us under certain circumstances.
|
(d)
|
Not
included within total long-term debt is the $57 million CCHC note,
which
is included in “note payable-related party” on our accompanying
consolidated balance sheets. See Note 10 to the accompanying consolidated
financial statements contained in “Item 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data.”
|
Payments
by Period
|
|||||||||||||||
Less
than
|
1-3
|
3-5
|
More
than
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
1
year
|
years
|
years
|
5
years
|
|||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Long-Term
Debt Principal Payments (1)
|
$
|
18,964
|
|
$
|
130
|
|
$
|
928
|
|
$
|
3,599
|
|
$
|
14,307
|
|
Long-Term
Debt Interest Payments (2)
|
11,811
|
1,768
|
3,543
|
3,097
|
3,403
|
||||||||||
Payments
on Interest Rate Instruments (3)
|
1
|
--
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
||||||||||
Capital
and Operating Lease Obligations (4)
|
|
95
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
18
|
|
Programming
Minimum Commitments (5)
|
|
854
|
349
|
505
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
Other
(6)
|
423
|
284
|
69
|
48
|
22
|
||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
32,148
|
|
$
|
2,551
|
|
$
|
5,078
|
|
$
|
6,769
|
|
$
|
17,750
|
(1)
|
|
The
table presents maturities of long-term debt outstanding as of
December 31, 2006. Refer to Notes 9 and 23 to our accompanying
consolidated financial statements contained in “Item 8. Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data” for a description of our long-term debt
and other contractual obligations and commitments. Does not include
the
$57 million CCHC accreting note which is included in note payable
-
related party. If not redeemed prior to maturity in 2020, $380 million
would be due under this note.
|
|
||
(2)
|
Interest
payments on variable debt are estimated using amounts outstanding
at
December 31, 2006 and the average implied forward London Interbank
Offering Rate (LIBOR) rates applicable for the quarter during the
interest
rate reset based on the yield curve in effect at December 31, 2006.
Actual
interest payments will differ based on actual LIBOR rates and actual
amounts outstanding for applicable periods.
|
|
(3)
|
Represents
amounts we will be required to pay under our interest rate hedge
agreements estimated using the average implied forward LIBOR applicable
rates for the quarter during the interest rate reset based on the
yield
curve in effect at December 31, 2006.
|
|
(4)
|
The
Company leases certain facilities and equipment under noncancelable
operating leases. Leases and rental costs charged to expense for
the years
ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, were $23 million, $22 million,
and $22 million, respectively.
|
|
(5)
|
|
We
pay programming fees under multi-year contracts ranging from three
to ten
years, typically based on a flat fee per customer, which may be fixed
for
the term, or may in some cases escalate over the term. Programming
costs
included in the accompanying statement of operations were approximately
$1.5 billion, $1.4 billion, and $1.3 billion, for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, respectively. Certain of our
programming agreements are based on a flat fee per month or have
guaranteed minimum payments. The table sets forth the aggregate guaranteed
minimum commitments under our programming contracts.
|
(6)
|
“Other”
represents other guaranteed minimum commitments, which consist primarily
of commitments to our billing services vendors.
|
·
|
We
rent utility poles used in our operations. Generally, pole rentals
are
cancelable on short notice, but we anticipate that such rentals will
recur. Rent expense incurred for pole rental attachments for the
years
ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, was $44 million, $44
million, and $42 million, respectively.
|
·
|
We
pay franchise fees under multi-year franchise agreements based on
a
percentage of revenues generated from video service per year. We
also pay
other franchise related costs, such as public education grants, under
multi-year agreements. Franchise fees and other franchise-related
costs
included in the accompanying statement of operations were $175 million,
$165 million, and $159 million for the years ended December 31, 2006,
2005, and 2004, respectively.
|
·
|
We
also have $147 million in letters of credit, primarily to our various
worker’s compensation, property and casualty, and general liability
carriers, as collateral for reimbursement of claims. These letters
of
credit reduce the amount we may borrow under our credit facilities.
|
•
|
issuing
equity that would significantly dilute existing shareholders;
|
|
•
|
issuing
convertible debt or other debt securities that may have structural
or
other priority over our existing notes and may also, in the case
of
convertible debt, significantly dilute Charter’s existing shareholders;
|
|
•
|
further
reducing our expenses and capital expenditures, which may impair
our
ability to increase revenue and grow operating cash flows;
|
|
•
|
selling
assets; or
|
|
•
|
requesting
waivers or amendments with respect to our credit facilities, the
availability and terms of which would be subject to negotiation;
and
cannot be assured.
|
For
the years ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Customer
premise equipment (a)
|
$
|
507
|
$
|
434
|
$
|
451
|
||||
Scalable
infrastructure (b)
|
214
|
174
|
108
|
|||||||
Line
extensions (c)
|
107
|
134
|
131
|
|||||||
Upgrade/Rebuild
(d)
|
45
|
49
|
49
|
|||||||
Support
capital (e)
|
230
|
297
|
185
|
|||||||
Total
capital expenditures
|
$
|
1,103
|
$
|
1,088
|
$
|
924
|
(a)
|
Customer
premise equipment includes costs for set-top boxes and cable modems,
etc.
used at the customer residence to secure new customers, revenue generating
units, and additional bandwidth. It also includes customer installation
costs in accordance with SFAS 51.
|
(b)
|
Scalable
infrastructure includes costs not related to customer premise equipment
or
our network, to secure growth of new customers, revenue generating
units,
and additional bandwidth revenues, or to provide service enhancements
(e.g., headend equipment).
|
(c)
|
Line
extensions include network costs (e.g., fiber/coaxial cable, amplifiers,
electronic equipment, make-ready and design engineering) associated
with
entering new service areas.
|
(d)
|
Upgrade/rebuild
includes costs to modify or replace existing fiber/coaxial cable
networks,
including betterments.
|
(e)
|
Support
capital includes costs associated with the replacement or enhancement
of
non-network assets (e.g., non-network equipment, land, buildings
and
vehicles) due to technological and physical obsolescence.
|
|
•
|
a
term facility with a total principal amount of $5.0 billion,
repayable in 23 equal quarterly installments, commencing
September 30, 2007 and aggregating in each loan year to 1% of the
original amount of the term facility, with the remaining balance
due at
final maturity in 2013;
|
|
||
|
•
|
a
revolving credit facility of $1.5 billion, with a maturity date in
2010; and
|
|
||
|
•
|
a
revolving credit facility (the “R/T Facility”) of $350.0 million,
that converts to term loans no later than April 2007, repayable on
the
same terms as the term facility described
above.
|
· |
the
failure to make payments when due or within the applicable grace
period,
|
· |
the
failure to comply with specified covenants, including but not limited
to a
covenant to deliver audited financial statements with an unqualified
opinion from our independent
auditors,
|
· |
the
failure to pay or the occurrence of events that cause or permit the
acceleration of other indebtedness owing by CCO Holdings, Charter
Operating, or Charter Operating’s subsidiaries in amounts in excess of $50
million in aggregate principal amount,
|
· |
the
failure to pay or the occurrence of events that result in the acceleration
of other indebtedness owing by certain of CCO Holdings’ direct and
indirect parent companies in amounts in excess of $200 million in
aggregate principal amount,
|
· |
Paul
Allen and/or certain of his family members and/or their exclusively
owned
entities (collectively, the “Paul Allen Group”) ceasing to have the power,
directly or indirectly, to vote at least 35% of the ordinary voting
power
of Charter Operating,
|
· |
the
consummation of any transaction resulting in any person or group
(other
than the Paul Allen Group) having power, directly or indirectly,
to vote
more than 35% of the ordinary voting power of Charter Operating,
unless
the Paul Allen Group holds a greater share of ordinary voting power
of
Charter Operating,
|
· |
certain
of Charter Operating’s indirect or direct parent companies and Charter
Operating and its subsidiaries having indebtedness in excess of $500
million aggregate principal amount which remains undefeased three
months
prior to the final maturity of such indebtedness,
and
|
· |
Charter
Operating ceasing to be a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of CCO Holdings,
except in certain very limited circumstances.
|
·
|
a
senior obligation of such
guarantor;
|
·
|
structurally
senior to the outstanding CCO Holdings notes (except in the case
of CCO
Holdings’ note guarantee, which is structurally pari
passu with
such senior notes), the outstanding CCH II notes, the outstanding
CCH I
notes, the outstanding CIH notes, the outstanding Charter Holdings
notes
and the outstanding Charter convertible senior
notes;
|
·
|
senior
in right of payment to any future subordinated indebtedness of such
guarantor; and
|
·
|
effectively
senior to the relevant subsidiary’s unsecured indebtedness, to the extent
of the value of the collateral but subject to the prior lien of the
credit
facilities.
|
·
|
with
certain exceptions, all capital stock (limited in the case of capital
stock of foreign subsidiaries, if any, to 66% of the capital stock
of
first tier foreign Subsidiaries) held by Charter Operating or any
guarantor; and
|
·
|
with
certain exceptions, all intercompany obligations owing to Charter
Operating or any guarantor.
