(Mark
One)
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[X]
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ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
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For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
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or
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[ ]
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
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Delaware
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86-1067239
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Delaware
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20-0259004
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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12405
Powerscourt Drive
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St.
Louis, Missouri 63131
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(314) 965-0555
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(Address
of principal executive offices including zip code)
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(Registrants’
telephone number, including area
code)
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Page
No.
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PART
I
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Item 1
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Business
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1
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Item
1A
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Risk
Factors
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7
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Item
1B
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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20
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Item 2
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Properties
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20
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Item 3
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Legal
Proceedings
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20
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PART
II
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Item 5
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Market
for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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23
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Item 7
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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24
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Item 7A
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
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44
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Item 8
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Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
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46
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Item 9
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Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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46
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Item
9A
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Controls
and Procedures
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46
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Item
9B
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Other
Information
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46
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PART
III
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Item 14
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Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
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47
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PART
IV
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Item 15
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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48
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Signatures
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S-1
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Exhibit
Index
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E-1
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· |
the
completion of our and our parent companies’ restructuring including the
outcome and impact on our business of the proceedings under Chapter 11 of
the Bankruptcy Code;
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· |
our
and our parent companies’ ability to satisfy closing conditions under the
agreements-in-principle and Pre-Arranged Plan and related documents and to
have the Pre-Arranged Plan confirmed by the bankruptcy
court;
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·
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the
availability of and access to, in general, funds to meet interest payment
obligations under our and our parent companies’ debt and to fund our
operations and necessary capital expenditures, either through cash on
hand, cash flows from operating activities, further borrowings or other
sources and, in particular, our and our parent companies’ ability to fund
debt obligations (by dividend, investment or otherwise) to the applicable
obligor of such debt;
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·
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our
and our parent companies’ ability to comply with all covenants in our and
our parent companies’ indentures and credit facilities, any violation of
which, if not cured in a timely manner, could trigger a default of our and
our parent companies’ other obligations under cross-default
provisions;
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·
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our
and our parent companies’ ability to repay debt prior to or when it
becomes due and/or successfully access the capital or credit markets to
refinance that debt through new issuances, exchange offers or otherwise,
including restructuring our and our parent companies’ balance sheet and
leverage position, especially given recent volatility and disruption in
the capital and credit markets;
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·
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the
impact of competition from other distributors, including but not limited
to incumbent telephone companies, direct broadcast satellite operators,
wireless broadband providers, and digital subscriber line (“DSL”)
providers;
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·
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difficulties
in growing and operating our telephone services, while adequately
meeting customer expectations for the reliability of voice
services;
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·
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our
ability to adequately meet demand for installations and customer
service;
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·
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our
ability to sustain and grow revenues and cash flows from operating
activities by offering video, high-speed Internet, telephone and other
services, and to maintain and grow our customer base, particularly in the
face of increasingly aggressive
competition;
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·
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our
ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to adequately raise
prices to offset the effects of higher programming
costs;
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·
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general
business conditions, economic uncertainty or downturn, including the
recent volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets and the
significant downturn in the housing sector and overall economy;
and
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·
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the
effects of governmental regulation on our
business.
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·
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the
commitments set forth in the respective Noteholder’s Commitment Letter
shall have expired or been
terminated;
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·
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Charter’s
board of directors shall have been advised in writing by its outside
counsel that continued pursuit of the Plan is inconsistent with its
fiduciary duties, and the board of directors determines in good faith
that, (A) a proposal or offer from a third party is reasonably likely to
be more favorable to the Company than is proposed under the Term Sheet,
taking into account, among other factors, the identity of the third party,
the likelihood that any such proposal or offer will be negotiated to
finality within a reasonable time, and the potential loss to the company
if the proposal or offer were not accepted and consummated, or (B) the
Plan is no longer confirmable or
feasible;
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·
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the
Plan or any subsequent plan filed by us with the bankruptcy court (or a
plan supported or endorsed by us) is not reasonably consistent in all
material respects with the terms of the Restructuring
Agreements;
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·
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a
disclosure statement order reasonably acceptable to Charter, the holders
of a majority of the CCH I Notes held by the ad-hoc committee of
certain Noteholders (the “Requisite Holders”) and Mr. Allen has not been
entered by the bankruptcy court on or before the 50th day following the
bankruptcy petition date;
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·
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a
confirmation order reasonably acceptable to Charter, the Requisite Holders
and Mr. Allen is not entered by the bankruptcy court on or before the
130th day following the bankruptcy petition
date;
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·
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any
of the Chapter 11 cases of Charter is converted to cases under Chapter 7
of the Bankruptcy Code if as a result of such conversion the Plan is not
confirmable;
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·
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any
Chapter 11 cases of Charter is dismissed if as a result of such dismissal
the Plan is not confirmable;
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·
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the
order confirming the Plan is reversed on appeal or vacated;
and
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·
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any
Restructuring Agreement or the Allen Agreement has terminated or been
breached in any material respect subject to notice and cure
provisions.
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(1)
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Charter
acts as the sole manager of Charter Holdco and its direct and indirect
limited liability company subsidiaries.
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(2)
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At
December 31, 2008, these membership units were held by CII and Vulcan
Cable III Inc. (“Vulcan Cable”), each of which was 100% owned by Paul G.
Allen, Charter’s Chairman and controlling shareholder. They are
exchangeable at any time on a one-for-one basis for shares of Charter
Class B common stock, which in turn are exchangeable into Charter Class A
common stock on a one-for-one basis. In January 2009, Vulcan
Cable merged into CII with CII being the surviving entity.
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(3)
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The
percentages shown in this table reflect the 21.8 million shares of
Class A common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2008 issued pursuant to the
Share Lending Agreement. However, for accounting
purposes, Charter’s common equity interest in Charter Holdco is 53%, and
Paul G. Allen’s ownership of Charter Holdco through his affiliates is
47%. These percentages exclude the 21.8 million mirror
membership units outstanding as of December 31, 2008
issued pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement.
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(4)
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Represents
preferred membership interests in CC VIII, LLC (“CC VIII”), a subsidiary
of CC V Holdings, LLC, and an exchangeable accreting note issued by
CCHC. See Note 11 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements contained in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data.”
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·
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The
actions and decisions of our and our parent companies’ creditors and other
third parties with interests in our bankruptcy, including official and
unofficial committees of creditors and equity holders, which may be
inconsistent with our plans;
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·
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objections
to or limitations on our ability to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval with
respect to motions in the bankruptcy that we may seek from time to time or
potentially adverse decisions by the Bankruptcy Court with respect to such
motions;
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·
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objections
to or limitations on our ability to avoid or reject contracts or leases
that are burdensome or
uneconomical;
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·
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our
ability to obtain customers and obtain and maintain normal terms with
regulators, franchise authorities, vendors and service providers;
and
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·
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our
ability to maintain contracts and leases that are critical to our
operations.
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·
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require
us to dedicate a significant portion of our cash flow from operating
activities to make payments on our and our parent companies’ debt,
reducing our funds available for working capital, capital expenditures,
and other general corporate
expenses;
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·
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limit
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business,
the cable and telecommunications industries, and the economy at
large;
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·
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place
us at a disadvantage compared to our competitors that have proportionately
less debt;
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·
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make
us vulnerable to interest rate increases, because net of hedging
transactions approximately 36% of our borrowings are, and will continue to
be, subject to variable rates of
interest;
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·
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expose
us to increased interest expense to the extent we refinance existing debt
with higher cost debt;
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·
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adversely
affect our relationship with customers and
suppliers;
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·
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limit
our and our parent companies’ ability to borrow additional funds in the
future, or to access financing at the necessary level of the capital
structure, due to applicable financial and restrictive covenants in our
and our parent companies’ debt;
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·
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make
it more difficult for us and our parent companies to obtain financing
given the current volatility and disruption in the capital and credit
markets and the deterioration of general economic
conditions;
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·
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make
it more difficult for us and our parent companies to satisfy our and their
obligations to the holders of our and their notes and for us to satisfy
our obligations to the lenders under our credit facilities;
and
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·
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limit
future increases in the value, or cause a decline in the value of
Charter’s equity, which could limit Charter’s ability to raise additional
capital by issuing equity.
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·
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incur
additional debt;
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·
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repurchase
or redeem equity interests and
debt;
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·
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issue
equity;
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·
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make
certain investments or
acquisitions;
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·
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pay
dividends or make other
distributions;
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·
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dispose
of assets or merge;
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·
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enter
into related party transactions;
and
|
·
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grant
liens and pledge assets.
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·
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the
impact of competition from other distributors, including but not limited
to incumbent telephone companies, direct broadcast satellite operators,
wireless broadband providers and DSL
providers;
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·
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difficulties
in growing and operating our telephone services, while adequately meeting
customer expectations for the reliability of voice
services;
|
·
|
our
ability to adequately meet demand for installations and customer
service;
|
·
|
our
ability to sustain and grow revenues and cash flows from operating
activities by offering video, high-speed Internet, telephone and other
services, and to maintain and grow our customer base, particularly in the
face of increasingly aggressive
competition;
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·
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our
ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to adequately raise
prices to offset the effects of higher programming
costs;
|
·
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general
business conditions, economic uncertainty or downturn, including the
recent volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets and the
significant downturn in the housing sector and overall economy;
and
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·
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the
effects of governmental regulation on our
business.
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·
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the
sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the
fair saleable value of all its
assets;
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·
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the
present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount that
would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts,
including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature;
or
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·
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it
could not pay its debts as they became
due.
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·
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the
lenders under Charter Operating's credit facilities, whose interests are
secured by substantially all of our operating assets, and all holders
of other debt of Charter Operating, will have the right to be paid in full
before us from any of our subsidiaries' assets;
and
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·
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the
holders of preferred membership interests in our subsidiary, CC VIII,
would have a claim on a portion of its assets that may reduce the amounts
available for repayment to holders of our outstanding
notes.
|
·
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rules
governing the provision of cable equipment and compatibility with new
digital technologies;
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·
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rules
and regulations relating to subscriber and employee
privacy;
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·
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limited
rate regulation;
|
·
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rules
governing the copyright royalties that must be paid for retransmitting
broadcast signals;
|
·
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requirements
governing when a cable system must carry a particular broadcast station
and when it must first obtain consent to carry a broadcast
station;
|
·
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requirements
governing the provision of channel capacity to unaffiliated commercial
leased access programmers;
|
·
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rules
limiting our ability to enter into exclusive agreements with multiple
dwelling unit complexes and control our inside
wiring;
|
·
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rules,
regulations, and regulatory policies relating to provision of voice
communications and high-speed Internet
service;
|
·
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rules
for franchise renewals and transfers;
and
|
·
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other
requirements covering a variety of operational areas such as equal
employment opportunity, technical standards, and customer service
requirements.
