8-K 1 y56574e8-k.txt CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2002 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ---------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware -------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 000-27927 43-1857213 --------- ---------- (Commission File Number) (Federal Employer Identification Number) 12405 Powerscourt Drive St. Louis, Missouri 63131 ------------------- ----- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (314) 965-0555 -------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On January 8, 2002, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation, subsidiaries of Charter Communications, Inc., announced that they had entered into an agreement to sell $350 million principal amount of 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009, $300 million principal amount of 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011 and $250 million of 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012 with a principal at maturity of $450 million. The Purchase Agreement, the Indentures and the Exchange and Registration Agreements are being filed as exhibits with this report. ITEM 7. EXHIBITS Purchase Agreement relating to 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009, 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011, 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012 dated January 8, 2002.* First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009.* Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement relating to 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009, dated as of January 14, 2002, among Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, Charter Communications Capital Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp., Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Corporation, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated, First Union Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp. and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Grantchester, Inc.* First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011.* Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement relating to 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011, dated as of January 14, 2002, among Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, Charter Communications Capital Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp., Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Corporation, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated, First Union Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp. and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Grantchester, Inc.* Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012.* Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement relating to 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012, dated as of January 14, 2002, among Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, Charter Communications Capital Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp., Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Corporation, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated, First Union Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp. and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Grantchester, Inc.* * 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 By: /s/ KENT D. KALKWARF -------------------- Name: Kent D. Kalkwarf Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) Dated: January 15, 2002 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number Description ------ ----------- 10.1 Purchase Agreement relating to 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009, 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011, 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012 dated January 8, 2002. 10.2(a) First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009. 10.2(b) Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement relating to 9.625% Senior Notes due 2009, dated as of January 14, 2002, among Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, Charter Communications Capital Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp., Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Corporation, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated, First Union Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp. and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Grantchester, Inc. 10.3(a) First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011. 10.3(b) Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement relating to 10.000% Senior Notes due 2011, dated as of January 14, 2002, among Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, Charter Communications Capital Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp., Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Corporation, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated, First Union Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp. and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Grantchester, Inc. 10.4(a) Indenture dated as of January 14, 2002 between Charter Communications Holdings, LLC, Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corporation and BNY Midwest Trust Company as Trustee governing 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012. 10.4(b) Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement relating to 12.125% Senior Discount Notes due 2012, dated as of January 14, 2002, among Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC, Charter Communications Capital Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., TD Securities (USA) Inc., BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp., Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Corporation, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated, First Union Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp. and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Grantchester, Inc.