|
Note
Series
|
Redemption
Dates
|
Percentage
of Principal
|
||||||
Charter
Holdings:
|
||||||||
8.250%
senior notes due 2007
|
|
Not
callable
|
N/A
|
|||||
8.625%
senior notes due 2009
|
April
1, 2006 - March 31, 2007
|
101.438
|
%
|
|||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
10.000%
senior notes due 2009
|
Not
callable
|
N/A
|
||||||
10.750%
senior discount notes due 2009
|
Not
callable
|
N/A
|
||||||
9.625%
senor notes due 2009
|
Not
callable
|
N/A
|
||||||
10.250%
senior notes due 2010
|
January
15, 2007 - January 14, 2008
|
101.708
|
%
|
|||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
11.750%
senior discount notes due 2010
|
January
15, 2007 - January 14, 2008
|
101.958
|
%
|
|||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
11.125%
senior notes due 2011
|
January
15, 2007 - January 14, 2008
|
103.708
|
%
|
|||||
January
15, 2008 - January 14, 2009
|
101.854
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
13.500%
senior discount notes due 2011
|
January
15, 2007 - January 14, 2008
|
104.500
|
%
|
|||||
January
15, 2008 - January 14, 2009
|
102.250
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
9.920%
senior discount notes due 2011
|
April
1, 2006 - March 31, 2007
|
101.653
|
%
|
|||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
10.000%
senior notes due 2011
|
May
15, 2006 - May 14, 2007
|
105.000
|
%
|
|||||
May
15, 2007 - May 14, 2008
|
103.333
|
%
|
||||||
May
15, 2008 - May 14, 2009
|
101.667
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
11.750%
senior discount notes due 2011
|
May
15, 2006 - May 14, 2007
|
105.875
|
%
|
|||||
May
15, 2007 - May 14, 2008
|
103.917
|
%
|
||||||
May
15, 2008 - May 14, 2009
|
101.958
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
12.125%
senior discount notes due 2012
|
January
15, 2007 - January 14, 2008
|
106.063
|
%
|
|||||
January
15, 2008 - January 14, 2009
|
104.042
|
%
|
||||||
January
15, 2009 - January 14, 2010
|
102.021
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
CIH:
|
||||||||
11.125%
senior discount notes due 2014
|
September
30, 2007 - January 14, 2008
|
103.708
|
%
|
|||||
January
15, 2008 - January 14, 2009
|
101.854
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
13.500%
senior discount notes due 2014
|
September
30, 2007 - January 14, 2008
|
104.500
|
%
|
|||||
January
15, 2008 - January 14, 2009
|
102.250
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
9.920%
senior discount notes due 2014
|
September
30, 2007 - Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
|||||
10.000%
senior discount notes due 2014
|
September
30, 2007 - May 14, 2008
|
103.333
|
%
|
|||||
May
15, 2008 - May 14, 2009
|
101.667
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
11.750%
senior discount notes due 2014
|
September
30, 2007 - May 14, 2008
|
103.917
|
%
|
May
15, 2008 - May 14, 2009
|
101.958
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
12.125%
senior discount notes due 2015
|
September
30, 2007 - January 14, 2008
|
106.063
|
%
|
|||||
January
15, 2008 - January 14, 2009
|
104.042
|
%
|
||||||
January
15, 2009 - January 14, 2010
|
102.021
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
CCH
I:
|
||||||||
11.000%
senior notes due 2015*
|
October
1, 2010 - September 30, 2011
|
105.500
|
%
|
|||||
October
1, 2011 - September 30, 2012
|
102.750
|
%
|
||||||
October
1, 2012 - September 30, 2013
|
101.375
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
CCH
II:
|
||||||||
10.250%
senior notes due 2010
|
September
15, 2008 - September 14, 2009
|
105.125
|
%
|
|||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
10.250%
senior notes due 2013**
|
October
1, 2010 - September 30, 2011
|
105.125
|
%
|
|||||
October
1, 2011 - September 30, 2012
|
102.563
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
CCO
Holdings:
|
||||||||
Senior
floating notes due 2010
|
December
15, 2006 - December 14, 2007
|
102.000
|
%
|
|||||
December
15, 2007 - December 14, 2008
|
101.000
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
8
3/4% senior notes due 2013
|
November
15, 2008 - November 14, 2009
|
104.375
|
%
|
|||||
November
15, 2009 - November 14, 2010
|
102.917
|
%
|
||||||
November
15, 2010 - November 14, 2011
|
101.458
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||||
Charter
Operating:***
|
||||||||
8%
senior second-lien notes due 2012
|
Any
time
|
****
|
||||||
8
3/8% senior second-lien notes due 2014
|
April
30, 2009 - April 29, 2010
|
104.188
|
%
|
|||||
April
30, 2010 - April 29, 2011
|
102.792
|
%
|
||||||
April
30, 2011 - April 29, 2012
|
101.396
|
%
|
||||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
· |
incur
indebtedness;
|
· |
pay
dividends or make distributions in respect of capital stock and other
restricted payments;
|
· |
issue
equity;
|
· |
make
investments;
|
· |
create
liens;
|
· |
sell
assets;
|
· |
consolidate,
merge, or sell all or substantially all
assets;
|
· |
enter
into sale leaseback transactions;
|
· |
create
restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make certain
payments; or
|
· |
enter
into transactions with affiliates.
|
Issuer
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
|
Charter
Holdings
|
8.75
to 1
|
|
CIH
|
8.75
to 1
|
|
CCH
I
|
7.5
to 1
|
|
CCH
II
|
5.5
to 1
|
|
CCOH
|
4.5
to 1
|
|
CCO
|
4.25
to 1
|
·
|
up
to an amount of debt under credit facilities not otherwise allocated
as
indicated below:
|
· |
Charter
Holdings: $3.5 billion
|
· |
CIH,
CCH I, CCH II and CCO Holdings: $9.75
billion
|
· |
Charter
Operating: $6.8 billion
|
·
|
up
to $75 million of debt incurred to finance the purchase or capital
lease
of new assets;
|
·
|
up
to $300 million of additional debt for any
purpose;
|
·
|
Charter
Holdings and CIH may incur additional debt in an amount equal to
200% of
proceeds of new cash equity proceeds received since March 1999, the
date
of our first indenture, and not allocated for restricted payments
or
permitted investments (the “Equity Proceeds Basket”); and
|
·
|
other
items of indebtedness for specific purposes such as intercompany
debt,
refinancing of existing debt, and interest rate swaps to provide
protection against fluctuation in interest
rates.
|
· |
Charter
Holdings: the sum of 100% of Charter Holdings’ Consolidated EBITDA, as
defined, minus 1.2 times its Consolidated Interest Expense, as defined,
plus 100% of new cash and appraised non-cash equity proceeds received
by
Charter Holdings and not allocated to the debt incurrence covenant
or to
permitted investments, all cumulatively from March 1999, the date
of the
first Charter Holdings indenture, plus $100
million;
|
· |
CIH:
the sum of the greater of (a) $500 million or (b) 100% of CIH’s
Consolidated EBITDA, as defined, minus 1.2 times its Consolidated
Interest
Expense, as defined, plus 100% of new cash and appraised non-cash
equity
proceeds received by CIH and not allocated to the debt incurrence
covenant
or to permitted investments, all cumulatively from September 28,
2005;
|
· |
CCH
I: the sum of 100%
of CCH I’s Consolidated EBITDA, as defined, minus 1.3 times its
Consolidated Interest Expense, as defined, plus 100% of new cash
and
appraised non-cash equity proceeds received by CCH I and not allocated
to
certain investments, all cumulative from September 28, 2005, plus
$100
million;
|
· |
CCH
II: the sum of 100%
of CCH II’s Consolidated EBITDA, as defined, minus 1.3 times its
Consolidated Interest Expense, as defined, plus 100% of new cash
and
appraised non-cash equity proceeds received by CCH II and not allocated
to
certain investments, cumulatively from July 1, 2003, plus $100
million;
|
· |
CCO
Holdings: the sum of 100%
of CCO Holdings’ Consolidated EBITDA, as defined, minus 1.3 times its
Consolidated Interest Expense, as defined, plus 100% of new cash
and
appraised non-cash equity proceeds received by CCO Holdings and not
allocated to certain investments, cumulatively from October 1, 2003,
plus
$100 million;
and
|
· |
Charter
Operating: the sum of 100%
of Charter Operating’s Consolidated EBITDA, as defined, minus 1.3 times
its Consolidated Interest Expense, as defined, plus 100% of new cash
and
appraised non-cash equity proceeds received by Charter Operating
and not
allocated to certain investments, cumulatively from April 1, 2004,
plus
$100 million.
|
·
|
to
repurchase management equity interests in amounts not to exceed $10
million per fiscal year;
|
·
|
regardless
of the existence of any default, to pay pass-through tax liabilities
in
respect of ownership of equity interests in the applicable issuer
or its
restricted subsidiaries; or
|
·
|
to
make other specified restricted payments including merger fees up
to 1.25%
of the transaction value, repurchases using concurrent new issuances,
and
certain dividends on existing subsidiary preferred equity
interests.
|
·
|
investments
in and generally among restricted subsidiaries or by restricted
subsidiaries in the applicable
issuer;
|
·
|
For
Charter Holdings:
|
· |
investments
in productive assets (including through equity investments) aggregating
up
to $150 million since March 1999;
|
· |
other
investments aggregating up to $50 million since March 1999;
and
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to 100% of new cash equity proceeds received by Charter
Holdings since March 1999 and not allocated to the debt incurrence
or
restricted payments covenant;
|
· |
For
CIH:
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to $750 million at any time
outstanding;
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to 100% of new cash equity proceeds received by CIH
since
March 1999 and not allocated to the debt incurrence or restricted
payments
covenant (as if CIH had been in existence at all times during such
periods);
|
· |
For
CCH I:
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to $750 million at any time
outstanding;
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to 100% of new cash equity proceeds received by CCH
I since
September 28, 2005 to the extent the proceeds have not been allocated
to
the restricted payments covenant;
|
· |
For
CCH II:
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to $750 million at any time
outstanding;
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to 100% of new cash equity proceeds received by CCH
II
since September 23, 2003 to the extent the proceeds have not been
allocated to the restricted payments
covenant;
|
· |
For
CCO Holdings:
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to $750 million at any time
outstanding;
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to 100% of new cash equity proceeds received by CCO
Holdings since November 10, 2003 to the extent the proceeds have
not been
allocated to the restricted payments
covenant;
|
· |
For
Charter Operating:
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to $750 million at any time
outstanding;
|
· |
investments
aggregating up to 100% of new cash equity proceeds received by CCO
Holdings since April 27, 2004 to the extent the proceeds have not
been
allocated to the restricted payments
covenant.
