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    Exhibit 10.4a

     

    AMENDED AND RESTATED
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     

    THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated
and effective the 1st
day of  August, 2007 (the
“Effective
Date”) is made by and between CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Eloise E. Schmitz, an
adult resident of Missouri,

     

    RECITALS:

     

    WHEREAS, the Executive and the
Company have previously entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated
October 1, 2005 (the "Old Employment
Agreement") and the parties desire to amend and restate in its entirety
the Old Employment Agreement;

     

    WHEREAS, it is the desire of
the Company to assure itself of the services of Executive by engaging Executive
as its Senior Vice President Strategic Planning and the Executive desires to
serve the Company on the terms herein provided;

     

    WHEREAS, in connection with
the entry into the Agreement, the Executive will be granted performance units
and restricted shares of Company Stock pursuant to the
Company's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended as of the date hereof (the “Special
Equity”);

     

    WHEREAS, Executive’s agreement
to the terms and conditions of Sections 17 and 19 are a material and essential
condition of Executive’s employment with the Company hereafter under the terms
of this Agreement;

     

    NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and of the respective covenants and agreements
set forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     

    1.  Certain
Definitions.

     

    (a)           “Allen”
shall mean Paul G. Allen (and his heirs or beneficiaries under his will(s),
trusts or other instruments of testamentary disposition), and any entity or
group over which Paul G. Allen has Control and that constitutes a Person as
defined herein.  For the purposes of this definition, “Control” means the
power to direct the management and policies of an entity or to appoint or elect
a majority of its governing board.

     

    (b)           “Annual
Base Salary” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.

     

    (c)           “Board”
shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

     

    (d)           “Bonus”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.

     

    (e)           The
Company shall have “Cause” to terminate Executive’s employment hereunder upon
Executive’s:

     

    (i) Executive’s
breach of a material obligation (which, if curable, is not cured within ten
business (10) days after Executive receives written notice of such breach)

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      or
representation under this Agreement or breach of any fiduciary duty to the
Company which, if curable, is not cured within ten business (10) days after
Executive receives written notice of such breach; or any act of fraud or knowing
material misrepresentation or concealment upon, to or from the Company or the
Board;

    

     

    (ii) Executive’s
failure to adhere in any material respect to (i) the Company’s Code of Conduct
in effect from time to time and applicable to officers and/or employees
generally, or (ii) any written Company policy, if such policy is material to the
effective performance by Executive of the Executive’s duties under this
Agreement, and if Executive has been given a reasonable opportunity to cure this
failure to comply within a period of time which is reasonable under the
circumstances but not more than the thirty (30) day period after written notice
of such failure is provided to Executive; provided that if Executive
cures this failure to comply with such a policy and then fails again to comply
with the same policy, no further opportunity to cure that failure shall be
required;

     

    (iii) Executive’s
misappropriation (or attempted misappropriation) of a material amount of the
Company’s funds or property;

     

    (iv) Executive’s
conviction of, the entering of a guilty plea or plea of nolo contendere or no contest
(or the equivalent), or entering into any pretrial diversion program or
agreement or suspended imposition of sentence, with respect to either a felony
or a crime that adversely affects or could reasonably be expected to adversely
affect the Company or its business reputation; or the institution of criminal
charges against Executive, which are not dismissed within sixty (60) days after
institution, for fraud, embezzlement, any felony offense involving dishonesty or
constituting a breach of trust or moral turpitude;

     

    (v) Executive’s
admission of liability of, or finding of liability, for a knowing and deliberate
violation of any “Securities Laws.”  As used herein, the term
“Securities Laws” means any federal or state law, rule or regulation governing
generally the issuance or exchange of securities, including without limitation
the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder;

     

    (vi) conduct
by Executive in connection with Executive’s employment that constitutes gross
neglect of any material duty or responsibility, willful
misconduct,  or recklessness which, if curable, is not cured within
ten business (10) days after Executive receives written notice of such
breach;

     

    (vii) Executive’s
illegal possession or use of any controlled substance, or excessive use of
alcohol at a work function, in connection with Executive’s duties, or on Company
premises; “excessive” meaning either repeated unprofessional use or any single
event of consumption giving rise to significant intoxication or unprofessional
behavior;

     

    (viii) willful
or grossly negligent commission of any other act or failure to act in connection
with the Executive’s duties as an executive of the Company which causes or
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      economic
injury to or substantial injury to the business reputation of the Company or any
subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, including, without limitation, any
material violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as described herein
below.

    

     

    If
Executive commits or is charged with committing any offense of the character or
type specified in subparagraphs 1(e)(iv), (v) or (viii) above, then the Company
at its option may suspend the Executive with or without pay.  If the
Executive subsequently is convicted of, pleads guilty or nolo contendere (or
equivalent plea) to, or enters into any type of suspended imposition of sentence
or pretrial diversion program with respect to, any such offense (or any matter
that gave rise to the suspension), the Executive shall immediately repay any
compensation paid in cash hereunder from the date of the
suspension.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any stock
option or equity incentive plan or award agreement, all vesting and all lapsing
of restrictions on restricted shares shall be tolled during the period of
suspension and all unvested options and restricted shares for which the
restrictions have not lapsed shall terminate and not be exercisable by or issued
to Executive if during or after such suspension the Executive is convicted of,
pleads guilty or nolo
contendere (or equivalent plea) to, or enters into any type of suspended
imposition of sentence or pretrial diversion program with respect to, any
offense specified in subparagraphs 1(e)(iv), (v) or (viii) above or any matter
that gave rise to the suspension.

     

               (f)           “Change
of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

    

    (i)           any
Person is or becomes a “beneficial owner” (as determined for purposes of
Regulation 13D-G, as currently in effect, of the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities representing the Applicable Percentage (as defined
below) or more of the total voting power of all of the Company’s then
outstanding voting securities.  For purposes of this Section 1(f), the
term “Person” shall not include:  (A) the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, (B) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under
an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or
(C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering
of said securities, or (D) Allen.  For purposes of this Agreement, in
the case of a recapitalization or other exchange involving the exchange of
Company voting stock for the Company's debt, the group of debtholders that
acquires such Company voting stock as the result of such recapitalization or
exchange shall not be treated as a single Person solely by reason of such
recapitalization or exchange; or

     

    (ii)                      the
occurrence of a
merger, consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless
following such Business Combination:  (A) all or substantially
all of the individuals and entities who were the “beneficial owners” (as
determined for purposes of Regulation 13D-G, as currently in effect, of the
Exchange Act) of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately
prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly,
securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power
of the then outstanding voting securities of the entity resulting from such
Business Combination (or such assets as the case may be) or the parent of such
entity in substantially the same proportionate ownership as in effect
immediately prior to the Business Combination (the “Resulting Entity”); and
(B) a majority of the members of the board of directors or other governing
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      time of
the execution of the initial agreement, or at the time of the action of the
Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

    

     

    (iii)           the
consummation of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
or

     

    (iv)           if
and when Allen shall no longer have the power to appoint a majority of the
Board, during any period of two (2) consecutive calendar years, individuals who
either (A) at the beginning of such period are members of the Board ("Incumbent
Directors"), or (B) whose election to the Board during such period is approved
by a vote of the majority of those members of the Board who are Incumbent
Directors at the time of such approval, whereupon such individual so approved
shall be treated as an Incumbent Director with respect to future approvals,
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board.

     

    Notwithstanding
the foregoing subsections 1(f)(i) through (iii), a Change of Control shall
not include any transaction or series of transactions, including any
transactions described above if, following such transaction or transactions, (x)
Allen has the largest percentage ownership of the voting securities in the
Company or any successor or surviving corporation held by any Person (other
than any Person that includes Allen), provided such percentage ownership is more
than twenty-five percent or (y) Allen has the power to appoint a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors.

     

    For
purposes of this definition, (A) at all times that Allen is or are the
“beneficial owner(s)” (as determined for purposes of Regulation 13D-G, as
currently in effect, of the Exchange Act) of securities representing in the
aggregate at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of all of the
Company’s then outstanding voting securities, “Applicable Percentage” means
fifty percent (50%); and (B) at all times that Allen is or are the beneficial
owner(s) of securities representing in the aggregate less than fifty percent
(50%) of the total voting power of all of the Company’s then outstanding voting
securities, “Applicable Percentage” means any percentage that is more than the
greater of (1) the percentage of the total voting power of all of the
Company’s then outstanding voting securities represented by securities
beneficially owned by Allen or (2) twenty-five percent (25%).

