---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-302869"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSGS"
cik: "0001636519"
company_name: "Madison Square Garden Sports Corp."
filed_at: "2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:11:06.836079+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSGS annual meeting elects 17 directors, ratifies auditor, approves say-on-pay

## Summary
- Five Class A directors and twelve Class B directors elected; all Class B directors received 45,295,170 votes for.
- Independent auditor ratified for fiscal 2023: 62,717,393 for, 36,471 against, 17,515 abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 54,701,174 for, 6,193,757 against; majority of both classes.
- Advisory vote on frequency: 51,316,037 for three years, 9,564,464 for one year, 30,954 for two years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-302869
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSGS
- cik: 0001636519
- company_name: Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
- filed_at: 2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522302869/0001193125-22-302869-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522302869/d401389d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders approved Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2022-12-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-09
  source text: 2. The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, ratified the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 62,717,393 36,471 17,515 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522302869/0001193125-22-302869-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders voted on Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2022-12-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Meeting: 2022-12-09
  source text: 4. The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, voted on an advisory (non-binding) basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: Three Years Two Years One Year Abstain Broker Non-Votes 51,316,037 30,954 9,564,464 31,640 1,828,284
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522302869/0001193125-22-302869-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders approved Election of Class A Directors at the 2022-12-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-09
  source text: 1. The Company’s Class A stockholders elected the five directors listed below to the Board of Directors. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Joseph M. Cohen 13,660,811 1,987,114 1,828,284 Richard D. Parsons 13,494,780 2,153,145 1,828,284 Nelson Peltz 13,503,327 2,144,598 1,828,284 Ivan Seidenberg 14,246,576 1,401,349 1,828,284 Anthony J. Vinciquerra 14,459,516 1,188,409 1,828,284
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522302869/0001193125-22-302869-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders approved Election of Class B Directors at the 2022-12-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-09
  source text: The Company’s Class B stockholders elected the twelve directors listed below to the Board of Directors. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes James L. Dolan 45,295,170 0 0 Charles F. Dolan 45,295,170 0 0 Charles P. Dolan 45,295,170 0 0 Marianne Dolan Weber 45,295,170 0 0 Paul J. Dolan 45,295,170 0 0 Quentin F. Dolan 45,295,170 0 0 Ryan T. Dolan 45,295,170 0 0 Thomas C. Dolan 45,295,170 0 0 Stephen C. Mills 45,295,170 0 0 Alan D. Schwartz 45,295,170 0 0 Brian G. Sweeney 45,295,170 0 0 Vincent Tese 45,295,170 0 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522302869/0001193125-22-302869-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2022-12-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-09
  source text: 3. The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 54,701,174 6,193,757 48,164 1,828,284
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312522302869/0001193125-22-302869-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.
