secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. /MO/ (CHTR)
CIK:        0001091667
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001091667-26-000006
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Charter enters employment agreement with EVP Chief Commercial Officer Adam Ray
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- Base salary of at least $750,000; target annual cash bonus of 160% of base salary.
- Commencing in 2027, annual equity awards with grant-date fair value of at least $4,250,000.
- Top-up award of $500,000 in options and RSUs, cliff vesting on third anniversary.
- Severance: 2.0x sum of base salary plus target bonus upon involuntary termination without cause or for good reason.
- Noncompetition covenant for 2 years and non-solicitation for 1 year post-termination.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166726000006/0001091667-26-000006-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091667/000109166726000006/chtr-20260116.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001091667-26-000006

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