Charter Implements Approval of Class Action Settlement.ST. LOUIS -- Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR CHTR Charter CHTR Canadian High Temperature Research ) announced that on June 30, 2005, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered its final approval of the Stipulation An agreement between attorneys that concerns business before a court and is designed to simplify or shorten litigation and save costs. During the course of a civil lawsuit, criminal proceeding, or any other type of litigation, the opposing attorneys may come to an agreement of Settlement, as amended, (the "Settlement") of certain shareholder class action and derivative lawsuits filed against Charter Communications, Inc. ("Charter") which are more fully described in our previously-filed reports. The terms of the Settlement granted Charter the option, in its sole discretion, to accept or reject the Settlement, based on the volume-weighted average price volume-weighted average price The average price of a stock calculated by dividing the daily trading volume into the dollar value of daily transactions. of its Class A common stock during the thirty calendar days immediately preceding the entry of the final judgment, and award of attorneys' fees to plaintiffs' counsel, and, if accepted, to pay the portion of the Settlement consideration that was not to be funded by Charter's insurance carriers in cash, shares of Charter Class A common stock and warrants, or a combination of the foregoing. Charter had five business days following the entry of a final judgment/attorneys' fee award in the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. to exercise its option. On July 6, 2005, the Board of Directors of Charter accepted the Settlement and approved payment of Charter's portion of the Settlement consideration as follows: (a) 13.4 million shares of Charter Class A common stock with a deemed value (as determined by the formula in the Settlement) of approximately $15 million, and (b) approximately $68 million in cash, for a total value paid of approximately $83 million. This amount reflects the $80 million Settlement payment plus the $5 million payment to the insurance carrier, less discounts for payment in cash to the insurance carrier and for plaintiffs' attorneys' fees. Charter expects to deliver the Settlement consideration on July 8, 2005. The issuance of the securities is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. About Charter Communications Charter Communications, Inc., a broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. , provides a full range of advanced broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. to the home, including cable television on an advanced digital video programming platform via Charter Digital(TM) and Charter High-Speed(TM) Internet service. Charter also provides business-to-business video, data and Internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) solutions through Charter Business(TM). Advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at http://www.charter.com. |
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