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FORM 4
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[X] Check box if no longer                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
    subject to Section 16. Form
    4 or Form 5 obligations may            STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    continue. See Instruction 1(b).

          Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
                        Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(1)|2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol     |6. Relationship of Reporting Person
                                         |                                                 |      to Issuer (Check all applicable)
 Kent          Jerald          L.        |    Charter Communications, Inc. - CHTR          |       X   Director        10% Owner
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(Last)        (First)       (Middle)     |3. IRS Identification  |  4. Statement for       |       X   Officer (give title below)
                                         |   Number of           |     Month/Year          |     -----
                                         |   Reporting Person,   |                         |           Other (specify below)
                                         |   if an Entity        |                         |     -----
  c/o Charter Communications, Inc.       |   (Voluntary)         |     September, 2001     |
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               (Street)                  |                       |  5. If Amendment,       |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                         |                       |     Date of Original    |   (Check applicable line)
                                         |                       |     (Month/Year)        |  X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
  12405 Powerscourt Drive                |                       |                         | --
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(City)          (State)          (Zip)   |                                                 | -- Reporting Person
St. Louis         MO             63131   |                                                 |
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                             TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security                  |2. Transaction| 3. Transaction|4. Securities Acquired (A)| 5. Amount of|6. Owner- |7. Nature
   (Instr. 3)                         |   Date       |    Code       |   or Disposed of (D)     | Securities  |   ship   | of
                                      |              |    (Instr. 8) |   (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)    | Beneficially| Form:    | Indirect
                                      |              |               |                          | Owned at End| Direct   | Bene-
                                      |              |---------------|--------------------------| of Month    | (D) or   | ficial
                                      |              |       |       |        | (A)  |          | (Instr. 3   | Indirect | Owner-
                                      |  (Month/Day/ |       |       |        |  or  |          |   and 4)    | (I)      | ship
                                      |   Year)      |  Code |  V    | Amount | (D)  |  Price   |             |(Instr. 4)|(Instr. 4)
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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of |6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of (Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities Ac- | Expiration | Securities | Deriv- | Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative | Deriv- | Day/ | | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur- | ative | Year) | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity | Security | | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5) | | | | |-------------------------------------| | | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or | | | |-------------------------------|Exer- |tion | Title | Number of | | | | Code |V | (A) | (D) |cisable|Date | | Shares | ------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|-------|----------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------ | | | | | | | | |Common | | Employee Stock Option | | | | | | | | |Stock, | | (right to buy) | $20.00 | 9/24/01 | J* | | | 7,044,127| *** | *** |Class A | 7,044,127 | N/A ------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|-------|----------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------ | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|-------|----------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------ | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|-------|----------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------ | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|-------|----------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------ | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|-------|----------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------ | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------|-------------|----------|-------|----|-------|----------|-------|--------|--------|-----------|------------ | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of Derivative | Form of | Indirect Securities | Derivative | Beneficial Beneficially | Security: | Ownership Owned at End | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) of Month | or Indirect (I) | (Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) | ------------------|------------------------|------------------------------ $0.00 | D | ------------------|------------------------|------------------------------ | | ------------------|------------------------|------------------------------ | | ------------------|------------------------|------------------------------ | | ------------------|------------------------|------------------------------ | | ------------------|------------------------|------------------------------ | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: * Cancellation of out-of-the-money long derivative security position without any value received; option cancelled in connection with termination of employment. *** Option to buy shares of Class A common stock pursuant to an employment agreement and a related option agreement provided for expiration on 2/9/09, subject to earlier termination upon termination of employment. /s/ Jerald L. Kent 9/28/01 -------------------------------- ------- Signature of Reporting Person(1) Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Page 2
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