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(A)
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Market
Information
|
(B)
|
Holders
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(C)
|
Dividends
|
Number
of Securities
|
Number
of Securities
|
|||||||
to
be Issued Upon
|
Weighted
Average
|
Remaining
Available
|
||||||
Exercise
of Outstanding
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Exercise
Price of
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for
Future Issuance
|
||||||
Options,
Warrants
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Outstanding
Options,
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Under
Equity
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||||||
Plan
Category
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and
Rights
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Warrants
and Rights
|
Compensation
Plans
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|||||
Equity
compensation plans approved
by
security holders
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22,043,636
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(1)
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$
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3.82
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8,786,240
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Equity
compensation plans not
approved
by security holders
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289,268
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(2)
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$
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3.91
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--
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TOTAL
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22,332,904
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$
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3.82
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8,786,240
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(1)
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This
total does not include 12,008,625 shares issued pursuant to restricted
stock grants made under Charter’s 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, which were or
are subject to vesting based on continued employment, or 33,036,871
performance shares issued under Charter’s LTIP plan, which are subject to
vesting based on continued employment and Charter’s achievement of certain
performance criteria.
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(2)
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Includes
shares of Charter’s Class A common stock to be issued upon exercise
of options granted pursuant to an individual compensation agreement with a
consultant.
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Year
Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
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Revenues
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$
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6,479
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100%
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$
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6,002
|
100%
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Costs
and Expenses:
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Operating
(excluding depreciation and amortization)
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2,792
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43%
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2,620
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44%
|
||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
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1,401
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22%
|
1,289
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21%
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||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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1,310
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20%
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1,328
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22%
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||||||
Impairment
of franchises
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1,521
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23%
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178
|
3%
|
||||||
Asset
impairment charges
|
--
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--
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56
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1%
|
||||||
Other
operating (income) expenses, net
|
69
|
1%
|
(17)
|
--
|
||||||
7,093
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109%
|
5,454
|
91%
|
|||||||
Income
(loss) from operations
|
(614)
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(9%)
|
548
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9%
|
||||||
Interest
expense, net
|
(818)
|
(776)
|
||||||||
Change
in value of derivatives
|
(62)
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(46)
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||||||||
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
--
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(32)
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Other
expense, net
|
(19)
|
(24)
|
||||||||
Loss
before income tax expense
|
(1,513)
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(330)
|
||||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
40
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(20)
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Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,473)
|
$
|
(350)
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Year
Ended December 31,
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2008
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2007
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2008
over 2007
|
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Revenues
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%
of Revenues
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Revenues
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%
of Revenues
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Change
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%
Change
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Video
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$ | 3,463 | 53 | % | $ | 3,392 | 56 | % | $ | 71 | 2 | % | ||||||||||||
High-speed
Internet
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1,356 | 21 | % | 1,243 | 21 | % | 113 | 9 | % | |||||||||||||||
Telephone
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555 | 9 | % | 345 | 6 | % | 210 | 61 | % | |||||||||||||||
Commercial
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392 | 6 | % | 341 | 6 | % | 51 | 15 | % | |||||||||||||||
Advertising
sales
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308 | 5 | % | 298 | 5 | % | 10 | 3 | % | |||||||||||||||
Other
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405 | 6 | % | 383 | 6 | % | 22 | 6 | % | |||||||||||||||
$ | 6,479 | 100 | % | $ | 6,002 | 100 | % | $ | 477 | 8 | % |
2008
compared
to
2007
|
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Incremental
video services and rate adjustments
|
$ | 87 | ||
Increase
in digital video customers
|
77 | |||
Decrease
in basic video customers
|
(72 | ) | ||
Asset
sales, net of acquisitions
|
(21 | ) | ||
$ | 71 |
2008
compared
to
2007
|
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Increase
in high-speed Internet customers
|
$ | 113 | ||
Rate
adjustments and service upgrades
|
3 | |||
Asset
sales, net of acquisitions
|
(3 | ) | ||
$ | 113 |
2008
compared
to
2007
|
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Programming
costs
|
$ | 90 | ||
Labor
costs
|
44 | |||
Franchise
and regulatory fees
|
23 | |||
Maintenance
costs
|
19 | |||
Costs
of providing high-speed Internet and telephone services
|
5 | |||
Other,
net
|
13 | |||
Asset
sales, net of acquisitions
|
(22 | ) | ||
$ | 172 |
2008
compared
to
2007
|
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Marketing
costs
|
$ | 32 | ||
Customer
care costs
|
23 | |||
Bad
debt and collection costs
|
17 | |||
Stock
compensation costs
|
14 | |||
Employee
costs
|
7 | |||
Other,
net
|
24 | |||
Asset
sales, net of acquisitions
|
(5 | ) | ||
$ | 112 |
2008
compared
to
2007
|
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Increase
in losses on sales of assets
|
$ | 16 | ||
Increase
in special charges, net
|
70 | |||
$ | 86 |
Year
Ended December 31,
|
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2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
CCO
Holdings notes redemption
|
$ | -- | $ | (19 | ) | |||
Charter
Operating credit facilities refinancing
|
-- | (13 | ) | |||||
$ | -- | $ | (32 | ) |
2008
compared
to
2007
|
||||
Decrease
in minority interest
|
$ | 9 | ||
Decrease
in loss on investment
|
1 | |||
Other,
net
|
(5 | ) | ||
$ | 5 |
·
|
the
commitments set forth in the respective Noteholder’s Commitment Letter
shall have expired or been
terminated;
|
·
|
Charter’s
board of directors shall have been advised in writing by its outside
counsel that continued pursuit of the Plan is inconsistent with its
fiduciary duties, and the board of directors determines in good faith
that, (A) a proposal or offer from a third party is reasonably likely to
be more favorable to the Company than is proposed under the Term Sheet,
taking into account, among other factors, the identity of the third party,
the likelihood that any such proposal or offer will be negotiated to
finality within a reasonable time, and the potential loss to the company
if the proposal or offer were not accepted and consummated, or (B) the
Plan is no longer confirmable or
feasible;
|
·
|
the
Plan or any subsequent plan filed by us with the bankruptcy court (or a
plan supported or endorsed by us) is not reasonably consistent in all
material respects with the terms of the Restructuring
Agreements;
|
·
|
a
disclosure statement order reasonably acceptable to Charter, the holders
of a majority of the CCH I Notes held by the Requisite Holders and Mr.
Allen has not been entered by the bankruptcy court on or before the 50th
day following the bankruptcy petition
date;
|
·
|
a
confirmation order reasonably acceptable to Charter, the Requisite Holders
and Mr. Allen is not entered by the bankruptcy court on or before the
130th day following the bankruptcy petition
date;
|
·
|
any
of the Chapter 11 cases of Charter is converted to cases under Chapter 7
of the Bankruptcy Code if as a result of such conversion the Plan is not
confirmable;
|
·
|
any
Chapter 11 cases of Charter is dismissed if as a result of such dismissal
the Plan is not confirmable;
|
·
|
the
order confirming the Plan is reversed on appeal or vacated;
and
|
·
|
any
Restructuring Agreement or the Allen Agreement has terminated or been
breached in any material respect subject to notice and cure
provisions.
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||||||||
Semi-Annual
|
|||||||||||
Principal
|
Accreted
|
Interest
Payment
|
Maturity
|
||||||||
Amount
|
Value(a)
|
Dates
|
Date(b)
|
||||||||
CCO
Holdings, LLC:
|
|||||||||||
8
3/4% senior notes due 2013
|
$ | 800 | $ | 796 |
5/15
& 11/15
|
11/15/13
|
|||||
Credit
facility
|
350 | 350 |
9/6/14
|
||||||||
Charter
Communications Operating, LLC:
|
|||||||||||
8.000%
senior second-lien notes due 2012
|
1,100 | 1,100 |
4/30
& 10/30
|
4/30/12
|
|||||||
8
3/8% senior second-lien notes due 2014
|
770 | 770 |
4/30
& 10/30
|
4/30/14
|
|||||||
10.875%
senior second-lien notes due 2014
|
546 | 527 |
3/15
& 9/15
|
9/15/14
|
|||||||
Credit
facilities
|
8,246 | 8,246 |
varies
|
||||||||
$ | 11,812 | $ | 11,789 |
(a)
|
The
accreted values presented above generally represent the principal amount
of the notes less the original issue discount at the time of sale, plus
the accretion to the balance sheet date. However, the current
accreted value for
|
legal purposes and notes indenture purposes (the amount that is currently payable if the debt becomes immediately due) is equal to the principal amount of notes. | |
(b)
|
In
general, the obligors have the right to redeem all of the notes set forth
in the above table in whole or in part at their option, beginning at
various times prior to their stated maturity dates, subject to certain
conditions, upon the payment of the outstanding principal amount (plus a
specified redemption premium) and all accrued and unpaid
interest. For additional information see Note 9 to the
accompanying consolidated financial statements contained in “Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data.”
|
Payments
by Period
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Less
than
|
1-3
|
3-5
|
More
than
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
|
1
year
|
years
|
years
|
5
years
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Long-Term
Debt Principal Payments (1)
|
$ | 11,812 | $ | 70 | $ | 140 | $ | 3,355 | $ | 8,247 | ||||||||||
Long-Term
Debt Interest Payments (2)
|
3,184 | 650 | 1,238 | 1,190 | 106 | |||||||||||||||
Payments
on Interest Rate Instruments (3)
|
443 | 127 | 257 | 59 | -- | |||||||||||||||
Capital
and Operating Lease Obligations (4)
|
96 | 22 | 35 | 21 | 18 | |||||||||||||||
Programming
Minimum Commitments (5)
|
687 | 315 | 206 | 166 | -- | |||||||||||||||
Other
(6)
|
475 | 368 | 88 | 19 | -- | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 16,697 | $ | 1,552 | $ | 1,964 | $ | 4,810 | $ | 8,371 |
(1)
|
The
table presents maturities of long-term debt outstanding as of
December 31, 2008. Refer to Notes 9 and 21 to our
accompanying consolidated financial statements contained in “Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for a description of our
long-term debt and other contractual obligations and
commitments. The table above does not include the $240 million
of Loans Payable – Related Party. See Note 10 to the
accompanying consolidated financial statements contained in “Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
|
|
(2)
|
Interest
payments on variable debt are estimated using amounts outstanding at
December 31, 2008 and the average implied forward London Interbank
Offering Rate (LIBOR) rates applicable for the quarter during the interest
rate reset based on the yield curve in effect at December 31,
2008. Actual interest payments will differ based on actual
LIBOR rates and actual amounts outstanding for applicable
periods.
