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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 14d-100)
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 3)
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Options to Purchase Common Stock
par value $.001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
16117M107
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
(Underlying Class A Common Stock)
Curtis S. Shaw, Esq.
Charter Communications, Inc.
12405 Powerscourt Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63131
(314) 965-0555
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of
Filing Persons)
Copies to:
Alvin G. Segel, Esq.
Irell & Manella LLP
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 277-1010
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
| Transaction Valuation* | Amount of Filing Fee** | |||
$16,734,870 |
$ | 1,353.85 | ||
*Calculated solely for purposes of determining the filing fee. This amount assumes that options to purchase 22,929,573 shares of Class A common stock of Charter Communications, Inc. having an aggregate value of $16,734,870 will be exchanged and cancelled pursuant to this offer. The aggregate value of such options was calculated based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Section 13(e) of the
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Rule 0-11 thereunder, Fee Rate Advisory No. 11 for fiscal year 2003 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2003 and Fee Rate Advisory No. 6 for fiscal year 2004 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2003, equals $80.90 for each $1,000,000 of the value of the transaction.
** Previously paid.
x Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
| Amount previously paid: |
$1,353.85 |
Filing party: | Charter Communications, Inc. | |||||
| Form or registration No.: |
Schedule TO |
Date filed: | January 20, 2004 |
o Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
o third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-l.
x issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
o going private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
o amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer. o
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This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule TO filed on January 20, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on
February 9, 2004 and Amendment No. 2 filed on February 12, 2004 (the “Tender
Offer Statement”) relating to the offer by Charter Communications, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”) to exchange certain outstanding options
having an exercise price of more than $10.00 per share for shares of Restricted
Stock or cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Offer to Exchange (the “Offer to Exchange”) and the related Election Agreement,
copies of which were attached as exhibits to the Tender Offer Statement.
| Item 4. Terms of the Transaction. | ||||||||
| Item 12. Exhibits | ||||||||
| SIGNATURE | ||||||||
| INDEX OF EXHIBITS | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT-99.A.19 | ||||||||
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Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.
Item 4(b) of the Tender Offer Statement is hereby amended as follows:
Section 10 (“Interests of Directors and Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning Our Securities”) on page 32 of the Offer to Exchange is amended to add the following after the sentence “We have been advised that most of our officers and eligible directors intend to tender options pursuant to this Offer”:
| In addition, we have been further advised that, of our directors and executive officers who are eligible to participate in the Offer and beneficially own options eligible to be exchanged in the Offer, Carl E. Vogel, Wayne H. Davis and Steven A. Schumm have tendered or intend to tender all of their eligible options, and Paul E. Martin and Curtis S. Shaw have not yet determined whether or not to tender their eligible options in the Offer. |
In addition, each other place in the Offer to Exchange that states that the Company has been advised that most of its officers and eligible directors intend to tender options pursuant to the Offer is amended to state that, in addition, the Company has been further advised that Carl E. Vogel, Wayne H. Davis and Steven A. Schumm have tendered or intend to tender all of their eligible options, and Paul E. Martin and Curtis S. Shaw have not yet determined whether or not to tender their eligible options in the Offer.
Item 12. Exhibits
Item 12 of the Tender Offer Statement is hereby amended to add a reference to Exhibit (a)(19), which is attached hereto, as follows:
| (a)(19) Text of February 13, 2004 e-mail correspondence with eligible employees. |
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
| CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Steven A. Schumm | |||||
| Name: Steven A. Schumm | ||||||
| Title: Executive Vice President—Chief Administrative Officer |
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Dated: February 13, 2004
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit | |
| (a)(1) | Offer to Exchange, dated January 20, 2004.* | |
| (a)(2) | Form of Personalized Statement and Election Agreement (Restricted Stock).* | |
| (a)(3) | Form of Personalized Statement and Election Agreement (Cash).* | |
| (a)(4) | Form of Notice of Withdrawal.* | |
| (a)(5) | Form of Letter to Employees.* | |
| (a)(6) | Form of email to Employees regarding Personal Identification Number.* | |
| (a)(7) | Text of e-mail to Employees, dated November 24, 2003 (previously filed on Schedule TO-C dated November 25, 2003) | |
| (a)(8) | Charter Communications Stock Option Exchange Program Overview Brochure.* | |
| (a)(9) | Text of Frequently Asked Questions.* | |
| (a)(10) | Text of information provided on Offer web site.* | |
| (a)(11) | Charter Communications Stock Option Exchange Program Telephone Election System script.* | |
| (a)(12) | Power point presentation to Employees.* | |
| (a)(13) | Poster announcement regarding the Stock Option Exchange Program (previously filed on Schedule TO-C dated January 16, 2004) | |
| (a)(14) | The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed on April 15, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (a)(15) | The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003, filed on November 3, 2003 and incorporated by reference herein (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (a)(16) | Election Confirmation (Restricted Stock).* | |
