Filing Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration Statement No. 333-54394
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 8 DATED JUNE 5, 2001
TO PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 6, 2001,
AS SUPPLEMENTED BY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 AND 7
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
$750,000,000 of 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2005
and 34,786,650 Shares of Class A Common Stock Issuable Upon
Conversion of the 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2005
and
31,664,667 Issued or Issuable Shares of Class A Common Stock
This prospectus supplement relates to (1) $750,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2005 of Charter
Communications, Inc., and 34,786,650 shares of Class A common stock of Charter
Communications, Inc., which are initially issuable upon conversion of the notes,
plus an indeterminate number of shares as may become issuable upon conversion as
a result of adjustments to the conversion rate; and (2) 31,664,667 shares of
Class A common stock of Charter Communications, Inc. issued or issuable to
certain entities in connection with Charter Communications, Inc.'s purchase of
certain cable systems in 2000 plus an indeterminate number of shares as may
become issuable upon certain events. This prospectus supplement should be read
in conjunction with the prospectus dated February 6, 2001, Prospectus Supplement
No. 1 dated February 16, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated February 20,
2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 3 dated March 15, 2001, Prospectus Supplement
No. 4 dated April 3, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 5 dated April 30, 2001,
Prospectus Supplement No. 6 dated May 3, 2001 and Prospectus Supplement No. 7
dated May 18, 2001, which are to be delivered with this prospectus supplement.
The information appearing in the table below, as of the date hereof,
supersedes the information in the table appearing under the heading "Selling
Securityholders" in Prospectus Supplement No. 7:
Shares of Class A
Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock
------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Principal Shares
Amount of Amount of Owned
Notes Owned Notes That Before Shares That
Selling Securityholder Before Offering May Be Sold Offering May Be Sold
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AAM/Zazove Institutional Income
Funds, LP (GS) ......................... $1,300,000 $1,300,000 0 60,297
AFTRA Health Fund....................... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
AIG/National Union Fire Insurance
Ltd. ................................... 800,000 800,000 0 37,106
AIG Soundshore Opportunity Holding
Fund, Ltd. ............................. 3,500,000 3,500,000 0 162,338
AIG Soundshore Strategic Holding
Fund, Ltd. ............................. 4,000,000 4,000,000 0 185,529
AIM Strategic Income Fund............... 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 69,573
Alexandra Global Investment Fund I
Ltd. ................................... 3,000,000 3,000,000 0 139,147
Allstate Insurance Company.............. 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 69,573
Allstate Life Insurance Company......... 375,000 375,000 0 17,393
Aloha Airlines Non-Pilots Pension
Trust................................... 245,000 245,000 0 11,364
Aloha Pilots Retirement Trust........... 140,000 140,000 0 6,494
Alpha US Sub Fund VIII, LLC............. 1,250,000 1,250,000 0 57,978
Alpine Associates....................... 5,600,000 5,600,000 0 259,740
Alpine Partners, L.P. .................. 900,000 900,000 0 41,744
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage
Fund L.P. .............................. 4,000,000 4,000,000 0 185,529
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage
Fund (Bermuda) L.P. .................... 11,000,000 11,000,000 0 510,204
Argent Convertible Arbitrage Fund
Ltd. ................................... 10,000,000 10,000,000 0 463,822
Aristeia International, Limited......... 5,160,000 5,160,000 0 239,332
Aristeia Trading, L.P. ................. 3,340,000 3,340,000 0 154,917