|
|
(3)
|
Represents
amounts we will be required to pay under our interest rate swap agreements
estimated using the average implied forward LIBOR applicable rates for the
quarter during the interest rate reset based on the yield curve in effect
at December 31, 2008. As a result of our filing of a Chapter 11
bankruptcy, the counterparties to the interest rate swap agreements have
the option to terminate the underlying contract and, upon emergence of
Charter from bankruptcy, receive payment for the market value of the
interest rate swap agreement as measured on the date the contract is
terminated.
|
|
(4)
|
We
lease certain facilities and equipment under noncancelable operating
leases. Leases and rental costs charged to expense for the
years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were $24 million and $23 million,
respectively.
|
|
(5)
|
We
pay programming fees under multi-year contracts ranging from three to ten
years, typically based on a flat fee per customer, which may be fixed for
the term, or may in some cases escalate over the
term. Programming costs included in the accompanying statement
of operations were approximately $1.6 billion in each of the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007. Certain of our programming
agreements are based on a flat fee per month or have guaranteed minimum
payments. The table sets forth the aggregate guaranteed minimum
commitments under our programming contracts.
|
|
(6)
|
“Other”
represents other guaranteed minimum commitments, which consist primarily
of commitments to our billing services
vendors.
|
|
·
|
We
rent utility poles used in our operations. Generally, pole
rentals are cancelable on short notice, but we anticipate that such
rentals will recur. Rent expense incurred for pole rental
attachments for each of the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
was $47 million.
|
|
·
|
We
pay franchise fees under multi-year franchise agreements based on a
percentage of revenues generated from video service per
year. We also pay other franchise related costs, such as public
education grants, under multi-year agreements. Franchise fees
and other franchise-related costs included in the accompanying statement
of operations were $179 million and $172 million for the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
|
|
·
|
We
also have $158 million in letters of credit, primarily to our various
worker’s compensation, property and casualty, and general liability
carriers, as collateral for reimbursement of claims. These
letters of credit reduce the amount we may borrow under our credit
facilities.
|
For
the years ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Customer
premise equipment (a)
|
$ | 595 | $ | 578 | ||||
Scalable
infrastructure (b)
|
251 | 232 | ||||||
Line
extensions (c)
|
80 | 105 | ||||||
Upgrade/rebuild
(d)
|
40 | 52 | ||||||
Support
capital (e)
|
236 | 277 | ||||||
Total
capital expenditures
|
$ | 1,202 | $ | 1,244 |
(a)
|
Customer
premise equipment includes costs incurred at the customer residence to
secure new customers, revenue units and additional bandwidth
revenues. It also includes customer installation costs in
accordance with SFAS No. 51, Financial Reporting by Cable
Television Companies, and customer premise equipment (e.g., set-top
boxes and cable modems, etc.).
|
(b)
|
Scalable
infrastructure includes costs not related to customer premise equipment or
our network, to secure growth of new customers, revenue units, and
additional bandwidth revenues, or provide service enhancements (e.g.,
headend equipment).
|
(c)
|
Line
extensions include network costs associated with entering new service
areas (e.g., fiber/coaxial cable, amplifiers, electronic equipment,
make-ready and design engineering).
|
(d)
|
Upgrade/rebuild
includes costs to modify or replace existing fiber/coaxial cable networks,
including betterments.
|
(e)
|
Support
capital includes costs associated with the replacement or enhancement of
non-network assets due to technological and physical obsolescence (e.g.,
non-network equipment, land, buildings and
vehicles).
|
•
|
a
term loan with an initial total principal amount of $6.5 billion, which is
repayable in equal quarterly installments, commencing March 31, 2008, and
aggregating in each loan year to 1% of the original amount of the term
loan, with the remaining balance due at final maturity on March 6, 2014;
and
|
|
•
|
a
revolving line of credit of $1.5 billion, with a maturity date on
March 6, 2013.
|
•
|
the
failure to make payments when due or within the applicable grace
period;
|
|
•
|
the
failure to comply with specified covenants, including, but not limited to,
a covenant to deliver audited financial statements for Charter Operating
with an unqualified opinion from our independent accountants
and without a “going concern” or like qualification or
exception;
|
|
•
|
the
failure to pay or the occurrence of events that cause or permit the
acceleration of other indebtedness owing by CCO Holdings, Charter
Operating, or Charter Operating’s subsidiaries in amounts in excess of
$100 million in aggregate principal amount;
|
|
•
|
the
failure to pay or the occurrence of events that result in the acceleration
of other indebtedness owing by certain of CCO Holdings’ direct and
indirect parent companies in amounts in excess of $200 million in
aggregate principal amount;
|
|
•
|
Paul
Allen and/or certain of his family members and/or their exclusively owned
entities (collectively, the “Paul Allen Group”) ceasing to have the power,
directly or indirectly, to vote at least 35% of the ordinary voting power
of Charter Operating;
|
|
•
|
the
consummation of any transaction resulting in any person or group (other
than the Paul Allen Group) having power, directly or indirectly, to vote
more than 35% of the ordinary voting power of Charter Operating, unless
the Paul Allen Group holds a greater share of ordinary voting power of
Charter Operating; and
|
|
•
|
Charter
Operating ceasing to be a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of CCO Holdings,
except in certain very limited
circumstances.
|
|
·
|
a
senior obligation of such
guarantor;
|
|
·
|
structurally
senior to the outstanding CCO Holdings notes (except in the case of CCO
Holdings’ note guarantee, which is structurally pari passu with such
senior notes), the outstanding CCH II notes, the outstanding CCH I notes,
the outstanding CIH notes, the outstanding Charter Holdings notes and the
outstanding Charter convertible senior
notes;
|
|
·
|
senior
in right of payment to any future subordinated indebtedness of such
guarantor; and
|
·
|
effectively
senior to the relevant subsidiary’s unsecured indebtedness, to the extent
of the value of the collateral but subject to the prior lien of the credit
facilities.
|
|
·
|
with
certain exceptions, all capital stock (limited in the case of capital
stock of foreign subsidiaries, if any, to 66% of the capital stock of
first tier foreign Subsidiaries) held by Charter Operating or any
guarantor; and
|
|
·
|
with
certain exceptions, all intercompany obligations owing to Charter
Operating or any guarantor.
|
Note
Series
|
Redemption
Dates
|
Percentage
of Principal
|
||||
CCO
Holdings:
|
||||||
8
3/4% senior notes due 2013
|
November
15, 2008 – November 14, 2009
|
104.375
|
%
|
|||
November
15, 2009 – November 14, 2010
|
102.917
|
%
|
||||
November
15, 2010 – November 14, 2011
|
101.458
|
%
|
||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||
Charter
Operating:
|
||||||
8%
senior second-lien notes due 2012
|
At
any time
|
*
|
||||
8
3/8% senior second-lien notes due 2014
|
April
30, 2009 – April 29, 2010
|
104.188
|
%
|
|||
April
30, 2010 – April 29, 2011
|
102.792
|
%
|
||||
April
30, 2011 – April 29, 2012
|
101.396
|
%
|
||||
Thereafter
|
100.000
|
%
|
||||
10.875%
senior second-lien notes due 2014
|
At
any time
|
**
|
|
*
|
Charter
Operating may, at any time and from time to time, at their option, redeem
the outstanding 8% second lien notes due 2012, in whole or in part, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus the
Make-Whole Premium. The Make-Whole Premium is an amount equal
to the excess of (a) the present value of the remaining interest and
principal payments due on an 8% senior second-lien notes due 2012 to its
final maturity date, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury
Rate on such date plus 0.50%, over (b) the outstanding principal amount of
such Note.
|
|
**
|
Charter
Operating may redeem the outstanding 10.875% second lien notes due 2014,
at their option, on or after varying dates, in each case at a premium,
plus the Make-Whole Premium. The Make-Whole Premium is an amount
equal to the excess of (a) the present value of the remaining interest and
principal payments due on a 10.875% senior second-lien note due 2014 to
its final maturity date, computed using a discount rate equal to the
Treasury Rate on such date plus 0.50%, over (b) the outstanding principal
amount of such note. The Charter Operating 10.875% senior
second-lien notes may be redeemed at any time on or after March 15, 2012
at specified prices.
|
·
|
incur
indebtedness;
|
·
|
pay
dividends or make distributions in respect of capital stock and other
restricted payments;
|
·
|
issue
equity;
|
·
|
make
investments;
|
·
|
create
liens;
|
·
|
sell
assets;
|
·
|
consolidate,
merge, or sell all or substantially all
assets;
|
·
|
enter
into sale leaseback transactions;
|
·
|
create
restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make certain
payments; or
|
·
|
enter
into transactions with affiliates.
|
Issuer
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
|
CCOH
|
4.5
to 1
|
|
CCO
|
4.25
to
1
|
|
·
|
up
to an amount of debt under credit facilities not otherwise allocated as
indicated below:
|
·
|
CCO
Holdings: $9.75 billion
|
·
|
Charter
Operating: $6.8 billion
|
|
·
|
up
to $75 million of debt incurred to finance the purchase or capital lease
of new assets;
|
|
·
|
up
to $300 million of additional debt for any purpose;
and
|
|
·
|
other
items of indebtedness for specific purposes such as intercompany debt,
refinancing of existing debt, and interest rate swaps to provide
protection against fluctuation in interest
rates.
|
·
|
CCO
Holdings: the sum of 100% of CCO Holdings’ Consolidated EBITDA,
as defined, minus 1.3 times its Consolidated Interest Expense, as defined,
plus 100% of new cash and appraised non-cash equity proceeds received by
CCO Holdings and not allocated to certain investments, cumulatively from
October 1, 2003, plus $100 million;
and
|
·
|
Charter
Operating: the sum of 100% of Charter Operating’s Consolidated
EBITDA, as defined, minus 1.3 times its Consolidated Interest Expense, as
defined, plus 100% of new cash and appraised non-cash equity proceeds
received by Charter Operating and not allocated to certain investments,
cumulatively from April 1, 2004, plus $100
million.
|
|
·
|
to
repurchase management equity interests in amounts not to exceed $10
million per fiscal year;
|
|
·
|
regardless
of the existence of any default, to pay pass-through tax liabilities in
respect of ownership of equity interests in the applicable issuer or its
restricted subsidiaries; or
|
|
·
|
to
make other specified restricted payments including merger fees up to 1.25%
of the transaction value, repurchases using concurrent new issuances, and
certain dividends on existing subsidiary preferred equity
interests.
|
· |
investments
in and generally among restricted subsidiaries or by restricted
subsidiaries in the applicable issuer;
|
·
|
For
CCO Holdings:
|
·
|
investments
aggregating up to $750 million at any time
outstanding;
|
·
|
investments
aggregating up to 100% of new cash equity proceeds received by CCO
Holdings since November 10, 2003 to the extent the proceeds have not been
allocated to the restricted payments
covenant;
|
·
|
For
Charter Operating:
|
·
|
investments
aggregating up to $750 million at any time
outstanding;
|
·
|
investments
aggregating up to 100% of new cash equity proceeds received by CCO
Holdings since April 27, 2004 to the extent the proceeds have not been
allocated to the restricted payments
covenant.
