UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
ý☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period endedSeptember 30, 2017March 31, 2022

OR
o☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period fromto
Commission File NumberRegistrant; State of Incorporation; Address and Telephone NumberIRS Employer Identification No.
001-38126
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38-3980194
Altice USA, Inc.
Delaware
1 Court Square West
Long Island City,New York11101
(516)803-2300
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Commission File NumberRegistrant; State of Incorporation; Address and Telephone NumberIRS Employer Identification No.
001-38126
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38-3980194
Altice USA, Inc.
Delaware
1111 Stewart Avenue
Bethpage, New York  11714
(516) 803-2300


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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareATUSNYSE
Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of October 27, 2017:April 22, 2022737,068,966454,654,818 







ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
FORM 10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1. Financial Statements
ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
FORM 10-QConsolidated Financial Statements
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Page
Item 1. Financial Statements of Altice USA, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets - September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 (Unaudited) and December 31, 20162021
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Consolidated StatementStatements of Operations - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 20162021 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 20162021 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated StatementStatements of Stockholders’ EquityStockholders' Deficiency - NineThree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated StatementStatements of Cash Flows - NineThree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 20162021 (Unaudited)
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Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)(Unaudited)
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Supplemental Financial Statements Furnished:
CSC HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 31, 2022 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2021
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Consolidated Statements of Operations - Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Member's Deficiency - Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (Unaudited)
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Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
6341
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
6442
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings
6543
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds6. Exhibits
6543
Item 6. ExhibitsSIGNATURES
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SIGNATURES
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PARTPart I.        FINANCIAL INFORMATION
This Quarterly Report includesForm 10-Q contains statements that expressconstitute forward-looking information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended.  In this Form 10-Q there are statements concerning our opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or futureoperating results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, “forward‑looking statements.” These “forward‑looking statements” appear throughout this Quarterly Report and relate to matters such as anticipated future growth in revenues, operating income, cash provided by operating activities and other financial measures.performance.  Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “potential,” “continue,” “intends,” “plans”"expects", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "may", "will", "should", "could", "potential", "continue", "intends", "plans" and similar words and terms used in the discussion of future operating results, future financial performance and future events identify forward‑lookingforward-looking statements.  All of these forward‑lookingInvestors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectationsnot guarantees of future performance, results or events and beliefs about future events. As with any projectioninvolve risks and uncertainties and that actual results or forecast, they are susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances.developments may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. 
We operate in a highly competitive, consumer and technology driven and rapidly changing business that is affected by government regulation and economic, strategic, technological, political and social conditions. Various factors could adversely affect our operations, business or financial results in the future and cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward‑lookingforward-looking statements. In addition, important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in our forward‑lookingforward-looking statements include:
•competition for broadband, pay televisionvideo and telephony customers from existing competitors (such as broadband communications companies, DBSdirect broadcast satellite ("DBS") providers, wireless data and telephony providers, and Internet‑basedInternet-based providers) and new fiber-based competitors entering our footprint;
•changes in consumer preferences, laws and regulations or technology that may cause us to change our operational strategies;
•increased difficulty negotiating programming agreements on favorable terms, if at all, resulting in increased costs to us and/or the loss of popular programming;
•increasing programming costs and delivery expenses related to our products and services;
•our ability to achieve anticipated customer and revenue growth, to successfully introduce new products and services and to implement our growth strategy;
•our ability to complete our capital investment plans on time and on budget, including our five‑year plan to build a parallel fiber-to-the-home ("FTTH") network, and deploy Altice One, our new home communications hub;
platform;
•our ability to develop mobile voice and data services and our ability to attract customers to these services;
•the effects of economic conditions or other factors which may negatively affect our customers’ demand for our current and future products and services;
•the effects of industry conditions;
•demand for digital and linear advertising on our cable systems;
products and services;
•our substantial indebtedness and debt service obligations;
•adverse changes in the credit market;
•changes as a result of any tax reforms that may affect our business;
•financial community and rating agency perceptions of our business, operations, financial condition and the industries in which we operate;
•the restrictions contained in our financing agreements;
•our ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet our debt service obligations;
•fluctuations in interest rates which may cause our interest expense to vary from quarter to quarter;
•technical failures, equipment defects, physical or electronic break‑insbreak-ins to our services, computer viruses and similar problems;
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the disruption or failure of our network, information systems or technologies•cybersecurity incidents as a result of computer hacking, phishing, denial of service attacks, dissemination of computer viruses, “cyber‑attacks,”ransomware and other malicious software, misappropriation of data, outages,and other malicious attempts;
•disruptions to our networks, infrastructure and facilities as a result of natural disasters, power outages, accidents, maintenance failures, telecommunications failures, degradation of plant assets, terrorist attacks and other materialsimilar events;

•labor shortages and supply chain disruptions;

•the impact from the coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic;

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•our ability to obtain necessary hardware, software, communications equipment and services and other items from our vendors at reasonable costs;
•our ability to effectively integrate acquisitions and to maximize expected operating efficiencies from our acquisitions or as a result of the transactions, if any;
•significant unanticipated increases in the use of bandwidth‑intensive Internet‑basedbandwidth-intensive Internet-based services;
•the outcome of litigation, government investigations and other proceedings; and
•other risks and uncertainties inherent in our cable and other broadband communications businesses and our other businesses, including those listed under the caption “Risk Factors”"Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" contained in the Company's final prospectus dated June 21, 2017 andAnnual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amendedon February 16, 2022 (the "Securities Act") on June 23, 2017 (the "Prospectus""Annual Report").
These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward‑lookingforward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward‑lookingforward-looking statements.
Given these uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward‑lookingforward-looking statements. The forward‑lookingforward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. Except to the extent required by law, we do not undertake, and specifically decline any obligation, to update any forward‑lookingforward-looking statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to reflect future events or developments. Comparisons of results for current and any prior periods are not intended to express any future trends or indications of future performance, unless expressed as such, and should only be viewed as historical data.
You should read this Quarterly Report with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all forward‑lookingforward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
Certain numerical figures included in this quarterly reportQuarterly Report have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, such numerical figures shown as totals in various tables may not be arithmetic aggregations of the figures that precede them.


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Item 1.     Financial Statements
ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)

    
ASSETS   
    
 September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
 (Unaudited)  
    
Current Assets:   
Cash and cash equivalents$550,131
 $486,792
Restricted cash45,205
 16,301
Accounts receivable, trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $14,018 and $11,677)344,742
 349,626
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (including a prepayment to an affiliate of $11,296 in 2017) (See Note 14)109,652
 88,151
Amounts due from affiliates21,153
 22,182
Investment securities pledged as collateral—
 741,515
Derivative contracts54,578
 352
Total current assets1,125,461
 1,704,919
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,181,306 and $1,039,2976,161,511
 6,597,635
Investment in affiliates1,694
 5,606
Investment securities pledged as collateral1,652,917
 741,515
Derivative contracts—
 10,604
Other assets (including a prepayment to an affiliate of $2,570 in 2017) (See Note 14)49,394
 48,545
Amortizable customer relationships, net of accumulated amortization of $1,207,217 and $580,2764,763,667
 5,345,608
Amortizable trade names, net of accumulated amortization of $432,402 and $83,397634,681
 983,386
Other amortizable intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $8,805 and $3,09328,247
 23,650
Indefinite-lived cable television franchises13,020,081
 13,020,081
Goodwill7,993,499
 7,992,700
Total assets$35,431,152
 $36,474,249

ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
December 31, 2021
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$195,648 $195,711 
Restricted cash264 264 
Accounts receivable, trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $27,945 and $27,931)383,103 406,952 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets ($3,830 and $3,776 due from affiliates)203,963 186,707 
Total current assets782,978 789,634 
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $7,362,691 and $7,142,8526,513,910 6,340,467 
Right-of-use operating lease assets229,792 222,124 
Investment securities pledged as collateral2,011,164 2,161,937 
Other assets129,013 76,653 
Amortizable intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $5,198,304 and $5,051,1492,055,028 2,202,001 
Indefinite-lived cable television franchises13,216,355 13,216,355 
Goodwill8,205,863 8,205,863 
Total assets$33,144,103 $33,215,034 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable$999,501 $1,023,045 
Interest payable213,641 244,934 
Accrued employee related costs110,777 124,941 
Deferred revenue110,882 94,943 
Debt969,413 917,313 
Other current liabilities ($22,872 and $31,810 due to affiliates)373,166 329,943 
Total current liabilities2,777,380 2,735,119 
Other liabilities155,243 159,082 
Deferred tax liability5,032,641 5,048,129 
Liabilities under derivative contracts90,952 276,933 
Right-of-use operating lease liability243,035 237,226 
Long-term debt, net of current maturities25,471,418 25,629,447 
Total liabilities33,770,669 34,085,936 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)00
Stockholders' Deficiency:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding— — 
Class A common stock: $0.01 par value, 4,000,000,000 shares authorized, 270,344,035 shares issued and 270,323,826 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and 270,341,685 shares issued and 270,320,798 shares outstanding as of December 31, 20212,703 2,703 
Class B common stock: $0.01 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 490,086,674 issued, 184,330,992 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and 184,333,342 shares outstanding as of December 31, 20211,843 1,843 
Class C common stock: $0.01 par value, 4,000,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding— — 
Paid-in capital58,527 18,005 
Accumulated deficit(652,285)(848,836)
(589,212)(826,285)
Treasury stock, at cost (20,209 and 20,887 Class A common shares at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively)— — 
Accumulated other comprehensive income8,170 6,497 
Total Altice USA stockholders' deficiency(581,042)(819,788)
Noncontrolling interests(45,524)(51,114)
Total stockholders' deficiency(626,566)(870,902)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficiency$33,144,103 $33,215,034 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITYSeptember 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
 (Unaudited)  
Current Liabilities:   
Accounts payable$685,026
 $705,672
Accrued liabilities:   
Interest315,467
 576,778
Employee related costs130,640
 232,864
Other accrued expenses412,949
 352,315
Amounts due to affiliates29,002
 127,363
Deferred revenue101,577
 94,816
Liabilities under derivative contracts102,904
 13,158
Collateralized indebtedness—
 622,332
Credit facility debt92,650
 33,150
Senior notes and debentures1,572,358
 926,045
Capital lease obligations10,376
 15,013
Notes payable30,211
 5,427
Total current liabilities3,483,160
 3,704,933
Defined benefit plan obligations93,849
 84,106
Notes payable to affiliates and related parties—
 1,750,000
Other liabilities144,601
 113,485
Deferred tax liability7,194,065
 7,966,815
Liabilities under derivative contracts121,759
 78,823
Collateralized indebtedness1,314,788
 663,737
Credit facility debt5,284,252
 3,411,640
Senior notes and debentures14,280,817
 16,581,280
Capital lease obligations5,857
 13,142
Notes payable49,314
 8,299
Total liabilities31,972,462
 34,376,260
Commitments and contingencies

 

Redeemable equity390,268
 68,147
Stockholders' Equity:   
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017—
 —
Class A common stock: $0.01 par value, 4,000,000,000 shares authorized, 246,982,292 issued and outstanding at September 30, 20172,470
 —
Class B common stock: $0.01 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 490,086,674 issued and outstanding at September 30, 20174,901
 —
Class C common stock: $0.01 par value, 4,000,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017—
 —
Common Stock, $.01 par value, 1,000 shares authorized, 100 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016—
 —
Paid-in capital4,466,040
 3,003,554
Accumulated deficit(1,401,548) (975,978)
 3,071,863
 2,027,576
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(4,130) 1,979
Total stockholders' equity3,067,733
 2,029,555
Noncontrolling interest689
 287
Total stockholders' equity3,068,422
 2,029,842
 $35,431,152
 $36,474,249
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)
4(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20222021
Revenue (including revenue from affiliates of $638 and $3,406 respectively) (See Note 13)$2,421,897 $2,478,821 
Operating expenses:
Programming and other direct costs (including charges from affiliates of $4,618 and $2,228, respectively) (See Note 13)828,793 851,864 
Other operating expenses (including charges from affiliates of $3,095 and $3,179, respectively) (See Note 13)641,906 580,433 
Restructuring and other expense3,378 3,209 
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)435,349 434,857 
 1,909,426 1,870,363 
Operating income512,471 608,458 
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net(303,362)(316,312)
Gain (loss) on investments(150,773)73,453 
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net101,074 (53,565)
Gain on interest rate swap contracts, net123,147 75,653 
Other income, net2,430 2,859 
(227,484)(217,912)
Income before income taxes284,987 390,546 
Income tax expense(82,846)(112,007)
Net income202,141 278,539 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(5,590)(4,403)
Net income attributable to Altice USA, Inc. stockholders$196,551 $274,136 
Income per share:
Basic income per share$0.43 $0.58 
Basic weighted average common shares (in thousands)453,229 469,233 
 
Diluted income per share$0.43 $0.58 
Diluted weighted average common shares (in thousands)453,229  475,448 
Cash dividends declared per common share$—  $— 




ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Revenue (including revenue from affiliates of $986 and $1,380 in 2017 and $720 in both 2016 periods) (See Note 14)$2,327,175
 $2,260,221
 $6,961,192
 $3,711,311
Operating expenses:       
Programming and other direct costs (including charges from affiliates of $1,196 and $3,026 in 2017 and $642 in both 2016 periods) (See Note 14)755,101
 738,390
 2,272,147
 1,177,808
Other operating expenses (including charges from affiliates of $28,332 and $73,263 in 2017 and $8,056 and $13,056 in 2016) (See Note 14)560,497
 660,307
 1,767,624
 1,050,046
Restructuring and other expense53,448
 47,816
 142,765
 155,086
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)823,265
 670,929
 2,138,776
 1,085,929
 2,192,311
 2,117,442
 6,321,312
 3,468,869
Operating income134,864
 142,779
 639,880
 242,442
Other income (expense):       
Interest expense (including interest expense to affiliates and related parties of $90,405 in 2017 and $48,617 and $53,922 in 2016) (See Note 14)(379,064) (446,242) (1,232,730) (1,015,866)
Interest income961
 404
 1,373
 12,787
Gain (loss) on investments, net(18,900) 24,833
 169,888
 83,467
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net(16,763) 773
 (154,270) (26,572)
Gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts1,051
 (15,861) 12,539
 24,380
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs (including $513,723 related to affiliates and related parties for the nine months ended September 30, 2017) (See Note 14)(38,858) —
 (600,240) (19,948)
Other income (expense), net(65) 2,531
 832
 2,548
 (451,638) (433,562) (1,802,608) (939,204)
Loss before income taxes(316,774) (290,783) (1,162,728) (696,762)
Income tax benefit134,688
 118,230
 429,664
 101,332
Net loss(182,086) (172,553) (733,064)
(595,430)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests(135) (256) (737) 108
Net loss attributable to Altice USA, Inc. stockholders$(182,221) $(172,809) $(733,801) $(595,322)
Basic and diluted net loss per share$(0.25) $(0.27) $(1.08) $(0.92)
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares (in thousands)737,069
 649,525
 682,234
 649,525

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
        
Net loss$(182,086) $(172,553) $(733,064) $(595,430)
Other comprehensive income (loss):       
Defined benefit pension plans:       
Unrecognized actuarial gain (loss)(4,056) 5,016
 (8,389) 4,034
Applicable income taxes1,622
 (2,006) 3,356
 (1,613)
Unrecognized gain (loss) arising during period, net of income taxes(2,434) 3,010
 (5,033) 2,421
Curtailment loss, net of settlement losses of $1,014 and $1,403 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 included in net periodic benefit cost1,014
 (33) (1,792) (33)
Applicable income taxes(406) 13
 716
 13
Curtailment loss, net of settlement losses included in net periodic benefit cost, net of income taxes608
 (20) (1,076) (20)
Other comprehensive gain (loss)(1,826) 2,990
 (6,109) 2,401
Comprehensive loss(183,912) (169,563) (739,173) (593,029)
Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests(135) (256) (737) 108
Comprehensive loss attributable to Altice USA, Inc. stockholders$(184,047) $(169,819) $(739,910) $(592,921)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20222021
Net income$202,141 $278,539 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Defined benefit pension plans2,504 8,648 
Applicable income taxes(661)(2,292)
Defined benefit pension plans, net of income taxes1,843 6,356 
Foreign currency translation adjustment(170)619 
Applicable income taxes— — 
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net(170)619 
Other comprehensive income1,673 6,975 
Comprehensive income203,814 285,514 
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests(5,590)(4,403)
Comprehensive income attributable to Altice USA, Inc. stockholders$198,224  $281,111 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.






















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ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

Class A
Common
Stock
Class B
Common
Stock		Paid-in
Capital		Accumulated DeficitTreasury StockAccumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income		Total
Stockholders'
Deficiency		Non-controlling
Interests		Total
Deficiency
Balance at January 1, 2022$2,703 $1,843 $18,005 $(848,836)$— $6,497 $(819,788) $(51,114)$(870,902)
Net income attributable to stockholders— — — 196,551 — — 196,551 — 196,551 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests— — — — — — — 5,590 5,590 
Pension liability adjustments, net of income taxes— — — — — 1,843 1,843 — 1,843 
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of income taxes— — — — — (170)(170)— (170)
Share-based compensation expense (equity classified)— — 40,512 — — — 40,512 — 40,512 
Conversion of Class B to Class A shares— — — — — — — — — 
Issuance of common shares pursuant to employee long term incentive plan— — 10 — — — 10 — 10 
Balance at March 31, 2022$2,703 $1,843 $58,527 $(652,285)$— $8,170 $(581,042)$(45,524)$(626,566)





Balance at January 1, 2021$2,972 $1,859 $— $(985,641)$(163,866)$3,646 $(1,141,030) $(62,109)$(1,203,139)
Net income attributable to stockholders— — — 274,136 — — 274,136 — 274,136 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests— — — — — — — 4,403 4,403 
Pension liability adjustments, net of income taxes— — — — — 6,356 6,356 — 6,356 
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of income taxes— — — — — 619 619 — 619 
Share-based compensation expense (equity classified)— — — 27,964 — — 27,964 — 27,964 
Redeemable equity vested— — — 20,131 — — 20,131 — 20,131 
Change in redeemable equity— — — 2,528 — — 2,528 — 2,528 
Class A shares acquired through share repurchase program and retired(152)— — (522,521)— — (522,673)— (522,673)
Conversion of Class B to Class A shares1 (1)— — — — — — — 
Issuance of common shares pursuant to employee long term incentive plan1 — — 2,037 6 — 2,044 — 2,044 
Other— — — (4,244)— — (4,244)4,302 58 
Balance at March 31, 2021$2,822 $1,858 $— $(1,185,610)$(163,860)$10,621 $(1,334,169)$(53,404)$(1,387,573)
ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 

Class A
Common
Stock
 

Class B
Common
Stock
 
Paid-in
Capital
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
 
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
 
Non-controlling
Interest
 
Total
Equity
                
Balance at January 1, 2017$—
 $—
 $3,003,554
 $(975,978) $1,979
 $2,029,555
 $287
 $2,029,842
Net loss attributable to stockholders—
 —
 —
 (733,801) —
 (733,801) —
 (733,801)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests—
 —
 —
 —
 —
 —
 737
 737
Pension liability adjustments, net of income taxes—
 —
 —
 —
 (6,109) (6,109) —
 (6,109)
Share-based compensation expense—
 —
 40,932
 —
 —
 40,932
 —
 40,932
Change in fair value of redeemable equity—
 —
 (322,121) —
 —
 (322,121) —
 (322,121)
Contributions from stockholders—
 —
 1,135
 —
��—
 1,135
 —
 1,135
Cash distributions to stockholders—
 —
 (839,700) —
 —
 (839,700) (335) (840,035)
Transfer of goodwill—
 —
 (23,101) —
 —
 (23,101) —
 (23,101)
Recognition of previously unrealized excess tax benefits related to share-based awards in connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-09—
 —
 —
 308,231
 —
 308,231
 —
 308,231
Issuance of common stock pursuant to organizational transactions prior to IPO2,349
 4,901
 2,257,002
 —
 —
 2,264,252
 —
 2,264,252
Issuance of common stock pursuant to IPO121
 —
 348,339
 —
 —
 348,460
 —
 348,460
Balance at September 30, 2017$2,470
 $4,901
 $4,466,040
 $(1,401,548) $(4,130) $3,067,733
 $689
 $3,068,422


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.



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ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016
Cash flows from operating activities:   
Net loss$(733,064) $(595,430)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:   
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)2,138,776
 1,085,929
Gain on sale of affiliate interests—
 (206)
Equity in net loss of affiliates5,697
 400
Gain on investments, net(169,888) (83,467)
Loss on derivative contracts, net154,270
 26,572
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs600,240
 19,948
Amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts (premiums) on indebtedness18,517
 25,831
Settlement loss (gain) related to pension plan1,403
 (33)
Share-based compensation expense40,932
 1,670
Deferred income taxes(458,608) (105,468)
Excess tax benefit on share-based awards—
 82
Provision for doubtful accounts54,501
 32,569
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions:   
Accounts receivable, trade(45,493) (39,651)
Other receivables(5,517) 9,203
Prepaid expenses and other assets(13,275) 27,142
Amounts due from and due to affiliates(97,440) (213)
Accounts payable50,649
 37,472
Accrued liabilities(324,537) 103,409
Deferred revenue9,382
 9,549
Liabilities related to interest rate swap contracts(9,552) (24,380)
Net cash provided by operating activities1,216,993
 530,928
Cash flows from investing activities:   
Payment for acquisition, net of cash acquired(43,608) (8,988,774)
Net proceeds from sale of affiliate interests—
 13,825
Capital expenditures(763,298) (377,726)
Proceeds related to sale of equipment, including costs of disposal3,398
 1,584
Increase in other investments(4,800) (2,866)
Settlement of put-call options(24,039) —
Additions to other intangible assets(1,700) —
Net cash used in investing activities(834,047) (9,353,957)
    


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ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
(In thousands)
 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016
Cash flows from financing activities:   
Proceeds from credit facility debt5,602,425
 2,195,256
Repayment of credit facility debt(3,684,668) (4,327,466)
Proceeds from notes payable to affiliates and related parties—
 1,750,000
Issuance of senior notes and debentures—
 1,310,000
Proceeds from collateralized indebtedness662,724
 179,388
Repayment of collateralized indebtedness and related derivative contracts(654,989) (143,102)
Distributions to stockholders(839,700) —
Redemption of senior notes, including premiums and fees(1,729,400) —
Proceeds from notes payable24,649
 —
Excess tax benefit on share-based awards—
 (82)
Principal payments on capital lease obligations(11,518) (11,376)
Additions to deferred financing costs(9,486) (193,705)
Proceeds from IPO, net of fees348,460
 —
Contributions from stockholders1,135
 1,246,498
Distributions to noncontrolling interests, net(335) —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities(290,703) 2,005,411
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents92,243
 (6,817,618)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year503,093
 8,786,536
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$595,336
 $1,968,918
(In thousands)

(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
 20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$202,141 $278,539 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)435,349 434,857 
Loss (gain) on investments150,773 (73,453)
Loss (gain) on derivative contracts, net(101,074)53,565 
Amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts (premiums) on indebtedness20,342 23,039 
Share-based compensation expense40,532 28,281 
Deferred income taxes(16,149)29,165 
Decrease in right-of-use assets10,955 10,816 
Provision for doubtful accounts14,737 11,133 
Other(287)1,074
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions:
Accounts receivable, trade9,112 55,293 
Prepaid expenses and other assets(19,462)(26,321)
Amounts due from and due to affiliates(8,992)4,627 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(13,477)(29,696)
Deferred revenue14,613 38,501 
Liabilities related to interest rate swap contracts(138,894)(89,798)
Net cash provided by operating activities600,219 749,622 
Cash flows from investing activities: 
Capital expenditures(392,371)(212,791)
Other, net8882,143 
Net cash used in investing activities(391,483)(210,648)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt150,000150,000
Repayment of long-term debt(329,688)(225,863)
Proceeds from collateralized indebtedness and related derivative contracts, net— 185,105 
Repayment of collateralized indebtedness and related derivative contracts, net— (185,105)
Principal payments on finance lease obligations(28,941)(18,330)
Purchase of shares of Altice USA Class A common stock, pursuant to a share repurchase program— (503,645)
Other— 393 
Net cash used in financing activities(208,629)(597,445)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents107 (58,471)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(170)620 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents(63)(57,851)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year195,975 278,686 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$195,912 $220,835 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CSC HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
March 31, 2022
(Unaudited)
December 31, 2021
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$193,850 $193,154 
Restricted cash264264
Accounts receivable, trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $27,945 and $27,931)383,103 406,952 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets ($3,830 and $3,776 due from affiliates)203,205 186,707 
Total current assets780,422 787,077 
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $7,362,691 and $7,142,8526,513,910 6,340,467 
Right-of-use operating lease assets229,792 222,124 
Investment securities pledged as collateral2,011,164 2,161,937 
Other assets129,013 76,653 
Amortizable intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $5,198,304 and $5,051,1492,055,028 2,202,001 
Indefinite-lived cable television franchises13,216,355 13,216,355 
Goodwill8,205,863 8,205,863 
Total assets$33,141,547 $33,212,477 
LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S DEFICIENCY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable$999,501 $1,023,045 
Interest payable213,641 244,934 
Accrued employee related costs110,777 124,941 
Deferred revenue110,882 94,943 
Debt969,413 917,313 
Other current liabilities ($22,872 and $31,810 due to affiliates)373,166 329,944 
Total current liabilities2,777,380 2,735,120 
Other liabilities155,243 159,082 
Deferred tax liability5,051,955 5,067,442 
Liabilities under derivative contracts90,952 276,933 
Right-of-use operating lease liability243,035 237,226 
Long-term debt, net of current maturities25,471,418 25,629,447 
Total liabilities33,789,983 34,105,250 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Member's deficiency (100 membership units issued and outstanding)(611,082)(848,156)
Accumulated other comprehensive income8,170 6,497 
Total member's deficiency(602,912)(841,659)
Noncontrolling interest(45,524)(51,114)
Total deficiency(648,436)(892,773)
Total liabilities and member's deficiency$33,141,547 $33,212,477 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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CSC HOLDINGS LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20222021
Revenue (including revenue from affiliates of $638 and $3,406 respectively) (See Note 13)$2,421,897 $2,478,821 
Operating expenses:
Programming and other direct costs (including charges from affiliates of $4,618 and $2,228, respectively) (See Note 13)828,793 851,864 
Other operating expenses (including charges from affiliates of $3,095 and $3,179, respectively) (See Note 13)641,906 580,433 
Restructuring and other expense3,378 3,209 
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)435,349 434,857 
 1,909,426 1,870,363 
Operating income512,471 608,458 
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net(303,362)(316,312)
Gain (loss) on investments(150,773)73,453 
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net101,074 (53,565)
Gain on interest rate swap contracts, net123,147 75,653 
Other income, net2,430 2,859 
(227,484)(217,912)
Income before income taxes284,987 390,546 
Income tax expense(82,846)(112,007)
Net income202,141 278,539 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(5,590)(4,403)
Net income attributable to CSC Holdings, LLC sole member$196,551 $274,136 


See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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CSC HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20222021
Net income$202,141 $278,539 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Defined benefit pension plans2,504 8,648 
Applicable income taxes(661)(2,292)
Defined benefit pension plans, net of income taxes1,843 6,356 
Foreign currency translation adjustment(170)619 
Applicable income taxes— — 
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net(170)619 
Other comprehensive income1,673 6,975 
Comprehensive income203,814 285,514 
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests(5,590)(4,403)
Comprehensive income attributable to CSC Holdings, LLC's sole member$198,224 $281,111 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


