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                             UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                          WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                               STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no
    longer subject to         Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
    Section 16. Form 4            Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
    or Form 5 obligations         Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
    may continue. See              or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
    Instruction 1(b).                           Act of 1940


(Print or Type Responses)

                                                                                                       
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*      2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
    Peretsman       Nancy          B.             Charter Communications, Inc.--CHTR            to  Issuer (Check all applicable)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   X   Director         10% Owner
  (Last)          (First)          (Middle)    3. IRS Identification      4. Statement for      ----              ---
                                                  Number of Reporting        Month/Year             Officer (give    Other (Specify
         Charter Communications, Inc.             Person, if an entity       February 2002      ----         title ---      below)
- ---------------------------------------------     (Voluntary)                -------------------             below)
                 (Street)                                                                              ----------------------------
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         12405 Powerscourt Drive                                          ----------------------------------------------------------
                                                                          5. If Amendment,    7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                             Date of Original    (Check Applicable Line)
- ---------------------------------------------                                (Month/Year)             Form filed by One
   (City)           (State)       (Zip)                                                          ---- Reporting Person
                                                                             February 2002            Form filed by More than
   St. Louis         MO           63131                                                          ---- One Reporting Person
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                                               TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security           2. Trans-   3. Transac-  4. Securities Acquired (A)  5.  Amount of Se-    6. Owner-      7. Nature
  (Instr. 3)                       action      tion         or Disposed of (D)           curities Benefi-    ship           of In-
                                   Date        Code         (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          cially Owned at     Form:          direct
                                               (Instr. 8)                                End of Month        Direct         Benefi-
                                  (Month/                                                (Instr. 3 and 4)    (D) or         cial
                                   Day/   ---------------------------------------                            Indirect       Owner-
                                   Year)  Code    V      Amount   (A) or    Price                            (I)            ship
                                                                  (D)                                        (Instr. 4)     (Instr.
                                                                                                                            4)

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 Class A Common Stock                     2/12/02   P    50,000     A         11.00       60,000                D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                   (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
                                                                                                                     SEC 1474 (7-96)

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. quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ 8) 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Security Derivative Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Securities Derivative Beneficial Beneficially Security: Ownership Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4) of Month or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ Nancy B. Peretsman February 2002 See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ---------------------- ------------------ Nancy B. Peretsman Date **Signature of Reporting Person Note. File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1474 (7-96) 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.