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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Delaware		4841		43-1857213
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

Alvin G. Segel, Esq. Irell & Manella LLP 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 Los Angeles, California 90067-4276 (310) 277-1010		Jeremy W. Dickens Brian A. Haskel Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 (212) 310-8000

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

    If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.    o

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

				Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of				Offering Price Per		Proposed Maximum		Amount of Registration
Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered		Unit(1)		Aggregate Offering Price		Fee
Class A Common Stock		150,000,000 shares		$2.15		$322,500,000		$40,861

(1)	Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee.

    The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER 10, 2004

PROSPECTUS

150,000,000 Shares

Charter Communications, Inc.

Class A Common Stock

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          The shares of our Class A common stock offered hereby are shares that we will loan to Citigroup Global Markets Limited, as borrower, through Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as agent, pursuant to a share lending agreement.

      Our Class A common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “CHTR.” The last reported sale price of our Class A common stock on the Nasdaq National Market on December 7, 2004 was $2.13 per share.

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       Investing in our Class A common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 8.

       Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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		Per Share		Total
Public Offering Price		$			$

      Under the share lending agreement, we will receive a loan fee of $.001 for each share that we lend. We have been advised by Citigroup Global Markets Limited that it, or its affiliates, intend(s) to use the proceeds from the sales of the shares of our Class A common stock offered pursuant to this prospectus to facilitate transactions by which investors in our 5.875% convertible senior notes due 2009 issued on November 22, 2004 will hedge their investments in the 5.875% convertible notes. See “Share Lending Agreement” and “Underwriting” on pages 79 and 181, respectively, of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of Class A common stock in this offering.

      The underwriter expects to deliver the shares to purchasers on or about                     , 2004.

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Citigroup

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Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		i
Additional Information		ii
Summary		1
Risk Factors		8
Use of Proceeds		23
Price Range of Common Stock and Dividend Policy		24
Capitalization		25
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information		28
Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data		35
Supplementary Quarterly Financial Data		37
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		38
Business		79
Regulation and Legislation		99
Management		104
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management		118
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions		121
Description of Certain Indebtedness		141
Description of Capital Stock and Membership Units		166
Shares Eligible for Future Sale		174
Certain United States Tax Considerations for Non-United States Holders		176
Share Lending Agreement		179
Underwriting		181
Legal Matters		182
Independent Auditors		182
EX-21.1 SUBSIDIARIES OF CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP

DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

      This prospectus includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, regarding, among other things, our plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many of the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus may be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “planned,” “will,” “may,” “intend,” “estimate” and “potential,” among others. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this

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	•	our ability to sustain and grow revenues and cash flows from operating activities by offering video, high-speed data, telephony and other services and to maintain a stable customer base, particularly in the face of increasingly aggressive competition from other service providers;
	•	the availability 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;
	•	our ability to comply with all covenants in our indentures and credit facilities, any violation of which would result in a violation of the applicable facility or indenture and could trigger a default of other obligations under cross-default provisions;
	•	our ability to repay or refinance debt as it becomes due;
	•	any adverse consequences arising out of our restatement of our 2000, 2001 and 2002 financial statements;
	•	the results of the pending grand jury investigation by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, and our ability to reach a final approved settlement with respect to the putative class action, the unconsolidated state action, and derivative shareholders litigation against us on the terms of the memoranda of understanding described herein;
	•	our ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to pass programming cost increases on to our customers;
	•	general business conditions, economic uncertainty or slowdown; and
	•	the effects of governmental regulation, including but not limited to local franchise taxing authorities, on our business.

All forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

      We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 to register the sale of the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which forms part of that registration statement, does not contain all the information included in the registration statement. For further information about us and the securities described in this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits.

      Our Class A common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “CHTR.” We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy at prescribed rates any document we file at the SEC’s public reference rooms at Room 1200, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Our SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

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RISK FACTORS

      An investment in our Class A common stock entails the following risks. You should carefully consider these risk factors, as well as the other information contained in this prospectus, before making a decision to invest in our Class A common stock.

Risks Related to Significant Indebtedness of Us and Our Subsidiaries

	We and our subsidiaries have a significant amount of existing debt and may incur substantial additional debt in the future, which could adversely affect our financial health and our ability to react to changes in our business.

      We and our subsidiaries have a significant amount of debt and may (subject to applicable restrictions in their debt instruments) incur additional debt in the future. As of September 30, 2004, our total debt was approximately $18.5 billion, and our shareholders’ deficit was approximately $4.1 billion. On the pro forma basis set forth in “Summary Consolidated Financial Data”, our total debt would have been approximately $18.9 billion at September 30, 2004, and the deficiency of earnings to cover fixed charges for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004 would have been approximately $3.5 billion. In 2006 and beyond, significant amounts will become due under our remaining long-term debt obligations. The maturities of these obligations are set forth in “Description of Certain Indebtedness.”

      We believe that as a result of our significant levels of debt and operating performance, our access to the debt markets could be limited. If our business does not generate sufficient cash flow from operating activities, and sufficient funds are not available to us from borrowings under our credit facilities or from other sources, we may not be able to repay our debt, grow our business, respond to competitive challenges, or to fund our other liquidity and capital needs. Further, if we are unable to refinance our debt, we could be forced to restructure our obligations or seek protection under the bankruptcy laws. If we were to raise capital through the issuance of additional equity or to engage in a recapitalization or other similar transaction, our shareholders could suffer significant dilution and our noteholders might not receive all principal and interest payments to which they are contractually entitled on a timely basis or at all.

      Our significant amount of debt could have other important consequences to you. For example, it will or could:

	•	require us to dedicate a significant portion of our cash flow from operating activities to payments on our debt, which will reduce our funds available for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate expenses;
	•	limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business, the cable and telecommunications industries and the economy at large;
	•	place us at a disadvantage as compared to our competitors that have proportionately less debt;
	•	make us vulnerable to interest rate increases, because a significant amount of our borrowings are, and will continue to be, at variable rates of interest;
	•	expose us to increased interest expense as we refinance our existing lower interest rate instruments;
	•	adversely affect our relationship with customers and suppliers;
	•	limit our ability to borrow additional funds in the future; and
	•	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 bondholders.

      A default by one of our subsidiaries under its debt obligations could result in the acceleration of those obligations, the obligations of our other subsidiaries and our obligations under our convertible notes. If current debt levels increase, the related risks that we and you now face will intensify.

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	The agreements and instruments governing our debt and the debt of our subsidiaries contain restrictions and limitations that could significantly affect our ability to operate our business and adversely affect you, as a shareholder.

      The credit facilities of our subsidiaries and the indentures governing our and our subsidiaries’ other debt contain a number of significant covenants that could adversely affect our stockholders and our ability to operate our business. These covenants restrict our and our subsidiaries’ ability to:

	•	pay dividends or make other distributions;
	•	receive distributions from our subsidiaries;
	•	make certain investments or acquisitions;
	•	enter into related party transactions;
	•	dispose of assets or merge;
	•	incur additional debt;
	•	repurchase or redeem equity interests and debt;
	•	grant liens; and
	•	pledge assets.

      Furthermore, the credit facilities of Charter Communications Operating, LLC (“Charter Operating”) require Charter Operating and its subsidiaries to maintain specified financial ratios and meet financial tests and to provide audited financial statements with an unqualified opinion from our independent auditors. The ability to comply with these provisions may be affected by events beyond our control.

      The breach of any covenants or obligations in the foregoing indentures or credit facilities could result in a default under the applicable debt agreement or instrument and could trigger acceleration of the related debt, which in turn could trigger defaults under other agreements governing our long-term indebtedness. In addition, the secured lenders under the Charter Operating credit facilities and the Charter Operating senior second-lien notes could foreclose on their collateral, which includes equity interests in our subsidiaries, and exercise other rights of secured creditors. Any default under those credit facilities, the indentures governing our convertible notes or our subsidiaries’ debt could adversely affect our growth, our financial condition and our results of operations. See “Description of Certain Indebtedness.”

	We may not generate sufficient cash flow to fund our capital expenditures, ongoing operations and debt obligations.

      Our ability to service our debt and our subsidiaries’ debt and to fund our subsidiaries’ planned capital expenditures and our subsidiaries’ ongoing operations will depend on our ability to generate cash flow. Our ability to generate cash flow is dependent on many factors, including:

	•	our future operating performance;
	•	the demand for our products and services;
	•	general economic conditions and conditions affecting customer and advertiser spending;
	•	competition and our ability to stabilize customer losses; and
	•	legal and regulatory factors affecting our business.

      Some of these factors are beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow, we may not be able to repay our debt, operate our business, respond to competitive challenges or fund our other liquidity and capital needs. This may also result in future impairments to the franchises in our financial statements.

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	Charter Operating may not be able to access funds under its credit facilities if it fails to satisfy the covenant restrictions in its credit facilities, which could adversely affect our financial condition and our ability to conduct our business.

      Our subsidiaries have historically relied on access to credit facilities in order to fund operations and to service parent company debt, and we expect such reliance to continue in the future. Unused availability under the Charter Operating credit facilities was approximately $957 million as of September 30, 2004. However, our access to these funds is subject to our satisfaction of the covenants and conditions to borrowing in those facilities.

      An event of default under the credit facilities or indentures, if not waived, could result in the acceleration of those debt obligations and, consequently, other debt obligations. Such acceleration could result in the exercise of remedies by our creditors and could force us to seek the protection of the bankruptcy laws, which could materially adversely impact our ability to operate our business and to make payments under our debt instruments. In addition, an event of default under the credit facilities, such as the failure to maintain the applicable required financial ratios, would prevent additional borrowing under our subsidiary credit facilities, which could materially adversely affect our ability to operate our business and to make payments under our debt instruments.

	We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to fulfill our obligations under our indebtedness following a change of control, which would place us in default under the applicable debt instruments.

      We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to fulfill our obligations under our convertible senior notes and our subsidiaries’ senior notes, senior discount notes, senior floating rate notes and credit facilities following a change of control. Under the indentures governing our convertible senior notes, upon the occurrence of specified change of control events, we are required to offer to repurchase all of our outstanding convertible senior notes. However, we may not have sufficient funds at the time of the change of control event to make the required repurchase of our convertible senior notes, and our subsidiaries are limited in their ability to make distributions or other payments to us to fund any required repurchase. In addition, a change of control under our subsidiaries’ credit facilities and indentures governing our subsidiaries’ notes would require the repayment of borrowings under those credit facilities and indentures. Because such credit facilities and notes are obligations of our subsidiaries, the credit facilities and our subsidiaries’ notes would have to be repaid by our subsidiaries before their assets could be available to us to repurchase our convertible senior notes. Our failure to make or complete a change of control offer would place us in default under our convertible senior notes. The failure of our subsidiaries to make a change of control offer or repay the amounts outstanding under their credit facilities would place them in default of these agreements and could result in a default under the indentures governing our convertible senior notes.

	Paul G. Allen and his affiliates are not obligated to purchase equity from, contribute to or loan funds to us or any of our subsidiaries in the future.

      Paul G. Allen and his affiliates have purchased equity, contributed funds and provided other financial support to Charter and Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC (“Charter Holdco”) in the past. However, Mr. Allen and his affiliates are not obligated to purchase equity from, contribute to or loan funds to us or any of our subsidiaries in the future.

Risks Related to Our Business

	We operate in a very competitive business environment, which affects our ability to attract and retain customers and can adversely affect our business and operations. We have lost a significant number of customers to direct broadcast satellite competition, and further loss of customers could have a material negative impact on our business.

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      Our principal competitor for video services throughout our territory is direct broadcast satellite television services, or DBS, and, in markets where it is available, our principal competitor for data services is digital subscriber line service, or DSL. Competition from DBS, including intensive marketing efforts, aggressive pricing and the ability of DBS to provide certain services that we currently do not provide, has had an adverse impact on our ability to retain customers. Our major DBS competitors continue to offer a greater variety of channel packages than do we, and are especially competitive at the lower end pricing and have been intensively marketing their services. DBS has grown rapidly over the last several years and continues to do so. We have lost a significant number of customers to DBS competition, and will continue to face serious challenges from DBS providers.

      Local telephone companies and electric utilities can offer video and other services in competition with us and they may increasingly do so in the future. For example, certain telephone companies have begun more extensive deployment of fiber in their networks that will enable them to begin providing video services, as well as telephony and Internet access services, to residential and business customers. We also face competition from free broadcast television and from other communications and entertainment media. Further loss of customers to DBS or other alternative video and data services could have a material negative impact on our business.

      With respect to our high-speed data services, we face competition, including intensive marketing efforts and aggressive pricing, from telephone companies and other providers of “dial-up” and DSL. DSL service is competitive with high-speed data service over cable systems. Telephone companies (which already have telephone lines into the household, an existing customer base and other operational functions in place) and other companies offer DSL service. In addition, certain DBS providers are now providing two-way high-speed Internet access services, which are competing with our ability to provide bundled services to our customers.

      In order to attract new customers, from time to time we make promotional offers, including offers of temporarily reduced-price or free service. These promotional programs result in significant advertising, programming and operating expenses, and also require us to make capital expenditures to acquire additional digital set-top terminals. Customers who subscribe to our services as a result of these offerings may not remain customers for any significant period of time following the end of the promotional period. A failure to retain existing customers and customers added through promotional offerings or to collect the amounts they owe us could have an adverse effect on our business and financial results.

      Mergers, joint ventures and alliances among franchised, wireless or private cable operators, satellite television providers, local exchange carriers and others, and the repeal of certain ownership rules may provide additional benefits to some of our competitors, either through access to financing, resources or efficiencies of scale, or the ability to provide multiple services in direct competition with us.

      We cannot assure you that our cable systems will allow us to compete effectively. Additionally, as we expand our offerings to include other telecommunications services, and to introduce new and enhanced services, we will be subject to competition from other providers of the services we offer. We cannot predict the extent to which competition may affect our business and operations in the future.

	Our dispute with Paul G. Allen concerning the ownership of an interest in CC VIII, LLC could adversely impact the value of our common stock, our ability to repay our debt and our ability to obtain future financing.

      As part of our acquisition of the cable systems owned by Bresnan Communications Company Limited Partnership in February 2000, CC VIII, LLC, our indirect limited liability company subsidiary, issued, after adjustments, 24,273,943 Class A preferred membership units (which we collectively refer to as the

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      We are in a dispute with Mr. Allen as to whether he is entitled to retain the CC VIII interest, or whether he must exchange that interest for units of our subsidiary, Charter Holdco. The dispute and related matters (including certain issues associated with the ultimate disposition of the interest in CC VIII) are more fully described in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions — Transactions Arising out of Our Organizational Structure and Mr. Allen’s Investment in Charter and Its Subsidiaries — Equity Put Rights — CC VIII.” If it is determined that Mr. Allen is entitled to retain such an ownership interest, then our indirect interest in CC VIII would continue not to include the value of Mr. Allen’s retained interest in CC VIII. As a result, the amounts available for repayment of our creditors, including creditors of our subsidiaries, may be affected, and the value of our Class A common stock may be adversely affected. Further, such retained interest in CC VIII could adversely affect our borrowing capacity or make it more difficult for us to secure financing for our CC VIII subsidiary. In addition, in the event of the sale of our CC VIII subsidiary or its assets, if it is determined that Mr. Allen is entitled to retain such preferred membership interest, then he would be entitled to receive a portion of such proceeds and the amount available to us and our security holders would not include Mr. Allen’s portion of these proceeds.

	We are currently the subject of certain lawsuits, government investigations and other legal matters, the unfavorable outcome of which could adversely affect our business and financial condition.

      A number of putative federal class action lawsuits have been filed against us and certain of our former and present officers and directors alleging violations of securities laws. These actions have been consolidated for pretrial purposes. In addition, a number of other lawsuits have been filed against us in other jurisdictions. A shareholders derivative suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against us and our then current directors. Also, three shareholders derivative suits were filed in Missouri state court against us, our then current directors and our former independent auditor, which actions have been consolidated. The federal shareholders derivative suit and the consolidated derivative suit each allege that the individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties.

      In August 2004, we entered into Memoranda of Understanding setting forth agreements in principal to settle and resolve the class actions and derivative suits described above on the terms set forth in the Memoranda. The settlements are subject to a number of conditions, including the parties’ negotiation and execution of definitive settlement documents (including without limitation a stipulation of settlement and related papers), court approval of both settlements and certain payments by our insurance carriers. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the settlements will become effective or that the actions will be resolved on the terms set forth in the Memoranda or at all. In the event that the settlements do not become final, the litigations would presumably resume.

