Charter Communications, Inc. announced that its subsidiaries, CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corp., have priced $3.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes consisting of the following securities:
- $1.75 billion in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”). The 2033 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 7.000% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100% of the aggregate principal amount.
- $1.25 billion in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2036 (the “2036 Notes” and, together with the 2033 Notes, the “Notes”). The 2036 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 7.375% per annum and will be issued at a price of 100% of the aggregate principal amount.
The Issuers intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including to repay certain indebtedness, including the full redemption of the Issuers’ 5.500% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and the partial redemption of the Issuers’ 5.125% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), to fund potential buybacks of Charter’s Class A common stock and common units of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC and to pay related fees and expenses. Charter expects to close the offering of the Notes on January 13, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers or persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The offering is subject to, among other things, market conditions.
This news release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful. The intended redemption of the 2026 Notes and the 2027 Notes will be made solely pursuant to notices of redemption that will be delivered pursuant to the indentures governing the 2026 Notes and the 2027 Notes, as applicable, and nothing contained in this news release constitutes a notice of redemption of the 2026 Notes or the 2027 Notes.
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