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CSC HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TOTAL MEMBER'S DEFICIENCY
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

Member's DeficiencyAccumulated Other Comprehensive IncomeTotal Member's DeficiencyNoncontrolling InterestsTotal Deficiency
Balance at January 1, 2022$(848,156)$6,497 $(841,659)$(51,114)$(892,773)
Net income attributable to CSC Holdings' sole member196,551 — 196,551 — 196,551 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests— — — 5,590 5,590 
Pension liability adjustments, net of income taxes— 1,843 1,843 — 1,843 
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of income taxes— (170)(170)— (170)
Share-based compensation expense (equity classified)40,512 — 40,512 — 40,512 
Other11 — 11 — 11 
Balance at March 31, 2022$(611,082)$8,170 $(602,912)$(45,524)$(648,436)


Balance at January 1, 2021$(1,172,505)$3,646 $(1,168,859)$(62,109)$(1,230,968)
Net income attributable to CSC Holdings' sole member274,136 — 274,136 — 274,136 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests— — — 4,403 4,403 
Pension liability adjustments, net of income taxes— 6,356 6,356 — 6,356 
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of income taxes— 619 619 — 619 
Share-based compensation expense (equity classified)27,964 — 27,964 — 27,964 
Redeemable equity vested20,131 — 20,131 — 20,131 
Change in redeemable equity2,528 — 2,528 — 2,528 
Cash distributions to parent(501,000)— (501,000)— (501,000)
Non-cash distributions to parent(748)— (748)— (748)
Other(4,056)— (4,056)4,302 246 
Balance at March 31, 2021$(1,353,550)$10,621 $(1,342,929)$(53,404)$(1,396,333)




See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CSC HOLDINGS LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$202,141 $278,539 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)435,349 434,857 
Loss (gain) on investments150,773 (73,453)
Loss (gain) on derivative contracts, net(101,074)53,565 
Amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts (premiums) on indebtedness20,342 23,039 
Share-based compensation expense40,532 28,281 
Deferred income taxes(16,149)29,165 
Decrease in right-of-use assets10,955 10,816 
Provision for doubtful accounts14,737 11,133 
Other(287)1,074 
Change in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions:
Accounts receivable, trade9,112 55,293 
Prepaid expenses and other assets(18,703)(26,321)
Amounts due from and due to affiliates(8,992)3,882 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(13,477)(29,611)
Deferred revenue14,613 38,501 
Liabilities related to interest rate swap contracts(138,894)(89,798)
Net cash provided by operating activities600,978 748,962 
Cash flows from investing activities: 
Capital expenditures(392,371)(212,791)
Other, net888 2,143 
Net cash used in investing activities(391,483)(210,648)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt150,000 150,000 
Repayment of long-term debt(329,688)(225,863)
Proceeds from collateralized indebtedness and related derivative contracts, net— 185,105 
Repayment of collateralized indebtedness and related derivative contracts, net— (185,105)
Distributions to parent— (501,000)
Principal payments on finance lease obligations(28,941)(18,330)
Other— (1,465)
Net cash used in financing activities(208,629)(596,658)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents866 (58,344)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(170)620 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents696 (57,724)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year193,418 278,202 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$194,114 $220,478 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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ALTICE USA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)







NOTE 1.    DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND RELATED MATTERS
The Company and Related Matters
Altice USA, Inc. ("Altice USA" or the "Company") was incorporated in Delaware on September 14, 2015. As of September 30, 2017, Altice USA is majority‑ownedmajority-owned by Patrick Drahi through Next Alt. S.a.r.l. ("Next Alt"). Patrick Drahi also controls Altice Group Lux S.à.r.l, formerly Altice Europe N.V., a public company with limited liability (naamloze vennootshcap) under Dutch law ("Altice N.V.").
Altice N.V., though a subsidiary, acquired Cequel Corporation ("Cequel" or "Suddenlink"Europe") on December 21, 2015 and Cequel was contributed to Altice USA on June 9, 2016. Altice USA had no operations of its ownsubsidiaries and other than the issuance of debt prior to the contribution of Cequel on June 9, 2016 by Altice N.V. The results of operations of Cequel for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 have been included in the results of operations of Altice USA for the same periods, as Cequel was under common control with Altice USA.entities.
Altice USA, acquiredthrough CSC Holdings, LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision Systems CorporationCorporation) and its consolidated subsidiaries ("Cablevision" or "Optimum") on June 21, 2016 (see discussion below)CSC Holdings," and collectively with Altice USA, the results of operations of Cablevision are included with"Company"), principally provides broadband communications and video services in the results of operations of Cequel for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. The three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 operating results include the operating results of Cablevision from the date of acquisition, June 21, 2016.
The Company classifiesUnited States. It markets its operations intoresidential services primarily under two reportable segments: Cablevision, which operatesbrands: Optimum, in the New York metropolitan area, and Cequel, whichSuddenlink, principally operates in markets in the south‑centralsouth-central United States.
Initial Public Offering
It operates enterprise services under the brands Lightpath, Altice Business, Optimum Business and Suddenlink Business. It delivers broadband, video, telephony services, proprietary content and advertising services to residential and business customers. In June 2017,addition, the Company completedoffers a full service mobile offering, to consumers across its initial public offeringfootprint. As these brands are managed on a consolidated basis, the Company classifies its operations in 1 segment.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements ("IPO"consolidated financial statements") of 71,724,139 sharesAltice USA include the accounts of Altice USA and its majority-owned subsidiaries and the accompanying consolidated financial statements of CSC Holdings include the accounts of CSC Holdings and its majority-owned subsidiaries. Altice USA is a holding company and has no business operations independent of its Class A common stock (12,068,966 shares sold by the CompanyCSC Holdings subsidiary, whose operating results and 59,655,173 shares sold by existing stockholders) at a pricefinancial position are consolidated into Altice USA. The consolidated balance sheets and statements of operations of Altice USA are essentially identical to the publicconsolidated balance sheets and statements of $30.00 per share, including the underwriters full exerciseoperations of their option to purchase 7,781,110 shares to cover overallotments. At the date of the IPO, Altice N.V. owned approximately 70.2% of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock, which represented approximately 98.2% of the voting power of the Company's outstanding common stock. The Company’s Class A common stock began trading on June 22, 2017, on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ATUS".
In connection with the sale of its Class A common stock, the Company received proceeds of approximately $362,069, before deducting the underwriting discount and expenses directly related to the issuance of the securities of $13,609. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders. In July 2017, the Company used approximately $350,120 of the proceeds to fund the redemption of $315,779 principal amount of 10.875% senior notes that mature in 2025 issued by CSC Holdings, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the related call premium of approximately $34,341.
The following organizational transactions were consummated prior to the IPO:
the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation to, among other things, provide for Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock;
BC Partners LLP ("BCP") and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (‘‘CPPIB and together with BCP, the‘‘Co-Investors’’) and Uppernext S.C.S.p. ("Uppernext"), an entity controlled by Mr. Patrick Drahi (founder and controlling stockholder of Altice N.V.), exchanged their indirect ownership interest in the Company for shares of the Company’s common stock;
Neptune Management LP (‘‘Management LP’’) redeemed its Class B units for shares of the Company’s common stock that it received from the redemption of its Class B units in Neptune Holding US LP;
the Company converted $525,000 aggregate principal amount of notes issued by the Company to the Co-Investors (together with accrued and unpaid interest and applicable premium) into shares of the Company’s common stock at the IPO price (see Note 9 for further details);
$1,225,000 aggregate principal amount of notes issued by the Company to a subsidiary of Altice N.V. (together


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

with accrued and unpaid interest and applicable premium) was transferred to CVC 3 B.V., an indirect subsidiary of Altice N.V. ("CVC 3") and then the Company converted such notes into shares of the Company’s common stock at the IPO price (see Note 9 for further details);
the Co-Investors, Neptune Holding US LP, A4 S.A. (an entity controlled by the family of Mr. Drahi), and former Class B unitholders of Management LP (including Uppernext) exchanged shares of the Company’s common stock for new shares of the Company’s Class A common stock; and
CVC 3 and A4 S.A. exchanged shares of the Company’s common stock for new shares of the Company’s Class B common stock.
Acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corporation
On June 21, 2016 (the "Cablevision Acquisition Date"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of September 16, 2015, by and among Cablevision, Altice N.V., Neptune Merger Sub Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altice N.V. ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into Cablevision, with Cablevision surviving the merger (the "Cablevision Acquisition").
In connection with the Cablevision Acquisition, each outstanding share of the Cablevision NY Group Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("CNYG Class A Shares"), and Cablevision NY Group Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("CNYG Class B Shares", and together with the CNYG Class A Shares, the "Shares"), and together with the Cablevision NY Group Class A common stock, the "Shares" other than Shares owned by Cablevision, Altice N.V. or any of their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries, in each case not held on behalf of third parties in a fiduciary capacity, received $34.90 in cash without interest, less applicable tax withholdings (the "Cablevision Acquisition Consideration").
Pursuant to an agreement, dated December 21, 2015, by and among CVC 2 B.V., CIE Management IX Limited, for and on behalf of the limited partnerships BC European Capital IX-1 through 11 and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, certain affiliates of BCP and CPPIB (the "Co-Investors") funded approximately $1,000,000 toward the payment of the aggregate Per Share Cablevision Acquisition Consideration, and indirectly acquired approximately 30% of the Shares of Cablevision.
Also in connection with the Cablevision Acquisition, outstanding equity-based awards granted under Cablevision’s equity plans were cancelled and converted into cash based upon the $34.90 per Share Cablevision Acquisition Consideration in accordance with the original terms of the awards. The total consideration for the outstanding CNYG Class A Shares, the outstanding CNYG Class B Shares, and the equity-based awards amounted to $9,958,323.
In connection with the Cablevision Acquisition, in October 2015, Neptune Finco Corp. ("Finco"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Altice N.V. formed to complete the financing described herein and the merger with CSC Holdings, LLC ("CSC Holdings"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cablevision, borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $3,800,000 under a term loan facility (the "Term Credit Facility") and entered into revolving loan commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 (the "Revolving Credit Facility" and, together with the Term Credit Facility, the "Credit Facilities").
Finco also issued $1,800,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.125% senior notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes"), $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.875% senior notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes"), and $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.625% senior guaranteed notes due 2025 (the "2025 Guaranteed Notes") (collectively the "Cablevision Acquisition Notes").
On June 21, 2016, immediately following the Cablevision Acquisition, Finco merged with and into CSC Holdings, with the following exceptions: Altice USA has additional cash, prepaid expenses and other current assets, and deferred taxes on its consolidated balance sheet.
The combined notes to the consolidated financial statements relate to the Company, which, except as noted, are essentially identical for Altice USA and CSC Holdings. All significant intercompany transactions and balances between Altice USA or CSC Holdings survivingand their respective consolidated subsidiaries are eliminated in both sets of consolidated financial statements. Intercompany transactions between Altice USA and CSC Holdings are not eliminated in the merger (the "CSCCSC Holdings Merger"), andconsolidated financial statements, but are eliminated in the Cablevision Acquisition Notes and the Credit Facilities became obligationsAltice USA consolidated financial statements.
The financial statements of CSC Holdings.Holdings are included herein as supplemental information as CSC Holdings is not an SEC registrant.
On June 21, 2016, in connection with the Cablevision Acquisition, the Company issued notes payable to affiliates and related parties aggregating $1,750,000, of which $875,000 bear interest at 10.75% and $875,000 bear interest at 11%. See Note 9 for a discussion regarding the conversion of these notes payable to shares of the Company's common stock prior to the consummation of the IPO.


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(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

The Cablevision Acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC Topic 805. Accordingly, the Company stepped up 100% of the assets and liabilities assumed to their fair value at the Cablevision Acquisition Date. See Note 3 for further details.
Acquisition of Cequel Corporation
On December 21, 2015, Altice N.V., though a subsidiary, acquired approximately 70% of the total outstanding equity interests in Cequel (the "Cequel Acquisition") from the direct and indirect stockholders of Cequel Corporation (the "Sellers"). The consideration for the acquired equity interests, which was based on a total equity valuation for 100% of the capital and voting rights of Cequel, was $3,973,528, including $2,797,928 of cash consideration, $675,600 of retained equity held by entities affiliated with BC Partners and CPPIB and $500,000 funded by the issuance by an affiliate of Altice N.V. of a senior vendor note that was subscribed by entities affiliated with BC Partners and CPPIB. Following the closing of the Cequel Acquisition, entities affiliated with BC Partners and CPPIB retained a 30% equity interest in a parent entity of the Company. In addition, the carried interest plans of the stockholders were cashed out whereby payments were made to participants in such carried interest plans, including certain officers and directors of Cequel.
NOTE 2.    SUMMARYBASIS OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIESPRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information.�� Accordingly, these financial statements do not include all the information and notes required for complete annual financial statements.
The interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 included in the Company's final prospectus dated June 21, 2017 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") on June 23, 2017 (the "Prospectus").2021.
The financial statements presented in this report are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, such financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods presented.
The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that might be expected for future interim periods or for the full year ending December 31, 2017.2022.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement
In March 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which provides simplification See Note 10 for a discussion of income tax accounting for share-based payment awards. The new guidance became effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Amendments related to the timing of when excess tax benefits are recognized, minimum statutory withholding requirements, forfeitures, and intrinsicfair value will be applied using the modified retrospective transition method. Amendments requiring recognition of excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies in the income statement and the practical expedient for estimating expected term were applied prospectively. The Company elected to apply the amendments related to the presentation of excess tax benefits on the statement of cash flows using the prospective transition method. In connection with the adoption on January 1, 2017, a deferred tax asset of approximately $308,231 for previously unrealized excess tax benefits was recognized with the offset recorded to accumulated deficit.
Recently Issued But Not Yet Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017‑09, Compensation- Stock Compensation (Topic 718). ASU No. 2017‑09 provides clarity and guidance on which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an

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entity
NOTE 3.    ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Accounting Standards Adopted in 2022
ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers
In October 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers, which will require companies to apply modification accountingthe definition of a performance obligation under ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, to recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities relating to contracts with customers that are acquired in Topic 718.a business combination. Under current GAAP, an acquirer generally recognizes assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, including contract assets and contract liabilities arising from revenue contracts with customers, at fair value on the acquisition date. ASU No. 2017‑09 becomes2021-08 will result in the acquirer recording acquired contract assets and liabilities on the same basis that would have been recorded before the acquisition under ASC Topic 606. ASU No. 2021-08 is effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 with2023, however the Company elected to early adoption permitted andadopt this ASU on January 1, 2022. The guidance will be applied prospectively.to any future business combinations.
ASU No. 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832)
In March 2017,November 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017‑07 Compensation-Retirement Benefits2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 715). ASU No. 2017‑07832), which requires business entities to disclose information about transactions with a government that an employer disaggregate the service cost component from the other components of net benefit cost. It also providesare accounted for by applying a grant or contribution model by analogy (for example, IFRS guidance in IAS 20 or guidance on how to present the service cost component and the other components of net benefit costcontributions for not-for-profit entities in ASC 958-605). For transactions in the incomescope of the new standard, business entities will need to provide information about the nature of the transaction, including significant terms and conditions, as well as the amounts and specific financial statement and what component of net benefit cost is eligible for capitalization. ASU No. 2017‑07 becomes effective forline items affected by the transaction. The Company adopted the new guidance on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted2022 and will be applied retrospectively. The Company has not yet completed the evaluation of the effect that ASU No. 2017‑07 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017‑04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350). ASU No. 2017‑04 simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by removing the second step of the two‑step impairment test. The amendment requires an entity to perform its annual, or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. ASU No. 2017‑04 becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2020 with early adoption permitted and will be applied prospectively.provide required disclosures for any future material transactions.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017‑01, Business Combinations (Topic 805), Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which amends Topic 805 to interpret the definition of a business by adding guidance to assist in evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The new guidance becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted and will be applied prospectively.
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments which clarifies how entities should classify certain cash receipts and cash payments on the statement of cash flows. ASU No. 2016-15 also clarifies how the predominance principle should be applied when cash receipts and cash payments have aspects of more than one class of cash flows. The new guidance becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted and will be applied retrospectively. The Company has not yet completed the evaluation of the effect that ASU No. 2016-15 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, which increases transparency and comparability by recognizing a lessee’s rights and obligations resulting from leases by recording them on the balance sheet as lease assets and lease liabilities. The new guidance becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2019 with early adoption permitted and will be applied using the modified retrospective method. The Company has not yet completed the evaluation of the effect that ASU No. 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10), Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.  ASU No. 2016-01 modifies how entities measure certain equity investments and also modifies the recognition of changes in the fair value of financial liabilities measured under the fair value option. Entities will be required to measure equity investments that do not result in consolidation and are not accounted for under the equity method at fair value and recognize any changes in fair value in net income. For financial liabilities measured using the fair value option, entities will be required to record changes in fair value caused by a change in instrument-specific credit risk (own credit risk) separately in other comprehensive income. ASU No. 2016-01 becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2018.  The Company has not yet completed the evaluation of the effect that ASU No. 2016-01 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, requiring an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU No. 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective and allows the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14 that approved deferring the effective date by one year so that ASU No. 2014-09 would become effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. The FASB also approved, in July 2015, permitting the early adoption of ASU No. 2014-09, but not before the original effective date for the Company of January 1, 2017.
In December 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-20, Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, in order to clarify the Codification and to correct any unintended application of the guidance. These items are not expected to have a significant effect on the current accounting standard. The amendments


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in this update affect the guidance in ASU No. 2014-09, which is not yet effective. ASU No. 2014-09 will be effective January 1, 2018 for the Company, reflecting the one-year deferral.  Early adoption of the standard is permitted but not before the original effective date. Companies can transition to the standard either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU No. 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and selecting the method of transition to the new standard. The Company currently expects the adoption to impact the timing of the recognition of residential installation revenue and the recognition of commission expenses.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2016 financial statements to conform to the 2017 presentation.
NOTE 3.    BUSINESS COMBINATIONS4.    REVENUE
Cablevision Acquisition
As discussed in Note 1, the Company completed the Cablevision Acquisition on June 21, 2016. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC Topic 805. Accordingly, the Company recorded the fair value of the assets and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition.
The following table provides the allocation of the total purchase price of $9,958,323 to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets and liabilities of Cablevision based on their respective fair values. The remaining useful lives represent the period over which acquired tangible and intangible assets with a finite life are being depreciated or amortized.
 Fair Values Estimated Useful Lives
    
Current assets$1,923,071
  
Accounts receivable271,305
  
Property, plant and equipment4,864,621
 2-18 years
Goodwill5,842,172
  
Indefinite-lived cable television franchises8,113,575
 Indefinite-lived
Customer relationships4,850,000
 8 to 18 years
Trade names (a)1,010,000
 12 years
Amortizable intangible assets23,296
 1-15 years
Other non-current assets748,998
  
Current liabilities(2,311,201)  
Long-term debt(8,355,386)  
Deferred income taxes.(6,832,773)  
Other non-current liabilities(189,355)  
Total$9,958,323
  
(a)See Note 8 for additional information regarding a change in the remaining estimated useful lives of the Company's trade names.
The fair value of customer relationships and cable television franchises were valued using derivations of the "income" approach. The future expected earnings from these assets were discounted to their present value equivalent.
Trade names were valued using the relief from royalty method, which is based on the present value of the royalty payments avoided as a result of the company owning the intangible asset.
The basis for the valuation methods was the Company’s projections. These projections were based on management’s assumptions including among others, penetration rates for video, high speed data, and voice; revenue growth rates; operating margins; and capital expenditures. The assumptions are derived based on the Company’s and its peers’ historical operating performance adjusted for current and expected competitive and economic factors surrounding the cable industry. The discount rates used in the analysis are intended to reflect the risk inherent in the projected future cash


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flows generated by the respective intangible asset. The value is highly dependent on the achievement of the future financial results contemplated in the projections. The estimates and assumptions made in the valuation are inherently subject to significant uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control, and there is no assurance that these results can be achieved. The primary assumptions for which there is a reasonable possibility of the occurrence of a variation that would have significantly affected the value include the assumptions regarding revenue growth, programming expense growth rates, the amount and timing of capital expenditures and the discount rate utilized.
In establishing fair value for the vast majority of the acquired property, plant and equipment, the cost approach was utilized. The cost approach considers the amount required to replace an asset by constructing or purchasing a new asset with similar utility, then adjusts the value in consideration of physical depreciation, and functional and economic obsolescence as of the appraisal date. The cost approach relies on management’s assumptions regarding current material and labor costs required to rebuild and repurchase significant components of our property, plant and equipment along with assumptions regarding the age and estimated useful lives of our property, plant and equipment.
The estimates of expected useful lives take into consideration the effects of contractual relationships, customer attrition, eventual development of new technologies and market competition.
Long-term debt assumed was valued using quoted market prices (Level 2). The carrying value of most other assets and liabilities approximated fair value as of the acquisition date.
As a result of applying business combination accounting, the Company recorded goodwill, which represented the excess of organization value over amounts assigned to the other identifiable tangible and intangible assets arising from expectations of future operational performance and cash generation.
The following table presents the unaudited pro forma revenue and net loss for the period presented as if the Cablevision Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2016:composition of revenue:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Broadband$985,517  $970,571 
Video841,887  905,834 
Telephony85,234  106,981 
Residential revenue1,912,638 1,983,386 
Business services and wholesale revenue367,522 367,216 
News and advertising114,675 105,070 
Mobile24,035 19,235 
Other3,027 3,914 
Total revenue$2,421,897 $2,478,821 
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Revenue$6,848,916
Net loss$(527,851)
The pro forma results presented above include the impact of additional amortization expense related to the identifiable intangible assets recorded in connection with the Cablevision Acquisition, additional depreciation expense related to the fair value adjustment to property, plant and equipment and the incremental interest resulting from the issuance of debt to fund the Cablevision Acquisition, net of the reversal of interest and amortization of deferred financing costs related to credit facilities that were repaid on the date of the Cablevision Acquisition and the accretion/amortization of fair value adjustments associated with the long-term debt acquired.
Acquisition
In connection with the acquisition of an entity in the first quarter of 2017, the Company recorded amortizable intangibles of $45,000 relating to customer relationships and $9,400 relating to other amortizable intangibles. The Company recorded goodwill of $20,687, which represents the excess of the purchase price of approximately $75,000 over the net book value of assets acquired. These values are based on preliminary fair value information currently available, which is subject to change within the measurement period (up to one year from the acquisition date). The acquired entity is included in the Cablevision segment.
NOTE 4.    NET LOSS PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO STOCKHOLDERS
Basic and diluted net loss per common share attributable to Altice USA stockholders is computed by dividing net loss attributable to Altice USA stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted net loss per common share attributable to Altice USA stockholders excludes the effects of common stock equivalents as they are anti-dilutive. The basic weighted average number of shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share reflect the retroactive impact of the organizational transactions, discussed in Note 1, that occurred prior to the Company's IPO and the shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Company's IPO.


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NOTE 5.    GROSS VERSUS NET REVENUE RECOGNITION
In the normal course of business, the Company is assessed non-income related taxes by governmental authorities, including franchising authorities (generally under multi-year agreements), and collects such taxes from its customers. The Company's policy is that, inIn instances where the tax is being assessed directly on the Company, amounts paid to the governmental authorities and amounts received from the customers are recorded on a gross basis.�� That is, amounts paid to the governmental authorities are recorded as programming and other direct costs and amounts received from the customercustomers are recorded as revenue. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022 and 2021, the amount of franchise fees and certain other taxes and fees included as a component of revenue aggregated $64,254$59,088 and $194,045, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the amount of franchise fees and certain other taxes and fees included as a component of revenue aggregated $62,249 and $92,146,$66,056, respectively.
Customer Contract Costs
NOTE 6.    SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
The Company considers the balance of its investmentDeferred enterprise sales commission costs are included in funds that substantially hold securities that mature within three months or less from the date the fund purchases these securities to be cash equivalents.  The carrying amount of cashother current and cash equivalents either approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments or are at fair value.
The Company's non-cash investing and financing activities and other supplemental data were as follows:
 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:   
Continuing Operations:   
Conversion of notes payable to affiliates and related parties of $1,750,000 (together with accrued and unpaid interest and applicable premium) to common stock (See Note 9)$2,264,252
 $—
Property and equipment accrued but unpaid84,847
 83,722
Leasehold improvements paid by landlord3,998
 —
Notes payable to vendor25,879
 —
Supplemental Data:   
Cash interest paid1,481,363
 931,345
Income taxes paid, net26,396
 5,342
NOTE 7.    RESTRUCTURING COSTS AND OTHER EXPENSE
Restructuring
Beginningnoncurrent assets in the first quarter of 2016, the Company commenced its restructuring initiatives (the "2016 Restructuring Plan") that are intended to simplify the Company's organizational structure. consolidated
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The following table summarizes the activity for the 2016 Restructuring Plan during 2017:  
 Severance and Other Employee Related Costs Facility Realignment and Other Costs Total
Accrual balance at December 31, 2016$102,119
 $8,397
 $110,516
Restructuring charges140,071
 1,007
 141,078
Payments and other(92,905) (3,833) (96,738)
Accrual balance at September 30, 2017$149,285
 $5,571
 $154,856
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Cumulative costs to date relating to the 2016 Restructuring Plan amounted to $302,870balance sheets and $64,784 for our Cablevision segmenttotaled $16,674 and Cequel segments,$17,669 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
Transaction CostsA significant portion of our revenue is derived from residential and SMB customer contracts which are month-to month. As such, the amount of revenue related to unsatisfied performance obligations is not necessarily indicative of the future revenue to be recognized from our existing customer base. Contracts with enterprise customers generally range from three years to five years, and services may only be terminated in accordance with the contractual terms.
ForConcentration of Credit Risk
The Company did not have a single customer that represented 10% or more of its consolidated revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022 and 2021 or 10% or more of its consolidated net trade receivables at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
NOTE 5.    NET INCOME PER SHARE
Basic net income per common share attributable to Altice USA stockholders is computed by dividing net income attributable to Altice USA stockholders by the Company incurred transaction costsweighted average number of $1,367 and $1,687 related to the acquisition of a businesscommon shares outstanding during the first quarterperiod. Diluted income per common share attributable to Altice USA stockholders reflects the dilutive effects of 2017stock options, restricted stock and other transactions.restricted stock units. For such awards that are performance based, the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016,diluted effect is reflected upon the Company incurred transaction costsachievement of $3,177 and $13,285, respectively, related to the acquisitions of Cablevision and Suddenlink.
NOTE 8.    INTANGIBLE ASSETSperformance criteria.
The following table summarizes information relatingpresents a reconciliation of weighted average shares used in the calculations of the basic and diluted net income per share attributable to the Company's acquired intangible assets as of September 30, 2017: 
 Amortizable Intangible Assets
 Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Net Carrying Amount Estimated Useful Lives
        
Customer relationships$5,970,884
 (1,207,217) $4,763,667
 8 to 18 years
Trade names (a)1,067,083
 (432,402) 634,681
 2 to 4 years
Other amortizable intangibles37,052
 (8,805) 28,247
 1 to 15 years
 $7,075,019
 $(1,648,424) $5,426,595
  
