0001091667-15-000327.txt : 20151224 0001091667-15-000327.hdr.sgml : 20151224 20151224094653 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001091667-15-000327 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151222 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151224 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151224 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001091667 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 431857213 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12405 POWERSCOURT DRIVE CITY: ST. LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63131 BUSINESS PHONE: 314-965-0555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12405 POWERSCOURT DRIVE CITY: ST. LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63131 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC /MO/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990723 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rutledge Thomas CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001289431 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33664 FILM NUMBER: 151307183 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 STEWART AVENUE CITY: BETHPAGE STATE: NY ZIP: 11714 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2015-12-22 0001091667 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/ CHTR 0001289431 Rutledge Thomas C/O CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 400 ATLANTIC STREET STAMFORD CT 06901 1 1 0 0 President and CEO Class A Common Stock 2015-12-22 4 M 0 166350 53.595 A 561994 D Class A Common Stock 2015-12-22 4 F 0 106225 180.99 D 455769 D Class A Common Stock 2015-12-22 4 G 0 83696 0 D 372073 D Performance Vesting Stock Options 53.595 2015-12-22 4 M 0 166350 0 D 2016-02-19 Class A Common Stock 166350 55450 D Securities acquired upon exercise of all of the vested performance-vesting stock options with a $125 or $150 per-share stock price target granted on December 19, 2011 under the Charter Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. These options had an expiration date in February 2016. Withholding of securities for the purpose of paying the exercise price and taxes due upon exercise of the stock options. Per-share value assigned to the shares withheld based on the fair market value of the shares at the time the stock options were exercised on December 22, 2015. Gift to a non-profit charitable foundation pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan. The options, representing the right to purchase 110,900 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to the attainment of a $125 per-share stock price for a sixty-day period (with a 4-year term); and 110,900 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to the attainment of a $150 per-share stock price for a sixty-day period (with a 4-year term), vest as follows: (i) 25% were first eligible to vest on December 19, 2012; (ii) 25% were first eligible to vest on December 19, 2013; (iii) 25% were first eligible to vest on December 19, 2014; and (iv) 25% were first eligible to vest on December 19, 2015. /s/ Daniel J. Bollinger as attorney-in-fact for Thomas M. Rutledge 2015-12-23 EX-24 2 poarutledge2015.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

 POWER OF ATTORNEY





      KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Richard R. Dykhouse, Thomas E. Proost, Daniel J. Bollinger, Constance C. Kovach and Jennifer Dau-Sullivan, acting alone, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, effective on the date hereof, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute on behalf of him any and all Forms 3, 4, and 5 reporting beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of securities issued by Charter Communications, Inc. (Company) and any amendments and supplements to those forms, which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary, appropriate, or desirable to comply with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (Rules), and to file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and NASDAQ.



 The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to perform all and every act requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, with full power of revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



 This Power of Attorney shall automatically terminate as to named attorneys-in-fact six months after the undersigned ceases to be a Section 16 Reporting Person of the Company.  This Power of Attorney shall terminate as to each named attorney-in-fact whose employment by the Company and its affiliates shall terminate.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed.





Date: __1/16/15____________  By:  __/s/Thomas M. Rutledge__      _____

 Print Name:  Thomas M. Rutledge

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