Arkansas PERS........................... 800,000 800,000 0 37,106
Arkansas Teachers Retirement............ 6,376,000 6,376,000 0 295,733
Associated Electric & Gas Insurance
Services Limited........................ 800,000 800,000 0 37,106
Bank Austria Cayman Islands, Ltd. ...... 8,800,000 8,800,000 0 408,163
Baptist Health of South Florida......... 407,000 407,000 0 18,888
BBT Fund, L.P. ......................... 16,000,000 16,000,000 0 742,115
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.(1)............. 5,000,000 5,000,000 0 231,911
Black Diamond Offshore, Ltd. ........... 281,000 281,000 0 13,033
BNP Paribas Equity Strategies........... 13,845,000 13,845,000 0 642,162
BNP Cooper Neff Convertible
Strategies Fund, L.P. .................. 1,155,000 1,155,000 0 53,571
Boilermakers Blacksmith Pension
Trust................................... 1,075,000 1,075,000 0 49,861
Boston Museum of Fine Arts.............. 170,000 170,000 0 7,885
Boulder II Limited...................... 6,762,000 6,762,000 0 313,636
Shares of Class A
Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock
------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Principal Shares
Amount of Amount of Owned
Notes Owned Notes That Before Shares That
Selling Securityholder Before Offering May Be Sold Offering May Be Sold
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BP Amoco PLC Master Trust............... 2,162,000 2,162,000 0 100,278
BT Equity Opportunities................. 4,000,000 4,000,000 0 185,529
BT Equity Strategies.................... 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 69,573
C&H Sugar Company, Inc. ................ 385,000 385,000 0 17,857
Canyon Capital Arbitrage Master Fund,
Ltd. ................................... 5,400,000 5,400,000 0 250,464
Canyon Capital Realization (Cayman),
Ltd. ................................... 22,925,000 22,925,000 0 1,063,312
Capital Guardian Global Convertible
Fund #011............................... 290,000 290,000 0 13,451
Chrysler Corporation Master Retirement
Trust................................... 3,300,000 3,300,000 0 153,061
CIBC World Markets...................... 3,595,000 3,595,000 0 166,744
Citi JL, Ltd. .......................... 117,000 117,000 0 5,427
Clinton Riverside Convertible Portfolio
Limited................................. 7,000,000 7,000,000 0 324,675
Common Fund Event Driven
Company 6............................... 107,000 107,000 0 4,963
Conseco Fund Group - Convertible
Securities Fund......................... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
DeAM Convertible Arbitrage Fund,
Ltd. ................................... 2,200,000 2,200,000 0 102,041
Deephaven Domestic Convertible
Trading Ltd. ........................... 16,250,000 16,250,000 0 753,711
Delaware PERS........................... 1,550,000 1,550,000 0 71,892
Delta Airlines Master Trust (c/o Oaktree
Capital Management, LLC)................ 1,440,000 1,440,000 0 66,790
Delta Pilots D&S Trust.................. 440,000 440,000 0 20,408
D.E. Shaw Valence, L.P. ................ 1,600,000 1,600,000 0 74,212
D.E. Shaw Investments, L.P. ............ 400,000 400,000 0 18,553
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc............ 24,300,000 24,300,000 0 1,127,087
Double Black Diamond Offshore,
LDC..................................... 1,168,000 1,168,000 0 54,174
Duckbill & Co. ......................... 2,500,000 2,500,000 0 115,956
Engineers Joint Pension Fund............ 700,000 700,000 0 32,468
Enterprise Convertible Security Fund.... 101,000 101,000 0 4,685
Evergreen Equity Income Fund............ 7,000,000 7,000,000 0 324,675
F.R. Convt Sec. Fn. .................... 85,000 85,000 0 3,942
Family Service Life Insurance
Company................................. 300,000 300,000 0 13,915
Federated American Leaders Fund
Inc. ................................... 18,500,000 18,500,000 0 858,071
Federated Equity Funds, on behalf of its
Federated Capital Appreciation Fund..... 7,000,000 7,000,000 0 324,675
Shares of Class A
Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock
------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Principal Shares
Amount of Amount of Owned
Notes Owned Notes That Before Shares That
Selling Securityholder Before Offering May Be Sold Offering May Be Sold
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Federated Insurance Series, on behalf of
its Federated American Leaders
Fund II................................. 2,400,000 2,400,000 0 111,317
Fidelity Financial Trust: Fidelity
Convertible Securities Fund............. 13,250,000 13,250,000 0 614,564
Fortis Series Fund, Inc. on behalf of
its American Leaders Series............. 50,000 50,000 0 2,319
Gaia Offshore Master Fund Ltd. ......... 7,000,000 7,000,000 0 324,675
Gary Anderson Marital Living Trust...... 200,000 200,000 0 9,276
General Motors Employees Global Group
Pension Trust........................... 3,500,000 3,500,000 0 162,338
General Motors Welfare Benefit Trust
(LT - VEBA)............................. 2,500,000 2,500,000 0 115,956
Goldman, Sachs & Co.(1)................. 25,489,000 25,489,000 0 1,182,236
Grace Brothers, Ltd. ................... 2,500,000 2,500,000 0 115,956
Guardian Life Insurance Company of
America................................. 10,200,000 10,200,000 0 473,098
Guardian Pension Trust.................. 400,000 400,000 0 18,553
Hawaiian Airline Pilots Retirement
Plan.................................... 220,000 220,000 0 10,204
Hawaiian Airlines Employees Pension
Plan - IAM.............................. 115,000 115,000 0 5,334
Hawaiian Airlines Pension Plan for
Salaried Employees...................... 25,000 25,000 0 1,160
HBK Master Fund L.P. ................... 46,000,000 46,000,000 0 2,133,581
HFR Master Fund, Ltd. .................. 200,000 200,000 0 9,276
Highbridge International LLC............ 25,900,000 25,900,000 0 1,201,299
Hotel Union and Hotel Industry of
Hawaii.................................. 490,000 490,000 0 22,727
ICI American Holdings Trust............. 825,000 825,000 0 38,265
Island Holdings......................... 50,000 50,000 0 2,319
ITG Inc. ............................... 204,000 204,000 0 9,462
James Campbell Corporation.............. 270,000 270,000 0 12,523
Jefferies & Company Inc. ............... 10,000 10,000 0 464
JMG Capital Partners, LP................ 10,500,000 10,500,000 0 487,013
Julius Baer Securities, Inc. ........... 450,000 450,000 0 20,872
KBC Financial Products USA.............. 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 92,764
Lancer Securities Cayman Ltd. .......... 800,000 800,000 0 37,106
Leonardo, L.P. ......................... 11,950,000 11,950,000 0 554,267
Levco Alternative Fund, Ltd. ........... 3,173,000 3,173,000 0 147,171
Lipper Convertibles, L.P. .............. 12,000,000 12,000,000 0 556,586
Lumberman's Mutual Casualty............. 722,000 722,000 0 33,488
Lydian Overseas Partners Master Fund.... 35,000,000 35,000,000 0 1,623,377
Mainstay Convertible Fund............... 7,500,000 7,500,000 0 347,867
Mainstay VP Convertible Portfolio....... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
McMahan Securities Co. L.P. ............ 174,000 174,000 0 8,071
Shares of Class A
Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock
------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Principal Shares
Amount of Amount of Owned
Notes Owned Notes That Before Shares That
Selling Securityholder Before Offering May Be Sold Offering May Be Sold
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith,
Inc.(1)................................. 450,000 450,000 0 20,872
Morgan Stanley & Co.(1)................. 350,000 350,000 0 16,234
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Convertible
Securities Trust(1)..................... 3,000,000 3,000,000 0 139,147
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan -
Active Member Fund...................... 390,000 390,000 0 18,089
Motion Picture Industry Health Plan -
Retiree Member Fund..................... 190,000 190,000 0 8,813
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston............. 46,000 46,000 0 2,134
Nalco Chemical Company.................. 260,000 260,000 0 12,059
Navigator Offshore Fund Ltd............. 1,597,000 1,597,000 0 74,072
Navigator Partners LP................... 690,000 690,000 0 32,004
