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): July
1, 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)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
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240.13e-4(c))
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ITEM
2.01 COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OF DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.
On July 1, 2006, Charter Communications Operating, LLC ("Charter Operating"), an indirect subsidiary of Charter Communications, Inc., completed the sale of various geographically non-strategic assets to Cebridge Acquisition Co., LLC and Telecommunication Management, LLC, operating as NewWave Communications; for aggregate proceeds of approximately $896 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. The transactions include cable television systems in West Virginia and Virginia sold to Cebridge and in Illinois and Kentucky sold to NewWave. The systems sold to Cebridge serve approximately 242,600 analog video customers and those purchased by NewWave serve approximately 75,200 analog video customers.
A
press
release announcing the completion of the sales is included herewith as Exhibit
99.1.
ITEM
9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
The
following exhibits are filed pursuant to Item 2.01:
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Press
release dated as of July 3, 2006.
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* 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:
July 6, 2006
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By:/s/
Grier C. Raclin
Name:
Grier C. Raclin
Title:
Executive
Vice President and General
Counsel
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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 as of July 3, 2006. *
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* filed
herewith