      In August 2002, we became aware of a grand jury investigation being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri into certain of our accounting and reporting practices focusing on how we reported customer numbers, and our reporting of amounts received from digital set-top terminal suppliers for advertising. The U.S. Attorney’s Office publicly stated in July 2003 that we are not a target of the investigation. We have also been advised by the U.S. Attorney’s Office that no member of our board of directors, including our Chief Executive Officer, is a target of the investigation. On July 24, 2003, a federal grand jury charged four of our former officers with conspiracy and mail and wire fraud, alleging improper accounting and reporting practices focusing on revenue from digital set-top terminal suppliers and inflated customer account numbers. On July 25, 2003, one of the former officers who was indicted entered a guilty plea. The trial for the other three former officers is scheduled to begin on February 7, 2005. We are fully cooperating with the investigation.

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      On November 4, 2002, we received an informal, non-public inquiry from the staff of the SEC. The SEC issued a formal order of investigation dated January 23, 2003, and subsequently served document and testimony subpoenas on us and a number of our former employees. The investigation and subpoenas generally concerned our prior reports with respect to our determination of the number of customers and various of our accounting policies and practices including our capitalization of certain expenses and dealings with certain vendors, including programmers and digital set-top terminal suppliers. On July 27, 2004, the SEC reached a final agreement with us to settle the investigation. In the Settlement Agreement and Cease and Desist Order, we agreed to entry of an administrative order prohibiting any future violations of United States securities laws and requiring certain other remedial internal practices and public disclosures. We neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing, and the SEC assessed no fine against us.

      In October 2001, two customers, Nikki Nicholls and Geraldine M. Barber, filed a class action suit against Charter Holdco in South Carolina state court purportedly on behalf of a class of Charter Holdco’s customers, alleging, among other things, that Charter Holdco improperly charged them a wire maintenance fee without request or permission. They also claimed that Charter Holdco improperly required them to rent analog and/or digital set-top terminals even though their television sets were “cable ready.” A substantively identical case was filed in the Superior Court of Athens — Clarke County, Georgia by Emma S. Tobar on March 26, 2002, alleging a nationwide class for these claims. Following mediation the parties reached a tentative settlement, subject to final documentation and court approval. On November 10, 2004, the court granted final approval of the settlement, rejecting the positions advanced by two objectors to the settlement. One of the objectors recently has filed a similar, but not identical, lawsuit.

      Furthermore, we are also a party to other, or otherwise involved in other lawsuits, claims, proceedings and legal matters that have arisen in the ordinary course of conducting our business. In addition, our restatement of our 2000, 2001 and 2002 financial statements could lead to additional or expanded claims or investigations.

      We cannot predict with certainty the ultimate outcome of any of the lawsuits, claims, investigations, proceedings and other legal matters to which we are a party to, or otherwise involved in, due to, among other things, (i) the inherent uncertainties of litigation, government investigations and proceedings and legal matters generally, (ii) the remaining conditions to the finalization of the settlements described above, (iii) the possibility of appeals and objections to the settlements described above, and (iv) the need for us to comply with, and/or otherwise implement, certain covenants, conditions, undertakings, procedures and other obligations that would be, or have been, imposed under the terms of the settlements and resolutions described above.

      The termination of the settlements described above, an unfavorable outcome in any of the lawsuits pending against us, in any government investigation or proceeding or in any other legal matter, including those described above, or our failure to comply with or properly implement the terms of the settlements described above, could result in substantial potential liabilities and otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial condition and results of operations, in our liquidity, our operations, and/or our ability to comply with any debt covenants. Further, these legal matters, and our actions in response to them, could result in substantial potential liabilities, additional defense and other costs, increase our indemnification obligations, divert management’s attention, and/or adversely affect our ability to execute our business and financial strategies.

      See “Business — Legal Proceedings” for additional information concerning these and other litigation matters.

	We have a history of net losses and expect to continue to experience net losses. Consequently, we may not have the ability to finance future operations.

      We have had a history of net losses and expect to continue to report net losses for the foreseeable future. Our net losses are principally attributable to insufficient revenue to cover the interest costs we incur because of our high level of debt, the depreciation expenses that we incur resulting from the capital investments we have made in our cable properties, and the amortization and impairment of our franchise intangibles. We expect that these expenses (other than amortization and impairment of franchises) will

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	We may not have the ability to pass our increasing programming costs on to our customers, which would adversely affect our cash flow and operating margins.

      Programming has been, and is expected to continue to be, our largest operating expense item. In recent years, the cable industry has experienced a rapid escalation in the cost of programming, particularly sports programming. We expect this escalation to continue, and because of market and competitive factors, we may not be able to pass programming cost increases on to our customers. As measured by programming costs, and excluding premium services (substantially all of which were renegotiated and renewed in 2003) as of September 30, 2004, approximately 33% of our current programming contracts (computed based on programming expenditures) have expired or are scheduled to expire by the end of 2004, and approximately another 12% will expire by the end of 2005. There can be no assurance that these agreements will be renewed on favorable or comparable terms. The inability to fully pass programming cost increases on to our customers would have an adverse impact on our cash flow and operating margins.

	If our required capital expenditures exceed our projections, we may not have sufficient funding, which could adversely affect our growth, financial condition and results of operations.

      During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we spent approximately $639 million on capital expenditures. During 2004 we expect to spend approximately $850 million to $950 million on capital expenditures. The actual amount of our capital expenditures depends on the level of growth in high-speed data customers and in the delivery of other advanced services, as well as the cost of introducing any new services. We may need additional capital if there is accelerated growth in high-speed data customers or in the delivery of other advanced services. If we cannot obtain such capital from increases in our cash flow from operating activities, additional borrowings or other sources, our growth, financial condition and results of operations could suffer materially.

	Our inability to respond to technological developments and meet customer demand for new products and services could limit our ability to compete effectively.

      Our business is characterized by rapid technological change and the introduction of new products and services. We cannot assure you that we will be able to fund the capital expenditures necessary to keep pace with unanticipated technological developments, or that we will successfully anticipate the demand of our customers for products and services requiring new technology. Our inability to maintain and expand our upgraded systems and provide advanced services in a timely manner, or to anticipate the demands of the marketplace, could materially adversely affect our ability to attract and retain customers. Consequently, our growth, financial condition and results of operations could suffer materially.

	We may not be able to carry out our strategy to improve operating results by standardizing and streamlining operations and procedures.

      In prior years, we experienced rapid growth through acquisitions of a number of cable operators and the rapid rebuild and rollout of advanced services. Our future success will depend in part on our ability to standardize and streamline our operations. The failure to implement a consistent corporate culture and management, operating or financial systems or procedures necessary to standardize and streamline our operations and effectively operate our enterprise could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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	The loss of any of our key executives could adversely affect our ability to manage our business.

      Our success is substantially dependent upon the retention and the continued performance of our key executives, including Carl Vogel (President and Chief Executive Officer) and Derek Chang (Executive Vice President of Finance and Strategy and interim co-Chief Financial Officer). The loss of the services of any of our key executives could adversely affect our growth, financial condition and results of operations.

	Malicious and abusive Internet practices could impair our high-speed data services.

      Our high-speed data customers utilize our network to access the Internet and, as a consequence, we or they may become victim to common malicious and abusive Internet activities, such as unsolicited mass advertising (or spam) and dissemination of viruses, worms and other destructive or disruptive software. These activities could have adverse consequences on our network and our customers, including degradation of service, excessive call volume to call centers and damage to our or our customers’ equipment and data. Significant incidents could lead to customer dissatisfaction and, ultimately, loss of customers or revenue, in addition to increased costs to us to service our customers and protect our network. Any significant loss of high-speed data customers or revenue or significant increase in costs of serving those customers could adversely affect our growth, financial condition and results of operations.

	We could be deemed an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This would impose significant restrictions on us and would be likely to have a material adverse impact on our growth, financial condition and results of operation.

      Our principal assets are our equity interests in Charter Holdco and certain indebtedness of Charter Holdco. If our membership interest in Charter Holdco were to constitute less than 50% of the voting securities issued by Charter Holdco, then our interest in Charter Holdco could be deemed an “investment security” for purposes of the Investment Company Act. This may occur, for example, if a court determines that the Class B common stock is no longer entitled to special voting rights and, in accordance with the terms of the Charter Holdco limited liability company agreement, our membership units in Charter Holdco were to lose their special voting privileges. A determination that such interest was an investment security could cause us to be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless an exemption from registration were available or we were to obtain an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission excluding or exempting us from registration under the Investment Company Act.

      If anything were to happen which would cause us to be deemed an investment company, the Investment Company Act would impose significant restrictions on us, including severe limitations on our ability to borrow money, to issue additional capital stock and to transact business with affiliates. In addition, because our operations are very different from those of the typical registered investment company, regulation under the Investment Company Act could affect us in other ways that are extremely difficult to predict. In sum, if we were deemed to be an investment company it could become impractical for us to continue our business as currently conducted and our growth, our financial condition and our results of operations could suffer materially.

	If a court determines that the Class B common stock is no longer entitled to special voting rights, we would lose our rights to manage Charter Holdco. In addition to the investment company risks discussed above, this could materially impact the value of the Class A common stock.

      If a court determines that the Class B common stock is no longer entitled to special voting rights, Charter would no longer have a controlling voting interest in, and would lose its right to manage, Charter Holdco. If this were to occur:

	•	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
	•	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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      This result, as well as the impact of being treated under the Investment Company Act as an investment company, could materially adversely impact:

	•	the liquidity of the Class A common stock;
	•	how the Class A common stock trades in the marketplace;
	•	the price that purchasers would be willing to pay for the Class A common stock in a change of control transaction or otherwise; and
	•	the market price of the Class A common stock.

      Uncertainties that may arise with respect to the nature of our management role and voting power and organizational documents, including legal actions or proceedings relating thereto, may also materially adversely impact the value of the Class A common stock.

Risks Related to Mr. Allen’s Controlling Position

	The failure by Mr. Allen to maintain a minimum voting and economic interest in us could trigger a change of control default under our subsidiary’s credit facilities.

      The Charter Operating credit facilities provide that the failure by Mr. Allen to maintain a 35% direct or indirect voting interest in the applicable borrower would result in a change of control default. Such a default could result in the acceleration of repayment of our and our subsidiaries’ indebtedness, including borrowings under the Charter Operating credit facilities. See “— Risks Related to Significant Indebtedness of Us and Our Subsidiaries — We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to fulfill our obligations under our indebtedness following a change of control, which would place us in default under the applicable debt instruments.”

	Mr. Allen controls our stockholder voting and may have interests that conflict with your interests.

      Mr. Allen has the ability to control us. Through his control of approximately 93% of the voting power of our capital stock, Mr. Allen, as sole Class B shareholder, is entitled to elect all but one of its board members and effectively has the voting power to elect the remaining board member as well since he controls more than the majority of the vote of the Class A and Class B shareholders voting together as a class. By virtue of Mr. Allen’s control of the voting power of the Company, we are a “controlled company” under Nasdaq rule 4350(c)(5) and are not subject to requirements that a majority of our directors be “independent” (as defined in Nasdaq’s rules) or that there be a nominating committee of Charter’s board. The Company does not have a nominating committee. Mr. Allen thus has the ability to control fundamental corporate transactions requiring equity holder approval, including, but not limited to, the election of all of our directors, approval of merger transactions involving us and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets.

      Mr. Allen is not restricted from investing in, and has invested and engaged in, other businesses involving or related to the operation of cable television systems, video programming, high-speed data service, telephony or business and financial transactions conducted through broadband interactivity and Internet services. Mr. Allen may also engage in other businesses that compete or may in the future compete with us.

      Mr. Allen’s control over our management and affairs could create conflicts of interest if he is faced with decisions that could have different implications for him, us and the holders of our Class A common stock. Further, Mr. Allen could effectively cause us to enter into contracts with another entity in which he owns an interest or to decline a transaction into which he (or another entity in which he owns an interest) ultimately enters.

      Current and future agreements between us and either Mr. Allen or his affiliates may not be the result of arm’s-length negotiations. Consequently, such agreements may be less favorable to us than agreements that we could otherwise have entered into with unaffiliated third parties.

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We are not permitted to engage in any business activity other than the cable transmission of video, audio and data unless Mr. Allen authorizes us to pursue that particular business activity, which could adversely affect our ability to offer new products and services outside of the cable transmission business and to enter into new businesses, and could adversely affect our growth, financial condition and results of operations.

      Our certificate of incorporation and Charter Holdco’s limited liability company agreement provide that Charter and Charter Holdco and its subsidiaries, cannot engage in any business activity outside the cable transmission business except for specified businesses. This will be the case unless we first offer the opportunity to pursue the particular business activity to Mr. Allen, he decides not to pursue it and he consents to our engaging in the business activity. The cable transmission business means the business of transmitting video, audio (including telephone services), and data over cable television systems owned, operated or managed by us from time to time. These provisions may limit our ability to take advantage of attractive business opportunities.

	The loss of Mr. Allen’s services could adversely affect our ability to manage our business.

      Mr. Allen is Chairman of our board of directors and provides strategic guidance and other services to us. If we were to lose his services, our growth, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely impacted.

	The special tax allocation provisions of the Charter Holdco limited liability company agreement may cause us in some circumstances to pay more taxes than if the special tax allocation provisions were not in effect.

      Charter Holdco’s limited liability company agreement provided that through the end of 2003, net tax losses of Charter Holdco that would otherwise have been allocated to us based generally on our percentage ownership of outstanding common membership units of Charter Holdco would instead be allocated to the membership units held by Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. The purpose of these special tax allocation provisions was to allow Mr. Allen to take advantage for tax purposes of the losses generated by Charter Holdco. However, beginning in 2002, due to tax capital account limitations, certain net tax losses of Charter Holdco were allocated to us and have continued to be so allocated since that time. The limited liability company agreement further provides that beginning at the time that Charter Holdco generates net tax profits (as determined under the applicable federal income tax rules for determining book profits), the net tax profits that would otherwise have been allocated to us based generally on our percentage of outstanding common membership units of Charter Holdco will instead generally be allocated to membership units held by Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. In some situations, the special tax allocation provisions could result in our having to pay taxes in an amount that is more or less than if Charter Holdco losses and net tax profits to its members based generally on the percentage of outstanding common membership units owned by such members from the time of the completion of the offering. See “Description of Capital Stock and Membership Units — Special Tax Allocation Provisions.” For further discussions on the details of the tax allocation provision see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates — Income Taxes.”

	The issuance of our Class A common stock offered hereby pursuant to the share lending agreement, as well as possible future conversions of our convertible notes, significantly increases the risk that we will experience an ownership change in the future for tax purposes, resulting in a material limitation on the use of a substantial amount of our existing net operating loss carryforwards.

      As of December 31, 2003, we had approximately $2.8 billion of tax net operating losses (resulting in a gross deferred tax asset of approximately $1.1 billion), expiring in the years 2019 through 2023 and anticipate that we will generate approximately an additional $2.0 billion (which would result in an additional gross deferred tax asset of approximately $814 million) by December 31, 2004, which would expire in 2024. Due to uncertainties in projected future taxable income, valuation allowances have been

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Risks Related to Regulatory and Legislative Matters

	Our business is subject to extensive governmental legislation and regulation, which could adversely affect our business by increasing our expenses.

      Regulation of the cable industry has increased cable operators’ administrative and operational expenses and limited their revenues. Cable operators are subject to, among other things:

	•	rules governing the provision of cable equipment and compatibility with new digital technologies;
	•	rules and regulations relating to subscriber privacy;
	•	limited rate regulation;
	•	requirements that, under specified circumstances, a cable system carry a local broadcast station or obtain consent to carry a local or distant broadcast station;
	•	rules for franchise renewals and transfers; and
	•	other requirements covering a variety of operational areas such as equal employment opportunity, technical standards and customer service requirements.

      Additionally, many aspects of these regulations are currently the subject of judicial proceedings and administrative or legislative proposals. There are also ongoing efforts to amend or expand the federal, state and local regulation of some of our cable systems, which may compound the regulatory risks we already face. Certain states and localities are considering new telecommunications taxes that could increase operating expenses.

	Our cable systems are operated under franchises that are subject to non-renewal or termination. The failure to renew a franchise in one or more key markets could adversely affect our business.

