------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |_| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Nathanson Marc B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Mapleton Investments, LLC 10900 Wilshire Boulevard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Los Angeles, California 90024 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Charter Communications, Inc. / CHTR ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 2/25/2003 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |_| 10% Owner |_| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable line) |X| Form Filed by One Reporting Person |_| Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 5. Amount of 6. 4. Securities Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship 2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7. 2. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of Trans- Execution Code ------------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect 1. action Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date any ------------ or (Instr. 3 & (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V Amount (D) Price Instr.4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 2/25/03 X 91,500 D $29.9375(5) 1,818,031 I Footnote 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 4,393,336 I Footnote 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 2/25/03 X 760,000 D $29.9375(5) 1,499,628 I Footnote 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Common Stock 91,090 I Footnote 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. Number 10. of Owner- deriv- ship ative Form 2. Secur- of Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price 3. Execut- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- action Date if (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative Date any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- (mm/dd/ (mm/dd/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity yy) yy) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Put Option $29.9375(5) 2/25/03 X 91,500 FN6 FN6 Class A 91,500 1,818,031 I Footnote 1 (Right to Common Sell) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Put Option 4,023,336 I Footnote 2 (Right to Sell) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Put Option $29.9375(5) 2/25/03 X 760,000 FN6 FN6 Class A 760,000 1,499,628 I Footnote 3 (Right to Common Sell) Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Put Option 91,090 I Footnote 4 (Right to Sell) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: 1. By Blackhawk Holding Company, Inc. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. 2. By the Falcon Cable Trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. 3. By Falcon Holding Group, Inc. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. 4. By the Nathanson Family Trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership except the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. 5. The exercise price includes interest thereon at a rate of 4.5% per year compounded annually. 6. The put options are exercisable from November 12, 2001 through the expiration date. Generally, the expiration date under the Put Agreement is the earlier of November 12, 2003 or the date of certain business combinations affecting the issuer's securities. /s/ Michael K. Menerey 2/25/2003 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Michael K. Menerey as Attorney in Fact for Marc B. Nathanson pursuant to a Power of Attorney filed with a previous Form 4 filing. 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). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2