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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Nelson Ronald L.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o Charter Communications, Inc.
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(Street)
12405 Powerscourt Drive
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(City) (State) (Zip)
St. Louis MO 63131
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Charter Communications, Inc. - CHTR
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
June 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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6.
4. 5. Owner-
Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship
3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7.
2. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of
Transaction Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. Date (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security (Month/Day/ ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Class A Common Stock 6/12/02 P 5,000 A $4.51 45,000 I Wife's IRA
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10,000(i)
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(i) Reporting person holds 10,000 shares as custodian for his daughter, Jessica
S. Fields. He has no pecuniary interest in the shares and consequently, hereby
denies beneficial ownership of said shares.
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
4(b)(v).
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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10.
9. Owner-
Number ship
of Form
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4, and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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/s/ Ronald L. Nelson July 11, 2002
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Ronald L. Nelson Date
**Signature of Reporting Person
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