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EXHIBIT 10.51

Description of Charter Communications, Inc.

2005 Executive Bonus Plan

Executive Officers of Charter
Communication, Inc. (“Charter”) and certain other
managerial and professional employees of Charter and its subsidiaries
are eligible to participate in Charter’s 2005 Executive Bonus Plan.
Bonuses for eligible employees for 2005 will be determined based on the extent
to which Charter’s (or , if applicable, a divisional
employee’s particular division’s) performance during 2005
meets or exceeds budgeted goals with respect to four performance
measures. These measures, and the percentage of an employee’s
bonus allocated to each measure, are Revenue (40%), Operating Cash
Flow (20%), Free Cash Flow (20%) and Customer Satisfaction (20%).
Customer Satisfaction will be measured against quantifiable
statistics to be determined by the board of directors or compensation
committee, which are expected to include items such as installation
completion rate, repeat service rate for trouble calls, trouble
service rate within 30 days of installation, total service rate,
percent of disconnects following installation and certain call center
measures.

With respect to each
performance measure listed above, the eligible employee would receive
100% of the portion of his or her target bonus allocated to that
performance measure if Charter’s  (or such employee’s
division’s) performance reaches the budgeted goal for that
measure. Also, for each performance measure, the employee would
receive a portion of the allocated percentage if the performance
exceeds 95% of the budgeted goal, and could receive as much as 150%
of the allocated percentage if the performance exceeds the applicable budgeted goal by 5%. Each employee’s
target bonus is determined based on market data and position within
the company. Target bonuses for executive officers range from 40% to
50% of base salary, subject to applicable employment agreements.<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.21

Description of Investment Management Contracts

In the ordinary course of business, the Company's registered investment adviser
subsidiaries enter into investment management agreements with open-end and
closed-end registered investment companies (collectively, "Managed Funds") and
with individual accounts (collectively, "Managed Accounts") to which they
provide investment management services. The Company does not consider any single
investment management agreement to be material to its business; however,
collectively these agreements represent virtually all of the Company's revenues.

Investment management agreements with each Managed Fund are approved initially
by the Managed Fund shareholders and their continuance must be approved annually
by the board of trustees which oversees the funds, all but one of whom are
independent of the Company, as required under the Investment Company Act of 1940
(the "40 Act"). These agreements may be terminated by the Managed Fund or the
adviser for any reason upon 60 days' written notice without penalty and
terminate automatically upon assignment (as defined under the Investment Company
Act of 1940), which term includes a change of control of the adviser. The
investment contracts with the Managed Funds collectively provide a majority of
the Company's annual revenues. The termination of all or a significant portion
of the investment management agreements would be material to the Company and its
subsidiaries.

Investment management agreements with Managed Accounts generally provide that
they can be terminated by the client for any reason upon a specified period of
written notice and may not be assigned by the adviser without the client's
consent. Many of the agreements for Managed Accounts involve clients who are
participants in "wrap fee" or other programs sponsored by unaffiliated broker
dealer or investment advisory firms. Under these programs the Company's
subsidiaries may provide their services pursuant to a two-party agreement with
either the program sponsor or client or pursuant to a three-party agreement
including the program sponsor and the client. The program sponsor firms have the
ability to add or remove advisers from their programs in their discretion and if
removed from a program all of the investment management agreements with clients
in the program would be terminated. The Company's investment adviser
subsidiaries participate in numerous such programs.<PAGE>
                                  EXHIBIT 10.16

                                    AMENDMENT
                               TO LEASE AGREEMENT

      Whereas, on or about the 9th day of September, 1972, Investors Equity of
Iowa, Inc., an Iowa corporation, and West Des Moines State Bank, an Iowa banking
corporation ("West Bank") entered into a lease agreement (the "Bank Lease") for
the demise of space (including a drive-up facility) at the premises locally
known as 1601 - - 22nd Street, West Des Moines, Iowa (the "Building");

      Whereas, A. Terry Moss, Maggi Moss, Joan G. Thaler, and Richard B.
Margulies (collectively "Landlords") are the successors in interest to Investors
Equity of Iowa, Inc.;

      Whereas, Landlords and West Bank have entered into four other lease
agreements for office space in the Building, specifically, office Suites 201,
205, 206, and 209;

      Whereas, effective the 1st day of October, 2004, the Bank shall lease the
entire 2nd floor of the Building; and

      Whereas, Landlords and Tenant have agreed to extend the expiration dates
of the leases for office Suites 201, 205, 206, and 209, and have agreed to
certain additional terms pertaining primarily to expansion and to remodeling,

      Now therefore, on this ___ day of October, 2004, in consideration of the
mutual promises and covenants contained herein, Landlords and Tenant agree as
follows:

            1.    The current leases for Suites 201, 205, 206, and 209 are
      hereby replaced and superseded by the lease agreement attached hereto as
      Exhibit "A" (hereinafter the "Office Lease"), which Office Lease is for
      the demise of said Suites 201, 205, 206, and 209, as well as additional
      Suites 207, 208, and 210. The Office Lease has been prepared on the same
      lease form as the superseded lease agreements.

