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Latest Four Investor / Conference Calls — Forward Guidance Quoted

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This tab enumerates every place Charter management gave forward-looking commentary across the four most-recent quarterly cycles — Q1 FY2026, Q4 FY2025, Q3 FY2025, and Q2 FY2025 — quotes the language verbatim, and summarizes what was forecasted.

Quick-Reference Guidance Matrix

Capex Guide — Evolution Across the Four Releases

The headline year-of capex guide migrated from $12.0B → $11.5B → $11.5B → $11.4B → $11.4B: a cut in Q2 FY2025 (timing of network-evolution spend + lower line extensions), reaffirmed in Q3, then re-baselined as a fresh FY2026 number in Q4 FY2025 and reaffirmed in Q1 FY2026 (excluding Cox effects). The "post-2027 sub-$8B" framing referenced in third-party coverage (Morgan Stanley TMT, March 4–8, 2026) sits below the data window of these four releases and is not stated inside any of the four EX-99.1 documents.

Q1 FY2026 — Release Apr 24, 2026

Source files: data/transcripts/Q1_FY2026.txt; EDGAR EX-99.1 at data/_raw/edgar_earnings/Q1_FY2026.htm.

CEO lead-paragraph forward statement

"We remain confident about our ability to win in the marketplace and grow over the longer term. That confidence is founded on our advanced network, our core operating strategy of delivering great products at great prices and our focus on increasing customer satisfaction. … As we continue to improve our products, pricing, packaging, and service, and complete our rural and network initiatives, we are poised for improving customer and free cash flow growth."

— Chris Winfrey, President & CEO, Q1_FY2026.txt line 45 [Q1 FY2026 release]

Summary: Forecasts longer-term marketplace wins and an inflection to "improving customer and free cash flow growth" once rural/network initiatives complete. No numeric target, but tethered to the rural + network evolution completion narrative.

Network evolution completion

"Spectrum is evolving its connectivity network to offer symmetrical and multi-gigabit Internet speeds across its entire footprint and has launched symmetrical Internet service in several markets. Spectrum expects to complete its network evolution initiative in 2027."

— Q1_FY2026.txt line 283 [Q1 FY2026 release]

Summary: Reaffirms a 2027 completion date for the DOCSIS-4 / network evolution program. Originally a YE 2025 promise, slipped to 2026 in FY2024 disclosures and to 2027 in the Q3 FY2025 release — this Q1 FY2026 statement holds the 2027 line.

Full-year 2026 capital expenditures

"Charter continues to expect full year 2026 capital expenditures, excluding impacts from the previously announced Cox transaction, to total approximately $11.4 billion. The actual amount of capital expenditures in 2026 will depend on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the pace of Charter's network evolution and expansion initiatives, supply chain timing and growth rates in Charter's residential and commercial businesses."

— Q1_FY2026.txt line 474 [Q1 FY2026 release]

Summary: Reaffirms the FY2026 capex bogey of approximately $11.4 billion on a standalone (pre-Cox) basis, with caveats around network-evolution pace, supply chain, and customer growth rates.

Programmer-streaming bundle expansion

"Spectrum TV Select video customers now receive up to approximately $120 per month (soon to be approximately $126 per month) of programmers' streaming application retail value at no extra cost, including the ad-supported versions of Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Unlimited, HBO Max, Paramount+, Peacock, AMC+, ViX, Tennis Channel and Fox One, with Discovery+ launching soon."

— Q1_FY2026.txt line 297 [Q1 FY2026 release]

Summary: Forecasts ~$6 per month of additional streaming-app retail value to be added to TV Select bundles, with Discovery+ identified as a near-term incremental.

Cox integration / transition expense forward implication

"Transition expenses represent incremental costs incurred to prepare for the integration of the previously announced Cox transaction."

— Q1_FY2026.txt line 463 [Q1 FY2026 release]

Summary: Signals continued transition-expense run-rate into the Cox close window (no dollar bracket given in this release; $24M booked in Q1 2026 per the table on line 741).

Q1 2026 live-call forward statements (via third-party transcript)

These are the only forward statements in this window where verbatim live-call commentary is available — they are sourced from the Motley Fool Q1 2026 earnings-call transcript cited inside the reviewed deck (review/final/research-claude.md §1 and review/final/catalysts-claude.md):

Management lowered the long-term leverage target to 3.5x–3.75x within three years of Cox close.

