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Filing Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) Registration Statement No. 333-54394 PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 4 DATED APRIL 3, 2001 TO PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 6, 2001, AS SUPPLEMENTED BY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOS. 1, 2 AND 3 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 This prospectus supplement relates to (1) $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2005 of Charter Communications, Inc., and 34,786,650 shares of Class A common stock of Charter Communications, Inc., which are initially issuable upon conversion of the notes, plus an indeterminate number of shares as may become issuable upon conversion as a result of adjustments to the conversion rate; and (2) 31,664,667 shares of Class A common stock of Charter Communications, Inc. issued or issuable to certain entities in connection with Charter Communications, Inc.'s purchase of certain cable systems in 2000 plus an indeterminate number of shares as may become issuable upon certain events. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the prospectus dated February 6, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 1 dated February 16, 2001, Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated February 20, 2001 and Prospectus Supplement No. 3 dated March 15, 2001 which are to be delivered with this prospectus supplement. The information appearing in the table below, as of the date hereof, supersedes the information in the table appearing under the heading "Selling Securityholders" in Prospectus Supplement No. 3:

Shares of Class A Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock ------------------------- ----------------- Amount of Principal Shares Notes Owned Amount of Owned Shares Before Notes That Before That May Selling Securityholder Offering May Be Sold Offering 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. ...................... 3,500,000 3,500,000 0 162,338 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 Allstate Insurance Company....... 1,500,000 1,500,000 0 69,573 Allstate Life Insurance Company.. 375,000 375,000 0 17,393 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 L.P............... 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 Ltd. ....................... 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. ............................ 8,800,000 8,800,000 0 408,163 Baptist Health of South Florida.. 407,000 407,000 0 18,888 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 0 642,162 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

Shares of Class A Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock ------------------------- ----------------- Amount of Principal Shares Notes Owned Amount of Owned Shares Before Notes That Before That May Selling Securityholder Offering May Be Sold Offering Be Sold - --------------------------- ------------ ------------ -------- ---------- 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 Capital 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 Chrysler Corporation Master Retirement Trust................. 7,300,000 7,300,000 0 338,590 CIBC World Markets............... 3,595,000 3,595,000 0 166,744 Clinton Riverside Convertible Portfolio Limited................ 7,000,000 7,000,000 0 324,675 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 Airlines Master Trust (c/o Oaktree Capital Management, LLC)................. 2,740,000 2,740,000 0 127,087 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 0 115,956 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. Convt 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................ 7,000,000 7,000,000 0 324,675 Federated Insurance Series, on behalf of its Federated American Leaders Fund II.................. 2,400,000 2,400,000 0 111,317 Fidelity Financial Trust: Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund.................. 13,250,000 13,250,000 0 614,564

Shares of Class A Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock ------------------------- ----------------- Amount of Principal Shares Notes Owned Amount of Owned Shares Before Notes That Before That May Selling Securityholder Offering May Be Sold Offering Be Sold - --------------------------- ------------ ------------ -------- ---------- Fortis 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 0 115,956 Goldman, Sachs & Co.(1).......... 22,489,000 22,489,000 0 1,043,089 Grace Brothers, Ltd. ............ 2,500,000 2,500,000 0 115,956 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 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 Legion Strategies, Ltd. ......... 65,000 65,000 0 3,015 Leonardo, L.P. .................. 11,950,000 11,950,000 0 554,267 Lerco Alternative Fund, Ltd. .... 1,695,000 1,695,000 0 78,618 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 Mainstay Convertible Fund........ 7,500,000 7,500,000 0 347,867 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

Shares of Class A Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock ------------------------- ----------------- Amount of Principal Shares Notes Owned Amount of Owned Shares Before Notes That Before That May Selling Securityholder Offering May Be Sold Offering Be Sold - --------------------------- ------------ ------------ -------- ---------- Motion Picture Industry Health Plan - Active Member Fund........ 850,000 850,000 0 39,425 Motion Picture Industry Health Plan - Retiree Member Fund....... 420,000 420,000 0 19,481 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...... 46,000 46,000 0 2,134 Nalco Chemical Company........... 260,000 260,000 0 12,059 Navigator Offshore Fund Ltd. .... 1,597,000 1,597,000 0 74,072 Navigator Partners LP............ 690,000 690,000 0 32,004 Navigator Special Partners LP.... 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 Nomura Securities International.. 6,000,000 6,000,000 0 278,293 Northern Income Equity Fund...... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382 OCM Convertible Trust............ 4,235,000 4,235,000 0 196,429 Ohio National Fund, Inc. on behalf of its Blue Chip Portfolio........................ 50,000 50,000 0 2,319 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 Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd .................... 1,470,000 1,470,000 0 68,182 Pebble Capital, Inc. ............ 1,350,000 1,350,000 0 62,616 Pell Rudman Trust Company........ 1,475,000 1,475,000 0 68,414 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. ....... 679,000 679,000 0 31,494 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 Queens Health Plan............... 85,000 85,000 0 3,942

Shares of Class A Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock ------------------------- ----------------- Amount of Principal Shares Notes Owned Amount of Owned Shares Before Notes That Before That May Selling Securityholder Offering May Be Sold Offering Be Sold - --------------------------- ------------ ------------ -------- ---------- R2 Investments, LDC.............. 42,000,000 42,000,000 0 1,948,052 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 Employees' Retirement Fund of the State of Delaware......... 3,685,000 3,685,000 0 170,918 State of Connecticut Combined Investment Funds................. 8,065,000 8,065,000 0 374,072 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 Common Fund for Non-Profit Organizations (Absolute Return Fund)..................... 61,000 61,000 0 2,829 The Estate of James Campbell..... 876,000 876,000 0 40,631 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. ...... 750,000 750,000 0 34,787 TQA Masterfund, Ltd. ............ 1,750,000 1,750,000 0 81,169 Travelers Series Trust Convertible Bond Portfolio....... 400,000 400,000 0 18,553 Tribeca Investments LLC.......... 27,500,000 27,500,000 0 1,275,511 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.).................... 11,500,000 11,500,000 0 533,395 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

Shares of Class A Convertible Senior Notes Common Stock ------------------------- ----------------- Amount of Principal Shares Notes Owned Amount of Owned Shares Before Notes That Before That May Selling Securityholder Offering May Be Sold Offering Be Sold - --------------------------- ------------ ------------ -------- ---------- 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 Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund, Inc. ...................... 10,295,000 10,295,000 0 477,505 Viacom Inc. Pension Plan Master 68,000 68,000 0 3,154 Trust............................ 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 While River Securities L.L.C. ... 5,000,000 5,000,000 0 231,911 Worldwide Transactions, Ltd. .... 51,000 51,000 0 2,366 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 I LP....... 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 46,382 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 Zurich HFR Master Hedge Fund Index LTD........................ 3,200,000 3,200,000 0 148,423 (1) These entities and/or their affiliates have provided, and may from time to time provide, investment banking services to Charter Communications, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including, among other things, acting as lead and/or co-manager with respect to offerings of debt and equity securities. (2) Represents the number of shares of Class A common stock for which the selling securityholders may exchange their Class A Preferred Units in CC VIII, LLC and an indeterminate number of shares issuable upon such exchange, as such number may be adjusted under certain circumstances. --------------- SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 3 OF THE PROSPECTUS TO READ ABOUT IMPORTANT FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING THE CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES OR SHARES OF OUR CLASS A COMMON STOCK. --------------- These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the prospectus or this prospectus supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The date of this prospectus supplement is April 3, 2001.