      Our cable systems generally operate pursuant to franchises, permits and similar authorizations issued by a state or local governmental authority controlling the public rights-of-way. Many franchises establish comprehensive facilities and service requirements, as well as specific customer service standards and monetary penalties for non-compliance. In many cases, franchises are terminable if the franchisee fails to comply with significant provisions set forth in the franchise agreement governing system operations. Franchises are generally granted for fixed terms and must be periodically renewed. Local franchising authorities may resist granting a renewal if either past performance or the prospective operating proposal is considered inadequate. Franchise authorities often demand concessions or other commitments as a condition to renewal. In some instances, franchises have not been renewed at expiration, and we have

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      We cannot assure you that we will be able to comply with all significant provisions of our franchise agreements and certain of our franchisors have from time to time alleged that we have not complied with these agreements. Additionally, although historically we have renewed our franchises without incurring significant costs, we cannot assure you that we will be able to renew, or to renew as favorably, our franchises in the future. A termination of and/or a sustained failure to renew a franchise in one or more key markets could adversely affect our business in the affected geographic area.

	Our cable systems are operated under franchises that are non-exclusive. Accordingly, local franchising authorities can grant additional franchises and create competition in market areas where none existed previously, resulting in overbuilds, which could adversely affect results of operations.

      Our cable systems are operated under non-exclusive franchises granted by local franchising authorities. Consequently, local franchising authorities can grant additional franchises to competitors in the same geographic area or operate their own cable systems. As a result, competing operators may build systems in areas in which we hold franchises. In some cases municipal utilities may legally compete with us without obtaining a franchise from the local franchising authority. The existence of more than one cable system operating in the same territory is referred to as an overbuild. These overbuilds could adversely affect our growth, financial condition and results of operations by creating or increasing competition. As of September 30, 2004, we are aware of overbuild situations impacting approximately 5% of our estimated homes passed, and potential overbuild situations in areas servicing approximately 2% of our estimated homes passed. Additional overbuild situations may occur in other systems.

	Local franchise authorities have the ability to impose additional regulatory constraints on our business, which could further increase our expenses.

      In addition to the franchise agreement, cable authorities in some jurisdictions have adopted cable regulatory ordinances that further regulate the operation of cable systems. This additional regulation increases the cost of operating our business. We cannot assure you that the local franchising authorities will not impose new and more restrictive requirements. Local franchising authorities also have the power to reduce rates and order refunds on the rates charged for basic services.

	Further regulation of the cable industry could cause us to delay or cancel service or programming enhancements or impair our ability to raise rates to cover our increasing costs, resulting in increased losses.

      Currently, rate regulation is strictly limited to the basic service tier and associated equipment and installation activities. However, the Federal Communications Commission (or FCC) and the U.S. Congress continue to be concerned that cable rate increases are exceeding inflation. It is possible that either the FCC or the U.S. Congress will again restrict the ability of cable system operators to implement rate increases. Should this occur, it would impede our ability to raise our rates. If we are unable to raise our rates in response to increasing costs, our losses would increase.

      There has been considerable legislative interest recently in requiring cable operators to offer historically bundled programming services on an á la carte basis. Although the FCC recently made a recommendation to Congress against the á la carte mandate, it is still possible that new marketing restrictions could be adopted in the future.

	Actions by pole owners might subject us to significantly increased pole attachment costs.

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	We may be required to provide access to our networks to other Internet service providers, which could significantly increase our competition and adversely affect our ability to provide new products and services.

      A number of companies, including telephone companies and Internet service providers, or ISPs, have requested local authorities and the FCC to require cable operators to provide non-discriminatory access to cable’s broadband infrastructure, which allows cable to deliver a multitude of channels and/or services, so that these companies may deliver Internet services directly to customers over cable facilities. A federal court in each of California, Virginia and Florida has struck down “open-access” requirements imposed by a variety of franchising authorities as unlawful. Each of these decisions struck down the “open-access” requirements on different legal grounds. On October 6, 2003, however, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision holding that cable modem service is part “telecommunications service” and part “information service.” The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of that decision. If not overturned, the decision could potentially result in “open access” requirements being imposed on us.

      We believe that allocating a portion of our bandwidth capacity to other Internet service providers:

	•	would impair our ability to use our bandwidth in ways that would generate maximum revenues; and
	•	would strengthen our Internet service provider competitors by granting them access and lowering their costs to enter into our markets.

      In addition, if we were required to provide access in this manner, it could have a significant adverse impact on our profitability. This requirement could impact us in many ways, including by:

	•	increasing competition;
	•	increasing the expenses we incur to maintain our systems; and/or
	•	increasing the expense of upgrading and/or expanding our systems.

	Changes in channel carriage regulations could impose significant additional costs on us.

      Cable operators also face significant regulation of their channel carriage. They currently can be required to devote substantial capacity to the carriage of programming that they would not carry voluntarily, including certain local broadcast signals, local public, educational and government access programming, and unaffiliated commercial leased access programming. This carriage burden could increase in the future, particularly if the FCC were to require cable systems to carry both the analog and digital versions of local broadcast signals. The FCC currently is conducting a proceeding in which it is considering this channel usage possibility, although it previously issued a tentative decision against such dual carriage.

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	Offering voice communications service may subject us to additional regulatory burdens, causing us to incur additional costs.

      In 2002, we began to offer voice communications services on a limited basis over our broadband network. We continue to explore development and deployment of VOIP services. The regulatory requirements applicable to VOIP service are unclear although the FCC recently declared that certain VOIP services are not subject to traditional state public utility regulation. The full extent of the FCC preemption of VOIP services is not yet clear. Expanding our offering of these services may require us to obtain certain authorizations, including federal, state and local licenses. We may not be able to obtain such authorizations in a timely manner, or at all, and conditions could be imposed upon such licenses or authorizations that may not be favorable to us. Furthermore, telecommunications companies generally are subject to significant regulation, and it may be difficult or costly for us to comply with such regulations, were it to be determined that they applied to VOIP offerings such as ours. In addition, pole attachment rates are higher for providers of telecommunications services than for providers of cable service. If there were to be a final legal determination by the FCC, a state Public Utility Commission, or appropriate court that VOIP services are subject to these higher rates, our pole attachment costs could increase significantly, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Additional Risks Related to this Offering

	The market price of our Class A common stock may be volatile, which could cause the value of your investment to decline.

      It is impossible to predict whether the price of our Class A common stock will rise or fall. Trading prices of our Class A common stock will be influenced by our operating results and prospects and by economic, financial, regulatory and other factors. In addition, general market conditions, including the level of, and fluctuations in, the trading prices of stocks generally, and sales of substantial amounts of our Class A common stock by us in the market after this offering, or the perception that such sales may occur, could affect the price of our Class A common stock.

      The price of our Class A common stock also could be affected by any sales of our Class A common stock by investors who view our recently issued 5.875% convertible senior notes as a more attractive means of equity participation in our company and by hedging or arbitrage trading activity that we expect to develop involving our Class A common stock as a result of this offering and the recent issuance of our convertible notes. The hedging or arbitrage could, in turn, affect the trading prices of our Class A common stock.

	The market price of our Class A common stock could be adversely affected by the large number of additional shares of Class A common stock eligible for issuance in the future.

      As of September 30, 2004, 304,803,455 shares of Class A common stock were issued and outstanding, and 50,000 shares of Class B common stock were issued and outstanding. An additional 339,132,031 shares of Class A common stock were issuable upon conversion of outstanding units of Charter Holdco (increasing by 24,273,943 shares if Mr. Allen is required to contribute his CC VIII membership interest to Charter Holdco), and 28,213,409 shares were issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options. An additional 356 million shares are now issuable upon conversion of our recently issued 5.875% convertible senior notes due 2009. In addition, additional shares and warrants to acquire shares are expected to be issued in connection with the settlement of certain outstanding litigation matters, as more fully described in “Business — Legal Proceedings.” All of the 339,132,031 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exchange of Charter Holdco membership units and all shares of the Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of our Class B common stock will have “demand” and/or “piggyback” registration rights attached to them. All of the 356 million shares issuable upon conversion of the 5.875% convertible senior notes are expected to be eligible for resale pursuant to a shelf registration statement. The sale of a substantial number of shares of Class A common stock or the perception that such sales could occur could adversely affect the market price for the Class A common stock because the sale could cause the amount of the Class A common stock available for sale in the market to exceed the demand for the Class A common

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	The effect of the issuance of our shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the share lending agreement and upon conversion of the recently issued 5.875% convertible notes, including sales of our Class A common stock in short sale transactions by the holders of the 5.875% convertible notes, may have a negative effect on the market price of our Class A common stock.

      We have agreed pursuant to a share lending agreement to lend to Citigroup Global Markets Limited the 150 million shares of our common stock that are being offered pursuant to this prospectus. In addition, we recently sold $862.5 million original aggregate principal amount of 5.875% convertible senior notes due 2009, which are currently convertible into approximately 356 million shares of our Class A common stock. We have been advised by Citigroup Global Markets Limited that it or an affiliate intends to facilitate the establishment by holders of those convertible notes of hedged positions in the convertible notes. While issuance of shares upon the conversion of the convertible notes may require a reduction of an equal number in the outstanding borrowed shares under the share lending agreement, the effect of the increase in the number of shares of our Class A common stock issued or issuable pursuant to the share lending agreement or upon conversion of the 5.875% convertible senior notes could have a negative effect on the market price of our Class A common stock. The market price of our Class A common stock also could be negatively affected by other short sales of our Class A common stock by the purchasers of the 5.875% convertible senior notes to hedge their investment in the convertible notes. See “Share Lending Agreement” and “Underwriting.”

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USE OF PROCEEDS

      None of the proceeds from the sale of our Class A common stock offered by this prospectus will be received by us. However, pursuant to the share lending agreement, we will receive a loan fee of $0.001 for each share that we lend to Citigroup Global Markets Limited, which will be used for general corporate purposes. See “Share Lending Agreement.”

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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDEND POLICY

      Our Class A common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “CHTR.” The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the range of high and low last reported sale price per share of Class A common stock on the Nasdaq National Market. There is no established trading market for our Class B common stock.

2004		High				Low
First Quarter		$	5.43			$	3.99
Second Quarter		$	4.70			$	3.61
Third Quarter		$	3.90			$	2.61
Fourth Quarter through December 8		$	3.01			$	2.08

2003		High				Low
First Quarter		$	1.73			$	0.76
Second Quarter		$	4.18			$	0.94
Third Quarter		$	5.50			$	3.32
Fourth Quarter		$	4.71			$	3.72

2002		High				Low
First Quarter		$	16.85			$	9.10
Second Quarter		$	11.53			$	2.96
Third Quarter		$	4.65			$	1.81
Fourth Quarter		$	2.27			$	0.76

      As of October 31, 2004, there were 3,785 holders of record of our Class A common stock, one holder of our Class B common stock, and 13 holders of record of our Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock.

      The last reported sale price of our Class A common stock on the Nasdaq National Market on December 7, 2004 was $2.13 per share.

      We have never paid and do not expect to pay any cash dividends on our Class A common stock in the foreseeable future. Charter Holdco is required under certain circumstances to pay distributions pro rata to all its common members to the extent necessary for any common member to pay taxes incurred with respect to its share of taxable income attributed to Charter Holdco. Covenants in the indentures and credit agreements governing the debt of our subsidiaries restrict their ability to make distributions to us and, accordingly, limit our ability to declare or pay cash dividends. We intend to cause Charter Holdco and its subsidiaries to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the operation of the business of Charter Holdco and its subsidiaries.

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CAPITALIZATION

      The following table sets forth as of September 30, 2004, on a consolidated basis:

	•	the actual (historical) capitalization of Charter;
	•	The capitalization of Charter, on a pro forma basis to reflect the sale by CCO Holdings, LLC of $550 million of senior floating rate notes due 2010 with the net proceeds used to repay borrowings under Charter Communications Operating, LLC’s revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes;
	•	the capitalization of Charter, on a pro forma as adjusted basis to reflect:

	(1)	the issuance and sale of $863 million of 5.875% convertible senior notes in November 2004 and the use of the proceeds for (i) purchase of certain U.S. government securities which were pledged as security for the 5.875% convertible senior notes (and which we expect to use to fund the first six interest payments thereon), (ii) redemption of outstanding 5.75% convertible senior notes due 2005 and (iii) general corporate purposes; and
	(2)	the issuance of the shares offered hereby pursuant to a share lending agreement.

      The following information should be read in conjunction with “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the historical consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

				As of September 30, 2004
												Pro Forma
				Actual				Pro Forma				as adjusted
				(Dollars in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents				$	129			$	266			$	355
Long-term debt:
	Charter Communications, Inc.:
		5.875% convertible senior notes due 2009(a)		$	—				—			$	829
		5.75% convertible senior notes due 2005			588				588				—
		4.75% convertible senior notes due 2006			156				156				156
	Charter Holdings:
		Senior and senior discount notes(b)			8,517				8,517				8,517
	CCH II:
		10.250% senior notes due 2010			1,601				1,601				1,601
	CCO Holdings:
		8 3/4% senior notes due 2013			500				500				500
		Senior floating rate notes due 2010			—				550				550
	Charter Operating:
		8.000% senior second lien notes			1,100				1,100				1,100
		8.375% senior second lien notes			400				400				400
	Renaissance:
		10.00% senior discount notes due 2008			116				116				116
	CC V Holdings:
		11.875% senior discount notes due 2008			113				113				113
Credit facilities:
	Charter Operating(c)				5,393				4,993				4,993
		Total long-term debt			18,484				18,634				18,875
Preferred stock — redeemable(d)					55				55				55
Minority interest(e)					637				637				637
Shareholders’ deficit:
Class A common stock; $.001 par value; 1.75 billion shares authorized; 304,803,455, 304,803,455 and 454,803,455 shares issued and outstanding, respectively(f)					—				—				—
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					—				—				—

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			As of September 30, 2004
											Pro Forma
			Actual				Pro Forma				as adjusted
			(Dollars in millions)
Additional paid-in-capital				4,783				4,783				4,796
Accumulated deficit				(8,856	)			(8,856	)			(8,862	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income				(9	)			(9	)			(9	)
	Total shareholders’ deficit			(4,082	)			(4,082	)			(4,075	)
	Total capitalization		$	15,094			$	15,244			$	15,492

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(a)		Represents issuance and sale of the 5.875% convertible senior notes. This assumes proceeds of $863 million of which $33 million, related to certain provisions of the 5.875% convertible senior notes that for accounting purposes were derivatives which required bifurcation, is based on preliminary estimates and is recorded as accounts payable and accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities, and may differ as a result of finalization of an independent valuation, with the resulting long-term debt of $829 million. The debt will accrete from the $829 million to the $863 million face value over three years, the duration of our pledged securities.

				As of September 30, 2004
												Pro Forma
				Actual				Pro Forma				as adjusted
				(Dollars in millions)
(b)		Represents the following Charter Holdings notes:
		8.250% senior notes due 2007		$	451			$	451			$	451
		8.625% senior notes due 2009			1,242				1,242				1,242
		9.920% senior discount notes due 2011			1,108				1,108				1,108
		10.000% senior notes due 2009			640				640				640
		10.250% senior notes due 2010			318				318				318
		11.750% senior discount notes due 2010			435				435				435
		10.750% senior notes due 2009			874				874				874
		11.125% senior notes due 2011			500				500				500
		13.500% senior discount notes due 2011			571				571				571
		9.625% senior notes due 2009			638				638				638
		10.000% senior notes due 2011			708				708				708
		11.750% senior discount notes due 2011			780				780				780
		12.125% senior discount notes due 2012			252				252				252
		Total		$	8,517			$	8,517			$	8,517

(c)		The amounts outstanding under the Charter Operating credit facilities as of September 30, 2004 totaled $5.4 billion. Borrowing availability under the credit facilities totaled $957 million as of September 30, 2004, none of which was restricted due to covenants.
(d)		In connection with Charter’s acquisition of Cable USA, Inc. and certain cable system assets from affiliates of Cable USA, Inc., Charter issued 545,259 shares of Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock valued at and with a liquidation preference of $55 million. Holders of the preferred stock have no voting rights but are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of 5.75%, payable quarterly. The preferred stock is redeemable by Charter at its option on or after August 31, 2004 and must be redeemed by Charter at any time upon a change of control, or if not previously redeemed or converted, on August 31, 2008. The preferred stock is convertible, in whole or in part, at the option of the holders from April 1, 2002 through August 31, 2008, into shares of Class A common stock at an initial conversion rate equal to a conversion price of $24.71 per share of Class A common stock, subject to certain customary adjustments.
(e)		Minority interest represents the percentage of Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC not owned by Charter, or approximately 53% of total members’ equity of Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, plus $650 million of preferred membership interests in CC VIII, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC. Paul G. Allen indirectly holds the preferred membership units in CC VIII as a result of the exercise of put rights originally granted in connection with the Bresnan transaction in 2000. An issue has arisen regarding the ultimate

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		ownership of the CC VIII membership interests following the consummation of the Bresnan put transaction on June 6, 2003. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions — Transactions Arising Out of Our Organizational Structure and Mr. Allen’s Investment in Charter and its Subsidiaries — Equity Put Rights — CC VIII”. 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 Communications Holding Company, LLC. Because minority interest in Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC was substantially eliminated at December 31, 2003, beginning in the first quarter of 2004, Charter began to absorb substantially all losses before income taxes that otherwise would have been allocated to minority interest. Subject to any changes in Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC’s capital structure, Charter will absorb substantially all future losses.
(f)		Although the shares offered by this prospectus will be considered issued and outstanding, we do not expect they will impact earnings per share under current accounting literature. See “Share Lending Agreement.”