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
Thereafter
|
Total
|
Fair
Value at December 31, 2006
|
||||||||||||||||
Debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Fixed
Rate
|
$
|
105
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
828
|
|
$
|
2,251
|
|
$
|
303
|
|
$
|
9,532
|
|
$
|
13,019
|
|
$
|
13,254
|
|
|
Average
Interest Rate
|
|
8.25%
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
7.67%
|
|
|
10.26%
|
|
|
11.21%
|
|
|
10.13%
|
|
|
10.01%
|
|
|
|
Variable
Rate
|
$
|
25
|
|
$
|
50
|
|
$
|
50
|
|
$
|
995
|
|
$
|
50
|
|
$
|
4,775
|
|
$
|
5,945
|
|
$
|
5,979
|
|
|
Average
Interest Rate
|
|
7.78%
|
|
|
7.44%
|
|
|
7.44%
|
|
|
8.53%
|
|
|
7.60%
|
|
|
7.72%
|
|
|
7.85%
|
|
|
|
Interest
Rate Instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Variable
to Fixed Swaps
|
$
|
875
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
500
|
|
$
|
300
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
1,675
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
|
Average
Pay Rate
|
|
7.55%
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
7.46%
|
|
|
7.63%
|
|
--
|
|
|
7.54%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
Receive Rate
|
|
7.92%
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
7.58%
|
|
|
7.59%
|
|
--
|
|
|
7.75%
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
The
following documents are filed as part of this annual
report:
|
(1)
|
Financial
Statements.
|
(2)
|
Financial
Statement Schedules.
|
(3)
|
The
index to the exhibits begins on page 74 of this annual
report.
|
|
|
CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
|
||
|
|
Registrant
|
||
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/
Neil Smit
|
|
|
|
|
Neil
Smit
|
|
|
|
|
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
Date:
February 28, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
/s/
Paul G. Allen
|
|
Chairman
of the Board of Directors
|
|
February
28, 2007
|
|||||
Paul
G. Allen
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||||
/s/
Neil Smit
|
President,
Chief Executive
|
|
February
22, 2007
|
||||||
Neil
Smit
|
Officer,
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
|
||||||||
/s/
Jeffrey T. Fisher
|
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | February 16, 2007 | |||||||
Jeffrey T. Fisher | (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||||
/s/ Kevin D. Howard | Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | February 28, 2007 | |||||||
Kevin D. Howard | (Principal Accounting Officer) | ||||||||
/s/
W. Lance Conn
|
Director
|
February
28, 2007
|
|||||||
W. Lance Conn | |||||||||
/s/
Nathaniel A. Davis
|
|
Director
|
|
February
23, 2007
|
|||||
Nathaniel
A. Davis
|
|||||||||
/s/Jonathan
L. Dolgen
|
Director
|
February
22, 2007
|
|||||||
Jonathan
L. Dolgen
|
|||||||||
/s/
Rajive Johri
|
Director
|
February
23, 2007
|
|||||||
Rajive
Johri
|
|||||||||
/s/
Robert P. May
|
|
Director
|
|
February
22, 2007
|
|||||
Robert
P. May
|
|
||||||||
/s/
David C. Merritt
|
Director
|
February
28, 2007
|
|||||||
David
C. Merritt
|
|||||||||
/s/
Marc B. Nathanson
|
|
Director
|
|
February
16, 2007
|
|||||
Marc
B. Nathanson
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
/s/
Jo Allen Patton
|
|
Director
|
|
February
28, 2007
|
|||||
Jo
Allen Patton
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
/s/
John H. Tory
|
|
Director
|
|
February
28, 2007
|
|||||
John
H. Tory
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
/s/
Larry W. Wangberg
|
|
Director
|
|
February
28, 2007
|
|||||
Larry
W. Wangberg
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit
|
|
Description
|
3.1(a)
|
|
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Charter Communications, Inc. (Originally
incorporated July 22, 1999) (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the registration statement on
Form S-1 of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 18,
1999 (File No. 333-83887)).
|
3.1(b)
|
|
Certificate
of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed May 10, 2001 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1(b) to the annual report of Form 10-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on March 29, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
3.2
|
Amended
and Restated By-laws of Charter Communications, Inc. as of October
30,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the quarterly report
on
Form 10-Q of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 31, 2006
(File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
Certain
long-term debt instruments, none of which relates to authorized
indebtedness that exceeds 10% of the consolidated assets of the
Registrants have not been filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K. The
Registrants agree to furnish to the Commission upon its request a
copy of
any instrument defining the rights of holders of long- term debt
of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.
|
||
4.1(a)
|
|
Certificate
of Designation of Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock of
Charter Communications, Inc. and related Certificate of Correction
of
Certificate of Designation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications,
Inc. on November 14, 2001 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.1(b)
|
Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible
Redeemable Preferred Stock of Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Annex A to the Definitive Information Statement on
Schedule 14C filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
December 12, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
|
4.2
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 5.875% convertible senior notes due 2009, dated as
of
November 2004, by and among Charter Communications, Inc. and Wells
Fargo
Bank, N.A. as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the
current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
November 30, 2004 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.3
|
|
5.875%
convertible senior notes due 2009 Resale Registration Rights Agreement,
dated November 22, 2004, by and among Charter Communications, Inc.
and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley and Co. Incorporated
as representatives of the initial purchasers (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.2 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on November 30, 2004 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.4
|
|
Collateral
Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004, by and
between Charter Communications, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as
trustee
and collateral agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to
the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed
on November 30, 2004 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.5
|
|
Collateral
Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004 among
Charter Communications, Inc., Charter Communications Holding Company,
LLC
and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee and collateral agent (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the current report on Form 8-K
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on November 30, 2004 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.1
|
4.75%
Mirror Note in the principal amount of $632.5 million dated as of
May 30, 2001, made by Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, in favor of Charter Communications,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.5 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on August 6, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.2
|
5.875%
Mirror Convertible Senior Note due 2009, in the principal amount
of
$862,500,000 dated as of November 22, 2004 made by Charter
Communications Holding Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company,
in favor of Charter Communications, Inc., a Delaware limited liability
company, in favor of Charter Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the current report on
Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on November 30,
2004 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.3 | Indenture relating to the 8.250% Senior Notes due 2007, dated as of March 17, 1999, between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(a) to Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on June 22, 1999 (File No. 333-77499)). | |
10.4(a)
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 8.625% Senior Notes due 2009, dated as of
March 17, 1999, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and
Savings
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(a) to Amendment
No. 2 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings
Capital
Corporation filed on June 22, 1999 (File
No. 333-77499)).
|
10.4(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 8.625% Senior Notes due 2009,
dated
as of September 28, 2005, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC,
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust
Company as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed
on October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.5(a)
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 9.920% Senior Discount Notes due 2011, dated as of
March 17, 1999, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and
Savings
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to Amendment
No. 2 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings
Capital
Corporation filed on June 22, 1999 (File
No. 333-77499)).
|
10.5(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 9.920% Senior Discount Notes
due
2011, dated as of September 28, 2005, among Charter Communications
Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation
and BNY
Midwest Trust Company as Trustee (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.6(a)
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.00% Senior Notes due 2009, dated as of
January 12, 2000, between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC,
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust
and
Savings Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(a) to the
registration statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications
Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation
filed on January 25, 2000 (File
No. 333-95351)).
|
10.6(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 10.00% Senior Notes due 2009,
dated
as of September 28, 2005, between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5
to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.7(a)
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2010, dated as of
January 12, 2000, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and
Savings
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(a) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
January 25, 2000 (File No. 333-95351)).
|
10.7(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2010,
dated
as of September 28, 2005, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC,
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust
Company as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the
current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed
on October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.8(a)
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 11.75% Senior Discount Notes due 2010, dated as of
January 12, 2000, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and
Savings
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
January 25, 2000 (File No. 333-95351)).
|
10.8(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 11.75% Senior Discount Notes
due
2010, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications
Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee,
dated as of September 28, 2005 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.7 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.9(a)
|
|
Indenture
dated as of January 10, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 10.750% senior notes due 2009
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(a) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
February 2, 2001 (File
No. 333-54902)).
|
10.9(b) | First Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 10.750% Senior Notes due 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)). | |
10.10(a)
|
|
Indenture
dated as of January 10, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 11.125% senior notes due 2011
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(b) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
February 2, 2001 (File No. 333-54902)).
|
10.10(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005, between
Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company governing 11.125% Senior
Notes
due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the current
report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.11(a)
|
|
Indenture
dated as of January 10, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 13.500% senior discount notes due
2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(c) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
February 2, 2001 (File No. 333-54902)).
|
10.11(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005, between
Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings
Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
13.500% Senior Discount Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.10 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.12(a)
|
|
Indenture
dated as of May 15, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(a) to the current report
on Form 8-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on June 1,
2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.12(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
9.625% Senior Notes due 2009 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2(a) to the current report on Form 8-K filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on January 15, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.12(c)
|
|
Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 25, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
9.625% Senior Notes due 2009 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on August 6, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.12(d)
|
|
Third
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Capital Corporation
and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 9.625% Senior
Notes due
2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the current
report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.13(a)
|
|
Indenture
dated as of May 15, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3(a) to the current report
on Form 8-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on June 1,
2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.13(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
10.000% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.3(a) to the current report on Form 8-K filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on January 15, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.13(c)
|
|
Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 25, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
10.000% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on August 6, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.13(d) | Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing the 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)). | |
10.14(a)
|
|
Indenture
dated as of May 15, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 11.750% Senior Discount Notes due
2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4(a) to the current
report on Form 8-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
June 1, 2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.14(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 11.750%
Senior Discount Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.13 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.15(a)
|
|
Indenture
dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due
2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4(a) to the current
report on Form 8-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
January 15, 2002 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.15(b)
|
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 25, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on August 6, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.15(c)
|
|
Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 12.125%
Senior Discount Notes due 2012 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.14 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.16
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2010, dated as of
September 23, 2003, among CCH II, LLC, CCH II Capital
Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of
Charter Communications Inc. filed on September 26, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.17
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 8 3/4% Senior Notes due 2013, dated as of
November 10, 2003, by and among CCO Holdings, LLC, CCO Holdings
Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Charter Communications, Inc.’s current
report on Form 8-K filed on November 12, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.18
|
|
Indenture
relating to the 8% senior second lien notes due 2012 and 8
3/8% senior second lien notes due 2014, dated as of April 27,
2004, by and among Charter Communications Operating, LLC, Charter
Communications Operating Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to Amendment
No. 2 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of CCH II,
LLC filed on May 5, 2004 (File
No. 333-111423)).
|
10.19(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of December 15, 2004 among CCO Holdings, LLC, CCO Holdings
Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of CCO
Holdings, LLC filed on December 21, 2004 (File No.
