Optimum Communications (OPTU) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Dennis Mathew, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $15M in 2025, up 4% from $14.4M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 194:1, on median employee pay of $77,652.

Filed
April 30, 2026
Annual meeting
June 10, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
4
CEO total pay
$15M+4% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
194:1median $77,652
CEO pay in equity
65%$9.8M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
98%of votes cast
CEO salary
$1,541,9232025 Summary Compensation Table
CEO stock awards
$9,810,605Largest CEO pay component
CEO incentive pay
$2,760,000Non-equity incentive compensation
Target CEO CPA
$5,000,0002025–2027 performance period

How Mathew was paid

$15M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary10%Bonus5%Stock awards65%Non-equity incentive18%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Dennis MathewChairman and Chief Executive Officer$15,032,320
Marc SirotaChief Financial Officer$5,595,709
Michael OlsenEVP, General Counsel and CCRO$4,684,840
Michael ParkerEVP, President - Consumer Services$3,623,481

What changed and why

  • $15.0M$15.0M CEO total compensation in 2025 compared with $14.4M in 2024.
  • $1.55M$1.55M CEO base salary effective January 1, 2025, up from $1.25M.
  • $9.8M$9.8M in CEO stock awards represented the largest component of 2025 compensation.
  • $5.0M$5.0M target CPA award was granted to the CEO for the 2025–2027 performance period.
  • 200%200% of target was the maximum annual cash bonus payout for each named executive officer.
  • 98%98% of votes supported executive compensation at the 2025 annual meeting.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.