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Thereafter
|
Total
|
Fair
Value at December 31, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Debt
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed
Rate
|
$ | -- | $ | -- | $ | -- | $ | 1,100 | $ | 800 | $ | 1,316 | $ | 3,216 | $ | 2,428 | ||||||||||||||||
Average
Interest Rate
|
-- | -- | -- | 8.00 | % | 8.75 | % | 9.41 | % | 8.76 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Variable
Rate
|
$ | 70 | $ | 70 | $ | 70 | $ | 70 | $ | 1,385 | $ | 6,931 | $ | 8,596 | $ | 6,187 | ||||||||||||||||
Average
Interest Rate
|
4.20 | % | 3.52 | % | 4.59 | % | 4.87 | % | 4.76 | % | 4.87 | % | 4.83 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Rate Instruments
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variable
to Fixed Swaps
|
$ | -- | $ | 500 | $ | 300 | $ | 2,500 | $ | 1,000 | $ | -- | $ | 4,300 | $ | (411 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Average
Pay Rate
|
-- | 6.99 | % | 7.16 | % | 7.13 | % | 7.12 | % | -- | 7.11 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Average
Receive Rate
|
-- | 2.82 | % | 3.41 | % | 4.86 | % | 4.86 | % | -- | 4.52 | % |
(a)
|
The
following documents are filed as part of this annual
report:
|
|
(1)
|
Financial
Statements.
|
|
(2)
|
Financial
Statement Schedules.
|
|
(3)
|
The
index to the exhibits begins on page E-1 of this annual
report.
|
CCO
HOLDINGS, LLC
|
||||
Registrant
|
||||
By:
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Sole Manager
|
||||
By:
|
/s/
Neil Smit
|
|||
Neil
Smit
|
||||
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
||||
Date:
March 31, 2009
|
CCO
HOLDINGS CAPITAL CORP.
|
||||
Registrant
|
||||
By:
|
/s/
Neil Smit
|
|||
Neil
Smit
|
||||
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
||||
Date:
March 31, 2009
|
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||||||||
/s/
Paul G. Allen
|
Chairman
of the Board of Directors
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
Paul
G. Allen
|
||||||||||
/s/
Neil Smit
|
President,
Chief Executive
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
Neil
Smit
|
Officer,
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|||||||||
CCO
Holdings Capital Corp.
|
||||||||||
/s/
Eloise E. Schmitz
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
Eloise
E. Schmitz
|
(Principal
Financial Officer)
|
|||||||||
/s/
Kevin D. Howard
|
Vice
President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
Kevin
D. Howard
|
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
|
|||||||||
/s/
W. Lance Conn
|
Director,
Charter Communications, Inc.
|
March
27, 2009
|
||||||||
W.
Lance Conn
|
||||||||||
/s/
Rajive Johri
|
Director,
Charter Communications, Inc.
|
March
13, 2009
|
||||||||
Rajive
Johri
|
||||||||||
/s/
Robert P. May
|
Director,
Charter Communications, Inc.
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
Robert
P. May
|
||||||||||
/s/
David C. Merritt
|
Director,
Charter Communications, Inc.
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
David
C. Merritt
|
||||||||||
/s/
Jo Allen Patton
|
Director,
Charter Communications, Inc.
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
Jo
Allen Patton
|
||||||||||
/s/
John H. Tory
|
Director,
Charter Communications, Inc.
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
John
H. Tory
|
||||||||||
/s/
Larry W. Wangberg
|
Director,
Charter Communications, Inc.
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||
Larry
W. Wangberg
|
Exhibit
|
Description
|
3.1(a)
|
Certificate
of Formation of CCO Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of CCO
Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corporation filed on February 6,
2004 (File No. 333-112593)).
|
3.1(b)
|
Certificate
of Correction of Certificate of Formation of CCO Holdings, LLC
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital
Corporation filed on February 6, 2004 (File No.
333-112593)).
|
3.2
|
Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of CCO Holdings, LLC,
dated as of June 19, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3
to the registration statement on Form S-4 of CCO Holdings, LLC and
CCO Holdings Capital Corporation filed on February 6, 2004 (File No.
333-112593)).
|
3.3(a)
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of CCO Holdings Capital Corp. (originally named CC Holdco
I Capital Corp.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
registration statement on Form S-4 of CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO
Holdings Capital Corporation filed on February 6, 2004 (File No.
333-112593)).
|
3.3(b)
|
Certificate
of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital
Corporation filed on February 6, 2004 (File No.
333-112593)).
|
3.4
|
Certificate
of Formation of CCO Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of CCO
Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corporation filed on February 6,
2004 (File No. 333-112593)).
|
Certain
long-term debt instruments, none of which relates to authorized
indebtedness that exceeds 10% of the consolidated assets of the
Registrants have not been filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K. The
Registrants agree to furnish to the Commission upon its request a copy of
any instrument defining the rights of holders of long- term debt of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.
|
|
4.1(a)
|
Indenture
relating to the 9.920% Senior Discount Notes due 2011, dated as of
March 17, 1999, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to Amendment
No. 2 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation filed on June 22, 1999 (File
No. 333-77499)).
|
4.1(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 9.920% Senior Discount Notes due
2011, dated as of September 28, 2005, among Charter Communications
Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY
Midwest Trust Company as Trustee (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.2(a)
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.00% Senior Notes due 2009, dated as of
January 12, 2000, between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC,
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and
Savings Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(a) to the
registration statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications
Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation
filed on January 25, 2000 (File
No. 333-95351)).
|
4.2(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 10.00% Senior Notes due 2009, dated
as of September 28, 2005, between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5
to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.3(a)
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2010, dated as of
January 12, 2000, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(a) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
January 25, 2000 (File No. 333-95351)).
|
4.3(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2010, dated
as of September 28, 2005, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC,
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust
Company as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the
current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed
on October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.4(a)
|
Indenture
relating to the 11.75% Senior Discount Notes due 2010, dated as of
January 12, 2000, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings
Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
January 25, 2000 (File No. 333-95351)).
|
4.4(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 11.75% Senior Discount Notes due
2010, among Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications
Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee,
dated as of September 28, 2005 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.7 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.5(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of January 10, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 10.750% senior notes due 2009
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(a) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
February 2, 2001 (File No. 333-54902)).
|
4.5(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 10.750%
Senior Notes due 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to
the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc.
filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.6(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of January 10, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 11.125% senior notes due 2011
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(b) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
February 2, 2001 (File No. 333-54902)).
|
4.6(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005, between
Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company governing 11.125% Senior Notes
due 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the current
report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.7(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of January 10, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 13.500% senior discount notes due
2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(c) to the registration
statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and
Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on
February 2, 2001 (File No. 333-54902)).
|
4.7(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005, between
Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings
Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
13.500% Senior Discount Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.10 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.8(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of May 15, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2(a) to the current report
on Form 8-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on June 1,
2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.8(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
9.625% Senior Notes due 2009 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2(a) to the current report on Form 8-K filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on January 15, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.8(c)
|
Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 25, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
9.625% Senior Notes due 2009 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on August 6, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.8(d)
|
Third
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Capital Corporation
and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 9.625% Senior Notes due
2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the current
report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
October 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.9(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of May 15, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3(a) to the current report
on Form 8-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on June 1,
2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.9(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
10.000% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.3(a) to the current report on Form 8-K filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on January 15, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.9(c)
|
Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 25, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
10.000% Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on August 6, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.9(d)
|
Third
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing the 10.000%
Senior Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.12 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.10(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of May 15, 2001 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 11.750% Senior Discount Notes due
2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4(a) to the current
report on Form 8-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
June 1, 2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.10(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 11.750%
Senior Discount Notes due 2011 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.13 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.11(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter Communications Holdings,
LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest
Trust Company as Trustee governing 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due
2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4(a) to the current
report on Form 8-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
January 15, 2002 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
4.11(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 25, 2002 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing
12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on August 6, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
4.11(c)
|
Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 28, 2005 between Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital
Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 12.125%
Senior Discount Notes due 2012 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.14 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.1
|
Form
of Restructuring Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
February 13, 2009 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.2
|
Form
of Commitment Letter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
February 13, 2009 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.3
|
Term
Sheet (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the current report on
Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on February 13, 2009 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.4
|
Restructuring
Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2009, by and among Paul G. Allen,
Charter Investment, Inc. and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on February 13, 2009 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
10.5
|
Indenture
dated as of September 28, 2005 among CCH I Holdings, LLC
and CCH I Holdings Capital Corp., as Issuers and Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC, as Parent Guarantor, and The Bank of New
York Trust Company, NA, as Trustee, governing: 11.125% Senior Accreting
Notes due 2014, 9.920% Senior Accreting Notes due 2014, 10.000% Senior
Accreting Notes due 2014, 11.75% Senior Accreting Notes due 2014, 13.50%
Senior Accreting Notes due 2014, 12.125% Senior Accreting Notes due 2015
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on
Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.6(a)
|
Indenture
dated as of September 28, 2005 among CCH I, LLC and CCH I
Capital Corp., as Issuers, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, as
Parent Guarantor, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, NA, as
Trustee, governing 11.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the current report on Form 8-K
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 4, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.6(b)
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 11.00% Senior Secured Notes due
2015, dated as of September 14, 2006, by and between CCH I, LLC, CCH I
Capital Corp. as Issuers, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC as Parent
Guarantor and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the current report on Form
8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. on September 19, 2006 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
10.7
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2010, dated as of
September 23, 2003, among CCH II, LLC, CCH II Capital
Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of
Charter Communications Inc. filed on September 26, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.8
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2013, dated as of September 14,
2006, by and between CCH II, LLC, CCH II Capital Corp. as Issuers, Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC as Parent Guarantor and The Bank of New York
Trust Company, N.A. as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2
to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. on
September 19, 2006 (File No. 000-027927)).
|
10.9
|
First
Supplemental Indenture relating to the 10.25% Senior Notes due 2013, dated
as of July 2, 2008, by and between CCH II, LLC, CCH II Capital
Corporation, as Issuers, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC as Parent
Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form
8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. on July 3, 2008 (File No.
