SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 9-A)* General Communication, Inc. (Name of Issuer) Class A Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 369385 10 9 (CUSIP Number) John M. Lowber Vice President and Chief Financial Officer General Communication, Inc. 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 (907) 265-5600 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) March 31, 1998 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Report) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g),check the following box [ ]. Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Section 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). CUSIP No. 369385 10 9 (1) Names of Reporting Persons I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons (entities only). Ronald A. Duncan ###-##-#### (2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions). (a) X (b) (3) SEC Use Only. (4) Source of Funds (See Instructions) OO (5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e). None (6) Citizenship or Place of Organization. United States of America. Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (7) Sole Voting Power None by Each Reporting Person With: (1) (8) Shared Voting Power 11,479,178 (2),(3) (9) Sole Dispositive Power 400 (3),(4) (10) Shared Dispositive Power 961,432 (3),(5) - ------------------- 1 As of October 30, 1998 ("Record Date"). 2 All of these shares are subject to the Voting Agreement as described in Items 4 and 6 of this Statement. Does not include options or shares purchased by the Company's Qualified Stock Purchase Plan for the benefit of Mr. Duncan, both of which are described in Item 5 of this Statement, and does not include shares held by the Amanda Miller Trust as described in Items 4 and 5 of this Statement. Includes 861,462 shares of Class A Common Stock and 453,751 shares of Class B Common Stock (readily convertible to Class A Common Stock) to which Mr. Duncan has a pecuniary interest and includes 8,587,125 shares of Class A and 1,576,840 shares of Class B Common Stock held by other parties to the Voting Agreement, to which Mr. Duncan disavows any pecuniary interest. 3 Does not include shares allocated to Mr. Duncan under the Deferred Compensation Agreements as described in Item 5 of this Statement. 4 Excludes non-vested options as described in Item 5 of this Statement. 5 Includes shares acquired through the Company's Qualified Stock Purchase Plan (100,370 Class A and 6,244 Class B shares) for the benefit of Mr. Duncan as described in Item 5 of this Statement. SCHEDULE 13D - DUNCAN CLASS A/9 PAGE 2 (11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person. 11,807,925 shares (4),(5),(6),(7) (12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions). N/A (13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11). 23.8% (4),(5),(6),(7),(8) (14) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions). IN Item 1. Security and Issuer. This amendment No. 9-A to Schedule 13D ("Statement") relates to the Class A common stock ("Class A Common Stock") of General Communication, Inc. ("Company"). The Company has also issued Class B Common Stock ("Class B Common Stock"). The principal offices of the Company are located at 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. Item 2. Identity and Background. This Statement is filed by and on behalf of Ronald A. Duncan, amends Mr. Duncan's currently effective Schedule 13D on his ownership of Company Class A Common Stock, and incorporates, by reference, all previous amendments and filings of that presently effective Schedule 13D. (a) Name: Ronald A. Duncan. (b) Residence or Business Address: 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. (c) Present principal occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer, General Communication, Inc., 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage Alaska 99503. - ------------------- 6 Includes 468,237 shares of Class B Common Stock and 1,175,723 shares of Class A Common Stock to which Mr. Duncan has a pecuniary interest and includes 10,163,965 shares of Class A and Class B (readily convertible into Class A) Common Stock held by other parties to the Voting Agreement, to which Mr. Duncan disavows any pecuniary interest. 7 Includes shares subject to the Deferred Compensation Agreements and shares held by the Amanda Miller Trust, all of which are described in Item 5 of this Statement. 