SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current
Report
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July
25, 2005
Charter
Communications, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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000-27927
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43-1857213
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
Number)
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12405
Powerscourt Drive
St.
Louis, Missouri 63131
(Address
of principal executive offices including zip code)
(314)
965-0555
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM
1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE
AGREEMENT.
Effective
July 25, 2005, Charter Communications, Inc. (“Charter")
entered into an underwriting agreement with Citigroup Global Markets,
Inc. pursuant to which Charter agreed to issue to the underwriter 27,170,000
shares of Class A common stock in a registered public offering. The issuance
and
sale of the shares under the underwriting agreement was consummated on July
29,
2005.
The
shares issued under the underwriting agreement were issued pursuant to a
share
lending agreement, pursuant to which Charter had previously agreed to loan
to
the underwriter, acting as agent for Citigroup Global Markets Limited, up
to 150
million shares of Class A common stock. Accordingly, under the underwriting
agreement, Charter did not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of this
Class A common stock. However, under the underwriting agreement, Charter
received a loan fee of $.001 for each share that it issued to the underwriter.
ITEM
9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Underwriting
Agreement dated July 25, 2005. *
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*
filed
herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Charter
Communications, Inc. has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Registrant
Dated:
July 29, 2005
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By:/s/
Paul E. Martin
Name:
Paul E. Martin
Title:
Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Financial Officer,
Principal
Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Underwriting
Agreement dated July 25, 2005. *
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*
filed
herewith