Altice USA Inc

The Compensation Committee reviewed and compared compensation for a core peer group of companies in the same general industry or industries as the Company, as well as companies of similar size and business mix to evaluate the competitiveness and appropriateness of our compensation program. For 2024, the Compensation Committee selected the following list of companies that would comprise our peer group for 2024 compensation decisions:

•AT&T Inc.

•Charter Communications, Inc.

•Comcast Corporation

•Echostar Corporation*

•Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. ("Frontier Communications")

•Lumen Technologies, Inc.

•T-Mobile US, Inc.

•Verizon Communications Inc.

*Echostar Corporation, the parent company of Dish Network Corporation, replaced Dish Network Corporation in the 2024 peer group following the merger of Dish Network Corporation and Echostar Corporation in 2023.

The Compensation Committee determined that the peer group represented an appropriate benchmark for the market for our senior executive talent, based on our business operations and competitive labor markets, and would be supplemented by third-party general industry survey data in determining appropriate pay levels for the named executive officers.

In January 2024, FW Cook presented to the Compensation Committee a comparison of the proposed 2024 base rates of salary, projected bonus, long-term incentives and total direct compensation (defined as total cash compensation plus the value of long-term incentives) of our named executive officers against the 25th, median and 75th percentiles of similar positions in general industry survey data from a third-party provider. For Mr. Mathew and Mr. Sirota, a comparison of projected 2024 compensation against the 25th, median and 75th percentiles of actual 2022 peer group compensation (the most recent peer compensation data available at the time) was also presented. Compensation of Mr. Mathew was compared to chief executive officers in the survey and at the peer companies. Compensation of Mr. Sirota was compared to chief financial officers in the survey and at the peer group companies. Compensation of Mr. Olsen was compared to top legal executive roles in the survey. Compensation of Ms. Schmidt was compared to top human resources executive roles in the survey.

The Compensation Committee set a general guideline for target total direct compensation for named executive officers at or near the median of the market data. Individual pay levels may exceed or fall below the median of the peer group, as the Compensation Committee deems appropriate, based on a number of factors including an executive’s experience, skills and level of responsibility.