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): December
31, 2006
Charter
Communications, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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000-27927
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43-1857213
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
Number)
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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
2.02.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
On
February 28, 2007, Charter Communications, Inc.
issued a press release announcing its results for the fourth quarter and
year
ended December 31, 2006. The following information, including the entirety
of
the press release appearing in Exhibit 99.1 hereto, is not filed but is
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, "Results of Operations and Financial
Condition."
ITEM
9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AND EXHIBITS.
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated February 28, 2007. *
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*
furnished herewith
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
current report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and
Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
regarding, among other things, our plans, strategies and prospects, both
business and financial. Although we believe that our plans, intentions
and
expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements
are
reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or realize these
plans,
intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject
to
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many of the forward-looking
statements contained in this current report may be identified by the use
of
forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should,"
"planned," "will," "may," "intend," "estimated," "aim," "on track," "target,"
"opportunity" and "potential," among others. Important factors that could
cause
actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements
we make
in this current report are set forth in reports or documents that we file
from
time to time with the SEC, and include, but are not limited to:
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the
availability, in general, of funds to meet interest payment obligations
under our debt and to fund our operations and necessary capital
expenditures, either through cash flows from operating activities,
further
borrowings or other sources and, in particular, our ability to be
able to
provide under the applicable debt instruments such funds (by dividend,
investment or otherwise) to the applicable obligor of such
debt;
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our
ability to comply with all covenants in our indentures and credit
facilities, any violation of which could trigger a default of our
other
obligations under cross-default provisions;
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our
ability to pay or refinance debt prior to or when it becomes due
and/or to
take advantage of market opportunities and market windows to refinance
that debt through new issuances, exchange offers or otherwise, including
restructuring our balance sheet and leverage
position;
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competition
from other video programming distributors, including incumbent telephone
companies, direct broadcast satellite operators, wireless broadband
providers and DSL providers;
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unforeseen
difficulties we may encounter in our continued introduction of our
telephone services such as our ability to meet heightened customer
expectations for the reliability of voice services compared to other
services we provide and our ability to meet heightened demand for
installations and customer service;
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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 a stable customer base, particularly
in
the face of increasingly aggressive competition from other service
providers;
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our
ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to pass programming
cost increases on to our customers;
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general
business conditions, economic uncertainty or slowdown;
and
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the
effects of governmental regulation, including but not limited to
local
franchise authorities, on our business.
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All
forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our
behalf
are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. We
are
under no duty or obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements
after the date of this current report.
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:
February 28, 2007
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By:/s/
Kevin D. Howard
Name:
Kevin D. Howard
Title:
Vice
President and Chief Accounting
Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated February 28, 2007.
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*
furnished herewith