(a)On May 23, 2017, Altice N.V. announced the adoption of a global brand which will replace the Company's brands in the future, reducing the remaining useful lives of these trade name intangibles. The Company has estimated the remaining useful lives to be 3 years from the date of the adoption, which reflects one year as an in-use asset and two years as a defensive asset. Amortization expense is calculated on an accelerated basis based on the Company's estimate of the intangible asset during the in-use period. The remaining estimated value of the defensive asset once it is no longer in use will be amortized over the defensive period. Estimated amortization expense related to the Optimum and Lightpath trade names are approximately $545,805 for 2017 (of which $334,312 has been expensed through September 30, 2017), $355,006 for 2018, $46,627 for 2019 and $18,140 through May 2020.
Amortization expenseAltice USA stockholders for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 aggregated $426,419,March 31, 2022 and $981,657, respectively,2021:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
(in thousands)
Basic weighted average shares outstanding453,229 469,233 
Effect of dilution:
Stock options— 6,170 
Restricted stock— 45 
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding453,229 475,448 
Weighted average shares excluded from diluted weighted average shares outstanding:
Anti-dilutive shares58,401 495 
Performance stock units and restricted stock whose performance metrics have not been achieved.7,705 8,748 
Net income per membership unit for CSC Holdings is not presented since CSC Holdings is a limited liability company and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 aggregated $258,670 and $402,994, respectively.
The following table summarizes information relating to the Company's acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets asa wholly-owned subsidiary of September 30, 2017: Altice USA.
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 Cablevision Cequel Total
Cable television franchises$8,113,575
 $4,906,506
 $13,020,081
Goodwill5,839,757
 2,153,742
 7,993,499
Total$13,953,332
 $7,060,248
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NOTE 6.    SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
The carrying amount of goodwill is presented below:Company's non-cash investing and financing activities and other supplemental data were as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:
Altice USA and CSC Holdings:
Property and equipment accrued but unpaid$323,815 $266,995 
Notes payable issued for the purchase of equipment and other assets35,070 — 
Unsettled purchases of shares of Altice USA, Inc. Class A common stock, pursuant to a share repurchase program— 18,942 
Right-of-use assets acquired in exchange for finance lease obligations47,288 38,348 
CSC Holdings:
Distributions to parent— 745 
Supplemental Data:
Altice USA and CSC Holdings:
Cash interest paid313,024 310,878 
Income taxes paid, net23,042 9,727 
NOTE 7.    INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The following table summarizes information relating to the Company's acquired amortizable intangible assets:
As of March 31, 2022As of December 31, 2021
Gross Carrying AmountAccumulated AmortizationNet Carrying AmountGross Carrying AmountAccumulated AmortizationNet Carrying AmountEstimated Useful Lives
Customer relationships$6,113,669 $(4,142,528)$1,971,141 $6,113,669 $(4,020,282)$2,093,387 3 to 18 years
Trade names1,081,083 (1,012,129)68,954 1,081,083 (988,563)92,520 2 to 10 years
Other amortizable intangibles58,580 (43,647)14,933 58,398 (42,304)16,094 1 to 15 years
$7,253,332 $(5,198,304)$2,055,028 $7,253,150 $(5,051,149)$2,202,001 
Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 aggregated $147,155 and $165,114, respectively.
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Gross goodwill as of January 1, 2017$7,992,700
Goodwill recorded in connection with acquisition in first quarter 2017 (Cablevision Segment)20,687
Adjustments to purchase accounting relating to Cablevision Acquisition3,213
Transfer of Cablevision goodwill related to Altice Technical Services US Corp. (See Note 14 for further details)(23,101)
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NOTE 9.8.    DEBT
CSC Holdings Credit FacilitiesThe following table provides details of the Company's outstanding debt:
Interest RateMarch 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Date IssuedMaturity DatePrincipal AmountCarrying Amount (a)Principal AmountCarrying Amount (a)
CSC Holdings Senior Notes:
September 27, 2012September 15, 20225.875 %$649,024 $639,996 $649,024 $635,310 
May 23, 2014June 1, 20245.250 %750,000 714,781 750,000 711,137 
October 18, 2018April 1, 20287.500 %4,118 4,113 4,118 4,113 
November 27, 2018April 1, 20287.500 %1,045,882 1,044,622 1,045,882 1,044,582 
July 10 and October 7, 2019January 15, 20305.750 %2,250,000 2,282,054 2,250,000 2,282,875 
June 16 and August 17, 2020December 1, 20304.625 %2,325,000 2,365,965 2,325,000 2,366,886 
May 13, 2021November 15, 20315.000 %500,000 498,269 500,000 498,234 
7,524,024  7,549,800 7,524,024 7,543,137 
CSC Holdings Senior Guaranteed Notes:
September 23, 2016April 15, 20275.500 %1,310,000 1,306,649 1,310,000 1,306,508 
January 29, 2018February 1, 20285.375 %1,000,000 994,459 1,000,000 994,262 
January 24, 2019February 1, 20296.500 %1,750,000 1,747,579 1,750,000 1,747,511 
June 16, 2020December 1, 20304.125 %1,100,000 1,095,770 1,100,000 1,095,672 
August 17, 2020February 15, 20313.375 %1,000,000 997,040 1,000,000 996,970 
May 13, 2021November 15, 20314.500 %1,500,000 1,494,815 1,500,000 1,494,710 
7,660,000 7,636,312 7,660,000 7,635,633 
CSC Holdings Restricted Group Credit Facility:
Revolving Credit FacilityJanuary 31, 2024 (c)2.647 %(b)740,000 734,574 900,000 893,864 
Term Loan BJuly 17, 20252.647 %2,857,500 2,849,508 2,865,000 2,856,421 
Incremental Term Loan B-3January 15, 20262.647 %1,236,750 1,233,418 1,239,938 1,236,394 
Incremental Term Loan B-5April 15, 20272.897 %2,940,000 2,923,069 2,947,500 2,929,813 
7,774,250 7,740,569 7,952,438 7,916,492 
Lightpath Senior Notes:
September 29, 2020September 15, 20285.625 %415,000 407,342 415,000 407,104 
Lightpath Senior Secured Notes:
September 29, 2020September 15, 20273.875 %450,000 442,057 450,000 441,739 
Lightpath Term LoanNovember 30, 20273.750 %592,500 578,195 594,000 579,119 
Lightpath Revolving Credit FacilityNovember 30, 2025(d)— — — — 
1,457,500 1,427,594 1,459,000 1,427,962 
Collateralized indebtedness (see Note 9)1,759,017 1,716,600 1,759,017 1,706,997 
Finance lease obligations237,082 237,082 218,735 218,735 
Notes payable and supply chain financing (e)132,874 132,874 97,804 97,804 
26,544,747 26,440,831 26,671,018 26,546,760 
Less: current portion of credit facility debt(78,750)(78,750)(78,750)(78,750)
Less: current portion of senior notes(649,024)(639,996)(649,024)(635,310)
Less: current portion of finance lease obligations(121,201)(121,201)(109,204)(109,204)
Less: current portion of notes payable and supply chain financing(129,466)(129,466)(94,049)(94,049)
(978,441)(969,413)(931,027)(917,313)
Long-term debt$25,566,306 $25,471,418 $25,739,991 $25,629,447 
In connection
(a)The carrying amount is net of the unamortized deferred financing costs and/or discounts/premiums and with respect to certain notes, a fair value adjustment resulting from the Cequel and Cablevision Acquisition, in October 2015, Finco, a wholly-owned subsidiaryacquisitions.
(b)At March 31, 2022, $133,706 of the revolving credit facility was restricted for certain letters of credit issued on behalf of the Company which merged with and into CSC Holdings on June 21, 2016, entered into a senior secured$1,601,294 of the facility was undrawn and available, subject to covenant limitations.
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(c)The revolving credit facility which currently provides U.S. dollar term loans currently inof an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 ($2,992,500$2,475,000 is priced at LIBOR plus 2.25%.
(d)There were no borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2017) (the “CVC Term Loan Facility”, and the term loans extended under the CVC Term LoanLightpath Revolving Credit Facility the “CVC Term Loans”) and U.S. dollar revolving loanwhich provides for commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $2,300,000 (the “CVC Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “CVC Credit Facilities”), which are governed by a credit facilities agreement entered into by, inter alios, CSC Holdings, certain lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and security agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified on June 20, 2016, June 21, 2016, July 21, 2016, September 9, 2016, December 9, 2016 and March 15, 2017, respectively, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “CVC Credit Facilities Agreement”).
The amendment to the CVC Credit Facilities Agreement entered into on March 15, 2017 (“Extension Amendment”) increased the Term Loan by $500,000 to $3,000,000 and the maturity date for this facility was extended to July 17, 2025. The closing of the Extension Amendment occurred in April 2017 and the proceeds were used to refinance the entire $2,493,750 principal amount of existing Term Loans and redeem $500,000 of the 8.625% Senior Notes due September 2017 issued by Cablevision. In connection with the Extension Amendment and the redemption of the senior notes, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs aggregating $18,976.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, CSC Holdings borrowed $1,350,000 under its revolving credit facility ($500,000 was used to make cash distributions to its stockholders) and made voluntary repayments aggregating $350,256 with cash on hand. In October 2017, CSC Holdings made a voluntary repayment under its revolving credit facility of $50,000. This amount was reclassified from long term debt to current debt on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017.
Under the Extension Amendment, the Company is required to make scheduled quarterly payments equal to 0.25% (or $7,500) of the principal amount of the Term Loan, with the remaining balance scheduled to be paid on July 17, 2025, beginning with the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2017.
The CVC Credit Facilities permit CSC Holdings to request revolving loans, swing line loans or letters of credit from the revolving lenders, swingline lenders or issuing banks, as applicable, thereunder, from time to time prior to November 30, 2021, unless the commitments under the CVC Revolving Credit Facility have been previously terminated.
Loans comprising each eurodollar borrowing or alternate base rate borrowing, as applicable,$100,000. Borrowings bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the adjusted LIBOLIBOR rate or the alternate base rate, as applicable, plus the applicable margin, where the applicable margin is:
in respect of the CVC Term Loans, (i) with respect to any alternate base rate loan, 1.25% per annum and (ii) with respect to any eurodollar loan, 2.25% per annum, and
in respect of the CVC Revolving Credit Facility loansis (i) with respect to any alternate base rate loan, 2.25% per annum and (ii) with respect to any eurodollar loan, 3.25% per annum.
The CVC Credit Facilities Agreement requires(e)Includes $124,968 related to supply chain financing agreements that are required to be repaid within one year from the prepayment of outstanding CVC Term Loans, subject to certain exceptions and deductions, with (i) 100%date of the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales, subject to reinvestment rights and certain other exceptions; and (ii) commencing withrespective agreement.
For financing purposes, the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, a pari ratable share (based on the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans divided by the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all pari passu indebtedness and the Term Loans) of 50% of annual excess cash flow, which will be reduced to 0% if the consolidated net senior secured leverage ratio ofCompany has two debt silos: CSC Holdings is less than or equal to 4.5 to 1.
and Lightpath. The obligations under the CVC Credit Facilities are guaranteed by each restricted subsidiary of CSC Holdings (other than CSC TKR, LLCsilo is structured as a restricted group (the "Restricted Group") and itsan unrestricted group, which includes certain designated subsidiaries and certain excluded subsidiaries)investments (the “Initial Guarantors”"Unrestricted Group") and, subject to certain limitations, will be guaranteed by each future material wholly-owned restricted subsidiary of CSC Holdings.. The obligations under the CVC Credit Facilities (including any guarantees thereof) are secured on a first priority basis, subject


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to any liens permitted by the Credit Facilities, by capital stock held by CSC Holdings or any guarantor in certain subsidiaries of CSC Holdings, subject to certain exclusions and limitations.
The CVC Credit Facilities Agreement includes certain negative covenants which, among other things and subject to certain significant exceptions and qualifications, limit CSC Holdings' ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to: (i) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, (ii) make investments, (iii) create liens, (iv) sell assets and subsidiary stock, (v) pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase or redeem our capital stock or subordinated debt, (vi) engage in certain transactions with affiliates, (vii) enter into agreements that restrict the payment of dividends by subsidiaries or the repayment of intercompany loans and advances; and (viii) engage in mergers or consolidations. In addition, the CVC Revolving Credit Facility includes a financial maintenance covenant solely for the benefit of the lenders under the CVC Revolving Credit Facility consisting of a maximum consolidated net senior secured leverage ratioRestricted Group is comprised of CSC Holdings and substantially all of its restrictedwholly-owned operating subsidiaries excluding Cablevision Lightpath LLC ("Lightpath"), a 50.01% owned subsidiary of 5.0the Company, which became an unrestricted subsidiary in September 2020. These Restricted Group subsidiaries are subject to 1.0.the covenants and restrictions of the credit facility and indentures governing the notes issued by CSC Holdings. The financial covenant will be tested onLightpath silo includes all of its operating subsidiaries which are subject to the last daycovenants and restrictions of any fiscal quarter, but only if on such day there are outstanding borrowings under the CVC Revolving Credit Facility (including swingline loans but excluding any cash collateralized letters of credit facility and undrawn letters ofindentures governing the notes issued by Lightpath.
Both CSC Holdings and Lightpath's credit not to exceed $15,000).
The CVC Credit Facilities Agreement also containsfacilities agreements contain certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default (including, among others, an event of default upon a change of control). If an event of default occurs, the lenders under the CVC Credit Facilitiescredit facilities will be entitled to take various actions, including the acceleration of amounts due under the CVC Credit Facilitiescredit facilities and all actions permitted to be taken by a secured creditor.
As of March 31, 2022, CSC Holdings wasand Cablevision Lightpath were in compliance with all of itsapplicable financial covenants under the CVC Credit Facilities as of September 30, 2017.
Cequel Credit Facilities
On June 12, 2015, Altice US Finance I Corporation, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cequel, entered into a senior secured credit facility which currently provides term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $1,265,000 ($1,261,838 outstanding at September 30, 2017) (the “Cequel Term Loan Facility” and the term loans extended under the Cequel Term Loan Facility, the “Cequel Term Loans”) and revolving loan commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $350,000 (the “Cequel Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Cequel Term Loan Facility, the “Cequel Credit Facilities”) which are governed by atheir respective credit facilities agreement entered into by, inter alios, Altice US Finance I Corporation, certain lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified on October 25, 2016, December 9, 2016 and March 15, 2017, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement”).
The amendment to the Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement entered into on March 15, 2017 (“Cequel Extension Amendment”) increased the Term Loan by $450,000 to $1,265,000 and the maturity date for this facility was extended to July 28, 2025. The closing of the Extension Amendment occurred in April 2017 and the proceeds were used to refinance the entire $812,963 principal amount of loans under the Term Loan and redeem $450,000 of the 6.375% Senior Notes due September 15, 2020. In connection with the Cequel Extension Amendment and the redemption of the senior notes, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financings costs aggregating $28,684.
Under the Cequel Extension Amendment, the Company is required to make scheduled quarterly payments equal to 0.25% (or $3,163) of the principal amount of the Cequel Term Loan, with the remaining balance scheduled to be paid on July 28, 2025, beginning with the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2017.
Loans comprising each eurodollar borrowing or alternate base rate borrowing, as applicable bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the adjusted LIBO rate or the alternate base rate, as applicable, plus the applicable margin, where the applicable margin is:
in respect of the Cequel Term Loans, (i) with respect to any alternate base rate loan, 1.25% per annum and (ii) with respect to any eurodollar loan, 2.25% per annum, and
in respect of Cequel Revolving Credit Facility loans (i) with respect to any alternate base rate loan, 2.25% per annum and (ii) with respect to any eurodollar loan, 3.25% per annum.


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The Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement requires the prepayment of outstanding Term Loans, subject to certain exceptions and deductions, with (i) 100% of the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales, subject to reinvestment rights and certain other exceptions; and (ii) a pari ratable share (based on the outstanding principal amount of the Cequel Term Loans divided by the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all pari passu indebtedness and the Cequel Term Loans) of 50% of annual excess cash flow, which will be reduced to 0% if the consolidated net senior secured leverage ratio is less than or equal to 4.5:1.
The debt under the Cequel Credit Facility is secured by a first priority security interest in the capital stock of Suddenlink and substantially all of the present and future assets of Suddenlink and its restricted subsidiaries, and is guaranteed by Cequel Communications Holdings II, LLC, a subsidiary of Cequel (the "Parent Guarantor"), as well as all of Suddenlink’s existing and future direct and indirect subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement. The Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and affirmative covenants. In addition, the Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement contains restrictive covenants that limit, among other things, the ability of Suddenlink and its subsidiaries to incur indebtedness, create liens, engage in mergers, consolidations and other fundamental changes, make investments or loans, engage in transactions with affiliates, pay dividends, and make acquisitions and dispose of assets. The Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement also contains a maximum senior secured leverage maintenance covenant of 5.0 times EBITDA as defined in the Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement. Additionally, the Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement contains customary events of default, including failure to make payments, breaches of covenants and representations, cross defaults to other indebtedness, unpaid judgments, changes of control and bankruptcy events. The lenders’ commitments to fund amounts under the revolving credit facility are subject to certain customary conditions.
As of September 30, 2017, Cequel was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under each respective indenture by which the Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement.
The following table provides details of the Company's outstanding credit facility debt:
       Carrying Amount (a)
 Maturity Date Interest Rate Principal September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
CSC Holdings Restricted Group:         
Revolving Credit Facility (b)$20,000 on October 9, 2020, remaining balance on November 30, 2021 4.49% $1,175,000
 $1,149,024
 $145,013
Term Loan FacilityJuly 17, 2025 3.48% 2,992,500
 2,974,768
 2,486,874
Cequel:         
Revolving Credit Facility (c)November 30, 2021 — —
 —
 —
Term Loan FacilityJuly 28, 2025 3.49% 1,261,838
 1,253,110
 812,903
     $5,429,338
 5,376,902
 3,444,790
Less: Current portion92,650
 33,150
Long-term debt$5,284,252
 $3,411,640

(a)The carrying amount is net of the unamortized deferred financing costs and/or discounts/premiums.
(b)At September 30, 2017, $123,473 of the revolving credit facility was restricted for certain letters of credit issued on behalf of the Company and $1,001,527 of the facility was undrawn and available, subject to covenant limitations.
(c)At September 30, 2017, $16,575 of the revolving credit facility was restricted for certain letters of credit issued on behalf of the Company and $333,425 of the facility was undrawn and available, subject to covenant limitations.


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Senior Guaranteed Notes, Senior Secured Notes and Senior Notes and Debentures
The following table summarizes the Company's senior guaranteed notes, senior secured notes and senior notes and debentures:
     Interest Rate Principal Amount Carrying Amount (a)
IssuerDate Issued Maturity Date   September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
CSC Holdings (b)(f)February 6, 1998 February 15, 2018 7.875% $300,000
 $303,531
 $310,334
CSC Holdings (b)(f)July 21, 1998 July 15, 2018 7.625% 500,000
 511,312
 521,654
CSC Holdings (c)(f)February 12, 2009 February 15, 2019 8.625% 526,000
 544,422
 553,804
CSC Holdings (c)(f)November 15, 2011 November 15, 2021 6.750% 1,000,000
 957,954
 951,702
CSC Holdings (c)(f)May 23, 2014 June 1, 2024 5.250% 750,000
 657,903
 650,193
CSC Holdings (e)October 9, 2015 January 15, 2023 10.125% 1,800,000
 1,777,085
 1,774,750
CSC Holdings (e)(l)October 9, 2015 October 15, 2025 10.875% 1,684,221
 1,660,583
 1,970,379
CSC Holdings (e)October 9, 2015 October 15, 2025 6.625% 1,000,000
 986,394
 985,469
CSC Holdings (g)September 23, 2016 April 15, 2027 5.500% 1,310,000
 1,304,353
 1,304,025
Cablevision (k)September 23, 2009 September 15, 2017 8.625% —
 —
 926,045
Cablevision (c)(f)April 15, 2010 April 15, 2018 7.750% 750,000
 757,515
 767,545
Cablevision (c)(f)April 15, 2010 April 15, 2020 8.000% 500,000
 491,224
 488,992
Cablevision (c)(f)September 27, 2012 September 15, 2022 5.875% 649,024
 568,796
 559,500
Cequel and Cequel Capital Senior Notes (d)(m)Oct. 25, 2012 Dec. 28, 2012 September 15, 2020 6.375% 1,050,000
 1,025,616
 1,457,439
Cequel and Cequel Capital Senior Notes (d)May 16, 2013 Sept. 9, 2014 December 15, 2021 5.125% 1,250,000
 1,132,926
 1,115,767
Altice US Finance I Corporation Senior Secured Notes (h)June 12, 2015 July 15, 2023 5.375% 1,100,000
 1,081,815
 1,079,869
Cequel and Cequel Capital Senior Secured Notes (i)June 12, 2015 July 15, 2025 7.750% 620,000
 604,001
 602,925
Altice US Finance I Corporation Senior Notes (j)April 26, 2016 May 15, 2026 5.500% 1,500,000
 1,487,745
 1,486,933
       $16,289,245
 15,853,175
 17,507,325
Less: Current portion 1,572,358
 926,045
Long-term debt $14,280,817
 $16,581,280
(a)
The carrying amount is net of the unamortized deferred financing costs and/or discounts/premiums.
(b)
The debentures are not redeemable by CSC Holdings prior to maturity.
(c)
Notes are redeemable at any time at a specified "make-whole" price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
(d)The Company may redeem some or more of all the notes at the redemption price set forth in the relevant indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest.


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(e)The Company may redeem some or all of the 2023 Notes at any time on or after January 15, 2019, and some or all of the 2025 Notes and 2025 Guaranteed Notes at any time on or after October 15, 2020, at the redemption prices set forth in the relevant indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.  The Company may also redeem up to 40% of each series of the Cablevision Acquisition Notes using the proceeds of certain equity offerings before October 15, 2018, at a redemption price equal to 110.125% for the 2023 Notes, 110.875% for the 2025 Notes and 106.625% for the 2025 Guaranteed Notes, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, at any time prior to January 15, 2019, CSC Holdings may redeem some or all of the 2023 Notes, and at any time prior to October 15, 2020, the Company may redeem some or all of the 2025 Notes and the 2025 Guaranteed Notes, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus a “make whole” premium specified in the relevant indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest.
(f)The carrying value of the notes was adjusted to reflect their fair value on the Cablevision Acquisition Date (aggregate reduction of $52,788).
(g)The 2027 Guaranteed Notes are redeemable at any time on or after April 15, 2022 at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.  In addition, up to 40% may be redeemed for each series of the 2027 Guaranteed Notes using the proceeds of certain equity offerings before October 15, 2019, at a redemption price equal to 105.500%, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
(h)Some or all of these notes may be redeemed at any time on or after July 15, 2018, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Up to 40% of the notes may be redeemed using the proceeds of certain equity offerings before July 15, 2018, at a redemption price equal to 105.375%.
(i)Some or all of these notes may be redeemed at any time on or after July 15, 2020, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Up to 40% of the notes may be redeemed using the proceeds of certain equity offerings before July 15, 2018, at a redemption price equal to 107.750%.
(j)Some or all of these notes may be redeemed at any time on or after May 15, 2021, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. Up to 40% of the notes may be redeemed using the proceeds of certain equity offerings before May 15, 2019, at a redemption price equal to 105.500%.
(k)In April 2017, the Company redeemed $500,000 of the senior notes from proceeds from the CVC Term Loan facility. In September 2017, these senior notes matured and the Company repaid the remaining principal balance of $400,000.
(l)In July 2017, the Company used approximately $350,120 of the proceeds from the IPO to fund the redemption of $315,779 principal amount of CSC Holdings senior notes due October 2025 and the related call premium of approximately $34,341which was recorded as a loss on extinguishment of debt. The Company also recorded a write-off of deferred financings costs in connection with this redemption aggregating $4,516.
(m)In April 2017, the Company redeemed $450,000 of the senior notes from proceeds from the Cequel Term Loan facility.
The indentures under which the senior notes and debentures were issued contain various covenants.  The Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under these indentures as of September 30, 2017.
Notes Payable to Affiliates and Related Parties
On June 21, 2016, in connection with the Cablevision Acquisition, the Company issued notes payable to affiliates and related parties aggregating $1,750,000, of which $875,000 bore interest at 10.75% and matured on December 20, 2023 and $875,000 bore interest at 11% and matured on December 20, 2024.
As discussed in Note 1, in connection with the Company's IPO, the Company converted the notes payable to affiliates and related parties (together with accrued and unpaid interest of $529 and applicable premium of $513,723) into shares of the Company’s common stock at the IPO price. The premium was recorded as a loss on extinguishment of debt on the Company's statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. In connection with the conversion of the notes, the Company recorded a credit to paid in capital of $2,264,252.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recognized $90,405 of interest expense related to these notes prior to their conversion.


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issued.
Summary of Debt Maturities
The future maturities of debt payable by the Company under its various debt obligations outstanding as of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, including notes payable and collateralized indebtedness (see Note 10)9), and capital leases,but excluding finance lease obligations, are as follows:
2022$810,706 
20231,867,882 
20241,568,889 
20252,823,750 
20261,224,938 
Thereafter18,011,500 
Years Ending December 31,Cablevision Cequel Total
2017$29,925
 $5,256
 $35,181
20181,598,699
 14,421
 1,613,120
2019561,995
 12,713
 574,708
2020530,007
 1,062,723
 1,592,730
20213,664,638
 1,263,578
 4,928,216
Thereafter10,058,245
 4,428,075
 14,486,320
NOTE 10.9.    DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS AND COLLATERALIZED INDEBTEDNESS
Prepaid Forward Contracts
The Company has entered into various transactions to limit the exposure against equity price risk on its shares of Comcast Corporation ("Comcast") common stock.  The Company has monetized all of its stock holdings in Comcast through the execution of prepaid forward contracts, collateralized by an equivalent amount of the respective underlying stock.  At maturity, the contracts provide for the option to deliver cash or shares of Comcast stock with a value determined by reference to the applicable stock price at maturity.  These contracts, at maturity, are expected to offset declines in the fair value of these securities below the hedge price per share while allowing the Company to retain upside appreciation from the hedge price per share to the relevant cap price.  
The Company received cash proceeds upon execution of the prepaid forward contracts discussed above which has been reflected as collateralized indebtedness in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company separately accounts for the equity derivative component of the prepaid forward contracts. These equity derivatives have not been designated as hedges for accounting purposes. Therefore, the net fair values of the equity derivatives have been reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as an asset or liability and the net
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increases or decreases in the fair value of the equity derivative component of the prepaid forward contracts are included in gain (loss) on derivative contracts in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
All of the Company's monetization transactions are obligations of its wholly-owned subsidiaries that are not part of the Restricted Group; however, CSC Holdings has provided guarantees of the subsidiaries' ongoing contract payment expense obligations and potential payments that could be due as a result of an early termination event (as defined in the agreements).  If any one of these contracts werewas terminated prior to its scheduled maturity date, the Company would be obligated to repay the fair value of the collateralized indebtedness less the sum of the fair values of the underlying stock and equity collar, calculated at the termination date.  As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, the Company did not have an early termination shortfall relating to any of these contracts.
The Company monitors the financial institutions that are counterparties to its equity derivative contracts. All of the counterparties to such transactions carry investment grade credit ratings as of September 30, 2017.March 31, 2022.
Put/Call Options
In the third quarter of 2017,January 2021, the Company entered into a put-callsettled collateralized indebtedness and an equity derivative contract that expiresaggregating $185,105 upon maturity related to 5,337,750 shares of Comcast common stock held by us, with proceeds of $185,105 received in the third quarter of 2018 wherebycurrent period pursuant to the Company sold a put option and purchased a call option with the same strike price.synthetic monetization closeout transaction in November 2019. In connection with this transaction the Company provided cash collateralrecorded (i) a decrease in notes payable of approximately $45,000 at September 30, 2017, which reflects the aggregate difference between the strike price$59,451 and the closing price(ii) an increase in collateralized debt of the underlying shares and is reflected as restricted cash in our consolidated balance sheet. The fair value of the put-call contract of $48,326 as of September 30, 2017 is reflected in liabilities under derivative contracts on the Company’s balance sheet. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, $72,365 was recorded in the statement of operations as a loss on derivative contracts which reflected a change in the fair value of the put-call contract of $48,326 and a realized loss on the settlement of certain put-call options of $24,039. In October 2017, the Company settled the remaining put-call options and recognized an incremental loss of approximately $25,000.


