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Get filing alertsCharter completes final settlement of debt exchange, issues $91.7M additional secured notes
Filed August 24, 2026 · Period ending August 24, 2026 · ~1 min read
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Issued $55.9M of 7.087% Senior Secured Notes due 2038 in exchange for $84.4M of older Pool 1 notes, and $35.8M of 7.337% Senior Secured Notes due 2041 in exchange for $60.6M of older Pool 2 notes on August 24, 2026.
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Additional notes are fungible with existing notes issued at early settlement on August 12, 2026, bringing total exchange to approximately $2.9B of old debt for $1.8B of new notes plus cash consideration.
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Both series pay semi-annual interest starting March 2027 and are redeemable at par plus make-whole premium before maturity, or at par plus accrued interest after June 2038/2041 respectively.
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Notes are senior secured obligations guaranteed by parent and subsidiaries, secured by first-priority liens on assets that also secure the company's credit agreement.
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Summary
Charter Communications completed the final settlement of its debt exchange offers on August 24, 2026, issuing an additional $91.7 million in senior secured notes. The company exchanged $84.4 million of older Pool 1 notes for $55.9 million of new 7.087% notes due 2038, and $60.6 million of older Pool 2 notes for $35.8 million of new 7.337% notes due 2041.
These additional notes are fungible with the existing notes issued at the early settlement on August 12, 2026. The exchange represents a continuation of Charter's previously announced debt restructuring, which in total swapped approximately $2.9 billion of older debt for $1.8 billion of new secured notes plus cash consideration.
The new notes carry higher interest rates but are secured by first-priority liens on the company's assets, improving Charter's debt maturity profile by extending maturities to 2038 and 2041. Both series include standard make-whole call provisions and are guaranteed by the parent and operating subsidiaries. This is a routine completion of a previously disclosed transaction with no material new developments.
Section-by-Section Diff
Event · Item 2.03 — Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
Item 2.03 also reports this as a direct financial obligation (body incorporates the primary Item by reference).
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ITEM 2.03. CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT. The information under the heading “Secured Notes Indenture” in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference. 3
The 8-K includes a labeled Item 2.03 section. Its body incorporates the primary Item (typically 1.01) by reference rather than restating terms — do not treat that thinness as 'Item 2.03 absent.' The company is signaling creation of a direct financial obligation alongside the agreement disclosure; keep Item 2.03 visible in the report.
Event · Item 1.01 — Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Charter completed final settlement of debt exchange offers, issuing $91.7M additional senior secured notes at 7.087% and 7.337% rates.
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On August 24, 2026 (the “Final Settlement Date”), the Issuers issued (i) an additional $55,928,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2038 Notes (the “Additional 2038 Notes”) in exchange for an additional $84,390,000 in aggregate principal amount of Pool 1 Notes that were validly tendered (not validly withdrawn) after the Early Tender Date but on or before the Expiration Date, and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Pool 1 Offer and (ii) an additional $35,750,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2041 Notes (the “Additional 2041 Notes” and, together with the Additional 2038 Notes, the “Additional Notes” and, together with the Existing Notes, the “Notes”) in exchange for an additional $60,634,000 in aggregate principal amount of Pool 2 Notes that were validly tendered (not validly withdrawn) after the Early Tender Date but on or before the Expiration Date, and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Pool 2 Offer.
Charter completed the final settlement of its previously announced debt exchange offers on August 24, 2026. The company issued an additional $55.9 million of 7.087% Senior Secured Notes due 2038 in exchange for $84.4 million of older Pool 1 notes, and an additional $35.8 million of 7.337% Senior Secured Notes due 2041 in exchange for $60.6 million of older Pool 2 notes. These additional notes are fungible with the existing notes issued at early settlement on August 12, 2026, bringing the total exchange to approximately $2.9 billion of old debt for $1.8 billion of new notes plus cash consideration.
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The Indenture provides, among other things, that interest is payable on the Additional 2038 Notes on each March 1 and September 1, commencing March 1, 2027. ... At any time and from time to time prior to June 1, 2038, the Issuers may redeem the outstanding Additional 2038 Notes in whole or in part at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date, plus a make-whole premium. On or after June 1, 2038, the Issuers may redeem some or all of the outstanding Additional 2038 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Additional 2038 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date.
The Additional 2038 Notes carry a 7.087% interest rate with semi-annual payments on March 1 and September 1, beginning March 2027. Charter can redeem these notes before June 1, 2038 at par plus accrued interest plus a make-whole premium, or on or after June 1, 2038 at par plus accrued interest with no premium. The notes are senior secured obligations guaranteed by the parent and subsidiaries, secured by first-priority liens on assets that also secure the company's credit agreement.
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Interest is payable on the Additional 2041 Notes on each March 1 and September 1, commencing March 1, 2027. At any time and from time to time prior to June 1, 20 ... 41, the Issuers may redeem the outstanding Additional 2041 Notes in whole or in part at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date, plus a make-whole premium. On or after June 1, 2041, the Issuers may redeem some or all of the outstanding Additional 2041 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Additional 2041 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date.
The Additional 2041 Notes carry a 7.337% interest rate with semi-annual payments on March 1 and September 1, beginning March 2027. Charter can redeem these notes before June 1, 2041 at par plus accrued interest plus a make-whole premium, or on or after June 1, 2041 at par plus accrued interest with no premium. Like the 2038 Notes, these are senior secured obligations with the same guarantee and collateral structure.
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On the Final Settlement Date, the Issuers, CCO Holdings, LLC (the “Parent Guarantor”) and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into a supplemental indenture with the Trustee and Collateral Agent in connection with the issuance of the Additional Notes and the terms thereof (the “Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture”).
Charter executed the Twenty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture on August 24, 2026 to govern the Additional Notes. This supplements the base indenture from July 2015 and the Twenty-Seventh Supplemental Indenture from August 12, 2026 that covered the initial exchange settlement. The indenture includes standard covenants limiting liens and asset sales, and provides for customary events of default including nonpayment, covenant breaches, and bankruptcy events.
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