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

      The following unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements are based on the historical consolidated financial statements of Charter, adjusted on a pro forma basis to reflect the following transactions as if they had occurred on September 30, 2004 (for the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet) and on January 1, 2003 (for the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations):

	(1) the disposition of certain assets in October 2003 and in March and April 2004 and the use of proceeds in each case to pay down credit facilities;
	(2) the issuance and sale of the CCH II senior notes in September 2003, the CCO Holdings senior notes in November 2003, the CCO Holdings senior floating rate notes in December 2004 and the Charter Operating senior second lien notes in April 2004 with proceeds used to refinance or repay outstanding debt and for general corporate purposes;
	(3) an increase in amounts outstanding under the Charter Operating credit facilities in April 2004 and the use of such funds, together with the proceeds of the sale of the Charter Operating senior second lien notes, to refinance amounts outstanding under the credit facilities of our subsidiaries, CC VI Operating, CC VIII Operating and Falcon;
	(4) the issuance and sale of $863 million of 5.875% convertible senior notes in November 2004 with proceeds used for (i) the purchase of certain U.S. government securities pledged as security for the 5.875% convertible senior notes (and which we expect to use to fund the first six interest payments thereon), (ii) redemption of outstanding 5.75% convertible senior notes due 2005, and (iii) general corporate purposes; and
	(5) the issuance of the shares offered hereby pursuant to a share lending agreement. See “Share Lending Agreement.”

      The unaudited pro forma adjustments are based on information available to us as of the date of this prospectus and certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. The Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements required allocation of certain revenues and expenses and such information has been presented for comparative purposes and is not intended (a) to provide any indication of what our actual financial position or results of operations would have been had the transactions described above been completed on the dates indicated or (b) to project our results of operations for any future date.

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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

								Asset				Financing								Offering
								Dispositions				Transactions								Adjustments
				Historical				(Note A)				(Note B)				Subtotal				(Note C)				Pro Forma
				(Dollars in millions, except per share and share data)
Revenues
	Video			$	3,461			$	(137	)		$	—			$	3,324			$	—			$	3,324
	High-speed data				556				(15	)			—				541				—				541
	Advertising sales				263				(8	)			—				255				—				255
	Commercial				204				(16	)			—				188				—				188
	Other				335				(13	)			—				322				—				322
		Total revenues			4,819				(189	)			—				4,630				—				4,630
Costs and Expenses:
	Operating(excluding depreciation and amortization)				1,952				(71	)			—				1,881				—				1,881
	Selling, general and administrative				940				(26	)			—				914				—				914
	Depreciation and amortization				1,453				(40	)			—				1,413				—				1,413
	Loss on sale of assets, net				5				21				—				26				—				26
	Option compensation expense, net				4				—				—				4				—				4
	Special charges, net				21				—				—				21				—				21
	Unfavorable contracts and other adjustments				(72	)			—				—				(72	)			—				(72	)
					4,303				(116	)			—				4,187				—				4,187
Income (loss) from operations					516				(73	)			—				443				—				443
Interest expense, net					(1,557	)			27				(174	)			(1,704	)			(18	)			(1,722	)
Gain on derivative instruments and hedging activities, net					65				—				—				65				—				65
Gain on debt exchange, net					267				—				(267	)			—				—				—
Loss on equity investments					(3	)			—				—				(3	)			—				(3	)
Other, net					(13	)			—				—				(13	)			—				(13	)
					(1,241	)			27				(441	)			(1,655	)			(18	)			(1,673	)
Loss before minority interest and income taxes					(725	)			(46	)			(441	)			(1,212	)			(18	)			(1,230	)
Minority interest					377				—				—				377				—				377
Loss before income taxes					(348	)			(46	)			(441	)			(835	)			(18	)			(853	)
Income tax benefit					110				1				—				111				—				111
Net loss					(238	)		$	(45	)		$	(441	)		$	(724	)		$	(18	)			(742	)
Dividends on preferred stock — redeemable					(4	)																			(4	)
Net loss applicable to common stock				$	(242	)																		$	(746	)
Loss per common share, basic and diluted				$	(0.82	)																		$	(2.53	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted					294,597,519																				294,597,519

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     Note A: Represents the elimination of operating results related to the disposition of certain assets in October 2003 and in March and April 2004 and a reduction of interest expense related to the use of the net proceeds from such sales to repay a portion of our subsidiaries’ credit facilities.

      Note B: Represents adjustment to interest expense associated with the completion of the financing transactions discussed in pro forma assumptions two and three (in millions):

Interest in the Charter Operating senior second lien notes and the amended and restated Charter Operating credit facilities at a weighted average rate of 5.1%			$	340
Interest on CCH II 10.25% senior notes				123
Interest on CCO Holdings 8 3/4% senior notes				38
Interest on CCO Holdings senior floating rate notes				36
Amortization of deferred financing costs				27
Less:
	Historical interest expense for Charter Operating credit facilities and on subsidiary credit facilities repaid			(253	)
	Historical interest expense for CCI and CCH senior and senior discount notes repaid with proceeds from CCH II refinancing			(117	)
Interest expense for Charter Operatings’ revolving credit facility repaid with proceeds from issuance of the CCO Holdings senior floating rate notes				(20	)
Net increase in interest expense for other financing transactions			$	174

      Net gain on debt exchange represents the elimination of the gain realized on the purchase of an aggregate of $609 million principal amount of our convertible senior notes and $1.3 billion principal amount of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC’s senior notes and senior discount notes in consideration for an aggregate of $1.6 billion principal amount of 10.25% notes due 2010 issued by CCH II, LLC. The gain is net of the write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the retired debt of $27 million.

      Note C: Represents the increase in interest expense from the issuance of $863 million of convertible senior notes due 2009 with a stated interest rate of 5.875% and the amortization of deferred debt issuance cost associated with such issuance reduced by the use of proceeds to retire $588 million of the 5.75% convertible senior notes due in 2005 and the interest on the $144 million of securities purchased and pledged as security for interest payments on such debt (in millions):

Interest on the convertible senior notes issued in November 2004		$	51
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs(a)			4
Less interest from the pledged securities			(3	)
Less interest on 5.75% convertible senior notes retired with proceeds			(34	)
Pro forma interest expense adjustment		$	18

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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

								Asset				Financing								Offering
								Dispositions				Transactions								Adjustments
				Historical				(Note A)				(Note B)				Subtotal				(Note C)				Pro Forma
				(Dollars in millions, except per share and share data)
Revenues
	Video			$	2,534			$	(21	)		$	—			$	2,513			$	—			$	2,513
	High-speed data				538				(3	)			—				535				—				535
	Advertising				205				(1	)			—				204				—				204
	Commercial				175				(2	)			—				173				—				173
	Other				249				(2	)			—				247				—				247
		Total			3,701				(29	)			—				3,672				—				3,672
Costs and Expenses
	Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)				1,552				(12	)			—				1,540				—				1,540
	Selling, general and administrative				735				(4	)			—				731				—				731
	Depreciation and amortization				1,105				(6	)			—				1,099				—				1,099
	Impairments of franchises				2,433				—				—				2,433				—				2,433
	Gain (loss) on sale of assets, net				(104	)			105				—				1				—				1
	Option compensation expense, net				34				—				—				34				—				34
	Special charges, net				100				—				—				100				—				100
					5,855				83				—				5,938				—				5,938
Loss from operations					(2,154	)			(112	)			—				(2,266	)			—				(2,266	)
Interest expense, net					(1,227	)			4				(52	)			(1,275	)			(14	)			(1,289	)
Gain on derivative instruments and hedging activities, net					48				—				—				48				—				48
Loss on debt to equity conversions					(23	)			—				—				(23	)			—				(23	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt					(21	)			—				21				—				—				—
					(1,223	)			4				(31	)			(1,250	)			(14	)			(1,264	)
Loss before minority interest, income taxes, and cumulative effect of accounting change					(3,377	)			(108	)			(31	)			(3,516	)			(14	)			(3,530	)
Minority interest					24				—				—				24				—				24
Loss before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change					(3,353	)			(108	)			(31	)			(3,492	)			(14	)			(3,506	)
Income tax benefit					116				14				—				130				—				130
Loss before cumulative effect of accounting change					(3,237	)			(94	)			(31	)			(3,362	)			(14	)			(3,376	)
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax					(765	)			—				—				(765	)			—				(765	)
Net loss					(4,002	)			(94	)			(31	)			(4,127	)			(14	)			(4,141	)
Dividends on preferred stock — redeemable					(3	)			—				—				(3	)			—				(3	)
Net loss applicable to common stock				$	(4,005	)		$	(94	)		$	(31	)		$	(4,130	)		$	(14	)		$	(4,144	)
Loss per common share, basic and diluted				$	(13.38	)																		$	(13.84	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted					299,411,053																				299,411,053

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     Note A: Represents the elimination of operating results related to the disposition of certain assets in March and April 2004 and a reduction of interest expense related to the use of the net proceeds from such sales to repay a portion of our subsidiaries’ credit facilities.

      Note B: Represents adjustment to interest expense associated with the completion of the financing transactions discussed in pro forma assumptions two and three (in millions):

Interest on the Charter Operating senior second lien notes and the amended and restated Charter Operating credit facilities at a weighted average rate of 4.9%		$	114
Interest on CCO Holdings senior floating rate notes			27
Amortization of deferred financing costs			9
Less:
Historical interest expense for Charter Operating credit facilities and on subsidiary credit facilities repaid			(83	)
Interest expense for Charter Operating’s revolving credit facility repaid with proceeds from issuance of the CCO Holdings senior floating rate notes			(15	)
Net increase in interest expense for other financing transactions		$	52

      Loss on extinguishment of debt represents the elimination of the write-off of deferred financing fees and third party costs related to the Charter Operating refinancing in April 2004.

      Note C: Represents the increase in interest expense from the issuance of $863 million of convertible senior notes due 2009 with a stated interest rate of 5.875% and the amortization of deferred debt issuance cost associated with such issuance reduced by the use of proceeds to retire $588 million of the 5.75% convertible senior notes due in 2005 and the interest on the $144 million of securities purchased and pledged as security for interest payments on such debt (in millions):

Interest on the convertible senior notes issued in November 2004		$	38
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs(a)			3
Less interest from the pledged securities			(2	)
Less interest on 5.75% convertible senior notes retired with proceeds			(25	)
Pro forma interest expense adjustment		$	14

(a)	The adjustment related to the amortization of deferred financing cost is based on preliminary information available at this time and is subject to change based on finalization of the amount of financing costs to be deferred.

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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

								Financing								Offering
								Transactions								Adjustments
				Historical				(Note A)				Subtotal				(Note B)				Pro Forma
				(Dollars in millions)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
	Cash and cash equivalents			$	129			$	137			$	266			$	89			$	355
	Accounts receivable, net				186				—				186				—				186
	Receivables from related party				—				—				—				—				—
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets				30				—				30				48				78
		Total current assets			345				137				482				137				619
INVESTMENT IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
	Property, plant and equipment, net				6,415				—				6,415				—				6,415
	Franchises, net				9,885				—				9,885				—				9,885
		Total investment in cable properties, net			16,300				—				16,300				—				16,300
OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS					439				13				452				144				596
		Total assets		$	17,084			$	150			$	17,234			$	281			$	17,515
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
	Accounts payable and accrued expenses			$	1,301			$	—			$	1,301			$	10				1,311
		Total current liabilities			1,301				—				1,301				10				1,311
LONG-TERM DEBT					18,484				150				18,634				241				18,875
DEFERRED MANAGEMENT FEES — RELATED PARTY					14				—				14				—				14
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES					675				—				675				23				698
MINORITY INTEREST					637				—				637				—				637
PREFERRED STOCK-REDEEMABLE					55				—				55				—				55
SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT:
	Class A common stock				—				—				—				—				—
	Class B common stock				—				—				—				—				—
Preferred stock					—				—				—				—				—
Additional paid-in capital					4,783				—				4,783				13				4,796
Accumulated deficit					(8,856	)			—				(8,856	)			(6	)			(8,862	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss					(9	)			—				(9	)			—				(9	)
	Total shareholders’ deficit				(4,082	)			—				(4,082	)			7				(4,075	)
	Total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit			$	17,084			$	150			$	17,234			$	281			$	17,515

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      Note A: Financing transactions represent the issuance in December 2004 of $550 million of senior floating rate notes by CCO Holdings with proceeds used for (i) repayment of $400 million under Charter Operatings’ revolving credit facility, (ii) payment of financing costs and (iii) general corporate purposes. The amount of financing costs deferred is based on preliminary information regarding actual expenses. Sources and uses are as follows (in millions):

Source of funds:
	Issuance of senior floating rate notes due 2010			$	550
		Total sources		$	550
Uses of funds:
	Repay Charter Operatings’ revolving credit facility			$	400
	Payment of financing costs				13
	General corporate purposes				137
		Total uses		$	550

      Note B:  Offering adjustments include the issuance and sale of approximately $863 million of convertible senior notes with proceeds used (i) to purchase approximately $144 million of securities, which are pledged as security for interest payments on such debt, (ii) to call, at 101.15%, the outstanding 5.75% convertible senior notes due 2005, (iii) to pay financing cost and (iv) for general corporate purposes. The short-term portion of the pledged securities is recorded on our unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet in prepaid expenses and other current assets, while the long-term portion is recorded in other assets. Certain provisions of the 5.875% convertible senior notes with a fair value of $33 million for accounting purposes are considered derivatives and require bifurcation. These derivatives are preliminary estimates and may differ based on finalization of independent valuations and have been bifurcated from the long-term debt, with the short-term portion recorded as accounts payable and accrued expenses and the long-term portion recorded as other long-term liabilities on the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet. Additionally, the fair market value of the stock borrow arrangement of approximately $13 million was recorded as deferred financing cost (other noncurrent assets) and additional paid in capital on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet. The amount of financing costs deferred is based on preliminary information available at this time and is subject to adjustment based on final information regarding actual expenses. Sources and uses are as follows (in millions):

Sources of funds:
	Issuance of 5.875% convertible senior notes due 2009			$	863
		Total sources		$	863
Uses of funds:
	Redeem 5.75% convertible senior notes due 2005			$	595
	Purchase pledged securities				144
	Payment of financing cost				35
	General corporate purposes				89
		Total uses		$	863

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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

      The following table presents summary financial and other data for Charter and its subsidiaries and has been derived from (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of Charter and its subsidiaries for the four years ended December 31, 2003, (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Charter and its subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1999, and (iii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Charter and its subsidiaries for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 and 2004. The consolidated financial statements of Charter and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2000 to 2003 have been audited by KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. The following information should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the historical consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

																							Nine Months Ended
			Year Ended December 31,																				September 30,
			1999				2000				2001				2002				2003				2003				2004
			(Dollars in millions, except share and per share amounts)
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenues			$	1,428			$	3,141			$	3,807			$	4,566			$	4,819			$	3,602			$	3,701
Costs and Expenses:
	Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)			460				1,187				1,486				1,807				1,952				1,457				1,552
	Selling, general and administrative			329				606				826				963				940				702				735
	Depreciation and amortization			745				2,398				2,683				1,436				1,453				1,095				1,105
	(Gain) loss on sale of assets, net			—				—				10				3				5				23				(104	)
	Impairment of franchises			—				—				—				4,638				—				—				2,433
	Option compensation expense (income), net			80				38				(5	)			5				4				1				34
	Special charges, net			—				—				18				36				21				18				100
	Unfavorable contracts and other settlements			—				—				—				—				(72	)			—				—
				1,614				4,229				5,018				8,888				4,303				3,296				5,855
Income (loss) from operations				(186	)			(1,088	)			(1,211	)			(4,322	)			516				306				(2,154	)
Interest expense, net				(444	)			(1,040	)			(1,310	)			(1,503	)			(1,557	)			(1,163	)			(1,227	)
Gain (loss) on derivative instruments and hedging activities, net				—				—				(50	)			(115	)			65				35				48
Gain on debt exchange, net				—				—				—				—				267				267				—
Loss on debt to equity conversions				—				—				—				—				—				—				(23	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt				—				—				—				—				—				—				(21	)
Loss on equity investments				—				(19	)			(54	)			(3	)			(3	)			(3	)			—
Other, net				(8	)			(1	)			(5	)			(1	)			(13	)			(6	)			—
Loss before minority interest, income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change				(638	)			(2,148	)			(2,630	)			(5,944	)			(725	)			(564	)			(3,377	)
Minority interest				573				1,280				1,461				3,176				377				297				24
Loss before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change				(65	)			(868	)			(1,169	)			(2,768	)			(348	)			(267	)			(3,353	)
Income tax benefit (expense)				(1	)			10				12				460				110				86				116
Loss before cumulative effect of accounting change				(66	)			(858	)			(1,157	)			(2,308	)			(238	)			(181	)			(3,237	)
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax				—				—				(10	)			(206	)			—				—				(765	)

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																						Nine Months Ended
		Year Ended December 31,																				September 30,
		1999				2000				2001				2002				2003				2003				2004
		(Dollars in millions, except share and per share amounts)
Net loss			(66	)			(858	)			(1,167	)			(2,514	)			(238	)			(181	)			(4,002	)
Dividends on preferred stock — redeemable			—				—				(1	)			(3	)			(4	)			(3	)			(3	)
Net loss applicable to common stock		$	(66	)		$	(858	)		$	(1,168	)		$	(2,517	)		$	(242	)		$	(184	)		$	(4,005	)
Loss per common share, basic and diluted		$	(2.22	)		$	(3.80	)		$	(4.33	)		$	(8.55	)		$	(0.82	)		$	(0.62	)		$	(13.38	)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted			29,811,202				225,697,775				269,594,386				294,440,261				294,597,519				294,503,840				299,411,053
Other Data:
Deficiencies of earnings to cover fixed charges(a)		$	(638	)		$	(2,148	)		$	(2,630	)		$	(5,944	)		$	(725	)		$	(564	)		$	(3,377	)
Balance Sheet Data (end of period):
Total assets		$	18,967			$	24,352			$	26,463			$	22,384			$	21,364			$	21,451			$	17,084
Long-term debt			8,937				13,061				16,343				18,671				18,647				18,498				18,484
Minority interest(b)			5,381				4,571				4,434				1,050				689				763				637
Redeemable securities			751				1,104				—				—				—				—				—
Preferred stock — redeemable			—				—				51				51				55				55				55
Shareholders’ equity (deficit)			3,011				2,767				2,585				41				(175	)			(127	)			(4,082	)

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(a)		Earnings include net loss plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense and an estimated interest component of rent expense.
(b)		Minority interest represents the percentage of Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC not owned by Charter, plus preferred membership interests in CC VIII, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Charter. Paul G. Allen indirectly holds the preferred membership units in CC VIII, LLC as a result of the exercise of a put right originally granted in connection with the Bresnan transaction in 2000. An issue has arisen regarding the ultimate ownership of the CC VIII, LLC membership interest following the consummation of the Bresnan put transaction on June 6, 2003. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions — Transactions Arising Out of Our Organizational Structure and Mr. Allen’s Investment in Charter and Its Subsidiaries — Equity Put Rights — CC VIII.” 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 Communications Holding Company, LLC. Because minority interest in Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC was substantially eliminated at December 31, 2003, beginning in the first quarter of 2004, Charter began to absorb substantially all losses before income taxes that otherwise would have been allocated to minority interest. As a result of negative equity at Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, during the nine months ended September 30, 2004, no additional losses were allocated to minority interest, resulting in an approximate additional $2.0 billion of net losses. Subject to any changes in Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC’s capital structure, Charter will absorb substantially all future losses.

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SUPPLEMENTARY QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA

      The following tables present quarterly financial data for the periods presented on the consolidated statements of operations (in millions):

		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004
		First Quarter				Second Quarter				Third Quarter
Revenues		$	1,214			$	1,239			$	1,248
Income (loss) from operations			175				15				(2,344	)
Loss before minority interest, income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change			(235	)			(366	)			(2,766	)
Net loss applicable to common stock			(294	)			(416	)			(3,295	)
Basic and diluted loss per common share before cumulative effect of accounting change			(1.00	)			(1.39	)			(8.36	)
Basic and diluted loss per common share			(1.00	)			(1.39	)			(10.89	)
Weighted-average shares outstanding			295,106,077				300,522,815				302,604,978

						Year Ended December 31, 2003
		First Quarter				Second Quarter				Third Quarter				Fourth Quarter
Revenues		$	1,178			$	1,217			$	1,207			$	1,217
Income from operations			77				112				117				208
Income (loss) before minority interest and income taxes			(301	)			(286	)			23				(161	)
Net income (loss) applicable to common stock			(182	)			(38	)			36				(58	)
Basic income (loss) per common share			(0.62	)			(0.13	)			0.12				(0.20	)
Diluted Income (loss) per common share			(0.62	)			(0.13	)			0.07				(0.20	)
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic			294,466,137				294,474,596				294,566,878				294,875,504
Weighted-average shares outstanding, diluted			294,466,137				294,474,596				637,822,843				294,875,504

						Year Ended December 31, 2002
		First Quarter				Second Quarter				Third Quarter				Fourth Quarter
Revenues		$	1,074			$	1,137			$	1,166			$	1,189
Income (loss) from operations			97				84				91				(4,597	)
Loss before minority interest, income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change			(234	)			(354	)			(367	)			(4,989	)
Net loss applicable to common stock			(317	)			(161	)			(167	)			(1,872	)
Basic and diluted loss per common share before cumulative effect of accounting change			(0.38	)			(0.55	)			(0.57	)			(6.36	)
Basic and diluted loss per common share			(1.08	)			(0.55	)			(0.57	)			(6.36	)
Weighted-average shares outstanding			294,394,939				294,453,454				294,454,659				294,457,134

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

      Reference is made to “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” which describe important factors that could cause actual results to differ from expectations and non-historical information contained herein. In addition, the following discussion should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of Charter Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 and the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Charter Communications, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 included in this prospectus.

Introduction

      During 2003, we undertook a number of transition activities including reorganizing our workforce, adjusting our video pricing and packages, call center consolidations and implementing billing conversions. Due to the focus on such activities and certain financial constraints, we reduced spending on marketing our products and services. The reduced marketing activities and other necessary operational changes negatively impacted customer retention and acquisition, primarily during the first half of the year. During the second half of 2003, we increased our marketing efforts and implemented promotional campaigns to slow the loss of analog video customers, and to accelerate advanced service penetration, especially in high-speed data.

      In 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we took a series of steps intended to improve our balance sheet and liquidity. The issuance of approximately $862.5 million original principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2009, the net proceeds of which have been used to purchase a portfolio of U.S. government securities as security for certain interest payments on the new notes and will be used to redeem Charter’s $588 million outstanding 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2005, and our subsidiaries’ issuance of $550 million of senior floating rate notes with the net proceeds used to repay Charter Operatings’ revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes, are our most recent examples of these efforts. In addition, since September 2003:

	•	We and our subsidiaries exchanged $1.9 billion of indebtedness for $1.6 billion of indebtedness while extending maturities and achieving approximately $294 million of debt discount.
	•	Our subsidiary, CCO Holdings, sold $500 million total principal amount of 8 3/4% senior notes and used the net proceeds to repay approximately $486 million principal amount of our subsidiaries’ credit facilities, providing additional financial flexibility for use of our subsidiary’s credit facilities.
	•	Our subsidiaries amended the Charter Operating credit facilities and concurrently issued $1.5 billion in senior second lien notes to refinance bank debt of CC VI Operating, CC VIII Operating and Falcon. The transaction extended beyond 2008 approximately $8.0 billion of scheduled debt maturities and credit facility commitment reductions which would have otherwise come due before that time.
	•	Our subsidiaries completed the sale of cable systems in Port Orchard, Washington, for a total price of approximately $91 million, subject to adjustments.
	•	We closed the sale of cable systems in Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia with Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC. We closed on the sale of an additional cable system in New York to Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC in April 2004. Subject to post-closing contractual adjustments, the Company expects the total net proceeds from the sale of all of these systems to be approximately $733 million, of which $5 million is currently held in an indemnity escrow account (with the unused portion thereof to be released by March 1, 2005). The proceeds received to date have been used to repay a portion of amounts outstanding under our subsidiary’s credit facilities.
	•	We significantly reduced capital spending from approximately $2.2 billion for the year ended December 31, 2002 to approximately $854 million for the year ended December 31, 2003, primarily due to the substantial completion of our network rebuild and upgrade.

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      During the years 1999 through 2001, we grew significantly, principally through acquisitions of other cable businesses financed by debt and, to a lesser extent, equity. We have no current plans to pursue any significant acquisitions. However, we may pursue exchanges of non-strategic assets or divestitures, such as the sale of cable systems to Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC discussed above. We therefore do not believe that our historical growth rates are accurate indicators of future growth.

      Historically, our ability to fund operations and investing activities has depended on our continued access to credit under our subsidiary’s credit facilities. While our use of cash has changed over time such that the substantial majority of our cash now comes from cash flows from operating activities, we expect we will continue to borrow under our subsidiary’s credit facilities from time to time to fund cash needs. The occurrence of an event of default under our subsidiary’s credit facilities could result in borrowings from these facilities being unavailable to us and could, in the event of a payment default or acceleration, also trigger events of default under our notes and our subsidiaries’ outstanding notes and would have a material adverse effect on us.

Adoption of New Policies

      Commencing in January 2002 and continuing through the first quarter of 2003, our management elected to implement a number of new policies including:

      Change in Disconnect and Bad Debt Policies. Our estimated customer count is intended to include those people receiving cable service (regardless of payment status), except for complementary accounts (such as our employees). Our disconnect and bad debt guidelines for slow or nonpaying customers provide that, in general, customers are to be terminated for non-payment after approximately 60-75 days, and written off/referred to collection at approximately 90-110 days. We initially began implementing this policy in January 2002 after we decided to change our past practice under which we did not promptly disconnect these customers on a uniform basis. Effective year-end 2001, we also increased our allowance for doubtful accounts. The number of our customers who are presently more than 90 days overdue and our bad debt expense associated with such customers are lower than they were prior to the institution of these policies.

      Procedures to Ensure Adherence to Disconnect and Customer Count Policies. During our review of internal audit findings and in the course of internal investigations, and subsequently in the course of responding to governmental investigations, we became concerned that certain employees either were not complying or had not previously been complying with our customer count and disconnect policies. We have since announced to our employees that a failure to follow these polices will be met with disciplinary action including, in appropriate cases, termination. We have terminated and disciplined employees who have not followed the policies. We have instituted regular review of customer reports by senior employees in an effort to ensure adherence to our policies and consistency of application throughout our various operating divisions, and we have established a telephone hotline number for employees to call and report misconduct relating to the reporting of customer numbers. We have also elected not to provide guidance on expected customer numbers in our public disclosures.

      Corporate Compliance Program. Prior to 2003, we did not have a formal compliance program. In early 2003, we established a corporate compliance program, pursuant to which we provide training to our employees, and provide a revised Code of Conduct to our employees that is incorporated into our Employee Handbook. The Code and Handbook require that employees report violations of the Code or other behavior which they believe might be unethical or illegal. Employees can report matters to their supervisor, to the Human Resources Department, or through a hotline or through a secure website, and may do so anonymously. The compliance program is overseen by a compliance committee comprised of our high-ranking officers, which meets at least on a quarterly basis. The Chief Compliance Officer also reports to the Audit Committee on a quarterly basis.

      Treatment of Data Only Customers. We have changed our methodology for reporting analog cable video customers to exclude those customers who receive high-speed data service only. This represents a change in our methodology from prior reports through September 30, 2002, in which high-speed data service only customers (which numbered approximately 55,900 at September 30, 2002) were included within our analog cable video customers. We made this change because we determined that a substantial number of those customers who only received high-speed data service were unable to receive our most

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      Disclosure Committee. We established a Disclosure Committee, consisting of senior personnel from the business units, our internal audit group, and the finance and legal groups, and we now follow an extensive review and certification process in connection with our filings with the SEC and other disclosure documents.

      Audit Committee. We modified our Audit Committee’s charter to expand the role of the committee and to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules issued thereunder (including applicable Nasdaq rules).

      Accounting Policy Changes. Consistent with the description of the restatement, we have revised a number of our accounting policies, including treatment of launch incentives received from programmers. For a complete discussion of accounting changes and adjustments brought about as a result of the re-audit or restatement, see “— Restatement of Prior Results.”

Restatement of Prior Results

      There were no restatements in 2003 or 2004 of prior results. However, certain reclassifications have been made to 2002 and 2001 amounts to conform to 2003 presentation. Also, as discussed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, on November 19, 2002, we announced that we had determined that additional franchise costs and deferred income tax liability should have been recorded for the differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets we acquired in connection with certain cable businesses acquired throughout 1999 and 2000. As a result of this restatement, we engaged KPMG LLP to perform audits as of and for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 because our former accountants, Arthur Andersen LLP, were no longer available to provide an opinion as to restated financial statements. In connection with these audits, we concluded that it was appropriate to make certain additional adjustments to previously reported results. Among other things, adjustments were made to previous interpretations and applications of generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) that had been consistently followed by us since 2000 and throughout the restatement period.

      These adjustments reduced revenues reported in our 2002 quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the first three quarters of 2002 by a total of $38 million, and in our 2001 annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 by $146 million and $108 million, respectively. Such adjustments represent approximately 1%, 4% and 3% of previously reported revenues for the respective periods in 2002, 2001 and 2000. Our previously reported consolidated net loss increased by a total of $26 million for the first three quarters of 2002 and decreased by $11 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. Our previously reported net loss increased by $29 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, primarily due to adjustments related to the original accounting for acquisitions and elements of our rebuild and upgrade activities. Net cash flows from operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 were reduced by $30 million and $303 million, respectively. The most significant categories of adjustments related to the following items outlined below.

      Launch Incentives from Programmers. Amounts previously recognized as advertising revenue in connection with the launch of new programming channels have been deferred and recorded in other long-term liabilities in the year such launch support was provided, and amortized as a reduction of programming costs based upon the relevant contract term. These adjustments decreased revenue $30 million for the first three quarters of 2002, and $118 million and $76 million for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Additionally, for the year ended December 31, 2000, we increased marketing expense by $24 million for other promotional activities associated with launching new programming services previously deferred and subsequently amortized. The corresponding amortization of

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      Customer Incentives and Inducements. Marketing inducements paid to encourage potential customers to switch from satellite providers to Charter-branded services and enter into multi-period service agreements were previously deferred and recorded as property, plant and equipment and recognized as depreciation and amortization expense over the life of customer contracts. These amounts have been restated as a reduction of revenue in the period such inducements were paid. Revenue declined a total of $5 million for the first three quarters of 2002, and $19 million and $2 million for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Substantially all of these amounts are offset by reduced depreciation and amortization expense.

      Capitalized Labor and Overhead Costs. Certain elements of labor costs and related overhead allocations previously capitalized as property, plant and equipment as part of our rebuild activities, customer installation and new service introductions have been expensed in the period incurred. Such adjustments increased operating expenses by $73 million for the first three quarters of 2002, and $93 million and $52 million for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

      Customer Acquisition Costs. Certain customer acquisition campaigns were conducted through third-party contractors in 2000, 2001 and portions of 2002. The costs of these campaigns were originally deferred and recorded as other assets and recognized as amortization expense over the average customer contract life. These amounts have been reported as marketing expense in the period incurred and totaled $32 million for the first three quarters of 2002, and $59 million and $4 million and for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. We discontinued this program in the third quarter of 2002 as contracts for third-party vendors expired. Substantially all of these amounts are offset by reduced depreciation and amortization expense.

      Rebuild and Upgrade of Cable Systems. In 2000, as we were completing our acquisitions, we initiated a three-year program to replace, upgrade and integrate a substantial portion of our network (the rebuild program). This rebuild/upgrade of the cable network infrastructure was envisioned as providing the platform capacity through which many broadband communication services could be provided to the marketplace for many years to come. Such a rebuild program was unprecedented and is not expected to recur. We began implementation of this three-year rebuild program in January 2000 and adhered to it over the period. It was expanded in July 2001 to encompass cable system assets acquired in June 2001 from AT&T Broadband. There were no other significant modifications to the rebuild program over the three-year period.

