Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT TO RESTRUCTURING AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT TO RESTRUCTURING AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made and entered
into as of July ___, 2009, by and between the following parties:
 
(a)  
___________ (the “Undersigned Holder”); and

 
(b)  
Charter Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CCI”), and each of its
direct and indirect subsidiaries identified on the signature pages attached
hereto (collectively, the “Company” and the Undersigned Holder and the Company,
each, a “Party”, and collectively, the “Parties”).

 
RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Undersigned Holder are parties to that certain
Restructuring Agreement dated as of February 11, 2009 (the “Agreement”)
governing certain matters regarding the proceedings commenced on March 27, 2009
(the “Petition Date”) upon the filing by CCI and certain of its direct and
indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) of a voluntary petition for
relief pursuant to chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code in the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the
“Bankruptcy Court”);
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement, the Undersigned Holder agreed to support a
plan of reorganization consistent in all material respects with, and on terms
and conditions no less favorable than, the terms and conditions set forth in the
Agreement and the Term Sheet incorporated therein;
 
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Agreement, on March 27, 2009, the Debtors filed
the Debtors’ Joint Plan of Reorganization Pursuant to chapter 11 of title 11 of
the United States Code, which plan of reorganization has subsequently been
modified in accordance with the Agreement, including the non-material
modifications to the plan of reorganization filed with the Bankruptcy Court on
May 7, 2009 and July 15, 2009 (as the same may be amended from time to time in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the “Plan”); and
 
WHEREAS, the Parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement to the extent provided
herein.
 
AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
 

     

 
 
 
 

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1.  Plan.  The Parties agree to further modifications of the Plan on the terms
set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
 
2. The Company’s Responsibilities.  Sections (4)(b)(iv) and (v) of the Agreement
are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
 
(iv)  
“implement all steps necessary and desirable to obtain from the Bankruptcy Court
an order confirming the Plan, which order shall be in form and substance
consistent with the Plan and reasonably acceptable to the Requisite Holders (the
“Confirmation Order”);

 
(v)  
cause the Effective Date of the Plan to occur no later than on or before
September 30, 2009; provided, that if consents, approvals or waivers required to
be obtained from governmental authorities in connection with the Plan with
respect to Franchises, licenses and permits covering areas serving at least 80%
of the basic subscribers have not been obtained on or before September 30, 2009,
then cause the Effective Date of the Plan to occur no later than on or before
December 15, 2009; and”

 
3. Termination.  Sections (8)(a)(vi) and (vii) of the Agreement are hereby
amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
 
(vi)  
“a Confirmation Order reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Requisite
Holders is not entered by the Bankruptcy Court;

 
(vii)  
the later of either (a) the Effective Date shall not have occurred on or before
September 30, 2009 or (b) if consents, approvals or waivers required to be
obtained from governmental authorities in connection with the Plan with respect
to Franchises, licenses and permits covering areas serving at least 80% of the
basic subscribers have not been obtained on or before September 30, 2009, and
all other conditions precedent to the Effective Date shall have been satisfied
before September 30, 2009 or waived by the Requisite Holders (other than those
conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied on the Effective Date), then
the Effective Date shall not have occurred on or before December 15, 2009;”

 
MISCELLANEOUS

4. Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, but not otherwise
defined herein, shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
 
5. Full Force and Effect.  Except as amended by this Amendment, the Agreement
continues in full force and effect, and the Parties hereto hereby ratify and
confirm the Agreement, as amended hereby.  All reference to the “Agreement,”
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” or words of similar import in the Agreement
shall be deemed to include the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

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6. Execution of this Amendment.  This Amendment may be executed and delivered
(by facsimile or otherwise) in any number of counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of which together
shall constitute the same agreement.  Except as expressly provided in this
Amendment, each individual executing this Amendment on behalf of a Party has
been duly authorized and empowered to execute and deliver this Amendment on
behalf of said Party.
 
7. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue.  THIS AMENDMENT IS TO BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO THE CHOICE OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.  By its execution and delivery
of this Amendment, each of the Parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees for itself that any legal action, suit or proceeding with
respect to any matter under or arising out of or in connection with this
Amendment or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment rendered in any such
action, suit or proceeding, shall be brought exclusively in the Bankruptcy Court
in the Southern District of New York.  By execution and delivery of this
Amendment, each of the Parties hereto hereby irrevocably accepts and submits
itself to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court, generally and
unconditionally, with respect to any such action, suit or proceeding.
 
8. Captions; Construction.  The headings of Sections in this Amendment are
provided for convenience only and shall not affect its construction or
interpretation.
 
9. No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Amendment is for the sole benefit of the
Parties hereto and their permitted assigns and nothing herein, express or
implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any legal or
equitable benefit, claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind.
 
10. Entire Agreement.  The Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, supersedes
all prior agreements between the Parties hereto with respect to its subject
matter and constitute a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the
agreement between the Parties with respect to their subject matter.
 
11. Retroactive Effect.  This Amendment shall be deemed to have been executed
prior to the Petition Date and the Parties agree that under no circumstances
shall the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment or otherwise, be treated as a
postpetition agreement.
 
12. Commitment Letter.  The Undersigned Holder acknowledges for itself and its
affiliates that references to the Agreement in the commitment letter, dated
February 11, 2009, by and among CCI, CCH I, LLC, CCH II, LLC, Charter
Communications Operating, LLC and the Undersigned Holder (or one or more of its
affiliates), as amended, shall be deemed to refer to the Agreement as amended by
this Amendment.
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have entered into this Amendment on the day and
year first written above.
 
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CCH I, LLC

By:                                                                
Name:  Eloise Schmitz
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

     

 
 
 
 

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CCH II, LLC

By:                                                                
Name:  Eloise Schmitz
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

     

 
 
 
 

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By:                                                                
Name:
Title:

     

 
 
 
 

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Exhibit A
Plan Treatment Modifications
 

CCH II Notes Cash Option
The following proviso will be stricken from Article IV.H.4(c) of the Plan:
“provided that the applicable Debtors may pay Post-Petition Interest in Cash if
the applicable Debtors elect such option on or before the Effective Date by
filing a notice of such election with the Court on or before the Effective
Date.”