“Post close, however, we will move our long-term target leverage to 3.5x to 4.0x, and we would expect to delever to the middle of that range within 2 to 3 years following close.”

In context

“otaled $53 million, and we expect full year cash tax payments to total approximately $1 billion. We finished the third quarter with $95 billion in debt principal. Our weighted average cost of debt remains at an attractive 5.2%, and our current run rate annualized cash interest is $4.9 billion. During the quarter, we repurchased 7.6 million Charter shares and Charter Holdings common units, totaling $2.2 billion at an average price of $292 per share. As of the end of the third quarter, our ratio of net debt to last 12-month adjusted EBITDA increased sequentially to 4.15x and stood at 4.23x pro forma for the pending Liberty Broadband transaction. As I've noted before, during the pendency of the Cox deal, we plan to be at or slightly under 4.25x leverage pro forma for the Liberty transaction. Post close, however, we will move our long-term target leverage to 3.5x to 4.0x, and we would expect to delever to the middle of that range within 2 to 3 years following close. Before moving to Q&A, I wanted to remind everyone that as our capital spending peaks this year and as we begin to benefit from President Trump's new tax legislation, we are poised for rapid free cash flow and free cash flow per share growth over the next several years. Slide 16 lays that phenomenon out very clearly. And with the additional upside potential from future EBITDA growth, a declining stand-alone share count and the powerful economic and strategic benefits of our Cox transaction, the pro forma entity will generate higher free cash flow per share in spite of delevering, which will reduce our cost of capital. And as Chris mentioned, sustainable free cash flow is our key focus metric for delivering shareholder value. With that, I'll turn it over to the operator for Q&A. Operator: [”