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Cash portion of purchase price for TWC Transaction - Option B ($115 in cash and 0.4562 shares of New Charter for each share of Charter common stock)

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Maximum redemption percentage of principal amount of notes at a premium plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings (as defined in the indenture)

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Redemption premium percent In event of change in control.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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