8 A percentage of the combination of Class A and Class B shares outstanding. SCHEDULE 13D - DUNCAN CLASS A/9 PAGE 3 (d) Conviction in criminal proceeding during past 5 years: None. (e) Party to civil proceeding during past 5 years and thereby subject to judgment, etc., regarding state or federal securities laws: Never. (f) Citizenship: United States of America. On March 31, 1998 ("Event Date"), Mr. Duncan paid off the $500,000 loan from the Company ("Duncan Loan") and accrued interest on it in the amount of $171,929, in return for which the Company canceled the corresponding outstanding Promissory Note and Pledge Agreement. Under the Pledge Agreement, Mr. Duncan had pledged a total of 2,957 shares of Company Class A and 220,043 shares of Company Class B Common Stock ("Pledged Stock"). As of the Event Date, Mr. Duncan remained a party to the voting agreement dated October 31, 1996 which was later amended effective December 5, 1997 ("Voting Agreement"). That amendment to the agreement, adopted by the parties to it ("Voting Group") documented the earlier removal of two parties to the agreement, i.e., TCI GCI, Inc. ("TCI") as disclosed in the previous amendment to Mr. Duncan's Schedule 13D, (Amendment No. 8-A) and Prime II Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Prime Management"). The amendment also requires the remaining parties to vote for one nominee to the Company's board of directors ("Board") proposed by Prime Management. That is, through that amendment, the parties agreed to allow Prime Management to recommend one nominee to the Board for so long as the Prime Management Agreement is in full force and effect and to vote for that nominee notwithstanding Prime Management's no longer being a party to the agreement. The Prime Management Agreement was entered into between the Company and Prime Management to manage certain cable television systems acquired by the Company in October 1996. The Prime Management Agreement has a term of nine years, but either party may terminate the agreement in its discretion after October 31, 1998. Prior to the amendment to the Voting Agreement, Prime Management had acted as the agent for a number of shareholders of the Company as described in the previous amendment to Mr. Duncan's Schedule 13D (Amendment No. 8-A). As of the Event Date, the members of the Voting Group were as follows: (1) Mr. Duncan; (2) Robert M. Walp; and (3) MCI Telecommunications Corporation. On September 14, 1998, MCI Communications Corporation, the parent of MCI Telecommunications Corporation, was acquired by Worldcom, Inc. with the surviving entity named MCI Worldcom, Inc. ("MCI"). The Voting Agreement governs the voting of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock owned by members of the Voting Group. The Class B Common Stock, a portion of which is owned by certain members of the Voting Group, is convertible on a share-per-share basis into Class A Common Stock at any time at the option of the owner of the Class B Common Stock. As a result of the Class B Common Stock's conversion feature into Class A Common Stock and as a result of the Voting Agreement, the Voting Group may be deemed to be the beneficial owner in the aggregate of more than five percent of the outstanding Class A Common Stock. SCHEDULE 13D - DUNCAN CLASS A/9 PAGE 4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, Mr. Duncan expressly declares that the filing of this Statement shall not be construed as an admission that he is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Statement other than those shares of Class A Common Stock in which he has a pecuniary interest. Mr. Duncan has a pecuniary interest in shares of Class B Common Stock. See Item 5 of this Statement for the discussion of the Class A Common Stock owned by Mr. Duncan. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. The funds used to pay off the Duncan Loan and release the Pledged Stock from the pledge under the Pledge Agreement were obtained by Mr. Duncan through his margin account at the brokerage firm of Paine Webber (see item 5(b)). The Pledged Stock released by the Company was then used to secure that margin account loan. A portion of that Pledged Stock (220,043 shares of Class B common stock) was later released as collateral on that margin account. No personal funds were expended by Mr. Duncan to accomplish the amendment of the Voting Agreement. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction. The Duncan Loan was paid off to release the Pledged Stock from the pledge under the Pledge Agreement. The Voting Agreement was amended to document the removal of TCI and Prime Management as parties to that agreement and to document the promise of the remaining parties to vote for one nominee to the Board proposed by Prime Management during the time period specified in the amendment. Except as set forth above or as set forth in Item 6 in this Statement, Mr. Duncan has no present plans or proposals which may relate to or would result in any of the following: (a) The acquisition by any person of any additional securities of the Company, or the disposition of securities of the Company; (b) An extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (c) A sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (d) Any change in the present board of directors of the