Navigator Special Partners LP........... 213,000 213,000 0 9,879
Nicholas Applegate Convertible Fund..... 2,291,000 2,291,000 0 106,262
Nomura International PLC London......... 9,000,000 9,000,000 0 417,440
Nomura Securities International......... 6,000,000 6,000,000 0 278,293
Northern Income Equity Fund............. 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
OCM Convertible Trust................... 2,270,000 2,270,000 0 105,288
Ohio National Fund, Inc. on behalf of
its Blue Chip Portfolio................. 50,000 50,000 0 2,319
Onex Industrial Partners Limited........ 3,350,000 3,350,000 0 155,380
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities
Fund.................................... 6,000,000 6,000,000 0 278,293
OZ Master Fund, Ltd. ................... 6,000,000 6,000,000 0 278,293
Pacific Life Insurance Company.......... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
Palladin Securities LLC................. 500,000 500,000 0 23,191
Park Avenue Life Insurance Company...... 100,000 100,000 0 4,638
Parker-Hannifin Corporation............. 79,000 79,000 0 3,664
Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd. ....... 765,000 765,000 0 35,482
Pebble Capital, Inc. ................... 1,350,000 1,350,000 0 62,616
Pell Rudman Trust Company............... 1,550,000 1,550,000 0 71,892
Peoples Benefit Life Insurance Company
TEAMSTERS separate account.............. 3,750,000 3,750,000 0 173,933
PGEP III LLC............................ 500,000 500,000 0 23,191
PHEP IV, Inc. .......................... 116,000 116,000 0 5,380
Physicians Life......................... 549,000 549,000 0 25,464
PRIM Board.............................. 3,115,000 3,115,000 0 144,481
Primerica Life Insurance Company........ 1,503,000 1,503,000 0 69,712
Principal Investors Fund, Inc. on behalf
of its Partners Large Cap Blend Fund.... 40,000 40,000 0 1,855
Purchase Associates, L.P. .............. 1,103,000 1,103,000 0 51,160
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds -
Balanced Portfolio...................... 447,000 447,000 0 20,733
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds -
Conservative Portfolio.................. 508,000 508,000 0 23,562
Shares of Class A
Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock
------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Principal Shares
Amount of Amount of Owned
Notes Owned Notes That Before Shares That
Selling Securityholder Before Offering May Be Sold Offering May Be Sold
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Putnam Convertible Income - Growth
Trust................................... 4,500,000 4,500,000 0 208,720
Putnam Convertible Opportunities and
Income Trust............................ 114,000 114,000 0 5,288
Queens Health Plan...................... 85,000 85,000 0 3,942
R2 Investments, LDC..................... 42,000,000 42,000,000 0 1,948,052
Retail Clerks Pension Trust............. 3,000,000 3,000,000 0 139,147
Retail Clerks Pension Trust #2.......... 2,000,000 2,000,000 0 92,764
Sage Capital............................ 3,850,000 3,850,000 0 178,571
Salomon Smith Barney Inc................ 1,030,000 1,030,000 0 47,774
San Diego City Retirement............... 1,371,000 1,371,000 0 63,590
San Diego County Convertible............ 2,960,000 2,960,000 0 137,291
San Diego County Employees Retirement
Association............................. 1,900,000 1,900,000 0 88,126
Screen Actors Guild Pension
Convertible............................. 745,000 745,000 0 34,555
Silvercreek Limited Partnership......... 3,038,000 3,038,000 0 140,909
St. Albans Partners Ltd. ............... 5,000,000 5,000,000 0 231,911
Starvest Combined Portfolio............. 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
State Employees' Retirement Fund of
the State of Delaware................... 1,720,000 1,720,000 0 79,777
State of Connecticut Combined
Investment Funds........................ 3,805,000 3,805,000 0 176,484
State of Oregon - Equity................ 5,025,000 5,025,000 0 233,071
State of Oregon/SAIF Corporation........ 9,785,000 9,785,000 0 453,850
SunAmerica Series Trust, on behalf of
its Federated Value Portfolio........... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