      As the rebuild program was beginning in early 2000, we were nearing the end of a period in which we were acquired by Paul G. Allen and merged with Marcus Cable and in which we had subsequently completed an initial public offering and acquired 16 cable businesses adding approximately 5 million additional customers. We were faced with integrating these acquisitions, administering the rebuild program and also putting in place processes and new personnel to handle the increased size and complexity of an operation that had grown significantly in a period of about 18 months. During the first quarter of 2000, management also recognized the need to reassess depreciable lives of the property that was subject to the three-year rebuild program. Based on a review of the rebuild program, $3 billion of assets were identified as being subject to replacement, and accordingly, management reduced the useful lives of those assets. In connection with the restatement, however, it has been determined that some of these assets were to be retained and not replaced because sections of the network were scheduled to be upgraded and not rebuilt. In a cable system rebuild there is outright replacement and retirement of substantially all components of the network, whereas an upgrade involves the retention of the original property, particularly the fiber and coaxial cabling.

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      Presented below is a schedule of the costs of cable distribution system assets subject to the rebuild program, as originally recorded, reconciled to the final determinations in the restatement. The depreciation lives were shortened for this asset pool as discussed previously and supplemented below.

		Total
		(In millions)
Total asset population subject to rebuild and upgrade, as originally recorded		$	2,998
Assets which were never intended to be replaced but rather were upgraded and remain in service			(946	)
Cost of assets inadvertently excluded from the asset population			401
Adjustment to record acquired assets at depreciated replacement cost at date of acquisition			(1,225	)
Total adjusted asset value subject to replacement and thus shortened depreciation life		$	1,228

      In connection with the restatement process, we conducted a detailed system-by-system analysis of the rebuild program to identify those assets which were intended to be rebuilt versus upgraded and determined that approximately $844 million of trunk and distribution cabling, and $102 million of headend equipment (in aggregate, $946 million) was enhanced and retained in service. Accordingly, an adjustment was made in the restatement with effect from January 1, 2000 to properly exclude those assets from the population of assets treated as subject to replacement and thus for which a shortened depreciation life was previously assigned.

      The evaluation conducted in connection with the restatement also revealed the inadvertent exclusion of $401 million of trunk and distribution cabling and electronics, which were acquired in 1999, from the population of assets that were subject to shortened depreciation lives. This group of assets were misclassified within our fixed assets sub-ledger for one acquisition and thus omitted from the analysis performed in connection with the preparation of our historical financial statements. Accordingly, an adjustment was made in the restatement to properly include these assets as well.

      Furthermore, we reduced the value of assets subject to replacement by a total of approximately $1.2 billion to record the assets at estimated depreciated replacement cost at the date of acquisition. This includes a $598 million reduction originally recorded in our previously issued financial statements and a $627 million adjustment identified as part of the restatement. As a result of the items identified above, we determined that depreciation expense was overstated by a total of $413 million for the first three quarters of 2002, and $330 million and $119 million in the years ended 2001 and 2000, respectively. This resulted in net loss being overstated by a total of $192 million for the first three quarters of 2002, and $146 million and $48 million for the years ended 2001 and 2000, respectively.

      Deferred Tax Liabilities/ Franchise Assets. Adjustments were made to record deferred tax liabilities associated with the acquisition of various cable television businesses. These adjustments increased amounts assigned to franchise assets by $1.4 billion with a corresponding increase in deferred tax liabilities of $1.2 billion. The balance of the entry was recorded to equity and minority interest. In addition, as described above, a correction was made to reduce amounts assigned in purchase accounting to assets identified for replacement over the three-year period of our rebuild and upgrade of our network. This reduced the amount assigned to the network assets to be retained and increased the amount assigned to franchise assets by approximately $627 million with a resulting increase in amortization expense for the years restated. Such adjustments increased the impairment of franchises recognized in the first quarter of 2002 by $199 million (before minority interest) and increased amortization expense by $130 million and $121 million for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. This resulted in net loss being understated by a total of $71 million for the first three quarters of 2002, and $57 million and $49 million for the years ended 2001 and 2000, respectively.

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      Other Adjustments. In addition to the items described above, certain other adjustments were made that increased net loss by $38 million and decreased net loss by $10 million, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000. These adjustments were as follows:

	•	During 2000, advertising revenue was recognized in conjunction with the promotion of equipment offered by two set-top terminal manufacturers from which we purchased digital set-top terminals. However, in connection with our restatement announced in April 2003, we reversed all advertising revenues from the set-top terminal manufacturers recognized in 2000. Based on a reassessment of the underlying structure of the arrangements during 2000, the prices paid for set-top terminals and the advertising revenues recognized were determined to be in excess of fair value. We therefore reduced our advertising revenue and decreased our related property, plant and equipment associated with the purchase of set-top terminals.
	•	During 2001 and 2000, certain post-acquisition marketing and customer acquisition costs were charged against purchase accounting reserves in the financial statements. These costs have been reclassified to record them as period cost in the appropriate fiscal year.
	•	During 2002, 2001 and 2000, certain state taxes, which are equity-based taxes and not based on income, were reclassified as operating expenses, rather than as taxes recorded in “other expenses” on our consolidated statements of operations.
	•	During 2000, we received management fees from a joint venture pursuant to the terms of the joint venture agreement and recognized revenue. Based on the limited amount of operational management activities performed on behalf of the joint venture, we determined this amount should be reclassified from revenue and recorded as investment income within “other expense” on our consolidated statements of operations.
	•	During 2000 and 2001, we accounted for the outstanding and unexercised portion of separated employees’ options by reversing all (both vested and unvested) previously recorded compensation expense for separated employees who forfeited stock-based awards. Compensation related to vested awards should not have been reversed at the time of separation, as the employee did not “fail to fulfill an obligation” associated with such vested awards. Stock compensation expense was increased to eliminate the effect of such reversal during 2000 and 2001. In addition, the computation of the compensation expense was adjusted during 2000 to reverse a miscalculation recorded during such years.

      The tables below set forth our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2000, and condensed consolidated statement of operations and condensed consolidated statement of cash flows information for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000.

      Controls. The major adjustments discussed above, including for the rebuild and upgrade of cable systems and deferred tax matters/franchise, generally relate to non-routine items and did not result from control deficiencies in our core accounting operations. Since our period of rapid growth in 2000 and early 2001, in which we were rapidly acquiring cable systems, we have integrated the various accounting processes of our acquired cable systems. We have also substantially improved the quantity and, we believe, the quality of our accounting and internal audit staff. In addition, we are developing better interactions between our accounting and internal audit staff and the other elements of our organization. These changes in our staff have been supplemented with changes in accounting and internal controls processes and systems which we believe result in an improved ability of management to understand and analyze underlying business data. As part of our acquisitions integration process, we have, among other things, standardized our data and put in place a data warehouse, which has enhanced our abilities to analyze our operating data. Budgeting has been integrated into our financial systems, through the use of specialized commercial software rather than spreadsheet programs. Additionally, we have implemented in the first quarter 2004, a job costing system, that tracks capital at the project level. These changes have given us the ability to better understand, analyze and manage our business data. The role of our internal audit staff has also been expanded, particularly with respect to capitalization and depreciation. We believe that these changes have improved our controls over both recurring transactions and non-recurring transactions.

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      The following table sets forth selected consolidated balance sheet information, showing previously reported and restated amounts, as of December 31, 2001 (in millions):

		As Previously
		Reported				As Restated
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	7,150			$	6,914
Franchises, net			17,139				18,911
Total assets			24,962				26,463
Long-term debt			16,343				16,343
Other long-term liabilities			341				1,725
Minority interest			3,976				4,434
Total shareholders’ equity			2,862				2,585

      The following table sets forth selected consolidated statement of operations information, showing previously reported and restated amounts, for the year ended December 31, 2001 (in millions, except per share and share data):

			As Previously
			Reported				As Restated
Revenues			$	3,953			$	3,807
Costs and expenses:
	Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)			1,326				1,486
	Selling, general and administrative			841				826
	Depreciation and amortization			3,010				2,693
	Option compensation income			(46	)			(5	)
	Special charges			18				18
				5,149				5,018
	Loss from operations			(1,196	)			(1,211	)
	Loss before minority interest, income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change			(2,656	)			(2,630	)
	Loss before cumulative effect of accounting change			(1,178	)			(1,157	)
	Net loss applicable to common stock		$	(1,179	)		$	(1,168	)
Loss per common share, basic and diluted			$	(4.37	)		$	(4.33	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted				269,594,386				269,594,386

      The following table sets forth selected consolidated balance sheet information, showing previously reported and restated amounts, as of December 31, 2000 (in millions):

		As Previously
		Reported				As Restated
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	5,267			$	4,829
Franchises, net			17,069				18,835
Total assets			23,044				24,352
Long-term debt			13,061				13,061
Other long-term liabilities			285				1,568
Minority interest			4,090				4,571
Total shareholders’ equity			3,123				2,767

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      The following table sets forth selected consolidated statement of operations information, showing previously reported and restated amounts, for the year ended December 31, 2000 (in millions, except per share and share data):

				As Previously
				Reported				As Restated
Revenues				$	3,249			$	3,141
Costs and expenses:
	Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)				1,036				1,187
	Selling, general and administrative				670				606
	Depreciation and amortization				2,473				2,398
	Stock compensation expense				41				38
					4,220				4,229
		Loss from operations			(971	)			(1,088	)
		Loss before minority interest and income taxes			(2,055	)			(2,148	)
	Net loss			$	(829	)		$	(858	)
Loss per common share, basic and diluted				$	(3.67	)		$	(3.80	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted					225,697,775				225,697,775

      The following table sets forth selected consolidated cash flow information, showing previously reported and restated amounts, for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 (in millions):

		2001								2000
		As Previously				As				As Previously				As
		Reported				Restated				Reported				Restated
Net cash from operating activities		$	519			$	489			$	1,131			$	828
Net cash from investing activities			(4,809	)			(4,774	)			(4,054	)			(3,751	)
Net cash from financing activities		$	4,162			$	4,156			$	2,920			$	2,920

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Acquisitions

      The following table sets forth information regarding our significant acquisitions from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2002 (none in 2003 or 2004):

				Purchase Price
																Securities								Acquired
				Acquisition				Cash				Assumed				Issued/Other				Total				Customers
				Date				Paid				Debt				Consideration				Price				(approx)
				(Dollars in millions)
Renaissance					4/99			$	348			$	111			$	—			$	459				134,000
American Cable					5/99				240				—				—				240				69,000
Greater Media Systems					6/99				500				—				—				500				176,000
Helicon					7/99				410				115				25	(a)			550				171,000
Vista					7/99				126				—				—				126				26,000
Cable Satellite					8/99				22				—				—				22				9,000
Rifkin					9/99				1,200				128				133	(b)			1,461				463,000
InterMedia					10/99				873				—				420	(c)			1,293				278,000
Fanch					11/99				2,400				—				—				2,400				535,600
Falcon					11/99				1,250				1,700				550	(d)			3,500				977,200
Avalon					11/99				558				274				—				832				270,800
	Total 1999 Acquisitions							$	7,927			$	2,328			$	1,128			$	11,383				3,109,600
Interlake					1/00			$	13			$	—			$	—			$	13				6,000
Bresnan					2/00				1,100				963				1,014	(e)			3,077				695,800
Capital Cable					4/00				60				—				—				60				23,200
Farmington					4/00				15				—				—				15				5,700
Kalamazoo					9/00				—				—				171	(f)			171				50,700
	Total 2000 Acquisitions							$	1,188			$	963			$	1,185			$	3,336				781,400
AT&T Systems					6/01			$	1,711			$	—			$	25			$	1,736	(g)			551,100
Cable USA					8/01				45				—				55	(h)			100				30,600
	Total 2001 Acquisitions							$	1,756			$	—			$	80			$	1,836				581,700
High Speed Access Corp.					2/02				78				—				—				78				N/A
Enstar Limited Partnership Systems					4/02				48				—				—				48				21,600
Enstar Income Program II-1, L.P.					9/02				15				—				—				15				6,400
	Total 2002 Acquisitions							$	141			$	—			$	—			$	141				28,000
		Total 1999-2002 Acquisitions						$	11,012			$	3,291			$	2,393			$	16,696				4,500,700

(a)		Represents a preferred limited liability company interest in Charter Helicon, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary.
(b)		Relates to preferred equity in Charter Holdco, approximately $130 million, excluding accrued dividends, of which was subsequently exchanged for shares of Charter Class A common stock.
(c)		As part of this transaction, we agreed to “swap” certain of our non-strategic cable systems serving customers in Indiana, Montana, Utah and Northern Kentucky valued at approximately $420 million.
(d)		Relates to common membership units in Charter Holdco issued to certain of the Falcon sellers, which were subsequently exchanged for shares of Charter Class A common stock.

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(e)		Comprised of $385 million in equity in Charter Holdco and $629 million of equity in CC VIII.
(f)		In connection with this transaction, we acquired all of the outstanding stock of Cablevision of Michigan in exchange for 11,173,376 shares of Charter Class A common stock.
(g)		Comprised of approximately $1.7 billion, as adjusted, in cash and a cable system located in Florida valued at approximately $25 million, as adjusted.
(h)		In connection with this transaction, at the closing we and Charter Holdco acquired all of the outstanding stock of Cable USA and the assets of related affiliates in exchange for cash and 505,664 shares of Charter Series A convertible redeemable preferred stock. In the first quarter of 2003, an additional $0.34 million in cash was paid and 39,595 additional shares of Charter Series A convertible redeemable preferred stock were issued to certain sellers.

      All acquisitions were accounted for under the purchase method of accounting and results of operations were included in our consolidated financial statements from their respective dates of acquisition.

      We have no current plans to pursue any significant acquisitions. However, we will continue to evaluate opportunities to consolidate our operations through the sale of cable systems to, or exchange of like-kind assets with, other cable operators as such opportunities arise, and on a very limited basis, consider strategic new acquisitions. Our primary criteria in considering these opportunities are the rationalization of our operations into geographic clusters and the potential financial benefits we expect to ultimately realize as a result of the sale, exchange, or acquisition.

Overview of Operations

      Approximately 86% of our revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and the year ended December 31, 2003 are attributable to monthly subscription fees charged to customers for our video, high-speed data, telephone and commercial services provided by our cable systems. Generally, these customer subscriptions may be discontinued by the customer at any time. The remaining 14% of revenue is derived primarily from pay-per-view and VOD programming where users are charged a fee for individual programs viewed, advertising revenues, installation or reconnection fees charged to customers to commence or reinstate service, commissions related to the sale of merchandise by home shopping services and franchise fee revenues, which are collected by us but then paid to local franchising authorities. We have generated increased revenues during the past three years, primarily through the sale of digital video and high-speed data services to new and existing customers, price increases on video services and customer growth from acquisitions. Going forward, our goal is to increase revenues by stabilizing our analog video customer base, implementing price increases on certain services and packages and increasing revenues from incremental high-speed data services, digital video and advanced products and services such as telephony using voice-over-Internet protocol (“VOIP”), video on demand (“VOD”), high definition television and digital video recorder service provided to our customers. To accomplish this, we are increasing prices for certain services and we are offering new bundling of services combining digital video and our advanced services (such as high-speed data service and high definition television) at what we believe are attractive price points. See “Business — Sales and Marketing” for more details.

      Our success in our efforts to grow revenues and improve margins will be impacted by our ability to compete against companies with often fewer regulatory burdens, easier access to financing, greater personnel resources, greater brand name recognition and long-established relationships with regulatory authorities and customers. Additionally, controlling our cost of operations is critical, particularly cable programming costs, which have historically increased at rates in excess of inflation and are expected to continue to increase. See “Business — Programming” for more details. We are attempting to control our costs of operations by maintaining strict controls on expenses. More specifically, we are focused on managing our cost structure by renegotiating programming agreements to reduce the rate of historical increases in programming cost, managing our workforce to control increases and improve productivity, and leveraging our size in purchasing activities.