Company or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on that board; (e) Any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company; SCHEDULE 13D - DUNCAN CLASS A/9 PAGE 5 (f) Any other material change in the Company's business or corporate structure including but not limited to, if the Issuer is a registered closed-end investment company, any plans or proposals to make any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is required by section 13 of the Investment Company Act of 1940; (g) Changes in the Company's charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any person; (h) Causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) A class of equity securities of the Company becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) Any action similar to any of those enumerated above. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. (a) As a result of the Voting Agreement and pursuant to Rule 13d-5, each of the parties to the Voting Agreement may be deemed to be members of a "group," and thereby beneficially own all of the shares owned by all other parties to the Voting Agreement. As of the Record Date, the parties to the Voting Agreement beneficially own directly 11,848,562 shares of Company Common Stock or approximately 23.8% of the outstanding common stock of the Company, 2,047,485 shares of which are Class B Common Stock held by certain of the parties of the Voting Agreement and issuable as and upon the conversion to Class A Common Stock. The "group" for purposes of Rule 13d-5 is comprised of the members of the Voting Group (as defined in Item 2 above). The reporting person filing this Statement is Mr. Duncan only. Pursuant to Rule 13d-3, for purposes of Section 13(d) and 13(g) of the Act, a beneficial owner of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares: (1) voting power which includes the power to vote, or direct the voting of, such security; and/or (2) investment power which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, such security. Mr. Duncan expressly declares that the filing of this Statement shall not be construed as an admission that he is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Statement other than those shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in which Mr. Duncan has a pecuniary interest as described in this Statement. The aggregate number and percentage of securities (Class A Common Stock) beneficially owned by Mr. Duncan as of the Record Date were 1,175,723 shares and 2.4%, respectively. These securities consisted of the following: (1) 18,560 shares gifted by Mr. Duncan to the Amanda Miller Trust, where Ms. Miller is the daughter of Mr. Duncan's spouse Dani Bowman and the beneficiary of the trust, and Mr. Duncan has a reversionary interest in those shares; (2) SCHEDULE 13D - DUNCAN CLASS A/9 PAGE 6 105,111 shares held by the Company in its name but for the benefit of Mr. Duncan pursuant to the terms of the First Duncan Deferred Compensation Agreement (see Item 5(a) of amendment 7-A to Mr. Duncan's Schedule 13D); (3) 90,220 shares held by the Company in its name but for the benefit of Mr. Duncan pursuant to the terms of the Second Duncan Deferred Compensation Agreement (see Item 5(a) of amendment 7-A to Mr. Duncan's Schedule 13D) and (4) 100,320 shares held for the benefit of Mr. Duncan by virtue of his participation in the Company's Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("Stock Purchase Plan"). Mr. Duncan is not a trustee or other officer, employee, or agent of the Amanda Miller Trust nor does he exercise any voting, investment, or dispositive powers over the investments of the trust, other than should all beneficiaries die before Ms. Miller reaches age 21, the property of the trust reverts to Mr. Duncan. A portion of these aggregate shares (861,462 shares) are subject to the Voting Agreement. These aggregate shares do not include shares held by Ms. Bowman, individually, to which Mr. Duncan disavows any interest and do not include the shareholdings of other members of the Voting Group, to which Mr. Duncan disavows any pecuniary interest. In July 1989 Mr. Duncan exercised his rights under the First Duncan Deferred Compensation Agreement, and the Company acquired 105,111 shares to be held in its name but for the benefit of Mr. Duncan. In September and October 1995, and in July 1996, Mr. Duncan exercised his rights under the Second Duncan Deferred Compensation Agreement, and the Company acquired a total of 90,220 shares to be held by the Company in its name but for the benefit of Mr. Duncan. None of these shares have been or will be voted while held by the Company. The full amount of the deferred compensation will be due and payable to Mr. Duncan upon the termination of his employment with the Company. To the best knowledge and belief of Mr. Duncan, the aggregate number and percentage of