April2004 8K DOC


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K


Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2004


Charter Communications, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

000-27927
43-1857213
 (Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

12405 Powerscourt Drive
St. Louis, Missouri   63131

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

(314) 965-0555
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



ITEM 5. OTHER ITEMS.

Charter Communications, Inc. ("Charter") today announced that William D. Savoy resigned from the board of directors of Charter effective April 23, 2004 and from the boards of directors of Charter subsidiaries Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings, LLC effective April 26, 2004. To fill the vacancy on Charter's Board, it is expected that Jo Allen Patton will be nominated to replace Mr. Savoy on Charter's Board. The Board will consider the nomination at its regularly scheduled meeting on April 27, 2004. A copy of the press release is being filed with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7. EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number

Description

99.1

Press release dated April 27, 2004. *

* filed herewith








SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Charter Communications, Inc. has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
Registrant

Dated: April 27, 2004

By: /s/ Paul E. Martin
Name: Paul E. Martin
Title: Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)  

Exhbit 99.1

NEWS

FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, April 27, 2004

 

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES

CHANGE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ST. LOUIS - Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR - Charter) today announced that William Savoy resigned from the board of directors of Charter effective April 23, 2004 and from the boards of directors of Charter subsidiaries Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings, LLC effective April 26, 2004. To fill the vacancy on Charter's Board, it is expected that Jo Allen Patton will be nominated to replace Mr. Savoy on Charter's Board. The Board will consider the nomination at its regularly scheduled meeting on April 27, 2004. Ms. Patton, 46, is president and chief executive officer of Vulcan Inc., the investment and project management company founded by Paul G. Allen, Charter's principal shareholder, to manage his business and personal initiatives around the world.

 

 

About Charter Communications

Charter Communications, Inc., a broadband communications company, provides a full range of advanced broadband services to the home, including cable television on an advanced digital video programming platform via Charter Digital™ and Charter High-Speed Internet Service™. Charter also provides business to business video, data and Internet protocol (IP) solutions through its Commercial Services Division. Advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.

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