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$59,451.
Interest Rate Swap Contracts
In June 2016, the CompanyTo manage interest rate risk, we have from time to time entered into two fixed to floating interest rate swap contracts. One fixed to floating interest rate swap is converting $750,000 from a fixed rate of 1.6655% to six-month LIBO rate and a second tranche of $750,000 from a fixed rate of 1.68% to six-month LIBO rate. The objective of these swaps is to cover the exposure of the 2026 Senior Secured Notes issued by Cequel to changes in the market interest rate. These swap contracts were not designated as hedges for accounting purposes. Accordingly, the changes in the fair value of these interest rate swap contracts to adjust the proportion of total debt that is subject to variable and fixed interest rates. Such contracts effectively fix the borrowing rates on floating rate debt to provide an economic hedge against the risk of rising rates and/or effectively convert fixed rate borrowings to variable rates to permit the Company to realize lower interest expense in a declining interest rate environment. We monitor the financial institutions that are recorded throughcounterparties to our interest rate swap contracts and we only enter into interest rate swap contracts with financial institutions that are rated investment grade. All such contracts are carried at their fair market values on our consolidated balance sheets, with changes in fair value reflected in the consolidated statements of operations.
TheAs of March 31, 2022, the Company doesdid not hold or issueand has not issued derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
The following represents the location of the assets and liabilities associated with the Company's derivative instruments within the consolidated balance sheets:
    Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments 
Balance Sheet
Location
 Fair Value at September 30, 2017 Fair Value at December 31, 2016 Fair Value at September 30, 2017 Fair Value at December 31, 2016
           
Prepaid forward contracts Derivative contracts, current $54,578
 $352
 $(54,578) $(13,158)
Prepaid forward contracts Derivative contracts, long-term —
 10,604
 (52,488) —
Put/Call options Liabilities under derivative contracts, current —
 —
 (48,326) —
Interest rate swap contracts Liabilities under derivative contracts, long-term —
 —
 (69,271) (78,823)
    $54,578
 $10,956
 $(224,663) $(91,981)
Gain (loss) related to the Company's derivative contracts related to the Comcast common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 of $55,602 and $(81,905), respectively, are reflected in gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net in the Company's consolidated statement of operations.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded a gain (loss) on investments of $(18,900) and $169,888, respectively, representing the net increase (decrease) in the fair values of the investment securities pledged as collateral. 
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded a gain on interest rate swap contracts of $1,051 and $12,539, respectively.
Settlements of Collateralized Indebtedness
The following table summarizes the settlement of the Company's collateralized indebtedness relating to Comcast shares that were settled by delivering cash equal to the collateralized loan value, net of the value of the related equity derivative contracts during the nine months ended September 30, 2017: 
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging InstrumentsBalance Sheet LocationFair Value at
March 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Asset Derivatives:
Interest rate swap contractsPrepaid expenses and other current assets$— $2,993 
Interest rate swap contractsOther asset, long-term53,539 — 
53,539 2,993 
Liability Derivatives:
Interest rate swap contractsOther current liabilities— (3,441)
Prepaid forward contractsLiabilities under derivative contracts, long-term(60,868)(161,942)
Interest rate swap contractsLiabilities under derivative contracts, long-term(30,084)(114,991)
 $(90,952)$(280,374)
Number of shares (a)21,477,618
Collateralized indebtedness settled$(617,151)
Derivatives contracts settled(37,838)
 (654,989)
Proceeds from new monetization contracts662,724
Net cash proceeds$7,735
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The cash to settle the collateralized indebtedness was obtained from the proceedsfollowing table presents certain consolidated statement of new monetization contracts covering an equivalent number of Comcast shares.  The terms of the new contracts allow the Company to retain upside participation in Comcast shares up to each respective contract's upside appreciation limit with downside exposure limited to the respective hedge price. 
In April 2017, the Company entered into new monetization contractsoperations data related to 32,153,118 shares of Comcast common stock held by Cablevision, which synthetically reversed the existing contracts related to these shares (the "Synthetic Monetization Closeout"). As the existing collateralized debt matures, the Company will settle the contracts with proceeds received from the new monetization contracts. The new monetization contracts mature on April 28, 2021. The new monetization contracts provide the Company with downside protection below the hedge price of $35.47 and upside benefit of stock price appreciation up to $44.72 per share. In connection with the execution of these contracts, the Company recorded (i) the fair value of the equityour derivative contracts and the underlying common stock:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts related to change in the value of equity derivative contracts related to Comcast common stock$101,074 $(53,565)
Change in the fair value of Comcast common stock included in gain (loss) on investments(150,773)73,453 
Gain on interest rate swap contracts123,147 75,653 
The following is a summary of $64,793 (in a net asset position), (ii) notes payable of $111,657, representing the fair value of the existing equity derivativeinterest rate swap contracts in a liability position, and (iii) a discount on notes payable of $46,864.outstanding at March 31, 2022:
Trade DateMaturity DateNotional AmountCompany PaysCompany Receives
March 2020January 2025$500,000 Fixed rate of 1.53%Three-month LIBOR
December 2018January 2025500,000 Fixed rate of 1.625%Three-month LIBOR
March 2020January 2025500,000 Fixed rate of 1.458%Three-month LIBOR
December 2018December 2026750,000 Fixed rate of 2.9155%Three-month LIBOR
December 2018December 2026750,000 Fixed rate of 2.9025%Three-month LIBOR
NOTE 11.10.    FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
The fair value hierarchy is based on inputs to valuation techniques that are used to measure fair value that are either observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability based on market data obtained from independent sources while unobservable inputs reflect a reporting entity's pricing based upon their own market assumptions. The fair value hierarchy consists of the following three levels:
•Level I - Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.
•Level II - Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.
•Level III - Instruments whose significant value drivers are unobservable.
The following table presents for each of these hierarchy levels, the Company's financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:basis and their classification under the fair value hierarchy:
Fair Value
Hierarchy		March 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Assets:
Money market fundsLevel I$131,259 $100,015 
Investment securities pledged as collateralLevel I2,011,164 2,161,937 
Prepaid forward contractsLevel II— — 
Interest rate swap contractsLevel II53,539 2,993 
Liabilities:
Prepaid forward contractsLevel II60,868 161,942 
Interest rate swap contractsLevel II30,084 118,432 
 
Fair Value
Hierarchy
 September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Assets:     
Money market funds (of which $14,700 is classified as restricted cash as of December 31, 2016)Level I $65,801
 $100,139
Investment securities pledged as collateralLevel I 1,652,917
 1,483,030
Prepaid forward contractsLevel II 54,578
 10,956
Liabilities:     
Prepaid forward contractsLevel II 107,066
 13,158
Put/Call OptionsLevel II 48,326
 —
Interest rate swap contractsLevel II 69,271
 78,823
Contingent consideration related to 2017 acquisitionLevel III 30,000
 —
The Company's money market funds which are classified as cash equivalents investment securities and investment securities pledged as collateral are classified within Level I of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices.
The Company's derivative contracts and liabilities under derivative contracts on the Company's consolidated balance sheets are valued using market-based inputs to valuation models. These valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, yield curves, and measures of volatility. When appropriate, valuations are
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adjusted for various factors such as liquidity, bid/offer spreads and credit risk considerations. Such adjustments are generally based on available market evidence. Since model inputs can generally be verified and do not involve significant management judgment, the Company has concluded that these instruments should be classified within Level II of the fair value hierarchy.


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The fair value of the contingent consideration related to the acquisition in the first quarter of 2017 was estimated based on a probability assessment of attaining the targets. The estimated amount recorded as of September 30, 2017 is the full contractual amount.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate:
Credit Facility Debt, Collateralized Indebtedness, Senior Notes, and Debentures,Senior Guaranteed Notes, Senior Secured Notes, Senior Guaranteed Notes, Notes Payable, to Affiliates and Related Parties and Notes PayableSupply Chain Financing
The fair values of each of the Company's debt instruments are based on quoted market prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates offered to the Company for instruments of the same remaining maturities. The fair value of notes payable is based primarily on the present value of the remaining payments discounted at the borrowing cost. The carrying value of outstanding amounts related to supply chain financing agreements approximates the fair value due to their short-term maturity (less than one year).
The carrying values, estimated fair values, and classification under the fair value hierarchy of the Company's financial instruments, excluding those that are carried at fair value in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, are summarized as follows:below:
   September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
 
Fair Value
Hierarchy
 
Carrying
Amount (a)
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Amount (a)
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Altice USA debt instruments:         
Notes payable to affiliates and related partiesLevel II $—
 $—
 $1,750,000
 $1,837,876
CSC Holdings debt instruments:   
  
  
  
Credit facility debtLevel II 4,123,792
 4,167,500
 2,631,887
 2,675,256
Collateralized indebtednessLevel II 1,314,788
 1,286,557
 1,286,069
 1,280,048
Senior guaranteed notesLevel II 2,290,748
 2,460,675
 2,289,494
 2,416,375
Senior notes and debenturesLevel II 6,412,789
 7,421,261
 6,732,816
 7,731,150
Notes payableLevel II 76,442
 72,802
 13,726
 13,260
Cablevision senior notes:Level II 1,817,536
 1,998,340
 2,742,082
 2,920,056
Cequel debt instruments:  

 

 

 

Cequel credit facilityLevel II 1,253,110
 1,261,838
 812,903
 815,000
Senior secured notesLevel II 2,569,559
 2,745,750
 2,566,802
 2,689,750
Senior notesLevel II 2,762,543
 3,036,850
 3,176,131
 3,517,275
Notes payableLevel II 3,083
 3,083
 —
 —
   $22,624,390
 $24,454,656
 $24,001,910
 $25,896,046
March 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Fair Value
Hierarchy		Carrying
Amount (a)		Estimated
Fair Value		Carrying
Amount (a)		Estimated
Fair Value
Credit facility debtLevel II$8,318,764 $8,366,750 $8,495,611 $8,546,438 
Collateralized indebtednessLevel II1,716,600 1,727,051 1,706,997 1,741,710 
Senior guaranteed notes and senior secured notesLevel II8,078,369 7,610,688 8,077,372 8,180,813 
Senior notesLevel II7,957,142 7,203,109 7,950,241 7,883,071 
Notes payable and supply chain financingLevel II132,874 132,861 97,804 97,588 
$26,203,749 $25,040,459 $26,328,025 $26,449,620 
(a)Amounts are net of unamortized deferred financing costs and discounts/premiums.
(a)Amounts are net of unamortized deferred financing costs and discounts.
The fair value estimates related to the Company's debt instruments presented above are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgments and therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates.
NOTE 12.11.    INCOME TAXES
In general, the Company is required to use an estimated annual effective tax rate ("AETR") to measure the income tax expense or benefit recognized in an interim period. The estimated annual effective tax rate is revised on a quarterlyyear to date basis and therefore may be different from the rate used in a prioran interim period. In addition, certain items included in income tax expense as well as the tax impact of certain items included in pretax income from continuing operations must be treated as discrete items. The income tax expense or benefit associated with these discrete items is fully recognized in the interim period in which the items occur.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded a tax expense of $82,846 on pre-tax income of $284,987, resulting in an effective tax rate that was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate. The higher tax rate was due to the impact of certain non-deductible expenses and state tax expense.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recorded a tax expense of $112,007 on pre-tax income of $390,546, resulting in an effective tax rate that was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate. The higher tax rate was due to the impact of certain non-deductible expenses and state tax expense.

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NOTE 12.    SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company recorded income tax benefit of $134,688 and $429,664 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, reflecting an effective tax rate of 43% and 37%, respectively. Nondeductiblefollowing table presents share-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 reduced income tax benefitrecognized by $6,002 and $16,373, respectively.
The Company recorded income tax benefit of $118,230 and $101,332 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. On June 9, 2016 the common stock of Cequel Corporation was contributed to the Company. On June 21, 2016, the Company completed its acquisition of Cablevision. Accordingly, Cequel and Cablevision joined the federal consolidated and certain state combined income tax returns of the Company. As a result, the applicate tax rate used to measure deferred tax assets and liabilities increased, resulting in a non-cash deferred income tax charge of $153,660 in the second quarter of 2016. In addition, there was no state income tax benefit on the pre-merger accrued interest at Finco, resulting in additional deferred tax expense of $2,431 and $18,542 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.
On January 1, 2017, the Company adopted ASU 2016-09 using the prospective transition method with respect to the presentation of excess tax benefits in the statement of cash flows. In connection with the adoption, a deferred tax asset of $308,231 for previously unrealized excess tax benefits related to share-based payment awards was recognized with the offset recorded to accumulated deficit.
As of September 30, 2017, the Company's federal net operating losses (“NOLs”) were approximately $2,674,000. The utilization of certain pre-merger NOLs of Cablevision and Cequel are limited pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 382. The Company does not expect such limitations to impact the ability to utilize the NOLs prior to their expiration.
NOTE 13.    SHARE BASED COMPENSATION
Certain employees of the Company and its affiliates received awards of units in a carry unit plan of Neptune Management LP, an entity which has an ownership interest inunrecognized compensation cost:
Share-Based CompensationUnrecognized Compensation Cost As of March 31, 2022
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Awards issued pursuant to LTIP:
Stock Option Awards$22,497 $24,223 $130,916 
Performance Stock Units2,026 2,982 40,931 
Restricted Share Units16,009 317 93,723 
Other awards— 759 — 
$40,532  $28,281 $265,570 
Stock Option Awards
The following table summarizes activity related to stock options granted to Company employees:
 Shares Under OptionWeighted Average
Exercise
Price Per Share		Weighted Average Remaining
Contractual Term
(in years)		Aggregate Intrinsic
Value (a)
Balance at December 31, 202150,998,816 $22.51 8.29$6,801 
Granted1,284,633 14.01 
Forfeited(927,472)22.63 
Balance at March 31, 2022 (b)51,355,977 $22.30 7.96276 
Options exercisable at March 31, 202219,713,832 $24.23 6.36$— 
(a)The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the Company. The awards generally vest as follows: 50% ondifference between the second anniversary of June 21, 2016 for Cablevision employees or December 21, 2015 for Cequel employees ("Base Date"), 25% onexercise price and the third anniversary of the Base Date, and 25% on the fourth anniversary of the Base Date.  Neptune Holding US GP LLC, the general partner of Neptune Management LP, has the right to repurchase (or to assign to an affiliate, including the Company, the right to repurchase) vested awards held by employees for sixty days following their termination.  For performance-based awards under the plan, vesting occurs upon achievement or satisfaction of a specified performance condition. The Company considered the probability of achieving the established performance targets in determining the share-based compensation with respect to these awards at the end of each reporting period. The carry unit plan has 259,442,785 units authorized for issuance, of which 215,295,834 have been issued to employees of the Company and 11,300,000 have been issued to employeesclosing price of Altice N.V. and affiliated companies as of September 30, 2017.
Beginning on the fourth anniversary of the Base Date, the holders of carry units have an annual opportunity (a sixty day period determined by the administrator of the plan) to sell their units back to Neptune Holding US GP LLC (or affiliate, including the Company, designated by Neptune Holding US GP LLC). Accordingly, the carry units are presented as temporary equity on the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. Adjustments to fair value at each reporting period are recorded in paid-in capital.
The right of Neptune Holding US GP LLC to assign to an affiliate, including the Company, the right to repurchase an employee’s vested units during the sixty-day period following termination, or to satisfy its obligation to repurchase an employee’s vested units during annual 60 day periods following the fourth anniversary of the Base Date, may be exercised by Neptune Holding US GP LLC in its discretion at the time a repurchase right or obligation arises. The carry unit plan requires the purchase price payable to the employee or former employee, as the case may be, to be paid in cash, a promissory note (with a term of not more than 3 years and bearing interest at the long-term applicable federal rate under Section 1274(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or combination thereof, in each case as determined by Neptune Holding US GP LLC in its discretion at the time of the repurchase. Neptune Holding US GP LLC expects that vested units will be redeemed for shares of the Company'sUSA's Class A common stock upon vesting.at the respective date.
(b)Options to purchase 13,147,405 shares are subject to shareholder approval of an increase of shares authorized to be issued pursuant to the Company's 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").
The Company measures thetotal unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of employee services received in exchange for carry units based on theapproximately 2.52 years.
The weighted-average fair value of the award at grant date. For carry unitstock option awards granted in 2016, an option pricing modelduring the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $4.50. The following weighted-average assumptions were used which requires subjective assumptions for which changes in these assumptions could materially affectto calculate the fair valuevalues of stock option awards granted during the carry units outstanding.three months ended March 31, 2022:

Risk-free interest rate1.93%
Expected life (in years)6.16
Dividend yield—%
Volatility37.09%

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The time to liquidity event assumption was based on management’s judgment. The equity volatility assumption was estimated using the historical weekly volatility of publicly traded comparable companies. The risk-free rate assumed was based on the U.S. Constant Maturity Treasury Rates for a period matching the expected time to liquidity event. The discount for lack of marketability was based on Finnerty's (2012) average-strike put option model.
For carry unit awards granted in the first and second quarter of 2017, the Company estimated the grant date fair value based on the value established in the Company's IPO.Performance Stock Unit Awards
The following table summarizes activity relatingrelated to carry units:performance stock units ("PSUs") granted to Company employees:
Number of PSUs
Balance at December 31, 20216,361,894 
Forfeited(163,621)
Balance at March 31, 20226,198,273 
 
Number of Time
Vesting Awards
 
Number of Performance
Based Vesting Awards
 Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance, December 31, 2016192,800,000
 10,000,000
 $0.37
Granted28,025,000
 —
 3.14
Forfeited(4,229,166) —
 0.37
Balance, September 30, 2017216,595,834
 10,000,000
 0.71
Awards vested at September 30, 2017—
 —
  
The PSUs have a weighted average grant date fair value of $10.65 per unit was $1.76 and $3.49 as of December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recognized an expense of $15,005 and $40,932unit. The total unrecognized compensation cost related to the push downoutstanding PSUs is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of share-based compensationapproximately 3.83 years.
Restricted Share Units
The following table summarizes activity related to the carry unit plan of which approximately $14,448 and $39,150 related torestricted share units granted to Company employees:
Number of Units
Balance at December 31, 20216,617,837 
Granted416,484 
Forfeited(158,111)
Balance at March 31, 2022 (a)6,876,210 
(a)5,023,530 Restricted stock units are subject to shareholder approval of an increase of shares authorized to be issued pursuant to the 2017 LTIP.
Lightpath Plan Awards
As of March 31, 2022, 433,225 Class A-1 management incentive units and 231,928 Class A-2 management incentive units ("Award Units") granted to certain employees of Lightpath were outstanding. Vested units will be redeemed upon a partial exit, a change in control or the Companycompletion of an initial public offering, as defined in the Lightpath Holdings LLC agreement. The grant date fair value of the Award Units granted and $557outstanding aggregated $29,000 and $1,782 related to employees of Altice N.V. and affiliated companies allocated towill be expensed in the Company.period in which a partial exit or a liquidity event is consummated.
NOTE 14.13.    AFFILIATE AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Equity Method Investments
In July 2016, the Company completed the sale of a 75% interest in Newsday LLC ("Newsday") to an employee of the Company. The Company retained the remaining 25% ownership interest. Effective July 7, 2016, the operating results of Newsday are no longer consolidated with those of the Company and the Company's 25% interest in the operating results of Newsday is recorded on the equity method.
At September 30, 2017, the Company's 25% investment in Newsday and its 25% interest in i24NEWS, Altice N.V.'s 24/7 international news and current affairs channel aggregated $1,694 and is included in investments in affiliates on our consolidated balance sheet. The operating results of Newsday and i24NEWS are recorded on the equity basis. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded equity in net loss of Newsday of $1,034 and $2,571, respectively, and equity in net loss of I24NEWS of $541 and $3,126, respectively.
Affiliate and Related Party Transactions
Altice USA is controlled by Patrick Drahi through Next Alt who also controls Altice Europe and other entities.
As the transactions discussed below were conducted between subsidiaries of Altice N.V.entities under common control and equity method investees,by Mr. Drahi, amounts charged for certain services may not have represented amounts that might have been received or incurred if the transactions were based upon arm's length negotiations.
Altice Technical Services US Corp. ("ATS")The following table summarizes the revenue and expenses related to services provided to or received from affiliates and related parties:
ATS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altice Technical Services B.V., a 70% owned subsidiary of Altice N.V. ATS was formed to provide network construction and maintenance services and commercial and residential installations, disconnections, and maintenance.
In the second quarter of 2017, the Company entered into an Independent Contractor Agreement with ATS that governs the terms of the services described above. The Company believes the services it receives from ATS will be of higher quality and at a lower cost than the Company could achieve without ATS, including for the construction of our new FTTH network. The Company also entered into a transition services agreement (“TSA”) for the use of the Company’s resources to provide various overhead functions to ATS, including accounting, legal and human resources and for the

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Revenue$638 $3,406 
Operating expenses:
Programming and other direct costs$(4,618)$(2,228)
Other operating expenses, net(3,095)(3,179)
Operating expenses, net(7,713)(5,407)
Net charges$(7,075)$(2,001)
Capital Expenditures$11,838 $10,621 

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use of certain facilities, vehicles and technician tools during a transitional period that generally ends on December 31, 2017, although the term can be extended on a service-by-service basis. The TSA requires ATS to reimburse the Company for its cost to provide such services.
During the second quarter of 2017, a substantial portion of the Company's technical workforce at the Cablevision segment either accepted employment with ATS or became employees of ATS and ATS commenced operations and began to perform services for the Company. It is anticipated that a substantial portion of the Cequel segment technical workforce will become employees of ATS later in 2017.
From the formation of ATS and up until an equity contribution was made by its parent in June 2017, ATS met the definition of a variable interest entity in accordance with ASC 810-10-15-14. The Company evaluated whether its arrangement under the terms of the Independent Contractor Agreement is a variable interest, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary and whether the Company should consolidate ATS. The Company concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of ATS because ATS is controlled by its parent, which in turn is controlled by Altice N.V. who has the power to direct the most significant activities of ATS.
As of September 30, 2017, the Company had a prepayment balance of $11,296 primarily to ATS which is reflected in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $2,570 which is reflected in other long-term assets on the Company's balance sheet.
The Company reduced goodwill to reflect the preliminary estimate of the historical value of the goodwill associated with the transfer to ATS described above of $23,101, that has been recorded as a reduction to stockholders' equity.
The following table summarizes the revenue and charges related to services provided to or received from subsidiaries of Altice N.V. and Newsday:

 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Revenue$986
 $720
 $1,380
 $720
Operating expenses: 
      
Programming and other direct costs$(1,196) $(642) $(3,026) $(642)
Other operating expenses, net(28,332) (8,056) (73,263) (13,056)
Operating expenses, net(29,528) (8,698) (76,289) (13,698)
        
Interest expense (a)—
 (48,617) (90,405) (53,922)
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs—
 —
 (513,723) —
Net charges$(28,542) $(56,595) $(679,037) $(66,900)
Capital Expenditures$72,185
 $—
 $98,234
 $—
(a)See Note 9 for a discussion of interest expense related to notes payable to affiliates and related parties of $90,405 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.
Revenue
The Company recognized revenue in connection with the sale of pay television, broadband and telephony services to ATS andprimarily from the sale of advertising to Newsday.subsidiaries of Altice Europe, including Teads S.A. ("Teads") and in 2021, a foundation controlled by Mr. Drahi.
Programming and other direct costs
Programming and other direct costs include costs incurred by the Company for the transport and termination of voice and dataadvertising services provided by a subsidiaryTeads.
Other operating expenses, net
Other operating expenses primarily include charges for services provided by certain subsidiaries of Altice N.V.Europe and other related parties.

Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures primarily include costs for equipment purchased and software development services provided by subsidiaries of Altice Europe.
Aggregate amounts that were due from and due to affiliates and related parties are summarized below:
March 31, 2022December 31, 2021
Due from:
Altice Europe$295 $241 
Other affiliates and related parties3,535 3,535 
$3,830 $3,776 
Due to:
Altice Europe$21,524 $30,604 
Other affiliates and related parties1,348 1,206 
$22,872 $31,810 

Amounts due from affiliates presented in the table above and included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the accompanying balance sheets represent amounts paid by the Company on behalf of or for services provided to the respective related party. Amounts due to affiliates presented in the table above and included in other current liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets relate to the purchase of equipment and advertising services, as well as reimbursement for payments made on our behalf.
CSC Holdings
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, CSC Holdings made cash equity distribution payments to its parent. Also, CSC Holdings recorded net non-cash equity contributions (distributions) during the three months ended March 31, 2021 which represent the non-cash settlement of intercompany balances with Altice USA. These balances primarily include amounts due to/due from Altice USA pursuant to a tax sharing agreement between the entities. See summary below:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Cash distribution payments to Altice USA$— $(501,000)
Non-cash equity distributions, net to Altice USA— (748)
NOTE 14.    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Legal Matters
On June 23, 2020, a purported stockholder of the Company filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, derivatively on behalf of the Company, against Patrick Drahi, Next Alt S.à.r.l., and those directors of the Company who are members of the Compensation Committee (collectively, the “Director Defendants”). The Company

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COMBINED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
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Other operating expenses
Other operating expenses includes chargesis also named as a nominal defendant in the complaint. The complaint alleges that the Director Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders, and wasted corporate assets, by approving certain equity grants for Patrick Drahi. The complaint seeks rescission of $20,030the equity awards, monetary damages, and $48,997 from ATScosts and disbursements for the threeplaintiff. On October 15, 2020, the Director Defendants answered the complaint and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, pursuant to the Independent Contractor Agreement, net of charges to ATS pursuant to the TSA, discussed above.
A subsidiary of Altice N.V. provides certain executive services, as well as consulting, advisory and other services, including, prior to the IPO, CEO, CFO and COO services, to the Company. Compensation under the terms of the agreement is an annual fee of $30,000 to be paid by the Company. Fees associated with this agreement recorded by the Company amountedfiled a general denial of liability. Following negotiations with plaintiff, the parties executed a stipulation and agreement of compromise, settlement, and release on April 27, 2022 to approximately $7,500 and $22,500, forsettle the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $8,056 and $13,056 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. As of June 20, 2017, the CEO, CFO and COO became employees of thelitigation. That settlement remains subject to court approval.
On November 6, 2018, Sprint Communications Company and the agreement was assigned to Altice N.V. byL.P ("Sprint") filed a subsidiary of Altice N.V.
Other operating expenses also include charges for services provided by other subsidiaries of Altice N.V. aggregating $802 and $1,766, respectively, net of a credit of $76 and $917 for transition services provided to Newsday for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures include $68,636 and $85,320 (including advance payments related to the FTTH project of $41,036) for installation and construction activities performed by ATS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $3,549 and $12,914, respectively, for equipment purchases and software development services provided by subsidiaries of Altice NV.
Aggregate amounts that were due from and due to related parties are summarized below:
 September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Due from:   
Altice US Finance S.A. (a)$12,951
 $12,951
Newsday (b)4,177
 6,114
Altice Management Americas (b)615
 3,117
i24NEWS (b)3,373
 —
Other Altice N.V. subsidiaries (b)37
 —
 $21,153
 $22,182
Due to:   
CVC 3BV (c)—
 71,655
Neptune Holdings US LP (c)—
 7,962
Altice Management International (d)—
 44,121
ATS (b)(e)22,541
 —
Newsday (b)103
 275
Other Altice N.V. subsidiaries (f)6,358
 3,350
 $29,002
 $127,363
(a)Represents interest on senior notes paid by the Company on behalf of the affiliate.
(b)Represents amounts paid by the Company on behalf of the respective related party and for Newsday and ATS, the net amounts due from the related party also include charges for certain transition services provided.
(c)Represents distributions payable to stockholders.
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(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

(e)Represents amounts due to ATS for construction, maintenance, and installation services, net of charges to ATS pursuant to the TSA. See discussion above.
(f)Represents amounts due to affiliates for services provided to the Company.
The table above does not include notes payable to affiliates and related parties of $1,750,000 and the related accrued interest of $102,557 as of December 31, 2016, respectively, which is reflected in accrued interestcomplaint in the Company's balance sheet. See discussion in Note 9.
In the second quarter of 2017, the Company made cash distributions aggregating $839,700 to stockholders, $500,000 of which were funded with proceeds from borrowings under CSC Holdings' revolving credit facility.
NOTE 15.    COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Legal Matters
Following expiration of the affiliation agreements for carriage of certain Fox broadcast stations and cable networks on October 16, 2010, News Corporation terminated delivery of the programming feeds to Cablevision, and as a result, those stations and networks were unavailable on Cablevision's cable television systems. On October 30, 2010, Cablevision and Fox reached an agreement on new affiliation agreements for these stations and networks, and carriage was restored. Several purported class action lawsuits alleging breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and consumer fraud and seeking unspecified compensatory damages, punitive damages and attorneys' fees were subsequently filed on behalf of Cablevision's customers seeking recovery for the lack of Fox programming. Those lawsuits were consolidated in an action before the U. S.U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York,Delaware alleging that the Company infringes Sprint’s patents purportedly by providing Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") services. The lawsuit is part of a pattern of litigation that was initiated as far back as 2005 by Sprint against numerous broadband and a consolidated complaint was filedtelecommunications providers, which has resulted in judgments and settlements of significant value for Sprint. Trial is scheduled to commence on December 12, 2022, at which we expect Sprint to seek as much as $250 million in damages. The Company intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.
The Company has received from UMG Recordings, Inc., Capitol Records, LLC, and BMG Rights Management (US) LLC letters alleging that courtthe Company has not adequately addressed copyright infringement on February 22, 2011. On March 28, 2012, in ruling on Cablevision's motion to dismiss, the Court dismissed all of plaintiffs’ claims, except for breach of contract.  On March 30, 2014, the Court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. The parties have entered into a settlement agreement, whichits networks and is subject to Court approval. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had an estimated liability associated with a potential settlement totaling $5,200. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded an additional liability of $800. The amount ultimately paid in connection with the proposed settlement could exceed the amount recorded.
In October 2015, the New York Attorney General began an investigation into whether the major Internet Service Providers in New York State deliver advertised Internet speeds.and damages for secondary copyright infringement. The Company is cooperating with this investigation and is currently in discussions with the New York Attorney General about resolving the investigation asintends to the Company, which resolution may involve operational and or financial components. While the Company is unable to predictvigorously defend these claims.
Although the outcome of the investigationabove matters cannot be predicted and the impact of a final resolution of these matters on the Company’s results of operations or these discussions,financial position is not known or reasonably estimable at this time, itmanagement does not expectbelieve that the outcomeultimate resolution of the matters, individually or together, will have a material adverse effect on the operations or financial position of the Company or the ability of the Company to meet its operations, financial conditionsobligations as they become due, but they could be material to the Company’s consolidated results of operations or cash flows.flows for any one period.
TheIn addition to the matters discussed above, the Company also receives notices from third parties, and in some cases is named as a defendant in certain lawsuits, claiming infringement of various patents or copyrights relating to various aspects of the Company's businesses. In certain of these cases other industry participants are also defendants.  Indefendants, and in certain of these cases the Company expects that anysome or all potential liability would be the responsibility of the Company's equipment vendors pursuant to applicable contractual indemnification provisions. The Company believesIn the event that the claims are without merit and intends to defend the actions vigorously, but is unable to predict the outcome of these matters or reasonably estimate a range of possible loss.
In addition to the matters discussed above, the Company is found to infringe on any patent or other intellectual property rights, the Company may be subject to substantial damages and/or an injunction that could require the Company or its vendors to modify certain products and services the Company offers to its subscribers, as well as enter into royalty or license agreements with respect to the patents at issue. The Company is also party to various other lawsuits, disputes and investigations arising in the ordinary course of its business, some involvingof which may involve claims for substantial damages.damages, fines or penalties. Although the outcome of these other matters cannot be predicted and the impact of the final resolution of these other matters on the Company's results of operations in a particular subsequent reporting period is not known, management does not believe that the resolution of these other lawsuitsmatters, individually, will have a material adverse effect on the operations or financial position of the Company or the ability of the Company to meet its financial obligations as they become due.
NOTE 16.    SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company classifies its operations into two reportable segments: Cablevision and Cequel. The Company's reportable segments are strategic business units that are managed separately.  The Company evaluates segment performance based on several factors, of which the primary financial measure is business segment Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure.  The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) excluding income taxes, income (loss) from discontinued operations, non-operating other income or expenses, loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs, gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts, gain (loss) on derivative contracts, gain (loss) on investments, interest


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

expense (including cash interest expense), interest income, depreciation and amortization (including impairments), share-based compensation expense or benefit, restructuring expense or credits and transaction expenses.  The Company has presented the components that reconcile Adjusted EBITDA to operating income, an accepted GAAP measure:
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
 Cablevision Cequel Total Cablevision (a) Cequel Total
Operating income (loss)$11,185
 $123,679
 $134,864
 $39,947
 $102,832
 $142,779
Share-based compensation11,555
 3,450
 15,005
 1,091
 579
 1,670
Restructuring and other expense35,364
 18,084
 53,448
 45,176
 2,640
 47,816
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)656,102
 167,163
 823,265
 481,497
 189,432
 670,929
Adjusted EBITDA$714,206
 $312,376
 $1,026,582
 $567,711
 $295,483
 $863,194
 Nine months ended September 30, 2017 Nine months ended September 30, 2016
 Cablevision Cequel Total Cablevision (a) Cequel Total
Operating income (loss)$244,667
 $395,213
 $639,880
 $(32,133) $274,575
 $242,442
Share-based compensation28,597
 12,335
 40,932
 1,091
 579
 1,670
Restructuring and other expense105,182
 37,583
 142,765
 143,891
 11,195
 155,086
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)1,641,477
 497,299
 2,138,776
 526,057
 559,872
 1,085,929
Adjusted EBITDA$2,019,923
 $942,430
 $2,962,353
 $638,906
 $846,221
 $1,485,127
(a) Reflects operating results of Cablevision from the date of acquisition.
A reconciliation of reportable segment amounts to the Company's consolidated balances are as follows:
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
Operating income for reportable segments$134,864
 $142,779
 $639,880
 $242,442
Items excluded from operating income:
 
    
Interest expense(379,064) (446,242) (1,232,730) (1,015,866)
Interest income961
 404
 1,373
 12,787
Gain (loss) on investments, net(18,900) 24,833
 169,888
 83,467
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net(16,763) 773
 (154,270) (26,572)
Gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts1,051
 (15,861) 12,539
 24,380
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs(38,858) —
 (600,240) (19,948)
Other income (expense), net(65) 2,531
 832
 2,548
Loss before income taxes$(316,774) $(290,783) $(1,162,728) $(696,762)


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(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

The following tables present the composition of revenue by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:
 Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
 Cablevision Cequel Eliminations Total Cablevision (a) Cequel Total
Residential:             
Pay TV$782,214
 $272,178
 $—
 $1,054,392
 $772,886
 $279,109
 $1,051,995
Broadband404,153
 241,941
 —
 646,094
 366,166
 212,439
 578,605
Telephony172,904
 31,849
 —
 204,753
 178,000
 38,186
 216,186
Business services and wholesale230,274
 94,486
 —
 324,760
 220,352
 89,014
 309,366
Advertising67,563
 17,456
 (480) 84,539
 67,815
 20,944
 88,759
Other7,211
 5,426
 —
 12,637
 9,480
 5,830
 15,310
Total Revenue$1,664,319
 $663,336
 $(480) $2,327,175
 $1,614,699
 $645,522
 $2,260,221
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
 Cablevision (a) Cequel Eliminations Total Cablevision (a) Cequel Total
Residential:             
Pay TV$2,356,230
 $829,380
 $—
 $3,185,610
 $859,932
 $840,354
 $1,700,286
Broadband1,177,731
 709,548
 —
 1,887,279
 406,057
 613,012
 1,019,069
Telephony524,696
 99,381
 —
 624,077
 198,282
 116,855
 315,137
Business services and wholesale690,168
 278,123
 —
 968,291
 244,685
 260,278
 504,963
Advertising203,351
 54,384
 (480) 257,255
 75,458
 63,476
 138,934
Other21,366
 17,314
 —
 38,680
 14,145
 18,777
 32,922
Total Revenue$4,973,542
 $1,988,130
 $(480) $6,961,192
 $1,798,559
 $1,912,752
 $3,711,311
(a) Reflects revenue from the Cablevision Acquisition Date.
Capital expenditures (cash basis) by reportable segment are presented below:
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
        
Cablevision$228,594
 $150,815
 $550,231
 $150,965
Cequel75,042
 97,341
 213,067
 226,761
 $303,636
 $248,156
 $763,298
 $377,726
All revenues and assets of the Company's reportable segments are attributed to or located in the United States.
Total assets by segment are not provided as such amounts are not regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker for purposes of decision making regarding resource allocations.
NOTE 17.    SUBSEQUENT EVENT
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Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
All dollar amounts, except per customer and per share data, included in the following discussion, are presented in thousands.
The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses. For a complete discussion of the accounting judgments and estimates that we have identified as critical in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, please refer to our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Overview
Our Business
We principally provide broadband communications and video services in the United States and market our services primarily under two brands: Optimum, primarily in the New York metropolitan area, and Suddenlink, principally in markets in the south-central United States. We deliver broadband, pay television,video, telephony, services, Wi‑Fi hotspot access, proprietary content and advertisingmobile services to approximately 4.9five million residential and business customers. Our footprint extends across 21 states through a fiber‑richfiber-rich hybrid-fiber coaxial ("HFC") broadband network and a fiber-to-the-home ("FTTH") network with approximately 8.69.3 million homes passedtotal passings as of September 30, 2017. We have two reportable segments: CablevisionMarch 31, 2022. Additionally, we offer news programming and Cequel. Cablevision provides broadband, pay television and telephonycontent, advertising services, as well as a full service mobile offering to residential and business customers in and around the New York metropolitan area. Cequel provides broadband, pay television and telephony services to residential and business customers in the south‑central United States, with the majority of its customers located in the ten states of Texas, West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arizona, California, Missouri and Ohio.
Recent Transactions
Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 include the operating results of Cablevision from the date of acquisition, June 21, 2016,
On June 21, 2016, Altice USA acquired Cablevision for a total purchase price of approximately $9,958,323 (the "Cablevision Acquisition"). The Altice USA operating results include the operating results of Cablevision from the date of acquisition.
In July 2016, we completed the sale of a 75% interest in Newsday LLC and retained the remaining 25% ownership interest. Effective July 7, 2016, the operating results of Newsday are no longer consolidated withconsumers across our results and our 25% interest in the operating results of Newsday is recorded on the equity basis.footprint.
Key Factors Impacting Operating Results and Financial Condition
Our future performance is dependent, to a large extent, on the impact of direct competition, general economic conditions (including capital and credit market conditions), our ability to manage our businesses effectively, and our relative strength and leverage in the marketplace, both with suppliers and customers. For more information, see “Risk Factors,” “Industry Overview”"Risk Factors" and “Business-Competition”"Business-Competition" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Prospectus.year ended December 31, 2021.
In March 2020, the United States declared a national emergency concerning the outbreak of COVID-19. Since then, there have been extraordinary and wide-ranging actions taken by federal, state and local governmental authorities to contain and combat the outbreak and spread of the virus and new variants, including lockdowns, social distancing directives and testing, and vaccine mandates. While certain government regulations and mandates have eased and COVID-19 vaccines have become broadly available in certain areas, governmental authorities are continuing to monitor the situation and take various actions in an effort to slow or prevent an increase in the spread of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted our business, including how our customers use our products and services and how our employees provide services to our customers. Although the ultimate impact of the pandemic on our business cannot be predicted, and we cannot predict how our future results may be impacted if the pandemic continues, we have and will continue to provide our telecommunications services to our customers and work to adapt the environment in which we operate. See "Risk Factors - Our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by the recent COVID-19 pandemic." in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
We derive revenue principally through monthly charges to residential subscriberscustomers of our broadband, pay televisionvideo, and telephony services. We also derive revenue from equipment rental, DVR, VOD, pay‑per‑view,digital video recorder ("DVR"), video-on-demand ("VOD"), pay-per-view, installation and home shopping commissions. Our residential pay television, broadband, video, and telephony services accounted for approximately 46%41%, 27%35%, and 9%4%, respectively, of our consolidated revenue for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017.March 31, 2022. We also derive revenue from the sale of a wide and growing variety of products and services to both large enterprise and SMB customers, including broadband, telephony, networking and pay televisionvideo services. For the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017, 14%March 31, 2022, 15% of our consolidated revenue was derived from these business services. In addition, we derive revenues from the sale of advertising time available on the programming carried on our cable television systems, digital advertising, branded content, affiliation fees for news programming, and data analytics, which accounted for approximately 4%5% of our consolidated revenue for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017.March 31, 2022. Our mobile and other revenue for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 accounted for less thanapproximately 1% of our consolidated revenue.
Revenue increases are derived fromis impacted by rate increases, increaseschanges in the number of subscriberscustomers that subscribe to our services, including additional services sold to our existing subscribers,customers, programming package upgradeschanges by our pay televisionvideo customers, speed tier upgrades
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changes by our broadband customers, and acquisitions and construction of cable systems that result in the addition of new subscribers.customers.
Our ability to increase the number of subscriberscustomers to our services is significantly related to our penetration rates.
We operate in a highly competitive consumer‑drivenconsumer-driven industry and we compete against a variety of broadband, pay televisionvideo and telephony providers and delivery systems, including broadband communications companies, wireless data and telephony providers, satellite‑deliveredfiber-based service providers, satellite-delivered video signals, Internet‑deliveredInternet-delivered video content, and broadcast television signals available to residential and business customers in our service areas. Our competitors include AT&T, Inc. and its


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DirecTV subsidiary, CenturyLink,Lumen Technologies, Inc., DISH Network Corporation, Frontier Communications Corporation and Verizon. Consumers’Verizon Communications Inc. Consumers' selection of an alternate source of service, whether due to economic constraints, technological advances, or preference, negatively impacts the demand for our services. For more information on our competitive landscape, see “Risk Factors,” “Industry Overview”"Risk Factors" and “Business-Competition”"Business-Competition" included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Prospectus.year ended December 31, 2021.
Our programming costs, which are the most significant component of our operating expenses, have increased and are expected to continueimpacted by changes in programming rates, which we expect to increase, primarily as a resultand by changes in the number of contractual rate increases and new channel launches.video customers. See “-Results"Results of Operations”Operations" below for more information regarding ourthe key factors impacting our revenues and operating expenses.
Historically, we have made substantial investments in our network and the development of new and innovative products and other service offerings for our customers as a way of differentiating ourselves from our competitors and may continuewe expect to do so in the future. We have commenced a five‑year plan toOur ongoing FTTH network build, a fiber-to-the-home ("FTTH") network, whichwith planned upgrades, will enable us to deliver more than 10 GbpsMulti-gig broadband speeds to meet the growing data needs of residential and business customers. In addition, we have launched a full service mobile offering to consumers across our entire Cablevision footprint and part of our Cequel footprint. We may incur greater than anticipated capital expenditures in connection with this initiative,these initiatives, fail to realize anticipated benefits, experience delays and business disruptions or encounter other challenges to executing itthem as planned. See “-Liquidity"Liquidity and Capital Resources-Capital Expenditures”Resources- Capital Expenditures" for additional information regarding our capital expenditures.
Basis of Presentation
Altice USA - Comparison of Actual Results for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 compared to the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and Comparison of Actual Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 to Pro Forma Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016.Certain Transactions
The actual resultsfollowing transactions had an impact in the periods covered by this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Altice USAFinancial Condition and Results of Operations:
In June 2021, Lightpath completed an acquisition for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and for the three months ended September 30, 2016 include the operating resultsan aggregate purchase price of Cequel and Cablevision. The actual results of Altice USA for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 include the operating results of Cequelapproximately $28,260 and the operating results of Cablevision for the period from the dateacquired business were consolidated as of the Cablevision Acquisition, June 21, 2016, through September 30, 2016.acquisition date.
The unaudited pro formaIn April 2021, the Company completed its acquisition of the cable assets of Morris Broadband, LLC in North Carolina for approximately $312,184 and the operating results of the acquired business were consolidated statementsas of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 presented herein reflect the Cablevision Acquisition as if it had occurred on January 1, 2016. The pro forma results have been prepared based on assumptions deemed appropriate by the Company. The pro forma adjustments include (i) the elimination of incremental costs that were directly related to the Cablevision Acquisition, (ii) the incremental depreciation and amortization that would have been recognized if the Cablevision Acquisition was completed on January 1, 2016 resulting from the step up in fair value of its property, plant and equipment and identifiable intangible assets resulting from the application of business combinations accounting, (iii) the incremental interest resulting from the issuance of debt to fund the acquisition net of the reversal of interest and amortization of deferred financing costs related to the credit facility that was repaid on the date of acquisition and the accretion/ amortization of fair value adjustments associated with the long‑term debt acquired, (iv) the elimination of interest income earned on cash proceeds from the issuance of debt prior to the Cablevision Acquisition and (v) the income tax impact of these pro forma adjustments, and the Cablevision Acquisition.date.
The unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations are for informational purposes only. We believe that the pro forma information is useful as it provides additional information given the significant impact of the Cablevision acquisition and a reflection of how the combined business performed year over year that is not readily discernible from the actual year over year comparison. We believe that a comparison of the actual results for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to the pro forma results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 provides useful information because it reflects the business operations on a more comparable basis. The pro forma consolidated statements of operations are unaudited and do not purport to reflect the results of operations that would have occurred if the Cablevision Acquisition had been consummated on the date indicated above, nor does it purport to represent the results of operations of the Company for any future dates or periods.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We define Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as net income (loss) excluding income taxes, income (loss) from discontinued operations, other non-operating income or expenses, loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs, gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts, gain (loss) on derivative contracts,


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gain (loss) on investments, interest expense, (including cash interest expense), interest income,net, depreciation and amortization (including impairments), share-based compensation expense, or benefit, restructuring expense, or credits and transaction expenses.
We believe Adjusted EBITDA is an appropriate measure for evaluating the operating performance of the Company. Adjusted EBITDA and similar measures with similar titles are common performance measures used by investors, analysts and peers to compare performance in our industry. Internally, we use revenue and Adjusted EBITDA measures as important indicators of our business performance and evaluate management’s effectiveness with specific reference to these indicators. We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides management and investors a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our core business and operating results by excluding items that are not comparable across reporting periods or that do not otherwise relate to the Company’s ongoing operating results. Adjusted EBITDA should be viewed as a supplement to and not a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss), and other measures of performance presented in accordance with GAAP. Since Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, this measure may not be comparable to similar measures with similar titles used by other companies.


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We also use Operating Free Cash Flow (defined as Adjusted EBITDA less cash capital expenditures) and Free Cash Flow (defined as net cash flows from operating activities less cash capital expenditures) as indicators of the Company’s financial performance. We believe these measures are two of several benchmarks used by investors, analysts and peers for comparison of performance in the Company’s industry, although they may not be directly comparable to similar measures reported by other companies.
Results of Operations - Altice USA (unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,Favorable (Unfavorable)
20222021
Revenue:
Broadband$985,517 $970,571 $14,946 
Video841,887 905,834 (63,947)
Telephony85,234 106,981 (21,747)
Residential revenue1,912,638 1,983,386 (70,748)
Business services and wholesale revenue367,522 367,216 306 
News and advertising114,675 105,070 9,605 
Mobile24,035 19,235 4,800 
Other3,027 3,914 (887)
Total revenue2,421,897 2,478,821 (56,924)
Operating expenses:
Programming and other direct costs828,793 851,864 23,071 
Other operating expenses641,906 580,433 (61,473)
Restructuring and other expense3,378 3,209 (169)
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)435,349 434,857 (492)
Operating income512,471 608,458 (95,987)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net(303,362)(316,312)12,950 
Gain (loss) on investments(150,773)73,453 (224,226)
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net101,074 (53,565)154,639 
Gain on interest rate swap contracts, net123,147 75,653 47,494 
Other income, net2,430 2,859 (429)
Income before income taxes284,987 390,546 (105,559)
Income tax expense(82,846)(112,007)29,161 
Net income202,141 278,539 (76,398)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(5,590)(4,403)(1,187)
Net income attributable to Altice USA, Inc. stockholders$196,551 $274,136 $(77,585)

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 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016 2016
 Historical Historical Pro Forma Historical
Revenue:         
Residential:
        
Pay TV$1,054,392
 $1,051,995
 $3,185,610
 $3,168,292
 $1,700,286
Broadband646,094
 578,605
 1,887,279
 1,692,079
 1,019,069
Telephony204,753
 216,186
 624,077
 657,279
 315,137
Business services and wholesale324,760
 309,366
 968,291
 916,065
 504,963
Advertising84,539
 88,759
 257,255
 258,661
 138,934
Other12,637
 15,310
 38,680
 156,540
 32,922
Total revenue2,327,175
 2,260,221
 6,961,192
 6,848,916
 3,711,311
Operating expenses:         
Programming and other direct costs755,101
 738,390
 2,272,147
 2,266,365
 1,177,808
Other operating expenses560,497
 660,307
 1,767,624
 2,187,015
 1,050,046
Restructuring and other expense53,448
 47,816
 142,765
 162,491
 155,086
Depreciation and amortization823,265
 670,929
 2,138,776
 1,918,678
 1,085,929
Operating income134,864
 142,779
 639,880
 314,367
 242,442
Other income (expense):         
Interest expense, net(378,103) (445,838) (1,231,357) (1,324,832) (1,003,079)
Gain (loss) on investments, net(18,900) 24,833
 169,888
 213,457
 83,467
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net(16,763) 773
 (154,270) (62,855) (26,572)
Gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts1,051
 (15,861) 12,539
 24,380
 24,380
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs(38,858) —
 (600,240) (19,948) (19,948)
Other income (loss), net(65) 2,531
 832
 7,392
 2,548
Loss before income taxes(316,774) (290,783) (1,162,728) (848,039) (696,762)
Income tax benefit134,688
 118,230
 429,664
 320,188
 101,332
Net loss(182,086) (172,553) (733,064) (527,851) (595,430)
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests(135) (256) (737) 108
 108
Net loss attributable to Altice USA, Inc. stockholders$(182,221) $(172,809) $(733,801) $(527,743) $(595,322)



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The following is a reconciliation of net lossincome to Adjusted EBITDA:EBITDA and Operating Free Cash Flow (unaudited):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Net income$202,141 $278,539 
Income tax expense82,846 112,007 
Other income, net(2,430)(2,859)
Gain on interest rate swap contracts, net(123,147)(75,653)
Loss (gain) on derivative contracts, net(101,074)53,565 
Loss (gain) on investments150,773 (73,453)
Interest expense, net303,362 316,312 
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments)435,349 434,857 
Restructuring and other expense3,378 3,209 
Share-based compensation40,532 28,281 
Adjusted EBITDA991,730 1,074,805 
Less: Capital Expenditures (cash)392,371 212,791 
Operating Free Cash Flow$599,359 $862,014 

The following is a reconciliation of net cash flow from operating activities to Free Cash Flow (unaudited):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Net cash flows from operating activities$600,219 $749,622 
Less: Capital Expenditures (cash)392,371 212,791 
Free Cash Flow$207,848 $536,831 

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 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016 2016
 Historical Historical Pro Forma Historical
Net loss$(182,086) $(172,553) $(733,064) $(527,851) $(595,430)
Income tax benefit(134,688) (118,230) (429,664) (320,188) (101,332)
Other expense (income), net (a)65
 (2,531) (832) (7,392) (2,548)
Loss (gain) on interest rate swap contracts(1,051) 15,861
 (12,539) (24,380) (24,380)
Loss (gain) on derivative contracts, net (b)16,763
 (773) 154,270
 62,855
 26,572
Loss (gain) on investments, net18,900
 (24,833) (169,888) (213,457) (83,467)
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs38,858
 —
 600,240
 19,948
 19,948
Interest expense, net378,103
 445,838
 1,231,357
 1,324,832
 1,003,079
Depreciation and amortization823,265
 670,929
 2,138,776
 1,918,678
 1,085,929
Restructuring and other expense53,448
 47,816
 142,765
 162,491
 155,086
Share-based compensation15,005
 1,670
 40,932
 26,901
 1,670
Adjusted EBITDA$1,026,582
 $863,194
 $2,962,353
 $2,422,437
 $1,485,127

(a)    Includes primarily dividends received on Comcast common stock owned by the Company.
(b)Consists of unrealized and realized losses (gains) due to the change in the fair value of derivative contracts.
The following table sets forth certain customer metrics, by segmentexcluding our mobile customers, for the Company (unaudited):
March 31,December 31,March 31,
September 30, 2017 June 30, 2017 September 30, 2016202220212021
CablevisionCequelTotal CablevisionCequelTotal CablevisionCequelTotal(in thousands)
(in thousands, except per customer amounts)
Homes passed (a)5,134
3,443
8,577
 5,140
3,430
8,570
 5,105
3,389
8,494
Total passings (a)Total passings (a)9,304.9 9,263.3 9,067.6 
Total customer relationships (b)(c)3,149
1,749
4,898
 3,151
1,753
4,904
 3,135
1,736
4,871
Total customer relationships (b)(c)4,995.0 5,014.7 5,023.2 
Residential2,887
1,642
4,529
 2,889
1,648
4,537
 2,873
1,636
4,510
Residential4,612.1 4,632.8 4,647.4 
SMB262
107
369
 262
106
367
 261
100
361
SMB382.9 381.9 375.8 
Residential customers:
     Residential customers:
Pay TV2,382
1,048
3,430
 2,401
1,062
3,463
 2,443
1,113
3,556
Broadband2,653
1,368
4,021
 2,646
1,358
4,004
 2,603
1,324
3,927
Broadband4,373.2 4,386.2 4,370.8 
VideoVideo2,658.7 2,732.3 2,906.6 
Telephony1,959
588
2,547
 1,954
590
2,544
 1,969
594
2,563
Telephony1,951.5 2,005.2 2,161.2 
Residential triple product customer penetration (d):64.3%25.4%50.2% 64.3%25.3%50.1% 65.3%25.6%50.9%
Penetration of homes passed (e):61.3%50.8%57.1% 61.3%51.1%57.2% 61.4%51.2%57.3%
ARPU(f)$156.88
$110.64
$140.10
 $156.00
$110.01
$139.25
 $152.55
$108.19
$136.50
Penetration of total passings (d)Penetration of total passings (d)53.7 %54.1 %55.4 %
ARPU (e)ARPU (e)$137.92 $137.79 $142.24 
FTTH total passings (f)FTTH total passings (f)1,316.6 1,171.0 921.4 
FTTH customer relationships (g)(h)FTTH customer relationships (g)(h)81.0 69.7 35.9 
FTTH ResidentialFTTH Residential80.4 69.3 35.9 
FTTH SMBFTTH SMB0.6 0.3 — 
Penetration of FTTH total passings (i)Penetration of FTTH total passings (i)6.1 %5.9 %3.9 %
(a)Represents the estimated number of single residence homes, apartments and condominium units passed by our HFC and FTTH network in areas serviceable without further extending the transmission lines. In addition, it includes commercial establishments that have connected to our HFC and FTTH network. Broadband services were not available to approximately 30 thousand total passings and telephony services were not available to approximately 500 thousand total passings. Amounts as of December 31, 2021 include approximately 89 thousand total passings that were acquired from Morris Broadband in April 2021.
(a)
Represents the estimated number of single residence homes, apartments and condominium units passed by the cable distribution network in areas serviceable without further extending the transmission lines. In addition, it includes commercial establishments that have connected to our cable distribution network. For Cequel, broadband services were not available to approximately 100 homes passed and telephony services were not available to approximately 500 homes passed.

