---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-293398"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSGS"
cik: "0001636519"
company_name: "Madison Square Garden Sports Corp."
filed_at: "2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T14:14:38.513298+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. annual meeting results; all director nominees elected

## Summary
- Class A stockholders elected 5 directors; Joseph M. Cohen received 13,038,735 for, 2,753,453 withheld.
- Class B stockholders elected 13 directors, including James L. Dolan and Charles F. Dolan, with 45,295,170 votes each.
- Ratification of independent auditor approved with 63,078,068 for, 34,621 against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved with 60,607,097 for, 410,949 against.
- Over 2 million broker non-votes on director elections and say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-293398
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSGS
- cik: 0001636519
- company_name: Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312523293398/0001193125-23-293398-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312523293398/d652568d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders approved Election of Directors by Class B stockholders at the 2023-12-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-11
  source text: The Company’s Class B stockholders elected the thirteen 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 Andrew Lustgarten 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/1636519/000119312523293398/0001193125-23-293398-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders approved Election of Directors by Class A stockholders at the 2023-12-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-11
  source text: 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 13,038,735 2,753,453 2,057,699 Richard D. Parsons 10,039,079 5,753,109 2,057,699 Nelson Peltz 10,093,271 5,698,917 2,057,699 Ivan Seidenberg 13,018,479 2,773,709 2,057,699 Anthony J. Vinciquerra 13,005,039 2,787,149 2,057,699
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312523293398/0001193125-23-293398-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-12-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-11
  source text: 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 60,607,097 410,949 69,312 2,057,699
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312523293398/0001193125-23-293398-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 fiscal year at the 2023-12-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-11
  source text: 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 63,078,068 34,621 32,368 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1636519/000119312523293398/0001193125-23-293398-index.htm

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