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      Our expenses primarily consist of operating costs, selling, general and administrative expenses, depreciation and amortization expense and interest expense. Operating costs primarily include programming costs, the cost of our workforce, cable service related expenses, advertising sales costs, franchise fees and expenses related to customer billings. Our income from operations decreased from $306 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to loss of operations of $2.2 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, principally due to the impairment of franchises of $2.4 billion recorded in the third quarter of 2004. The nine months ended September 30, 2004 includes a gain on the sale of certain cable systems to Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC which is substantially offset by an increase in option compensation expense and special charges when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2003. For the year ended December 31, 2003, income from operations was $516 million and for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, our loss from operations was $4.3 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively. Operating margin, which is defined as income (loss) from operations divided by revenues, was 11% for the year ended December 31, 2003, whereas for the years ending December 31, 2002 and 2001, we had negative operating margins of 95% and 32%, respectively. The improvement in income from operations and operating margin from 2002 to 2003 was principally due to a $4.6 billion franchise impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2002 which did not recur in 2003 and the recognition of gains in 2003 of $93 million related to unfavorable contracts and other settlements and gain on sale of system. The increase in loss from operations and negative operating margins from 2001 to 2002 was primarily as a result of a $4.6 billion franchise impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2002, partially offset by a decrease in amortization expense of $1.5 billion as a result of the adoption of SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which eliminated the amortization of franchises determined to have an indefinite life. Although we do not expect charges for impairment in the future of comparable magnitude, potential charges could occur due to changes in market conditions.

      We have a history of net losses. Further, we expect to continue to report net losses for the foreseeable future. Our net losses are principally attributable to insufficient revenue to cover the interest costs we incur because of our high level of debt, the depreciation expenses that we incur resulting from the capital investments we have made in our cable properties, and the amortization and impairment of our franchise intangibles. We expect that these expenses (other than amortization and impairment of franchises) will remain significant, and we therefore expect to continue to report net losses for the foreseeable future. Additionally, because minority interest in Charter Holdco was substantially eliminated at December 31, 2003, beginning in the first quarter of 2004, we began to absorb substantially all future losses before income taxes that otherwise would have been allocated to minority interest. This resulted in an additional $2.0 billion of net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Subject to any changes in Charter Holdco’s capital structure, future losses will continue to be absorbed by Charter.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

      Certain of our accounting policies require our management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments. Management has discussed these policies with the Audit Committee of Charter’s board of directors and the Audit Committee has reviewed the following disclosure. We consider the following policies to be the most critical in understanding the estimates, assumptions and judgments that are involved in preparing our financial statements and the uncertainties that could affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows:

	•	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.

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      In addition, there are other items within our financial statements that require estimates or judgment but are not deemed critical, such as the allowance for doubtful accounts, but changes in judgment, or estimates in these other items could also have a material impact on our financial statements.

      Capitalization of labor and overhead costs. The cable industry is capital intensive, and a large portion of our resources are spent on capital activities associated with extending, rebuilding, and upgrading our cable network. As of September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002, the net carrying amount of our property, plant and equipment (consisting primarily of cable network assets) was approximately $6.4 billion (representing 38% of total assets), $7.0 billion (representing 33% of total assets) and $7.7 billion (representing 34% of total assets), respectively. Total capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 were approximately $639 million, $854 million, $2.2 billion and $2.9 billion, respectively.

      Costs associated with network construction, initial customer installations, installation refurbishments and the addition of network equipment necessary to provide advanced services are capitalized. Costs capitalized as part of initial customer installations include materials, direct labor, and certain indirect costs. These indirect costs are associated with the activities of personnel who assist in connecting and activating the new service and consist of compensation and overhead costs associated with these support functions. The costs of disconnecting service at a customer’s dwelling or reconnecting service to a previously installed dwelling are charged to operating expense in the period incurred. Costs for repairs and maintenance are charged to operating expense as incurred, while equipment replacement and betterments, including replacement of cable drops from the pole to the dwelling, are capitalized.

      Direct labor costs directly associated with capital projects are capitalized. We capitalize direct labor costs associated with personnel based upon the specific time devoted to network construction and customer installation activities. Capitalizable activities performed in connection with customer installations include:

	•	Scheduling 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 data 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 terminal.

      We capitalized internal direct labor costs of $59 million, $88 million, $173 million and $171 million, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Capitalized internal direct labor costs substantially decreased in 2003 compared to 2002 primarily due to the substantial completion of the upgrade of our systems and a decrease in the amount of capitalizable installation costs.

      Judgment is required to determine the extent to which indirect costs (“overhead”) are incurred as a result of specific capital activities, and therefore should be capitalized. We capitalize overhead using an overhead rate applied to the amount of direct labor capitalized. We have established the overhead rates based on an analysis of the nature of costs incurred in support of capitalizable activities and a determination of the portion of costs that is directly attributable to capitalizable activities. The primary costs that are included in the determination of the overhead rate are (i) employee benefits and payroll taxes associated with capitalized direct labor, (ii) direct variable costs associated with capitalizable activities, consisting primarily of installation and construction vehicle costs, (iii) the cost of support personnel, such as dispatch, that directly assist with capitalizable installation activities, and (iv) indirect costs directly attributable to capitalizable activities.

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      While we believe our existing capitalization policies are appropriate, a significant change in the nature or extent of our system activities could affect management’s judgment about the extent to which we should capitalize direct labor or overhead in the future. We monitor the appropriateness of our capitalization policies, and perform updates to our internal overhead study on a periodic basis to determine whether facts or circumstances warrant a change to our capitalization policies. We capitalized overhead of $57 million, $86 million, $162 million and $134 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001.

      Useful lives of property, plant and equipment. We evaluate the appropriateness of estimated useful lives assigned to our property, plant and equipment, and revise such lives to the extent warranted by changing facts and circumstances. Beginning in January 2000, we commenced a significant initiative to rebuild and upgrade portions of our cable network. We reduced the useful lives of certain assets with a book value of $1.1 billion in 2000 and an additional $125 million in 2001. These assets were expected to be replaced and retired through that process in approximately one to three years, representing management’s best estimate of the expected pattern of the retirement from service of such assets. A significant change in assumptions about the extent or timing of future asset usage or retirements could materially affect future depreciation expense.

      Depreciation expense related to property, plant and equipment totaled $1.1 billion, $1.5 billion, $1.4 billion and $1.2 billion, representing approximately 19%, 34%, 16% and 24% of costs and expenses, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. Of these amounts, approximately $183 million and $352 million for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively, relates to network assets which were replaced and retired over the three-year period of the rebuild initiative. Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over management’s estimate of the estimated useful lives of the related assets as follows:

Cable distribution systems			7-15  years
Customer equipment and installations			3-5 years
Vehicles and equipment			1-5 years
Buildings and leasehold improvements			5-15  years
Furniture and fixtures			5 years

      Impairment of property, plant and equipment, franchises and goodwill. As discussed above, the net carrying value of our property, plant and equipment is significant. We also have recorded a significant amount of cost related to franchises, pursuant to which we are granted the right to operate our cable distribution network throughout our service areas. The net carrying value of franchises as of September 30, 2004, December 31, 2003 and 2002 was approximately $9.9 billion (representing 58% of total assets), $13.7 billion (representing 64% of total assets) and $13.7 billion (representing 61% of total assets), respectively. Furthermore, we recorded within other noncurrent assets approximately $52 million of goodwill as a result of the acquisition of High Speed Access in February 2002.

      We adopted SFAS No. 142 on January 1, 2002. SFAS No. 142 requires that franchise intangible assets that meet specified indefinite-life criteria no longer be amortized against earnings, but instead must be tested for impairment annually, or more frequently as warranted by events or changes in circumstances. In determining whether our franchises have an indefinite-life, we considered the exclusivity of the franchise, the expected costs of franchise renewals, and the technological state of the associated cable systems with a view to whether or not we are in compliance with any technology upgrading requirements. We have concluded that as of January 1, 2002, December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003 and September 30, 2004 more than 99% of our franchises qualify for indefinite-life treatment under SFAS No. 142, and that less than one percent of our franchises do not qualify for indefinite-life treatment due to technological or operational factors that limit their lives. Costs of finite-lived franchises, along with costs associated with franchise renewals, will be amortized on a straight-line basis over 10 years, which represents management’s best estimate of the average remaining useful lives of such franchises. Franchise amortization expense was $3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and $9 million for

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      SFAS No. 144, Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, requires that we evaluate the recoverability of our property, plant and equipment and franchise assets which did not qualify for indefinite life treatment under SFAS No. 142 upon the occurrence of events or changes in circumstances which indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Such events or changes in circumstances could include such factors as changes in technological advances, fluctuations in the fair value of such assets, adverse changes in relationships with local franchise authorities, adverse changes in market conditions or poor operating results. Under SFAS No. 144, a long-lived asset is deemed impaired when the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the projected undiscounted future cash flows associated with the asset. Furthermore, we were required to evaluate the recoverability of our indefinite life franchises, as well as goodwill, as of January 1, 2002 upon adoption of SFAS No. 142, and on an annual basis or more frequently as deemed necessary.

      Under both SFAS No. 144 and SFAS No. 142, if an asset is determined to be impaired, it is required to be written down to its estimated fair market value. We determine fair market value based on estimated discounted future cash flows, using reasonable and appropriate assumptions that are consistent with internal forecasts. Our assumptions include these and other factors: penetration rates for analog and digital video and high-speed data, revenue growth rates, expected operating margins and capital expenditures. Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate future cash flows, and such estimates include inherent uncertainties, including those relating to the timing and amount of future cash flows and the discount rate used in the calculation. We utilize an independent third-party appraiser with expertise in the cable industry to assist in the determination of the fair value of intangible assets.

      Based on the guidance prescribed in Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 02-7, Unit of Accounting for Testing of Impairment of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, franchises were aggregated into essentially inseparable asset groups to conduct the valuations. The asset groups generally represent geographic clustering of our cable systems into groups by which such systems are managed. Management believes such grouping represents the highest and best use of those assets. Fair value is determined based on estimated discounted future cash flows using assumptions that are consistent with internal forecasts. We have historically followed a residual method of valuing our franchise assets, which had the effect of including goodwill with the franchise assets. We determined that our franchises were impaired for the year ended December 31, 2002 and as a result recorded the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of $206 million (approximately $572 million before minority interest effects of $306 million and tax effects of $60 million). As required by SFAS No. 142, the standard has not been retroactively applied to results for the period prior to adoption.

      In September 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) staff issued Topic D-108, Use of the Residual Method to Value Acquired Assets Other than Goodwill, which requires the direct method of separately valuing all intangible assets and does not permit goodwill to be included in franchise assets. On September 30, 2004, we adopted Topic D-108 which resulted in our recording a cumulative effect of accounting change of $765 million (approximately $875 million before tax effects of $91 million and minority interest effects of $19 million) for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The effect of the adoption was to increase net loss and loss per share by $765 million and $2.56 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

      We performed our annual impairment assessment as of October 1, 2002 using an independent third-party appraiser and following the guidance of EITF Issue 02-17, Recognition of Customer Relationship Intangible Assets Acquired in a Business Combination, which was issued in October 2002 and requires the consideration of assumptions that marketplace participants would consider, such as expectations of future contract renewals and other benefits related to the intangible asset. We performed an impairment

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      The independent third party appraiser’s valuations as of January 1, 2002, October 1, 2002, October 1, 2003 and September 30, 2004, yielded total enterprise values of approximately $30 billion, $25 billion, $25 billion and $19 billion, respectively, which included approximately $2.4 billion, $3.1 billion, $3.2 billion and $2.0 billion, respectively, assigned to customer relationships and approximately $1.4 billion, $0.8 billion, $1.1 billion and $0.9 billion assigned to goodwill, respectively. SFAS No. 142 does not permit the recognition of intangible assets not previously recognized.

      The valuations involve numerous assumptions as noted above. While the economic conditions at the time of each valuation indicate that the combination of assumptions utilized in the appraisals are reasonable, as market conditions change so will the assumptions with a resulting impact on the valuation.

      Income Taxes. All operations are held through Charter Holdco and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. Charter Holdco and the majority of its subsidiaries are not subject to income tax. However, certain of these subsidiaries are corporations and are subject to income tax. All of the taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of Charter Holdco are passed through to its members: Charter, Charter Investment, Inc. and Vulcan Cable III Inc. Charter is responsible for its share of taxable income or loss of Charter Holdco allocated to it in accordance with the Charter Holdco limited liability company agreement (“LLC Agreement”) and partnership tax rules and regulations.

      The LLC Agreement provides for certain special allocations of net tax profits and net tax losses (such net tax profits and net tax losses being determined under the applicable federal income tax rules for determining capital accounts). Pursuant to the LLC Agreement, through the end of 2003, net tax losses of Charter Holdco that would otherwise have been allocated to Charter based generally on its percentage ownership of outstanding common units were allocated instead to membership units held by Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. (the “Special Loss Allocations”) to the extent of their respective capital account balances. After 2003, pursuant to the LLC Agreement, net tax losses of Charter Holdco are to be allocated to Charter, Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. based generally on their respective percentage ownership of outstanding common units to the extent of their respective capital account balances. The LLC Agreement further provides that, beginning at the time Charter Holdco generates net tax profits, the net tax profits that would otherwise have been allocated to Charter based generally on its percentage ownership of outstanding common membership units will instead generally be allocated to Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. (the “Special Profit Allocations”). The Special Profit Allocations to Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. will generally continue until the cumulative amount of the Special Profit Allocations offsets the cumulative amount of the Special Loss Allocations. The amount and timing of the Special Profit Allocations are subject to the potential application of, and interaction with, the Curative Allocation Provisions described in the following paragraph. The LLC Agreement generally provides that any additional net tax profits are to be allocated among the members of Charter Holdco based generally on their respective percentage ownership of Charter Holdco common membership units.

      Because the respective capital account balance of each of Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. was reduced to zero by December 31, 2002, certain net tax losses of Charter Holdco that were to be allocated for 2002, 2003 (subject to resolution of the issue described in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions — Transactions Arising Out of Our Organizational Structure and Mr. Allen’s Investment in Charter and Its Subsidiaries — Equity Put Rights — CC VIII”) and possibly later years to Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. will instead be allocated to Charter (the “Regulatory Allocations”). The LLC Agreement further provides that, to the extent possible, the effect of the

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      As a result of the Special Loss Allocations and the Regulatory Allocations referred to above, the cumulative amount of losses of Charter Holdco allocated to Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. is in excess of the amount that would have been allocated to such entities if the losses of Charter Holdco had been allocated among its members in proportion to their respective percentage ownership of Charter Holdco common membership units. The cumulative amount of such excess losses was approximately $3.1 billion through December 31, 2002 and $2.0 billion to $2.5 billion through December 31, 2003, depending upon the resolution of the issue described in “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions — Transactions Arising Out of Our Organizational Structure and Mr. Allen’s Investment in Charter and Its Subsidiaries — Equity Put Rights — CC VIII.”

      In certain situations, the Special Loss Allocations, Special Profit Allocations, Regulatory Allocations and Curative Allocation Provisions described above could result in Charter paying taxes in an amount that is more or less than if Charter Holdco had allocated net tax profits and net tax losses among its members based generally on the number of common membership units owned by such members. This could occur due to differences in (i) the character of the allocated income (e.g., ordinary versus capital), (ii) the allocated amount and timing of tax depreciation and tax amortization expense due to the application of section 704(c) under the Internal Revenue Code, (iii) the potential interaction between the Special Profit Allocations and the Curative Allocation Provisions, (iv) the amount and timing of alternative minimum taxes paid by Charter, if any, (v) the apportionment of the allocated income or loss among the states in which Charter Holdco does business, and (vi) future federal and state tax laws. Further, in the event of new capital contributions to Charter Holdco, it is possible that the tax effects of the Special Profit Allocations, Special Loss Allocations, Regulatory Allocations and Curative Allocation Provisions will change significantly pursuant to the provisions of the income tax regulations. Such change could defer the actual tax benefits to be derived by Charter with respect to the net tax losses allocated to it or accelerate the actual taxable income to Charter with respect to the net tax profits allocated to it. As a result, it is possible under certain circumstances, that Charter could receive future allocations of taxable income in excess of its currently allocated tax deductions and available tax loss carryforwards.

      In addition, under their exchange agreement with Charter, Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. may exchange some or all of their membership units in Charter Holdco for Charter’s Class B common stock, be merged with Charter, or be acquired by Charter in a non-taxable reorganization. If such an exchange were to take place prior to the date that the Special Profit Allocation provisions had fully offset the Special Loss Allocations, Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. could elect to cause Charter Holdco to make the remaining Special Profit Allocations to Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. immediately prior to the consummation of the exchange. In the event Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. choose not to make such election or to the extent such allocations are not possible, Charter would then be allocated tax profits attributable to the membership units received in such exchange pursuant to the Special Profit Allocation provisions. Mr. Allen has generally agreed to reimburse Charter for any incremental income taxes that Charter would owe as a result of such an exchange and any resulting future Special Profit Allocations to Charter.

