Sphere Entertainment Co SEC Filings

Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) filed an 8-K to disclose the closing of a comprehensive debt restructuring and related agreements for its wholly-owned subsidiary MSG Networks Inc. and the direct borrower MSGN Holdings, L.P. (the “Borrower”). The centerpiece is a $210 million senior secured term loan maturing December 2029 that replaces the 2019 credit facility in its entirety. The new loan carries interest at SOFR + 5.00% and requires fixed amortization of $10 million per quarter beginning Q3-25, plus a 100% excess-cash sweep each quarter. SPHR contributed $15 million of equity on the 27 June 2025 effective date, allowing the Borrower to make an $80 million cash payment to lenders on closing.

The facility is backed by guarantees from the holding entities and all existing and future domestic subsidiaries of the Borrower, with a full security package that pledges equity interests and other assets. Sphere Entertainment Group and its non-credit subsidiaries are expressly excluded from repayment obligations and collateral pledges.

Covenants are broadly restrictive, limiting additional debt, liens, dividends, affiliate transactions, asset sales and other corporate actions, while allowing voluntary prepayments at par (subject to standard breakage).

Parallel agreements were executed to bolster liquidity and align incentives:

• Investor Agreement: SPHR forgives intercompany service balances through 30 June 2025, will continue to provide shared services at a reduced rate through 2029 and formally includes the Borrower in SPHR’s consolidated U.S. tax group.
• Amended LPA: Lenders received Contingent Interest Units that, after the term loan is fully repaid, give them 50% of excess cash (above agreed cushions) and 50% of M&A proceeds, in each case capped at $100 million through 2029.
• Media-rights amendments: Annual rights fees to the New York Knicks and New York Rangers are reduced by 28% and 18%, respectively, escalators are removed, and contract terms now end after the 2028-29 season with MSG Networks retaining a right of first refusal.
• MSG Networks issued penny warrants to MSG Sports covering 19.9% of its common stock.

Overall, the transaction extends debt maturities by roughly four and a half years, injects fresh equity, lowers near-term cash interest on a smaller principal balance, and meaningfully reduces sports-rights cash outflows, albeit at the cost of tighter covenants, a high spread over SOFR, and potential future cash sharing and equity dilution.