X0202 SCHEDULE 13G 0001687444 XXXXXXXX LIVE Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value 07/01/2026 0001702780 Optimum Communications, Inc. 02156K103 1 Court Square West Long Island City NY 11101 Rule 13d-1(c) Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP b X0 0.00 11206225.00 0.00 11206225.00 11206225.00 N 6.8 IA PN The Reporting Persons are filing this Schedule 13G to update their beneficial ownership of the Issuer's outstanding Class A common stock reported on the Schedule 13G filed on July 9, 2026 (the "Initial 13G") in light of updated information provided by the Issuer in its public filings since the Initial 13G was filed. In particular, the ownership percentages reported in this Schedule 13G are based on 272,565,547 aggregate shares of the Issuer's Class A and Class B common stock outstanding as of July 31, 2026, as disclosed on the Issuer's Form 10-Q filed on August 6, 2026 (the "August 10-Q"), less the 108,866,013 shares of Class B common stock outstanding reported therein, for a total of 163,699,534 shares of Class A common stock outstanding. This approximates the total outstanding Class A common stock measured by subtracting the final results of the tender offer of 120,000,000 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock on July 6, 2026 (the "Tender Offer") from the August 10-Q's 283,694,377 Class A common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2026. The updated beneficial ownership also reflects the additional acquisitions made by the Reporting Persons since the Initial 13G. The Initial 13G reported beneficial ownership of 3.3%, calculated based on a number of Class A common stock outstanding of 293,263,749 as reported on the Issuer's Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2026, which did not include the final results of the Tender Offer. Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd b X0 0.00 11206225.00 0.00 11206225.00 11206225.00 N 6.8 HC CO Kite Lake Capital Ltd. b E9 0.00 11206225.00 0.00 11206225.00 11206225.00 N 6.8 HC CO Massoumeh Khadjenouri b X0 0.00 11206225.00 0.00 11206225.00 11206225.00 N 6.8 HC IN Jan Lernout b C9 0.00 11206225.00 0.00 11206225.00 11206225.00 N 6.8 HC IN KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd. b E9 0.00 10085615.00 0.00 10085615.00 10085615.00 N 6.2 CO Optimum Communications, Inc. 1 Court Square West Long Island City, New York 11101 Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd Kite Lake Capital Ltd. Massoumeh Khadjenouri Jan Lernout KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP 1st Floor, Tennyson House 159-165 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA United Kingdom Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd 1st Floor, Tennyson House 159-165 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA United Kingdom Kite Lake Capital Ltd. PO Box 309 Ugland House Grand Cayman KY1-1104 Cayman Islands Massoumeh Khadjenouri c/o Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP 1st Floor, Tennyson House 159-165 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA United Kingdom Jan Lernout c/o Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP 1st Floor, Tennyson House 159-165 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA United Kingdom KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd PO Box 309 Ugland House Grand Cayman KY1-1104 Cayman Islands Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP - Other - United Kingdom Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd - Other - United Kingdom Kite Lake Capital Ltd. - Cayman Islands Massoumeh Khadjenouri - Other - United Kingdom Jan Lernout - Other - Belgium KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd - Cayman Islands Y Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP - 11,206,225 Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd - 11,206,225 Kite Lake Capital Ltd. - 11,206,225 Massoumeh Khadjenouri - 11,206,225 Jan Lernout - 11,206,225 KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd - 10,085,615 Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP - 6.8% Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd - 6.8% Kite Lake Capital Ltd. - 6.8% Massoumeh Khadjenouri - 6.8% Jan Lernout - 6.8% KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd - 6.2% Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP - 0 Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd - 0 Kite Lake Capital Ltd. - 0 Massoumeh Khadjenouri - 0 Jan Lernout - 0 KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd - 0 Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP - 11,206,225 Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd - 11,206,225 Kite Lake Capital Ltd. - 11,206,225 Massoumeh Khadjenouri - 11,206,225 Jan Lernout - 11,206,225 KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd - 10,085,615 Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP - 0 Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd - 0 Kite Lake Capital Ltd. - 0 Massoumeh Khadjenouri - 0 Jan Lernout - 0 KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd - 0 Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP - 11,206,225 Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd - 11,206,225 Kite Lake Capital Ltd. - 11,206,225 Massoumeh Khadjenouri - 11,206,225 Jan Lernout - 11,206,225 KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd - 10,085,615 Y N All of the securities reported in this Schedule 13G are directly owned by advisory clients of Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP. None of those advisory clients, other than KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, may be deemed to beneficially own more than 5% of the Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value. N Please see Exhibit B attached hereto. Y Y N By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11. Exhibit A - Joint Filing Agreement Exhibit B - Control Person Identification Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP /s/ Art Markham 08/24/2026 Kite Lake Capital Management Ltd /s/ Massoumeh Khadjenouri 08/24/2026 Kite Lake Capital Ltd. /s/ Massoumeh Khadjenouri 08/24/2026 Massoumeh Khadjenouri /s/ Massoumeh Khadjenouri 08/24/2026 Jan Lernout /s/ Jan Lernout 08/24/2026 KL Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd. Kite Lake Capital Management (UK) LLP, its investment manager, By: /s/ Art Markham 08/24/2026 * Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his, her or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. To the extent that "ownership of 5 percent or less of a class" was indicated in Item 5, such response only applies to the Reporting Person(s) that indicated elsewhere herein that it beneficially owns five percent (5%) or less of the class.