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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

December 5, 2025 (December 1, 2025)




Optimum Communications, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
(State of Incorporation)

001-38126		38-3980194
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

1 Court Square West
Long Island City,	New York	11101
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(516) 803-2300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	OPTU	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 1, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Optimum Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the payment of special cash bonuses to the Company's named executive officers, to be paid via regular payroll, in the following amounts: Dennis Mathew, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $750,000; Marc Sirota, Chief Financial Officer, $600,000; and Michael E. Olsen, General Counsel and CCRO, $600,000. The purpose of these special cash bonuses is to reward the named executive officers for their extraordinary contributions related to capital raising activities.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


Dated: December 5, 2025	By:	/s/ Michael E. Olsen
		Michael E. Olsen
		General Counsel & Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer