UNITED STATES
SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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(Name of Issuer)
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
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(Title of Class of Securities)
16117M107
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(CUSIP Number)
December 31, 2006
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(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:
| | Rule 13d-1(b)
|X| Rule 13d-1(c)
| | Rule 13d-1(d)
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
Continued on following pages
Page 1 of 14 Pages
SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No.: 16117M107 Page 2 of 14 Pages
................................................................................
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
SAB CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
................................................................................
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
................................................................................
3. SEC Use Only
................................................................................
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware
................................................................................
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power -0-
Beneficially Owned .........................................................
by Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power 3,259,999
Person With .........................................................
7. Sole Dispositive Power -0-
.........................................................
8. Shared Dispositive Power 3,259,999
................................................................................
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
3,259,999
................................................................................
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions)
[ ]
................................................................................
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
0.76% based on 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2006.
................................................................................
12. Type of Reporting Person:
PN
SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No.: 16117M107 Page 3 of 14 Pages
................................................................................
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
SAB CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.
................................................................................
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
................................................................................
3. SEC Use Only
................................................................................
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware
................................................................................
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power -0-
Beneficially Owned .........................................................
by Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power 79,822
Person With .........................................................
7. Sole Dispositive Power -0-
.........................................................
8. Shared Dispositive Power 79,822
................................................................................
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
79,822
................................................................................
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions)
[ ]
................................................................................
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
0.02% based on 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2006.
................................................................................
12. Type of Reporting Person:
PN
SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No.: 16117M107 Page 4 of 14 Pages
................................................................................
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
SAB OVERSEAS MASTER FUND, L.P.
................................................................................
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
................................................................................
3. SEC Use Only
................................................................................
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Cayman Islands
................................................................................
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power -0-
Beneficially Owned .........................................................
by Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power 1,583,319
Person With .........................................................
7. Sole Dispositive Power -0-
.........................................................
8. Shared Dispositive Power 1,583,319
................................................................................
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,583,319
................................................................................
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions)
[ ]
................................................................................
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
0.37% based on 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2006.
................................................................................
12. Type of Reporting Person:
PN
SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No.: 16117M107 Page 5 of 14 Pages
................................................................................
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
SAB CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.
................................................................................
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
................................................................................
3. SEC Use Only
................................................................................
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware
................................................................................
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power -0-
Beneficially Owned .........................................................
by Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power 4,923,140
Person With .........................................................
7. Sole Dispositive Power -0-
.........................................................
8. Shared Dispositive Power 4,923,140
................................................................................
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,923,140
................................................................................
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions)
[ ]
................................................................................
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
1.15% based on 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2006.
................................................................................
12. Type of Reporting Person:
OO
SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No.: 16117M107 Page 6 of 14 Pages
................................................................................
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
SAB CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
................................................................................
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
................................................................................
3. SEC Use Only
................................................................................
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware
................................................................................
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power -0-
Beneficially Owned .........................................................
by Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power 4,923,140
Person With .........................................................
7. Sole Dispositive Power -0-
.........................................................
8. Shared Dispositive Power 4,923,140
................................................................................
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,923,140
................................................................................
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions)
[ ]
................................................................................
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
1.15% based on 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2006.
................................................................................
12. Type of Reporting Person:
PN
SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No.: 16117M107 Page 7 of 14 Pages
................................................................................
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
SAB CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
................................................................................
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
................................................................................
3. SEC Use Only
................................................................................
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware
................................................................................
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power -0-
Beneficially Owned .........................................................
by Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power 4,923,140
Person With .........................................................
7. Sole Dispositive Power -0-
.........................................................
8. Shared Dispositive Power 4,923,140
................................................................................
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,923,140
................................................................................
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions)
[ ]
................................................................................
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
1.15% based on 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2006.
................................................................................
12. Type of Reporting Person:
OO
SCHEDULE 13G
CUSIP No.: 16117M107 Page 8 of 14 Pages
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1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
SCOTT A. BOMMER
................................................................................
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a) [X]
(b) [ ]
................................................................................
3. SEC Use Only
................................................................................
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States of America
................................................................................
Number of Shares 5. Sole Voting Power -0-
Beneficially Owned .........................................................
by Each Reporting 6. Shared Voting Power 4,923,140
Person With .........................................................
7. Sole Dispositive Power -0-
.........................................................
8. Shared Dispositive Power 4,923,140
................................................................................
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
4,923,140
................................................................................
10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
(See Instructions)
[ ]
................................................................................
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
1.15% based on 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2006.
................................................................................
12. Type of Reporting Person:
IN
Page 9 of 14 Pages
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
Charter Communications, Inc. (the "Issuer").
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
12405 Powerscourt Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63131.
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
This Statement is filed on behalf of each of the following persons
(collectively, the "Reporting Persons"):
i) SAB Capital Partners, L.P. ("SAB");
ii) SAB Capital Partners II, L.P. ("SAB II", and together with
SAB, the "Domestic Partnerships");
iii) SAB Overseas Master Fund, L.P. (the "Master Fund");
iv) SAB Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the "General Partner");
v) SAB Capital Management, L.P. (the "Investment Manager");
vi) SAB Capital Management, L.L.C. (the "IMGP"); and
vii) Scott A. Bommer ("Mr. Bommer").
This Statement relates to Shares (as defined herein) held for the
accounts of each of SAB, SAB II, and the Master Fund. The General Partner
serves as the general partner of each of the Domestic Partnerships and the
Master Fund. The Investment Manager serves as the investment manager of each
of the Domestic Partnerships and the Master Fund. The IMGP serves as the
general partner of the Investment Manager. Mr. Bommer serves as the managing
member of each of the General Partner and IMGP.