     

    (g)           “Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.

     

    (h)           “Committee”
shall mean either the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board, or a
Subcommittee of such Committee duly appointed by the Board or the
Committee.

     

    (i)           “Company”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

     

    (j)           “Company
Stock” shall mean the $.10 par value common stock of the Company.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (k)           “Date
of Termination” shall mean (i) if Executive’s employment is terminated by
Executive’s death, the date of Executive’s death and (ii) if Executive’s
employment is terminated pursuant to Section 14(a)(ii) – (vi), the date of
termination of employment, as defined in 409(A) regulations under the
Code.

     

    (l)           For
purposes of this Agreement, Executive will be deemed to have a “Disability” if,
due to illness, injury or a physical or medically recognized mental condition,
(a) Executive is unable to perform Executive’s duties under this Agreement with
reasonable accommodation for 120 consecutive days, or 180 days during any twelve
month period, as determined in accordance with this Section, or (b) Executive is
considered disabled for purposes of receiving / qualifying for long term
disability benefits under any group long term disability insurance plan or
policy offered by Company in which Executive participates.  The
Disability of Executive will be determined by a medical doctor selected by
written agreement of Company and Executive upon the request of either party by
notice to the other, or (in the case of and with respect to any applicable long
term disability insurance policy or plan) will be determined according to the
terms of the applicable long term disability insurance policy /
plan.  If Company and Executive cannot agree on the selection of a
medical doctor, each of them will select a medical doctor and the two medical
doctors will select a third medical doctor who will determine whether Executive
has a Disability.  The determination of the medical doctor selected
under this Section will be binding on both parties.  Executive must
submit to a reasonable number of examinations by the medical doctor making the
determination of Disability under this Section, and to other specialists
designated by such medical doctor, and Executive hereby authorizes the
disclosure and release to Company of such determination and all supporting
medical records.  If Executive is not legally competent, Executive’s
legal guardian or duly authorized attorney-in-fact will act in Executive’s stead
under this Section for the purposes of submitting Executive to the examinations,
and providing the authorization of disclosure, required under this
Section.

     

    (m)           “Executive”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

     

    (n)           “Good
Reason” shall mean any of the events described herein that occur without
Executive's prior written consent: (i) any reduction in Executive’s Annual Base
Salary, Target Bonus Percentage, or title except as permitted hereunder, (ii)
any failure to pay Executive's compensation hereunder when due; (iii) any
material breach by the Company of a term hereof; (iv) relocation
of  Executive’s primary workplace to a location that is more
than  fifty (50) miles from the office where Executive is then
assigned to work as Executive’s principal office; (v) any change in reporting
structure such that Executive no longer reports directly to the officer (by
function) to whom Executive reports at the time of the execution of this
Agreement (or equivalent position if the Company has changed functional
responsibilities of its senior executive staff) (in each case “(i)” through
“(v)” only if Executive objects in writing within 30 days after being informed
of such events and unless Company retracts and/or rectifies the claimed Good
Reason within 30 days following Company’s receipt of timely
written objection from Executive); (vi) if within six months after a Change of
Control, Executive has not received an offer from the surviving company to
continue in an equivalent position in terms of title, responsibility and
compensation (except that the value of
equity-based compensation after such Change
of Control need only be commensurate with
the value of equity-based compensation
given to executives with equivalent positions in the surviving company, if any)
as set herein; (vii) the Company's decision not to renew this Agreement

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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at
the end of its term, or (viii) the failure of a successor to the business of the
Company to assume the Company's obligations under this Agreement in the event of
a Change of Control during its term.

    

     

    (o)           “Notice
of Termination” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(b).

     

    (p)           “Options”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7

     

    (q)           “Performance
Unit” and “Performance Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9
hereof.

     

    (r)           “Person”
shall have the meaning set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     

    (s)           “Plan”
shall mean the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan as amended by the Company from time to
time.

     

    (s)           “Restricted
Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.

     

    (t)           “Term”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

     

    (u)           "Voluntary"
and "Voluntarily" in connection with Executive's termination of employment shall
mean a termination of employment resulting from the initiative of the Executive,
excluding a termination of employment attributable to Executive's death or
Disability. A resignation by Executive that is in response to a communicated
intent by the Company to discharge Executive other than for Cause is not
considered to be "Voluntary" and shall be considered to be a termination by the
Company for the purposes of this Agreement.

     

    2.            Employment
Term.  The
Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts his
employment, under the terms and conditions hereof, for the period (the “Term”) beginning on
the Effective Date hereof and terminating upon the earlier of (i) July 31,
2010 (the “Initial Term”) and
(ii) the Date of Termination as defined in Section 1(k), and, if not terminated
earlier, will be automatically renewed at the end of its Initial Term and on
each anniversary thereafter for a period of one (1) year unless either party
shall give written notice of cancellation to the other party not later than
ninety (90) days prior to the end of the Initial Term or anniversaries
thereof.

     

    3.   Position
and Duties.  Executive
shall serve as Senior Vice President Strategic Planning initially reporting
to the Chief Executive Officer but with such other reporting relationships as
shall be determined by the Chief Executive Officer from time to time”, with such
responsibilities, duties and authority as are customary for such role,
including, but not limited to, overall management responsibility for financial
strategic planning in the Company.  Executive shall devote all
necessary business time and attention, and employ Executive’s reasonable best
efforts, toward the fulfillment and execution of all assigned duties, and the
satisfaction of defined annual and/or longer-term performance
criteria.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    4.           Place of
Performance.  In connection with Executive’s employment during
the Term, Executive's initial primary workplace shall be the Company’s offices
in or near St. Louis, MO.  except for necessary travel on the Company’s
business.

     

    5.           Annual
Base Salary.  During the Term,
Executive shall receive a base salary at a rate not less than $365,575.00 
per annum (the “Annual
Base Salary”), less standard deductions, paid in accordance with the
Company’s general payroll practices for executives, but no less frequently than
monthly.  The Annual Base Salary shall compensate Executive for any
official position or directorship of a subsidiary or affiliate that Executive is
asked to hold in the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates as a part of
Executive’s employment responsibilities.  No less frequently than
annually during the Term, the Committee, on advice of the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer, shall review the rate of Annual Base Salary payable to
Executive, and may, in its discretion, increase the rate of Annual Base Salary
payable hereunder; provided,
however, that any increased rate shall thereafter be the rate of “Annual
Base Salary” hereunder.

     

    6.           Bonus.  Except
as otherwise provided for herein, for each fiscal year or other period
consistent with the Company’s then-applicable normal employment practices during
which Executive is employed hereunder on the last day (the “Bonus Year”),
Executive shall be eligible to receive a bonus in an amount up to 50 % of
Executive’s Annual Base Salary (the “Bonus” and bonuses at
such percentage of Annual Base Salary being the “Target Bonus”)
pursuant to, and as set forth in, the terms of the Executive Bonus Plan as such
Plan may be amended from time to time, plus such other bonus payments, if any,
as shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, with such Bonus
being paid on or before February 28 of the year next following the Bonus Year,
or as soon as is administratively practicable thereafter (e.g., after the public
disclosure of the Company’s financial results for the prior year on SEC Form
10-K or on such replacement form as the SEC shall determine, for those years as
the Company’s securities are traded publicly, and the Company’s annual financial
results are reported to the shareholders, for those (if any) years as the
Company’s securities are not traded publicly).

     

    7.           Stock
Options.  The Company has previously granted to Executive
options to purchase shares of Company Stock as set forth in Exhibit A hereto,
and may, in the Committee’s discretion, grant to Executive additional options to
purchase shares of Company Stock (all of such options, collectively, the “Options”) pursuant to
the terms of the Plan, any successor plan and an associated Stock Option
Agreement.

     

    8.           Restricted
Shares.  The Company has previously granted to Executive
Restricted Shares of Company Stock as set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and may, in
the Committee’s discretion, grant to Executive Restricted Shares (collectively,
the “Restricted
Shares”), which shall be subject to restrictions on their sale as set
forth in the Plan and an associated Restricted Shares Grant Letter.