000-027927)).
|
10.10
|
Exchange
and Registration Rights Agreement relating to the issuance of the 10.25%
Senior Notes due 2013, dated as of July 2, 2008, by and between CCH II,
LLC, CCH II Capital Corporation, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC,
Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the current report on Form
8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. on July 3, 2008 (File No.
000-027927)).
|
10.11
|
Indenture
relating to the 8 3/4% Senior Notes due 2013, dated as of
November 10, 2003, by and among CCO Holdings, LLC, CCO Holdings
Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Charter Communications, Inc.'s current
report on Form 8-K filed on November 12, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.12
|
Indenture
relating to the 8% senior second lien notes due 2012 and 8
3/8% senior second lien notes due 2014, dated as of April 27,
2004, by and among Charter Communications Operating, LLC, Charter
Communications Operating Capital Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to Amendment
No. 2 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of CCH II,
LLC filed on May 5, 2004 (File
No. 333-111423)).
|
10.13
|
Indenture
relating to the 10.875% senior second lien notes due 2014 dated as of
March 19, 2008, by and among Charter Communications Operating, LLC,
Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. and Wilmington Trust
Company, trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
quarterly report filed on Form 10-Q of Charter Communications, Inc. filed
on May 12, 2008 (File No. 000-027927)).
|
10.14
|
Collateral
Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2008 by and among Charter Communications
Operating, LLC, Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., CCO
Holdings, LLC and certain of its subsidiaries in favor of Wilmington Trust
Company, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
quarterly report filed on Form 10-Q of Charter Communications, Inc. filed
on May 12, 2008 (File No. 000-027927)).
|
10.15(a)
|
Pledge
Agreement made by CCH I, LLC in favor of The Bank of New York Trust
Company, NA, as Collateral Agent dated as of September 28, 2005
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the current report on
Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 4,
2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.15(b)
|
Amendment
to the Pledge Agreement between CCH I, LLC in favor of The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A., as Collateral Agent, dated as of
September 14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. on
September 19, 2006 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.16
|
Consulting
Agreement, dated as of March 10, 1999, by and between Vulcan
Northwest Inc., Charter Communications, Inc. (now called Charter
Investment, Inc.) and Charter Communications Holdings, LLC (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 4 to the
registration statement on Form S-4 of Charter Communications
Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation
filed on July 22, 1999 (File
No. 333-77499)).
|
10.17
|
Second
Amended and Restated Mutual Services Agreement, dated as of June 19,
2003 between Charter Communications, Inc. and Charter Communications
Holding Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5(a) to
the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications,
Inc. on August 5, 2003 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.18
|
Third
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for CC VIII,
LLC, dated as of October 31, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.20 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Charter
Communications, Inc. on November 2, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.19(a)
|
Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Charter Communications
Operating, LLC, dated as of June 19, 2003 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit No. 10.2 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on August 5, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.19(b)
|
First
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
of Charter Communications Operating, LLC, adopted as of June 22, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16(b) to the annual report on
Form 10-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on February 28, 2006 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.20
|
Amended
and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2003, between
Charter Communications Operating, LLC and Charter Communications, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the quarterly report on
Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on August 5,
2003 (File No. 333-83887)).
|
10.21(a)
|
Stipulation
of Settlement, dated as of January 24, 2005, regarding settlement of
Consolidated Federal Class Action entitled in Re Charter
Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.48 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Charter
Communications, Inc. on March 3, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.21(b)
|
Amendment
to Stipulation of Settlement, dated as of May 23, 2005, regarding
settlement of Consolidated Federal Class Action entitled In Re Charter
Communications, Inc. Securities Litigation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.35(b) to Amendment No. 3 to the registration
statement on Form S-1 filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
June 8, 2005 (File No. 333-121186)).
|
10.22
|
Settlement
Agreement and Mutual Release, dated as of February 1, 2005, by and
among Charter Communications, Inc. and certain other insureds, on the
other hand, and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London and certain
subscribers, on the other hand. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.49 to the annual report on Form 10-K filed by Charter
Communications, Inc. on March 3, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.23
|
Stipulation
of Settlement, dated as of January 24, 2005, regarding settlement of
Federal Derivative Action, Arthur J. Cohn v. Ronald L.
Nelson et al and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.50 to the annual report on Form 10-K filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on March 3, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.24
|
Settlement
Agreement and Mutual Releases, dated as of October 31, 2005, by and
among Charter Communications, Inc., Special Committee of the Board of
Directors of Charter Communications, Inc., Charter Communications Holding
Company, LLC, CCHC, LLC, CC VIII, LLC, CC V, LLC, Charter Investment,
Inc., Vulcan Cable III, LLC and Paul G. Allen (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.17 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on November 2, 2005 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.25
|
Exchange
Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2005, by and among Charter
Communications Holding Company, LLC, Charter Investment, Inc. and Paul G.
Allen (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the quarterly
report on Form 10-Q of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
November 2, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.26
|
CCHC,
LLC Subordinated and Accreting Note, dated as of October 31, 2005
(revised) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the current
report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on
November 4, 2005 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.27
|
Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2007, among Charter
Communications Operating, LLC, CCO Holdings, LLC, the lenders from
time to time parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on March
9, 2007 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.28
|
Amended
and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement made by CCO Holdings, LLC,
Charter Communications Operating, LLC and certain of its subsidiaries in
favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ,as administrative agent, dated as of
March 18, 1999, as amended and restated as of March 6,
2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the current report
on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on March 9, 2007 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.29
|
Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2007, among CCO Holdings, LLC, the lenders
from time to time parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on March
9, 2007 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.30
|
Pledge
Agreement made by CCO Holdings, LLC in favor of Bank of America, N.A., as
Collateral Agent, dated as of March 6, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter Communications,
Inc. filed on March 9, 2007 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.31(a)+
|
Charter
Communications Holdings, LLC 1999 Option Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 4 to the registration statement
on Form S-4 of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter
Communications Holdings Capital Corporation filed on July 22, 1999
(File No. 333-77499)).
|
10.31(b)+
|
Assumption
Agreement regarding Option Plan, dated as of May 25, 1999, by and
between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications
Holding Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to
Amendment No. 6 to the registration statement on Form S-4 of
Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings
Capital Corporation filed on August 27, 1999 (File
No. 333-77499)).
|
10.31(c)+
|
Form
of Amendment No. 1 to the Charter Communications Holdings, LLC 1999
Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10(c) to
Amendment No. 4 to the registration statement on Form S-1 of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on November 1, 1999 (File
No. 333-83887)).
|
10.31(d)+
|
Amendment
No. 2 to the Charter Communications Holdings, LLC 1999 Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4(c) to the annual report on
Form 10-K filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on March 30,
2000 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.31(e)+
|
Amendment
No. 3 to the Charter Communications 1999 Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.14(e) to the annual report of Form 10-K
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on March 29, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.31(f)+
|
Amendment
No. 4 to the Charter Communications 1999 Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.10(f) to the annual report on Form 10-K
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15, 2003 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.32(a)+
|
Charter
Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.25 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by
Charter Communications, Inc. on May 15, 2001 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.32(b)+
|
Amendment
No. 1 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(b) to the annual report
on Form 10-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15,
2003 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.32(c)+
|
Amendment
No. 2 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the quarterly report
on Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on
November 14, 2001 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.32(d)+
|
Amendment
No. 3 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
effective January 2, 2002 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15(c) to the annual report of Form 10-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on March 29, 2002 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.32(e)+
|
Amendment
No. 4 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(e) to the annual report
on Form 10-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15,
2003 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.32(f)+
|
Amendment
No. 5 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(f) to the annual report
on Form 10-K of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on April 15,
2003 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.32(g)+
|
Amendment
No. 6 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
effective December 23, 2004 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.43(g) to the registration statement on Form S-1 of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 5, 2005 (File
No. 333-128838)).
|
10.32(h)+
|
Amendment
No. 7 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
effective August 23, 2005 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.43(h) to the registration statement on Form S-1 of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on October 5, 2005 (File
No. 333-128838)).
|
10.32(i)+
|
Description
of Long-Term Incentive Program to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001
Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18(g)
to the annual report on Form 10-K filed by Charter Communications
Holdings, LLC. on March 31, 2005 (File
No. 333-77499)).
|
10.33
|
Description
of 2008 Incentive Program to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10,3 to the quarterly
report on Form 10-Q filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on August 5,
2008 (File No. 000-27927)).
|
10.34+
|
Description
of Charter Communications, Inc. 2006 Executive Bonus Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed by Charter Communications, Inc. on May 2, 2006 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.35+
|
Amended
and Restated Executive Cash Award Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed December 6, 2007 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.36+
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2008, by and
between Neil Smit and Charter Communications, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 1010.1 to the current report on Form 8-K of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on September 30, 2008 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.37(a)+
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement between Jeffrey T. Fisher and Charter
Communications, Inc., dated as of August 1, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on August 2, 2007 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.37(b)+
|
Separation
Agreement and Release between Jeffrey T. Fisher and Charter
Communications, inc., dated as of April 4, 2008 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.3 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on May 12, 2008 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement between Eloise E. Schmitz and Charter
Communications, Inc., dated as of July 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.4 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on August 5, 2008 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
|
10.38(a)+
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement between Michael J. Lovett and Charter
Communications, Inc., dated as of August 1, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on August 2, 2007 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.38(b)+
|
Amendment
to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Michael J. Lovett
and Charter Communications, Inc., dated as of March 5, 2008 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
Charter Communications, Inc., filed on May 12, 2008 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
10.39(a)+
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement between Grier C. Raclin and Charter
Communications, Inc., dated as of August 1, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q
of Charter Communications, Inc. filed on August 2, 2007 (File
No. 000-27927)).
|
10.39(b)+
|
Amendment
to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Grier C. Raclin
and Charter Communications, Inc., dated as of March 5, 2008 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
Charter Communications, Inc. filed on May 12, 2008 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
10.40(a)+
|
Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement between Marwan Fawaz and Charter
Communications, Inc. dated August 1, 2007 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.52(a) to the annual report on Form 10-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on March 16, 2009 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
10.40(b)+
|
Amendment
to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Marwan Fawaz and
Charter Communications, Inc. dated as of March 5, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.52(b) to the annual report on Form 10-K of Charter
Communications, Inc. filed on March 16, 2009 (File No.
