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Dolan, with 68.7M votes each.","Ratification of independent auditor for FY2024 passed with 93.8M For, 53.9K Against.","Amended 2020 Employee Stock Plan and Non-Employee Director Stock Plan approved with over 80M For votes each.","Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 82.1M For, 8.1M Against."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-292549","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-292549.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-292549.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-292549.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312523292549/0001193125-23-292549-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312523292549/d647472d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-07T14:59:49.570767+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"83c7aabf79ad907f7584b13bb65d74d66cb54217","claim":"Sphere Entertainment Co. shareholders approved Approval of 2020 Employee Stock Plan, as amended at the 2023-12-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, approved the Company’s 2020 Employee Stock Plan, as amended. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 80,463,991 9,789,431 15,098 3,608,520","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312523292549/0001193125-23-292549-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"equity plan"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-12-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"b281aa8210af15a5c5ad8c570149fc682a7cb84d","claim":"Sphere Entertainment Co. shareholders approved Approval of 2020 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended at the 2023-12-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, approved the Company’s 2020 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 83,833,709 6,398,846 35,965 3,608,520","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312523292549/0001193125-23-292549-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"equity plan"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-12-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"c42b3ce868990246cf8b4df8dcaa8899fca09083","claim":"Sphere Entertainment Co. shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-12-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The Company’s Class A stockholders and Class B stockholders, voting together as a single class, approved in an advisory (non-binding) vote the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 82,115,751 8,111,012 41,757 3,608,520","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312523292549/0001193125-23-292549-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-12-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"e10ee243d4c238ab2c8702774262df9c64b25dbc","claim":"Sphere Entertainment Co. shareholders approved Election of Directors (Class A stockholders elected four directors; Class B stockholders elected twelve directors) at the 2023-12-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The Company’s Class A stockholders elected the four directors listed below to the Board of Directors. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Joseph J. Lhota 13,733,103 7,867,877 3,608,520 Joel M. Litvin 16,125,307 5,475,673 3,608,520 John L. Sykes 13,511,086 8,089,894 3,608,520 Carl E. Vogel 17,902,439 3,698,541 3,608,520 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 68,667,540 0 0 Charles F. Dolan 68,667,540 0 0 Charles P. Dolan 68,667,540 0 0 Kristin A. Dolan 68,667,540 0 0 Marianne Dolan Weber 68,667,540 0 0 Paul J. Dolan 68,667,540 0 0 Quentin F. Dolan 68,667,540 0 0 Ryan T. Dolan 68,667,540 0 0 Thomas C. Dolan 68,667,540 0 0 Brian G. Sweeney 68,667,540 0 0 Vincent Tese 68,667,540 0 0 Isiah L. Thomas III 68,667,540 0 0","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312523292549/0001193125-23-292549-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-12-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"f16dff2f09a78ed819839f754b87f702065c5e87","claim":"Sphere Entertainment Co. shareholders approved Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 fiscal year at the 2023-12-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"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 2024 fiscal year. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 93,808,948 53,947 14,145 0","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1795250/000119312523292549/0001193125-23-292549-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-12-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}