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):

May 24, 2018

 

Altice USA, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State of Incorporation)

 

 

 

(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:

 

o                        Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                        Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                        Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                        Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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  o

 

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.  o

 

 

 

Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

 

On May 24, 2018, Altice USA, Inc. (“Altice USA”) issued a press release announcing that (i) the payment date for Altice USA’s previously announced one-time cash dividend of $2.035 per share of Altice USA Class A common stock and Class B common stock is expected to be June 6, 2018, (ii) the anticipated effective date for the previously announced separation of Altice USA from Altice N.V. (“Altice NV”) and the pro rata distribution (the “Distribution”) by Altice NV of the Altice USA common stock it owns to its shareholders is June 8, 2018, (iii) the election period in connection with the Distribution is May 24, 2018 to June 4, 2018, and (iv) Altice USA published a prospectus in connection with the Distribution which has been approved by the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 24, 2018.

 

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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.

 

 

	ALTICE USA, INC.
Dated:  May 24, 2018	By:	/s/ David Connolly
		David Connolly
		Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

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