Optimum Communications sets $2B term loans, refinances subsidiary debt
Optimum Communications, Inc. reported a major refinancing of subsidiary debt.
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Optimum Communications, Inc. reported a major refinancing of subsidiary debt. CSC Holdings, LLC entered into a Fourteenth Amendment to its credit agreement, adding new Incremental Term Loan B-7 commitments totaling $2,000,000,000, with interest based on Term SOFR plus a 4.500% margin or an alternate base rate plus 3.500%. These loans were used to refinance all outstanding Incremental Term Loan B-6 and pay related fees and expenses.
After this refinancing, indirect subsidiaries Cablevision Litchfield, LLC and CSC Optimum Holdings, LLC entered into a new UnSub Credit Agreement providing initial term loan commitments of $2,000,000,000. The UnSub Term Loans carry a fixed interest rate of 9.000%, mature on November 25, 2028, do not amortize, and their proceeds were used to refinance all of CSC Holdings’ Incremental Term Loans B-7, effectively moving the debt into the new structure.
Insights
ATUS repositions subsidiary debt via new $2B term loans at 9%.
Optimum Communications (ATUS) is reshaping its debt stack through its subsidiaries. CSC Holdings first put in place $2,000,000,000 of Incremental Term Loans B-7, priced at Term SOFR plus 4.500% or an alternate base rate plus 3.500%, to retire existing Incremental Term Loan B-6 and cover fees. This keeps borrowing within the existing CSC Credit Agreement framework, with an extended maturity window tied to January 15, 2028 and the status of September 2019 Term Loans.
Immediately after, Cablevision Litchfield and CSC Optimum Holdings entered the UnSub Credit Agreement with another $2,000,000,000 of UnSub Term Loans at a fixed 9.000% rate, maturing on November 25, 2028 and with no amortization. Those proceeds refinanced all Incremental Term Loans B-7, effectively migrating this debt into a new, non-amortizing, higher fixed-rate structure at other subsidiaries. The net effect is a change in interest profile and maturity terms rather than new net borrowing, and the overall impact depends on future cash flows and rate environments.
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