Form 8-K · Current report
Charter Communications 8-K, filed Aug 26, 2026
- Filed
- CIK
- 0001091667
- Accession no.
- 0001104659-26-100972
Summary
Charter Communications and its subsidiaries completed the acquisition of Cox Communications' commercial fiber and managed IT and cloud services businesses, with Cox Enterprises contributing Cox Communications' residential cable business to Charter Communications Operating, LLC. Supplemental indentures and an assumption agreement executed on August 24, 2026 added Cox entities and Charter subsidiaries as guarantors and granted collateral so that secured notes across the combined capital structure and the Charter Credit Agreement are secured on a pari passu basis.
Key points
- Charter and its subsidiaries completed the transaction on August 19, 2026 under a Transaction Agreement dated May 16, 2025 among Charter, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Cox Enterprises.
- Charter acquired Cox Communications' commercial fiber and managed IT and cloud services businesses, while Cox Enterprises contributed Cox Communications' residential cable business to Charter Communications Operating, LLC.
- On August 24, 2026, certain Cox entities became guarantors under the Charter Credit Agreement and granted liens on substantially all of their assets and pledges of directly owned equity by executing an assumption agreement with Bank of America as administrative agent.
- Supplemental indentures dated August 24, 2026 added Cox entities and Charter subsidiaries as note guarantors, leaving obligations under the CCO, TWC, TWCE and Cox indentures and the Charter Credit Agreement guaranteed and secured on a pari passu basis.
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Items reported
- 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2.03Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
- 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits
From the filing
ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT. As previously reported, on August 19, 2026, Charter Communications, Inc. (“Charter”) and its subsidiaries completed the transactions (the “Transaction”) contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2025, by and among Charter, Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and Cox Enterprises, Inc. (“Cox Enterprises”), pursuant to which Charter acquired the commercial fiber and managed IT and cloud services businesses of Cox Communications, LLC (formerly known as Cox Communications, Inc., “Cox Communications”) and Cox Enterprises contributed the residential cable business of Cox Communications to Charter Communications Operating…
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