---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-419170"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSGR"
cik: "0002132873"
company_name: "MSGS Spinco, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-09T20:37:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:04:55.818906+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSG Sports sets Oct. 26 spin-off of NY Rangers; Spinco to trade as MSGR, RemainCo renamed MSGK

## Summary
- Distribution effective 11:59 p.m. ET Oct. 26, 2026; record date Oct. 20, 2026, with holders receiving 1 Spinco share per 2 MSG Sports shares for both Class A and Class B.
- Spinco renamed MSG Rangers Corp., owning the New York Rangers NHL team, AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack and the Greenburgh, NY training center; MSG Sports becomes MSG Knickerbockers Corp. (MSGK).
- Dolan Family Group will hold ~89.7% of Class B, ~3.0% of Class A and ~63.4% of total voting power; Company will be a NYSE 'controlled company' with Class B at 10 votes/share.
- Joseph M. Cohen appointed a director effective open of business Oct. 9, 2026, joining the Audit and Compensation Committees.
- Distribution expected to qualify as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes per opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; cash paid in lieu of fractional shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-419170
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSGR
- cik: 0002132873
- company_name: MSGS Spinco, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-09T20:37:24+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2132873/000119312526419170/0001193125-26-419170-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2132873/000119312526419170/d122415d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-419170.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph M. Cohen was appointed as director at MSGS Spinco, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: Effective as of the open of business on October 9, 2026, Joseph M. Cohen was appointed as a director of MSGS Spinco, Inc. (the “Company”) by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2132873/000119312526419170/0001193125-26-419170-index.htm

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