Altice USA (ATUS) Form 4 Altice USA / Charles Stewart ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Stewart Charles

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1 COURT SQUARE WEST

(Street)

LONG ISLAND CITY NY 11101

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Altice USA, Inc. [ ATUS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/21/2019

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A common stock	12/21/2019		C		373,925	A	(1)	1,355,485	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class C Unit	(1)	12/21/2019		C			373,925	(2)	(2)	Class A common stock	373,925	$0	0	D
Variable Prepaid Share Forward Transaction	(3)(4)(5)	12/23/2019		J/K		350,000		(3)(4)(5)	(3)(4)(5)	Class A common stock	350,000	(3)(4)(5)	350,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Class C Units represent a contingent right to receive, following vesting, shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer ("Shares") in the discretion of Neptune Holding US GP LLC.

2. These Class C Units vested 50% on December 21, 2017, 25% on December 21, 2018, and 25% on December 21, 2019.

3. On December 23, 2019, the reporting person entered into a Variable Prepaid Forward Transaction (the "Transaction") with an unaffiliated bank (the "Bank") relating to 350,000 Shares.

4. On the settlement date, the reporting person will be obligated to deliver to the Bank a number of Shares determined as follows (or, at the reporting person's election, an equivalent amount in cash): (a) if the closing price per share on December 23, 2022 (the "Settlement Price") is less than $26.85 (the "Floor Price"), 350,000 Shares (the "Number of Shares"); (b) if the Settlement Price is greater than the Floor Price but less than or equal to $33.56 (the "Cap Price"), the Number of Shares multiplied by the Floor Price divided by the Settlement Price; and (c) if the Settlement Price is greater than the Cap Price, the Number of Shares multiplied by (1 - (Cap Price - Floor Price), divided by the Settlement Price).

5. In exchange for assuming this obligation, the reporting person received a cash payment of $8,027,845 on December 26, 2019. The reporting person pledged 350,000 Shares (the "Pledged Shares") to the Bank to secure its obligations under the Transaction. The reporting person retained voting rights in the Pledged Shares during the term of the pledge, but the reporting person is obligated to share with the Bank certain economic benefits of dividends paid during the term of the pledge.

	/s/ Charles Stewart	12/26/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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