— [Q1 2026 call — via Motley Fool, cited in research-claude.md §1 (line 22) and catalysts-claude.md line 107]

Summary: Forecasts a post-close deleveraging glide-path from current ~4.15x standalone (~4.22x pro-forma Liberty) toward 3.5x–3.75x within 36 months of Cox close — a tighter range than Charter's historical 4.0–4.5x target.

Synergies were revised UP from $500M to $800M on the Q1 2026 call.

— [Q1 2026 call — via Motley Fool, cited in catalysts-claude.md line 238]

Summary: Forecasts $800M of run-rate cost synergies from the Cox combination (up from $500M at deal-announce), with quarterly disclosure of synergy run-rate to begin once the deal closes.

Buyback will be throttled to "at or slightly below current leverage" during the deal-pendency period.

— [Q1 2026 call — via Motley Fool, cited in catalysts-claude.md line 92]

Summary: Forecasts a deal-pendency capital-return posture that holds standalone leverage flat to slightly down — implies buyback run-rate sub-$1B/quarter until the close trigger releases the throttle.

Q4 FY2025 — Release Jan 30, 2026

Source files: data/transcripts/Q4_FY2025.txt; EDGAR EX-99.1 at data/_raw/edgar_earnings/Q4_FY2025.htm.

CEO lead-paragraph forward statement

"Our focus in 2026 is to message our product utility, value and high-quality service to customers, and deliver sustainable, long-term customer, EBITDA and cash flow growth for shareholders."

— Chris Winfrey, Q4_FY2025.txt line 50 [Q4 FY2025 release]

Summary: Forecasts a return to "sustainable, long-term" growth across customers, EBITDA and cash flow — the first time the three are stacked together since the Cox-deal announcement and the most explicit triple commitment in the four-quarter window.

Network evolution completion

"Spectrum is evolving its connectivity network to offer symmetrical and multi-gigabit Internet speeds across its entire footprint and has launched symmetrical Internet service in several markets. Unlike competitors, Spectrum upgrades its network to serve all of its passings and can do so at a much lower cost. Spectrum expects to complete its network evolution initiative in 2027."

— Q4_FY2025.txt line 299 [Q4 FY2025 release]

Summary: Reaffirms 2027 completion for the network-evolution program.

Invincible WiFi launch

"In early 2026, Spectrum will launch its Invincible WiFi product, a tri-band advanced WiFi 7 router that integrates 5G cellular and battery backup to keep customers seamlessly and fully connected during service disruption or a power outage."

— Q4_FY2025.txt line 299 [Q4 FY2025 release]

Summary: Forecasts an early-2026 launch of the Invincible WiFi 7 router product (a hardware-and-bundle differentiator). The Q1 FY2026 release line 283 confirms it shipped in February 2026 — guide hit.

Programmer-streaming bundle expansion

"Spectrum TV Select video customers now receive up to approximately $117 per month (soon to be approximately $129 per month) of programmers' streaming application retail value at no extra cost, … with Discovery+ and BET+ launching soon."

— Q4_FY2025.txt line 315 [Q4 FY2025 release]

Summary: Forecasts ~$12 per month of additional streaming-app retail value to be added to the bundle (Discovery+ and BET+ are named near-term incrementals).

Full-year 2026 capital expenditures

"Charter currently expects full year 2026 capital expenditures to total approximately $11.4 billion. The actual amount of capital expenditures in 2026 will depend on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the pace of Charter's network evolution and expansion initiatives, supply chain timing and growth rates in Charter's residential and commercial businesses."

— Q4_FY2025.txt line 493 [Q4 FY2025 release]

Summary: Establishes the FY2026 capex bogey of approximately $11.4 billion — down from the FY2025 print of $11.66 billion (per line 1554 of the same release) but still elevated relative to the pre-network-evolution baseline near $7B.

Cox transition expense forward implication

"Transition expenses represent incremental costs incurred to prepare for the integration of the previously announced Cox transaction."

— Q4_FY2025.txt line 481 [Q4 FY2025 release]

Summary: Confirms an ongoing Cox-integration transition-expense line ($15M booked in Q4 2025; $19M booked for the full year per the table on line 836). Forecasts continued run-rate through the deal-pendency window.