333-112593)).
|
|
10.19(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated August 17, 2005 by and among CCO Holdings,
LLC, CCO Holdings Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report
on Form
8-K of CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corp. filed on
August
23, 2005 (File No. 333-112593)).
|
|
10.20
|
Indenture
dated as of September 28, 2005 among CCH I Holdings, LLC
and CCH I Holdings Capital Corp., as Issuers and Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, as Parent Guarantor, and The Bank of
New
York Trust Company, NA, as Trustee, governing: 11.125% Senior Accreting
Notes due 2014, 9.920% Senior Accreting Notes due 2014, 10.000% Senior
Accreting Notes due 2014, 11.75% Senior Accreting Notes due 2014,
13.50%
Senior Accreting Notes due 2014, 12.125% Senior Accreting Notes due
2015
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on
Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.21(a) | Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 among CCH I, LLC and CCH I Capital Corp., as Issuers, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, as Parent Guarantor, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, NA, as Trustee, governing 11.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)). | |
10.21(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 11.00% Senior Secured Notes
due
2015, dated as of September 14, 2006, by and between CCH I, LLC,
CCH I
Capital Corp. as Issuers, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC as
Parent
Guarantor and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the current report
on Form
8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. on September 19, 2006 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
|
10.22
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2013, dated as of September
14,
2006, by and between CCH II, LLC, CCH II Capital Corp. as Issuers,
Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC as Parent Guarantor and The Bank of
New York
Trust Company, N.A. as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2
to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc.
on
September 19, 2006 (File No. 000-027927)).
|
|
10.23(a)
|
Pledge
Agreement made by CCH I, LLC in favor of The Bank of New York Trust
Company, NA, as Collateral Agent dated as of September 28, 2005
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the current report on
Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 4,
2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.23(b)
|
Amendment
to the Pledge Agreement between CCH I, LLC in favor of The Bank of
New
York Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent, dated as of
September 14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. on
September 19, 2006 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.24
|
Exchange
and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2006, by
and between CCH I, LLC, CCH I Capital Corp., CCH II, LLC, CCH II
Capital
Corp. Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Banc of America Securities
LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the current report
on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. on September 19,
2006 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.25
|
|
Share
Lending Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004 between Charter
Communications, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Limited, through Citigroup
Global Markets, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to
the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed
on November 30, 2004 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.26
|
|
Holdco
Mirror Notes Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004, by and between
Charter Communications, Inc. and Charter Communications Holding Company,
LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the current report
on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
November 30, 2004 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.27
|
|
Unit
Lending Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2004, by and between
Charter Communications, Inc. and Charter Communications Holding Company,
LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the current report
on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
November 30, 2004 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.28
|
|
Consulting
Agreement, dated as of March 10, 1999, by and between Vulcan
Northwest Inc., Charter Communications, Inc. (now called Charter
Investment, Inc.) and Charter Communications Holdings, LLC (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 4 to the
registration statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications
Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation
filed on July 22, 1999 (File No. 333-77499)).
|
10.29
|
|
Letter
Agreement, dated September 21, 1999, by and among Charter
Communications, Inc., Charter Investment, Inc., Charter Communications
Holding Company, Inc. and Vulcan Ventures Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.22 to Amendment No. 3 to the registration
statement on Form S-1 of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
October 18, 1999 (File No. 333-83887)).
|
10.30
|
|
Form
of Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1999 by and among
Charter Investment, Inc., Charter Communications, Inc., Vulcan
Cable III Inc. and Paul G. Allen (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 3 to the registration statement
on Form S-1 of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 18,
1999 (File No. 333-83887)).
|
10.31(a)
|
|
First
Amended and Restated Mutual Services Agreement, dated as of
December 21, 2000, by and between Charter Communications, Inc.,
Charter Investment, Inc. and Charter Communications Holding Company,
LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(b) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
February 2, 2001 (File
No. 333-54902)).
|
10.32(b) | Letter Agreement, dated June 19, 2003, by and among Charter Communications, Inc., Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC and Charter Investment, Inc. regarding Mutual Services Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.5(b) to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on August 5, 2003 (File No. 000-27927)). | |
10.32(c) | Second Amended and Restated Mutual Services Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2003 between Charter Communications, Inc. and Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5(a) to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on August 5, 2003 (File No. 000-27927)). | |
10.33(a)
|
|
Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for Charter
Communications Holding Company, LLC made as of August 31, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the quarterly report on
Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on November 14,
2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.33(b)
|
Letter
Agreement between Charter Communications, Inc. and Charter Investment
Inc.
and Vulcan Cable III Inc. amending the Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of Charter Communications Holding Company,
LLC, dated as of November 22, 2004 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.10 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on November 30, 2004 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.34
|
|
Second
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, dated as of October 31, 2005 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q
of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on November 2, 2005 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
10.35(a)
|
|
Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for
CC VIII, LLC, dated as of March 31, 2003 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the annual report on Form 10-K of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.35(b)
|
|
Third
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for CC VIII,
LLC, dated as of October 31, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.20 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Charter
Communications, Inc. on November 2, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.36(a)
|
|
Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Charter Communications
Operating, LLC, dated as of June 19, 2003 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit No. 10.2 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on August 5, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.36(b)
|
First
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
of Charter Communications Operating, LLC, adopted as of June 22,
2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16(b) to the annual report
on
Form 10-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on February 28, 2006
(File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.37
|
|
Amended
and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2003, between
Charter Communications Operating, LLC and Charter Communications,
Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the quarterly report on
Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on August 5,
2003 (File No. 333-83887)).
|
10.38(a)
|
|
Stipulation
of Settlement, dated as of January 24, 2005, regarding settlement of
Consolidated Federal Class Action entitled in Re Charter
Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation. (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.48 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Charter
Communications, Inc. on March 3, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.38(b)
|
|
Amendment
to Stipulation of Settlement, dated as of May 23, 2005, regarding
settlement of Consolidated Federal Class Action entitled In Re Charter
Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 10.35(b) to Amendment No. 3 to the registration
statement on Form S-1 filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
June 8, 2005 (File No. 333-121186)).
|
10.39
|
|
Settlement
Agreement and Mutual Release, dated as of February 1, 2005, by and
among Charter Communications, Inc. and certain other insureds, on
the
other hand, and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London and certain
subscribers, on the other hand. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.49 to the annual report on Form 10-K filed by Charter
Communications, Inc. on March 3, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.40
|
|
Stipulation
of Settlement, dated as of January 24, 2005, regarding settlement of
Federal Derivative Action, Arthur J. Cohn v. Ronald L.
Nelson et al and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.50 to the annual report on Form 10-K filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on March 3, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.41
|
Settlement
Agreement and Mutual Releases, dated as of October 31, 2005, by and
among Charter Communications, Inc., Special Committee of the Board
of
Directors of Charter Communications, Inc., Charter Communications
Holding
Company, LLC, CCHC, LLC, CC VIII, LLC, CC V, LLC, Charter Investment,
Inc., Vulcan Cable III, LLC and Paul G. Allen (incorporated by
reference
to Exhibit 10.17 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on November 2, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.42
|
Exchange
Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2005, by and among Charter
Communications Holding Company, LLC, Charter Investment, Inc. and
Paul G.
Allen (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the quarterly
report on Form 10-Q of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
November 2, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.43 | CCHC, LLC Subordinated and Accreting Note, dated as of October 31, 2005 (revised) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on November 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)). | |
10.44
|
Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2006, among
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, CCO Holdings, LLC, the lenders
from
time to time parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed
on May 1, 2006 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.45(a)+
|
|
Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC 1999 Option Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 4 to the registration statement
on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on July 22, 1999
(File No. 333-77499)).
|
10.45(b)+
|
|
Assumption
Agreement regarding Option Plan, dated as of May 25, 1999, by and
between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications
Holding Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to
Amendment No. 6 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of
Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings
Capital Corporation filed on August 27, 1999 (File
No. 333-77499)).
|
10.45(c)+
|
|
Form
of Amendment No. 1 to the Charter Communications Holdings, LLC 1999
Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10(c) to
Amendment No. 4 to the registration statement on Form S-1 of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on November 1, 1999 (File
No. 333-83887)).
|
10.45(d)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 2 to the Charter Communications Holdings, LLC 1999 Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4(c) to the annual report on
Form 10-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on March 30,
2000 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.45(e)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 3 to the Charter Communications 1999 Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.14(e) to the annual report of Form 10-K
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on March 29, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.45(f)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 4 to the Charter Communications 1999 Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.10(f) to the annual report on Form 10-K
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.46(a)+
|
|
Charter
Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.25 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on May 15, 2001 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.46(b)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 1 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(b) to the annual report
on Form 10-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15,
2003 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.46(c)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 2 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the quarterly report
on Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
November 14, 2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.46(d)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 3 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
effective January 2, 2002 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15(c) to the annual report of Form 10-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on March 29, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.46(e)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 4 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(e) to the annual report
on Form 10-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15,
2003 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.46(f)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 5 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(f) to the annual report
on Form 10-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15,
2003 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.46(g)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 6 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
effective December 23, 2004 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.43(g) to the registration statement on Form S-1 of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 5, 2005 (File
No. 333-128838)).
|
10.46(h)+
|
|
Amendment
No. 7 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
effective August 23, 2005 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.43(h) to the registration statement on Form S-1 of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 5, 2005 (File
No. 333-128838)).
|
10.46(i)+
|
|
Description
of Long-Term Incentive Program to the Charter Communications, Inc.
2001
Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18(g)
to the annual report on Form 10-K filed by Charter Communications,
Inc. on March 31, 2005 (File No. 333-77499)).
|
10.47+
|
Description
of Charter Communications, Inc. 2006 Executive Bonus Plan (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on May 2, 2006 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.48+
|
2005
Executive Cash Award Plan dated as of June 9, 2005 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed June 15, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.49+
|
|
Employment
Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2005, by and between Neil Smit and
Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on August 15, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.50+
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of September 2, 2005, by and between Paul E.
Martin and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on September 9, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.51+
|
|
Employment
Agreement effective as of October 10, 2005, by and between Grier C.
