Optimum Communications, Inc. 8K

Optimum Communications reported weaker Q2 2026 results with higher losses and leverage while executing $512.5 million of preferred unit issuances and a $300 million share tender offer through its subsidiary CSC Investments II LLC to adjust its capital structure.

On August 6, 2026, Optimum Communications, Inc. reported its second quarter 2026 financial and operating results, highlighting a year-over-year revenue decline to $2.02 billion, an increased net loss of $291.8 million, materially lower operating cash flow and negative free cash flow, alongside margin expansion driven by cost reductions, continued broadband subscriber losses offset by strong mobile line growth, and high consolidated leverage of 8.0x. The company also disclosed balance sheet actions, including a May 29, 2026 private placement of $300 million of perpetual Series A Preferred Units by subsidiary CSC Investments II LLC to institutional accredited investors, a concurrent private exchange of $212.5 million of additional Preferred Units to Next Partner, L.P. and certain directors and executives in exchange for Optimum Class A and B shares (which were not canceled), and the completion in July 2026 of a $300 million cash tender offer by CSC II to repurchase 120 million Optimum Class A shares from unaffiliated stockholders at $2.50 per share (with those shares also not canceled), all intended to support general corporate purposes, a tender offer financing, and capital structure management.

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