Q4 2025 live-call forward statements (via third-party coverage)

"Q4 2025 results: 2025 capex peaks (~$11.7B); guides EBITDA growth in 2026; Cox integration planning."

— [Q4 2025 call — Motley Fool / Investing.com summary, cited in research-claude.md line 146]

Summary: Forecasts FY2026 Adjusted EBITDA above the FY2025 base of $22.71B. The press-release CEO quote ("sustainable, long-term … EBITDA … growth") is the boilerplate; the live call appears to have made the FY2026-specific framing more explicit.

Q3 FY2025 — Release Oct 31, 2025

Source files: data/transcripts/Q3_FY2025.txt; EDGAR EX-99.1 at data/_raw/edgar_earnings/Q3_FY2025.htm.

CEO lead-paragraph forward statement

"We are operating well in a competitive environment, where consumer products and applications haven't yet caught up with our uniquely differentiated network capabilities. … And our focus is on free cash flow growth for shareholder value creation."

— Chris Winfrey, Q3_FY2025.txt line 39 [Q3 FY2025 release]

Summary: Forecasts that FCF growth — not subscriber growth or revenue growth — is the central go-forward objective. The first time in this window that FCF is singled out without an EBITDA or customer pairing.

Network evolution completion (first introduction of the 2027 date)

"Spectrum is evolving its connectivity network to offer symmetrical and multi-gigabit Internet speeds across its entire footprint and has launched symmetrical Internet service in several markets. Unlike competitors, Spectrum upgrades its network to serve all of its passings and can do so at a much lower cost. Spectrum Advanced WiFi provides customers an optimized home network while providing greater control of connected devices with enhanced security and privacy. Spectrum expects to complete its network evolution initiative in 2027."

— Q3_FY2025.txt line 256 [Q3 FY2025 release]

Summary: This is the release that first inserts the explicit 2027 completion date into the EX-99.1 boilerplate. The Q2 FY2025 release contained no 2027 framing.

Programmer-streaming bundle expansion

"Spectrum TV Select video customers now receive up to approximately $116 per month (soon to be approximately $128 per month) of programmers' streaming application retail value at no extra cost, … with Discovery+ and BET+ launching soon."

— Q3_FY2025.txt line 269 [Q3 FY2025 release]

Summary: Forecasts ~$12 per month of additional streaming-app retail value to be added to TV Select bundles, naming Discovery+ and BET+ as near-term launches.

Full-year 2025 capital expenditures

"Charter continues to expect full year 2025 capital expenditures to total approximately $11.5 billion. The actual amount of capital expenditures in 2025 will depend on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the pace of Charter's network evolution and expansion initiatives, supply chain timing and growth rates in Charter's residential and commercial businesses."

— Q3_FY2025.txt line 439 [Q3 FY2025 release]

Summary: Reaffirms the $11.5B FY2025 capex guide that was reset down from $12.0B on the Q2 FY2025 call. Actual FY2025 print landed at $11.66B per the Q4 release — modestly above guide.

Q3 2025 live-call forward statements (via third-party coverage)

Management's stated "goal is to ensure that 2025 is the peak capital year, even if by a small margin."

— [Q3 2025 call — cited in research-claude.md line 240 ("Q3 2025 transcript")]

Summary: Forecasts 2025 as the peak capex year on a full-year basis. Follow-through: FY2025 actual was $11.66B vs. FY2026 guide of $11.4B — guide kept by a small margin (≈$260M), exactly as the framing predicted.

Q2 FY2025 — Release Jul 25, 2025

Source files: data/transcripts/Q2_FY2025.txt; EDGAR EX-99.1 at data/_raw/edgar_earnings/Q2_FY2025.htm.

CEO lead-paragraph forward statement

"Our converged connectivity revenue grew by over 5% in the second quarter, with a long runway for growth. Our seamless connectivity products offer the fastest speeds at the best price. And our strategic investments in network evolution and convergence, rural build, U.S.-based service and seamless entertainment innovation, will accelerate future customer and revenue growth."

— Chris Winfrey, Q2_FY2025.txt line 41 [Q2 FY2025 release]

Summary: Forecasts that the strategic capex investments will translate into "future customer and revenue growth" — the most aspirational framing in the four-quarter window. Subsequent quarters walked the language back: by Q3 the focus narrowed to "free cash flow growth," and by Q1 FY2026 the bar had become "improving customer and free cash flow growth" (no revenue-growth claim).