(b)Represents number of households/businesses that receive at least one of the Company's fixed-line services.
(c)Customers represent each customer account (set up and segregated by customer name and address), weighted equally and counted as one customer, regardless of size, revenue generated, or number of boxes, units, or outlets. Free accounts are included in the customer counts along with all active accounts, but they are limited to a prescribed group. Most of these accounts are also not entirely free, as they typically generate revenue through pay-per-view or other pay services and certain equipment fees. Free status is not granted to regular customers as a promotion. In counting bulk residential customers, such as an apartment building, we count each subscribing family unit within the building as one customer, but do not count the master account for the entire building as a customer. We count a bulk commercial customer, such as a hotel, as one customer, and do not count individual room units at that hotel. Amounts as of December 31, 2021 include 37.3 thousand customer relationships (35.1 thousand residential and 2.2 thousand SMB) that were acquired from Morris Broadband in April 2021.
(d)Represents the number of total customer relationships divided by total passings.
(e)Calculated by dividing the average monthly revenue for the respective quarter (fourth quarter for annual periods) derived from the sale of broadband, video and telephony services to residential customers by the average number of total residential customers for the same period.
(f)Represents the estimated number of single residence homes, apartments and condominium units passed by the FTTH network in areas serviceable without further extending the transmission lines. In addition, it includes commercial establishments that have connected to our FTTH network.
(g)Represents number of households/businesses that receive at least one of the Company's fixed-line services on our FTTH network.
(h)FTTH customers represent each customer account (set up and segregated by customer name and address), weighted equally and counted as one customer, regardless of size, revenue generated, or number of boxes, units, or outlets on our FTTH network. Free accounts are included in the customer counts along with all active accounts, but they are limited to a prescribed group. Most of these accounts are also not entirely free, as they typically generate revenue through pay-per view or other pay services and certain equipment fees. Free status is not granted to regular customers as a promotion. In

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(b)
Represents number of households/businesses that receive at least one of the Company's services.
(c)
Customers represent each customer account (set up and segregated by customer name and address), weighted equally and counted as one customer, regardless of size, revenue generated, or number of boxes, units, or outlets.  In calculating the number of customers, we count all customers other than inactive/disconnected customers.  Free accounts are included in the customer counts along with all active accounts, but they are limited to a prescribed group.  Most of these accounts are also not entirely free, as they typically generate revenue through pay-per-view or other pay services and certain equipment fees.  Free status is not granted to regular customers as a promotion.  In counting bulk residential customers, such as an apartment building, we count each subscribing family unit within the building as one customer, but do not count the master account for the entire building as a customer. We count a bulk commercial customer, such as a hotel, as one customer, and do not count individual room units at that hotel.
(d)
Represents the number of customers that subscribe to three of our services divided by total residential customer relationships.
(e)
Represents the number of total customer relationships divided by homes passed.
(f)
Calculated by dividing the average monthly revenue for the respective quarter (fourth quarter for annual periods) derived from the sale of broadband, pay television and telephony services to residential customers for the respective quarter by the average number of total residential customers for the same period.
The following table reflects total net customer increases (decreases) for the periods presented:entire building as a customer. We count a bulk commercial customer, such as a hotel, as one customer, and do not count individual room units at that hotel.
(i)Represents the number of total FTTH customer relationships divided by FTTH total passings.
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 2017 2016
 (in thousands)
Total customer relationships(6.1) 1.6
 6.3
 43.5
Residential(7.9) (0.7) 0.8
 34.2
SMB1.8
 2.3
 5.5
 9.3
Residential customers:       
Pay TV(32.5) (40.1) (104.4) (84.5)
Broadband16.5
 17.5
 58.4
 88.7
Telephony3.4
 (27.1) (11.8) (25.7)



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 Historical
 Three Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016
 Cablevision Cequel Eliminations Total Cablevision Cequel Total
Revenue:             
Residential:             
Pay TV$782,214
 $272,178
 $—
 $1,054,392
 $772,886
 $279,109
 $1,051,995
Broadband404,153
 241,941
 —
 646,094
 366,166
 212,439
 578,605
Telephony172,904
 31,849
 —
 204,753
 178,000
 38,186
 216,186
Business services and wholesale230,274
 94,486
 —
 324,760
 220,352
 89,014
 309,366
Advertising67,563
 17,456
 (480) 84,539
 67,815
 20,944
 88,759
Other7,211
 5,426
 —
 12,637
 9,480
 5,830
 15,310
Total revenue1,664,319
 663,336
 (480) 2,327,175
 1,614,699
 645,522
 2,260,221
Operating expenses:             
Programming and other direct costs570,995
 184,283
 (177) 755,101
 554,370
 184,020
 738,390
Other operating expenses390,673
 170,127
 (303) 560,497
 493,709
 166,598
 660,307
Restructuring and other expense35,364
 18,084
 —
 53,448
 45,176
 2,640
 47,816
Depreciation and amortization656,102
 167,163
 —
 823,265
 481,497
 189,432
 670,929
Operating income$11,185
 $123,679
 $—
 $134,864
 $39,947
 $102,832
 $142,779
 Historical
 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016
 Cablevision Cequel Eliminations Total Cablevision Cequel Total
Revenue:             
Residential:             
Pay TV$2,356,230
 $829,380
 $—
 $3,185,610
 $859,932
 $840,354
 $1,700,286
Broadband1,177,731
 709,548
 —
 1,887,279
 406,057
 613,012
 1,019,069
Telephony524,696
 99,381
 —
 624,077
 198,282
 116,855
 315,137
Business services and wholesale690,168
 278,123
 —
 968,291
 244,685
 260,278
 504,963
Advertising203,351
 54,384
 (480) 257,255
 75,458
 63,476
 138,934
Other21,366
 17,314
 —
 38,680
 14,145
 18,777
 32,922
Total revenue4,973,542
 1,988,130
 (480) 6,961,192
 1,798,559
 1,912,752
 3,711,311
Operating expenses:             
Programming and other direct costs1,710,245
 562,079
 (177) 2,272,147
 616,860
 560,948
 1,177,808
Other operating expenses1,271,971
 495,956
 (303) 1,767,624
 543,884
 506,162
 1,050,046
Restructuring and other expense105,182
 37,583
 —
 142,765
 143,891
 11,195
 155,086
Depreciation and amortization1,641,477
 497,299
 —
 2,138,776
 526,057
 559,872
 1,085,929
Operating income (loss)$244,667
 $395,213
 $—
 $639,880
 $(32,133) $274,575
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The following table sets forth certain operating information by segment on a pro forma basis:
 Pro Forma
 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
 Cablevision Cequel Total
Revenue:     
Residential:     
Pay TV$2,327,938
 $840,354
 $3,168,292
Broadband1,079,067
 613,012
 1,692,079
Telephony540,424
 116,855
 657,279
Business services and wholesale655,787
 260,278
 916,065
Advertising195,185
 63,476
 258,661
Other137,763
 18,777
 156,540
Total revenue4,936,164
 1,912,752
 6,848,916
Operating expenses:     
Programming and other direct costs1,705,417
 560,948
 2,266,365
Other operating expenses1,680,853
 506,162
 2,187,015
Restructuring and other expense151,296
 11,195
 162,491
Depreciation and amortization1,358,806
 559,872
 1,918,678
Operating income$39,792
 $274,575
 $314,367
Altice USA -USA- Comparison of Actual Results for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 compared to the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 and Comparison of Actual Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 to Pro Forma Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016.March 31, 2021
Please see “-Basis of Presentation” for an explanation of why we believe that a comparison of the actual results for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 to the pro forma results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 provides useful information.
Pay Television Revenue
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Pay television revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $1,054,392 and $3,185,610, respectively, of which $782,214 and $2,356,230 was derived from the Cablevision segment and $272,178 and $829,380 relates to our Cequel segment. Pay television revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $1,051,995 and $1,700,286 of which $772,886 and $859,932 relates to the Cablevision segment and $279,109 and $840,354 relates to our Cequel segment. Pay television is derived principally through monthly charges to residential subscribers of our pay television services. Revenue increases are derived primarily from rate increases, increases in the number of subscribers, including additional services sold to our existing subscribers, and programming package upgrades.
Pay television revenue for our Cablevision segment increased $9,328 (1%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was due primarily to rate increases for certain video services implemented near the end of the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase in pay-per-view revenue and an increase in late fees. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in revenue as compared to the prior year due to a decline in pay television customers.
Pay television revenue for our Cequel segment decreased $6,931 (2%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease was due primarily to a decline in the number of pay television customers, partially offset by certain rate increases, an increase in pay-per-view revenue, an increase in installation services revenue and an increase in late fees as compared to the prior year period.



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Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Pay television revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $3,185,610 compared to $3,168,292 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma increase of $17,318 (1%) is comprised of a pro forma increase of $28,292 (1%) for our Cablevision segment, partially offset by a decrease of $10,974 (1%) for our Cequel segment.
Pay television revenue for our Cablevision segment increased $28,292 (1%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma increase was due primarily to rate increases for certain video services implemented near the end of the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase in late fees and an increase in pay-per-view revenue. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in revenue as compared to the prior year due to a decline in pay television customers.
Pay television revenue for our Cequel segment decreased $10,974 (1%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma decrease was due primarily to a decline in the number of pay television customers and a decrease in premium video services revenue, partially offset by certain rate increases, an increase in installation services revenue and an increase in late fees.
We believe our pay television customer declines noted in the table above are largely attributable to competition, particularly from Verizon in our Cablevision footprint and DBS providers in our Cequel footprint, as well as competition from companies that deliver video content over the Internet directly to customers. These factors are expected to continue to impact our ability to maintain or increase our existing customers and revenue in the future.
Broadband Revenue
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Broadband revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $646,094$985,517 and $1,887,279, respectively, of which $404,153 and $1,177,731 was derived from our Cablevision segment and $241,941 and $709,548 was derived from our Cequel segment. Broadband revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $578,605 and $1,019,069, respectively, of which $366,166 and $406,057 relates to the Cablevision segment and $212,439 and $613,012 relates to our Cequel segment.$970,571, respectively. Broadband revenue is derived principally through monthly charges to residential subscribers of our broadband services. Revenue increases are derived primarily fromis impacted by rate increases, increaseschanges in the number of subscribers,customers, including additional services sold to our existing subscribers, and changes in speed tier upgrades.tiers. Additionally, the allocation of revenue between the residential offerings is impacted by changes in the standalone selling price of each performance obligation within our promotional bundled offers.
Broadband revenue for our Cablevision segment increased $37,987 (10%$14,946 (2%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.March 31, 2021. The increase was due primarily to higher average recurring broadband revenue per broadband customer, an increase in broadband customers,primarily driven by certain rate increases and an increase in late fees.
Broadband revenue for our Cequel segment increased $29,502 (14%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was due primarily to an increase in broadband customers, an increase in rates, an increase resulting from the impact of service level changes and an increase in late fees.broadband customers.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016Video Revenue
BroadbandVideo revenue for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $1,887,279 compared$841,887 and $905,834, respectively. Video revenue is derived principally through monthly charges to $1,692,079 forresidential customers of our video services. Revenue is impacted by rate increases, changes in the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. On a pro forma basis, broadbandnumber of customers, including additional services sold to our existing customers, and changes in programming packages. Additionally, the allocation of revenue increased $195,200 (12%) andbetween the residential offerings is comprisedimpacted by changes in the standalone selling price of a pro forma increase of $98,664 (9%) foreach performance obligation within our Cablevision segment and an increase of $96,536 (16%) for our Cequel segment.promotional bundled offers.
BroadbandVideo revenue for our Cablevision segment increased $98,664 (9%decreased $63,947 (7%) for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 compared to the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis.March 31, 2021. The pro forma increasedecrease was due primarily to a decline in video customers partially offset by higher average recurring broadbandvideo revenue per broadbandvideo customer, an increase in broadband customers, and an increase in late fees.
Broadband revenue for our Cequel segment increased $96,536 (16%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma increase was due primarily to an increase in broadband customers, an increase in rates, an increase resulting from the impact of service level changes, an increase in residential home networking revenue and an increase in late fees.



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driven by certain rate increases.
Telephony Revenue
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Telephony revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $204,753$85,234 and $624,077 of which $172,904 and $524,696 was derived from the Cablevision segment and $31,849 and $99,381 was derived from our Cequel segment. Telephony revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $216,186 and $315,137, respectively, of which $178,000 and $198,282 relates to the Cablevision segment and $38,186 and $116,855 relates to our Cequel segment.$106,981, respectively. Telephony revenue is derived principally through monthly charges to residential subscriberscustomers of our telephony services. Revenue increases are derived primarily from rate increases, increasesis impacted by changes in rates for services, changes in the number of subscribers,customers, and additional services sold to our existing subscribers.customers. Additionally, the allocation of revenue between the residential offerings is impacted by changes in the standalone selling price of each performance obligation within our promotional bundled offers.
Telephony revenue for our Cablevision segment decreased $5,096 (3%$21,747 (20%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.March 31, 2021. The decrease was due primarily to a decline in international callinglower average recurring revenue per telephony customer and a decline in telephony customers.
Telephony revenue for our Cequel segment decreased $6,337 (17%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease was due primarily to a decline in telephony customers and lower rates offered to customers.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Telephony revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $624,077 compared to $657,279 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. On a pro forma basis, telephony revenue decreased $33,202 (5%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the prior year period and is comprised of a pro forma decrease of $15,728 (3%) for our Cablevision segment and a decrease of $17,474 (15%) for our Cequel segment.
Telephony revenue for our Cablevision segment decreased $15,728 (3%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma decrease was due primarily to a decline in international calling and a decline in telephony customers.
Telephony revenue for our Cequel segment decreased $17,474 (15%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma decrease was due primarily to a decline in telephony customers and lower rates offered to customers.
Business Services and Wholesale Revenue
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Business services and wholesale revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $324,760$367,522 and $968,291, respectively of which $230,274 and $690,168 was derived from the Cablevision segment and $94,486 and $278,123 was derived from our Cequel segment. Business services and wholesale revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $309,366 and $504,963, respectively, of which $220,352 and $244,685 relates to the Cablevision segment and $89,014 and $260,278 relates to our Cequel segment.$367,216, respectively. Business services and wholesale revenue is derived primarily from the sale of fiber basedfiber-based telecommunications services to the business market, and the sale of broadband, pay televisionvideo and telephony services to small and medium sized businesses ("SMB").
Business services and wholesale revenue for our Cablevision segment increased $9,922 (5%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase was primarily due to higher average recurring telephony and broadband revenue per SMB customer, partially offset by reduced traditional voice and data services for commercial customers.
Business services and wholesale revenue for our Cequel segment increased $5,472 (6%)$306 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 asMarch 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.March 31, 2021. The increase was primarily due to higher commercial rates and customers for broadband services, an increase in certain pay television rates and increases in commercial carrier services.



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Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Business services and wholesale revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $968,291 compared to $916,065 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The increase of $52,226 (6%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the prior year period is comprised of a pro forma increase of $34,381 (5%) for our Cablevision segment and a pro forma increase of $17,845 (7%) for our Cequel segment.
Business services and wholesale revenue for our Cablevision segment increased $34,381 (5%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma increase was primarily due to higher average broadband recurring telephony and broadband revenue per SMB customer, primarily driven by certain rate increases and service level changes and an increase in Ethernet revenue resulting from a larger number of services installed,SMB customers, partially offset by reduced traditional voicethe absence of revenue in 2022 from a backhaul contract for air strands and data services for commercial customers.lower SMB recurring video and telephony revenue.
Business servicesNews and wholesale revenue for our Cequel segment increased $17,845 (7%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma increase was primarily due to higher commercial rates and customers for broadband services, an increase in certain pay television rates and increases in commercial carrier services.
Advertising Revenue
Actual ThreeNews and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Advertisingadvertising revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, net of inter-segment revenue,March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $84,539$114,675 and $257,255, respectively, of which $67,563$105,070, respectively. News and $203,351 was derived from our Cablevision segment and $17,456 and $54,384 was derived from our Cequel segment. Advertising revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $88,759 and $138,934, respectively, of which $67,815 and $75,458 relates to the Cablevision segment and $20,944 and $63,476 relates to our Cequel segment. Advertisingadvertising revenue is primarily derived from the sale of (i) advertising timeinventory available on
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the programming carried on our cable television systems.systems (linear revenue), (ii) digital advertising, (iii) branded content, and (iv) data analytics. News and advertising revenue also includes affiliation fees for news programming.
AdvertisingNews and advertising revenue for our Cablevision segment decreased $252 (0%increased $9,605 (9%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 asMarch 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.March 31, 2021. The increase was primarily due to an increase in advertising revenue, primarily for linear advertising.
AdvertisingMobile Revenue
Mobile revenue for our Cequel segment decreased $3,488 (17%the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $24,035 and $19,235, respectively, and relates to sales of devices and mobile services. Mobile revenue increased $4,800 (25%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 asMarch 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.March 31, 2021. The decrease isincrease was due to declines in political, autohigher mobile lines and retail advertising.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Advertising revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $257,255, netdevices sold. As of inter-segment revenue,March 31, 2022, we had approximately 198,000 mobile lines (including 8,300 receiving free service) compared to $258,661 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma decreaseapproximately 174,000 mobile lines as of $1,406 (1%) for the nine months ended September 30, 3017 as compared to the prior year period is comprised of a pro forma increase of $8,166 (4%) for our Cablevision segment, offset by a pro forma decrease of $9,092 (14%) for our Cequel segment.March 31, 2021.
Advertising revenue for our Cablevision segment increased of $8,166 (4%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma increase is due primarily to an increase in digital advertising revenue.
Advertising revenue for our Cequel segment decreased $9,092 (14%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma decrease is due to declines in political, auto and retail advertising.
Other Revenue
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Other revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $12,637$3,027 and $38,680, respectively, of which $7,211 and $21,366 was derived from our Cablevision segment and $5,426 and $17,314 was derived from our Cequel segment. Other revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $15,310 and $32,922, respectively,



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of which $9,480 and $14,145 relates to the Cablevision segment and $5,830 and $18,777 relates to our Cequel segment.$3,914, respectively. Other revenue includes revenue from other miscellaneous revenue streams.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Other revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $38,680 compared to $156,540 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 on a pro forma basis. The pro forma decrease of $117,860 (75%) for the nine months ended September 30, 3017 as compared to the prior year period is comprised of a pro forma decrease of $116,397 (84%) for our Cablevision segment and a pro forma decrease of $1,463 (8%) for our Cequel segment.
Other revenue for our Cablevision segment decreased of $116,397 (84%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma decrease is due primarily to Cablevision no longer consolidating the operating results of Newsday as a result of the sale of a 75% interest in Newsday, effective July 7, 2016. The Company’s 25% interest in the operating results of Newsday is recorded on the equity method.
Other revenue for our Cequel segment decreased of $1,463 (8%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis.
Programming and Other Direct Costs
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Programming and other direct costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 amounted to $755,101$828,793 and $2,272,147, respectively, of which $570,995 and $1,710,245 relate to our Cablevision segment and $184,283 and $562,079 relate to our Cequel segment. Programming and other direct costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $738,390 and $1,177,808, respectively, of which $554,370 and $616,860 relates to the Cablevision segment and $184,020 and $560,948 relates to our Cequel segment.$851,864, respectively. Programming and other direct costs include cable programming costs, which are costs paid to programmers (net of amortization of any incentives received from programmers for carriage) for cable content (including costs of VOD and pay‑per‑view)pay-per-view) and are generally paid on a per‑subscriberper-customer basis. These costs typically rise due to increases in contractual rates and new channel launches and are also impacted by changes in the number of customers receiving certain programming services. These costs also include interconnection, call completion, circuit and transport fees paid to other telecommunication companies for the transport and termination of voice and data services, which typically vary based on rate changes and the level of usage by our customers. These costs also include franchise fees which are payable to the state governments and local municipalities where we operate and are primarily based on a percentage of certain categories of revenue derived from the provision of pay televisionvideo service over our cable systems, which vary by state and municipality. These costs change in relation to changes in such categories of revenues or rate changes. Additionally, these costs include the costs of mobile devices sold to our customers and direct costs of providing mobile services.
The increasedecrease of $16,711 (2%$23,071 (3%) in programming and other direct costs for the three months ended September 30, 2017, net of inter-segment eliminations,March 31, 2022 as compared to the prior year period isthree months ended March 31, 2021 was primarily attributable to the following:



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Cablevision segment: 
Increase in programming costs due primarily to contractual rate increases and an increase in pay-per-view costs primarily from an event in August 2017, partially offset by lower pay television customers and lower video-on-demand costs$16,517
Increase in costs of digital media advertising spots for resale5,251
Decrease in call completion and transport costs primarily due to lower level of activity(3,205)
Decrease in costs primarily related to the sale of Newsday in July 2016(1,731)
Other net decreases(207)
 16,625
Cequel segment: 
Increase in programming costs due primarily to contractual rate increases and an increase in pay-per-view costs primarily from an event in August 2017, partially offset by lower pay television customers and lower video-on-demand costs2,057
Decrease in franchise costs due to lower pay television customers(1,113)
Other net decreases(681)
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Inter-segment eliminations(177)
 $16,711
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Programming and other direct costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 amounted to $2,272,147 compared to $2,266,365 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis, of which $1,710,245 and $1,705,417 relates to the Cablevision segment and $562,079 and $560,948 relates to our Cequel segment.
The pro forma increase of $5,782 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, net of inter-segment eliminations, as compared to the prior year period is attributable to the following:
Cablevision segment: 
Increase in programming costs due primarily to contractual rate increases and an increase in pay-per-view costs primarily from an event in August 2017, partially offset by lower pay television customers and lower video-on-demand costs$46,340
Increase in costs of digital media advertising spots for resale10,761
Decrease in costs primarily related to the sale of Newsday in July 2016(33,889)
Decrease in call completion and transport costs primarily due to lower level of activity(15,297)
Decrease in cost of sales (which includes the bulk sale of handset inventory of $5,445 during the first quarter of 2016)(4,543)
Other net increases1,456
 4,828
Cequel segment: 
Increase in programming costs due primarily to contractual rate increases and an increase in pay-per-view costs primary from an event in August 2017, partially offset by lower pay television customers and lower video-on-demand costs7,195
Decrease in franchise costs due to lower pay television customers(2,976)
Decrease in media cost of sales(1,156)
Net decrease in call completion and interconnection costs due to lower level of activity(1,065)
Other net decreases(867)
 1,131
Inter-segment eliminations(177)
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Decrease in programming costs primarily due to lower video customers, partially offset by net contractual rate increases$(15,307)
Decrease in franchise fee costs due to lower video customers(3,601)
Other net decreases(4,163)
$(23,071)
Programming costs
Programming costs aggregated $629,833$684,146 and $1,898,100 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, on an actual basis. On a pro forma basis programming costs aggregated $1,844,565 for nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our programming costs increased 3%$699,453 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in the prior yearMarch 31, 2022 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in the prior year, on a pro forma basis.2021, respectively. Our programming costs in 20172022 will continue to be impacted by changes in programming rates, which we expect to increase, by high single digits, and by changes in the number of pay televisionvideo customers.
Other Operating Expenses
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Other operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 amounted to $560,497,$641,906 and $1,767,624, respectively, of which $390,673 and $1,271,971 relate to our Cablevision segment and $170,127 and $495,956 relate to our Cequel segment. Other operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 amounted to $660,307 and $1,050,046, respectively, of which $493,709 and $543,884 relates to the Cablevision segment and $166,598 and $506,162 relates to our Cequel segment.$580,433, respectively. Other operating expenses include staff costs and employee benefits including salaries of company employees and related taxes, benefits and other employee related expenses.expenses, as well as third-party labor costs. Other operating expenses also include network management and field service costs, which represent costs associated with the maintenance of our broadband network, including costs of certain customer connections and other costs associated with providing and maintaining services to our customers.
Customer installation and network repair and maintenance costs may fluctuate as a result of changes in the level of activities and the utilization of contractors as compared to employees. Also, customer installation costs fluctuate as the portion of our expenses that we are able to capitalize changes. Costs associated with the initial deployment of new
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customer premise equipment necessary to provide broadband, pay televisionvideo and telephony services are capitalized (asset-based). In circumstances whereThe redeployment of customer premise equipment tracking is not available, the Company estimates the amount of capitalized installation costs based on whether or not the business or residence had been previously connected to the network, (premise-based). Network repair and maintenance and utility costs also fluctuateexpensed as capitalizable network upgrade and enhancement activity changes.
In connection with the execution of an agreement with ATS in the second quarter of 2017 (see Note 14 of our consolidated financial statements), the Company’s operating results reflect a reduction in employee related expenses due to certain employees becoming employed by ATS and an increase in contractor costs for services provided by ATS. See further details in the table below. The Company anticipates this trend to continue as it plans to transfer certain Cequel employees to ATS later in 2017.incurred.
Other operating expenses also include costs related to the operation and maintenance of our call center facilitiesoperations that handle customer inquiries and billing and collection activities, and sales and marketing costs, which include advertising production and placement costs associated with acquiring and retaining customers. These costs vary period to period and certain of these costs, such as sales and marketing, may increase with intense competition. Additionally, other operating expenses include various other administrative costs, including legal fees, and product development costs.