     

    9.           Performance
Shares Units.  The Company has previously granted to Executive
Performance Share Units of which some have been converted into Performance
Shares (which are not aggregated in the forgoing description of Restricted
Shares) as set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and may, in the Committee’s
discretion, grant to Executive further Performance Share Units (collectively,
the “Performance
Units”), which shall be subject to restrictions on their sale as set
forth in the Plan and an associated Performance Unit Grant Letter.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    10.           Executive
Cash Bonus Plan.  Executive currently is a participant in the
Company’s 2005 Executive Cash Award Plan with a Plan Award (as defined in such
Plan) as set forth in Exhibit B and shall remain a participant in such Plan
under the terms therefore for the term of this Agreement.

     

    11.           Benefits.  Executive
shall be entitled to receive such benefits and to participate in such employee
group benefit plans, including life, health and disability insurance policies,
and financial planning services, and other perquisites and plans as are
generally provided by the Company to its senior executives of comparable level
and responsibility in accordance with the plans, practices and programs of the
Company, as amended from time to time.

     

    12.           Expenses.  The
Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable and necessary expenses
incurred by Executive in connection with the performance of Executive’s duties
as an employee of the Company in accordance with the Company’s generally
applicable policies and procedures.  Such reimbursement is subject to
the submission to the Company by Executive of appropriate documentation and/or
vouchers in accordance with the customary procedures of the Company for expense
reimbursement, as such procedures may be revised by the Company from time to
time hereafter.

     

    13.           Vacations.  Executive
shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company’s vacation
policy as in effect from time to time provided that, in no event
shall Executive be entitled to less than three (3) weeks vacation per calendar
year.  Executive shall also be entitled to paid holidays and personal
days in accordance with the Company’s practice with respect to same as in effect
from time to time.

     

    14.           Termination.

     

    (a)           Executive’s
employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company, on the one hand, or
Executive, on the other hand, as applicable, without any breach of this
Agreement, under the following circumstances:

     

    (i)           Death.  Executive’s
employment hereunder shall automatically terminate upon Executive’s
death.

     

    (ii)          Disability.  If
Executive has incurred a Disability, the Company may give Executive written
notice of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment.  In such
event, Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the
14th day after delivery of such notice to Executive, provided that within the 14
days after such delivery, Executive shall not have returned to full-time
performance of Executive’s duties.  Executive may provide notice to
the Company of Executive's resignation on account of a bona fide Disability at
any time.

     

    (iii)         Cause.  The
Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause effectively
immediately upon delivery of notice to Executive, taking into account any
procedural requirements set forth under Section 1(e) above.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (iv)         Good
Reason.  Executive may terminate Executive’s employment herein
for Good Reason upon (i) satisfaction of any advance notice and other procedural
requirements set forth under Section 1(n) above for any termination pursuant to
Section 1(n)(i) through (v) or (ii) at least 30 days’ advance written notice by
the Executive for any termination pursuant to Section 1(n)(vii) through
(viii).

     

    (v)           Without
Cause.  The Company may terminate Executive’s employment
hereunder without Cause upon at least 30 days’ advance written notice to the
Executive.

     

    (vi)          Resignation Without Good
Reason.  Executive may resign Executive’s employment without
Good Reason upon at least fourteen (14) days’ written notice to the
Company.

     

    (b)     
   Notice of
Termination.  Any termination of Executive’s employment by the
Company or by Executive under this Section 14 (other than pursuant to Sections
14(a)(i)) shall be communicated by a written notice (the “Notice of
Termination”) to the other party hereto, indicating the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, setting forth in reasonable
detail any facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of
Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated, and specifying a Date
of Termination which notice shall be delivered within the applicable time
periods set forth in subsections 14(a)(ii)-(vi) above ( the “Notice Period”);
provided that the Company may pay to
Executive all Annual Base Salary, benefits and other rights due to Executive
during such Notice Period instead of employing Executive during such Notice
Period.

     

    (c)           Resignation from
Representational Capacities.  Executive hereby acknowledges and
agrees that upon Executive's termination of employment with the Company for
whatever reason, [s]he shall be deemed to have, and shall have in fact,
effectively resigned from all executive, director or other positions with the
Company or its affiliates at the time of such termination of employment, and
shall return all property owned by the Company and in Executive’s possession,
including all hardware, files and documents, at that time.

     

    (d)           Termination in Connection
with Change in Control.  If Executive’s employment is
terminated by the Company without Cause either upon or within thirty days before
or thirteen (13) months after a Change of Control, or prior to a Change in
Control at the request of a prospective purchaser whose proposed purchase would
constitute a Change in Control upon its completion, such termination shall be
deemed to have occurred immediately before such Change in Control for purposes
of this Agreement and the Plan.

     

    15.           Termination
Pay

     

    (a)           Effective
upon the termination of Executive’s employment, Company will be obligated to pay
Executive (or, in the event of Executive’s death, the Executive’s designated
beneficiary as defined below) only such compensation as is provided in this
Section 15, except to the extent otherwise provided for in any Company stock
incentive, stock option or cash award plan (including, among others, the Plan),
approved by the Board.  For purposes of this Section 15, Executive’s
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      address,
as Executive may designate by notice to Company from time to time or, if
Executive fails to give notice to Company of such a beneficiary, Executive’s
estate.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Company will have no
duty, in any circumstances, to attempt to open an estate on behalf of Executive,
to determine whether any beneficiary designated by Executive is alive or to
ascertain the address of any such beneficiary, to determine the existence of any
trust, to determine whether any person purporting to act as Executive’s personal
representative (or the trustee of a trust established by Executive) is duly
authorized to act in that capacity, or to locate or attempt to locate any
beneficiary, personal representative, or trustee.

    

     

    (b)                     Termination by Executive for
Good Reason or by Company without Cause.  If  prior to
expiration of the Term, Executive terminates his or her employment for Good
Reason, or  if the Company terminates Executive’s employment other
than for Cause or Executive’s death or Disability, Executive will be entitled to
receive, subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
 following:

     

    (i)           (A)
all Annual Base Salary and Bonus duly payable under the applicable plan for
performance periods ending prior to the Date of Termination, but unpaid as of
the Date of Termination, plus (B) in consideration for Executive’s obligations
set forth in Section 19 hereof, an amount equal to one (1) times the Executive’s
then-current rate of Annual Base Salary and Target Bonus, which total sum shall
be payable following the Date of Termination in twenty-six (26) equal bi-weekly
installments in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices provided that, if a Change of
Control occurs (or is deemed pursuant to Sec. 14(d) hereof to have occurred
after such termination) during such  twelve (12) month period (and
such Change of Control qualifies either as a “change in the ownership or
effective control” of the Company or a “change in the ownership of a substantial
portion of the assets” of the Company as such terms are defined under Section
409A of the Code), any amounts remaining payable to Executive hereunder
shall be paid in a single lump sum immediately upon such Change of
Control.

     

    (ii)             if
Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause  either
upon or within thirty days before or thirteen (13) months after a Change of
Control, or prior to a Change in Control at the request of a prospective
purchaser whose proposed purchase would constitute a Change in Control upon its
completion, the Company shall treat as earned all unvested Performance Units for
which the performance term has not expired as of such Change of Control at the
rate calculated pursuant to the Plan and the applicable Grant Letter, and shall
immediately convert those Units into Restricted Shares and accelerate as of the
Date of Termination the removal of restrictions on such shares.

     

    (iii)            all
reasonable expenses Executive has incurred in the pursuit of Executive’s duties
under this Agreement through the Date of Termination which are payable under and
in accordance with this Agreement, which amount will be paid within thirty
(30) days after the submission by Executive of properly completed
reimbursement requests on the Company’s standard forms;

     

    (iv)             a
lump sum payment (net after deduction of taxes and other required withholdings)
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terminated, for Executive to receive under COBRA the paid coverage for health,
dental and vision benefits then being provided for Executive at the Company’s
cost at the time Executive’s employment terminated.  This amount will
be paid at the same time the payment is made under Section 15(b)(i) and will not
take into account future increases in costs during the applicable time period;
and

    

     

    (v)           notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in any award agreement, Executive shall be deemed to be
actively employed during the twelve (12) month period following termination of
employment for purposes of vesting of all stock options, performance units and
restricted stock; provided
that if a Change of Control occurs (or is deemed pursuant to
Sec. 14(d) hereof to have occurred after such termination) within such
period, all remaining stock options that would have vested in the twelve
(12) month period shall vest, and all remaining restricted stock and performance
units whose restrictions would have lapsed in the twelve (12) month period shall
have their restrictions lapse immediately upon such Change of Control;
provided, however, that with respect to any equity-based compensation awards
subject to Section 409A of the Code (as determined by independent tax counsel
retained by the Company), vesting and/or the lapse of restrictions will only be
accelerated if such Change of Control qualifies either as a “change in the
ownership or effective control” of the Company or a “change in the ownership of
a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company as such terms are defined
under Section 409A of the Code, or the first subsequent time at which such
distribution may be made in compliance with Section 409A of the Code;
and

     

    (vi)            pay
the cost of up to twelve (12) months, as required, of executive-level
out-placement services (which provides as part of the outplacement the use of an
office and secretarial support as near as reasonably practicable to Executive’s
residence).

