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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-25-004700
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	PX14A6G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250324
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250324
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20250324

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001091667
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		EIN:				841496755
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		PX14A6G
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33664
		FILM NUMBER:		25764700

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 WASHINGTON BLVD.
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902
		BUSINESS PHONE:		203-905-7801

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 WASHINGTON BLVD.
		CITY:			STAMFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06902

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC /MO/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990723

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000810265
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		EIN:				146103815
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		PX14A6G

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER
		STREET 2:		14TH FLOOR, 110 STATE STREET
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12236
		BUSINESS PHONE:		518-486-6998

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER
		STREET 2:		14TH FLOOR, 110 STATE STREET
		CITY:			ALBANY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12236
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NOTICE OF EXEMPT SOLICITATION</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Name of the registrant</B>:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Charter Communications, Inc.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Name of person relying on exemption:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The New York State Common Retirement Fund</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Address of person relying on exemption:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Office of the New York State Comptroller</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Division of Legal Services</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">110 State Street, 14<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Albany, NY 12236</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Written material:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Text of March 24, 2025 email sent by Sherman Jewett, Corporate Governance
Officer, New York State Common Retirement Fund</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Charter Communications, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VOTE FOR Proposal No. 4</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Stockholder Proposal Regarding Political Expenditures
Report</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Filed by the New York State Common Retirement
Fund </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Annual Meeting: April 22, 2025</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">The New York State Common Retirement Fund urges
Charter Communications, Inc. shareholders to vote &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; Proposal 4 on the proxy, Stockholder Proposal Regarding Political
Expenditures Report.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Companies face legal, reputational, and financial
risks when making political contributions. Disclosure of corporate political contributions is a widely adopted best practice and in the
best interests of shareholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Without knowing Charter&rsquo;s election-related
expenditures, investors cannot sufficiently assess the risks nor determine whether spending aligns with our Company&rsquo;s business strategy,
corporate priorities, or other areas of concern. Support for this reasonable, best practice, widely adopted governance reform will help
mitigate risks by introducing transparency and accountability to Charter&rsquo;s political spending.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Support &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; Proposal 4 Is Warranted Because:</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Disclosure of political spending is a best
practice widely adopted by Charter&rsquo;s peers. </U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Charter&rsquo;s argument that the disclosures sought in this proposal
would result in a business disadvantage is belied by the fact that Charter&rsquo;s peers already disclose their political spending. The
Company&rsquo;s peer competitors including AT&amp;T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., and Comcast Corporation all substantially disclose
what this proposal seeks, scoring 100%, 95.7%, and 94.3%, respectively in the 2024 Center for Political Accountability-Zicklin Index.
The average S&amp;P 500 company score is 59.9%, while Charter&rsquo;s score is just 24.3%. By rejecting these widely adopted, best-practice
disclosures, Charter is increasingly becoming an outlier.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Last year, this proposal received 22% support from all shareholders,
and more than 30% support from the company&rsquo;s unaffiliated shareholders.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Charter does not disclose its political spending.
</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In the proxy, the Board acknowledges that it receives an annual report
that is substantially similar to what this proposal requests. However, Charter does not publicly disclose the specifics of its political
spending as requested by this proposal. Charter&rsquo;s Political Activities Policy Statement (adopted on January 30, 2024, and posted
on its website) contains little information beyond what is disclosed in the Company&rsquo;s proxy statement. While the adoption and disclosure
of a policy is a positive development, Charter has not fully implemented key elements of the proposal and does not disclose its actual
spending.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Disclosure of political spending does not
limit political spending.</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In the <I>Citizens United</I> opinion, Supreme Court Justice Kennedy
explicitly endorsed disclosure as a proper mitigation, writing, &ldquo;The First Amendment protects political speech; and disclosure permits
citizens and shareholders to react to the speech of corporate entities in a proper way.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This proposal does not seek to end or curtail the Company&rsquo;s participation
in the political, legislative, or regulatory processes at any level of government. The proposal simply seeks disclosure so that shareholders
may determine for themselves whether Charter&rsquo;s political expenditures enhance &mdash; or diminish &mdash; shareholder value, rather
than have Charter determine that the information is not useful to shareholders.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Corporate political spending can be risky.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A company&rsquo;s reputation, value, and bottom line can be adversely
impacted by political spending. The risk is especially serious when giving is to trade associations, Super PACs, 527 committees, and &ldquo;social
welfare&rdquo; organizations &mdash; groups that routinely pass money to or spend on behalf of candidates and political causes that a
company might not otherwise wish to support.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">When the Conference Board released its 2021 &ldquo;Under a Microscope&rdquo;
report it detailed these risks, and recommended the process suggested in this proposal. The organization also said, &ldquo;a new era of
stakeholder scrutiny, social media, and political polarization has propelled corporate political activity &mdash; and the risks that come
with it &mdash; into the spotlight. Political activity can pose increasingly significant risks for companies, including the perception
that political contributions &mdash; and other forms of activity &mdash; are at odds with core company values.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Charter&rsquo;s lack of transparency and accountability
in relation to its political spending creates risks for shareholders. The Company&rsquo;s adoption of this reasonable, widely adopted
best practice is long overdue. The New York State Common Retirement Fund urges Charter Communications, Inc. shareholders to vote for Proposal
No. 4</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">For questions, please contact Sherman Jewett, Corporate
Governance Officer, at the New York State Common Retirement Fund, CorpGov@osc.ny.gov.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>This is not a solicitation
of authority to vote your proxy.</B></P>

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us your proxy card as it will not be accepted.</B></P>

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