---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-002909"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTU"
cik: "0001702780"
company_name: "Optimum Communications, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:53:53.069827+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Optimum Communications subsidiaries enter $1.1B incremental term loan at 9.0% fixed, due 2028

## Summary
- Cablevision Litchfield and CSC Optimum (both Optimum subs) borrowed $1.1 billion under an incremental term loan maturing November 25, 2028.
- Interest accrues at 9.00% per annum fixed; no amortization required.
- Proceeds refinanced the existing ABS Loan Agreement receivables facility and paid related fees and expenses.
- JPMorgan Chase serves as administrative and collateral agent for the lenders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-002909
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTU
- cik: 0001702780
- company_name: Optimum Communications, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000110465926002909/0001104659-26-002909-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000110465926002909/tm262903d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Optimum Communications, Inc. incurred term loan of $1,100 million with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. at a fixed rate per annum equal to 9.000% maturing November 25, 2028.
  - Instrument: term loan
  - Principal: $1,100 million
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  - Rate: a fixed rate per annum equal to 9.000%
  - Maturity: November 25, 2028
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: The A&R UnSub Credit Agreement provides for, among other things, an incremental term loan commitment in an aggregate principal amount of $1,100 million. The loans made pursuant to the incremental term loan commitment (the “UnSub Incremental Term Loan”) have the same terms as the initial term loans extended pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2025, among, inter alios, CSC Optimum, Cablevision Litchfield, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent and will (i) mature on November 25, 2028, (ii) accrue interest at a fixed rate per annum equal to 9.000% and (iii) not amortize.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000110465926002909/0001104659-26-002909-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Optimum Communications, Inc. entered into Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. valued at $1,100 million (effective 2026-01-12).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  - Value: $1,100 million
  - Effective: 2026-01-12
  source text: On January 12, 2026, Cablevision Litchfield, LLC (“Cablevision Litchfield”) and CSC Optimum Holdings, LLC (“CSC Optimum”), each an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Optimum Communications, Inc., entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “A&R UnSub Credit Agreement”), by and among Cablevision Litchfield and CSC Optimum, each as a borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000110465926002909/0001104659-26-002909-index.htm

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