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| GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC. |
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| (Registrant)                |

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| Date: August 13, 2009 | By:    | /s/ John M. Lowber                                                                                                                                             |   |
|                  |   | Name: John M. Lowber                                                                                                                                           |   |
|                  |   | Title :   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and             Treasurer |   |
|                  |   |            (Principal Financial Officer)                                                                               |   |

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| EXHIBIT    | DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| (a)(l)(A)* | Offer to Exchange, dated August 6, 2009.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| (a)(1)(B)* | Form of Letter of Transmittal/Withdrawal.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| (a)(1)(C)* | Form of E-mail from BNY Mellon to Eligible Participants, dated August 6, 2009, regarding “Announcement of Option Exchange Offer.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| (a)(1)(D)* | Form of Individual Statement of Options.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| (a)(1)(E)* | Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Option Plan of General Communication, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| (a)(1)(F)* | Form of Communication to Eligible Participants Confirming Receipt of Letter of Transmittal/Withdrawal Submitted Via the Exchange Offer Website.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| (a)(1)(G)* | Form of Communication to Eligible Participants Confirming Receipt of Letter of Transmittal/Withdrawal Submitted Via E-mail, Facsimile, Regular Mail, Overnight Courier or Hand Delivery.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| (a)(1)(H)  | Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Option Plan of General Communication, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the document filed as an exhibit to General Communication, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2005 (File No. 000-15279)); Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Option Plan of General Communication,Inc. (Incorporated by reference to the document filed as an exhibit to General Communication, Inc.’s Form S-8 filed on July 27, 2007 (File No. 333-144916)) |
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| (a)(1)(I)* | Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Option Plan of General Communication, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| (a)(1)(J)* | Employee Presentation Materials                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| (a)(1)(K)  | General Communication, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 is incorporated herein by reference.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| (a)(1)(L)  | GCI Communication, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009 is incorporated herein by reference.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| (a)(1)(M)  | GCI Communication, Inc. Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 7, 2009, and August 6, 2009 are incorporated herein by reference.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| (a)(1)(N)  | Form of reminder e-mail from the Company to eligible officers, employees and stakeholders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| (b)        | Not applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| I          | Not applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| (d)(1)*    | Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Option Plan of General Communication, Inc. (see Exhibit (a)(1)(H) and Exhibit (a)(1)(I) above).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| (d)(2)*    | Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Option Plan of General Communication, Inc. (see Exhibit (a)(1)(E) above).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| (g)        | Not applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| (h)        | Not applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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