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MSG Networks completes debt restructuring: $210M term loan, Knicks/Rangers rights fees reduced 28%/18%
Sphere Entertainment Co.
- New $210M term loan facility replaces existing $514M debt; matures Dec 2029, SOFR+5%.
- $80M cash payment to Lenders on closing, funded partly by $15M Sphere capital contribution.
- Knicks media rights fee reduced 28%, Rangers reduced 18%; escalators eliminated, contracts to 2028-29 season.
- Lenders receive Contingent Interest Units entitling to 50% of excess cash and M&A proceeds up to $100M aggregate.
- MSG Sports receives penny warrants for 19.9% of MSG Networks common stock.
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