Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

The information set forth under Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

As previously disclosed, on March 29, 2019, a stockholder of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (formerly known as The Madison Square Garden Company and referred to herein as "MSG Sports") filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the "Court"), derivatively on behalf of MSG Sports (the "Action"), against certain directors of MSG Sports who are members of the Dolan family group and against those other directors of MSG Sports who were the members of the Compensation Committee on such date (collectively, the "Individual Defendants"). MSG Sports was also named as a nominal defendant in the Action. The Action alleges that the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to MSG Sports and its stockholders in approving the compensation of James L. Dolan, as the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MSG Sports, pursuant to his 2016 and 2018 employment agreements with MSG Sports. Pursuant to Mr. Dolan's 2018 employment agreement, on October 3, 2018 MSG Sports granted Mr. Dolan a one-time award consisting of 32,471 performance stock units and 448,992 stock options (the "MSGS Award"). The stock options included as part of this award vest over four years and at the time of grant date were, and continue to be, priced substantially higher than MSG Sports' current stock price. The Action sought monetary damages in an unspecified amount from the Individual Defendants in favor of MSG Sports; rescission of Mr. Dolan's employment agreements; restitution and disgorgement by Mr. Dolan in respect of his compensation; and costs and disbursements for the plaintiff. Each of the Individual Defendants denies all allegations, in the Action or otherwise, that any of them committed wrongdoing, has any fault or liability or has caused any damage.

On June 5, 2019, the Board of Directors of MSG Sports formed a Special Litigation Committee (the "SLC") to investigate the claims made in the Action and determine MSG Sports' response thereto. From July to December 2019, the SLC conducted a thorough investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the Action to objectively assess the substantive fairness of Mr. Dolan's compensation under his 2016 and 2018 employment agreements with MSG Sports. The SLC concluded that a settlement of the Action is in the best interests of MSG Sports and its stockholders. In reaching that determination, the SLC considered the facts and circumstances surrounding the proposed settlement, including: (i) the strengths and weaknesses of the claims asserted by plaintiff and the Individual Defendants' defenses, viewed in light of the SLC's considerable investigation; (ii) that the SLC found no evidence that any of the Individual Defendants acted in bad faith or in a manner that they believed not to be in the best interests of MSG Sports and its stockholders; (iii) the potential recovery from the claims asserted; (iv) the time, expense, risks, and uncertainties of continued litigation; (v) the effect on MSG Sports of continued litigation; and (vi) the benefits that the proposed settlement affords MSG Sports.

Also as previously disclosed, on April 17, 2020 MSG Sports effected a spin-off to its common stockholders (the "MSGE Spin-off") of all of the common stock of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (the "Company"). In connection with the MSGE Spin-off, each of the Company and MSG Sports entered into new March 31, 2020 employment agreements with Mr. Dolan, which allocated Mr. Dolan's compensation between the two companies. Additionally in connection with the MSGE Spin-off, the Company granted a one-time award consisting of 32,471 performance stock units and 448,992 stock options (the "MSGE Award") to Mr. Dolan in respect of the MSGS Award, consistent with the treatment of all equity-based MSG Sports awards in the MSGE Spin-off. Like the MSGS Award, the stock options included as part of this award vest over four years and at the time of grant date were, and continue to be, priced substantially higher than the Company's current stock price.

On June 18, 2020, as a result of arm's-length negotiations among the SLC, the plaintiff, and the Individual Defendants, and their respective counsel, such parties and MSG Sports and the Company entered into an agreement to settle the Action (the "Settlement"). In light of Mr. Dolan's March 31, 2020 employment agreements with each of the Company and MSG Sports and the plaintiff's status as a stockholder of the Company as a result of the MSGE Spin-off, the Company is entering into the Settlement because it believes that entering into the Settlement will eliminate the distraction, burden, delay and expense of litigation involving the claims to be released in the Settlement and will permit the operation of the Company without any distraction to and diversion of its directors and executives with respect to the Action or similar claims, especially as the Company focuses on operating as a standalone public company and on significant strategic initiatives.

Upon the Settlement becoming effective, Mr. Dolan has agreed to voluntarily relinquish the MSGS Award and MSGE Award and the related award agreements will be cancelled. The Settlement also provides that (i) no future decision by the Company or MSG Sports, as applicable, concerning Mr. Dolan's compensation will reinstate or recompense Mr. Dolan for the cancelled MSGS Award or MSGE Award or the exclusion from Mr. Dolan's employment agreements of the terms set forth in Annex B to the MSG Sports 2018 employment agreement (which had provided Mr. Dolan with certain rights in the event of his termination of employment with MSG Networks Inc.), and (ii) as applicable, in connection with any negotiations with Mr. Dolan regarding his compensation, the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee of each of the Company and

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MSG Sports will retain independent legal counsel and will continue to retain an independent compensation consultant. As part of the Settlement, the plaintiff will withdraw all of the allegations made in the Action upon the Settlement becoming effective. The parties agreed that the Settlement is not a presumption, concession, or admission by any of the parties of any fault, liability, or wrongdoing, or of any infirmity or weakness of any claim or defense. If the Court approves the Settlement, it will issue a Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal that will dismiss the Action with prejudice and release claims relating to the Action. The Settlement will become effective on the date on which the Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal becomes final.

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