Raclin and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on November 14, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.52+
|
Employment
Offer Letter, dated November 22, 2005, by and between Charter
Communications, Inc. and Robert A. Quigley (incorporated by reference
to
10.68 to Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form S-1
of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on February 2, 2006 (File No.
333-130898)).
|
|
10.53+
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of December 9, 2005, by and between Robert
A. Quigley and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on December 13, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.54+
|
Retention
Agreement dated as of January 9, 2006, by and between Paul E. Martin
and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on January 10, 2006 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.55+
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of January 20, 2006 by and between Jeffrey T.
Fisher
and Charter Communications, Inc.(incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1
to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc.
filed on
January 27, 2006 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.56+
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of February 28, 2006 by and between Michael J.
Lovett and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 99.2 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on March 3, 2006 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
10.57+
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2006 by and between Marwan Fawaz and
Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on August 1, 2006 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
|
21.1*
|
|
Subsidiaries
of Charter Communications, Inc.
|
23.1*
|
|
Consent
of KPMG LLP.
|
31.1*
|
Certificate
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a)
under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
|
|
31.2*
|
Certificate
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a)
under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
|
|
32.1*
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive
Officer).
|
|
32.2*
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial
Officer).
|
*
|
Document
attached
|
|
+
|
|
Management
compensatory plan or arrangement
|
|
|
Page
|
Audited
Financial Statements
|
||
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Consolidated Financial
Statements
|
|
F-2
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Internal Controls
over
Financial Reporting
|
F-3
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2006 and 2005
|
|
F-4
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005,
and 2004
|
|
F-5
|
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Years
Ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004
|
|
F-6
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005,
and 2004
|
|
F-7
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
F-8
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
60
|
$
|
21
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of
|
|||||||
$16
and $17, respectively
|
195
|
214
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
84
|
92
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
339
|
327
|
|||||
INVESTMENT
IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
|
|||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net of accumulated
|
|||||||
depreciation
of $7,644 and $6,749, respectively
|
5,217
|
5,840
|
|||||
Franchises,
net
|
9,223
|
9,826
|
|||||
Total
investment in cable properties, net
|
14,440
|
15,666
|
|||||
OTHER
NONCURRENT ASSETS
|
321
|
438
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
15,100
|
$
|
16,431
|
|||
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
|
|||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
1,298
|
$
|
1,191
|
|||
Total
current liabilities
|
1,298
|
1,191
|
|||||
LONG-TERM
DEBT
|
19,062
|
19,388
|
|||||
NOTE
PAYABLE - RELATED PARTY
|
57
|
49
|
|||||
DEFERRED
MANAGEMENT FEES - RELATED PARTY
|
14
|
14
|
|||||
OTHER
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
|
692
|
517
|
|||||
MINORITY
INTEREST
|
192
|
188
|
|||||
PREFERRED
STOCK - REDEEMABLE; $.001 par value; 1 million
|
|||||||
shares
authorized; 36,713 shares issued and outstanding,
respectively
|
4
|
4
|
|||||
SHAREHOLDERS’
DEFICIT:
|
|||||||
Class
A Common stock; $.001 par value; 1.75 billion shares
authorized;
|
|||||||
407,994,585
and 416,204,671 shares issued and outstanding,
respectively
|
--
|
--
|
|||||
Class
B Common stock; $.001 par value; 750 million
|
|||||||
shares
authorized; 50,000 shares issued and outstanding
|
--
|
--
|
|||||
Preferred
stock; $.001 par value; 250 million shares
|
|||||||
authorized;
no non-redeemable shares issued and outstanding
|
--
|
--
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
5,313
|
5,241
|
|||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(11,536
|
)
|
(10,166
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
4
|
5
|
|||||
Total
shareholders’ deficit
|
(6,219
|
)
|
(4,920
|
)
|
|||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
|
$
|
15,100
|
$
|
16,431
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
2004
|
||||||
REVENUES
|
$
|
5,504
|
$
|
5,033
|
$
|
4,760
|
||||
COSTS
AND EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||
Operating
(excluding depreciation and amortization)
|
2,438
|
2,203
|
1,994
|
|||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
1,165
|
1,012
|
965
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,354
|
1,443
|
1,433
|
|||||||
Impairment
of franchises
|
--
|
--
|
2,297
|
|||||||
Asset
impairment charges
|
159
|
39
|
--
|
|||||||
Other
operating expenses, net
|
21
|
32
|
13
|
|||||||
5,137
|
4,729
|
6,702
|
||||||||
Operating
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
367 | 304 | (1,942 | ) | ||||||
OTHER
INCOME AND EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||
Interest
expense, net
|
(1,887
|
)
|
(1,789
|
)
|
(1,670
|
)
|
||||
Gain
(loss) on extinguishment of debt and preferred stock
|
101
|
521
|
(31
|
)
|
||||||
Other
income, net
|
20
|
73
|
68
|
|||||||
(1,766
|
)
|
(1,195
|
)
|
(1,633
|
)
|
|||||
Loss
from continuing operations before income taxes and
cumulative
effect of accounting change
|
(1,399
|
)
|
(891
|
)
|
(3,575
|
)
|
||||
INCOME
TAX BENEFIT (EXPENSE)
|
(187
|
)
|
(112
|
)
|
134
|
|||||
Loss
from continuing operations before cumulative effect of
accounting
change
|
(1,586
|
)
|
(1,003
|
)
|
(3,441
|
)
|
||||
INCOME
(LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS,
NET
OF TAX
|
216
|
36
|
(135
|
)
|
||||||
Loss
before cumulative effect of accounting change
|
(1,370
|
)
|
(967
|
)
|
(3,576
|
)
|
||||
CUMULATIVE
EFFECT OF ACCOUNTING CHANGE,
NET
OF TAX
|
--
|
--
|
(765
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss
|
(1,370
|
)
|
(967
|
)
|
(4,341
|
)
|
||||
Dividends
on preferred stock - redeemable
|
--
|
(3
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
|||||
Net
loss applicable to common stock
|
$
|
(1,370
|
)
|
$
|
(970
|
)
|
$
|
(4,345
|
)
|
|
LOSS
PER COMMON SHARE, basic and diluted:
|
||||||||||
Loss
from continuing operations before cumulative effect of
accounting
change
|
$
|
(4.78
|
)
|
$
|
(3.24
|
)
|
$
|
(11.47
|
)
|
|
Net
loss
|
$
|
(4.13
|
)
|
$
|
(3.13
|
)
|
$
|
(14.47
|
)
|
|
Weighted
average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
331,941,788
|
310,209,047
|
300,341,877
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Total
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Class
A
|
|
Class
B
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
Shareholders'
|
|
||||||
|
|
Common
|
|
Common
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
Equity
|
|
||||||
|
|
Stock
|
|
Stock
|
|
Capital
|
|
Deficit
|
|
Income
(Loss)
|
|
(Deficit)
|
|||||||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2003
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
4,700
|
$
|
(4,851
|
)
|
$
|
(24
|
)
|
$
|
(175
|
)
|
||||
Changes
in fair value of interest rate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
agreements
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
20
|
20
|
|||||||||||||
Option
compensation expense, net
|
--
|
--
|
27
|
--
|
--
|
27
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock in exchange for
|
|||||||||||||||||||
convertible
notes
|
--
|
--
|
67
|
--
|
--
|
67
|
|||||||||||||
Dividends
on preferred stock - redeemable
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(4
|
)
|
--
|
(4
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(4,341
|
)
|
--
|
(4,341
|
)
|
|||||||||||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2004
|
--
|
--
|
4,794
|
(9,196
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(4,406
|
)
|
||||||||||
Changes
in fair value of interest rate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
agreements
and other
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
9
|
9
|
|||||||||||||
Option
compensation expense, net
|
--
|
--
|
14
|
--
|
--
|
14
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares in Securities Class
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Action
settlement
|
--
|
--
|
15
|
--
|
--
|
15
|
|||||||||||||
CC
VIII, LLC settlement - exchange of
interests
|
--
|
--
|
418
|
--
|
--
|
418
|
|||||||||||||
Dividends
on preferred stock - redeemable
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(3
|
)
|
--
|
(3
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(967
|
)
|
--
|
(967
|
)
|
|||||||||||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2005
|
--
|
--
|
5,241
|
(10,166
|
)
|
5
|
(4,920
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Changes
in fair value of interest rate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
agreements
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(1
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Option
compensation expense, net
|
--
|
--
|
6
|
--
|
--
|
6
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock in exchange for
|
|||||||||||||||||||
convertible
notes
|
--
|
--
|
66
|
--
|
--
|
66
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
(1,370
|
)
|
--
|
(1,370
|
)
|
|||||||||||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2006
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
5,313
|
$
|
(11,536
|
)
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
(6,219
|
)
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
|
2004
|
||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,370
|
)
|
$
|
(967
|
)
|
$
|
(4,341
|
)
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash flows from operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,362
|
1,499
|
1,495
|
|||||||
Impairment
of franchises
|
--
|
--
|
2,433
|
|||||||
Asset
impairment charges
|
159
|
39
|
--
|
|||||||
Noncash
interest expense
|
138
|
254
|
324
|
|||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
202
|
109
|
(109
|
)
|
||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of assets, net
|
(192
|
)
|
6
|
(86
|
)
|
|||||
(Gain)
loss on extinguishment of debt and preferred stock
|
(101
|
)
|
(527
|
)
|
20
|
|||||
Cumulative
effect of accounting change, net of tax
|
--
|
--
|
765
|
|||||||
Other,
net
|
(2
|
)
|
(40
|
)
|
39
|
|||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions
and
dispositions:
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
24
|
(29
|
)
|
(7
|
)
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
|
55
|
97
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||
Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and other
|
48
|
(181
|
)
|
(59
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash flows from operating activities
|
323
|
260
|
472
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Purchases
of property, plant and equipment
|
(1,103
|
)
|
(1,088
|
)
|
(924
|
)
|
||||
Change
in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures
|
24
|
8
|
(43
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds
from sale of assets
|
1,020
|
44
|
744
|
|||||||
Purchase
of cable system
|
(42
|
)
|
--
|
--
|
||||||
Purchases
of investments
|
--
|
(3
|
)
|
(17
|
)
|
|||||
Proceeds
from investments
|
37
|
17
|
--
|
|||||||
Other,
net
|
(1
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
(3
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash flows from investing activities
|
(65
|
)
|
(1,025
|
)
|
(243
|
)
|
||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Borrowings
of long-term debt
|
6,322
|
1,207
|
3,148
|
|||||||
Repayments
of long-term debt
|
(6,938
|
)
|
(1,239
|
)
|
(5,448
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds
from issuance of debt
|
440
|
294
|
2,882
|
|||||||
Payments
for debt issuance costs
|
(44
|
)
|
(70
|
)
|
(145
|
)
|
||||
Redemption
of preferred stock
|
--
|
(56
|
)
|
--
|
||||||
Purchase
of pledge securities
|
--
|
--
|
(143
|
)
|
||||||
Other,
net
|
1
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||
Net
cash flows from financing activities
|
(219
|
)
|
136
|
294
|
||||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
39
|
(629
|
)
|
523
|
||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
|
21
|
650
|
127
|
|||||||
|
||||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
|
$
|
60
|
$
|
21
|
$
|
650
|
||||
|
||||||||||
CASH
PAID FOR INTEREST
|
$
|
1,671
|
$
|
1,526
|
$
|
1,302
|
||||
|
||||||||||
NONCASH
TRANSACTIONS:
|
||||||||||
Issuances
of Charter Class A common stock
|
$
|
68
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
||||
Issuance
of debt by CCH I Holdings, LLC
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
2,423
|
$
|
--
|
||||
Issuance
of debt by CCH I, LLC
|
$
|
419
|
$
|
3,686
|
$
|
--
|
||||
Issuance
of debt by CCH II, LLC
|
$
|
410
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
||||
Issuance
of debt by Charter Communications Operating, LLC
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
333
|
$
|
--
|
||||
Retirement
of Charter convertible notes
|
$
|
(255
|
)
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
|||
Retirement
of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC debt
|
$
|
(796
|
)
|
$
|
(7,000
|
)
|
$
|
--
|
||
Retirement
of Renaissance Media Group LLC debt
|
$
|
(37
|
)
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
|||
Issuance
of Charter Class A common stock in Securities Class Action
Settlement
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
--
|
||||
CC
VIII, LLC Settlement - exchange of interests
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
418
|
$
|
--
|
||||
Debt
exchanged for Charter Class A common stock
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
30
|
Cable
distribution systems
|
|
7-20 years
|
Customer
equipment and installations
|
|
3-5 years
|
Vehicles
and equipment
|
|
1-5 years
|
Buildings
and leasehold improvements
|
|
5-15 years
|
Furniture,
fixtures and equipment
|
|
5 years
|
Gain
(Loss) for
|
||||||||||||||
Carrying
Value at
|
the
Years Ended
|
|||||||||||||
December
31,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Equity
investments, under the cost method
|
$
|
34
|
|
$
|
61
|
|
$
|
12
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
(3)
|
||
Equity
investments, under the equity method
|
|
11
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
4
|
|
22
|
|
7
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
$
|
45
|
|
$
|
74
|
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
22
|
$
|
4
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Video
|
$
|
3,349
|
$
|
3,248
|
$
|
3,217
|
||||
High-speed
Internet
|
1,051
|
875
|
712
|
|||||||
Telephone
|
135
|
36
|
18
|
|||||||
Advertising
sales
|
319
|
284
|
279
|
|||||||
Commercial
|
305
|
266
|
227
|
|||||||
Other
|
345
|
324
|
307
|
|||||||
|
||||||||||
$
|
5,504
|
$
|
5,033
|
$
|
4,760
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Net
loss applicable to common stock
|
$
|
(1,370)
|
$
|
(970)
|
|
$
|
(4,345)
|
|
Add
back stock-based compensation expense related to stock
options
included in reported net loss (net of minority interest)
|
13
|
14
|
31
|
|||||
Less
employee stock-based compensation expense determined under fair
value
based method for all employee stock option awards
(net
of minority interest)
|
(13)
|
(14)
|
(33)
|
|||||
Effects
of unvested options in stock option exchange (see Note 20)
|
--
|
--
|
48
|
|||||
Pro
forma
|
$
|
(1,370)
|
$
|
(970)
|
|
$
|
(4,299)
|
|
Loss
per common shares, basic and diluted:
|
||||||||
As
reported
|
$
|
(4.13)
|
$
|
(3.13)
|
|
$
|
(14.47)
|
|
Pro
forma
|
$
|
(4.13)
|
$
|
(3.13)
|
|
$
|
(14.32)
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
109
|
$
|
221
|
$
|
217
|
||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect of
accounting
change
|
$
|
238
|
$
|
39
|
$
|
(104
|
)
|
|||
Income
tax expense
|
$
|
(22
|
)
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
$
|
(31
|
)
|
|
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
216
|
$
|
36
|
$
|
(135
|
)
|
|||
Earnings
(loss) per common share, basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.65
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
(0.45
|
)
|
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
Balance,
beginning of year
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
17
|
||||
Charged
to expense
|
89
|
76
|
92
|
|||||||
Uncollected
balances written off, net of recoveries
|
(90
|
)
|
(74
|
)
|
(94
|
)
|
||||
|
||||||||||
Balance,
end of year
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
15
|
|
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||
Cable
distribution systems
|
$
|
7,035
|
$
|
7,014
|
|||
Customer
equipment and installations
|
4,219
|
3,955
|
|||||
Vehicles
and equipment
|
474
|
473
|
|||||
Buildings
and leasehold improvements
|
526
|
584
|
|||||
Furniture,
fixtures and equipment
|
607
|
563
|
|||||
|
12,861
|
12,589
|
|||||
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
(7,644
|
)
|
(6,749
|
)
|
|||
|
|||||||
$
|
5,217
|
$
|
5,840
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gross
|
Net
|
Gross
|
Net
|
||||||||||||||||
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Carrying
|
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Carrying
|
||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Amount
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Amount
|
||||||||||||||
Indefinite-lived
intangible assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Franchises
with indefinite lives
|
$
|
9,207
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
9,207
|
$
|
9,806
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
9,806
|
|||||||
Goodwill
|
61
|
--
|
61
|
52
|
--
|
52
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
$
|
9,268
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
9,268
|
$
|
9,858
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
9,858
|
|||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Finite-lived
intangible assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Franchises
with finite lives
|
$
|
23
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
27
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||
Accounts
payable - trade
|
$
|
92
|
$
|
114
|
|||
Accrued
capital expenditures
|
97
|
73
|
|||||
Accrued
expenses:
|
|||||||
Interest
|
410
|
333
|
|||||
Programming
costs
|
268
|
269
|
|||||
Franchise
related fees
|
68
|
67
|
|||||
Compensation
|
110
|
90
|
|||||
Other
|
253
|
245
|
|||||
|
|||||||
$
|
1,298
|
$
|
1,191
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||
Principal
|
Accreted
|
Principal
|
Accreted
|
||||||||||
Amount
|
Value
|
Amount
|
Value
|
||||||||||
Long-Term
Debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Charter
Communications, Inc.:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
4.750%
convertible senior notes due June 1, 2006
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
--
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
5.875%
convertible senior notes due November 16, 2009
|
|
413
|
|
|
408
|
|
|
863
|
|
|
843
|
Charter
Holdings:
|
|||||||||||||
8.250%
senior notes due April 1, 2007
|
|
105
|
105
|
|
|
105
|
105
|
||||||
8.625%
senior notes due April 1, 2009
|
|
187
|
187
|
|
|
292
|
292
|
||||||
10.000%
senior notes due April 1, 2009
|
|
105
|
105
|
|
|
154
|
154
|
||||||
10.750%
senior notes due October 1, 2009
|
|
71
|
71
|
|
|
131
|
131
|
||||||
9.625%
senior notes due November 15, 2009
|
|
52
|
52
|
|
|
107
|
107
|
||||||
10.250%
senior notes due January 15, 2010
|
|
32
|
32
|
|
|
49
|
49
|
||||||
11.750%
senior discount notes due January 15, 2010
|
|
21
|
21
|
|
|
43
|
43
|
||||||
11.125%
senior notes due January 15, 2011
|
|
52
|
52
|
|
|
217
|
217
|
||||||
13.500%
senior discount notes due January 15, 2011
|
|
62
|
62
|
|
|
94
|
94
|
||||||
9.920%
senior discount notes due April 1, 2011
|
|
63
|
63
|
|
|
198
|
198
|
||||||
10.000%
senior notes due May 15, 2011
|
|
71
|
71
|
|
|
137
|
136
|
||||||
11.750%
senior discount notes due May 15, 2011
|
|
55
|
55
|
|
|
125
|
120
|
||||||
12.125%
senior discount notes due January 15, 2012
|
|
91
|
91
|
|
|
113
|
100
|
||||||
CIH:
|
|||||||||||||
11.125%
senior notes due January 15, 2014
|
151
|
151
|
151
|
151
|
|||||||||
13.500%
senior discount notes due January 15, 2014
|
581
|
581
|
581
|
578
|
|||||||||
9.920%
senior discount notes due April 1, 2014
|
471
|
471
|
471
|
471
|
10.000%
senior notes due May 15, 2014
|
299
|
299
|
299
|
299
|
|||||||||
11.750%
senior discount notes due May 15, 2014
|
815
|
815
|
815
|
781
|
|||||||||
12.125%
senior discount notes due January 15, 2015
|
217
|
216
|
217
|
192
|
|||||||||
CCH
I:
|
|||||||||||||
11.000%
senior notes due October 1, 2015
|
3,987
|
4,092
|
3,525
|
3,683
|
|||||||||
CCH
II:
|
|||||||||||||
10.250%
senior notes due September 15, 2010
|
2,198
|
2,190
|
1,601
|
1,601
|
|||||||||
10.250%
senior notes due October 1, 2013
|
250
|
262
|
--
|
--
|
|||||||||
CCO
Holdings:
|
|||||||||||||
Senior
floating notes due December 15, 2010
|
550
|
550
|
550
|
550
|
|||||||||
8
3/4% senior notes due November 15, 2013
|
800
|
795
|
800
|
794
|
|||||||||
Charter
Operating:
|
|||||||||||||
8%
senior second-lien notes due April 30, 2012
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
1,100
|
|||||||||
8
3/8% senior second-lien notes due April 30, 2014
|
770
|
770
|
733
|
733
|
|||||||||
Renaissance
Media Group LLC:
|
|||||||||||||
10.000%
senior discount notes due April 15, 2008
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
114
|
115
|
|||||||
Credit
Facilities
|
5,395
|
5,395
|
|
|
5,731
|
5,731
|
|||||||
$
|
18,964
|
$
|
19,062
|
$
|
19,336
|
$
|
19,388
|
·
|
incur
additional debt;
|
·
|
pay
dividends on equity or repurchase
equity;
|
·
|
make
investments;
|
·
|
sell
all or substantially all of their assets or merge with or into other
companies;
|
·
|
sell
assets;
|
·
|
enter
into sale-leasebacks;
|
·
|
in
the case of restricted subsidiaries, create or permit to exist dividend
or
payment restrictions with respect to the bond issuers, guarantee
their
parent companies debt, or issue specified equity interests;
|
·
|
engage
in certain transactions with affiliates;
and
|
·
|
grant
liens.