     

    provided, however, any of the
benefits described in Section 15(b)(i) through (vi) that are due to be paid or awarded during the
first six (6) months after the Date of Termination shall, to the extent required
to avoid the tax consequences of Section 409A of the Code as determined by
independent tax counsel, be suspended and paid after the six (6) month
anniversary of Executive’s Date of Termination.

     

               (c)           The
Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payments provided
in Section 15, by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of
any payment provided for in this Section 15 be reduced by any compensation
earned by Executive as a result of employment by another company or business, or
by profits earned by Employee from any other source at any time before or after
the date of Termination, so long as Executive is not in breach of the
Agreement.

     

    (d)           Termination by Executive
without Good Reason or by Company for Cause.  If prior to the
expiration of the Term or thereafter, Executive Voluntarily terminates Executive’s employment
prior to expiration of the Term without Good Reason or if Company terminates
this Agreement for Cause, Executive will be entitled to receive Executive’s
then-existing Annual Base Salary only through the date such termination is
effective and will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses Executive has
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      the date
of termination which are payable under and in accordance with this Agreement;
any unvested options and shares of restricted stock shall terminate as of the
date of termination unless otherwise provided for in any applicable plan or
award agreement; and Executive shall be entitled to no other compensation,
bonus, payments or benefits except as expressly provided in this
paragraph.

    

     

    (e)                     Termination upon Disability
or Death.  If Executive’s employment shall terminate by reason
of Executive’s Disability (pursuant to Section 14(a)(ii)) or death (pursuant to
Section 14(a)(i)), the Company shall pay to Executive, in a lump sum cash
payment as soon as practicable following the Date of Termination, all unpaid
Annual Base Salary and Bonus previously earned for a performance period ending
prior to the Date of Termination, but unpaid as of the Date of Termination, and
the pro rata portion of
their Bonus for such year (when and as paid to other senior executives of the
Company) for the Performance Period in which the termination
occurred.  In the case of Disability, if there is a period of time
during which Executive is not being paid Annual Base Salary and not receiving
long-term disability insurance payments, the Company shall make interim payments
equal to such unpaid disability insurance payments to Executive until
commencement of disability insurance payments; provided that, to the extent
required to avoid the tax consequences of Section 409A of the Code, as
determined by independent tax counsel, the first payment shall cover all
payments scheduled to be made to Executive during the first six (6) months after
the date Executive’s employment terminates, and the first such payment shall be
delayed until the day that is six (6) months after the date Executive’s
employment terminates.

     

    (f)                     Benefits. Except as
otherwise required by law, Executive’s accrual of, and participation in plans
providing for, the Benefits will cease at the effective Date of the Termination
of employment.

     

    (g)                     Conditions To
Payments. To be eligible to receive (and continue to receive) and retain
the payments and benefits described in Sections 15(b)(i) and 15(e), Executive
must comply with the provisions of Sections 17, 18 and 19.  In
addition, to be eligible to receive (and continue to receive) and retain the
payments and benefits described in Sections 15(b) and 15(e) Executive (or
Executive’s executor and personal representatives in case of death) must first
execute and deliver to Company, and comply with, an agreement, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Company, effectively releasing and giving
up all claims Executive may have against Company or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates (and each of their respective controlling shareholders, employees,
directors, officers, plans, fiduciaries, insurers and agents) arising out of or
based upon any facts or conduct occurring prior to that date. The agreement will
be prepared by Company, will be based upon the standard form (if any) then being
utilized by Company for executive separations when severance is being paid,
and will be provided to Executive at the time Executive’s employment is
terminated or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter (not to exceed
five (5) business days).  The agreement will require Executive to
consult with Company representatives, and voluntarily appear as a witness
for trial or deposition (and to prepare for any such testimony) in connection
with, any claim which may be asserted by or against Company, any investigation
or administrative proceeding, any matter relating to a franchise, or any
business matter concerning Company or any of its transactions or
operations.  A copy of the standard form release being used by Company
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      severance
is being paid is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C.  It is understood
that the final document may not contain provisions specific to the release of a
federal age discrimination claim if Executive is not at least forty (40) years
of age, and may be changed as Company’s chief legal counsel considers necessary
and appropriate to enforce the same, including provisions to comply with changes
in applicable laws and recent court decisions.  Payments under and/or
benefits provided by Section 15 will not be made unless and until Executive
executes and delivers that agreement to Company within twenty-one (21) days
after delivery of the document (or such lesser time as Company’s chief legal
counsel may specify in the document) and all conditions to the effectiveness of
that agreement and the releases contemplated thereby have been satisfied
(including without limitation the expiration of any applicable revocation period
without revoking acceptance).

    

     

    (h)           Survival.  The
expiration or termination of the Term shall not impair the rights or obligations
of any party hereto which shall have accrued hereunder prior to such expiration,
subject to the terms of any agreement containing a general release provided by
Executive.

     

    16.          Excess
Parachute Payment.

     

    (a)                 Anything
in this Agreement or the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent
that any payment, distribution or acceleration of vesting to or for the benefit
of Executive by the Company (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and
the regulations thereunder), whether paid or payable or distributed or
distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (the "Total
Payments") is or will be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of
the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then the Total Payments shall be reduced (but not
below zero) to the Safe Harbor Amount (as defined below) if and to the extent
that a reduction in the Total Payments would result in Executive retaining a
larger amount, on an after-tax basis (taking into account federal, state and
local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax), than if Executive
received the entire amount of such Total Payments in accordance with their
existing terms (taking into account federal, state, and local income and
employment taxes and the Excise
Tax).  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Safe Harbor
Amount” means the largest portion of the Total Payments that would result in no
portion of the Total Payments being subject to the Excise Tax.  Unless
Executive shall have given prior written notice specifying a different order to
the Company to effectuate the foregoing, the Company shall reduce or eliminate
the Total Payments, by first reducing or eliminating the portion of the Total
Payments which are payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating non-cash
payments in such order as Executive shall determine; provided that Executive may
not so elect to the extent that, in the determination of the Determining Party
(as defined herein), such election would cause Executive to be subject to the
Excise Tax.  Any notice given by Executive pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall take precedence over the provisions of any other plan,
arrangement or agreement governing Executive's rights and entitlements to any
benefits or compensation.

     

    (b)                 The
determination of whether the Total Payments shall be reduced as provided in
Section 16(a) and the amount of such reduction shall be made at the Company's
expense by an accounting firm selected by Company from among the ten largest
accounting firms in the United States or by qualified independent tax counsel
(the “Determining Party”); provided that Executive shall
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opportunity to reject to the selection, within two business days of being
notified of the selection, on the basis of that Determining Party’s having a
conflict of interest or other reasonable basis, in which case the Company shall
select an alternative auditing firm among the ten largest accounting firms
in the United States or alternative independent qualified tax counsel, which
shall become the Determining Party.  Such Determining Party shall
provide its determination (the "Determination"), together with detailed
supporting calculations and documentation to the Company and Executive within
ten (10) days of the termination of Executive’s employment or at such other time
mutually agreed by the Company and Executive.  If the Determining
Party determines that no Excise Tax is payable by Executive with respect to the
Total Payments, it shall furnish Executive with an opinion reasonably acceptable
to Executive that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to any such
payments and, absent manifest error, such Determination shall be binding, final
and conclusive upon the Company and Executive.  If the Determining
Party determines that an Excise Tax would be payable, the Company shall have the
right to accept the Determination as to the extent of the reduction, if any,
pursuant to Section 16(a), or to have such Determination reviewed by another
accounting firm selected by the Company, at the Company’s expense.  If
the two accounting firms do not agree, a third accounting firm shall be jointly
chosen by the Executive Party and the Company, in which case the determination
of such third accounting firm shall be binding, final and conclusive upon the
Company and Executive.