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The decrease of $99,810 (15%)increase in other operating expenses of $61,473 (11%), for the three months ended September 30, 2017, net of inter-segment eliminations,March 31, 2022 as compared to the prior year period isthree months ended March 31, 2021 was attributable to the following:
Cablevision segment: 
Decrease primarily in employee related costs related to the elimination of certain positions (including the impact of the decline in headcount resulting from the ATS agreement), and lower net benefits, partially offset by merit increases$(126,269)
Decrease in rent and insurance (including the impact of the decline in headcount resulting from the ATS agreement)(9,693)
Decrease in repairs and maintenance costs relating to our operations(8,382)
Decrease in product development costs and product consulting fees(6,368)
Decrease in costs primarily related to the sale of Newsday in July 2016(3,788)
Increase in contractor costs due primarily to the execution of the ATS agreement43,298
Increase in share-based compensation and long-term incentive plan awards expense11,298
Other net decreases(3,132)
 (103,036)
Cequel segment: 
Decrease primarily in salaries and benefits related to the elimination of certain positions in connection with the initiatives to simplify the Company's organizational structure, partially offset by a decrease in capitalizable activity(9,891)
Decrease in insurance costs(1,824)
Decrease in contract labor costs(295)
Increase in consulting and professional fees6,803
Increase in share-based compensation and long-term incentive plan awards expense4,174
Increase in sales and marketing costs3,761
Other net increases801
 3,529
Inter-segment eliminations(303)
 $(99,810)
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Other operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 amounted to $1,767,624 compared to $2,187,015 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis, of which $1,271,971 and $1,680,853 related to our Cablevision segment and $495,956 and $506,162 related to our Cequel segment.



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The pro forma decrease of $419,391 (19%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, net of inter-segment eliminations, as compared to the prior year period is attributable to the following:
Cablevision segment: 
Decrease primarily in employee related costs related to the elimination of certain positions (including the impact of the decline in headcount resulting from the ATS agreement), and lower net benefits, partially offset by merit increases$(336,241)
Decrease in costs primarily related to the sale of Newsday in July 2016(95,262)
Decrease in repairs and maintenance costs relating to our operations(28,649)
Decrease in product development costs and product consulting fees(25,365)
Increase in capitalization of certain costs primarily due to a change to the asset-based approach for estimating capitalization(16,471)
Decrease in rent and insurance (including the impact of the decline in headcount resulting from the ATS agreement)(15,438)
Increase in contractor costs due primarily to the execution of the ATS agreement85,443
Increase in sales and marketing costs21,559
Increase in fees for certain executive services provided by our parent entity (nine months in 2017 compared to approximately six months in 2016)9,444
Other net decreases(7,902)
 (408,882)
Cequel segment: 
Decrease primarily in salaries and benefits related to the elimination of certain positions in connection with the initiatives to simplify the Company's organizational structure, partially offset by a decrease in capitalizable activity(39,191)
Decrease in insurance costs(5,433)
Decrease in contract labor costs(3,260)
Increase in consulting and professional fees15,530
Increase in share-based compensation and long-term incentive plan awards expense14,930
Increase in sales and marketing costs5,536
Other net increases1,682
 (10,206)
Inter-segment eliminations(303)
 $(419,391)
Net increase in labor costs and benefits, partially offset by an increase in capitalizable activity$21,561 
Increase in repairs and maintenance costs13,262 
Increase in share-based compensation costs12,251 
Increase in marketing costs9,994 
Other net increases4,405 
$61,473 
Restructuring and Other Expense
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Restructuring and other expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 of $53,448 and $142,765, respectively ($35,364 and $105,182 for our Cablevision segment and $18,084 and $37,583 for our Cequel segment)March 31, 2022 amounted to $3,378 as compared to $47,816 and $155,086$3,209 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 ($45,176 and $143,891 for our Cablevision segment and $2,640 and $11,195 for our Cequel segment).March 31, 2021. These amounts primarily relate toinclude severance and other employee related costs resulting from headcount reductions, related to initiatives which commenced in 2016 that are intended to simplify the Company's organizational structure. We currently anticipate that additional restructuring expenses will be recognized as we continue to analyze our organizational structure.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Restructuringfacility realignment costs and other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $142,765 ($105,182 for our Cablevision segmentimpairments of certain ROU assets of $2,932 and $37,583 for our Cequel segment) compared to $162,491 ($151,296 for our Cablevision segment$2,585, respectively, and $11,195 for our Cequel segment) for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis.



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Restructuringtransactions costs of $446 and other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as well as for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily relate to severance and other employee related costs resulting from headcount reductions related to initiatives which commenced in 2016 that are intended to simplify the Company’s organizational structure. Restructuring and other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 related to Cablevision includes adjustments related to prior restructuring plans of $2,299 on a pro forma basis,$624, respectively.
Depreciation and Amortization
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Depreciation and amortization for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 amounted to $823,265$435,349 and $2,138,776, respectively, of which $656,102 and $1,641,477 relates to our Cablevision segment and $167,163 and $497,299 relates to our Cequel segment. Depreciation$434,857, respectively.
The increased in depreciation and amortization for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 amounted to $670,929 and $1,085,929, respectively, of which $481,497 and $526,057 relates to the Cablevision segment and $189,432 and $559,872 relates to our Cequel segment.
Depreciation and amortization for our Cablevision segment increased of $174,605 (36%)$492 for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016. TheMarch 31, 2021 was due to an increase is due primarilyin depreciation as a result of higher asset additions in 2022 as compared to the acceleration of2021, partially offset by lower amortization expense on its trade name intangible assets in connection with the announcement, on May 23, 2017, of the adoption of a global brand that will replace the Optimum brand in the future, as well as depreciation on new asset additions.assets.
DepreciationAdjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA amounted to $991,730 and amortization for our Cequel segment decreased $22,269 (12%)$1,074,805 for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease is due primarily to lower amortization expense for certain intangible assets that are being amortized using an accelerated method, partially offset by an increase resulting from revisions made to the fair value of assets acquired resulting from the finalization in the fourth quarter of 2016 of the purchase price allocation in connection with the Cequel Acquisition.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Depreciation and amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 amounted to $2,138,776 compared to $1,918,678, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma increase of $220,098 (11%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the prior year period is comprised of a $282,671 (21%) pro forma increase for our Cablevision segment, partially offset by a pro forma decrease of $62,573 (11%) for our Cequel segment. The pro forma increase for our Cablevision segment is primarilyMarch 31, 2021 was due to the acceleration of amortization on its trade name intangible assets in connection with the announcement, on May 23, 2017, of the adoption of a global brand that will replace the Optimum brand in the future, as well as depreciation on new asset additions. For Cequel, the decrease is due primarily to lower amortization expense for certain intangible assets that are being amortized using an accelerated method, partially offset by an increase resulting from revisions made to the fair value of assets acquired resulting from the finalization in the fourth quarter of 2016 of the purchase price allocation in connection with the Cequel Acquisition.
Adjusted EBITDA
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Adjusted EBITDA amounted to $1,026,582 and $2,962,353 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, of which $714,206 and $2,019,923 relates to our Cablevision segment and $312,376 and $942,430 relates to our Cequel segment. Adjusted EBITDA amounted to $863,194 and $1,485,127 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, of which $567,711 and $638,906 relates to the Cablevision segment and $295,483 and $846,221 relates to our Cequel segment.
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure that is defined as net loss excluding income taxes, loss from discontinued operations, other non-operating income or expenses, loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs, gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts, gain (loss) on derivative contracts, gain (loss) on investments, interest expense (including cash interest expense), interest income, depreciation and amortization (including impairments), share-



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based compensation expense, restructuring expense or credits and transaction expenses. See reconciliation of net loss to adjusted EBITDA above.
For our Cablevision segment, adjusted EBITDA increased $146,495 (26%) for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period in the prior year.  The increases are due primarily to increases in revenue and decreases in operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization, restructuring expense and other expenses and share-based compensation).
For our Cequel segment, adjusted EBITDA increased $16,893 (6%) and $96,209 (11%) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same periods in the prior year.  The increases are due primarily to increases in revenue and decreases in operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization, restructuring expense and other expenses and share-based compensation).
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $2,962,353 compared to $2,422,437 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro formaan increase of $539,916 (22%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the prior year period consists of a pro forma increase of $443,707 (28%) for our Cablevision segment and a pro forma increase of $96,209 (11%) for our Cequel segment. The pro forma increases for the three and nine months were due primarily to increases in revenue and decreases in operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization, restructuring and other expense and share‑basedshare-based compensation), as discussed above.
Operating Free Cash Flow
Operating free cash flow was $599,359 and $862,014 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease in operating free cash flow for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021 is due to an increase in capital expenditures and a decrease in Adjusted EBITDA.
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow was $207,848 and $536,831 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease in free cash flow in the three month period is due an increase in capital expenditures and a decrease in cash flows from operating activities.
Interest Expense, net
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Interest expense, net was $378,103$303,362 and $445,838,$316,312 for the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2016, and $1,231,357 and $1,003,079 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and includes interest on debt issued to finance the Cablevision Acquisition and Cequel Acquisition, as well as interest on debt assumed in connection with these acquisitions.
2021, respectively. The decrease of $67,735 (15%) and an increase of $228,278 (23%)$12,950 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 as compared to the prior year periods isthree months ended March 31, 2021 was attributable to the following:
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 Three Months Nine Months
 Ended September 30, 2017
Increase (decrease) due to changes in average debt balances and interest rates on our indebtedness and collateralized debt$(73,710) $222,971
Lower (higher) interest income(557) 11,414
Other net increases (decreases), primarily amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discounts6,532
 (6,107)
 $(67,735) $228,278
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Interest expense, net amounted to $1,231,357 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and $1,324,832 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis. The pro forma decrease of $93,475 (7%) as compared to the prior year period is attributable to the following:
Decrease due to decline in average debt balances and interest rates on our indebtedness and collateralized debt$(94,917)
Lower interest income867
Other net decreases, primarily amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discounts575
 $(93,475)
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Decrease due primarily to changes in average debt balances$(11,241)
Higher interest income(25)
Other net decreases, primarily amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discounts(1,684)
$(12,950)
Gain (loss)(Loss) on Investments net
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Gain (loss) on investments netwas $(150,773) and $73,453 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 of $(18,900)March 31, 2022 and $169,8882021, respectively and $24,833 and $83,467 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 consists primarily of the increase (decrease) in the fair value of Comcast common stock owned by the Company for the period. The effects of these gains are partially offset by the losses on the related equity derivative contracts, net described below.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Gain on investments, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 amounted $169,888 compared to $213,457 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis, assuming the Cablevision Acquisition occurred on January 1, 2016 and consists primarily of the increase in the fair value of Comcast common stock owned by the Company. The effects of these gains (losses) are partially offset by the losses (gains) on the related equity derivative contracts, net described below.
Gain (loss)(Loss) on Derivative Contracts, net
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and 2021 amounted to $(16,763)$101,074 and $(154,270) compared to $773$(53,565) and $(26,572) for the threeincludes realized and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively and consists of unrealized and realized gains or losses due to the change in fair value of equity derivative contracts relating to the Comcast common stock owned by the Company. The effects of these gains or losses(losses) are offset by gains and losses (gains) on investment securities pledged as collateral, which are included in gain (loss) on investments net discussed above. The loss
Gain on Interest Rate Swap Contracts, net
Gain on interest rate swap contracts, net was $123,147 and $75,653 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 also includes the realized loss on the settlement of certain put-call options, as well as the loss resulting fromMarch 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. These amounts represent the change in the fair value onof the put-call contracts aggregating $72,365.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Loss on derivative contracts, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $154,270 compared to $62,855 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, on a pro forma basis, assuming the Cablevision Acquisition occurred on January 1, 2016 and consists of unrealized and realized losses due to the change in fair value of equity derivative contracts relating to the Comcast common stock owned by the Company. The loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 also includes the realized loss on the settlement of certain put-call options, as well as the loss resulting from the change in the fair value on the put-call contracts aggregating $72,365.
Gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts
Gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts was $1,051 and $12,539 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to $(15,861) and $24,380 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. These amounts represent the increase or decrease in fair value of the fixed to floating interest rate swaps entered into by our Cequel segment in September 2016. The objective of these swaps is to cover the exposure to changes in the market interest rate of the $1,500,000 principal amount of the Cequel 2026 Senior Secured Notes.contracts. These swap contracts are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes.
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costsOther Income, net
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costsOther income, net amounted to $38,858$2,430 and $600,240$2,859 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 and includes2021, respectively. These amounts include dividends received on Comcast common stock owned by the premium of $513,723 related toCompany and the notes payable to affiliates and related parties that were converted into sharesnon-service cost/benefit components of the Company’s common stock, $18,976 related to the Cablevision Extension Amendment and the redemption of senior notes, $28,684 related to the Cequel Extension Amendment and the redemption of senior notes and $38,858 relating primarily to a premium paid from the prepayment of principal on certain senior notes outstanding.
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Company's pension plan.
Income Tax BenefitExpense
Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Actual Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
The Company recorded income tax benefit of $134,688 and $429,664 forFor the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, reflectingMarch 31, 2022, Altice USA recorded a tax expense of $82,846 on pre-tax income of $284,987, resulting in an effective tax rate that was higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate. The higher tax rate was due to the impact of 43%certain non-deductible expenses and 37%, respectively. Nondeductible share-based compensation expense forstate tax expense.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 reduced income tax benefit by $6,002 and $16,373, respectively.
The CompanyMarch 31, 2021, Altice USA recorded income tax benefit of $118,230 and $101,332 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. On June 9, 2016 the common stock of Cequel Corporation was contributed to the Company. On June 21, 2016, the Company completed its acquisition of Cablevision. Accordingly, Cequel and Cablevision joined the federal consolidated and certain state combined income tax returns of the Company. As a result, the applicate tax rate used to measure deferred tax assets and liabilities increased, resulting in a non-cash deferred income tax charge of $153,660 in the second quarter of 2016. In addition, there was no state income tax benefit on the pre-merger accrued interest at Finco, resulting in additional deferred tax expense of $2,431 and $18,542 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.
Actual Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 Compared to Pro Forma Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $429,664, reflecting$112,007 on pre-tax income of $390,546, resulting in an effective tax rate of 37%. Nondeductible share-based compensation expense forthat was higher than the nine months ended September 30, 2017 reduced incomeU.S. statutory tax benefit by $16,373.
Income tax benefit on a pro forma basis amounted to $320,188 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. In 2016, there was no state income tax benefit on the pre-Merger accrued interest at Finco, resulting in additional deferred tax expense of $18,542 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.
In general, the Company is required to use an estimated annual effectiverate. The higher tax rate was due to measure the income tax expense or benefit recognized in an interim period. The estimated annual effective tax rate is revised on a quarterly basis and therefore may be different from the rate used in a prior interim period. In addition, certain items included in income tax expense as well as the tax impact of certain items included in pretax income from continuing operations must be treated as discrete items. The incomenon-deductible expenses and certain state tax expense or benefit associated with these discrete itemsadjustments.
CSC HOLDINGS, LLC
The consolidated statements of operations, adjusted EBITDA and Operating Free Cash Flow of CSC Holdings are identical to the consolidated statements of operations, adjusted EBITDA and Operating Free Cash Flow of Altice USA. Refer to Altice USA's Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations above.
The following is fully recognized in the interim period in which the items occur.a reconciliation of CSC Holdings' net cash flow from operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Net cash flows from operating activities$600,978 $748,962 
Less: Capital expenditures (cash)392,371 212,791 
Free Cash Flow$208,607 $536,171 

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Altice USA has no operations independent of its subsidiaries, Cablevision and Cequel, which are funded separately.subsidiaries. Funding for our subsidiaries has generally been provided by cash flow from their respective operations, cash on hand and borrowings under theirthe CSC Holdings revolving credit facilitiesfacility and the proceeds from the issuance of securities and borrowings under syndicated term loans in the capital markets. Our decision as to the use of cash generated from operating activities, cash on hand, borrowings under the revolving credit facilitiesfacility or accessing the capital markets has been based upon an ongoing review of the funding needs of the business, the optimal allocation of cash resources, the timing of cash flow generation and the cost of borrowing under the revolving credit facilities,facility, debt securities and syndicated term loans. We manage our business totarget a long-term netyear-end leverage ratio target of 5.0x.4.5x to 5.0x for CSC Holdings over time. We calculate our consolidatedCSC Holdings net leverage ratio as net debt to L2QA EBITDA (Adjusted EBITDA for the two most recent consecutive fiscal quarters multiplied by 2.0).
We expect to utilize free cash flow and availability under the CSC Holdings revolving credit facilities,facility, as well as future refinancing transactions, to further extend the maturities of, or reduce the principal on, our debt obligations. The timing and terms of any refinancing transactions will be subject to, among other factors, market conditions. Additionally, we may, from time to time, depending on market conditions and other factors, use cash on hand and the proceeds from other borrowings to repay the outstanding debt securities through open market purchases, privately negotiated purchases, tender offers, or redemption provisions.redemptions.
We believe existing cash balances, operating cash flows and availability under ourthe CSC Holdings revolving credit facilitiesfacility will provide adequate funds to support our current operating plan, make planned capital expenditures and fulfill our debt service requirements for the next twelve months. However, our ability to fund our operations, make planned capital expenditures, make scheduled payments on our indebtedness and repay our indebtedness depends on our future operating performance



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and cash flows and our ability to access the capital markets, which, in turn, are subject to prevailing economic conditions and to financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. Our collateralized debt maturing in the next 12 months will be settled with proceeds from monetization contracts entered into pursuant to the Synthetic Monetization Closeout discussed below. However, competition,Competition, market disruptions or a deterioration in economic conditions could lead to lower demand for our products, as well as lower levels of advertising, and increased incidence of customers' inability to pay for the services we provide. These events would adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial position. Although we currently believe that amounts available under the CSC Holdings revolving credit facilitiesfacility will be available when, and if, needed, we can provide no assurance that access to such funds will not be impacted by adverse conditions in the financial markets or other conditions. The obligations of the financial institutions under the revolving credit facilitiesfacility are several and not joint and, as a result, a funding default by one or more institutions does not need to be made up by the others.
In the longer term, we domay not expect to be able to generate sufficient cash from operations to fund anticipated capital expenditures, meet all existing future contractual payment obligations and repay our debt at maturity. As a result, we willcould be dependent upon our continued access to the capital and credit markets to issue additional debt or equity or refinance existing debt obligations. We will needintend to raise significant amounts of funding over the next several years to fund capital expenditures, repay existing obligations and meet other obligations, and the failure to do so successfully could adversely affect our business. If we are unable to do so, we will need totake other actions including deferring capital expenditures, selling assets, seeking strategic investments from third parties or reducing or eliminating stock repurchases and discretionary uses of cash.
Initial Public Offering
In June 2017, the Company completed its IPO of 71,724,139 shares of its Class A common stock (12,068,966 shares sold by the Company and 59,655,173 shares sold by existing stockholders) at a price to the public of $30.00 per share, including the underwriters full exercise of their option to purchase 7,781,110 shares to cover overallotments. The Company’s Class A common stock began trading on June 22, 2017, on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ATUS”.
In connection with the sale of its Class A common stock, the Company received proceeds of approximately $362,069, before deducting the underwriting discount and expenses directly related to the issuance of the securities of $13,609. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders. In July 2017, the Company used approximately $350,120 of the proceeds to fund the redemption of $315,779 principal amount of 10.875%senior notes that mature in 2025 issued by CSC Holdings, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the related call premium of approximately $34,341.


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Debt Outstanding
The following tables summarize the carrying value of our outstanding debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs, discounts and premiums (excluding accrued interest), as well as interest expense.expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022:
 As of September 30, 2017
 Cablevision Cequel Altice USA Eliminations Total
Debt outstanding:         
Credit facility debt$4,123,792
 $1,253,110
 $—
 $—
 $5,376,902
Senior guaranteed notes2,290,748
 —
 —
 —
 2,290,748
Senior secured notes—
 2,569,559
 —
 —
 2,569,559
Senior notes and debentures (a)8,230,325
 2,762,543
 —
 —
 10,992,868
Capital lease obligations14,388
 1,845
 —
 —
 16,233
Notes payable (includes $43,706 related to collateralized debt)76,442
 3,083
 —
 —
 79,525
Subtotal14,735,695
 6,590,140
 —
 —
 21,325,835
Notes payable to affiliates and related parties—
 —
 —
 —
 —
Collateralized indebtedness relating to stock monetizations (a)1,314,788
 —
 —
 —
 1,314,788
Total debt$16,050,483
 $6,590,140
 $—
 $—
 $22,640,623
Interest expense:         
Credit facility debt, senior notes, capital leases and notes payable$779,265
 $308,788
 $4,888
 $(4,882) $1,088,059
Notes payable to affiliates and related parties—
 —
 90,405
 —
 90,405
Collateralized indebtedness and notes payable relating to stock monetizations (a)54,266
 —
 —
 —
 54,266
Total interest expense$833,531
 $308,788
 $95,293
 $(4,882) $1,232,730
CSC Holdings Restricted GroupLightpathOther Unrestricted EntitiesAltice USA/CSC Holdings
Debt outstanding:
Credit facility debt$7,740,569 $578,195 $— $8,318,764 
Senior guaranteed notes7,636,312 — — 7,636,312 
Senior secured notes— 442,057 — 442,057 
Senior notes7,549,800 407,342 — 7,957,142 
Subtotal22,926,681 1,427,594 — 24,354,275 
Finance lease obligations237,082 — — 237,082 
Notes payable and supply chain financing132,874 — — 132,874 
Subtotal23,296,637 1,427,594 — 24,724,231 
Collateralized indebtedness relating to stock monetizations (a)— — 1,716,600 1,716,600 
Total debt$23,296,637 $1,427,594 $1,716,600 $26,440,831 
Interest expense:
Credit facility debt, senior notes, finance leases, notes payable and supply chain financing$267,217 $17,039 $— $284,256 
Collateralized indebtedness relating to stock monetizations (a)— — 19,158 19,158 
Total interest expense$267,217 $17,039 $19,158 $303,414 
(a)
(a)This indebtedness is collateralized by shares of Comcast common stock. We intend to settle this debt by (i) delivering shares of Comcast common stock and the related equity contracts, (ii) delivering cash from the net proceeds on new monetization contracts, or (iii) delivering cash from the proceeds of monetization contracts entered into pursuant to the Synthetic Monetization Closeout discussed below.
The following table provides details of our outstanding credit facilityComcast common stock. We intend to settle this debt asby (i) delivering shares of September 30, 2017: Comcast common stock and the related equity contracts, or (ii) delivering cash from the net proceeds from new monetization contracts.
 Maturity Date Interest Rate Principal Carrying Value (a)
Cablevision:       
CSC Holdings Revolving Credit Facility (b)$20,000 on October 9, 2020, remaining balance on November 30, 2021 4.49% $1,175,000
 $1,149,024
CSC Holdings Term Credit FacilityJuly 17, 2025 3.48% 2,992,500
 2,974,768
Cequel:       
Revolving Credit Facility (c)November 30, 2021 — —
 —
Term Credit FacilityJuly 28, 2025 3.49% 1,261,838
 1,253,110
     $5,429,338
 $5,376,902
(a)Carrying amounts are net of unamortized discounts and deferred financing costs.
(b)At September 30, 2017, $123,473 of the revolving credit facility was restricted for certain letters of credit issued on behalf of the Company and $1,001,527 of the facility was undrawn and available, subject to covenant limitations.
(c)At September 30, 2017, $16,575 of the revolving credit facility was restricted for certain letters of credit issued on behalf of the Company and $333,425 of the facility was undrawn and available, subject to covenant limitations.



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Payment Obligations Related to Debt
As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, total amounts payable by us in connection with our outstanding obligations, (giving effect to the Extension Amendment discussed below), including related interest, as well as notes payable to affiliates and related parties, capital lease obligations, notes payable,supply chain financing, and the value deliverable at maturity under monetization contracts, but excluding finance lease obligations are as follows:
 Cablevision (a) Cequel Total
      
2017$217,983
 $89,865
 $307,848
20182,607,892
 379,744
 2,987,636
20191,468,595
 377,393
 1,845,988
20201,393,295
 1,427,053
 2,820,348
20214,494,253
 1,560,775
 6,055,028
Thereafter12,189,577
 5,259,730
 17,449,307
Total$22,371,595
 $9,094,560
 $31,466,155
CSC Holdings Restricted GroupLightpathOther Unrestricted Entities (a)Altice USA/
CSC Holdings
2022$1,584,583 $41,205 $25,345 $1,651,133 
20231,138,150 69,358 1,776,378 2,983,886 
20242,552,009 68,038 — 2,620,047 
20253,752,077 68,596 — 3,820,673 
20262,064,347 66,532 — 2,130,879 
Thereafter18,822,805 1,503,803 — 20,326,608 
Total$29,913,971 $1,817,532 $1,801,723 $33,533,226 
(a)Includes $1,801,723 related to the Company's collateralized indebtedness (including related interest). This indebtedness is collateralized by shares of Comcast common stock. We intend to settle this debt by (i) delivering shares of Comcast common stock and the related equity contracts or (ii) delivering cash from the net proceeds on new monetization contracts.
(a)Includes $1,583,479 related to the Company's obligations (including related interest) in connection with monetization contracts it has entered into.  This indebtedness is collateralized by shares of Comcast common stock. We intend to settle this debt by (i) delivering shares of Comcast common stock and the related equity contracts, (ii) delivering cash from the net proceeds on new monetization contracts, or (iii) delivering cash from the proceeds of monetization contracts entered into pursuant to the Synthetic Monetization Closeout discussed below.
CSC Holdings Restricted Group
For financing purposes, the Company is structured as a restricted group (the "Restricted Group") and an unrestricted group, which includes certain designated subsidiaries and investments (the "Unrestricted Group"). The CSC Holdings
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Restricted Group is comprised of CSC Holdings and thosesubstantially all of its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, which conduct our broadband, pay television and telephony services operations, as well asexcluding Lightpath which provides Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice and video transport and managed services to the business market, comprise the "Restricted Group" as theybecame an unrestricted subsidiary in September 2020. These subsidiaries are subject to the covenants and restrictions of the credit facility and indentures governing the notes and debentures issued by CSC Holdings.  In addition, the Restricted Group is also subject to the covenants of the debt issued by Cablevision.
Sources of cash for the Restricted Group include primarily cash flow from the operations of the businesses in the Restricted Group, borrowings under its credit facility and issuance of securities in the capital markets, contributions from its parent, and, from time to time, distributions or loans from its subsidiaries. The Restricted Group's principal uses of cash include: capital spending, in particular, the capital requirements associated with the upgrade of its digital broadband, pay televisionvideo and telephony services, including costs to build aour FTTH network and enhancements to its service offerings such as a broadband wireless network (WiFi);network; debt service, includingservice; distributions made to Cablevisionits parent to service interest expense and principal repayments on its debt securities;fund share repurchases; other corporate expenses and changes in working capital; and investments that it may fund from time to time.
CablevisionCSC Holdings Credit FacilitiesFacility
OnIn October 9, 2015, Finco,a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altice USA, which merged with and into CSC Holdings on June 21, 2016, entered into a senior secured credit facility, which currently provides U.S. dollar term loans currently in an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 ($2,992,5002,857,500 outstanding at September 30,2017)March 31, 2022) (the “CVC"CSC Term Loan Facility”Facility", and the term loans extended under the CVCCSC Term Loan Facility, the “CVC"CSC Term Loans”Loans") and U.S. dollar revolving loan commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $2,300,000$2,475,000 ($740,000 outstanding at March 31, 2022) (the “CVC"CSC Revolving Credit Facility”Facility" and, together with the CVCCSC Term Loan Facility, the “CVC"CSC Credit Facilities”Facilities"), which are governed by a credit facilities agreement entered into by, inter alios,, CSC Holdings certain lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and security agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified on June 20, 2016, June 21, 2016, July 21, 2016, September 9, 2016, December 9, 2016, and March 15, 2017, January 12, 2018, October 15, 2018, January 24, 2019, February 7, 2019, May 14, 2019, and October 3, 2019, respectively, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “CVC"CSC Credit Facilities Agreement”Agreement").
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,In October 2018, CSC Holdings borrowed $1,350,000entered into a $1,275,000 ($1,236,750 outstanding at March 31, 2022) incremental term loan facility (the “Incremental Term Loan B-3”) and in October 2019, CSC Holdings entered into a $3,000,000 ($2,940,000 outstanding at March 31, 2022) incremental term loan facility ("Incremental Term Loan B-5") under its revolvingexisting credit facility ($500,000 was used to make cash distributions to its stockholders) and made voluntary repayments aggregating



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$350,256 with cash on hand. In October 2017, CSC Holdings made a voluntary repayment under its revolving credit facility of $50,000. This amount was reclassified from long term debt to current debt on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017.
On October 31, 2017, CSC Holdings made a voluntary repayment under its revolving credit facility of $500,000.
The Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under the CVC Credit Facilities Agreement as of September 30, 2017.facilities agreement.
See Note 98 to our consolidated financial statements for further information regarding the CVCCSC Credit Facilities Agreement.
CequelLightpath Credit FacilitiesFacility
On June 12, 2015, Altice US Finance I Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cequel,In November 2020, Lightpath entered into a senior secured credit facilityagreement which currently provides U.S. dollara term loansloan in an aggregate principal amount of $1,265,000$600,000 ($1,261,838592,500 outstanding at September 30, 2017) (the “Cequel Term Loan Facility”March 31, 2022) and the term loans extended under the Cequel Term Loan Facility, the “Cequel Term Loans”) and U.S. dollar revolving loan commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $350,000 (the “Cequel Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Cequel Term Loan Facility, the “Cequel Credit Facilities”) which are governed by a credit facilities agreement entered into by, inter alios, Altice US Finance I Corporation, certain lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and security agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified on October 25, 2016, December 9, 2016 and$100,000. As of March 15, 2017, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement”).
The Company was in compliance with all of its financial covenants31, 2022, there were no borrowings outstanding under the Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement as of September 30, 2017.
Lightpath revolving credit facility. See Note 98 to our consolidated financial statements for further information regarding the Cequel Credit Facilities Agreement.Lightpath credit agreement.
Senior NotesLightpath Interest Rate Swap Contract
In September, the Company repaid the remaining $400,000 of 8.625% Senior Notes due September 2017 from borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
In July 2017, the Company used approximately $350,120 of the proceeds from the Company's IPO discussed above, to fund the redemption of $315,779 principalLightpath entered into an interest rate swap contract, effective April 2022, on a notional amount of senior notes that mature$300,000, whereby Lightpath pays interest of 2.161% through December 2026 and receives interest based on the one-month LIBOR rate. This swap contract will not be designated as a hedge for accounting purposes. Accordingly, the changes in 2025 issued by CSC Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiarythe fair value of this interest rate swap contract will be recorded through the Company, and the related call premiumstatement of approximately $34,341. See Note 9 of our consolidated financial statements for further details.
In April 2017, the Company redeemed $500,000 of the 8.625% Senior Notes due September 2017 issued by Cablevision from proceeds of the CSC Holdings Term Loan pursuant to the March 15, 2017 amendment.
In April 2017, the Company redeemed $450,000 of the 6.375% Senior Notes due September 15, 2020 issued by Cequel and Cequel Capital from proceeds of the Cequel Term Loan pursuant to the March 15, 2017 amendment.

