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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-051081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTU"
cik: "0001702780"
company_name: "Optimum Communications, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T04:09:11.888091+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altice USA EVP HR Colleen Schmidt resigns Dec 31, 2024; stays as advisor through March 2025

## Summary
- Colleen Schmidt resigns as EVP, Human Resources effective Dec 31, 2024.
- She will serve as Senior Advisor to the CEO until March 28, 2025 for transition.
- Severance includes $400,000 paid over 12 months, COBRA subsidy, and outplacement.
- Through separation, she keeps base salary, 2024 bonus eligibility, and continues vesting awards.
- No successor named; Company will file full Transition Agreement with Form 10-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-051081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTU
- cik: 0001702780
- company_name: Optimum Communications, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000162828024051081/0001628280-24-051081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000162828024051081/atus-20241210.htm

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