securities (Class A Common Stock) beneficially owned by each of the other Parties (as defined in Item 2 of this Statement) to the Voting Agreement were, as of the Record Date, as follows: (1) Mr. Walp - 373,845 shares (not including total holdings of 303,457 shares of Class B Common Stock in which he has a pecuniary interest) and 0.8% and (2) MCI - 8,251,509 shares (not including total holdings of 1,275,791 shares of Class B Common Stock in which MCI has a pecuniary interest) and 18.1%. (b) The number of shares of Class A Common Stock as to which the following apply to Mr. Duncan are as follows (not including 468,237 shares of Class B Common Stock in which Mr. Duncan has a pecuniary interest and which are immediately convertible into Class A Common Stock): (1) sole power to vote or to direct the vote -- none (and none of Class B Common Stock as to which Mr. Duncan has a pecuniary interest); (2) shared power to vote or to direct the vote -- 861,462 shares; (3) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition -- 400 shares; and (4) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition -- 961,432 shares. Mr. Duncan shares the power to vote the securities identified previously in this Item 5 with two other persons, pursuant to the Voting Agreement described in Items 2, 4 and 6 of this Statement, as follows: (1) Mr. Walp; and (2) MCI. Mr. Duncan shares the power to dispose of the securities identified previously in this Item 5 as follows: (1) 100,370 shares held by the Stock Purchase Plan for the benefit of Mr. Duncan; (2) 561,062 shares used to secure a margin account loan (see Items 3 of this schedule); and (3) SCHEDULE 13D - DUNCAN CLASS A/9 PAGE 7 300,000 shares used to secure a personal loan unrelated to acquiring, holding, trading or voting stock or other securities of the Company. The Stock Purchase Plan was adopted by the shareholders of the Company at the December 17, 1986 annual shareholder meeting. The business address of the Stock Purchase Plan is 2550 Denali Street, Suite 1000, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. The margin account loan was made by Paine Webber, a securities brokerage firm, through its offices at 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 111, Santa Barbara, California 93101. The personal loan was made by National Bank of Alaska, a national bank association having corporate officer at 301 W. Northern Lights Boulevard, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. Neither the Stock Purchase Plan nor the lenders on the margin account loan or on the personal loan (to the best information and belief of Mr. Duncan) has been convicted in a criminal proceeding nor been a party to civil proceedings regarding state or federal securities law. (c) None. (d) Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Plan, the shares are acquired for the benefit of Mr. Duncan, and any dividends that might be issued would be held by the plan for the benefit of Mr. Duncan. The Company's existing bank loan agreements contain provisions that prohibit payment of dividends other than stock dividends. (e) N/A. Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Undertakings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer. None, other than as described in previous amendments to Mr. Duncan's Schedule 13D and as qualified in this Item 6. As described in Item 2 of this Statement, the Voting Group entered into the Voting Agreement on October 31, 1996 (subsequently amended as of December 5, 1997) whereby the parties thereto agreed to vote all shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Voting Agreement for certain nominees to the board of directors of the Company and on other such matters as further described in amendment 7-A to Mr. Duncan's Schedule 13D, except that TCI and Prime Management no longer have voting rights under the Voting Agreement. Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits. None. SCHEDULE 13D - DUNCAN CLASS A/9 PAGE 8 Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date November 20, 1998. Name/Title /s/ RONALD A. DUNCAN President and Chief Executive Officer General Communication, Inc. The original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf the statement is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is signed on behalf of a person by his authorized representative (other than an executive officer or general partner of this filing person), evidence of the representative's authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed with the statement, provided, however that a power of attorney for this purpose which is already on file with the Commission may be incorporated by reference. The name and any title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or printed beneath his signature. Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001). SCHEDULE 13D - DUNCAN CLASS A/9 PAGE 9