| (a)(17) | Election Confirmation (Cash).* | |
| (a)(18) | Text of February 12, 2004 e-mail reminder to eligible employees.* | |
| (a)(19) | Text of February 13, 2004 e-mail correspondence to eligible employees.** |
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| (b) | Not applicable. | |
| (d)(1) | Form of Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Agreement (Employees of the Rank of Senior Vice President and Above).* | |
| (d)(2) | Form of Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Agreement (Employees Below the Rank of Senior Vice President).* | |
| (d)(3) | Charter Communications 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) | |
| (d)(4) | 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) | |
| (d)(5) | Form of Amendment No. 1 to The Charter Communications Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10(c) to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed on November 1, 1999 (File No. 333-83887) | |
| (d)(6) | Amendment No. 2 to The Charter Communications Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4(c) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 30, 2000 (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (d)(7) | Amendment No. 3 to The Charter Communications Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14(e) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2002 (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (d)(8) | Amendment No. 4 to The Charter Communications Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10(f) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 15, 2003 (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (d)(9) | Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 15, 2001 (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (d)(10) | Amendment No. 1 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(b) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 15, 2003 (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (d)(11) | Amendment No. 2 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2001 (File No. 000-27927) |
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| (d)(12) | Amendment No. 3 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15(c) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 29, 2002 (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (d)(13) | Amendment No. 4 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(e) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 15, 2003 (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (d)(14) | Amendment No. 5 to the Charter Communications, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11(f) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 15, 2003 (File No. 000-27927) | |
| (d)(15) | Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1999, by and among the Company, Charter Investment, Inc., Vulcan Cable III, Inc., Paul G. Allen, Jerald L. Kent, Howard L. Wood and Barry L. Babcock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed on October 18, 1999 (File No. 333-83887) | |
| (d)(16) | Form of Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1999, by and among the Company, Charter Investment, Inc., Vulcan Cable III, Inc. and Paul G. Allen, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed on October 18, 1999 (File No. 333-83887) | |
| * | Previously filed. | |
| ** | Filed herewith. |
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EXHIBIT (a) (19)
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
OFFER TO EXCHANGE CERTAIN OUTSTANDING OPTIONS
HAVING AN EXERCISE PRICE OF MORE THAN $10.00 PER SHARE
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE
AT 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON FEBRUARY 20, 2004,
UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
Dear Eligible Employee:
As you are aware, Charter Communications, Inc. commenced an option exchange program on January 20, 2004 (the “Offer”). We have supplemented and amended the Offer as indicated below to effect certain clarifications and modifications requested by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These changes do not alter the financial terms of the Offer. Some of the SEC’s comments related to the forms that you would use to tender or withdraw eligible options. While we have made those changes and similar changes to our Telephone Election System, you may continue to use the forms originally distributed to you. We will construe the forms and elections made through the Telephone Election System or our Exchange Program Web Site in accordance with the changes we made. Please review this supplemental information. In addition, if you have not already done so, please review the Offer to Exchange.
An Exchange Program Web Site has been activated in conjunction with the Offer to Exchange. Employees can access the site at www.corporate-action.net/Charter. Eligible employees must enter the PIN number that was included in their notification mailing.
Eligible employees who choose to participate in the Offer to Exchange MUST do so by February 20th. Mellon must receive all decisions by 5:00 EST February 20, 2004.
Employee participation in the stock option exchange program is completely voluntary. Those employees who do not want to exchange their options do not need to take any action. If you do not take any action, your options will remain under the terms they were granted.
A customer service line — staffed by Mellon — is open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. EST Monday through Friday. Employees with questions should call 1-888-788-1316.
Charter Communications, Inc.
February 13, 2004
1. The second paragraph under Question 36 (“How do I tender my options?”) on pages 12-13 of the Offer to Exchange is amended to replace the third sentence of the paragraph with the following:
| Prior to confirming any tender of options on the Offer web site or the telephone election system, you will be asked to confirm that you have read this Offer to Exchange, the related election agreement and the applicable form of Restricted Stock Agreement and that you agree to accept the terms of the Offer. |
In addition, each other place in the Offer to Exchange that states that the holder will be asked to confirm that such holder has read and understands the Offer to Exchange and related documents is amended to state that such holder has read the Offer to Exchange and related documents.