Any disclosures herein with respect to persons other than the Reporting
Persons are made on information and belief after making inquiry to the
appropriate party.
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
The address of the principal business office of each of the
Reporting Persons is 712 Fifth Avenue, 42nd Floor, New York, N.Y. 10019.
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
i) SAB is a Delaware limited partnership;
ii) SAB II is a Delaware limited partnership;
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iii) The Master Fund is a Cayman Islands exempted limited
partnership;
iv) The General Partner is a Delaware limited liability company;
v) The Investment Manager is a Delaware limited partnership;
vi) The IMGP is a Delaware limited liability company; and
v) Mr. Bommer is a citizen of the United States of America.
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Shares")
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
16117M107
Item 3. If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to ss.ss.240.13d-1(b) or
240.13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:
This Item 3 is not applicable.
Item 4. Ownership:
Item 4(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
As of January 29, 2007:
(a) SAB may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 3,259,999
Shares held for its account;
(b) SAB II may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 79,822
Shares held for its account;
(c) The Master Fund may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of
1,583,319 Shares held for its account; and
(d) Each of the General Partner, Investment Manager, IMGP and Mr.
Bommer may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of 4,923,140 Shares held for
the accounts of each of SAB, SAB II, and the Master Fund. This amount
includes: A) 3,259,999 Shares held for the account of SAB; B) 79,822 Shares
held for the account of SAB II; and C) 1,583,319 Shares held for the account
of the Master Fund.
Item 4(b) Percent of Class:
(a) The number of Shares which SAB may be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of constitutes approximately 0.76% of the total number of
Shares outstanding (based upon information provided by the Issuer in its most
recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, there were approximately 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of
September 30, 2006).
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(b) The number of Shares which SAB II may be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of constitutes approximately 0.02% of the total number of
Shares outstanding (based upon information provided by the Issuer in its most
recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, there were approximately 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of
September 30, 2006).
(c) The number of Shares which the Master Fund may be deemed to be
the beneficial owner of constitutes approximately 0.37% of the total number of
Shares outstanding (based upon information provided by the Issuer in its most
recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, there were approximately 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of
September 30, 2006).
(d) The number of Shares which each of the General Partner,
Investment Manager, IMGP and Mr. Bommer may be deemed to be the beneficial
owner of constitutes approximately 1.15% of the total number of Shares
outstanding (based upon information provided by the Issuer in its most recent
quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, there were approximately 426,699,355 shares outstanding as of
September 30, 2006).
Item 4(c) Number of Shares of which such person has:
SAB:
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(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 3,259,999
(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of: 0
(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of: 3,259,999
SAB II:
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(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 79,822
(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of: 0
(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of: 79,822
The Master Fund:
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(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 1,583,319
(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of: 0
(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of: 1,583,319
The General Partner, Investment Manager, IMGP and Mr. Bommer:
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(i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0
(ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 4,923,140
(iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of: 0
(iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of: 4,923,140
Page 12 of 14 Pages
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the
date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more
than five percent of the class of securities, check the following |X|.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
This Item 6 is not applicable.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
This Item 7 is not applicable
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
See disclosure in Item 2 hereof.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group:
This Item 9 is not applicable.
Item 10. Certification:
By signing below each of the Reporting Persons certifies that, to
the best of their knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were
not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were
not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having that purpose or effect.
Page 13 of 14 Pages
SIGNATURE
After reasonable 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.
Date: February 13, 2007 /s/ Michael Casey
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Michael Casey, attorney-in-fact for Scott
A. Bommer, individually and (a) as
managing member of SAB Capital Advisors,
L.L.C., for itself and as the general
partner of
(i) SAB Capital Partners, L.P. and
(ii) SAB Capital Partners II, L.P.; and
(iii) SAB Overseas Master Fund, L.P.; and
(b) as managing member of SAB Capital
Management, L.L.C., for itself and as the
general partner of SAB Capital
Management, L.P.
Page 14 of 14 Pages
EXHIBIT 1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that I, Scott A. Bommer, hereby make,
constitute and appoint each of Michael Casey, Brian Jackelow and Alessandro De
Giorgis, acting individually, as my agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose
of executing in my name, (a) in my personal capacity or (b) in my capacity as
managing member of or in other capacities with SAB Capital Advisors, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, and each of its affiliates or entities
advised or controlled by me or SAB Capital Advisors, L.L.C., all documents,
certificates, instruments, statements, filings and agreements ("documents") to
be filed with or delivered to any foreign or domestic governmental or
regulatory body or required or requested by any other person or entity
pursuant to any legal or regulatory requirement relating to the acquisition,
ownership, management or disposition of securities, futures contracts or other
investments, and any other documents relating or ancillary thereto, including,
without limitation, all documents relating to filings with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including,
without limitation: (1) all documents relating to the beneficial ownership of
securities required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(d) or
Section 16(a) of the Act, including, without limitation: (a) any acquisition
statements on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, (b) any
joint filing agreements pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k), and (c) any initial
statements of, or statements of changes in, beneficial ownership of securities
on Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 and (2) any information statements on Form 13F
required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(f) of the Act.
All past acts of these attorneys-in-fact in furtherance of the foregoing
are hereby ratified and confirmed.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked, in writing,
by the undersigned.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney,
this 9th day of August 2006.
/s/ Scott A. Bommer
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Scott A. Bommer