director since 2011. He served as Interim Executive Chairman of AMC Networks from December 2022 to February 2023. Mr. Dolan was also the Executive Chairman of MSG Networks from 2009 to 2021 and Chief Executive Officer of Cablevision from 1995 to 2016. He was previously President of Cablevision from 1998 to 2014; Chief Executive Officer of Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc., a former programming subsidiary of Cablevision that spun off in 2011 to become AMC Networks, from 1992 to 1995; and Vice President of Cablevision from 1987 to 1992. In addition, Mr. Dolan previously served as a director of MSG Networks from 2009 until 2021 and a director of Cablevision from 1991 to 2016. Mr. Dolan is the father of Charles P. Dolan, Quentin F. Dolan and Ryan T. Dolan, the brother of Marianne Dolan Weber and Thomas C. Dolan, the brother-in-law of Brian G. Sweeney and the cousin of Paul J. Dolan. In light of his experience as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, MSG Entertainment and Sphere Entertainment, his experience in various positions with Cablevision, including as its Chief Executive Officer, his experience in various positions with MSG Networks and its predecessors since 1999, including as Executive Chairman, as well as the knowledge and experience he has gained about the Company s businesses and contributions he has made during his tenure as a director of the Company, MSG Entertainment, Sphere Entertainment, MSG Networks, AMC Networks and Cablevision, our Board has concluded that Mr. Dolan should serve as a director of the Company.