As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2019

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

MSG NETWORKS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-0624498

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Eleven Pennsylvania Plaza

New York, New York 10001

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

MSG Networks Inc. 2010 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended

(Full title of the plan)

Lawrence J. Burian

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Eleven Pennsylvania Plaza

New York, New York 10001

(Name and address of agent for service)

(212) 465-6400

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

With a copy to:

John Mead, Esq.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

(212) 558-4000

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  

Emerging growth company

      

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Securities

to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

MSG Networks Inc. Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

  345,151 (1)   $16.23 (2)   $5,601,801 (2)   $727.11 (2)

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Class A Common Stock which become issuable under the MSG Networks Inc. 2010 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended, pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock.

(2)

Estimated on the basis of $16.23 per share, the average of the high and low sales prices of MSG Networks Inc. Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 2, 2019 pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by MSG Networks Inc. (the “Registrant”), to register an additional 345,151 shares of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock, issuable under the MSG Networks Inc. 2010 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended (the “Plan”). The Board of Directors of the Registrant approved the Plan on October 2, 2019, and on December 6, 2019, the Plan was approved by the Registrant’s stockholders at the annual meeting.

In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering 300,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable under the Plan and previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 29, 2010 (File No. 333-164597), and the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 278,991 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Plan and previously filed with the SEC on December 11, 2015 (File No. 333-208482) are hereby incorporated by reference herein, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth therein or herein.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

The following documents filed by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):

 

  (a)

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2019;

 

  (b)

The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 filed with the SEC on November 7, 2019;

 

  (c)

The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 29, 2019, October  3, 2019 and October 15, 2019; and

 

  (d)

The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019 filed with the SEC on August 21, 2019, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein are set forth in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this Registration Statement.


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Exhibit

  4.1    Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 10, 2010)
  4.2    Amendment to Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2015)
  4.3    Registrant’s Amended By-Laws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2015)
  4.4    MSG Networks Inc. 2010 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to Annex B to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on October 25, 2019)
  5    Opinion of Lawrence J. Burian
23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2    Consent of Lawrence J. Burian (contained in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, New York, on this 6th day of December, 2019.

 

MSG NETWORKS INC.
By:  

/s/ Lawrence J. Burian

Name:   Lawrence J. Burian
Title:   Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

  

Date

/s/ James L. Dolan

James L. Dolan

   Executive Chairman and Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ Andrea Greenberg

Andrea Greenberg

   President and Chief Executive Officer    December 6, 2019

/s/ Bret Richter

Bret Richter

  

Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

   December 6, 2019

/s/ Dawn Darino-Gorski

Dawn Darino-Gorski

  

Senior Vice President, Controller and

Principal Accounting Officer

   December 6, 2019

/s/ Charles F. Dolan

Charles F. Dolan

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ William J. Bell

William J. Bell

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ Kristin A. Dolan

Kristin A. Dolan

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ Paul J. Dolan

Paul J. Dolan

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ Quentin F. Dolan

Quentin F. Dolan

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ Thomas C. Dolan

Thomas C. Dolan

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ Joseph J. Lhota

Joseph J. Lhota

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ Joel M. Litvin

Joel M. Litvin

   Director    December 6, 2019


/s/ Hank J. Ratner

Hank J. Ratner

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ Brian G. Sweeney

Brian G. Sweeney

   Director    December 6, 2019

/s/ John L. Sykes

John L. Sykes

   Director    December 6, 2019
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