---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-184938"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSGE"
cik: "0001952073"
company_name: "Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp."
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:23:35.579406+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Layth Taki as SVP, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer, effective Sep 9, 2024

## Summary
- Layth Taki, formerly CAO of Ziff Davis and Altice USA, will serve as SVP, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer.
- Base salary of at least $500,000; annual target bonus of at least 50% of base salary; long-term incentive target of at least $500,000 annually.
- One-time special cash award of $250,000 payable within 30 days of start date; subject to clawback if employment ends before first anniversary.
- One-time special RSU grant of $750,000 (granted April 2025, vesting over three years on Sep 15, 2025, 2026, 2027).
- Severance includes at least sum of base salary and target bonus if terminated without cause or for good reason before third anniversary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-184938
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSGE
- cik: 0001952073
- company_name: Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1952073/000119312524184938/0001193125-24-184938-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1952073/000119312524184938/d871668d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-184938
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-184938.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-184938.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Layth Taki was appointed as Senior Vice President, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer at Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: appointed Layth Taki, 49, as Senior Vice President, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer effective September 9, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1952073/000119312524184938/0001193125-24-184938-index.htm

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