    

     

    (c)           If,
notwithstanding any reduction described in this Section 16, the IRS determines
that Executive is liable for the Excise Tax as a result of the receipt of any of
the Total Payments or otherwise, then Executive shall be obligated to pay back
to the Company, within thirty (30) days after a final IRS determination or in
the event that Executive challenges the final IRS determination, a final
judicial determination, a portion of the Total Payments equal to the “Repayment
Amount.”  The Repayment Amount with respect to the payment of benefits
shall be the smallest such amount, if any, as shall be required to be paid to
the Company so that Executive’s net after-tax proceeds with respect to the Total
Payments (after taking into account the payment of the Excise Tax and all other
applicable taxes imposed on the Payment) shall be maximized.  The
Repayment Amount shall be zero if a Repayment Amount of more than zero would not
result in Executive’s net after-tax proceeds with respect to the Total Payments
being maximized.  If the Excise Tax is not eliminated pursuant to this
paragraph, the Executive shall pay the Excise Tax.

    

    (d)           Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 16, if (i) there is a reduction in the Total
Payments as described in this Section 16, (ii) the IRS later determines that
Executive is liable for the Excise Tax, the payment of which would result in the
maximization of Executive’s net after-tax proceeds (calculated as if Executive’s
benefits had not previously been reduced), and (iii) Executive pays the
Excise Tax, then the Company shall pay to Executive those payments or benefits
which were reduced pursuant to this Section 16 as soon as administratively
possible after Executive pays the Excise Tax so that Executive’s net after-tax
proceeds with respect to the Total Payments are maximized.

    

    17.                      Competition/Confidentiality.

     

    (a)           Acknowledgments by
Executive.  Executive acknowledges that (a) during the Term and
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      Confidential
Information (as defined below); (b) public disclosure of such Confidential
Information could have an adverse effect on the Company and its business; (c)
because Executive possesses substantial technical expertise and skill with
respect to the Company’s business, Company desires to obtain exclusive ownership
of each invention by Executive while Executive is employed by the Company, and
Company will be at a substantial competitive disadvantage if it fails to acquire
exclusive ownership of each such invention by Executive; and (d) the provisions
of this Section 17 are reasonable and necessary to prevent the improper use or
disclosure of Confidential Information and to provide Company with exclusive
ownership of all inventions and works made or created by
Executive.

    

     

    (b)                      Confidential
Information.  (i) The Executive acknowledges that during the
Term Executive will have access to and may obtain, develop, or learn of
Confidential Information (as defined below) under and pursuant to a relationship
of trust and confidence.  The Executive shall hold such Confidential
Information in strictest confidence and never at any time, during or after
Executive’s employment terminates, directly or indirectly use for Executive’s
own benefit or otherwise (except in connection with the performance of any
duties as an employee hereunder) any Confidential Information, or divulge,
reveal, disclose or communicate any Confidential Information to any unauthorized
person or entity in any manner whatsoever.

     

    (ii)           As
used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential
Information” shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following
information relating to Company learned by the Executive during the Term or as a
result of Executive’s employment with Company:

     

                          (A)           information
regarding the Company’s business proposals, manner of the Company’s operations,
and methods of selling or pricing any products or services;

     

                          (B)           the
identity of persons or entities actually conducting or considering conducting
business with the Company, and any information in any form relating to such
persons or entities and their relationship or dealings with the Company or its
affiliates;

     

                          (C)           any
trade secret or confidential information of or concerning any business operation
or business relationship;

     

                          (D)           computer
databases, software programs and information relating to the nature of the
hardware or software and how said hardware or software is used in combination or
alone;

     

                          (E)           information
concerning Company personnel, confidential financial information, customer or
customer prospect information, information concerning subscribers, subscriber
and customer lists and data, methods and formulas for estimating costs and
setting prices, engineering design standards, testing procedures, research
results (such as marketing surveys, programming trials or product trials), cost
data (such as billing, equipment and programming cost projection models),
compensation information and models, business or marketing plans or strategies,
deal or business terms, budgets, vendor names, programming operations, product
names, information on proposed acquisitions or dispositions, actual performance
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    (including
but not limited to financial and operating results for certain offices,
divisions, departments, and key market areas that are not disclosed to the
public in such form), results of internal analyses, computer programs and
programming information, techniques and designs, and trade secrets;

     

                          (F)           information
concerning the Company’s employees, officers, directors and shareholders;
and

     

                          (G)           any
other trade secret or information of a confidential or proprietary
nature.

     

    (iii)           Executive
shall not make or use any notes or memoranda relating to any Confidential
Information except for uses reasonably expected by Executive to be for the
benefit of the Company, and will, at Company’s request, return each original and
every copy of any and all notes, memoranda, correspondence, diagrams or other
records, in written or other form, that Executive may at any time have within
his possession or control that contain any Confidential
Information.

     

    (iv)           Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information which has
come within the public domain through no fault of or action by Executive or
which has become rightfully available to Executive on a non-confidential basis
from any third party, the disclosure of which to Executive does not violate any
contractual or legal obligation such third party has to the Company or its
affiliates with respect to such Confidential Information.  None of the
foregoing obligations and restrictions applies to any part of the Confidential
Information that Executive demonstrates was or became generally available to the
public other than as a result of a disclosure by Executive or by any other
person bound by a confidentiality obligation to the Company in respect
of such Confidential Information.

     

    (v)           Executive
will not remove from the Company’s premises (except to the extent such removal
is for purposes of the performance of Executive’s duties at home or while
traveling, or except as otherwise specifically authorized by Company) any
Company document, record, notebook, plan, model, component, device, or computer
software or code, whether embodied in a disk or in any other form (collectively,
the “Proprietary
Items”).  Executive recognizes that, as between Company and
Executive, all of the Proprietary Items, whether or not developed by Executive,
are the exclusive property of the Company.  Upon termination of
Executive’s employment by either party, or upon the request of Company during
the Term, Executive will return to Company all of the Proprietary Items in
Executive’s possession or subject to Executive’s control, including all
equipment (e.g., laptop
computers, cell phone, portable e-mail devices, etc.), documents, files and
data, and Executive shall not retain any copies, abstracts, sketches, or other
physical embodiment of any such Proprietary Items.

     

    18.           Proprietary
Developments.

     

               (a)           Any
and all inventions, products, discoveries, improvements, processes, methods,
computer software programs, models, techniques, or formulae (collectively,
hereinafter referred to as “Developments”), made,
conceived, developed, or created by Executive (alone or in conjunction with
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    which may
be directly or indirectly useful in, or relate to, the business conducted or to
be conducted by the Company will be promptly disclosed by  Executive
to Company and shall be Company’s exclusive property.  The term
“Developments” shall not be deemed to include inventions, products, discoveries,
improvements, processes, methods, computer software programs, models,
techniques, or formulae which were in the possession of Executive prior to the
Term.  Executive hereby transfers and assigns to Company all
proprietary rights which Executive may have or acquire in any Developments and
Executive waives any other special right which the Executive may have or accrue
therein.  Executive will execute any documents and to take any actions
that may be required, in the reasonable determination of Company’s counsel,
to effect and confirm such assignment, transfer and waiver, to direct the
issuance of patents, trademarks, or copyrights to Company with respect to such
Developments as are to be Company’s exclusive property or to vest in Company
title to such Developments; provided, however, that the expense of securing any
patent, trademark or copyright shall be borne by Company. The parties agree that
Developments shall constitute Confidential Information.

     

               (b)           “Work Made for
Hire.”  Any work performed by Executive during Executive’s
employment with Company shall be considered a “Work Made for Hire”
as defined in the U.S. Copyright laws, and shall be owned by and for the express
benefit of Company.  In the event it should be established that such
work does not qualify as a Work Made for Hire, Executive agrees to and does
hereby assign to Company all of Executive’s right, title, and interest in such
work product including, but not limited to, all copyrights and other proprietary
rights.

     

    19.           Non-Competition and
Non-Interference.

     

               (a)           Acknowledgments by
Executive.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that: (a) the
services to be performed by Executive under this Agreement are of a special,
unique, unusual, extraordinary, and intellectual character; (b) the Company
competes with other businesses that are or could be located in any part of the
United States; and (c) the provisions of this Section 19 are reasonable and
necessary to protect the Company’s business and lawful protectable interests,
and do not impair Executive’s ability to earn a living.

