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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Charter Communications (CHTR)

Charter Completes Cox Transaction and Liberty Broadband Acquisition

Neutral Impact 5 of 5 m&a Written later

On August 20, 2026, Charter Communications completed its transactions with Cox Communications and its acquisition of Liberty Broadband. Cox Enterprises now owns about 26% of Charter's fully diluted shares, and about $12 billion of Cox debt and finance leases remains outstanding at Charter subsidiaries. Charter's board also changed, with Alex Taylor becoming Chairman and Liberty Broadband no longer a direct shareholder.

Key points

  • Charter paid $3.5 billion in cash to Cox NewCo for the Cox equity sale, and Charter Holdings paid $724 million in cash plus $6.0 billion of convertible preferred units.
  • Charter issued the equivalent of just over 46 million Charter shares to a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, and Cox Enterprises now owns about 26% of fully diluted shares.
  • Liberty Broadband common holders received 0.236 of a Charter Class A share per share, a net decrease of about 4.7 million Charter shares outstanding.
  • Alex Taylor was appointed Chairman, Eric Zinterhofer became lead independent director, and Chris Winfrey continues as President and CEO.

The filing

CompanyCharter Communications (CHTR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 20, 2026, 5:16 PM ET
Accession number0001140361-26-033909

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed3.02 Unregistered Equity Sale3.03 Change to Shareholder Rights5.02 Director / Officer Change5.03 Bylaw / Charter Amendment7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:12 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 20, 2026.

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