|
· |
term
facility with a total principal amount of $5.0 billion, repayable in
23 equal quarterly installments, commencing September 30, 2007 and
aggregating in each loan year to 1% of the original amount of the
term
facility, with the remaining balance due at final maturity in
2013;
|
· |
a
revolving credit facility of $1.5 billion, with a maturity date in
2010; and
|
· |
a
revolving credit facility (the “R/T Facility”) of $350.0 million,
that converts to term loans no later than April 2007, repayable on
the
same terms as the term facility described
above.
|
·
|
the
failure to make payments when due or within the applicable grace
period,
|
·
|
the
failure to comply with specified covenants, including but not limited
to a
covenant to deliver audited financial statements with an unqualified
opinion from our independent
auditors,
|
·
|
the
failure to pay or the occurrence of events that result in the acceleration
of other indebtedness owing by certain of CCO Holdings’ direct and
indirect parent companies in amounts in excess of $200 million in
aggregate principal amount,
|
·
|
certain
of Charter Operating’s indirect or direct parent companies and Charter
Operating and its subsidiaries having indebtedness in excess of $500
million aggregate principal amount which remains undefeased three
months
prior to the final maturity of such indebtedness,
and
|
·
|
certain
changes in control.
|
Year
|
Amount
|
|||
2007
|
$
|
130
|
||
2008
|
50
|
|||
2009
|
878
|
|||
2010
|
3,246
|
|||
2011
|
353
|
|||
Thereafter
|
14,307
|
|||
|
$
|
18,964
|
|
|
Minority
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2003
|
$
|
689
|
|
Minority
interest in loss of a subsidiary
|
|
(19)
|
|
Minority
interest in cumulative effect of accounting change
|
|
(19)
|
|
Reclass
of Helicon, LLC interest
|
|
(25)
|
|
Changes
in fair value of interest rate agreements
|
|
22
|
|
Balance,
December 31, 2004
|
648
|
||
Minority
interest in loss of subsidiary
|
(1)
|
||
CC
VIII settlement - exchange of interests
|
(467)
|
||
Changes
in fair value of interest rate agreements and other
|
8
|
||
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
188
|
||
Minority
interest in income of subsidiary
|
4
|
||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
$
|
192
|
Class
A
|
|
Class
B
|
||
|
|
Common
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Stock
|
Stock
|
|
BALANCE,
January 1, 2004
|
295,038,606
|
50,000
|
||
Option
exercises
|
839,598
|
|
--
|
|
Restricted
stock issuances, net of cancellations
|
2,072,748
|
--
|
||
Issuances
in exchange for convertible notes
|
7,252,818
|
--
|
||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2004
|
305,203,770
|
50,000
|
||
Option
exercises
|
19,717
|
--
|
||
Restricted
stock issuances, net of cancellations
|
2,669,884
|
--
|
||
Issuances
pursuant to share lending agreement
|
94,911,300
|
--
|
||
Issuance
of shares in Securities Class Action settlement
|
13,400,000
|
--
|
||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2005
|
416,204,671
|
50,000
|
||
Option
exercises
|
1,046,540
|
--
|
||
Restricted
stock issuances, net of cancellations
|
809,474
|
--
|
||
Issuances
pursuant to share lending agreement
|
22,038,000
|
--
|
||
Returns
pursuant to share lending agreement
|
(77,104,100)
|
--
|
||
Issuances
in exchange for convertible notes
|
45,000,000
|
--
|
||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2006
|
407,994,585
|
50,000
|
|
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||
|
|
Carrying
|
Fair
|
Carrying
|
Fair
|
||||||||||
|
|
Value
|
Value
|
Value
|
Value
|
||||||||||
Debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charter
convertible notes
|
|
$
|
408
|
|
|
$
|
576
|
|
|
$
|
863
|
|
|
$
|
647
|
Charter
Holdings debt
|
|
|
967
|
|
|
|
932
|
|
|
|
1,746
|
|
|
|
1,145
|
CIH
debt
|
2,533
|
2,294
|
2,472
|
1,469
|
|||||||||||
CCH
I debt
|
4,092
|
4,104
|
3,683
|
2,959
|
|||||||||||
CCH
II debt
|
2,452
|
2,575
|
1,601
|
1,592
|
|||||||||||
CCO
Holdings debt
|
1,345
|
1,391
|
1,344
|
1,299
|
|||||||||||
Charter
Operating debt
|
1,870
|
1,943
|
1,833
|
1,820
|
|||||||||||
Credit
facilities
|
|
|
5,395
|
|
|
|
5,418
|
|
|
|
5,731
|
|
|
|
5,719
|
Other
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
|
114
|
Interest
Rate Agreements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Assets
(Liabilities)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Swaps
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
|
(4)
|
|||
Collars
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
|
|
--
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
(Gain)
loss on sale of assets, net
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
(86
|
)
|
|||
Hurricane
asset retirement loss
|
--
|
19
|
--
|
|||||||
Special
charges, net
|
13
|
7
|
104
|
|||||||
Unfavorable
contracts and other settlements
|
--
|
--
|
(5
|
)
|
||||||
$
|
21
|
$
|
32
|
$
|
13
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
Charter
Holdings debt exchanges
|
$
|
108
|
$
|
500
|
$
|
--
|
||||
Charter
Operating credit facility refinancing
|
(27
|
)
|
--
|
(21
|
)
|
|||||
Charter
convertible note repurchases / exchanges
|
20
|
3
|
(10
|
)
|
||||||
Charter
preferred stock repurchase
|
--
|
23
|
--
|
|||||||
CC
V Holdings notes repurchase
|
--
|
(5
|
)
|
--
|
||||||
$
|
101
|
$
|
521
|
$
|
(31
|
)
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
Gain
(loss) on derivative instruments and hedging
activities,
net (Note 15)
|
$
|
6
|
$
|
50
|
$
|
69
|
||||
Minority
interest (Note 11)
|
(4
|
)
|
1
|
19
|
||||||
Gain
on investment (Note 3)
|
16
|
22
|
4
|
|||||||
Loss
on debt to equity conversion
|
--
|
--
|
(23
|
)
|
||||||
Other,
net
|
2
|
--
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
$
|
20
|
$
|
73
|
$
|
68
|
|
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
Average
|
Average
|
|
|
Average
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
Exercise
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|||||||||||
|
|
Shares
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
|
Shares
|
|
Price
|
|||||||||
Options
outstanding, beginning of period
|
|
|
29,127
|
|
$
|
4.47
|
|
|
24,835
|
|
$
|
6.57
|
|
|
47,882
|
|
$
|
12.48
|
Granted
|
|
|
6,065
|
|
|
1.28
|
|
|
10,810
|
|
|
1.36
|
|
|
9,405
|
|
|
4.88
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(1,049)
|
|
|
1.41
|
|
|
(17)
|
|
|
1.11
|
|
|
(839)
|
|
|
2.02
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
(7,740)
|
|
|
4.39
|
|
|
(6,501)
|
|
|
7.40
|
|
|
(31,613)
|
|
|
15.16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Options
outstanding, end of period
|
|
|
26,403
|
|
$
|
3.88
|
|
|
29,127
|
|
$
|
4.47
|
|
|
24,835
|
|
$
|
6.57
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Weighted
average remaining contractual life
|
|
8
years
|
|
|
|
8
years
|
|
|
|
8
years
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Options
exercisable, end of period
|
|
|
10,984
|
|
$
|
6.62
|
|
|
9,999
|
|
$
|
7.80
|
|
|
7,731
|
|
$
|
10.77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Weighted
average fair value of options granted
|
|
$
|
0.96
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.65
|
|
|
|
$
|
3.71
|
|
|
|
Options
Outstanding
|
Options
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Weighted-
|
|
Weighted-
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Average
|
Weighted-
|
|
Average
|
Weighted-
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
Remaining
|
Average
|
|
Remaining
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||
Range
of
|
|
Number
|
Contractual
|
Exercise
|
|
Number
|
Contractual
|
Exercise
|
||||||||||||
Exercise
Prices
|
|
Outstanding
|
Life
|
Price
|
|
Exercisable
|
Life
|
Price
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|||||||||
$
|
1.00
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
1.36
|
|
10,197
|
|
9
years
|
|
$
|
1.15
|
|
1,379
|
|
8
years
|
|
$
|
1.18
|
$
|
1.53
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
1.96
|
|
5,101
|
|
8
years
|
|
|
1.55
|
|
1,825
|
|
7
years
|
|
|
1.56
|
$
|
2.85
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
3.35
|
|
2,608
|
|
7
years
|
|
|
2.96
|
|
1,495
|
|
6
years
|
|
|
2.90
|
$
|
4.30
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
5.17
|
|
5,391
|
|
7
years
|
|
|
5.03
|
|
3,179
|
|
7
years
|
|
|
5.00
|
$
|
9.13
|
—
|
$
|
12.27
|
1,426
|
5
years
|
10.95
|
1,426
|
5
years
|
10.95
|
||||||||||
$
|
13.96
|
—
|
$
|
20.73
|
1,418
|
3
years
|
|
18.61
|
1,418
|
3
years
|
18.61
|
|||||||||
$
|
21.20
|
—
|
$
|
23.09
|
262
|
4
years
|
|
22.84
|
262
|
4
years
|
22.84
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
Current
expense:
|
||||||||||
Federal
income taxes
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
State
income taxes
|
(5
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
||||
|
||||||||||
Current
income tax expense
|
(7
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
(6
|
)
|
||||
|
||||||||||
Deferred
benefit (expense):
|
||||||||||
Federal
income taxes
|
(177
|
)
|
(95
|
)
|
175
