---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-024969"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTU"
cik: "0001702780"
company_name: "Optimum Communications, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T17:55:57.033203+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Optimum Communications subsidiary closes $1.657B fiber securitization, refinances existing debt

## Summary
- Issued $1.527B Class A-2 Notes at 5.597% and $130M Class B Notes at 5.890%.
- Net proceeds used to repay $1.553B of 5.625% senior notes due 2028, 3.875% secured notes due 2027, and term loan.
- Securitized assets include fiber network assets and customer contracts in NY, Boston, NJ, CT, PA, VA.
- Legal final maturity March 2056; anticipated repayment date March 2031 triggers monthly principal payments.
- Notes secured by substantially all securitized assets; guaranteed by asset entities and a guarantor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-024969
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTU
- cik: 0001702780
- company_name: Optimum Communications, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000110465926024969/0001104659-26-024969-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000110465926024969/tm268204d1_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: fd63abc3930c57bc3c3881a0d24a4dfd93384c2f
  claim: Optimum Communications, Inc. incurred senior notes of $1,657.0 million in aggregate principal amount with Wilmington Trust, National Association at Class A-2 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 5.597%, and the Class B Notes wi maturing March 2056.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 3, 2026, Lightpath Fiber Issuer LLC (the “Issuer”) completed the previously announced securitization financing transaction and issued $1,657.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Secured Fiber Network Revenue Notes, Series 2026-1 (the “Notes”), consisting of $1,527.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Series 2026-1, Class A-2 Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”), and $130.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Series 2026-1, Class B Notes (the “Class B Notes”). The Class A-2 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 5.597%, and the Class B Notes will bear interest at a rate of 5.890%.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000110465926024969/0001104659-26-024969-index.htm
- claim_id: 1e7a7b4b006ecb06a531857dab7a5f56c4be783f
  claim: Optimum Communications, Inc. entered into Base Indenture with Wilmington Trust, National Association valued at $1,657.0 million (effective 2026-03-03).
  evidence_excerpt: On March 3, 2026, Lightpath Fiber Issuer LLC (the “Issuer”) completed the previously announced securitization financing transaction and issued $1,657.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Secured Fiber Network Revenue Notes, Series 2026-1 (the “Notes”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000110465926024969/0001104659-26-024969-index.htm

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