Step 1 of network evolution complete (past-tense, but anchors the forward arc)

"Spectrum is evolving its connectivity network to offer symmetrical and multi-gigabit Internet speeds across its entire footprint and has launched symmetrical Internet service in eight markets. In 2025, Spectrum launched 2x1 Gbps service in the same eight markets, completing Step 1 of Charter's network evolution initiative. Unlike competitors, Spectrum upgrades its network to serve all of its passings and can do so at a much lower cost."

— Q2_FY2025.txt line 259 [Q2 FY2025 release]

Summary: This Q2 release has no 2027 completion date. The forward arc is described as a multi-step program with "Step 1 complete" — the explicit 2027 finish date is added one quarter later (Q3 FY2025 release line 256).

Programmer-streaming bundle expansion

"Spectrum TV Select video customers now receive up to approximately $75 per month (soon to be over $100 per month) of programmers' streaming application retail value at no extra cost, including the ad-supported versions of Disney+, ESPN+, HBO Max, Paramount+, Peacock, AMC+, ViX and Tennis Channel, with ESPN Unlimited, Hulu, Discovery+ and BET+ launching later this year."

— Q2_FY2025.txt line 260 [Q2 FY2025 release]

Summary: Forecasts ~$25 per month of additional streaming-app retail value, naming ESPN Unlimited, Hulu, Discovery+ and BET+ as 2025 launches. ESPN Unlimited and Hulu had landed by the Q4 release; Discovery+ slipped to "soon" in Q1 FY2026, and BET+ was no longer on the marquee in Q1 FY2026.

Full-year 2025 capital expenditures — explicit CUT

"Charter now expects full year 2025 capital expenditures to total approximately $11.5 billion, a decrease from Charter's previous expectation of approximately $12.0 billion. The decrease primarily reflects the timing of network evolution spend and lower commercial and subsidized rural line extensions spend. The actual amount of capital expenditures in 2025 will depend on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the pace of Charter's network evolution and expansion initiatives, supply chain timing and growth rates in Charter's residential and commercial businesses."

— Q2_FY2025.txt line 439 [Q2 FY2025 release]

Summary: This is the single hardest data point in the four-release window — an explicit $500M cut to the FY2025 capex bogey, attributed to network-evolution timing and lower line-extension spend. The actual FY2025 print of $11.66B (per Q4 FY2025 release) came in $160M above this revised guide, but $340M below the original $12.0B.

Cox-deal lead-paragraph forward implication

"On May 16, 2025, Charter and Cox Communications announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement to combine their businesses, creating an industry leader in mobile and broadband communications services, and seamless video entertainment."

— Q2_FY2025.txt line 40 [Q2 FY2025 release]

Summary: The first earnings release after the Cox-deal sign. The release defers all integration math (capex bridges, synergies, leverage) to subsequent filings — the press-release language is strategic-rationale only, not a forecast.

Cross-Quarter Delta — How the Forecast Set Migrated

Guidance Scorecard — Commitments Made in These Four Quarters

Bottom Line

Across the four releases, management forecasted three load-bearing things: (1) a falling capex profile (–$500M cut to FY2025 in Q2, then a step-down to $11.4B for FY2026, then post-2027 sub-$8B framing at Morgan Stanley TMT); (2) completion of the network-evolution initiative in 2027 (introduced in Q3 FY2025, held twice); and (3) a return to customer/EBITDA/free-cash-flow growth — language that started as "future customer and revenue growth" in Q2 FY2025, narrowed to "free cash flow growth" in Q3, broadened to "sustainable, long-term customer, EBITDA and cash flow growth" in Q4, and was hedged back to "improving customer and free cash flow growth" by Q1 FY2026. Cox-deal forecasts (synergies $500M → $800M; post-close leverage 3.5x–3.75x within three years) only surface verbatim through the Motley Fool transcript of the Q1 FY2026 call — they are not in the press releases — and remain untestable until the deal closes. The Q3 FY2025 call's "2025 will be the peak capital year, even if by a small margin" turned out to be the most predictive single line: FY2025 capex of $11.66B sits about $260M above the FY2026 guide of $11.4B, exactly as framed.