0001209191-12-032811.txt : 20120607 0001209191-12-032811.hdr.sgml : 20120607 20120607163103 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-032811 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120605 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120607 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120607 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sweeney Brian CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001320298 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35106 FILM NUMBER: 12895203 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 STEWART AVENUE CITY: BETHPAGE STATE: NY ZIP: 11714 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMC Networks Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001514991 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 275403694 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 PENN PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10001 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 324-8500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 PENN PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10001 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DOLAN-SWEENEY DEBORAH A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000933025 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35106 FILM NUMBER: 12895202 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 PENN PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10001 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DOLAN DEBORAH ANN DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941121 4 1 c28926_4x1.xml MAIN DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION X0305 4 2012-06-05 0001514991 AMC Networks Inc. AMCX 0001320298 Sweeney Brian 11 PENN PLAZA NEW YORK NY 10001 1 0 0 0 0000933025 DOLAN-SWEENEY DEBORAH A 11 PENN PLAZA NEW YORK NY 10001 0 0 0 1 Member of 13(d) Group Restricted Stock Units 2012-06-05 4 A 0 2763 0 A Class A Common Stock 2763 6304 D Each restricted stock unit is granted under the AMC Networks Inc. 2011 Amended and Restated Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors and represents a right to receive one share of Class A Common stock or the cash equivalent thereof. The restricted stock units are fully vested on the date of the grant and will be settled in cash or in stock on the first business day 90 days after service on the Board of Directors ceases. Securities held directly by Brian G. Sweeney, Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney's spouse. Ms. Dolan-Sweeney disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities of AMC Networks Inc. beneficially owned or deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Sweeney (other than securities in which she has a direct pecuniary interest) and this filing shall not be deemed an admission that Ms. Dolan-Sweeney is, for the purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose, the beneficial owner of such securities. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Brian G. Sweeney 2012-06-07 /s/ Brian G. Sweeney, Attorney-in-fact for Deborah A. Dolan Sweeney 2012-06-07 EX-24 2 c28926_24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: that I, Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney, constitute and appoint Sean S. Sullivan, Anne G. Kelly and James G. Gallagher, each of them severally, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (including any am Power of Attorney endments or exhibits thereto and other forms and reports) that I may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of my ownership or transactions in securities of AMC Networks Inc., 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 required and necessary to be done in and about the foregoing as fully for all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact and agents, each serving in such capacity as requested herein, are not assuming, nor is AMC Networks Inc. assuming, any of the responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. This power of attorney is not intended to, and does not, revoke, or in any way affect, any prior power of attorney that I have executed.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I no longer am required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities issued by AMC Networks Inc., unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto signed my name on the 16th day of August, 2011.

     /s/ Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney
Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney