# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001971213
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-095817
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 19554
**Document Hash:** 399a34113a90dc8481a1785fee603086
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-095817.hdr.sgml**: 20260306

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-095817

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260306

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260306

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260306

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Sinclair, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001971213
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 921076143
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-294088
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26729665

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 10706 BEAVER DAM ROAD
- **CITY:** HUNT VALLEY
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21030
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 410-568-1500

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 10706 BEAVER DAM ROAD
- **CITY:** HUNT VALLEY
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21030

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2026** 

**Registration No. 333-** 

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM S-8** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***Under***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

## SINCLAIR, INC.
**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Maryland** | **92-1076143** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of**<br> **Incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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**10706 Beaver Dam Road**

**Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030**

**(Address of principal executive office, zip code)** 

**401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (formerly 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan)** 

**(Full title of the plan)** 

***Copy to:***

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| **David D. Smith**<br> **Executive Chairman**<br> **Sinclair, Inc.**<br> **10706 Beaver Dam Road**<br> **Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030**<br> **Telephone: (410) 568-1500** | **Jeffrey B. Grill, Esq.**<br> **Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP**<br> **1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.**<br> **Washington, D.C. 20036**<br> **(202) 663-8000** |
| **(Name, address and telephone**<br> **number of agent for service)** | **Jeffrey B. Grill, Esq.**<br> **Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP**<br> **1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.**<br> **Washington, D.C. 20036**<br> **(202) 663-8000** |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "small reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)

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| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
|  |  | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

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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. ☐

**The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act.** 

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**PART I** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS** 

**Explanatory Note and General Instruction E Information** 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 4,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Sinclair, Inc.'s (the "Registrant" or the "Company") 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (formerly the 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan), as amended.

The Company is the successor issuer to Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC (formerly known as Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., the "Predecessor") pursuant to Rule 414 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The Predecessor's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on December 23, 1997 (File No. 333-43047), February 28, 2003 (File No. 333-103528), August 8, 2008 (File No. 333-152884), and March 16, 2018 (File No. 333-223723), the Company's Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June 1, 2023 (File No. 333-43047-01), June 1, 2023 (File No. 333-103528-01), June 1, 2023 (File No. 333-152884-01), and June 1, 2023 (File No. 333-223723-01) and the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on January 17, 2024 (File No. 333-276551), excluding reports that the Registrant or the Predecessor filed with the Commission that were incorporated into the Registration Statements on Form S-8 in order to maintain current information about the Registrant or the Predecessor, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

The document(s) containing the information required by Item 1 of Form S-8 and the statement of availability of registrant information and any other information required by Item 2 of Form S-8 have been sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act. In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. The Registrant will maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.

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**PART II** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference** 

The following documents and information previously filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated by reference herein.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on [Form 10-K](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/912752/000197121326000012/sbgi-20251231.htm) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed on February 27, 2026.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The description of the Registrant's capital stock contained in [Exhibit 4.4](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912752/000197121324000011/exhibit44-descriptionofthe.htm) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on February 29, 2024.

In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (excluding any portions thereof furnished by the Registrant, including but not limited to information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 and any exhibits relating to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 furnished under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K and any certification required by 18 U.S.C. § 1350), on or after the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.

**Item 8. Exhibits** 

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 4.1 | [Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Sinclair, Inc., effective June 1, 2023, as amended by the Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Sinclair, Inc., effective June 6, 2025 (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 8, 2025.)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912752/000197121325000057/amendmenttothearticlesofin.htm) |
| 4.2 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sinclair, Inc., effective June 1, 2023 (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2023.)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912752/000119312523158935/d530850dex32.htm) |
| 5.1 | [Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.](d432076dex51.htm) |
| 23.1 | [Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.](d432076dex231.htm) |
| 23.2 | [Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).](d432076dex51.htm) |
| 24.1 | [Power of Attorney.](d432076dex241.htm) |
| 107.1 | [Filing Fee Table (filed herewith).](d432076dexfilingfees.htm) |

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The Company previously received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") that the Sinclair, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") is a qualified plan under the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). The Company hereby undertakes to submit any amendments to the Plan to the IRS in a timely manner and will make all changes required under the Code to maintain the tax qualifications of the Plan.

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Hunt Valley, Maryland, on the 6th day of March, 2026.

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| SINCLAIR, INC. | SINCLAIR, INC. |
| By | /s/ Christopher S. Ripley |
|  | Christopher S. Ripley |
|  | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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| **SIGNATURE** | **TITLE** | **DATE** |
| /s/ Christopher S. Ripley | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | March 6, 2026 |
| Christopher S. Ripley | President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |  |
| /s/ Narinder K. Sahai\* | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | March 6, 2026 |
| Narinder K. Sahai | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |  |
| /s/ David R. Bochenek\* | Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | March 6, 2026 |
| David R. Bochenek | Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |  |
| /s/ David D. Smith\* | Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board and Director | March 6, 2026 |
| David D. Smith | Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board and Director |  |
| /s/ Frederick G. Smith\* | Director | March 6, 2026 |
| Frederick G. Smith |  |  |
| /s/ J. Duncan Smith\* | Director | March 6, 2026 |
| J. Duncan Smith |  |  |
| /s/ Robert E. Smith\* | Director | March 6, 2026 |
| Robert E. Smith |  |  |
| /s/ Laurie R. Beyer\* | Director | March 6, 2026 |
| Laurie R. Beyer |  |  |
| /s/ Benjamin S. Carson, Sr.\* | Director | March 6, 2026 |
| Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. |  |  |
| /s/ Howard E. Friedman\* | Director | March 6, 2026 |
| Howard E. Friedman |  |  |
| /s/ Benson E. Legg\* | Director | March 6, 2026 |
| Benson E. Legg |  |  |
| /s/ Daniel C. Keith\* | Director | March 6, 2026 |
| Daniel C. Keith |  |  |

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| \* | By: | /s/ Christopher S. Ripley |
|  | Name: | Christopher S. Ripley |
|  | Title: | Attorney-in-Fact |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**EXHIBIT 5.1** 

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036

March 6, 2026

Sinclair, Inc.

10706 Beaver Dam Road

Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as special securities counsel for Sinclair, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") of 4,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"), issuable pursuant to the Company's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan").

We have reviewed and are familiar with such corporate proceedings and other matters as we have deemed necessary for this opinion. On the basis of the assumptions and subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and sold in accordance with the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

The opinions set forth in this letter are limited to the law of the State of Maryland as in effect on the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

## Exhibit 23.1

**Exhibit 23.1** 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Sinclair, Inc. of our report dated February 27, 2026, relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Sinclair, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, Maryland

March 6, 2026

## Exhibit 24.1

**Exhibit 24.1** 

**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Christopher S. Ripley and David R. Bochenek and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to which this power of attorney is filed as an exhibit, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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| **SIGNATURE** | **TITLE** | **DATE** |
| /s/ Christopher S. Ripley | President, and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | February 24, 2026 |
|  Christopher S. Ripley | President, and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |  |
| /s/ Narinder K. Sahai | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | February 24, 2026 |
|  Narinder K. Sahai | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |  |
| /s/ David R. Bochenek | Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | February 27, 2026 |
|  David R. Bochenek | Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |  |
| /s/ David D. Smith | Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board and Director | February 24, 2026 |
|  David D. Smith | Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Board and Director |  |
| /s/ Frederick G. Smith | Director | February 24, 2026 |
|  Frederick G. Smith | Director |  |
| /s/ J. Duncan Smith | Director | February 24, 2026 |
| J. Duncan Smith | Director |  |
| /s/ Robert E. Smith | Director | February 24, 2026 |
|  Robert E. Smith | Director |  |
| /s/ Laurie R. Beyer | Director | February 24, 2026 |
|  Laurie R. Beyer | Director |  |
| /s/ Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. | Director | February 24, 2026 |
|  Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. | Director |  |
| /s/ Howard E. Friedman | Director | February 24, 2026 |
|  Howard E. Friedman | Director |  |
| /s/ Benson E. Legg | Director | February 24, 2026 |
|  Benson E. Legg | Director |  |
| /s/ Daniel C. Keith | Director | February 24, 2026 |
|  Daniel C. Keith | Director |  |

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## Ex-Filing

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| **Calculation of Filing Fee Tables**  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**S-8**  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Sinclair, Inc.**  |

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| | **Security Type**  | **Security Class Title**  | **Fee Calculation Rule**  | **Amount Registered**  | **Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit**  | **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price**  | **Fee Rate**  | **Amount of Registration Fee**  |
| 1 | Equity | Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 457(a) | 4000000 | $15.20 | $60800000.00 | 0.0001381 | $8396.48 |
| Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: |  | $60800000.00  |  | $8396.48  |
| Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  | Total Fee Offsets:  |  |  |  | $0.00  |
| Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  | Net Fee Due:  |  |  |  | $8396.48  |

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 **Offering Note** <br>

<sup>1</sup> (1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock. Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average ($15.20 per share) of the high ($15.49 per share) and low ($14.91 per share) prices of Sinclair, Inc. Class A Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market's Global Select Market on March 4, 2026, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement, in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c). (3) Represents a 4,000,000 increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.

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| **Rule 457(p)** | **Rule 457(p)** |
| Fee Offset Claims | N/A |
| Fee Offset Sources | N/A |

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