     

               (b)           Covenants of
Executive.  For purposes of this Section 19, the term “Restricted Period”
shall mean the period commencing as of the date of this Agreement and
terminating on the second anniversary (or, in the case of Section 19(b)(i), the
first anniversary), of the date Executive’s employment terminated provided that the “Restricted
Period” also shall encompass any period of time from whichever anniversary date
is applicable until and ending on the last date Executive is to be paid any
payment under Section 15 hereof.  In consideration of the
acknowledgments by Executive, and in consideration of the compensation and
benefits to be paid or provided to Executive by Company, Executive covenants and
agrees that during the Restricted Period, the Executive will not, directly or
indirectly, for Executive’s own benefit or for the benefit of any other person
or entity other than the Company:

     

                          (i)           in
the United States or any other country or territory where the Company then
conducts its business: engage in, operate, finance, control or be employed by a
“Competitive Business” (defined below); serve as an officer or director of a
Competitive Business (regardless of where Executive then lives or conducts such
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    consultant
(other than as a member of a professional consultancy, law firm, accounting firm
or similar professional enterprise that has been retained by the Competitive
Business and where Executive has no direct role in such professional consultancy
and maintains the confidentiality of all information acquired by Executive
during his or her employment with the Company), contractor, or in any other
capacity with, a Competitive Business; directly or indirectly invest or own any
interest in a Competitive Business (regardless of where Executive then lives or
conducts such activities); or directly or indirectly provide any services or
advice to a any business, person or entity who or which is engaged in a
Competitive Business (other than as a member of a professional consultancy, law
firm, accounting firm or similar professional enterprise that has been retained
by the Competitive Business and where Executive has no direct role in such
professional consultancy and maintains the confidentiality of all information
acquired by Executive during his or her employment with the
Company).  A “Competitive Business”
is any business, person or entity who or which, anywhere within that part of the
United States, or that part of any other country or territory, where the Company
conducts business; owns or operates a cable television system; provides direct
television or any satellite-based, telephone system-based, internet based or
wireless system for delivering television, music or other entertainment
programming (other than as an ancillary service, such as cellular telephone
providers); provides telephony services using any wired connection or fixed (as
opposed to mobile) wireless application; provides data or internet access
services; or offers, provides, markets or sells any service or product of a type
that is offered or marketed by or directly competitive with a service or product
offered or marketed by the Company at the time Executive’s employment
terminates; or who or which in any case is preparing or planning to do so. The
provisions of this Section 19 shall not be construed or applied (i) so as to
prohibit Executive from owning not more than five percent (5%) of any class of
securities that is publicly traded on any national or regional securities
exchange, as long as Executive’s investment is passive and Executive does not
lend or provide any services or advice to such business or otherwise violate the
terms of this Agreement in connection with such investment; or (ii) so as to
prohibit Executive from working as an employee in the cable television business
for a company/business that owns or operates cable television franchises (by way
of current example only, Time Warner, Cablevision, Cox or Comcast), provided that the
company/business is not providing cable services in any political subdivision/
geographic area where the Company has a franchise or provides cable services
(other than nominal overlaps of service areas) and the company/business is
otherwise not engaged in a Competitive Business, and provided Executive does not
otherwise violate the terms of this Agreement in connection with that
work;

     

                          (ii)           contact,
solicit or provide any service to any person or entity that was a customer
franchisee, or prospective customer of the Company at any time during
Executive’s employment (a prospective customer being one to whom the Company had
made a business proposal within twelve (12) months prior to the time Executive’s
employment terminated); or directly solicit or encourage any customer,
franchisee or subscriber of the Company to purchase any service or product of a
type offered by or competitive with any product or service provided by the
Company, or to reduce the amount or level of business purchased by such
customer, franchisee or subscriber from the Company; or take away or procure for
the benefit of any competitor of the Company, any business of a type provided by
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                          (iii)           solicit
or recruit for employment, any person or persons who are employed by Company or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or who were so employed at any time
within a period of six (6) months immediately prior to the date Executive’s
employment terminated, or otherwise interfere with the relationship between any
such person and the Company; nor will the Executive assist anyone else in
recruiting any such employee to work for another company or business or discuss
with any such person his or her leaving the employ of the Company or engaging in
a business activity in competition with the Company. This provision shall not
apply to secretarial, clerical, custodial or maintenance employees.

     

    If
Executive violates any covenant contained in this Section 19, then the term of
the covenants in this Section shall be extended by the period of time Executive
was in violation of the same.

     

               (c)           Provisions Pertaining to the
Covenants.  Executive recognizes that the existing business of
the Company extends to various locations and areas throughout the United States
and may extend hereafter to other countries and territories and agrees that the
scope of Section 19 shall extend to any part of the United States, and any other
country or territory, where the Company operates or conducts business, or has
concrete plans to do so at the time Executive’s employment
terminates.  It is agreed that the Executive’s services hereunder are
special, unique, unusual and extraordinary giving them peculiar value, the loss
of which cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated for by damages, and in
the event of the Executive’s breach of this Section, Company shall be entitled
to equitable relief by way of injunction or otherwise in addition to the
cessation of payments and benefits hereunder.  If any provision of
Sections 17, 18 or 19 of this Agreement is deemed to be unenforceable by a court
(whether because of the subject matter of the provision, the duration of a
restriction, the geographic or other scope of a restriction or otherwise), that
provision shall not be rendered void but the parties instead agree that the
court shall amend and alter such provision to such lesser degree, time, scope,
extent and/or territory as will grant Company the maximum restriction on
Executive’s activities permitted by applicable law in such circumstances.
Company’s failure to exercise its rights to enforce the provisions of this
Agreement shall not be affected by the existence or non existence of any other
similar agreement for anyone else employed by Company or by Company’s failure to
exercise any of its rights under any such agreement.

     

               (d)           Notices.  In
order to preserve Company’s rights under this Agreement, Company is authorized
to advise any potential or future employer, any third party with whom Executive
may become employed or enter into any business or contractual relationship with,
and any third party whom Executive may contact for any such purpose, of the
existence of this Agreement and its terms, and  Company shall not be
liable for doing so.

     

               (e)           Injunctive Relief and
Additional Remedy.  Executive acknowledges that the injury that
would be suffered by Company as a result of a breach of the provisions of this
Agreement (including any provision of Sections 17, 18 and 19) would be
irreparable and that an award of monetary damages to Company for such a breach
would be an inadequate remedy.  Consequently, Company will have the right,
in addition to any other rights it may have, to obtain injunctive relief to
restrain any breach or threatened breach or otherwise to specifically enforce
any provision of this Agreement, and Company will not be obligated to post bond
or other security in seeking such relief.  Without limiting Company’s
rights under this Section or any other remedies of Company, if 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Executive
breaches any of the provisions of Sections 17, 18 or 19, Company will have the
right to cease making any payments otherwise due to Executive under this
Agreement.

     

               (f)           Covenants of Sections
17, 18 and
19 are
Essential and Independent Covenants.  The covenants by
Executive in Sections 17, 18 and 19 are essential elements of this Agreement,
and without Executive’s agreement to comply with such covenants, Company would
not have entered into this Agreement or employed Executive.  Company
and Executive have independently consulted their respective counsel and have
been advised in all respects concerning the reasonableness and propriety of such
covenants, with specific regard to the nature of the business conducted by
Company.  Executive’s covenants in Sections 17, 18 and 19 are
independent covenants and the existence of any claim by Executive against
Company, under this Agreement or otherwise, will not excuse Executive’s breach
of any covenant in Section 17, 18 or 19. If Executive’s employment hereunder is
terminated, this Agreement will continue in full force and effect as is
necessary or appropriate to enforce the covenants and agreements of Executive in
Sections 17, 18 and 19.  The Company’s right to enforce the covenants
in Sections 17, 18 and 19 shall not be adversely affected or limited by the
Company’s failure to have an agreement with another employee with provisions at
least as restrictive as those contained in Sections 17, 18 or 19 , or by the
Company’s failure or inability to enforce (or agreement not to enforce) in full
the provisions of any other or similar agreement containing one or more
restrictions of the type specified in Sections 17, 18 and 19 of this
Agreement.

