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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001702780-26-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OPTU"
cik: "0001702780"
company_name: "Optimum Communications, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T12:37:46.290017+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Optimum Communications awards $9.375M in deferred cash to execs under 2026 LTIP; switches bonus to quarterly

## Summary
- DCAs to CEO ($5M), CFO ($1.75M), GC ($1.5M), President ($1.125M); vest 1/3 each Dec 14 of 2026-2028.
- DCAs replace prior RSUs; 50% of LTIP, with other 50% expected as cash performance awards.
- 2026 LTIP targets, salary, and STI bonus target amounts unchanged from 2025.
- Committee moved bonus target-setting and performance assessment to quarterly, with quarterly payouts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001702780-26-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OPTU
- cik: 0001702780
- company_name: Optimum Communications, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000170278026000016/0001702780-26-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000170278026000016/optu-20260312.htm

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