000-27927)).
|
12.1*
|
CCO
Holdings, LLC’s Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges
|
31.1*
|
Certificate
of Chief Executive Officer of CCO Holdings, LLC pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
|
31.2*
|
Certificate
of Chief Financial Officer of CCO Holdings, LLC pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a)/Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
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32.3*
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Certification
of CCO Holdings, LLC pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive
Officer).
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32.4*
|
Certification
of CCO Holdings, LLC pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial
Officer).
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*
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Document
attached.
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+
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Management
compensatory plan or arrangement
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Audited
Financial Statements
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Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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F-2
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2008 and 2007
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F-3
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2008, 2007,
and 2006
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F-4
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Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Member’s Equity (Deficit) for the Years Ended
December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006
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F-5
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2008, 2007,
and 2006
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F-6
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-7
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December
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
CURRENT
ASSETS:
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 948 | $ | 2 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of
|
||||||||
$18
and $18, respectively
|
221 | 220 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
23 | 24 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
1,192 | 246 | ||||||
INVESTMENT
IN CABLE PROPERTIES:
|
||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net of accumulated
|
||||||||
depreciation
of $7,191 and $6,432, respectively
|
4,959 | 5,072 | ||||||
Franchises,
net
|
7,384 | 8,942 | ||||||
Total
investment in cable properties, net
|
12,343 | 14,014 | ||||||
OTHER
NONCURRENT ASSETS
|
211 | 186 | ||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 13,746 | $ | 14,446 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND MEMBER’S EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
||||||||
CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
|
||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$ | 909 | $ | 929 | ||||
Payables
to related party
|
236 | 192 | ||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
70 | -- | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
1,215 | 1,121 | ||||||
LONG-TERM
DEBT
|
11,719 | 9,859 | ||||||
LOANS
PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY
|
240 | 332 | ||||||
DEFERRED
MANAGEMENT FEES – RELATED PARTY
|
14 | 14 | ||||||
OTHER
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
|
695 | 545 | ||||||
MINORITY
INTEREST
|
676 | 663 | ||||||
Member’s
equity (deficit)
|
(510 | ) | 2,035 | |||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(303 | ) | (123 | ) | ||||
Total
member’s equity (deficit)
|
(813 | ) | 1,912 | |||||
Total
liabilities and member’s equity (deficit)
|
$ | 13,746 | $ | 14,446 |
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
REVENUES
|
$ | 6,479 | $ | 6,002 | $ | 5,504 | ||||||
COSTS
AND EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||
Operating
(excluding depreciation and amortization)
|
2,792 | 2,620 | 2,438 | |||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
1,401 | 1,289 | 1,165 | |||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,310 | 1,328 | 1,354 | |||||||||
Impairment
of franchises
|
1,521 | 178 | -- | |||||||||
Asset
impairment charges
|
-- | 56 | 159 | |||||||||
Other
operating (income) expenses, net
|
69 | (17 | ) | 21 | ||||||||
7,093 | 5,454 | 5,137 | ||||||||||
Operating
income (loss) from continuing operations
|
(614 | ) | 548 | 367 | ||||||||
OTHER
INCOME AND EXPENSES:
|
||||||||||||
Interest
expense, net
|
(818 | ) | (776 | ) | (766 | ) | ||||||
Change
in value of derivatives
|
(62 | ) | (46 | ) | 6 | |||||||
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
-- | (32 | ) | (27 | ) | |||||||
Other
expense, net
|
(19 | ) | (24 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||||
(899 | ) | (878 | ) | (791 | ) | |||||||
Loss
from continuing operations, before income tax expense
|
(1,513 | ) | (330 | ) | (424 | ) | ||||||
INCOME
TAX BENEFIT (EXPENSE)
|
40 | (20 | ) | (7 | ) | |||||||
Loss
from continuing operations
|
(1,473 | ) | (350 | ) | (431 | ) | ||||||
INCOME
FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS,
NET
OF TAX
|
-- | -- | 238 | |||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (1,473 | ) | $ | (350 | ) | $ | (193 | ) |
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||
Member’s
|
Comprehensive
|
Member's
|
||||||||||
Equity
(Deficit)
|
Income
(Loss)
|
Equity
(Deficit)
|
||||||||||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2005
|
$ | 5,042 | $ | 2 | $ | 5,044 | ||||||
Contributions
|
148 | -- | 148 | |||||||||
Distributions
to parent company
|
(1,151 | ) | -- | (1,151 | ) | |||||||
Changes
in fair value of interest rate agreements
|
-- | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | |||||||
Net
loss
|
(193 | ) | -- | (193 | ) | |||||||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2006
|
3,846 | 1 | 3,847 | |||||||||
Distributions
to parent company
|
(1,447 | ) | -- | (1,447 | ) | |||||||
Changes
in fair value of interest rate agreements
|
-- | (123 | ) | (123 | ) | |||||||
Other
|
(14 | ) | (1 | ) | (15 | ) | ||||||
Net
loss
|
(350 | ) | -- | (350 | ) | |||||||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2007
|
2,035 | (123 | ) | 1,912 | ||||||||
Distributions
to parent company
|
(1,072 | ) | -- | (1,072 | ) | |||||||
Changes
in fair value of interest rate agreements
|
-- | (180 | ) | (180 | ) | |||||||
Net
loss
|
(1,473 | ) | -- | (1,473 | ) | |||||||
BALANCE,
December 31, 2008
|
$ | (510 | ) | $ | (303 | ) | $ | (813 | ) |
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (1,473 | ) | $ | (350 | ) | $ | (193 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash flows from operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,310 | 1,328 | 1,362 | |||||||||
Impairment
of franchises
|
1,521 | 178 | -- | |||||||||
Asset
impairment charges
|
-- | 56 | 159 | |||||||||
Noncash
interest expense
|
22 | 17 | 23 | |||||||||
Change
in value of derivatives
|
62 | 46 | (6 | ) | ||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(47 | ) | 12 | -- | ||||||||
(Gain)
loss on sale of assets, net
|
13 | (3 | ) | (192 | ) | |||||||
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
-- | 21 | 27 | |||||||||
Other,
net
|
48 | 20 | 16 | |||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and
dispositions:
|
||||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(1 | ) | (33 | ) | 23 | |||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
|
-- | (5 | ) | 1 | ||||||||
Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and other
|
(21 | ) | 31 | (23 | ) | |||||||
Receivables
from and payables to related party, including deferred management
fees
|
33 | 55 | 41 | |||||||||
Net
cash flows from operating activities
|
1,467 | 1,373 | 1,238 | |||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Purchases
of property, plant and equipment
|
(1,202 | ) | (1,244 | ) | (1,103 | ) | ||||||
Change
in accrued expenses related to capital expenditures
|
(39 | ) | (2 | ) | 24 | |||||||
Proceeds
from sale of assets, including cable systems
|
43 | 104 | 1,020 | |||||||||
Other,
net
|
(12 | ) | (31 | ) | (6 | ) | ||||||
Net
cash flows from investing activities
|
(1,210 | ) | (1,173 | ) | (65 | ) | ||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Borrowings
of long-term debt
|
3,105 | 7,877 | 6,322 | |||||||||
Borrowings
from related parties
|
-- | -- | 300 | |||||||||
Repayments
of long-term debt
|
(1,179 | ) | (6,628 | ) | (6,729 | ) | ||||||
Repayments
to related parties
|
(115 | ) | -- | (20 | ) | |||||||
Payments
for debt issuance costs
|
(38 | ) | (33 | ) | (18 | ) | ||||||
Contributions
|
-- | -- | 148 | |||||||||
Distributions
|
(1,072 | ) | (1,447 | ) | (1,151 | ) | ||||||
Other,
net
|
(12 | ) | 5 | -- | ||||||||
Net
cash flows from financing activities
|
689 | (226 | ) | (1,148 | ) | |||||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
946 | (26 | ) | 25 | ||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period
|
2 | 28 | 3 | |||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period
|
$ | 948 | $ | 2 | $ | 28 | ||||||
CASH
PAID FOR INTEREST
|
$ | 774 | $ | 728 | $ | 718 | ||||||
NONCASH
TRANSACTIONS:
|
||||||||||||
Issuance
of debt by Charter Communications Operating, LLC
|
$ | -- | $ | -- | $ | 37 | ||||||
Retirement
of Renaissance Media Group LLC debt
|
$ | -- | $ | -- | $ | (37 | ) |
·
|
the
sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the
fair saleable value of all its
assets;
|
·
|
the
present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount that
would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts,
including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature;
or
|
·
|
it
could not pay its debts as they became
due.