     

               20.           Executive’s
Representations And Further Agreements.

     

               (a)           Executive
represents, warrants and covenants to Company that:

     

                          (i)           Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Executive nor the performance of
any of Executive’s duties hereunder in accordance with the Agreement will
violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any order, judgment,
employment contract, agreement not to compete or other agreement or arrangement
to which Executive is a party or is subject;

     

                          (ii)           On
or prior to the date hereof, Executive  has furnished to Company true
and complete copies of all judgments, orders, written employment contracts,
agreements not to compete, and other agreements or arrangements restricting
Executive’s employment or business pursuits, that have current application to
Executive;

     

                          (iii)           Executive
is knowledgeable and sophisticated as to business matters, including the subject
matter of this Agreement, and that prior to assenting to the terms of this
Agreement, or giving the representations and warranties herein, Executive has
been given a reasonable time to review it and has consulted with counsel of
Executive’s choice; and

     

                          (iv)           Executive
has not provided, nor been requested by Company to provide, to Company, any
confidential or non public document or information of a former employer that
constitutes or contains any protected trade secret, and will not use any
protected trade secrets in connection with the Executive’s
employment.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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               (b)           During
and subsequent to expiration of the Term, the Executive will cooperate with
Company, and furnish any and all complete and truthful information, testimony or
affidavits in connection with any matter that arose during the Executive’s
employment, that in any way relates to the business or operations of the Company
or any of its parent or subsidiary corporations or affiliates, or of which the
Executive may have any knowledge or involvement; and will consult with and
provide information to Company and its representatives concerning such
matters.  Executive shall fully cooperate with Company in the
protection and enforcement of any intellectual property rights that relate to
services performed by Executive for Company, whether under the terms of this
Agreement or prior to the execution of this Agreement.  This shall
include without limitation executing, acknowledging, and delivering to Company
all documents or papers that may be necessary to enable Company to publish or
protect such intellectual property rights.  Subsequent to the Term,
the parties will make their best efforts to have such cooperation performed at
reasonable times and places and in a manner as not to unreasonably interfere
with any other employment in which Executive may then be
engaged.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted
as requiring the Executive to provide any testimony, sworn statement or
declaration that is not complete and truthful.  If Company
requires the Executive to travel outside the metropolitan area in the
United States where the Executive then resides to provide any testimony or
otherwise provide any such assistance, then Company will reimburse the Executive
for any reasonable, ordinary and necessary travel and lodging expenses incurred
by Executive to do so provided the Executive submits all documentation required
under Company’s standard travel expense reimbursement policies and as otherwise
may be required to satisfy any requirements under applicable tax laws for
Company to deduct those expenses. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed
or interpreted as requiring the Executive to provide any testimony or affidavit
that is not complete and truthful.

     

               21.           Mutual
Non-Disparagement.  Neither
the Company nor Executive shall make any oral or written statement about the
other party which is intended or reasonably likely to disparage the other party,
or otherwise degrade the other party’s reputation in the business or legal
community or in the telecommunications industry.

     

    22.           Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act.  Executive
agrees to comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”), as amended,
which provides generally that: under no circumstances will foreign officials,
representatives, political parties or holders of public offices be offered,
promised or paid any money, remuneration, things of value, or provided any other
benefit, direct or indirect, in connection with obtaining or maintaining
contracts or orders hereunder.  When any representative, employee,
agent, or other individual or organization associated with Executive is required
to perform any obligation related to or in connection with this Agreement, the
substance of this section shall be imposed upon such person and included in any
agreement between Executive and any such person.  Failure by Executive
to comply with the provisions of the FCPA shall constitute a material breach of
this Agreement and shall entitle the Company to terminate Executive’s employment
for Cause.

     

    23.           Purchases
and Sales of the Company’s
Securities.  Executive
has read and agrees to comply in all respects with the Company’s Policy
Regarding the Purchase and Sale of the Company’s Securities by Employees, as
such Policy may be amended from time to time.  

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      Specifically,
and without limitation, Executive agrees that Executive shall not purchase or
sell stock in the Company at any time (a) that Executive possesses material
non-public information about the Company or any of its businesses; and (b)
during any “Trading Blackout Period” as may be determined by the Company as set
forth in the Policy from time to time.

    

     

    24.           Indemnification.  (a)  If
Executive is made a party or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise
involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (hereinafter, a "proceeding"), by reason of the
fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or is
or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit
plan (hereinafter, a "Covered Person"), whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent
or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or
agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest
extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or
may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in
connection therewith; provided, however, that,
except as provided in Section 24(c) hereof with respect to proceedings to
enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such
Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such Covered Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by
the Board.

    

    (b) The
Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by
Executive in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition
(hereinafter, an "advancement of expenses"), provided, however, that, if
the Delaware General Corporation Law so requires, an advancement of expenses
incurred by Executive in his or her capacity as such shall be made only upon
delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter, an "Undertaking"),
by or on behalf of such Executive, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
further right to appeal (hereinafter, a "Final Adjudication") that Executive was
not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 24 or
otherwise.  The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of
expenses conferred in Subsections 24(a) and (b) hereof shall be contract
rights and such rights shall continue even after Executive ceases to be employed
by the Company and shall inure to the benefit of Executive’s heirs, executors
and administrators.

    

    (c)           If
a claim under Section 24(a) or (b) hereof is not paid in full by the
Company within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefore has been
received by the Company, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of
expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days,
Executive may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover
the unpaid amount of the claim.  If Executive is successful in whole
or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an
advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, Executive shall
be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such
suit.  In (i) any suit brought by Executive to enforce a right to
indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by Executive to enforce a
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      it shall
be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Company to recover an
advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Company
shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that,
Executive has not met the applicable standard for indemnification set forth in
the Delaware General Corporation Law.  To the fullest extent permitted
by law, neither the failure of the Company (including its disinterested
directors, committee thereof, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to
have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that
indemnification of Executive is proper in the circumstances because the
Executive has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware
General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Company (including
its disinterested directors, committee thereof, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) that Executive has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall create a presumption that Executive has not met the applicable standard of
conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by Executive, be a defense to
such suit.  In any suit brought by Executive to enforce a right to
indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the
Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an
undertaking, the burden of proving that Executive is not entitled to be
indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 24 or
otherwise shall, to the extent permitted by law, be on the
Company.

    

     

    (d)  The
rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this
Section 24 shall not be exclusive of any other right of indemnification which
Executive or any other person may have or hereafter acquire by any statute, the
Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

     

    (e)           The
Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify
such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General
Corporation Law.

    

     

    25.           Withholding.                                Anything
to the contrary notwithstanding, all payments required to be made by Company
hereunder  to Executive or his estate or beneficiary shall be subject
to the withholding of such amounts, if any, relating to tax and other payroll
deductions as the Company may reasonably determine it should withhold pursuant
to applicable law or regulation.

     

    26.           Notices

     

    .  Any
written notice required by this Agreement will be deemed provided and delivered
to the intended recipient when (a) delivered in person by hand; or (b) three
days after being sent via U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested; or (c)
the day after being sent via by overnight courier, in each case when such notice
is properly addressed to the following address and with all postage and similar
fees having been paid in advance:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              If
      to the Company:

            	
              Charter
      Communications, Inc.

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	 	
              Attn.:
      Human Resources

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	 	
              12405
      Powerscourt Drive

            
	 	 	St.
      Louis, MO 63131

    

                                              

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    If to
Executive:                                            
12405 Powerscourt Drive

           St. Louis,
MO 63131

    

    Either
party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands and other
communications to such party shall be delivered personally or mailed by giving
written notice to the other party in the manner described above.

     

    27.           Binding
Effect.  This
Agreement shall be for the benefit of and binding upon the parties hereto and
their respective heirs, personal representatives, legal representatives,
successors and, where applicable, assigns.

     

    28.           Entire
Agreement.  As
of the Effective Date, the Employee and the Company hereby irrevocably agree
that the Old Employment Agreement is hereby terminated in its entirety, and
neither party thereto shall have any rights or obligations under the Old
Employment Agreement, including but not limited to, in the case of the Employee,
any right to any severance payment or benefit.  This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between the listed parties with respect to the
subject matter described in this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements,
understandings and arrangements, both oral and written, between the parties with
respect to such subject matter, except to the extent said agreements,
understandings and arrangements are referenced or referred to in this
Agreement.  This Agreement may not be modified, amended, altered or
rescinded in any manner, except by written instrument signed by both of the
parties hereto; provided, however, that the waiver by either party of a breach
or compliance with any provision of this Agreement shall not operate nor be
construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or compliance. Except to the
extent the terms hereof are explicitly and directly inconsistent with the
terms of the Plan, nothing herein shall be deemed to override or replace the
terms of the Plan, including but not limited to sections 6.4, 9.4 and 10.4
thereof.

