Charter Prices $1.5 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes

Offering increased from $1.0 billion

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May 03, 2011, 08:27 ET

ST. LOUIS, May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. (along with its subsidiaries, the "Company" or "Charter") today announced that its subsidiaries, CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corp., have priced a public offering of $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2021. The notes will bear an interest rate of 6.5 percent per annum and will be issued at a price of 100 percent of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any.

The notes will result in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $1.481 billion after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions. Charter intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to repay outstanding term loan, and revolver borrowings under its subsidiary's credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The Company expects to close the offering on May 10, 2011, subject to customary closing conditions. The offering and sale of the notes were made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on May 3, 2011.

UBS Securities LLC acted as the Lead Bookrunning Manager for the offering. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, copies of which may be obtained on Charter's website at www.charter.com, the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by contacting UBS Securities LLC at 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171 or by telephone at 1-877-827-6444, ext. 561 3884.

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

The closing on the notes offering is subject to customary closing conditions.

About Charter

Charter (NASDAQ: CHTR) is a leading broadband communications company and the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter TV® video entertainment programming, Charter Internet® access, and Charter Phone®. Charter Business® similarly provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, business telephone, video and music entertainment services, and wireless backhaul. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More information about Charter can be found at charter.com.

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our ability to sustain and grow revenues and free cash flow by offering video, high-speed Internet, telephone and other services to residential and commercial customers, to adequately deliver customer service and to maintain and grow our customer base, particularly in the face of increasingly aggressive competition, the need for innovation and related capital expenditures and the difficult economic conditions in the United States;
the impact of competition from other distributors, including but not limited to incumbent telephone companies, direct broadcast satellite operators, wireless broadband and telephone providers, and digital subscriber line ("DSL") providers and competition from video provided over the Internet;
general business conditions, economic uncertainty or downturn, high unemployment levels and the significant downturn in the housing sector and overall economy;
our ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to raise prices to offset, in whole or in part, the effects of higher programming costs (including retransmission consents);
the effects of governmental regulation on our business;
the availability and access, in general, of funds to meet our debt obligations, prior to or when they become due, and to fund our operations and necessary capital expenditures, either through (i) cash on hand, (ii) free cash flow, (iii) access to the capital or credit markets including through new issuances, exchange offers or otherwise, especially given recent volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets, or (iv) other sources and our ability to fund debt obligations (by dividend, investment or otherwise) to the applicable obligor of such debt;
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SOURCE Charter Communications, Inc.