{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001702780-26-000018","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"OPTU","cik":"0001702780","company_name":"Optimum Communications, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-04-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:32.768813+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-15T07:51:33.093704+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"EVP, General Counsel Michael Olsen to transition roles, retire Dec 2027; receives $3.575M retention payment","bullets":["Effective October 1, 2026 (or earlier upon successor), Olsen steps down as EVP/GC/CRO, becomes Senior Executive Counsel, Capital Transformation.","Receives lump-sum cash retention payment of $3.575 million, fully earned on December 31, 2027, contingent on continued employment.","If employment terminates before Dec 31, 2027 for reasons other than qualifying termination, Olsen must repay after-tax value of retention payment.","Through Transition Date, Olsen gets current base salary, incentive comp, and vesting; after, only base salary/benefits and continued vesting.","Qualifying termination (without cause, good reason, death/disability) before Dec 31, 2027 entitles Olsen to lump sum base salary through 2027 and continued LTI vesting."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702780-26-000018","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702780-26-000018.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702780-26-000018.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001702780-26-000018.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000170278026000018/0001702780-26-000018-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1702780/000170278026000018/optu-20260401.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-15T07:51:33.093704+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}