|
|||||
State
income taxes
|
(25
|
)
|
(14
|
)
|
25
|
|||||
|
||||||||||
Deferred
income tax benefit (expense)
|
(202
|
)
|
(109
|
)
|
200
|
|||||
|
||||||||||
Total
income benefit (expense)
|
$
|
(209
|
)
|
$
|
(115
|
)
|
$
|
194
|
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||||
Statutory
federal income taxes
|
$
|
407
|
$
|
298
|
$
|
1,288
|
||||
Statutory
state income taxes, net
|
58
|
43
|
184
|
|||||||
Franchises
|
(202
|
)
|
(109
|
)
|
200
|
|||||
Valuation
allowance provided and other
|
(472
|
)
|
(347
|
)
|
(1,478
|
)
|
||||
|
||||||||||
(209
|
)
|
(115
|
)
|
194
|
||||||
Less:
cumulative effect of accounting change and
discontinued
operations
|
22
|
3
|
(60
|
)
|
||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
$
|
(187
|
)
|
$
|
(112
|
)
|
$
|
134
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
|||||||
Net
operating loss carryforward
|
$
|
2,689
|
$
|
2,352
|
|||
Investment
in Charter Holdco
|
1,955
|
1,817
|
|||||
Other
|
5
|
6
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Total
gross deferred tax assets
|
4,649
|
4,175
|
|||||
Less:
valuation allowance
|
(4,200
|
)
|
(3,656
|
)
|
|||
|
|||||||
Net
deferred tax assets
|
$
|
449
|
$
|
519
|
|||
|
|||||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
|||||||
Investment
in Charter Holdco
|
$
|
(737
|
)
|
$
|
(597
|
)
|
|
Indirect
Corporate Subsidiaries:
|
|||||||
Property,
plant & equipment
|
(31
|
)
|
(41
|
)
|
|||
Franchises
|
(195
|
)
|
(206
|
)
|
|||
Gross
deferred tax liabilities
|
(963
|
)
|
(844
|
)
|
|||
Net
deferred tax liabilities
|
$
|
(514
|
)
|
$
|
(325
|
)
|
Total
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
Thereafter
|
|||||||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Capital
and Operating Lease Obligations (1)
|
$
|
95
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
$
|
15
|
|
$
|
17
|
$
|
8
|
$
|
18
|
|||
Programming
Minimum Commitments (2)
|
|
854
|
|
|
349
|
|
|
287
|
|
|
218
|
|
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|||||
Other
(3)
|
423
|
284
|
43
|
26
|
24
|
24
|
22
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
1,372
|
|
$
|
653
|
|
$
|
347
|
|
$
|
259
|
|
$
|
41
|
$
|
32
|
$
|
40
|
·
|
The
Company also rents utility poles used in its operations. Generally,
pole
rentals are cancelable on short notice, but the Company anticipates
that
such rentals will recur. Rent expense incurred for pole rental attachments
for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004, was $44
million, $44 million, and $42 million, respectively.
|
·
|
The
Company pays franchise fees under multi-year franchise agreements
based on
a percentage of revenues generated from video service per year. The
Company also pays other franchise related costs, such as public education
grants, under multi-year agreements. Franchise fees and other
franchise-related costs included in the accompanying statement of
operations were $175 million, $165 million, and $159 million for
the years
ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004,
respectively.
|
·
|
The
Company also has $147 million in letters of credit, primarily to
its
various worker’s compensation, property and casualty, and general
liability carriers, as collateral for reimbursement of claims. These
letters of credit reduce the amount the Company may borrow under
its
credit facilities.
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
--
|
|||
Receivable
from related party
|
24
|
9
|
|||||
Notes
receivable from Charter Holdco
|
867
|
886
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
892
|
$
|
895
|
|||
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities
|
$
|
27
|
$
|
20
|
|||
Convertible
notes
|
408
|
863
|
|||||
Notes
payable to related party
|
445
|
--
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
315
|
113
|
|||||
Other
long term liabilities
|
--
|
1
|
|||||
Preferred
stock — redeemable
|
4
|
4
|
|||||
Losses
in excess of investment
|
5,912
|
4,814
|
|||||
Shareholders’
deficit
|
(6,219
|
)
|
(4,920
|
)
|
|||
|
|||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
|
$
|
892
|
$
|
895
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
REVENUES
|
||||||||||
Interest
income
|
$
|
59
|
$
|
76
|
$
|
52
|
||||
Management
fees
|
30
|
35
|
15
|
|||||||
|
||||||||||
Total
revenues
|
89
|
111
|
67
|
|||||||
EXPENSES
|
||||||||||
Equity
in losses of Charter Holdco
|
(1,168
|
)
|
(865
|
)
|
(4,488
|
)
|
||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
(30
|
)
|
(35
|
)
|
(14
|
)
|
||||
Interest
expense
|
(59
|
)
|
(73
|
)
|
(49
|
)
|
||||
|
||||||||||
Total
expenses
|
(1,257
|
)
|
(973
|
)
|
(4,551
|
)
|
||||
|
||||||||||
Net
loss before income taxes
|
(1,168
|
)
|
(862
|
)
|
(4,484
|
)
|
||||
Income
tax (expense) benefit
|
(202
|
)
|
(105
|
)
|
143
|
|||||
|
||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(1,370
|
)
|
(967
|
)
|
(4,341
|
)
|
||||
Dividend
on preferred equity
|
--
|
(3
|
)
|
(4
|
)
|
|||||
|
||||||||||
Net
loss after preferred dividends
|
$
|
(1,370
|
)
|
$
|
(970
|
)
|
$
|
(4,345
|
)
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Net
loss after preferred dividends
|
$
|
(1,370
|
)
|
$
|
(970
|
)
|
$
|
(4,345
|
)
|
|
Equity
in losses of Charter Holdco
|
1,168
|
865
|
4,488
|
|||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
1
|
--
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
202
|
105
|
(143
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash flows from operating activities
|
1
|
--
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||
Receivables
from Charter Holdco
|
--
|
--
|
(863
|
)
|
||||||
Payments
from Charter Holdco
|
20
|
132
|
588
|
|||||||
Investment
in Charter Holdco
|
(1
|
)
|
--
|
(2
|
)
|
|||||
|
||||||||||
Net
cash flows from investing activities
|
19
|
132
|
(277
|
)
|
||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||
Issuance
of convertible notes
|
--
|
--
|
863
|
|||||||
Paydown
of convertible notes
|
(20
|
)
|
(132
|
)
|
(588
|
)
|
||||
Net
proceeds from issuance of common stock
|
1
|
--
|
2
|
|||||||
Net
cash flows from financing activities
|
(19
|
)
|
(132
|
)
|
277
|
|||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
1
|
--
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year
|
--
|
--
|
1
|
|||||||
|
||||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
--
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2006
|
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|
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
|
|||||||||
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
|||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
1,320
|
$
|
1,383
|
$
|
1,388
|
$
|
1,413
|
|||||
Operating
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
(8
|
)
|
$
|
146
|
$
|
66
|
$
|
163
|
||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
$
|
(473
|
)
|
$
|
(402
|
)
|
$
|
(333
|
)
|
$
|
(378
|
)
|
|
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
$
|
14
|
$
|
20
|
$
|
200
|
$
|
(18
|
)
|
||||
Net
loss applicable to common stock
|
$
|
(459
|
)
|
$
|
(382
|
)
|
$
|
(133
|
)
|
$
|
(396
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted loss from continuing operations
per
common share
|
$
|
(1.49
|
)
|
$
|
(1.27
|
)
|
$
|
(1.02
|
)
|
$
|
(1.03
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted loss per common share
|
$
|
(1.45
|
)
|
$
|
(1.20
|
)
|
$
|
(0.41
|
)
|
$
|
(1.08
|
)
|
|
Weighted-average
shares outstanding, basic and diluted
|
317,463,472
|
317,696,946
|
326,960,632
|
365,331,337
|
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2005
|
||||||||||||
|
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Fourth
|
|||||||||
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
Quarter
|
|||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
1,215
|
$
|
1,266
|
$
|
1,265
|
$
|
1,287
|
|||||
Operating
income from continuing operations
|
$
|
42
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
54
|
$
|
108
|
|||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
(377
|
)
|
$
|
(359
|
)
|
$
|
72
|
$
|
(339
|
)
|
||
Income
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
$
|
25
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
3
|
|||||
Net
income (loss) applicable to common stock
|
$
|
(353
|
)
|
$
|
(356
|
)
|
$
|
75
|
$
|
(336
|
)
|
||
Basic
income (loss) from continuing operations per
common
share
|
$
|
(1.25
|
)
|
$
|
(1.19
|
)
|
$
|
0.23
|
$
|
(1.07
|
)
|
||
Diluted
income (loss) from continuing operations per
common
share
|
$
|
(1.25
|
)
|
$
|
(1.19
|
)
|
$
|
0.08
|
$
|
(1.07
|
)
|
||
Basic
income (loss) per common share
|
$
|
(1.16
|
)
|
$
|
(1.18
|
)
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
(1.06
|
)
|
||
Diluted
income (loss) per common share
|
$
|
(1.16
|
)
|
$
|
(1.18
|
)
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
(1.06
|
)
|
||
Weighted-average
shares outstanding, basic
|
303,358,880
|
303,670,347
|
316,264,740
|
317,322,233
|
|||||||||
Weighted-average
shares outstanding, diluted
|
303,358,880
|
303,670,347
|
1,012,641,842
|
317,322,233
|