TCI Bresnan, LLC........................ 0 N/A 0 9,098,006(2)
TCID of Michigan, Inc. ................. 0 N/A 0 15,117,743(2)
TCW Group, Inc. ........................ 12,075,000 12,075,000 0 560,065
The Class IC Company, Ltd. ............. 3,000,000 3,000,000 0 139,147
The Estate of James Campbell............ 356,000 356,000 0 16,512
The Travelers Indemnity Company......... 4,956,000 4,956,000 0 229,870
The Travelers Insurance
Company - Life.......................... 2,548,000 2,548,000 0 118,182
The Travelers Insurance Company Separate
Account TLAC............................ 289,000 289,000 0 13,404
The Travelers Life and Annuity
Company................................. 304,000 304,000 0 14,100
TQA Master Plus Fund, Ltd. ............. 750,000 750,000 0 34,787
TQA Masterfund, Ltd. ................... 1,750,000 1,750,000 0 81,169
Travelers Series Trust Convertible Bond
Portfolio............................... 400,000 400,000 0 18,553
Tribeca Investments LLC................. 27,500,000 27,500,000 0 1,275,511
UBS AG London Branch.................... 14,000,000 14,000,000 0 649,351
Shares of Class A
Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock
------------------------------------- --------------------------------
Principal Shares
Amount of Amount of Owned
Notes Owned Notes That Before Shares That
Selling Securityholder Before Offering May Be Sold Offering May Be Sold
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UBS O'Connor LLC (f/b/o UBS Global
Equity Arbitrage Master, Ltd.).......... 10,000,000 10,000,000 0 463,822
UBS Warburg LLC......................... 3,500,000 3,500,000 0 162,338
University of Rochester................. 43,000 43,000 0 1,994
Value Line Convertible Fund, Inc. ...... 500,000 500,000 0 23,191
Value Realization Fund, LP.............. 11,675,000 11,675,000 0 541,512
Van Kampen Harbor Fund.................. 3,000,000 3,000,000 0 139,147
Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund,
Inc. ................................... 5,420,000 5,420,000 0 25,139
Viacom Inc. Pension Plan Master Trust... 68,000 68,000 0 3,154
Wake Forest University.................. 1,296,000 1,296,000 0 60,111
Wasserstein Perella Securities Inc. .... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
While River Securities L.L.C. .......... 5,000,000 5,000,000 0 231,911
Worldwide Transactions, Ltd. ........... 51,000 51,000 0 2,366
Writers Guild Convertible............... 435,000 435,000 0 20,176
Wyoming State Treasurer................. 1,496,000 1,496,000 0 69,388
Yield Strategies Fund I LP.............. 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382
ZCM/HFR Index Management, L.L.C.
(f/k/a Zurich HFR Master Hedge Fund
Index Ltd.)............................. 100,000 100,000 0 4,638
Zeneca AG Products, Inc. ............... 150,000 150,000 0 6,957
Zeneca Holdings Trust................... 375,000 375,000 0 17,393
Zurich HFR Master Hedge Fund Index
LTD .................................... 3,200,000 3,200,000 0 148,423
(1) These entities and/or their affiliates have provided, and may from time
to time provide, investment banking services to Charter Communications,
Inc. and its subsidiaries, including, among other things, acting as
lead and/or co-manager with respect to offerings of debt and equity
securities.
(2) Represents the number of shares of Class A common stock for which the
selling securityholders may exchange their Class A Preferred Units in
CC VIII, LLC and an indeterminate number of shares issuable upon such
exchange, as such number may be adjusted under certain circumstances.
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SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 3 OF THE PROSPECTUS TO READ ABOUT IMPORTANT
FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING THE CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES OR SHARES
OF OUR CLASS A COMMON STOCK.
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These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the
accuracy or adequacy of the prospectus or this prospectus supplement. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus supplement is June 5, 2001.