Filing Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration Statement No. 333-54394
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 15 DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
TO PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 6, 2001,
AS SUPPLEMENTED BY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOS. 1 THROUGH 14
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
SHARE OF CLASS A CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES COMMON STOCK ------------------------------- -------------------------- PRINCIPAL SHARES AMOUNT OF AMOUNT OF OWNED NOTES OWNED NOTES THAT BEFORE SHARES THAT BEFORE OFFERING MAY BE SOLD OFFERING MAY BE SOLD --------------- -------------- ------------ ------------ 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 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 Ltd............... 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 L.P....................... 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............................ 9,125,000 9,125,000 0 423,237 Baptist Health of South Florida............................. 407,000 407,000 0 18,878 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 0 642,161 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 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 Value 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 CIBC World Markets.......................................... 3,595,000 3,595,000 0 166,744 CIBC World Markets (International) Arbitrage Corp........... 4,000,000 4,000,000 0 185,529 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 Annuity Assurance - Multi Bucket Annuity Convertible Bond Fund..................................... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382 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 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 0 115,955 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. Convr 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................................. 7,600,000 7,600,000 0 352,505 Federated Equity Income Fund, Inc........................... 42,000,000 42,000,000 0 1,948,052 Federated Insurance Series, on behalf of its Federated American Leaders Fund II.................................. 2,400,000 2,400,000 0 111,317 Federated Insurance Series, on behalf of its Federated Equity Income Fund II..................................... 1,600,000 1,600,000 0 74,212 Fidelity Financial Trust Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund........................................... 13,250,000 13,250,000 0 614,564 Forms 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 0 115,955 Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1).................................... 63,437,000 63,437,000 0 2,942,347 Grace Brothers, Ltd......................................... 2,500,000 2,500,000 0 115,955 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 HFR TQA Master Trust........................................ 100,000 100,000 0 4,638 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 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 LDG Limited................................................. 250,000 250,000 0 11,596 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 Lyxor Master Fund........................................... 17,000 17,000 0 788 Mainstay Convertible Fund................................... 7,500,000 7,500,000 0 347,866 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 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 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston................................. 46,000 46,000 0 2,134 Nalco Chemical Company...................................... 260,000 260,000 0 12,059 Nationwide Separate Account Trust, on behalf of its Nationwide Equity Income Fund............................. 800,000 800,000 0 37,106 Navigator Offshore Fund Ltd................................. 2,483,000 2,483,000 0 115,167 Navigator Partners LP....................................... 690,000 690,000 0 32,004 Navigator Special Partners L.P.............................. 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 Northern Income Equity Fund................................. 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382 Ohio National Fund, Inc., on behalf of its Blue Chip Portfolio....................................... 50,000 50,000 0 2,319 Ohio National Fund, Inc., on behalf of its Equity Income Portfolio................................... 130,000 130,000 0 6,030 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 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 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 Quattro Fund Ltd............................................ 3,000,000 3,000,000 0 139,147 Queens Health Plan.......................................... 85,000 85,000 0 3,942 R(2) Investments, LDC....................................... 42,000,000 42,000,000 0 1,948,052 Ramius Capital Group........................................ 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 69,573 RCG Latitude Master Fund.................................... 750,000 750,000 0 34,787 RCG Multi Strategy LP....................................... 300,000 300,000 0 13,915 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 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 James Campbell Corporation.............................. 306,000 306,000 0 14,193 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................................... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382 TQA Masterfund, Ltd......................................... 3,650,000 3,650,000 0 169,295 Travelers Series Trust Convertible Bond Portfolio........... 400,000 400,000 0 18,553 Tribeca Investments LLC..................................... 27,500,000 27,500,000 0 1,275,510 UBS AG London Branch........................................ 14,000,000 14,000,000 0 649,351 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 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 White River Securities L.L.C................................ 5,000,000 5,000,000 0 231,911 Worldwide Transactions, Ltd................................. 51,000 51,000 0 2,365 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 LLP................................... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382 Zazove Hedged Convertible Fund, LP.......................... 1,070,000 1,070,000 0 49,629 Zazove Income Fund LP....................................... 1,410,000 1,410,000 0 65,399 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 Zeneca HFR Master Hedge Fund Index LTD...................... 3,200,000 3,200,000 0 148,423 Zurich Institutional Benchmarks Master Fund Ltd............. 770,000 770,000 0 35,714
The date of this prospectus supplement is September 18, 2002.