|
Cable
distribution systems
|
7-20 years
|
|
Customer
equipment and installations
|
3-5 years
|
|
Vehicles
and equipment
|
1-5 years
|
|
Buildings
and leasehold improvements
|
5-15 years
|
|
Furniture,
fixtures and equipment
|
5 years
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Video
|
$ | 3,463 | $ | 3,392 | $ | 3,349 | ||||||
High-speed
Internet
|
1,356 | 1,243 | 1,047 | |||||||||
Telephone
|
555 | 345 | 137 | |||||||||
Commercial
|
392 | 341 | 305 | |||||||||
Advertising
sales
|
308 | 298 | 319 | |||||||||
Other
|
405 | 383 | 347 | |||||||||
$ | 6,479 | $ | 6,002 | $ | 5,504 |
Year
Ended
December
31, 2006
|
||||
Revenues
|
$ | 109 | ||
Income
before income taxes
|
$ | 238 | ||
Income
tax expense
|
$ | (22 | ) | |
Net
income
|
$ | 216 | ||
Earnings
per common share, basic and diluted
|
$ | 0.65 |
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Balance,
beginning of year
|
$ | 18 | $ | 16 | $ | 17 | ||||||
Charged
to expense
|
122 | 107 | 89 | |||||||||
Uncollected
balances written off, net of recoveries
|
(122 | ) | (105 | ) | (90 | ) | ||||||
Balance,
end of year
|
$ | 18 | $ | 18 | $ | 16 |
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Cable
distribution systems
|
$ | 7,008 | $ | 6,697 | ||||
Customer
equipment and installations
|
4,057 | 3,740 | ||||||
Vehicles
and equipment
|
256 | 257 | ||||||
Buildings
and leasehold improvements
|
439 | 426 | ||||||
Furniture,
fixtures and equipment
|
390 | 384 | ||||||
12,150 | 11,504 | |||||||
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
(7,191 | ) | (6,432 | ) | ||||
$ | 4,959 | $ | 5,072 |
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gross
|
Net
|
Gross
|
Net
|
||||||||||||||||
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Carrying
|
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Carrying
|
||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Amount
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Amount
|
||||||||||||||
Indefinite-lived
intangible assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Franchises
with indefinite lives
|
$
|
7,377
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
7,377
|
$
|
8,929
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
8,929
|
|||||||
Goodwill
|
68
|
--
|
68
|
67
|
--
|
67
|
|||||||||||||
$
|
7,445
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
7,445
|
$
|
8,996
|
$
|
--
|
$
|
8,996
|
||||||||
Finite-lived
intangible assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Franchises
with finite lives
|
$
|
16
|
$
|
9
|
$
|
7
|
$
|
23
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
13
|
|||||||
Other
intangible assets
|
71
|
41
|
30
|
97
|
73
|
24
|
|||||||||||||
$
|
87
|
$
|
50
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
120
|
$
|
83
|
$
|
37
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable – trade
|
$ | 86 | $ | 116 | ||||
Accrued
capital expenditures
|
56 | 95 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses:
|
||||||||
Interest
|
122 | 120 | ||||||
Programming
costs
|
305 | 273 | ||||||
Franchise
related fees
|
60 | 66 | ||||||
Compensation
|
80 | 75 | ||||||
Other
|
200 | 184 | ||||||
$ | 909 | $ | 929 |
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||
Principal
|
Accreted
|
Principal
|
Accreted
|
|||||||||||||
Amount
|
Value
|
Amount
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||
CCO
Holdings, LLC:
|
||||||||||||||||
8
3/4% senior notes due November 15, 2013
|
$ | 800 | $ | 796 | $ | 800 | $ | 795 | ||||||||
Credit
facility
|
350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | ||||||||||||
Charter
Communications Operating, LLC:
|
||||||||||||||||
8.000%
senior second-lien notes due April 30, 2012
|
1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 1,100 | ||||||||||||
8
3/8% senior second-lien notes due April 30, 2014
|
770 | 770 | 770 | 770 | ||||||||||||
10.875%
senior second-lien notes due September 15, 2014
|
546 | 527 | -- | -- | ||||||||||||
Credit
facilities
|
8,246 | 8,246 | 6,844 | 6,844 | ||||||||||||
Total
Debt
|
$ | 11,812 | $ | 11,789 | $ | 9,864 | $ | 9,859 | ||||||||
Less:
Current Portion
|
70 | 70 | -- | -- | ||||||||||||
Long-Term
Debt
|
$ | 11,742 | $ | 11,719 | $ | 9,864 | $ | 9,859 |
|
·
|
incur
additional debt;
|
|
·
|
pay
dividends on equity or repurchase
equity;
|
|
·
|
make
investments;
|
|
·
|
sell
all or substantially all of their assets or merge with or into other
companies;
|
|
·
|
sell
assets;
|
|
·
|
enter
into sale-leasebacks;
|
|
·
|
in
the case of restricted subsidiaries, create or permit to exist dividend or
payment restrictions with respect to the bond issuers, guarantee their
parent companies debt, or issue specified equity
interests;
|
|
·
|
engage
in certain transactions with affiliates;
and
|
|
·
|
grant
liens.
|
·
|
a
term loan with an initial total principal amount of $6.5 billion, which is
repayable in equal quarterly installments, commencing March 31, 2008, and
aggregating in each loan year to 1% of the original amount of the term
loan, with the remaining balance due at final maturity on March 6, 2014;
and
|
·
|
a
revolving line of credit of $1.5 billion, with a maturity date on
March 6, 2013.
|
|
·
|
the
failure to make payments when due or within the applicable grace
period,
|
|
·
|
the
failure to comply with specified covenants, including but not limited to a
covenant to deliver audited financial statements for Charter Operating
with an unqualified opinion from the Company’s independent accountants
and without a “going concern” or like qualification or
exception.
|
|
·
|
the
failure to pay or the occurrence of events that cause or permit the
acceleration of other indebtedness owing by CCO Holdings, Charter
Operating, or Charter Operating’s subsidiaries in amounts in excess of
$100 million in aggregate principal
amount,
|
|
·
|
the
failure to pay or the occurrence of events that result in the acceleration
of other indebtedness owing by certain of CCO Holdings’ direct and
indirect parent companies in amounts in excess of $200 million in
aggregate principal amount,
|
|
·
|
Paul
Allen and/or certain of his family members and/or their exclusively owned
entities (collectively, the “Paul Allen Group”) ceasing to have the power,
directly or indirectly, to vote at least 35% of the ordinary voting power
of Charter Operating,
|
|
·
|
the
consummation of any transaction resulting in any person or group (other
than the Paul Allen Group) having power, directly or indirectly, to vote
more than 35% of the ordinary voting power of Charter Operating, unless
the Paul Allen Group holds a greater share of ordinary voting power of
Charter Operating, and
|
|
·
|
Charter
Operating ceasing to be a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of CCO Holdings,
except in certain very limited
circumstances.
|
Year
|
Amount
|
|||
2009
|
$ | 70 | ||
2010
|
70 | |||
2011
|
70 | |||
2012
|
1,170 | |||
2013
|
2,185 | |||
Thereafter
|
8,247 | |||
$ | 11,812 |
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||||||
Carrying
|
Fair
|
Carrying
|
Fair
|
||||||||||||
Value
|
Value
|
Value
|
Value
|
||||||||||||
Debt
|
|
||||||||||||||
CCO
Holdings debt
|
$
|
796
|
$
|
505
|
$
|
795
|
$
|
761
|
|||||||
Charter
Operating debt
|
2,397
|
1,923
|
1,870
|
1,807
|
|||||||||||
Credit
facilities
|
8,596
|
6,187
|
7,194
|
6,723
|
·
|
Level
1 – inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
·
|
Level
2 – inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
·
|
Level
3 – inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant
to the fair value measurement.
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(Gain)
loss on sale of assets, net
|
$ | 13 | $ | (3 | ) | $ | 8 | |||||
Special
charges, net
|
56 | (14 | ) | 13 | ||||||||
$ | 69 | $ | (17 | ) | $ | 21 |
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
CCO
Holdings notes redemption
|
$ | -- | $ | (19 | ) | $ | -- | |||||
Charter
Operating credit facilities refinancing
|
-- | (13 | ) | (27 | ) | |||||||
$ | -- | $ | (32 | ) | $ | (27 | ) |
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Minority
interest (Note 11)
|
$ | (13 | ) | $ | (22 | ) | $ | (20 | ) | |||
Gain
(loss) on investment
|
(1 | ) | (2 | ) | 13 | |||||||
Other,
net
|
(5 | ) | -- | 3 | ||||||||
$ | (19 | ) | $ | (24 | ) | $ | (4 | ) |
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
|
Exercise
|
Exercise
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Outstanding,
beginning of period
|
25,682 | $ | 4.02 | 26,403 | $ | 3.88 | 29,127 | $ | 4.47 | |||||||||||||||
Granted
|
45 | 1.19 | 4,549 | 2.77 | 6,065 | 1.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(53 | ) | 1.18 | (2,759 | ) | 1.57 | (1,049 | ) | 1.41 | |||||||||||||||
Cancelled
|
(3,630 | ) | 5.27 | (2,511 | ) | 2.98 | (7,740 | ) | 4.39 | |||||||||||||||
Outstanding,
end of period
|
22,044 | $ | 3.82 | 25,682 | $ | 4.02 | 26,403 | $ | 3.88 | |||||||||||||||
Weighted
average remaining contractual life
|
6
years
|
7
years
|
8
years
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Options
exercisable, end of period
|
15,787 | $ | 4.53 | 13,119 | $ | 5.88 | 10,984 | $ | 6.62 | |||||||||||||||
Weighted
average fair value of options granted
|
$ | 0.90 | $ | 1.86 | $ | 0.96 |
Options
Outstanding
|
Options
Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Weighted-
|
Weighted-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Weighted-
|
Average
|
Weighted-
|
|||||||||||||||||
Remaining
|
Average
|
Remaining
|
Average
|
|||||||||||||||||
Range
of
|
Number
|
Contractual
|
Exercise
|
Number
|
Contractual
|
Exercise
|
||||||||||||||
Exercise
Prices
|
Outstanding
|
Life
|
Price
|
Exercisable
|
Life
|
Price
|
||||||||||||||
$
|
1.00
|
—
|
$
|
1.36
|
8,278
|
7
years
|
1.17
|
5,528
|
7
years
|
1.17
|
||||||||||
$
|
1.53
|
—
|
$
|
1.96
|
2,821
|
6
years
|
1.55
|
2,178
|
6
years
|
1.55
|
||||||||||
$
|
2.66
|
—
|
$
|
3.35
|
4,981
|
7
years
|
2.89
|
2,229
|
6
years
|
2.92
|
||||||||||
$
|
4.30
|
—
|
$
|
5.17
|
3,566
|
5
years
|
5.00
|
3,454
|
5
years
|
5.02
|
||||||||||
$
|
9.13
|
—
|
$
|
12.27
|
1,008
|
3
years
|
11.19
|
1,008
|
3
years
|
11.19
|
||||||||||
$
|
13.96
|
—
|
$
|
20.73
|
1,168
|
1
year
|
18.41
|
1,168
|
1
year
|
18.41
|
||||||||||
$
|
21.20
|
—
|
$
|
23.09
|
222
|
2
years
|
22.86
|
222
|
2
years
|
22.86
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||||
Grant
|
Grant
|
Grant
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding,
beginning of period
|
4,112
|
$
|
2.87
|
3,033
|
$
|
1.96
|
4,713
|
$
|
2.08
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
10,761
|
0.85
|
2,753
|
3.64
|
906
|
1.28
|
||||||||||||
Vested
|
(2,298)
|
2.36
|
(1,208)
|
1.83
|
(2,278)
|
1.62
|
||||||||||||
Cancelled
|
(566)
|
1.57
|
(466)
|
4.37
|
(308)
|
4.37
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding,
end of period
|
12,009
|
$
|
1.21
|
4,112
|
$
|
2.87
|
3,033
|
$
|
1.96
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Average
|
Average
|
||||||||||||||||
Grant
|
Grant
|
Grant
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
Shares
|
Price
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding,
beginning of period
|
28,013
|
$
|
2.16
|
15,206
|
$
|
1.27
|
5,670
|
$
|
3.09