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Capital Expenditures
The following tables provide details oftable presents the Company's capital expenditures:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Customer premise equipment$81,584 $41,836 
Network infrastructure233,823 116,387 
Support and other45,660 29,973 
Business Services31,304 24,595 
Capital purchases (cash basis)$392,371 $212,791 
Right-of-use assets acquired in exchange for finance lease obligations$47,288 $38,348 
Notes payable issued to vendor for the purchase of equipment and other assets35,070 — 
Change in accrued and unpaid purchases and other(11,865)60,334 
Capital purchases (accrual basis)$462,864 $311,473 
 Three Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016
 Cablevision Cequel Total Cablevision Cequel Total
Customer premise equipment$61,272
 $26,552
 $87,824
 $38,236
 $42,999
 $81,235
Network infrastructure99,414
 21,391
 120,805
 51,768
 26,278
 78,046
Support and other35,255
 17,810
 53,065
 39,257
 15,227
 54,484
Business services32,653
 9,289
 41,942
 21,554
 12,837
 34,391
Capital purchases (cash basis)$228,594
 $75,042
 $303,636
 $150,815
 $97,341
 $248,156
Capital purchases (including accrued not paid) (a)$199,662
 $90,656
 $290,318
 $134,177
 $82,550
 $216,727
(a)The Cablevision 2017 amount excludes advance payments aggregating $41,036 made to ATS for the FTTH project.
 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2017 2016 Pro forma 2016 (a)
 Cablevision Cequel Total Cablevision Cequel Total Cablevision Cequel Total
Customer premise equipment$160,242
 $78,885
 $239,127
 $38,276
 $121,007
 $159,283
 $106,694
 $121,007
 $227,701
Network infra-structure210,312
 67,375
 277,687
 51,872
 44,700
 96,572
 201,124
 44,700
 245,824
Support and other102,031
 39,882
 141,913
 39,257
 28,451
 67,708
 107,581
 28,451
 136,032
Business services77,646
 26,925
 104,571
 21,560
 32,603
 54,163
 65,697
 32,603
 98,300
Capital purchases (cash basis)$550,231
 $213,067
 $763,298
 $150,965
 $226,761
 $377,726
 $481,096
 $226,761
 $707,857
Capital purchases (including accrued not paid) (b)$470,103
 $211,230
 $681,333
 $144,425
 $236,338
 $380,763
 $479,288
 $236,338
 $715,626
(a)Reflects capital expenditures on a pro forma basis as if the Cablevision Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2016.
(b)The Cablevision 2017 amount excludes advance payments aggregating $41,036 made to ATS for the FTTH project.
Customer premise equipment includes expenditures for set-top boxes, cable modems, routers and other equipment that is placed in a customer's home, as well as customer installation costs.costs for placing assets into service. Network infrastructure includes: (i) scalable infrastructure, such as headend equipment, (ii) line extensions, such as FTTH and fiber/coaxial cable, amplifiers, electronic equipment, make-ready and design engineering, and (iii) upgrade and rebuild, including costs to modify or replace existing fiber/coaxial cable networks, including enhancements. Support and other capital expenditures includes costs associated with the replacement or enhancement of non-network assets, such as software systems, vehicles, facilities and office equipment, buildings and vehicles.equipment. Business services



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capital expenditures include primarily equipment, installation, support, and other costs related to our fiber based telecommunications business.business serving primarily enterprise customers.
In February 2022, the Company announced plans to accelerate its fiber network rollout and new build activity, including targeting 6.5 million fiber passings across its footprint by the end of 2025. The Company estimates it will incur approximately $1,700,000 to $1,800,000 of cash capital expenditures in fiscal year 2022 to advance its upgrade and expansion plans.
Cash Flow Discussion
Continuing Operations - Altice USA
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities amounted to $1,216,993$600,219 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 compared to $530,928$749,622 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016.  March 31, 2021. 
The 2017decrease in cash provided by operating activities of $149,403 in 2022 as compared to 2021 resulted from $1,652,776a decrease of $109,706 due to changes in working capital (including an increase in interest payments of $2,146 and an increase in tax payments of $13,315) as well as the timing of payments and collections of accounts receivable, among other items, and a decrease in net income before depreciation and amortization and other non-cash items and an increase in deferred revenue of $9,382, partially offset by a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $273,888, a net decrease in amounts due to affiliates of $97,440, a net increase in current and other assets of $64,285 and a decrease in liability related to interest rate swap contracts of $9,552.
The 2016 cash provided by operating activities resulted from $408,397 of income before depreciation and amortization and non-cash items and an increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred revenue aggregating $150,430, partially offset by an increase of $3,519 in other assets and a decrease in liability related to interest rate swap contracts of $24,380.$39,697.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 was $834,047$391,483 compared to $9,353,957$210,648 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016.March 31, 2021. The 2017 investing activities consisted primarily of capital expenditures of $763,298, payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired of $43,608,$392,371 and $27,141 in other net cash payments.
The 2016 investing activities consisted primarily of payments$212,791 for the Cablevision Acquisition of $8,988,774, capital expenditures of $377,726three months ended March 31, 2022 and an increase in other investments of $2,866, partially offset by net proceeds from the sale of affiliate interests and from the disposal of assets of $13,825 and $1,584,2021, respectively.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities amounted to $290,703$208,629 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $2,005,411$597,445 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016.  In 2017, the Company's financing activities consisted primarily of repayments of credit facility debt of $3,684,668, redemption and repurchase of senior notes, including premiums and fees of $1,729,400, dividend distributions to stockholders of $839,700, payments of collateralized indebtedness and related derivative contracts of $654,989, principal payments on capital lease obligations of $11,518, additions to deferred financing costs of $9,486 and distributions to noncontrolling interests of $335, partially offset by proceeds from credit facility debt of $5,602,425, proceeds from collateralized indebtedness of $662,724, net proceeds from the Company's IPO of $348,460, proceeds from notes payable of $24,649, and contributions from stockholders of $1,135.March 31, 2021.
In 2016,2022, the Company's financing activities consisted of the repayment of long-term debt of $329,688 and principal payments on finance lease obligations of $28,941, partially offset by proceeds from credit facilitylong-term debt of $2,195,256, proceeds from notes payable$150,000.
In 2021, the Company's financing activities consisted of the repurchase of common stock pursuant to affiliates a share repurchase program of $503,645, repayment of long-term debt of $225,863, repayment of collateralized indebtedness
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and related partiesderivative contracts, net of $1,750,000, issuance$185,105, principal payments on finance lease obligations of senior notes and debentures of $1,310,000,$18,330, partially offset by proceeds from collateralized indebtedness, net of $179,388,$185,105, proceeds from long-term debt of $150,000, and contributionother net cash receipts of $393.
CSC Holdings
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities amounted to $600,978 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to $748,962 for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
The decrease in cash provided by operating activities of $147,984 in 2022 as compared to 2021 resulted from stockholdersa decrease of $1,246,498,$108,287 due to changes in working capital (including an increase in interest payments of $2,146 and an increase in tax payments of $13,315) as well as the timing of payments and collections of accounts receivable, among other items, and a decrease in net income before depreciation and amortization and other non-cash items of $39,697.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $391,483, compared to $210,648 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The 2022 investing activities consisted primarily of capital expenditures of $392,371 and $212,791 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities amounted to $208,629 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to $596,658 for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
In 2022, the Company's financing activities consisted of the repayment of long-term debt of $329,688 and principal payments on finance lease obligations of $28,941, partially offset by repayments credit facilityproceeds from long-term debt of $4,327,466, additions$150,000.
In 2021, the Company's financing activities consisted of distributions to deferred financing costsits parent of $193,705,$501,000, repayment of long-term debt of $225,863, repayment of collateralized indebtedness and related derivative contracts, net of $143,102,$185,105, principal payments on capitalfinance lease obligations of $11,376$18,330, and excess tax benefit on share based awardsother net cash payments of $82.



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Settlements of Collateralized Indebtedness
The following table summarizes the settlement of the Company's$1,465, partially offset by proceeds from collateralized indebtedness, relating to Comcast shares that was settled by delivering cash equal to the collateralized loan value, net of the value of the related equity derivative contracts during the nine months ended September 30, 2017: 
Number of shares (a)21,477,618
Collateralized indebtedness settled$(617,151)
Derivative contracts settled(37,838)
 (654,989)
Proceeds from new monetization contracts662,724
Net cash payment$7,735
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(a)Share amounts are adjusted for the 2 for 1 stock split in February 2017.
The cash to settle the collateralized indebtedness was obtained$185,105 and proceeds from the proceeds of new monetization contracts covering an equivalent number of Comcast shares.  The terms of the new contracts allow the Company to retain upside participation in Comcast shares up to each respective contract's upside appreciation limit with downside exposure limited to the respective hedge price. 
In April 2017, the Company entered into new monetization contracts related to 32,153,118 shares of Comcast common stock held by Cablevision, which synthetically reversed the existing contracts related to these shares (the "Synthetic Monetization Closeout"). As the existing collateralized debt matures, the Company will settle the contracts with proceeds received from the new monetization contracts. The new monetization contracts mature on April 28, 2021. The new monetization contracts provide the Company with downside protection below the hedge price of $35.47 and upside benefit of stock price appreciation up to $44.72 per share. In connection with the execution of these contracts, the Company recorded (i) the fair value of the equity derivative contracts of $64,793 (in a net asset position), (ii) notes payable of $111,657, representing the fair value of the existing equity derivative contracts, in a liability position, and (iii) a discount onlong term debt of $46,864.$150,000.
Commitments and Contingencies
As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, the Company's commitments and contingencies for continuing operations not reflected in the Company's balance sheet increaseddecreased to approximately $8,313,000$9,630,000 as compared to approximately $7,733,000$10,310,000 at December 31, 2016.2021. This increasedecrease relates primarily to renewed multi-year programming agreements entered into during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, net of payments made pursuant to programming commitments.commitments and a decrease in the number of customers receiving programming as of March 31, 2022 as compared to December 31, 2021.
Other EventsShare Repurchase Program
DividendsIn June 2018, the Board of Directors of Altice USA authorized a share repurchase program of $2,000,000, and Distributionson July 30, 2019, the Board of Directors authorized a new incremental three-year share repurchase program of $5,000,000 that took effect following the completion in August 2019 of the $2,000,000 repurchase program. In November 2020, the Board of Directors authorized an additional incremental $2,000,000 of share repurchases bringing the total amount of cumulative share repurchases authorized to $9,000,000. Under these repurchase programs, shares of Altice USA Class A common stock may be purchased from time to time in the open market and may include trading plans entered into with one or more brokerage firms in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Size and timing of these purchases will be determined based on market conditions and other factors.
The Company made cash distributions of $839,700 duringFor the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017, $500,000March 31, 2022, Altice USA did not repurchase any shares. From inception through March 31, 2022, Altice USA repurchased an aggregate of which285,507,773 shares for a total purchase price of approximately $7,808,698. These acquired shares were funded with proceeds from borrowings under CSC Holdings' revolving credit facility.
Recently Issued But Not Yet Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017‑09, Compensation- Stock Compensation (Topic 718). ASU No. 2017‑09 provides clarity and guidance on which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic 718. ASU No. 2017‑09 becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted and will be applied prospectively.
In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017‑07 Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715). ASU No. 2017‑07 requires that an employer disaggregate the service cost component from the other components of net benefit cost. It also provides guidance on how to present the service cost componentretired and the other componentscost of net benefit costthese shares was recorded in stockholders' deficiency in the income statement and what componentconsolidated balance sheet of net benefit cost is eligible for capitalization. ASU No. 2017‑07 becomes effective forAltice USA. As of March 31, 2022, Altice USA had approximately $1,191,302 of availability remaining under the Company on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted and will be applied retrospectively. The

incremental share repurchase program.

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Company has not yet completed the evaluation of the effect that ASU No. 2017‑07 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017‑04, Intangibles-GoodwillItem 3.     Quantitative and Other (Topic 350). ASU No. 2017‑04 simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by removing the second step of the two‑step impairment test. The amendment requires an entity to perform its annual, or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. ASU No. 2017‑04 becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2020 with early adoption permitted and will be applied prospectively.Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017‑01, Business Combinations (Topic 805), Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which amends Topic 805 to interpret the definition of a business by adding guidance to assist in evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The new guidance becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted and will be applied prospectively.
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments which clarifies how entities should classify certain cash receipts and cash payments on the statement of cash flows. ASU No. 2016-15 also clarifies how the predominance principle should be applied when cash receipts and cash payments have aspects of more than one class of cash flows. The new guidance becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted and will be applied retrospectively. The Company has not yet completed the evaluation of the effect that ASU No. 2016-15 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, which increases transparency and comparability by recognizing a lessee’s rights and obligations resulting from leases by recording them on the balance sheet as lease assets and lease liabilities. The new guidance becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2019 with early adoption permitted and will be applied using the modified retrospective method. The Company has not yet completed the evaluation of the effect that ASU No. 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10), Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.  ASU No. 2016-01 modifies how entities measure certain equity investments and also modifies the recognition of changes in the fair value of financial liabilities measured under the fair value option. Entities will be required to measure equity investments that do not result in consolidation and are not accounted for under the equity method at fair value and recognize any changes in fair value in net income. For financial liabilities measured using the fair value option, entities will be required to record changes in fair value caused by a change in instrument-specific credit risk (own credit risk) separately in other comprehensive income. ASU No. 2016-01 becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2018.  The Company has not yet completed the evaluation of the effect that ASU No. 2016-01 will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, requiring an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU No. 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective and allows the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14 that approved deferring the effective date by one year so that ASU No. 2014-09 would become effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. The FASB also approved, in July 2015, permitting the early adoption of ASU No. 2014-09, but not before the original effective date for the Company of January 1, 2017.
In December 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-20, Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, in order to clarify the Codification and to correct any unintended application of the guidance. These items are not expected to have a significant effect on the current accounting standard. The amendments in this update affect the guidance in ASU No. 2014-09, which is not yet effective. ASU No. 2014-09 will be effective January 1, 2018 for the Company, reflecting the one-year deferral.  Early adoption of the standard is permitted but not before the original effective date. Companies can transition to the standard either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU No. 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and selecting the method of transition to the new standard. The Company currently expects the adoption to impact the timing of the recognition of residential installation revenue and the recognition of commission expenses.



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Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
All dollar amounts, except per share data, included in the following discussion are presented in thousands.
Equity Price Risk
We are exposed to market risks from changes in certain equity security prices. Our exposure to changes in equity security prices stems primarily from the shares of Comcast common stock we hold. We have entered into equity derivative contracts consisting of a collateralized loan and an equity collar to hedge our equity price risk and to monetize the value of these securities. These contracts, at maturity, are expected to offset declines in the fair value of these securities below the hedge price per share while allowing us to retain upside appreciation from the hedge price per share to the relevant cap price. The contracts' actual hedge prices per share vary depending on average stock prices in effect at the time the contracts were executed. The contracts' actual cap prices vary depending on the maturity and terms of each contract, among other factors. If any one of these contracts is terminated prior to its scheduled maturity date due to the occurrence of an event specified in the contract, we would be obligated to repay the fair value of the collateralized indebtedness less the sum of the fair values of the underlying stock and equity collar, calculated at the termination date. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, we did not have an early termination shortfall relating to any of these contracts.
The underlying stock and the equity collars are carried at fair value onin our consolidated balance sheetsheets and the collateralized indebtedness is carried at its principal value, net of the unamortized fair value adjustment for contracts that existed at the date of the Cablevision Acquisition. The fair value adjustment isdiscounts. These discounts are being amortized over the term of the related indebtedness. The carrying value of our collateralized indebtedness amounted to $1,314,788$1,716,600 at September 30, 2017.March 31, 2022. At maturity, the contracts provide for the option to deliver cash or shares of Comcast common stock, with a value determined by reference to the applicable stock price at maturity.
As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, the fair value and the carrying value of our holdings of Comcast common stock aggregated $1,652,917.$2,011,164. Assuming a 10% change in price, the potential change in the fair value of these investments would be approximately $165,292.$201,116. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, the net fair value and the carrying value of the equity collar component of the equity derivative contracts entered into to partially hedge the equity price risk of our holdings of Comcast common stock aggregated $52,488,$60,868, a net liability position. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, we recorded a net gain (loss) of $55,602 and $(81,905), respectively,$101,074 related to our outstanding equity derivative contracts and recorded an unrealized gain (loss)loss of $(18,900) and $169,888, respectively,$150,773 related to the Comcast common stock that we held.
Fair Value of Equity Derivative Contracts 
  
Fair value as of December 31, 2016, net liability position$(2,202)
Fair value of new equity derivative contracts31,619
Change in fair value, net(81,905)
Fair value as of September 30, 2017, net liability position$(52,488)
Fair Value of Equity Derivative Contracts
Fair value as of December 31, 2021, net liability position$(161,942)
Change in fair value, net101,074 
Fair value as of March 31, 2022, net liability position$(60,868)
The maturity date, number of shares deliverable at the relevant maturity date, hedge price per share, and the lowest and highest cap prices received for the Comcast common stock monetized via an equity derivative prepaid forward contract are summarized in the following table:
    Hedge Price Cap Price (b)
# of Shares Deliverable (a) Maturity per Share (a) Low High
         
5,337,750 2017 $29.52 $35.42
 $35.42
16,139,868 2018 $30.84-$33.61 $37.00
 $40.33
21,477,618 2021 $29.25- $35.47 $43.88
 $44.80
# of Shares DeliverableMaturityHedge Price per Share (a)Cap Price (b)
42,955,2362023$40.95$49.55
(a)Represents the price below which we are provided with downside protection and above which we retain upside appreciation.  Also represents the price used in determining the cash proceeds payable to us at inception of the contracts.

(a)Represents the price below which we are provided with downside protection and above which we retain upside appreciation. Also represents the price used in determining the cash proceeds payable to us at inception of the contracts.

(b)Represents the price up to which we receive the benefit of stock price appreciation.

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(b)Represents the price up to which we receive the benefit of stock price appreciation.
Fair Value of Debt: 
At September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, the fair value of our fixed rate debt, comprised of $19,025,318our collateralized debt, senior guaranteed and senior secured notes, senior notes and notes payable, of $16,673,709 was higherlower than its carrying value of $17,247,487$17,884,985 by $1,777,831.$1,211,276. The fair value of these financial instruments is estimated based on reference to quoted market prices for these or comparable securities. Our floating rate borrowings, comprised of our term loans and revolving credit facilities, bear interest in reference to current LIBOR-based market rates and thus their principal values approximate fair value. The effect of a hypothetical 100 basis point decrease in interest rates prevailing at September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 would
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increase the estimated fair value of our fixed rate debt by $365,429$840,618 to $19,390,747.$17,514,327. This estimate is based on the assumption of an immediate and parallel shift in interest rates across all maturities.
Put/Call Options
In the third quarter of 2017, the Company entered into a put-call contract that expires in the third quarter of 2018 whereby the Company sold a put option and purchased a call option with the same strike price. In connection with this transaction, the Company provided cash collateral of approximately $45,000 at September 30, 2017, which reflects the aggregate difference between the strike price and the closing price of the underlying shares and is reflected as restricted cash in our consolidated balance sheet. The fair value of the put-call contract of $48,326 as of September 30, 2017 is reflected in liabilities under derivative contracts on the Company’s balance sheet. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, $72,365 was recorded in the statement of operations as a loss on derivative contracts which reflected a change in the fair value of the put-call contract of $48,326 and a realized loss on the settlement of certain put-call options of $24,039. In October 2017, the Company settled the remaining put-call options and recognized an incremental loss of approximately $25,000.
Interest Rate Risk
In June 2016, Altice US Finance I CorporationTo manage interest rate risk, we have from time to time entered into two fixed to floating interest rate swaps. One fixed to floating interest rate swap contracts to adjust the proportion of total debt that is converting $750,000 from asubject to variable and fixed interest rates. Such contracts effectively fix the borrowing rates on floating rate debt to provide an economic hedge against the risk of rising rates and/or effectively convert fixed rate of 1.6655%borrowings to six-month LIBORvariable rates to permit the Company to realize lower interest expense in a declining interest rate environment. We monitor the financial institutions that are counterparties to our interest rate swap contracts and a second tranche of $750,000 from a fixedwe only enter into interest rate of 1.68% to six-month LIBOR. The objective of these swaps is to cover the exposure of the 2026 Senior Secured Notes toswap contracts with financial institutions that are rated investment grade. All such contracts are carried at their fair market values in our consolidated balance sheets, with changes in fair value reflected in the marketconsolidated statements of operations. See Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of interest rate.
Theserate swap contracts outstanding at March 31, 2022. The Company's outstanding interest rate swap contracts are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes. Accordingly, the changes in the fair value of these interest rate swap contracts are recorded through the statement of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, the Company recorded a gain on interest rate swap contracts of $1,051$123,147.
The following represents the location of the assets and $12,539, respectively.
As of September 30, 2017, our outstandingliabilities associated with the Company's equity derivative contracts and interest rate swap contracts had an aggregate fair value and carrying value of $69,271 reflected in “liabilities under derivative contracts” on ourwithin the consolidated balance sheet.sheets:
We do
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging InstrumentsBalance Sheet LocationFair Value at
March 31, 2022
Asset Derivatives:
Interest rate swap contractsDerivative contracts, long-term$53,539 
Liability Derivatives:
Prepaid forward contractsLiabilities under derivative contracts, long-term(60,868)
Interest rate swap contractsLiabilities under derivative contracts, long-term(30,084)
$(90,952)
As of March 31, 2022, we did not hold or issueand have not issued derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
Item 4.        Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
An evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of Altice USA's management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined under SEC rules). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2017.March 31, 2022.
Changes in Internal Control
During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2022, there were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
The Company plans to migrate Cequel’s customer billing system to the Cablevision billing system platform in 2018.
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PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.        Legal Proceedings
Refer to Note 1514 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of our legal proceedings.
Item 2.        Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
6.        Exhibits
(a)EXHIBIT NO.Sales of Unregistered Securities
We had no unregistered sales of equity securities during the period covered by this report.
(b)Use of Proceeds
On June 22, 2017, we completed our IPO, in which we sold 12,068,966 shares of Class A Common Stock and selling stockholders sold 51,874,063 shares of Class A Common Stock, at a price of $30.00 per share. Additionally, on June 22, 2017, the selling stockholders sold 7,781,110 shares of Class A Common Stock at a price of $30.00 per share pursuant to the exercise of an overallotment option granted to the underwriters in connection with the offering. The offer and sale of all of the shares of our Class A Common Stock were registered under the Securities Act, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-217240), which was declared effective by the SEC on June 21, 2017.
The managing underwriters of our IPO, which has now been completed, were J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs & Co. The aggregate offering price for shares sold in the offering was approximately $2,151.7 million (including shares sold pursuant to the exercise of the overallotment option). We did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders. We received approximately $348.5 million in net proceeds from the offering, after deducting underwriter discounts and commissions of approximately $11.9 million and other offering expenses of approximately $1.7 million.
There has been no material change in the use of proceeds from our IPO as described in the Prospectus. On July 10, 2017, the Company used approximately $350,120 of the proceeds to fund the redemption of $315,779 principal amount of 2025 Senior Notes issued by CSC Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and the related call premium of approximately $34,341. Prior to the redemption of the notes and the premium and interest paid, we invested the net proceeds in money market funds.
Item 6.        Exhibits

DESCRIPTION
EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
Section 302 Certification of the CEO.
Section 302 Certification of the CFO.
Section 906 Certifications of the CEO and CFO.
101
The following financial statements from Altice USA's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2017,April 28, 2022 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss);Income; (iv) the Consolidated StatementStatements of Stockholders' Equity;Deficiency; (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (vi) the Combined Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
104The cover page from this quarterly report on Form 10-Q formatted in Inline XBRL.



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SIGNATURESSIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrantRegistrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. 
ALTICE USA, INC.
Date:April 28, 2022ALTICE USA, INC./s/ Michael J. Grau
By:
Date:November 3, 2017/s/ Charles Stewart
By:Charles Stewart as Co-President and
Michael J. Grau
Chief Financial Officer




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