            2.    Contemporaneous to the execution of this Amendment the
      Landlords and West Bank shall execute the Office Lease.

            3.    The Office Lease provides for (a) a full service base rental
      rate of Twelve Dollars and Forty-three Cents ($12.43) per rentable square
      foot annually; (b) a normalized 2004 base year for calculating the
      increase in operating expenses; and (c) a lease term ending ten (10) years
      following completion of the construction of the Improvements (defined
      below).

            4.    The rent pursuant to the Office Lease shall be, payable in
      advance in monthly installments, commencing the 1st day of September,
      2004, and has been calculated as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   Suite                         Status                  Sq Ft         Base Rent
-----------          ---------------------------       ---------       ---------
<S>                  <C>                               <C>             <C>
Suite 200            Part of Bank Lease                  2,229               N/A
Suite 201            Superseded by Office Lease          1,249          1,293.75
Suite 205            Superseded by Office Lease          1,632          1,690.48
Suite 206            Superseded by Office Lease          1,033          1,070.01
Suite 209            Superseded by Office Lease          1,675          1,735.02
                                                       -------         ---------
   Subtotal                                              7,818
                                                       -------         ---------
Suite 207            Space added by Office Lease         1,015          1,051.37
Suite 208            Space added by Office Lease           353            365.64
Suite 210            Space added by Office Lease         1,214          1,257.50
                                                       -------         ---------
   Subtotal                                              2,582
                                                       -------         ---------
   Grand total                                          10,400          8,463.77
                                                       -------         ---------
</TABLE>

            5.    Rent collected by Landlords for Suite 208 in the amount of
      Four Hundred Thirty-five Dollars and Sixty Cents ($435.60) per month shall
      be paid to West Bank.

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            6.    Landlords shall cause the carpet in Suite 100 of the Building
      to be replaced with the carpet tiles as specified in the proposal from
      Ralph Smith & Co., dated July 9, 2004. The Bank shall pay to Landlords the
      sum of $________________________ as its contribution toward the cost of
      the carpet tiles. The payment shall be made within sixty (60) days
      following the installation of the carpet tiles to the satisfaction of West
      Bank.

            7.    Landlords shall market and make a good faith effort to lease
      on behalf of West Bank any part of the space leased pursuant to the Office
      Lease which West Bank elects to sublease. West Bank shall reimburse
      Landlords for any reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred
      by Landlords in connection with such subleasing. West Bank shall pay any
      customary commissions to third party brokers for such subleasing.
      Landlords shall not be entitled to any fee or commission in connection
      with any such sublease.

            8.    Landlords shall cause the construction of the file room and
      teller line improvements in Suite 100 at the Building as shown on the
      Construction Drawings by Simonson & Associates, Architects, L.L.C., dated
      the ____ day of _______________, 2004 ("File/Teller Plans"), as soon as
      possible following execution of this Agreement. West Bank shall reimburse
      Landlords for the cost of the file room and teller line improvements, with
      such costs calculated in the same manner as described in paragraph 11,
      below, but without the "not to exceed" maximum cost limitation. The
      payment shall be made within sixty (60) days following the completion of
      the construction of the room and teller line improvements to the
      satisfaction of West Bank.

            9.    Following the construction of the file room and teller line
      improvements described above, Landlords shall cause the construction of
      the office and board room improvements in Suite 100 and on the second
      floor of the Building, as shown on the Construction Drawings by Simonson &
      Associates, Architects, L.L.C., dated the ____ day of ____________, 2004
      (the "Office/Board Room Plans").

            10.   Landlords shall make the improvements requested by West Bank
      as shown in the File/Teller Plans and Office/Board Room Plans
      (collectively the "Improvements") in a good and workmanlike manner in
      accordance with applicable building codes and to the satisfaction of West
      Bank.

            11.   West Bank shall reimburse Landlords for the cost of the
      Improvements (not to exceed Twenty-seven Dollars ($27.00) per square foot,
      provided Landlords are permitted to complete the Improvements within two
      (2) years from the date hereof) which cost (the "Improvements Cost") shall
      include all the out-of-pocket expenses of Landlords in connection with the
      Improvements and shall be calculated without any mark up, but to which
      shall be added an eight percent (8.00%) fee for construction management
      and administration. Landlords shall provide invoices to West Bank on a
      monthly basis during the construction period. At the election of West Bank
      Payment of the Improvements Cost shall be paid (a) monthly as the work is
      completed, or (b) at the end of construction, together with construction
      period interest of four percent (4.00%).

      LANDLORDS                                        WEST DES MOINES
                                                       STATE BANK

By: /s/ Richard Margulies                   By: /s/ Thomas E. Stanberry
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