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ii
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
This annual report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
regarding, among other things, our plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial including, without limitation, the
forward-looking statements set forth in Part I. Item 1. and in Part II. Item 7. under the heading “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this annual report. Although we believe that our plans, intentions
and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will
achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties
and assumptions, including, without limitation, the factors described in Part I. Item 1A. under “Risk Factors” and in Part II. Item 7.
under the heading, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this annual
report. Many of the forward-looking statements contained in this annual report may be identified by the use of forward-looking
words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “should,” “planned,” “will,” “may,” “intend,” “estimated,” “aim,” “on track,”
“target,” “opportunity,” “tentative,” “positioning,” “designed,” “create” and “potential,” among others. Important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this annual report are set forth in
this annual report and in other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC, and include, but are not limited
to:
• our ability to sustain and grow revenues and cash flow from operations by offering video, Internet, voice, advertising and
other services to residential and commercial customers, to adequately meet the customer experience demands in our
markets and to maintain and grow our customer base, particularly in the face of increasingly aggressive competition, the
need for innovation and the related capital expenditures and the difficult economic conditions in the United States;
• the impact of competition from other market participants, including but not limited to incumbent telephone companies,
direct broadcast satellite operators, wireless broadband and telephone providers, digital subscriber line (“DSL”) providers,
and video provided over the Internet;
• general business conditions, economic uncertainty or downturn, high unemployment levels and the level of activity in
the housing sector;
• our ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to raise prices to offset, in whole or in part, the effects of higher
programming costs (including retransmission consents);
• the development and deployment of new products and technologies including in connection with our plan to make our
systems all-digital in 2014;
• the effects of governmental regulation on our business or potential business combination transaction;
• the availability and access, in general, of funds to meet our debt obligations prior to or when they become due and to fund
our operations and necessary capital expenditures, either through (i) cash on hand, (ii) free cash flow, or (iii) access to
the capital or credit markets;
• our ability to comply with all covenants in our indentures and credit facilities any violation of which, if not cured in a
timely manner, could trigger a default of our other obligations under cross-default provisions; and
• the ultimate outcome of any possible transaction between Charter and Comcast Corporation ("Comcast") and/or Time
Warner Cable Inc. ("TWC") including the possibility that Charter will not pursue any transaction; and if a transaction
were to occur, the ultimate outcome and results of integrating the operations, the ultimate outcome of Charter’s pricing
and packaging and operating strategy applied to the acquired systems and the ultimate ability to realize synergies.
All forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by
this cautionary statement. We are under no duty or obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of
this annual report.