SEC Form 4 · accession 0001091667-15-000327
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/ · CHTR
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Thomas Rutledge
Officer — President and CEO · Director
Period of report
Dec 22, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Dec 24, 2015 · 9:46 am EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001091667
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class A Common StockF1 | Dec 22, 2015 | M | 166,350 | $53.595 | A | 561,994 | D | |
| Class A Common StockF2,F3 | Dec 22, 2015 | F | 106,225 | $180.99 | D | 455,769 | D | |
| Class A Common StockF4 | Dec 22, 2015 | G | 83,696 | $0.00 | D | 372,073 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance Vesting Stock OptionsF5 | $53.595 | Dec 22, 2015 | M | 166,350 | D | — | Feb 19, 2016 | Class A Common Stock | 166,350 | 55,450 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1Securities acquired upon exercise of all of the vested performance-vesting stock options with a $125 or $150 per-share stock price target granted on December 19, 2011 under the Charter Communications, Inc. Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan. These options had an expiration date in February 2016.
- F2Withholding of securities for the purpose of paying the exercise price and taxes due upon exercise of the stock options.
- F3Per-share value assigned to the shares withheld based on the fair market value of the shares at the time the stock options were exercised on December 22, 2015.
- F4Gift to a non-profit charitable foundation pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan.
- F5The options, representing the right to purchase 110,900 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to the attainment of a $125 per-share stock price for a sixty-day period (with a 4-year term); and 110,900 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to the attainment of a $150 per-share stock price for a sixty-day period (with a 4-year term), vest as follows: (i) 25% were first eligible to vest on December 19, 2012; (ii) 25% were first eligible to vest on December 19, 2013; (iii) 25% were first eligible to vest on December 19, 2014; and (iv) 25% were first eligible to vest on December 19, 2015.