2. The paragraph entitled “Determination of Validity; Rejection of Options; Waiver of Defects; No Obligation to Give Notice of Defects” on page 20 of the Offer to Exchange under Section 3 (“Procedures for Tendering Options”) is amended to replace the fourth sentence of the paragraph with the following:
| We also reserve the right to waive any or all of the conditions of the Offer. We further reserve the right to waive any defect or irregularity in any election agreement, notice of withdrawal or tender with respect to any particular option or any particular option holder. |
3. Bullet point (c)(5) on page 24 of the Offer to Exchange under Section 5 (“Conditions of the Offer”) is replaced in its entirety with the following:
(5) any increase or decrease of 30% or more in the market price of shares of our Class A common stock after the close of business on January 15, 2004 or any change in the general political, market, economic or financial conditions in the United States or abroad that could, in our reasonable judgment, have a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or other), operations or prospects of Charter or our subsidiaries or on the trading in our Class A common stock or on the achievement of the purposes of the Offer;
| 4. | Subparagraph (e) on page 24 of the Offer to Exchange under Section 5 (“Conditions of the Offer”) is replaced in its entirety with the following: |
(e) any change or changes shall have occurred in the business, condition (financial or other), assets, income, operations, prospects or stock ownership of Charter or any of our subsidiaries that, in our reasonable judgment, is materially adverse to Charter or any of our subsidiaries.
5. The first paragraph under the heading entitled “Consideration” on page 25 of the Offer to Exchange under Section 8 (“Source and Amount of Consideration; Terms of Restricted Stock”) is amended to replace the last sentence of the paragraph with the following:
| The Black-Scholes option-pricing model is a commonly used option valuation method which relies on various assumptions, including the expected remaining term of the options, the volatility of our Class A common stock, the risk-free rate of interest, expected dividends, the option exercise price and the approximate price of |
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| our Class A common stock at the time our board of directors first approved the Offer in principle, which was on October 28, 2003. |
6. Section 10 (“Interests of Directors and Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning Our Securities”) on page 32 of the Offer to Exchange is amended to replace the second paragraph with the following:
The following table sets forth, as of January 15, 2004, our directors and executive officers who are eligible to participate in the Offer and their beneficial ownership of options that are eligible to be exchanged in the Offer:
| Name | Eligible Options | |||||||
Carl E. Vogel |
3,400,000 | |||||||
Margaret “Maggie” A. Bellville |
0 | |||||||
Derek Chang |
0 | |||||||
Wayne H. Davis |
40,000 | |||||||
Michael P. Huseby |
0 | |||||||
Paul E. Martin |
105,000 | |||||||
Steven A. Schumm |
947,681 | |||||||
Curtis S. Shaw |
374,000 | |||||||
Total: |
4,866,681 | |||||||
We have been advised that most of our officers and eligible directors intend to tender options pursuant to this Offer. In addition, we have been further advised that, of our directors and executive officers who are eligible to participate in the Offer and beneficially own options eligible to be exchanged in the Offer, Carl E. Vogel, Wayne H. Davis and Steven A. Schumm have tendered or intend to tender all of their eligible options, and Paul E. Martin and Curtis S. Shaw have not yet determined whether or not to tender their eligible options in the Offer. Members of our board of directors who are not also employees of Charter or one of its subsidiaries are not eligible to participate in the Offer.
In addition, each other place in the Offer to Exchange that states that the Company has been advised that most of its officers and eligible directors intend to tender options pursuant to the Offer is amended to state that, in addition, the Company has been further advised that Carl E. Vogel, Wayne H. Davis and Steven A. Schumm have tendered or intend to tender all of their eligible options, and Paul E. Martin and Curtis S. Shaw have not yet determined whether or not to tender their eligible options in the Offer.
7. Section 16 (“Additional Information”) on pages 38-39 of the Offer to Exchange is amended to delete the first two full paragraphs on page 39 and replace them with the following:
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Offer to Exchange to the extent that a statement contained herein
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modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Offer to Exchange, except as so modified or superseded. For the avoidance of doubt, information furnished pursuant to Item 9 or 12 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated herein or otherwise to form a part hereof.
8. Exhibits III and IV of the Offer to Exchange, are amended to replace the sentence that states: “I have read and understand the Offer Documents and by electing to participate I agree to accept the terms of this offer” with the following:
| I have read the Offer Documents and by electing to participate I agree to accept the terms of this offer. |
9. Exhibit V of the Offer to Exchange, are amended to replace the sentence that states “I have read and understand the Offer Documents” with the following:
| I have read the Offer Documents. |
10. The script of the Telephone Election System is amended to replace the language that states: “You have elected to exchange your options. By Pressing 1 you acknowledge that you have read and understand the Offer to Exchange and you agree to accept the terms of the Offer” with the following:
| You have elected to exchange your options. By Pressing 1 you acknowledge that you have read the Offer to Exchange and you agree to accept the terms of the Offer. |
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