      As of September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 and 2002, we have recorded net deferred income tax liabilities of $204 million, $417 million and $519 million, respectively. Additionally, as of September 30, 2004, December 31, 2003 and 2002, we have deferred tax assets of $3.4 billion, $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, which primarily relate to financial and tax losses allocated to Charter from

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      We are currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for the tax years ending December 31, 1999 and 2000. Management does not expect the results of this examination to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or our liquidity, including our ability to comply with our debt covenants.

      Litigation. As described in “Business — Legal Proceedings,” numerous allegations have been made against us. These legal contingencies have a high degree of uncertainty. No reserves have been established for these matters because we are unable to predict the outcome. When a contingency becomes estimable and probable, a reserve is established. We have established reserves for certain other matters. If any of the litigation matters described in “Business — Legal Proceedings” is resolved unfavorably, such resolution could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or our liquidity, including our ability to comply with our debt covenants.

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Results of Operations

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2003

      The following table sets forth the percentages of revenues that items in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations constituted for the periods presented (dollars in millions, except share data):

				Nine Months Ended September 30,
				2004								2003
Revenues				$	3,701				100	%		$	3,602				100	%
Costs and expenses:
	Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)				1,552				42	%			1,457				41	%
	Selling, general and administrative				735				20	%			702				19	%
	Depreciation and amortization				1,105				30	%			1,095				30	%
	Impairment of franchises				2,433				66	%			—				—
	(Gain) loss on sale of assets, net				(104	)			(3	)%			23				1	%
	Option compensation expense, net				34				1	%			1				—
	Special charges, net				100				2	%			18				1	%
					5,855				158	%			3,296				92	%
		Income (loss) from operations			(2,154	)			(58	)%			306				8	%
	Interest expense, net				(1,227	)							(1,163	)
	Gain on derivative instruments and hedging activities, net				48								35
	Loss on debt to equity conversions				(23	)							—
	Loss on extinguishment of debt				(21	)							—
	Gain on debt exchange, net				—								267
	Other, net				—								(9	)
					(1,223	)							(870	)
		Loss before minority interest, income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change			(3,377	)							(564	)
Minority interest					24								297
		Loss before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change			(3,353	)							(267	)
Income tax benefit					116								86
		Loss before cumulative effect of accounting change			(3,237	)							(181	)
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax					(765	)							—
		Net loss			(4,002	)							(181	)
Dividends on preferred stock — redeemable					(3	)							(3	)
		Net loss applicable to common stock		$	(4,005	)						$	(184	)
Loss per common share, basic and diluted				$	(13.38	)						$	(0.62	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted					299,411,053								294,503,840

      Revenues. Revenues increased by $99 million, or 3%, from $3.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $3.7 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. This increase is principally the result of an increase of 330,200 and 24,100 high-speed data and digital video customers, respectively, as well as price increases for video and high-speed data services, and is offset partially by a decrease of 423,500 analog video customers. Included in the reduction in analog video customers and reducing the increase in digital video and high-speed data customers are 259,100 analog video customers, 94,500 digital video customers and 48,200 high-speed data customers sold in the cable system sales to Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC, which closed in March and April 2004 and to WaveDivision Holdings,

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      Revenues by service offering were as follows (dollars in millions):

		Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2004								2003								2004 over 2003
						% of								% of								%
		Revenues				Revenues				Revenues				Revenues				Change				Change
Video		$	2,534				68	%		$	2,607				73	%		$	(73	)			(3	)%
High-speed data			538				14	%			403				11	%			135				33	%
Advertising sales			205				6	%			188				5	%			17				9	%
Commercial			175				5	%			149				4	%			26				17	%
Other			249				7	%			255				7	%			(6	)			(2	)%
		$	3,701				100	%		$	3,602				100	%		$	99				3	%

      Video revenues consist primarily of revenues from analog and digital video services provided to our non-commercial customers. Video revenues decreased by $73 million, or 3%, from $2.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $2.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Approximately $84 million of the decrease was the result of the Systems Sales, while the offsetting increase of approximately $11 million was primarily the result of price increases and an increase in digital video customers, partially offset by a decline in analog video customers.

      Revenues from high-speed data services provided to our non-commercial customers increased $135 million, or 33%, from $403 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $538 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Approximately 88% of the increase related to the increase in the average number of customers receiving high-speed data services, whereas approximately 12% related to the increase in average price of the service. We were also able to offer this service to more of our customers, as the estimated percentage of homes passed that could receive high-speed data service increased from 85% as of September 30, 2003 to 88% as of September 30, 2004 as a result of our system upgrades. The increase in high-speed data revenues was reduced by approximately $9 million as a result of the Systems Sales.

      Advertising sales revenues consist primarily of revenues from commercial advertising customers, programmers and other vendors. Advertising sales increased $17 million, or 9%, from $188 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $205 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, primarily as a result of an increase in national advertising campaigns and election related advertising. The increase in advertising sales was reduced by approximately $5 million as a result of the Systems Sales. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, we received $9 million and $10 million, respectively, in advertising revenue from vendors.

      Commercial revenues consist primarily of revenues from cable video and high-speed data services to our commercial customers. Commercial revenues increased $26 million, or 17%, from $149 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $175 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, primarily as a result of an increase in commercial high-speed data revenues. The increase was reduced by approximately $10 million as a result of the Systems Sales.

      Other revenues consist of revenues from franchise fees, telephony revenue, equipment rental, customer installations, home shopping, dial-up Internet service, late payment fees, wire maintenance fees and other miscellaneous revenues. Other revenues decreased $6 million, or 2%, from $255 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $249 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

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      Operating Expenses. Operating expenses increased $95 million, or 7%, from $1.5 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $1.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The increase in operating expenses was reduced by approximately $42 million as a result of the System Sales. Programming costs included in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations were $991 million and $934 million, representing 17% and 28% of total costs and expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Key expense components as a percentage of revenues were as follows (dollars in millions):

		Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2004								2003								2004 over 2003
						% of								% of								%
		Expenses				Revenues				Expenses				Revenues				Change				Change
Programming		$	991				27	%		$	934				26	%		$	57				6	%
Advertising sales			72				2	%			65				2	%			7				11	%
Service			489				13	%			458				13	%			31				7	%
		$	1,552				42	%		$	1,457				41	%		$	95				7	%

      Programming costs consist primarily of costs paid to programmers for analog, premium and digital channels and pay-per-view programming. The increase in programming costs of $57 million, or 6%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 over the nine months ended September 30, 2003 was a result of price increases, particularly in sports programming, an increased number of channels carried on our systems and an increase in digital video customers, partially offset by decreases in analog video customers. Additionally, the increase in programming costs was reduced by $30 million as a result of the Systems Sales. Programming costs were offset by the amortization of payments received from programmers in support of launches of new channels of $43 million and $47 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Programming costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 also include a $5 million reduction related to the settlement of a dispute with TechTV, Inc. See Note 17 to our September 30, 2004 unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements attached hereto for more information.

      Our cable programming costs have increased in every year we have operated in excess of customary inflationary and cost-of-living type increases, and we expect them to continue to increase because of a variety of factors, including additional programming being provided to customers as a result of system rebuilds that increase channel capacity, increased costs to produce or purchase programming, increased costs for previously discounted programming and inflationary or negotiated annual increases. Our increasing programming costs will result in declining operating margins for our video services to the extent we are unable to pass on cost increases to our customers. We expect to partially offset any resulting margin compression from our traditional video services with revenue from advanced video services, increased high-speed data revenues, advertising revenues and commercial service revenues.

      Advertising sales expenses consist of costs related to traditional advertising services provided to advertising customers, including salaries, benefits and commissions. Advertising sales expenses increased $7 million, or 11%, primarily due to increased salary, benefit and commission costs. Service costs consist primarily of service personnel salaries and benefits, franchise fees, system utilities, Internet service provider fees, maintenance and pole rent expense. The increase in service costs of $31 million, or 7%, resulted primarily from additional activity associated with ongoing infrastructure maintenance.

      Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $33 million, or 5%, from $702 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $735 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The increase in selling, general and administrative

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		Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2004								2003								2004 over 2003
						% of								% of								%
		Expenses				Revenues				Expenses				Revenues				Change				Change
General and administrative		$	636				17	%		$	622				17	%		$	14				2	%
Marketing			99				3	%			80				2	%			19				24	%
		$	735				20	%		$	702				19	%		$	33				5	%

      General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits, rent expense, billing costs, call center costs, internal network costs, bad debt expense and property taxes. The increase in general and administrative expenses of $14 million, or 2%, resulted primarily from increases in costs associated with our commercial business of $16 million, bad debt expense of $11 million, franchise taxes of $4 million and third party call center costs of $12 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in salaries and benefits of $19 million and property taxes of $14 million.

      Marketing expenses increased $19 million, or 24%, as a result of an increased investment in marketing and branding campaigns.

      Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $10 million, or 1%, from $1.10 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $1.11 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The increase in depreciation related to an increase in capital expenditures, which was offset by lower depreciation as the result of the Systems Sales.

      Impairment of Franchises. We performed an impairment assessment during the third quarter of 2004 using an independent third-party appraiser. The use of lower projected growth rates and the resulting revised estimates of future cash flows in our valuation, primarily as a result of increased competition, led to the recognition of a $2.4 billion impairment charge for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

      (Gain) Loss on Sale of Assets, Net. Gain on sale of assets of $104 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 primarily represents the pretax gain realized on the sale of systems to Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC which closed in March and April 2004. Loss on sale of assets of $23 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 primarily represents the loss recognized on the disposition of fixed assets.

      Option Compensation Expense, Net. Option compensation expense of $34 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 primarily represents the expense of approximately $9 million related to a stock option exchange program, under which our employees were offered the right to exchange all stock options (vested and unvested) issued under the 1999 Charter Communications Option Plan and 2001 Stock Incentive Plan that had an exercise price over $10 per share for shares of restricted Charter Class A common stock or, in some instances, cash. The exchange offer closed in February 2004. Additionally, during the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we recognized approximately $8 million related to the options granted under the Charter Long-Term Incentive Program and approximately $17 million related to options granted following the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Option compensation expense of $1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 primarily represents options expensed in accordance with SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.

      Special Charges, Net. Special charges of $100 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 represents approximately $85 million of aggregate value of the Charter Class A common stock and warrants to purchase Charter Class A common stock contemplated to be issued as part of a settlement of the consolidated federal class actions, state derivative actions and federal derivative action lawsuits, approximately $9 million of litigation costs related to the tentative settlement of a South Carolina national class action suit, all of which settlements are subject to final documentation and court approval and

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      Interest Expense, Net. Net interest expense increased by $64 million, or 6%, from $1.16 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $1.23 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The increase in net interest expense was a result of an increase in our average borrowing rate from 7.95% in the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to 8.61% in the nine months ended September 30, 2004 partially offset by a decrease of $516 million in average debt outstanding from $18.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 compared to $18.4 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

      Gain on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, Net. Net gain on derivative instruments and hedging activities increased $13 million from $35 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $48 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The increase is primarily the result of an increase in gains on interest rate agreements that do not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133, which increased from a gain of $27 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to a gain of $45 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. This was coupled with a decrease in gains on interest rate agreements, as a result of hedge ineffectiveness on designated hedges, which decreased from $8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

      Loss on Debt to Equity Conversions. Loss on debt to equity conversions of $23 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 represents the loss recognized from privately negotiated exchanges of a total of $30 million principal amount of Charter’s 5.75% convertible senior notes held by two unrelated parties for shares of Charter Class A common stock. The exchange resulted in the issuance of more shares in the exchange transaction than would have been issuable under the original terms of the convertible senior notes.

      Loss on Extinguishment of Debt. Loss on extinguishment of debt of $21 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 represents the write-off of deferred financing fees and third party costs related to the Charter Communications Operating, LLC (“Charter Operating”) refinancing in April 2004.

      Gain on Debt Exchange, Net. Net gain on debt exchange of $267 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 represents the gain realized on the purchase of an aggregate of $609 million principal amount of our convertible senior notes and $1.3 billion principal amount of Charter Holdings’ senior notes and senior discount notes in consideration for an aggregate of $1.6 billion principal amount of 10.25% notes due 2010 issued by CCH II. The gain is net of the write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the retired debt of $27 million.

      Other, Net. Net other expense of $9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 primarily represents losses on equity investments.

      Minority Interest. Minority interest represents the 2% accretion of the preferred membership interests in our indirect subsidiary, CC VIII, LLC, and since June 6, 2003, the pro rata share of the profits and losses of CC VIII, LLC. 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 the first quarter of 2004, Charter began to absorb substantially all future losses before income taxes that otherwise would have been allocated to minority interest. For the nine months ended September 30, 2003, 52.8% of Charter’s losses were allocated to minority interest. As a result of

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      Income Tax Benefit. Income tax benefit of $116 million and $86 million was recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and the nine months ended September 30, 2003, respectively. The income tax benefits were realized as a result of decreases in certain deferred tax liabilities related to our investment in Charter Holdco as well as decreases in the deferred tax liabilities of certain of our indirect corporate subsidiaries.

      The income tax benefit recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2004 was directly related to the impairment of franchises as discussed above. We do not expect to recognize a similar benefit associated with the impairment charge in future periods. However, the actual tax provision calculations in future periods will be the result of current and future temporary differences, as well as future operating results.

      The income tax benefit recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2003 was directly related to the tax losses allocated to Charter from Charter Holdco. In the second quarter of 2003, Charter started receiving tax loss allocations from Charter Holdco. Previously, the tax losses had been allocated to Vulcan Cable III Inc. and Charter Investment, Inc. in accordance with the Special Loss Allocations provided under the Charter Holdco limited liability company agreement. We do not expect to recognize a similar benefit related to our investment in Charter Holdco after 2003 related to tax loss allocations received from Charter Holdco, due to limitations associated with our ability to offset future tax benefits against the remaining deferred tax liabilities. However, the actual tax provision calculations in future periods will be the result of current and future temporary differences, as well as future operating results.

      Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change, Net of Tax. Cumulative effect of accounting change of $765 million (net of minority interest effects of $19 million and tax effects of $91 million) in 2004 represents the impairment charge recorded as a result of our adoption of Topic D-108.

      Net Loss. Net loss increased by $3.8 billion, from $181 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $4.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 as a result of the factors described above.

      Preferred Stock Dividends. On August 31, 2001, Charter issued 505,664 shares (and on February 28, 2003 issued an additional 39,595 shares) of Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock in connection with the Cable USA acquisition, on which Charter pays a quarterly cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of 5.75% on a liquidation preference of $100 per share.

      Loss Per Common Share. The loss per common share increased by $12.76, from $0.62 per common share for the nine months ended September 30, 2003 to $13.38 per common share for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 as a result of the factors described above.

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Year Ended December 31, 2003, December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001

      The following table sets forth the percentages of revenues that items in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations constitute for the indicated periods (dollars in millions, except per share and share data):

			Year Ended December 31,
			2003								2002								2001
Revenues			$	4,819				100	%		$	4,566				100	%		$	3,807				100	%
Costs and Expenses:
	Operating (excluding depreciation and amortization)			1,952				40	%			1,807				40	%			1,486				39	%
	Selling, general and administrative			940				20	%			963				21	%			826				22	%
	Depreciation and amortization			1,453				30	%			1,436				31	%			2,683				71	%
	Impairment of franchises			—				—				4,638				102	%			—				—
	Loss on sale of assets, net			5				—				3				—				10				—
	Option compensation expense (income), net			4				—				5				—				(5	)			—
	Special charges, net			21				—				36				1	%			18				—
	Unfavorable contracts and other settlements			(72	)			(1	)%			—				—				—				—
				4,303				89	%			8,888				195	%			5,018				132	%
Income (loss) from operations				516				11	%			(4,322	)			(95	)%			(1,211	)			(32	)%
Interest expense, net				(1,557	)							(1,503	)							(1,310	)
Gain (loss) on derivative instruments and hedging activities, net				65								(115	)							(50	)
Gain on debt exchange, net				267								—								—
Loss on equity investments				(3	)							(3	)							(54	)
Other, net				(13	)							(1	)							(5	)
Loss before minority interest, income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change				(725	)							(5,944	)							(2,630	)
Minority interest				377								3,176								1,461
Loss before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change				(348	)							(2,768	)							(1,169	)
Income tax benefit				110								460								12
Loss before cumulative effect of accounting change				(238	)							(2,308	)							(1,157	)
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax				—								(206	)							(10	)
Net loss				(238	)							(2,514	)							(1,167	)
Dividends on preferred stock — redeemable				(4	)							(3	)							(1	)
Net loss applicable to common stock			$	(242	)						$	(2,517	)						$	(1,168	)
Loss per common share, basic and diluted			$	(0.82	)						$	(8.55