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
10,137
|
0.84
|
14,797
|
2.95
|
13,745
|
1.22
|
||||||||||||
Vested
|
(1,562)
|
1.49
|
(41)
|
1.23
|
--
|
--
|
||||||||||||
Cancelled
|
(3,551)
|
2.08
|
(1,949)
|
1.51
|
(4,209)
|
3.58
|
||||||||||||
Outstanding,
end of period
|
33,037
|
$
|
1.80
|
28,013
|
$
|
2.16
|
15,206
|
$
|
1.27
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Current
expense:
|
||||||||||||
Federal
income taxes
|
$ | (2 | ) | $ | (3 | ) | $ | (3 | ) | |||
State
income taxes
|
(5 | ) | (5 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||||
Current
income tax expense
|
(7 | ) | (8 | ) | (7 | ) | ||||||
Deferred
benefit (expense):
|
||||||||||||
Federal
income taxes
|
28 | 4 | -- | |||||||||
State
income taxes
|
19 | (16 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Deferred
income tax benefit (expense)
|
47 | (12 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Total
income benefit (expense)
|
$ | 40 | $ | (20 | ) | $ | (7 | ) |
December
31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Statutory
federal income tax benefit
|
$ | 530 | $ | 116 | $ | 149 | ||||||
Statutory
state income tax benefit, net
|
35 | 10 | 21 | |||||||||
Losses
allocated to limited liability companies not subject
to
income taxes
|
(565 | ) | (127 | ) | (165 | ) | ||||||
Franchises
|
47 | (12 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Valuation
allowance provided and other
|
(7 | ) | (7 | ) | (12 | ) | ||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense)
|
$ | 40 | $ | (20 | ) | $ | (7 | ) |
December
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
||||||||
Net
operating loss carryforward
|
$ | 97 | $ | 111 | ||||
Other
|
2 | 8 | ||||||
Total
gross deferred tax assets
|
99 | 119 | ||||||
Less:
valuation allowance
|
(60 | ) | (70 | ) | ||||
Deferred
tax assets
|
$ | 39 | $ | 49 | ||||
Deferred
tax liabilities:
|
||||||||
Property,
plant & equipment
|
$ | (36 | ) | $ | (37 | ) | ||
Franchises
|
(182 | ) | (238 | ) | ||||
Deferred
tax liabilities
|
(218 | ) | (275 | ) | ||||
Net
deferred tax liabilities
|
$ | (179 | ) | $ | (226 | ) |
Total
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Thereafter
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
and Operating Lease Obligations (1)
|
$ | 96 | $ | 22 | $ | 20 | $ | 15 | $ | 12 | $ | 9 | $ | 18 | ||||||||||||||
Programming
Minimum Commitments (2)
|
687 | 315 | 101 | 105 | 110 | 56 | -- | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other
(3)
|
475 | 368 | 66 | 22 | 19 | -- | -- | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 1,258 | $ | 705 | $ | 187 | $ | 142 | $ | 141 | $ | 65 | $ | 18 |
|
(1) The
Company leases certain facilities and equipment under noncancelable
operating leases. Leases and rental costs charged to expense
for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006, were $24
million, $23 million, and $23 million,
respectively.
|
|
(2) The
Company pays programming fees under multi-year contracts ranging from
three to ten years, typically based on a flat fee per customer, which may
be fixed for the term, or may in some cases escalate over the
term. Programming costs included in the accompanying statement
of operations were $1.6 billion, $1.6 billion, and $1.5 billion, for the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006,
respectively. Certain of the Company’s programming agreements
are based on a flat fee per month or have guaranteed minimum
payments. The table sets forth the aggregate guaranteed minimum
commitments under the Company’s programming
contracts.
|
|
(3) “Other”
represents other guaranteed minimum commitments, which consist primarily
of commitments to the Company’s billing services
vendors.
|
|
·
|
The
Company also rents utility poles used in its
operations. Generally, pole rentals are cancelable on short
notice, but the Company anticipates that such rentals will
recur. Rent expense incurred for pole rental attachments for
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006, was $47 million,
$47 million, and $44 million,
respectively.
|
|
·
|
The
Company pays franchise fees under multi-year franchise agreements based on
a percentage of revenues generated from video service per
year. The Company also pays other franchise related costs, such
as public education grants, under multi-year
agreements. Franchise fees and other franchise-related costs
included in the accompanying statement of operations were $179 million,
$172 million, and $175 million for the years ended December 31, 2008,
2007, and 2006, respectively.
|
|
·
|
The
Company also has $158 million in letters of credit, primarily to its
various worker’s compensation, property and casualty, and general
liability carriers, as collateral for reimbursement of
claims. These letters of credit reduce the amount the Company
may borrow under its credit
facilities.
|
December
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 2 | $ | 2 | ||||
Receivable
– related party
|
15 | 18 | ||||||
Investment
in subsidiaries
|
18 | 2,760 | ||||||
Loans
receivable - subsidiaries
|
297 | 275 | ||||||
Other
assets
|
9 | 11 | ||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 341 | $ | 3,066 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND MEMBER’S EQUITY(DEFICIT)
|
||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
$ | 8 | $ | 9 | ||||
Long-term
debt
|
1,146 | 1,145 | ||||||
Member’s
equity (deficit)
|
(813 | ) | 1,912 | |||||
Total
liabilities and member’s equity (deficit)
|
$ | 341 | $ | 3,066 |
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
$ | (74 | ) | $ | (84 | ) | $ | (108 | ) | |||
Other
expense
|
-- | (19 | ) | (3 | ) | |||||||
Equity
in losses of subsidiaries
|
(1,399 | ) | (247 | ) | (82 | ) | ||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (1,473 | ) | $ | (350 | ) | $ | (193 | ) |
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$ | (1,473 | ) | $ | (350 | ) | $ | (193 | ) | |||
Noncash
interest expense
|
3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
Equity
in losses of subsidiaries
|
1,399 | 247 | 82 | |||||||||
Loss
on extinguishment of debt
|
-- | 8 | 3 | |||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
(20 | ) | (25 | ) | (19 | ) | ||||||
Net
cash flows from operating activities
|
(91 | ) | (118 | ) | (122 | ) | ||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||||||
Distributions
from subsidiaries
|
1,163 | 1,767 | 1,274 | |||||||||
Loan
to subsidiary
|
-- | -- | (148 | ) | ||||||||
Net
cash flows from investing activities
|
1,163 | 1,767 | 1,126 | |||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds
from debt issuance
|
-- | 350 | -- | |||||||||
Repayments
of long-term debt
|
-- | (550 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Contributions
from parent companies
|
-- | -- | 148 | |||||||||
Distributions
to parent companies
|
(1,072 | ) | (1,447 | ) | (1,151 | ) | ||||||
Payments
for debt issuance costs
|
-- | (2 | ) | -- | ||||||||
Net
cash flows from financing activities
|
(1,072 | ) | (1,649 | ) | (1,003 | ) | ||||||
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
-- | -- | 1 | |||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year
|
2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year
|
$ | 2 | $ | 2 | $ | 2 |
CCO
HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||||||
RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES CALCULATION
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(In
millions)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Year
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Earnings
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Loss
from Operations before Minority Interest and Income Taxes
|
$ | (2,555 | ) | $ | (282 | ) | $ | (166 | ) | $ | (308 | ) | $ | (1,500 | ) | |||||
Fixed
Charges
|
567 | 698 | 773 | 783 | 825 | |||||||||||||||
Total
Earnings
|
$ | (1,988 | ) | $ | 416 | $ | 607 | $ | 475 | $ | (675 | ) | ||||||||
Fixed
Charges
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
Expense
|
$ | 539 | $ | 665 | $ | 746 | $ | 762 | $ | 801 | ||||||||||
Amortization
of Debt Costs
|
21 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
Element of Rentals
|
7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Total
Fixed Charges
|
$ | 567 | $ | 698 | $ | 773 | $ | 783 | $ | 825 | ||||||||||
Ratio
of Earnings to Fixed Charges (1)
|
- | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
(1) Earnings
for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 were
insufficient to cover fixed charges by $2.6 billion, $282 million, $166
million, $308 million, and $1.5 billion respectively. As a result of
such deficiencies, the ratios are not presented above.
|
1.
|
I
have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-Q of CCO Holdings, LLC
and CCO Holdings Capital Corp.;
|
|
2.
|
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
|
|
3.
|
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
|
|
4.
|
The
registrants’ other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
registrants and have:
|
(a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrants, including their
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
|
||
(b)
|
[Reserved];
|
||
(c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
||
(d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrants’ fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial
reporting; and
|
5.
|
The
registrants’ other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of the registrants’
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
|
(a)
|
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
|
||
(b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control
over financial reporting.
|
1.
|
I
have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-Q of CCO Holdings, LLC
and CCO Holdings Capital Corp.;
|
|
2.
|
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
|
|
3.
|
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
|
|
4.
|
The
registrants’ other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
registrants and have:
|
(a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrants, including their
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
|
||
(b)
|
[Reserved];
|
||
(c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
||
(d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants’ internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrants’ fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants’ internal control over financial
reporting; and
|
5.
|
The
registrants’ other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of the registrants’
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
|
(a)
|
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants’ ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
|
||
(b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control
over financial reporting.
|
·
|
fully
complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934; and
|
·
|
the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
|
·
|
fully
complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934; and
|
·
|
the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.
|