     

    29.           Severability.  In
case any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held by any
court of competent jurisdiction or any arbitrator selected in accordance with
the terms hereof to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such
provision shall have no force and effect, but such holding shall not affect the
legality, validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement
provided that the provisions held illegal, invalid or unenforceable does not
reflect or manifest a fundamental benefit bargained for by a party
hereto.

     

    30.           Assignment.  Subject
to the Executive’s right to terminate in the event of a Change of Control
hereunder, this Agreement can be assigned by the Company only to a company that
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company and
which assumes all of the Company’s obligations hereunder.  The duties
and covenants of Executive under this Agreement, being personal, may not be
assigned or delegated except that Executive may assign payments due hereunder to
a trust established for the benefit of Executive’s family or to Executive’s
estate or to any partnership or trust entered into by Executive and/or
Executive’s immediate family members (meaning, Executive’s spouse and lineal
descendants).  This agreement shall be binding in all respects on
permissible assignees.

     

    31.           Notification.  In
order to preserve the Company’s rights under this Agreement, the Company is
authorized to advise any third party with whom Executive may become employed or

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      enter
into any business or contractual relationship with, or whom Executive may
contact for any such purpose, of the existence of this Agreement and its terms,
and the Company shall not be liable for doing so.

    

     

    32.           Choice of
Law/Jurisdiction This Agreement is deemed to be accepted and entered into
in St. Louis County, Missouri. Executive and the Company intend and hereby
acknowledge that jurisdiction over disputes with regard to this Agreement, and
over all aspects of the relationship between the parties hereto, shall be
governed by the laws of the State of Missouri without giving effect to its rules
governing conflicts of laws.  Executive agrees that in any suit to
enforce this Agreement, or as to any dispute that arises between the Company and
the Executive regarding or relating to this Agreement and/or any aspect of
Executive’s employment relationship with Company, venue and jurisdiction are
proper in the County of St. Louis, and (if federal jurisdiction exists) the
United States District Court for the Eastern Division of Missouri in St. Louis,
and Executive waives all objections to jurisdiction and venue in any such forum
and any defense that such forum is not the most convenient forum.

     

    33.           Section
Headings.  The
section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and
shall not affect in any manner the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement.

     

    34.           Counterparts.  This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.

     

    

     

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have executed this Agreement on the date and year first above
written.

     

    Charter
Communications, Inc.

    

    

    By:___/s/ Neil
Smit________________________

    Name:   Neil
Smit

    Title:  President
and Chief Executive Officer

    

    

    EXECUTIVE

    

    __/s/ Eloise E.
Schmitz_____________________

    Name:                      Eloise
E. Schmitz

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
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      Charter
Communications

      Grant
Summary Report

      Exhibit
A

      

      Activity
as of 6/25/2007

      

      
        	
                Grant
      Date

              	
                Grant
      Type

              	 	
                Grant
      Price

              	 	 	
                Granted

              	 	 	
                Exercised

              	 	 	
                Canceled

              	 	 	
                Subject
      to Repurchase

              	 	 	
                Outstanding

              	 	 	
                Vested

              	 	 	
                Outstanding
      Exercisable

              	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                2001
      Non-Qualified Stock Option

              	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                Eloise
      Engman Schmitz

              	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                2/12/2001

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	$	23.093800	 	 	 	20,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	20,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	15,000	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                9/28/2001

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	$	11.990000	 	 	 	20,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	20,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	10,000	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                7/23/2002

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	$	2.850000	 	 	 	40,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	40,000	 	 	 	32,000	 	 	 	32,000	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                4/29/2003

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	$	1.595000	 	 	 	35,000	 	 	 	26,250	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	8,750	 	 	 	35,000	 	 	 	8,750	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                1/27/2004

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	$	5.170000	 	 	 	28,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	28,000	 	 	 	21,000	 	 	 	21,000	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                1/27/2004

              	
                Restricted

              	 	$	0.000000	 	 	 	15,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	15,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	15,000	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                2/25/2004

              	
                Restricted

              	 	$	0.000000	 	 	 	10,000	 	 	 	10,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	10,000	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                3/25/2005

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	 	1.525000	 	 	 	83,700	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	83,700	 	 	 	41,850	 	 	 	41,850	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                3/25/2005

              	
                Restricted

              	 	$	0.000000	 	 	 	40,500	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	5,569	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	34,931	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                3/10/2006

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	$	1.000000	 	 	 	31,100	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	31,100	 	 	 	7,775	 	 	 	7,775	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                3/10/2006

              	
                Restricted

              	 	$	0.000000	 	 	 	72,585	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	72,585	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                3/10/2006

              	
                Restricted

              	 	$	0.000000	 	 	 	103,551	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	103,551	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                8/29/2006

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	$	1.320000	 	 	 	100,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	100,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                8/29/2006

              	
                Restricted

              	 	$	0.000000	 	 	 	100,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	100,000	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                3/9/2007

              	
                Non-Qualified

              	 	$	2.835000	 	 	 	31,100	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	31,100	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                3/9/2007

              	
                Restricted

              	 	$	0.000000	 	 	 	72,585	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	72,585	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	0	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                Optionee
      Total

              	 	 	 	 	 	 	803,121	 	 	 	36,250	 	 	 	60,589	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	706,302	 	 	 	187,625	 	 	 	111,375	 
	 
      	 
      	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
                Plan
      Totals

              	 	 	 	 	 	 	803,121	 	 	 	36,250	 	 	 	60,589	 	 	 	0	 	 	 	706,302	 	 	 	187,625	 	 	 	111,375	 

      

      

       

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      
        
          
            
               

            

             

          

          
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    Exhibit
B

    

    Executive
Cash Award Plan

    

    

    

    

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Exhibit 10.4b

    

    AMENDMENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

    

    This
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement is entered into as of
April 7, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by and between CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ELOISE
E. SCHMITZ, an
adult resident of Missouri (the “Executive”).

    

    WHEREAS,
the Company and the Executive entered into a Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement effective August 1, 2007 (the “Agreement”);

     

    WHEREAS,
the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Agreement as set forth
herein;

     

    NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally
bound and in consideration of the covenants and promises set forth herein, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Executive agree that the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

    

    1.  The
first sentence of Section 3 is hereby replaced in totality with the following:
"Executive shall serve as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Interim
Chief Financial Officer reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, but with other
reporting relationships as shall be determined by the Chief Executive Officer
from time to time, with such responsibilities, duties and authority as are
customary for such role, including, but not limited to, overall management
responsibility for the financial planning, reporting and strategic planning for
the Company and management of all personnel reporting to the Chief Financial
Officer.  At any time in the future at his discretion, effective upon
oral or written notice to Executive, the Chief Executive Officer may remove “and
Interim Chief Financial Officer” from Executive’s title and remove from her job
function some or all responsibilities duties and authorities normally accruing
to a Chief Financial Officer."

    

    2.  In
Section 5 of the Agreement, Executive’s Annual Base Salary shall be $500,000 for
the period during which Executive serves as Interim Chief Financial
Officer.

    

    3.  In
Section 6 of the Agreement, the Executive’s eligibility to receive a Target
Bonus of “up to 50% of Executive’s Annual Base Salary” is hereby revised to add
“but up to 75% of Executive’s Annual Base Salary for such period that Executive
serves as Interim Chief Financial Officer”.

    

    4.  If,
at any time, Executive's title and responsibilities as Interim Chief Financial
Officer shall cease, the amendments herein to Sections 3, 5 and 6 shall no
longer have any further effect and the original Sections 3, 5 and 6 of the
Agreement shall be reinstated as stated prior to this amendment, provided that
any additional Bonus earned pursuant to the increase in the percentage of Target
Bonus set forth in 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

       

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3 above and not paid at the time of reinstatement of  Section 6 of the
Agreement, shall be paid to Executive at the time of the payment of the
remainder of the annual bonus, if any.

    

    

    The
Company and the Executive agree that all other provisions of the Agreement
(including the remainder of Sections 3, 5 and 6) shall remain in full force and
effect until expiration or earlier termination upon the terms
therein.

    

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Executive have each caused this Amendment
to Restated and Amended Employment Agreement to be duly executed on its behalf
as of the date first above written.

    

    CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

    

    

    By: /s/ Lynne F. Ramsey

    Name: 
Lynne F. Ramsey

    Title: 
SVP, Human Resources

    

    

    EXECUTIVE

    

    ___/s/ Eloise E.
Schmitz__________

    Name:  Eloise
E. Schmitz

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